The Government has written to the European Commission appealing for an end to anti-dumping action being taken against Hong Kong's floppy disk manufacturers.
Assistant director-general of trade Emma Lau said the written representation included a 'strong appeal to the EC to terminate the case against Hong Kong'.
'The actions taken are discriminatory, violate the [European Union's] obligations under the World Trade Organisation agreement and impair Hong Kong's benefits,' she said.
The EC's measures include investigation and registration of exports of the product in question upon entry into the EU.
'As far as Hong Kong is concerned, the EC initiated the actions under a suspicion that certain 3.5 inch micro-disks originating in China and Taiwan were falsely declared of Hong Kong origin. We cannot accept the deployment of anti-circumvention actions to tackle what basically is an alleged origin fraud problem,' Ms Lau said.
The proper and legitimate channel to tackle an origin malpractice was for the EC to resolve the alleged problem through Customs.
