Move to protect Hong Kong milk formula stocks by making it 'reserved commodity'

Government examines proposal to make infant milk a 'reserved commodity' to combat inflated prices and shortages caused by parallel trading

Parallel traders carry goods across the border at Sheung Shui, where police and customs officers swooped this week. Photo: Felix Wong

The city is considering making infant milk formula a "reserved commodity" after executive councillor Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee floated the idea to restrict exports and ensure local needs are met.

Ip, who proposed the measure on Monday, said the change would require only an "easy" addition to the law and could immediately curb cross-border trading of such daily necessities.
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