RESTRICTED

GENERAL AGREEMENT Spec(95)4

21 February 1995

ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

(95-0359)

Original: English

 

 

 

ACCESSION OF BULGARIA

 

The following communication, dated 23 January 1995, has been received from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Bulgaria with the request that it be circulated to the members of the Working Party.

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On behalf of my Government, and in accordance with the process of accession of the Republic of Bulgaria to the GATT/WTO, I enclose herewith the following documents:

- January 1995 revised offer on trade in services;

- January 1995 revised offer on agriculture.

I request that the above documents be circulated to the members of the Working Party on the accession of Bulgaria to the GATT/WTO.

Draft Schedule of the Republic of Bulgaria

Concerning Initial Commitments on Trade in Services

Key

(1) Cross-border (2) Consumption (3) Commercial (4) Presence of

Supply Abroad Presence Natural Persons

PART I - MEASURES APPLICABLE TO ALL SECTORS AND SUBSECTORS LISTED IN PART II

Sector/

subsector

Limitations on market access

Limitations on national treatment

Additional comments

ALL SECTORS*

Capital Payments**

 

(1),(2),(3),(4) Payments and transfers to local and foreign persons abroad, related to investments and state or state-guaranteed loans require the permission of the Bulgarian National Bank.

(1),(2),(3),(4) None.

 

Services Relating to the Use of Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes

(1),(2),(3),(4) Unbound for services relating to the exploration, extraction, and processing of fissionable and vissionable materials or the materials form which they are derived, as well as to the trade therewith, to the maintenance and repair of equipment and systems in nuclear energy production facilities, to the transportation of such materials and the refuse and waste matter of their processing, to the use of ionising radiation, and on all other services relating to the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes (incl. engineering and consulting services and services relation to software, etc.).

(1),(2),(3),(4) None.

 

Real Estate

(3) None

(3) Foreign natural and juridical persons (incl. through a branch) cannot acquire ownership of land.

Bulgarian juridical persons with foreign participation in their capital exceeding 50 per cent cannot acquire ownership of agricultural land.

Foreign juridical persons and foreign citizens with permanent residence abroad may acquire ownership of buildings and limited property rights of real estate subject to the permission of the Minister of Finance. Foreign citizens with permanent residence abroad, foreign judicial persons and companies in which foreign participation ensures a majority in adopting decisions, may acquire real estate in geographic regions of the country determined by the Council of Ministers only subject to permission thereof.

 

Subsidies

(1) Unbound*

(2),(3),(4) Unbound

(1) Unbound*

(2),(3),(4) Unbound for granting and availing of subsidies and other forms of public assistance (incl. subsidies for R&D, for regional development, for the consumers of certain services, etc.). Foreign service suppliers (and consumers of their services) delivering public services (such as medical care, educational, social, cultural services, etc.) are not automatically entitled to public subsidies or assistance in different forms.

 

Commercial Presence

(3) The establishment by foreign service suppliers, joint ventures included, may only take the form of limited liability company or joint stock company upon judicial commercial registration. Unbound for branches and trade representations.

(3) Foreign investments are registered with the Ministry of Finance.

A foreign person or a company in which foreign participation ensures a majority in adopting decisions or blocks the adoption of decisions - directly or through other companies with foreign participation, is to obtain a special permission for investing in:

(i) distribution of weapons, munitions or military equipment;

(ii) banking or insurance activities, or acquirement of interest in banking or insurance companies;

(iii) prospecting, development or extraction of natural resources form the territorial sea, continental shelf or the exclusive economic zone;

(iv) acquisition of participation which ensures a majority in adopting decisions or blocks the adoption of decisions in a company engaged in any of the activities mentioned above.

Within a 7-year transition period, particular rules concerning the financial services may be introduced and applied when necessary for the conduct of monetary policy, or for prudential grounds in order to ensure the protection of investors, depositors, policy holders, or persons to whom fiduciary duty is owed, or to ensure the integrity and stability of the financial system.

Within a 10-year period, particular rules concerning the establishment of foreign service suppliers may be introduced and applied, if certain services sectors (subsectors):

 
   

(i) are undergoing restructuring;

(ii) are facing serious difficulties, particularly where these entail serious social problems;

(iii) face the elimination or a drastic reduction of the total market share held by Bulgarian companies or nationals in a given sector (subsector); or

(iv) are newly emerging.

The acquisition through privatization deals of ownership rights on whole enterprises or parts thereof, as well as the acquisition of shares and equity capital in state-owned or municipal enterprises is unbound.

 

Entry and Stay of Foreign Natural Persons

(4) Unbound, other than for temporary entry, stay and work* of the following categories of natural persons supplying services:

(i) The temporary presence for a period of one year, as intracorporate transferees**, of natural persons in the following categories, provided that the service supplier is a juridical person and that the persons concerned have been employed by it outside Bulgaria for a t least the year immediately preceding such movement and a work permit therefore had been issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Care:

(a) essential senior executives working within a juridical person (subject to the requirement that the number of such persons does not exceed 10 per cent of the total number of the essential senior executives of the establishment), who primarily direct the management of the establishment,or of a department (division) of the establishment, receiving only general supervision or direction from the board of directors or stockholders of the business or their equivalent, supervising and controlling the work of supervisory, professional managerial employees, having the authority personally to hire and fire or recommend hiring, firing or other personnel actions, and who do not directly perform tasks concerning the actual supply of the services to the establishment,

(b) persons working within a juridical person (subject to the requirement that the number of such persons does not exceed 10 per cent of the average annual number of registered employees of the establishment), who possess uncommon knowledge essential to the establishment's service, research equipment, techniques or management. In assessing such knowledge, account will be taken not only of knowledge

   
 

specific to the establishment, but also of whether the person has a high level of qualification referring to a type of work or trade requiring specific technical knowledge, including membership of an accredited profession;

(ii) The temporary presence for a period of three months (a) business visitor visa required) of natural persons in the following categories:

(a) persons not residing in the territory of Bulgaria, who are representatives of a service provider and are seeking temporary entry for the purpose of negotiating for the sale of services or entering into agreements to sell services for that service provider, where those representatives will no be engaged in making direct sales to the general public or in supplying services themselves,

(b) persons working in senior positions, as defined in (i) (a) above, within a juridical person, who are responsible for setting up in Bulgaria of a commercial presence of a service provider of a Party when:

- the representatives are not engaged in making direct sales or supplying services,and

- the service provider has its principal place of business in the territory of a WTO Member other than the Republic of Bulgaria and has no representative, office, branch or subsidiary in Bulgaria.

The CEO of the establishment, or his equivalent, must obtain a special permit if he has not got permission to reside in the Republic of Bulgaria.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

List of MFN Exemptions of the Republic of Bulgaria

SECTOR OR SUBSECTOR

 

DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURE INDICATING ITS

INCONSISTENCY WITH ARTICLE II

COUNTRIES TO

WHICH THE

MEASURE APPLIES

INTENDED

DURATION

CONDITIONS CREATING THE

NEED FOR THE EXEMPTION

1

2

3

4

5

Audiovisual Services - Production

and Distribution of Cinematographic Works and Television Programmes

Measures based upon government-to-government framework agreements and bilateral and plurilateral agreements on coproduction of audiovisual works, which confer national treatment to audiovisual works covered by these agreements, in particular in relation to distribution and access to funding.

All countries with which cultural cooperation may be desirable or already exists, and with which such agreements are already concluded or in the process of conclusion.

Indefinite

Promotion of cultural links between the countries concerned, as well as promotion of greater diversity of foreign audiovisual works in the Bulgarian market.

Audiovisual Services - Production and Distribution of Cinematographic and Other Audiovisual Works, and Radio and Television Programmes.

 

Measures taken for the implementation of, and in conformity with, preferential agreements and financial and/or other support programmes such as the Convention on Transfrontier Television of the Council of Europe, the Action Plan for Advanced Television Services, MEDIA or EURIMAGES, which treat works and programmes of European origin, where these works or programmes meet certain linguistic and origin criteria, in such a way that they enjoy national treatment with respect to support and/or access to broadcasting or similar forms of transmission.

European countries

Indefinite

Promotion of cultural exchanges within Europe, which are based upon traditional cultural links.

Transport Services

 

The obligations relating to transport services shall not apply where equivalent treatment of Bulgarian suppliers of like services is not accorded in the country of origin of the foreign service supplier.

All countries

Indefinite

The aim of the application of such a measure is to guarantee equal access to the market of other countries for Bulgarian suppliers of such kinds of services.

Passenger and Freight Transportation on Internal Waterways

 

Measures taken under existing or future agreements which govern access and/or traffic rights and the terms of conduct of this kind of economic activity in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria or between the countries which are parties to the corresponding agreements including agreements relating to the use of the Rhine-Main-Danube system.

All countries with which agreements are or will be in force.

Indefinite

Protection of the integrity of the infrastructure, as well as environmental protection, and regulation of traffic rights in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and between the countries concerned.

Passenger and Freight Transportation by Rail

Measures taken under existing or future agreements which govern access and/or traffic rights and the terms of conduct of this kind of economic activity in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria or between the countries which are parties to the corresponding agreements.

All countries with which agreements are or will be in force.

Indefinite

Protection of the integrity of the infrastructure, as well as environmental protection, and regulation of traffic rights in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and between the countries concerned, taking account the regional specificity of these kinds of services.

Road Passenger and Freight Transportation

Measures taken under existing or future agreements which reserve and/or restrict the supply of these kinds of transportation services and specify the terms and conditions of this supply, incl. transit permits and/or preferential road taxes, in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria or across the borders of the Republic of Bulgaria.

All countries with which agreements are or will be in force.

Indefinite

Protection of the integrity of the infrastructure, as well as environmental protection, and regulation of traffic rights in the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria and between the countries concerned.

Road Passenger and Freight Transportation

Vehicle tax and VAT-exemption on the basis of conventions or on the grounds of de facto reciprocity limited to the countries indicated in column 3.

Austria and other European countries.

Indefinite

Reciprocity. Historical links and specific regional aspects.

Maritime Transport

Preferential treatment of national lines belonging to countries which are parties to the UN Convention on a Code of Conduct on Liner Conference.

The parties to the UN Convention on a Code of Conduct on Liner Conference.

Indefinite

International agreement.

Maritime Transport: Cargo Sharing between Bilateral Partners

Equality in freight liftings originating in the ports of partners to the agreement and equality in freight earnings.

India and other countries with which bilateral cargo sharing agreements are or will be concluded.

Indefinite

Bilateral international agreements in the context of overall trade relations.

Sales and Marketing Services for Air Transport, Including CRS

The obligations relating to transport services shall not apply where equivalent treatment of Bulgarian suppliers of like services is not accorded in the country of origin of the foreign service supplier.

All countries.

Indefinite

The aim of the application of such a measure is to guarantee equal access to the market of other countries for Bulgarian suppliers of such kinds of services.

Cargo-Handling Services and Storage and Warehouse Services in Sea and River Harbours, including Services Relating to Containers and Goods in Containers

The right to supply these kinds of services is granted upon a reciprocity basis and under bilateral agreements with the countries concerned.

All countries

Indefinite

The aim of the application of such a measure is to guarantee equal access to the market of other countries for Bulgarian suppliers of these kinds of services.

Financial Services

The granting of a licence for the establishment of commercial presence or the supply of new kinds of such services by a foreign financial services supplier is subject to the granting by the country of origin of that foreign supplier to Bulgarian financial services suppliers of similar access to its market or a similar treatment.

All countries

Indefinite

The aim of the application of such a measure is to guarantee equal access to the market of other countries for Bulgarian suppliers of such kinds of services.

Financial Services

Full national treatment on the establishment and operation of companies may be extended only to companies established in the countries listed in column 3.

Countries with which preferential arrangements are or will be concluded.

Indefinite

Obligations under international agreements.

Legal Services

Full national treatment on the establishment and operation of companies, as well as on the provision of services by foreign citizens, may be extended only to companies established in, and citizens of, the countries listed in column 3.

Countries with which preferential arrangements are or will be concluded.

Indefinite

Obligations under international agreements.

Insurance and Insurance-related Services

 

Reciprocal market access to a foreign operator's country of seat is required.

All countries

Indefinite

The aim of the application of such a measure is to guarantee equal access to the market of other countries for Bulgarian suppliers of such kinds of services.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECRET

 

 

 

DRAFT PROVISIONAL SCHEDULE FOR GATT 1994 ONLY

REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

 

 

 

This schedule is authentic only in the English language

23 JANUARY 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I

This schedule is authentic only in the English language

PART I: MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF

SECTION I: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

SECTION I - A: TARIFFS

Section 1 Agricultural Products Section 1 - A Tariffs SCHEDULE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA

Tariff item

number

Description of products

Base rate of duty

Bound rate of duty

Implementation period

from/to

Special

safeguard

Initial

negotiating rights

Other

duties and

charges

Comments

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

01.01

Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies:

             
 

- Horses:

             

11

- Pure-bred breeding animals

5%

FREE

         

19

- Other

40%

25%

         

20

- Asses, mules and hinnies

25%

15%

         

01.02

Live bovine animals:

             

10

- Pure-bred breeding animals

5%

FREE

         

90

- Other

21% + 1890 ECU/T

13% + 1210 ECU/T

         

01.03

Live swine:

             

10

- Pure-bred breeding animals

5%

FREE

         

90

- Other

             

91

- Weighing less than 50 kg.

837 ECU/T

536 ECU/T

         

92

- Weighing 50 kg. or more

837 ECU/T

536 ECU/T

         

01.04

Live sheep and goats:

             

10

- Sheep

1635 ECU/T

1046 ECU/T

         

20

- Goats

1635 ECU/T

1046 ECU/T

         

01.05

Live poultry, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls:

             
 

- Weighing not more than 185 kg.

             

11

-- Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

120 ECU/1000 pcs.

77 ECU/1000 pcs.

         
 

--- Live breeding poultry, Gallus domesticus, < 185 g.

5%

FREE

   

USA

   

19

- Other

308 ECU/1000pcs.

197 ECU/1000 pcs.

         
 

--- Other for breeding, < 185 g.

5%

FREE

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:

150%

96%

         
 

--- Live breeding poultry, Gallus domesticus; >185 g.

5%

FREE

         

99

-- Other:

150%

96%

         

01.06

Other live animals:

40%

25%

         

02.01

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:

             

10

- Carcasses or half-carcasses:

20% + 2487 ECU/T

13% + 1592 ECU/T

         

20

- Other cuts with bone in:

20% + 3730 ECU/T

13% + 2387 ECU/T

         

30

- Boneless

20% + 4277 ECU/T

13 % + 2737 ECU/T

         

02.02

Meat of bovine animals, frozen:

             

10

- Carcasses or half-carcasses:

20% + 2487 ECU/T

13% + 1592 ECU/T

         

20

- Other cuts with bone in :

20% + 3730 ECU/T

13% + 2387 ECU/T

         

30

- Boneless

20% + 4277 ECU/T

13% + 2737 ECU/T

         

02.03

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:

             
 

- Fresh or chilled:

             

11

-- Carcasses or half-carcasses:

160% min. 1089 ECU/T

120% min. 817 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

12

-- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in:

160% min. 1260 ECU/T

120% min. 945 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

19

-- Other:

160% min. 1400 ECU/T

120% min. 1036 ECU/T

 

SSG

     
 

- Frozen:

             

21

-- Carcasses or half-carcasses:

160% min. 1089 ECU/T

120% min. 817 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

22

-- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in:

160% min. 1260 ECU/T

120% min. 945 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

29

-- Other:

160% min 1400 ECU/T

120% min 1036 ECU/T

         

02.04

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh chilled or frozen:

             

10

- Carcasses or half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled:

130%

83%

 

SSG

     
 

- Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:

             

21

-- Carcasses or half-carcasses

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

22

-- Other cuts with bone in

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

23

-- Boneless

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

30

- Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, frozen

130%

83%

 

SSG

     
 

- Other meat of sheep, frozen:

             

41

-- Carcasses or half-carcasses

75%

55%

 

SSG

     

42

-- Other cuts with bone in

75%

55%

 

SSG

     

43

-- Boneless

75%

55%

 

SSG

     

50

- Meat of goats

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

02.05

Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen

40%

25%

         

02.06

Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh chilled or frozen:

             

10

- Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

40%

25%

         
 

- Of bovine animals, frozen:

             

21

-- Tongues

40%

20%

 

USA

     

22

-- Livers

40%

20%

         

29

-- Other

40%

20%

 

USA

     

30

- Of swine, fresh or chilled

40%

25%

         
 

- Of swine, frozen:

             

41

-- Livers

40%

25%

         

49

-- Other

40%

25%

         

80

- Other, fresh or chilled

40%

25%

         

90

- Other, frozen

40%

25%

         

02.07

Meat and edible offal of poultry of No. 01.05, fresh, chilled or frozen:

             

10

- Poultry, not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled

150% min. 607 ECU/T

96% min. 388 ECU/T

 

SSG

     
 

- Poultry, not cut in pieces, frozen

             

21

-- Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

150% min. 607 ECU/T

96% min. 388 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

22

-- Turkeys

74% max. 1274 ECU/T

47% max. 815 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

23

-- Ducks, geese and guinea fowls

103% max. 1797 ECU/T

66% max. 1150 ECU/T

 

SSG

     
 

- Poultry cuts and offals (including livers), fresh or chilled:

             

31

-- Livers of ducks and geese

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

39

-- Other

150% max. 2606 ECU/T

96% max. 1668 ECU/T

 

SSG

     
 

- Poultry cuts and offal other than livers, frozen:

             

41

-- Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

120% max. 2084 ECU/T

77% max. 1334 ECU/T

 

SSG

USA

   

42

-- Of turkeys

100% max. 1720 ECU/T

64% max. 1101 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

43

-- Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls

150% max. 2606 ECU/T

96% max. 1668 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

50

- Poultry livers, frozen

40%

25%

 

SSG

USA

 

To be applied immediately after accession

02.08

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen:

             

10

- Of rabbits or hares:

40%

25%

         

20

- Frogs' legs

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

       

35% to be applied immediately after accession

02.09

Pig fat free of lean meat and poultry fat, not rendered, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked:

             
 

--- Pig fat

70% min 479 ECU/T

45% min 307 ECU/T

         
 

--- Poultry fat

134% min. 546 ECU/T

86% min. 350 ECU/T

         

02.10

Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried and smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:

             
 

- Meat of swine:

             

11

-- Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in

155% min. 2916 ECU/T

90% min. 1866 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

12

-- Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof

155% min. 1500 ECU/T

98% min. 960 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

19

-- Other

155% min. 2916 ECU/T

98% min. 1866 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

20

- Meat of bovine animals

21% + 5386 ECU/T

13% + 3447 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

90

- Other, including edible flours and meals of meats and offal:

4872 ECU/T

3118 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

04.01

Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

             

10

- Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1%:

100%

64%

 

SSG

     

20

- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%:

             

30

- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%:

160%

100%

 

SSG

     

04.02

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

             

10

- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5%

 

150%

 

96%

 

 

SSG

     

- In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5%

             

21

-- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

29

-- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

     
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

99

-- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

04.03

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

             

10

- Yoghurt

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other:

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

04.04

Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included:

             

10

- Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

 

 

120%

 

 

 

75%

         

90

- Other:

120%

75%

         

04.05

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk

120% max. 

2,094 ECU/T

75% max. 1,980 ECU/T

         

04.06

Cheese and curd:

             

10

- Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese including whey cheese and curd

 

135%

 

85%

 

 

SSG

     

20

- Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

30

- Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

135%

85%

SSG

       

40

- Blue-veined cheese

120%

75%

SSG

       

90

- Other cheese:

150%

96%

SSG

       

04.07

Birds' eggs in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:

120% min. 705 ECU/T

77% min. 451 ECU/T

         
 

-- For hatching

10%

5%

         

04.08

Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         
 

- Egg yolks:

             

11

-- Dried

120% min. 3,299 ECU/T

77% min. 2,111 ECU/T

         

19

-- Other

120% min. 1,438 ECU/T

77% min. 920 ECU/T

         
 

- Other

             

91

-- Dried

120% min 3186 ECU/T

77% min 2039 ECU/T

         

99

-- Other

120% min 818 ECU/T

77% min 524 ECU/T

         

04.09

Natural honey

85%

55%

         

04.10

Edible products of animal origin, nor elsewhere specified or included

 

40%

 

25%

         

05.01

Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured, waste of human hair

 

40%

 

25%

         

05.02

Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair:

             

10

- Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

05.03

Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material

 

 

40%

 

 

25%

         

05.04

Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof

 

30%

 

10%

         

05.05

Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of

             

10

- Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

05.06

Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinated; powder and waste of these products

             

10

- Ossein and bones treated with acid

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

05.07

Ivory, tortoiseshell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products:

             

10

- Ivory; ivory powder and waste

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

05.08

Coral and similar material, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of moluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof

 

 

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

25%

         

05.09

Natural sponges of animal origin

40%

25%

         

05.10

Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved

 

 

 

 

 

 

10%

 

 

 

 

 

 

5%

         

05.11

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption:

             

10

- Bovine semen

40%

20%

         

90

- Other

40%

20%

         

06.01

Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots other than roots in No. 12.12:

             

10

- Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms and rhizomes, dormant

16%

10%

         

20

- Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and roots

 

 

16%

 

 

10%

         
 

-- for planting

10%

7%

         

06.02

Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips, mushroom spawn:

             

10

- Unrooted slips and cuttings

16%

10%

         

20

- Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts

 

16%

 

10%

         

30

- Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not

16%

10%

         

40

- Roses, grafted or not

16%

10%

         

- Other

16%

10%

         

91

-- Mushroom spawn

16%

10%

         

99

-- Other

16%

10%

         

06.03

Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared:

             

10

- Fresh

85%

55%

         

90

- Other

85%

55%

         

06.04

Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers and flower buds, and grasses, mosses and lichens, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared:

             

10

- Mosses and lichens

65%

40%

         
 

-- Other

             

91

- Fresh

65%

40%

         

99

- Other

65%

40%

         

07.01

Potatoes, fresh or chilled

             

10

- Seed

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

95%

70%

         

07.02

Tomatoes, fresh or chilled

75% + 372 ECU/T

60% + 298 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

07.03

Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled:

             

10

- Onions and shallots

85%

55%

         

20

- Garlic

95%

70%

         

90

- Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables

85%

55%

         

07.04

Cabbages, cauliflower, kohirabi, kale and similar edible of the genus Brassica, fresh or chilled:

 

           

10

- Cauliflowers

85%

55%

         

20

- Brussels sprouts

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

100% min 30 ECU/T

80% min 24 ECU/T

         

07.05

Lettuce (Latuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled:

             

11

- Cabbage lettuce (head lettuce)

             

19

- Other

             
 

- Chicory

             

21

- Witloof chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum)

65%

40%

         

29

- Other

65%

40%

         

07.06

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celariac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled:

 

 

 

           

10

- Carrots and turnips

100%

64%

         

90

- Other

85%

55%

         

07.07

Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled

100% + 473 ECU/T

80% + 378 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

07.08

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled:

     

 

     

10

- Peas (Pissum sativum)

100%

64%

         

20

- Beans (Vigna spp. Phaseolus spp.)

100%

64%

         

90

- Other leguminous vegetables

100%

64%

         

07.09

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

 

           

10

- Globe artichokes

40%

25%

         

20

- Asparagus

40%

25%

         

30

- Aubergines (egg-plant)

40%

50%

         

40

- Celery other than celariac

40%

25%

         

- Mushrooms and truffles

             

51

-- Mushrooms

40%

25%

         

52

-- Truffles

40%

20%

         

60

- Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta

 

           
 

--- Sweet peppers (From 1 November to 30 June)

85%

55%

         
 

--- Sweet peppers (From

1 July to 31 October)

100%

80%

 

SSG

     
 

--- Chilli (From 1 November to 30 June)

85%

55%

         
 

--- Chilli (From 1 July to 31 October)

100%

75%

         

70

- Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach

65%

40%

         

90

- Other:

             
 

-- Sweet corn

40%

20%

         
 

--- Other

50%

30%

         

07.10

Vegetables - uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen:

             

10

- Potatoes

130%

83%

SSG

     
 

- Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled:

 

           

21

-- Peas (Pissum sativum)

130%

83%

SSG

     

22

-- Beans (Vigna spp. Phaseolus spp.)

130%

83%

SSG

     

29

-- Other

130%

83%

SSG

     

30

- Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach

100%

64%

SSG

     

40

- Sweet corn

100%

64%

SSG

     

80

- Other vegetables

130%

83%

SSG

     

90

- Mixtures of vegetables

130%

83%

SSG

     

07.11

Vegetables, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions) but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:

             

10

- Onions

85%

55%

 

SSG

     

20

- Olives

85%

55%

 

SSG

     

30

- Capers

65%

40%

 

SSG

     

40

- Cucumbers and gherkins

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables

130%

83%

 

SSG

     

07.12

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared:

             

10

- Potatoes whether or not cut or sliced but not further prepared

85%

55%

         

20

- Onions

85%

55%

         

30

- Mushrooms and truffles

85%

55%

         

90

- Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:

85%

55%

         

07.13

Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:

 

 

           

10

- Peas (Pisum sativum)

100%

64%

         

20

- Chickpeas (garbanzos)

65%

40%

         
 

- Beans (Vigna spp. Phaseolus spp.):

             

31

-- Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek

 

40%

 

15%

         

32

-- Small, red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis)

40%

15%

         

33

-- Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris)

 

100%

 

64%

 

 

USA

     

39

-- Other

100%

64%

         

40

- Lentils

100%

64%

         

50

- Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var, minor)

 

 

65%

 

 

40%

       

 

To be applied immediately after accession.

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

07.14

Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sango pith:

             

10

- Manioc (cassava)

25%

15%

         

20

-Sweet potatoes

25%

15%

         

90

- Other

25%

15%

         

08.01

Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:

 

 

           

10

- Coconuts

25%

15%

         

20

- Brazil nuts

25%

15%

         

30

- Cashew nuts

40%

25%

         

08.02

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not:

             
 

- Almonds:

             

11

-- In shell

85%

55%

         

12

-- Shelled

85%

30%

   

USA

   

- Hazelnuts (Corilus spp.)

             

21

-- In shell

85%

55%

         

22

-- Shelled

85%

55%

         

- Walnuts

             

31

-- In shell

85%

55%

         

32

-- Shelled

55%

35%

         

40

- Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)

65%

40%

         

50

- Pistachios

50%

30%

         

90

- Other

85%

55%

         

08.03

Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried

85%

55%

         

08.04

Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried:

 

 

           

10

- Dates

25%

15%

         

20

- Figs

25%

15%

         

30

- Pineapples

25%

15%

         

40

- Avocados

25%

15%

         

50

- Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens

25%

15%

         

08.05

Citrus fruits, fresh or dried:

             

10

- Oranges

20% + 90 ECU/T

16% + 72 ECU/T

         

20

- Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines wilkings and similar citrus hybrids:

 

 

20% + 132 ECU/T

 

 

16% + 106 ECU/T

         

30

- Lemons (Citrus limon, Citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia)

40%

 

25%

 

         

40

- Grapefruits

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

08.06

Grapes, fresh or dried:

             

10

- Fresh

155%

98%

 

SSG

     

20

- Dried

55%

35%

 

SSG

     

08.07

Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh:

             

10

- Melons (including watermelons)

120%

75%

         

20

- Papaws (papayas)

65%

40%

         

08.08

Apples, pears and quinces, fresh:

             

10

- Apples

20% + 424 ECU/T

13% + 272 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

20

- Pears and quinces

20% + 424 ECU/T

13% + 272 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

08.09

Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:

             

10

- Apricots

36% + 369 ECU/T

28% + 295 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

20

- Cherries

31% + 445 ECU/T

25% + 356 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

30

- Peaches (including nectarines)

31% + 212 ECU/T

25% + 170 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

40

- Plums and sloes

31% + 212 ECU/T

25% + 170 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

08.10

Other fruit, fresh:

             

10

- Strawberries

85% min 43 ECU/T

68% min 34 ECU/T

         

20

- Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries

85% min 30 ECU/T

68% min 24 ECU/T

         

30

- Black-, white- or red-current and gooseberries

40%

25%

         

40

- Cranberries, bilberries and other fruit of the genus Vaccinium

40%

 

25%

 

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

08.11

Fruits and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

             

10

- Strawberries

100%

64%

         

20

- Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or red-currant and gooseberries

100%

 

 

64%

 

 

         

90

- Other

100%

64%

         

08.12

Fruit and nut, provisionally preserved (for example by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solution) but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption:

             

10

- Cherries

100%

64%

         

20

- Strawberries

100%

64%

         

30

- Other

100%

64%

         

08.13

Fruit, dried, other than that of heading Nos 08.01 to 08.06; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter:

             

10

- Apricots

100%

64%

         

20

- Prunes

100%

64%

         

30

- Apples

100%

64%

         

40

- Other

100%

64%

         

50

- Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter:

85%

55%

         

08.14

Peels of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solution

40%

 

 

 

15%

 

 

 

         

09.01

Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion:

             
 

- Coffee, not roasted:

             

11

-- Not decaffeinated

25%

15%

         

12

-- Decaffeinated

25%

15%

         

- Coffee, roasted:

             

21

-- Not decaffeinated

40%

25%

         

22

-- Decaffeinated

40%

25%

         

30

- Coffee husks and skins

65%

40%

         

40

- Coffee substitutes containing coffee

40%

25%

         

09.02

Tea, whether or not flavoured:

             

10

- Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg.

25%

 

15%

 

         

20

- Other green tea (not fermented)

25%

15%

         

30

- Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg.

25%

 

 

15%

 

 

         

40

- Other black tea (fermented) and partly fermented

25%

15%

         

09.03

Mate

25%

FREE

         

09.04

Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta:

 

 

 

           

- Pepper:

             

11

- Neither crushed nor ground

10%

5%

         

12

- Crushed or ground

10%

7%

         

20

- Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, dried or crushed or ground:

85%

 

55%

 

         

09.05

Vanilla

10%

5%

         

09.06

Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers:

             

10

- Neither crushed nor ground

5%

FREE

         

20

- Crushed or ground

5%

FREE

         

09.07

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)

5%

FREE

         

09.08

Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms:

             

10

- Nutmeg

15%

FREE

         

20

- Mace

15%

FREE

         

30

- Cardamoms

15%

FREE

         

09.09

Seeds of anise, badiam, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries:

             

10

- Seeds of anise or badian

10%

5%

         

20

- Seeds of coriander

10%

5%

         

30

- Seeds of cumin

10%

5%

         

40

- Seeds of caraway

10%

5%

         

50

- Seeds of fennel; juniper berries

40%

25%

         

09.10

Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices:

             

10

- Ginger

15%

FREE

         

20

- Saffron

15%

FREE

         

30

- Turmeric (curcuma)

15%

FREE

         

40

- Thyme, bay leaves:

25%

15%

         

50

- Curry

15%

FREE

         
 

- Other spices:

             

91

-- Mixtures referred to in Note 1 (b) to this chapter

40%

25%

         

99

-- Other

40%

25%

         

10.01

Wheat and meslin:

             

10

- Durum wheat

25%

15%

       

To be reduced to 15% in 2000

90

- Other

224 ECU/T

143 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

10.02

Rye

120% min 145 ECU/T

80% min 93 ECU/T

         

10.03

Barley

120% min 145 ECU/T

80% min 93 ECU/T

         

10.04

Oats

100%

64%

         

10.05

Maize (corn):

             

10

- For sowing

10%

5%

         

90

- Other:

195 ECU/T

125 ECU/T

         
 

-- Other than for forage or seed

25%

12.50%

 

 

 

USA

   

10.06

Rice:

             

10

- Rice in the husk:

100%

64%

         

20

- Husked (brown) rice

25%

15%

         

30

- Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed

 

25%

 

15%

         

40

- Broken rice

25%

15%

         

10.07

Grain sorghum:

25%

15%

         

10.08

Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals:

             

10

- Buckwheat

15%

10%

         

20

- Millet:

85%

55%

         

30

- Canary seed

25%

16%

         

90

- Other cereals

85%

55%

         

11.01

Wheat or meslin flour

348 ECU/T

223 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

11.02

Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin:

             

10

- Rye flour

100%

64%

         

20

- Maize (corn) flour

100%

64%

         

30

- Rice flour

100%

64%

         

90

- Other

100%

64%

         

11.03

Cereal groats, meal and pellets:

             
 

- Groats and meal:

             

11

-- Of wheat

100%

64%

         

12

-- Of oats

100%

64%

         

13

-- Of maize (corn)

100%

64%

         

14

-- Of rice

100%

64%

         

19

-- Of other cereals

100%

64%

         
 

- Pellets:

             

21

-- Of wheat

100%

64%

         

29

-- Of other cereals

100%

64%

         

11.04

Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading No. 10.06, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground:

             
 

Rolled or flaked grains:

             

11

- Of barley

100%

64%

         

12

- Of oats

100%

64%

         

19

- Of other cereals

100%

64%

         
 

- Other worked grains (for example, hulled, pearled, sliced or kibbled):

             

21

-- Of barley

100%

64%

         

22

-- Of oats

100%

64%

         

23

-- Of maize (corn)

100%

64%

         

29

-- Of other cereals

100%

64%

         

30

- Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground

100%

64%

         

11.05

Flour, meal, pellets and flakes of potatoes:

             

10

- Flour and meal

100%

64%

         

20

- Flakes and pellets

100%

64%

         

11.06

Flour and meal of dried leguminous vegetables of No. 07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of No. 07.14; flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8

             

10

- Flour and meal of dried leguminous vegetables of No. 07.13

 

100%

 

64%

         

20

- Flour and meal of sago or of roots or tubers of No. 07.14

100%

64%

         

30

- Flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8

100%

64%

         

11.07

Malt, whether or not roasted:

             

10

- Not roasted

25%

16%

         

20

- Roasted

100%

64%

         

11.08

Starches; inulin:

             
 

- Starches

             

11

-- Wheat starch

100%

64%

         

12

-- Maize (corn) starch

100%

64%

         

13

-- Potato starch

100%

64%

         

14

-- Manioc (cassava) starch

100%

64%

         

19

-- Other starches

100%

64%

         

20

- Inulin

100%

64%

         

11.09

Wheat gluten, whether or not dried

100%

64%

         

12.01

Soya beans, whether or not broken:

             
 

-- For sowing

16%

10%

         
 

-- Other

16%

10%

         

12.02

Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:

             

10

- In shell:

85%

55%

         

20

- Shelled, whether or not broken

65%

40%

         

12.03

Copra

65%

40%

         

12.04

Linseed, whether or not broken:

405

25%

         

12.05

Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken:

65%

40%

         
 

-- For sowing

10%

6%

         
 

-- Other

16%

10%

         

12.06

Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken:

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

12.07

Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:

             

10

Palm nuts and kernels

65%

40%

         

20

- Cotton seeds:

25%

15%

         

30

- Castor oilseeds

25%

15%

         

40

- Sesamum seeds:

25%

15%

         

50

- Mustard seeds

15%

5%

         

60

- Safflower seeds

25%

15%

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Poppy seeds

40%

25%

         

92

- Shea nuts (Karite nuts)

25%

15%

         

99

- Other

25%

15%

         

12.08

Flours and meals of oilseeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard:

             

10

- Of soy beans

16%

10%

         

90

- Other

16%

10%

         

12.09

Seeds, fruits and spores, of a kind used for sowing:

             
 

- Beet seed:

             

11

-- Sugar beet seed

25%

15%

         

19

-- Other

25%

15%

         
 

- Seeds of forage plants, other than beet seed:

             

21

-- Lucerne (alfalfa) seed

25%

15%

         

22

-- Clover (Trifolium spp.) seed

25%

15%

         

23

-- Fescue seed

25%

15%

         

24

-- Kentucky blue grass

(Poa pratensis L.) seed

25%

15%

         

25

-- Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seed

25%

15%

         

26

-- Timothy grass seed

25%

15%

         

29

-- Other

25%

15%

         

30

- Seeds of herbaceous plants, used principally for their flowers

25%

15%

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Vegetable seeds

25%

15%

         

99

-- Other

25%

15%

         

12.10

Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin:

             

10

- Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered or in the form of pellets

65%

40%

         

20

- Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin

65%

40%

         

12.11

Plants and parts of plants, seeds and fruits of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered:

             

10

- Liquorice roots

10%

5%

         

20

- Ginseng roots

10%

5%

         

90

- Other

10%

5%

         

12.12

Locust beans, seaweeds, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety Chichorum intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for humans

             

10

- Locust beans, including the seeds

25%

FREE

         

20

- Seaweeds:

25%

FREE

         

30

- Apricot, peach or plum stones and kernels

65%

40%

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Sugar beet

65%

40%

         

92

-- Sugar cane

15%

5%

         

99

-- Other

15%

5%

         

12.13

Cereal straw, and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets:

 

65%

 

40%

         

12.14

Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:

             

10

- Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets

10%

FREE

         

90

- Other

10%

FREE

         

13.01

Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams:

             

10

- Lac

16%

10%

         

20

- Gum arabic

16%

10%

         

90

- Other

16%

10%

         

13.02

Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates, agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

             
 

- Vegetable saps and extracts:

16%

10%

         

11

- Opium

16%

10%

         

12

-- Of liquorice

16%

10%

         

13

-- Of hops

16%

10%

         

14

-- Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants containing rotenone

16%

10%

         

19

- Other

16%

10%

         

20

- Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates

65%

40%

         
 

- Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

             

31

-- Agar-agar

16%

10%

         

32

- Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds

 

 

16%

 

 

10%

         

39

- Agar-agar

16%

10%

         

32

- Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean seeds or guar seeds

 

 

16%

 

 

10%

         

39

- Other

16%

10%

         

14.01

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark):

             

10

- Bamboos

40%

FREE

         

20

- Rattans

40%

FREE

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

14.02

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass) whether or not put as a layer with or without supporting material:

             

10

- Kapok

40%

FREE

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Vegetable hair

40%

FREE

         

99

-- Other

40%

FREE

         

14.03

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brooms or in brushes (for example broomcorn, piasava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in hanks or bundles:

             

10

- Broomcorn (Sorghum vulgarevar, technicum)

40%

FREE

         

90

- Other

             

14.04

Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:

             

10

- Raw vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in dyeing and tanning

40%

FREE

         

20

- Cotton linters

40%

FREE

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

15.01

Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent extracted:

 

155% min. 348 ECU/T

 

98% min. 223 ECU/T

         

15.02

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, raw or rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent extracted:

 

25%

 

15%

         

15.03

Lard stearin, lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

 

25%

 

15%

         

15.04

Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish and marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Fish-liver oils and their fractions

5%

FREE

         

20

- Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other than liver oils

5%

FREE

         

30

- Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals

5%

FREE

         

15.05

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):

             

10

- Wool grease, crude

16%

10%

         

90

- Other

16%

10%

         

15.06

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions whether or not refined but not chemically modified

 

40%

 

25%

         

15.07

Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Crude oil, whether or not degummed

16%

10%

         

90

- Other

25%

10%

         

15.08

Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Crude oil

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

15.09

Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Virgin

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

15.10

Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils of No. 15.09:

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

 

 

25%

         

15.11

Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Crude oil

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

15.12

Sunflower-seed, sunflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             
 

- Sunflower-seed and sanflower and fractions thereof:

             

11

-- Crude oil

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

19

-- Other

145%

90%

 

SSG

     
 

- Cotton-seed oil and its fractions:

             

21

-- Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

29

-- Other

40%

10%

 

SSG

     

15.13

Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             
 

- Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions:

             

11

-- Crude oil

10%

5%

         

19

-- Other

40%

25%

         
 

- Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof:

             

21

-- Crude oils

65%

40%

         

29

-- Other

65%

40%

         

15.14

Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             

10

- Crude oils

15%

10%

         

90

- Other

40%

20%

         

15.15

Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

             
 

- Linseed oil and its fractions:

             

11

-- Crude oil

25%

15%

         

19

-- Other

40%

25%

         
 

- Maize (corn) oil and its fractions:

             

21

- Crude oil

40%

25%

         

29

- Other

65%

40%

         

30

- Castor oil and its fractions

25%

15%

         

40

- Tung oil and its fractions

40%

10%

         

50

- Sesame oil and its fractions

15%

10%

         

60

- Jojoba oil and its fractions

40%

10%

         

90

- Other

             

15.16

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:

             

10

- Animal fats and oils and their fractions

25%

15%

         

20

- Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions

25%

15%

         

15.17

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils or of fractions of different fats or of oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of No. 15.16:

             

10

- Margarine, excluding liquid margarine

130%

98%

         

90

- Other:

85%

55%

         

15.18

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled oxidized, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown, polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of No. 15.16; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils or of fractions of different fats or of oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25%

         

15.19

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:

             
 

- Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acid; oils from refining:

             

11

-- Stearic acid

16%

10%

         

12

-- Oleic acid

16%

10%

         

13

-- Tall oil fatty acids

16%

10%

         

19

-- Other

16%

10%

         

20

- Industrial fatty alcohols

16%

10%

         

15.20

Glycerol (glycerine), whether or not pure; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes:

             

10

- Glycerol (glycerine), crude, glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

10%

7%

         

90

- Other,including synthetic glycerol

16%

10%

         

15.21

Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured:

             

10

- Vegetable waxes

16%

10%

         

90

- Other:

16%

10%

         

15.22

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes

 

40%

 

25%

         

16.01

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products

 

160% min. 2,559 ECU/T

 

120% min. 1,919 ECU/T

 

 

SSG

     

16.02

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:

             

10

Homogenized preparations

100%

75%

 

SSG

     

20

- Of liver of any animal

100%

75%

 

SSG

     
 

- Of poultry of No. 01.05:

             

31

-- Of turkeys

85%

55%

 

SSG

     

39

-- Other

100%

75%

 

SSG

     
 

- Of swine:

             

41

-- Hams and cuts thereof

100% min. 2,232 ECU/T

75% min. 1,674 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

42

-- Shoulders and cuts thereof

100% min. 1,830 ECU/T

75% min. 1,373 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

49

-- Other, including mixers

100% min. 2,232 ECU/T

75% min. 1,674 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

50

- Of bovine animals

100% min. 6,161 ECU/T

75% min. 4,621 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

90

- Other, including preparations of blood of any animal

100% min. 6,161 ECU/T

75% min. 4,621 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

16.03

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

 

40%

 

15%

         

17.01

Cane or beet sugar and chemically-pure sucrose, in solid form:

             
 

- Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter:

             

11

-- Cane sugar

220 ECU/T

160 ECU/T

         

12

-- Beet sugar

220 ECU/T

160 ECU/T

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Containing added flavouring or colouring matter

320 ECU/T

251 ECU/T

         

99

-- Other

320 ECU/T

251 ECU/T

         

17.02

Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:

             

10

- Lactose and lactose syrup

174 ECU/T

112 ECU/T

         

20

- Maple sugar and maple syrup

45%

30%

         

30

- Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose:

 

 

507 ECU/T*

 

 

324 ECU/T*

     

 

 

 

 

 

*ECU per T of dry matter

40

- Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20% but less than 50% by weight of fructose

 

 

507 ECU/T*

 

 

324 ECU/T*

     

 

 

 

 

*ECU per T of dry matter

50

- Chemically pure fructose

16% + 507 ECU/T*

10% + 324 ECU/T*

       

*ECU per T of dry matter

60

- Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50% by weight of fructose

 

 

507 ECU/T*

 

 

324 ECU/T*

     

 

 

 

*ECU per T of dry matter

90

- Other including invert sugar

507 ECU/T*

324 ECU/T*

       

ECU per T of dry matter

17.03

Molasses resulting from the refining or extraction of sugar:

             

10

- Cane molasses

40%

25%

         

90

- Other:

40%

25%

         

17.04

Sugar confectionery (including the white chocolate), not containing cocoa:

             

10

- Chewing gum, whether or not sugar coated

85% + ADS*

55% + ADS*

       

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

90

- Other:

105% + ADS*

67% + ADS*

       

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

18.01

Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted:

25%

15%

         

18.02

Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste

65%

40%

         

18.03

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted:

             

10

- Not defatted

25%

15%

         

20

- Fully or partially defatted

20%

10%

         

20

- Fully of partially defatted

20%

10%

         

18.04

Cocoa butter, fat and oil

16%

10%

         

18.05

Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

40%

25%

         

18.06

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

             

10

- Cocoa powder containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

150% + ADS*

96% + ADS*

 

SSG

   

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

20

- Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg. or in liquid, paste, powder or other bulk form in containers or other immediate packing, of a content exceeding 2 kg.:

150% + ADS*

96% + ADS*

 

SSG

   

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

- Other in blocks, slabs or bars:

             

31

-- Filled:

150% + ADS*

96% +ADS*

 

SSG

   

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

32

-- Not filled:

150% + ADS*

96% +ADS*

 

SSG

   

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

90

- Other:

150% + ADS*

96% +ADS*

 

SSG

   

ADS* - additional duty for sugar contained in the product

19.01

Malt extract, food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50%, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos. 04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa powder or

             
 

containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10%, not elsewhere specified or included:

             

10

- Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale

100%

75%

         

20

- Mixtures and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of No. 19.05

100%

75%

         

90

- Other

16% + 282 ECU/T

10% + 180 ECU/T

         

19.02

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; noodles, couscous, whether or not prepared:

             
 

- Uncooked pasta, neither stuffed or otherwise prepared:

             

11

-- Containing eggs

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

19

-- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

20

- Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

 

30

- Other pasta

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

40

- Couscous

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

19.03

Tapioca and substitutes thereof prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or other similar forms

             

19.04

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:

             

10

- Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products

150%

96%

         

90

- Other

150%

96%

         

19.05

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, flour and starch papers, rice papers and similar products:

150%

96%

         

10

- Crispbread

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

20

- Gingerbread and the like

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

30

- Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

40

- Rusks, roasted bread and other similar products:

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

20.01

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved in vinegar or acetic acid:

             

10

- Cucumbers and gherkins

95%

60%

         

20

- Onions

85%

55%

         

90

- Other

95%

60%

         

20.02

Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid:

             

10

- Tomatoes, whole or in pieces

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

20.03

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid:

             

10

- Mushrooms

120%

75%

         

20

- Truffles

65%

40%

         

20.04

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen:

             

10

- Potatoes

85%

55%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables

95%

70%

 

SSG

     

20.05

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen:

             

10

- Homogenized vegetables

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

20

- Potatoes

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

30

- Sauerkraut

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

40

- Peas (Pisum sativum)

- Beans (Vigna spp., Fhaseolus spp.):

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

51

-- Beans, shelled

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

59

-- Other

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

60

- Asparagus

65%

40%

 

SSG

     

70

- Olives

55%

35%

 

SSG

     

80

- Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata)

40%

15%

 

SSG

     

90

- Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables

120%

75%

 

SSG

     

20.06

Fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or crystallized):

25% + 299 ECU/T

20% + 239 ECU/T

         

20.07

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

             

10

- Homogenized preparations

100%

80%

 

SSG

     
 

- Other

             

91

- Citrus fruit

40%

15%

 

SSG

     

99

- Other

100%

80%

 

SSG

     

20.08

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:

             
 

- Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:

             

11

-- Ground-nuts:

100%

64%

         

19

-- Other, including mixtures

40%

20%

         

20

- Pineapples:

100%

64%

         

30

- Citrus fruit:

100%

64%

         

40

- Pears:

100%

64%

         

50

- Apricots:

100%

64%

         

60

- Cherries:

100%

64%

         

70

- Peaches:

100%

64%

         

80

- Strawberries:

100%

64%

         
 

- Other, including mixtures other than those of

No. 2008.19.00:

             

91

-- Palm hearts

40%

FREE

         

92

-- Mixtures

100%

64%

         

99

-- Other:

65%

40%

         

20.09

Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:

             
 

- Orange juice;

             

11

- Frozen

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

19

- Other

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

20

- Grapefruit juice

40%

25%

 

SSG

     

30

- Juice of other single citrus fruit

100%

64%

 

SSG

     

40

- Pineapple juice

100%

64%

 

SSG

     

50

- Tomato juice

160%

98%

 

SSG

     

60

- Grape juice (including grape must)

160%

98%

 

SSG

     

70

- Apple juice

160%

98%

 

SSG

     

80

- Juice of other single vegetable or fruit

160%

98%

 

SSG

     

90

- Mixtures of juices

100%

70%

 

SSG

     

21.01

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or mate; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:

             

10

- Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee

65%

40%

         

20

- Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or mate, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or mate

65%

40%

         

30

- Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof

55%

35%

         

21.02

Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of heading No. 30.02); prepared baking powders:

             

10

- Active yeasts

100%

64%

         

20

- Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead

100%

64%

         

30

- Prepared baking powders

100%

64%

         

21.03

Sauces and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:

             

10

- Soya sauce

40%

15%

         

20

- Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces

140%

90%

         

30

- Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

21.04

Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenized composite food preparations:

             

10

- Soups and broths and preparations therefor:

85%

55%

         

20

- Homogenized composite food preparations

100%

64%

         

21.05

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

35% +700 ECU/T

22.5% + 488 ECU/T

 

SSG

     

21.06

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:

             

10

- Protein concentrates and textured protein substances

50%

30%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

22.01

Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow:

             

10

- Mineral waters and aerated waters

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

22.02

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No. 20.09:

             

10

- Waters including mineral and aerated with containing added sugar or other sweetening matter flavoured

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

22.03

Beer made from malt

100%

64%

         

22.04

Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading No. 20.09:

             

10

- Sparkling wine

40% + 80 ECU/hl.

25% +51 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

- Other wine; grape must fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition of alcohol:

             

21

-- In containers holding 2 litres or less

40% + 90 ECU/hl.

32% + 72 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

29

-- Other

40% + 50 ECU/hl.

32% + 40 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

30

- Other grape must

150%

96%

 

SSG

     

22.05

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes, flavoured with plants or aromatic substances:

             

10

- In containers holding 2 litres or less

2 ECU/% vol./hl. + 10 ECU/hl.

1.6 ECU/% vol./hl. + 8 ECU/hl.

         

90

- Other

2 ECU/% vol./hl.

1.6 ECU/% vol./hl.

         

22.06

Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead). Mixtures of fermented and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included

30 ECU/hl.

24 ECU/hl.

         

22.07

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength:

             

10

- Undenatured ethyl alcohol, of actual alcoholic strength of 80% vol or higher

200% min. 30 ECU/hl.

160% min. 24 ECU/hl.

         

20

- Denatured ethyl alcohol and other spirits of any strength

180% min. 16 ECU/hl.

144% min. 12.8 ECU/hl.

         

22.08

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol.; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

             

10

- Compound alcoholic preparations of the kind used for the manufacture of beverages

200% min. 1.6 ECU/hl.

vol/hl. + 10 ECU/hl

128% min. 24 ECU/hl.

vol/hl + 6.4

 

SSG

     

20

- Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc

200% min. 1.6 ECU/% vol./hl. + 10 ECU/hl.

128% min 1.0 ECU/% vol./hl .+ 6.4 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

30

- Whiskies

110% min. 0.9 ECU/% vol/hl + 5.4 ECU/hl

90% min 0.75 ECU/% vol/hl + 4.5 ECU/hl

 

SSG

USA

   

40

- Rum and tafia

200% min .1.6 ECU/% vol./hl. + 10 ECU/hl.

128% min. 1.0 ECU/% vol./hl. + 6.4 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

50

Gin and Geneva

200% min. 1.6 ECU/% vol./hl. + 10 ECU/hl.

128% min. 1.0 ECU% vol./hl. + 6.4 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

22.08.90

- Other

200% min. 1.6 ECU/% vol./hl. + 10 ECU/hl.

128% min 1.0 ECU% vol./hl. + 6.4 ECU/hl.

 

SSG

     

ex 22.08.90

- Vodka

140% min. 1.2 ECU/% vol./hl. + 7.0 ECU/hl.

90% min 0.75 ECU/% vol./hl. + 4.5 ECU/hl.

         

22.09

Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid, fit for consumption:

85%

55%

         

23.01

Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves:

             

10

- Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or offal; greaves

16%

10%

         

20

- Flours, meals and pellets, of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

 

16%

 

10%

         

23.02

Brans, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants:

             

10

- Of maize (corn)

65%

40%

         

20

- Of rice

40%

25%

         

30

- Of wheat

65%

40%

         

40

- Of other cereals

65%

40%

         

50

- Of leguminous plants

65%

40%

         

23.03

Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets:

             

10

- Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues

65%

40%

         

20

- Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture

65%

40%

         

30

- Brewing or distilling dregs and waste

65%

40%

         

23.04

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil

25%

15%

         

23.05

Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil

65%

40%

         

23.06

Oil-cake and other solid residue, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading No. 23.04 or 23.05:

             

10

- Of cotton seed

25%

15%

         

20

- Of linseed

65%

40%

         

30

- Of sunflower seeds

65%

40%

         

40

- Of rape or colza seeds

65%

40%

         

50

- Of coconut or copra

65%

40%

         

60

- Of palm nuts or kernels

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

23.07

Wine lees; argol

65%

40%

         

23.08

Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by products, whether or not in the form of pellets, in a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:

             

10

- Acorns and horse-chestnuts

65%

40%

         

90

- Other

65%

40%

         

23.09

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:

             

10

- Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale

40%

30%

   

USA

   

90

- Other

120%

75%

         

24.01

Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse:

             

10

- Tobacco, (not stemmed/stripped)

250% min. 3.0 ECU/kg.

200% min. 2.4 ECU/kg.

 

SSG

     

20

- Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped

350% min. 5.0 ECU/kg.

200% min. 4.0 ECU/kg.

 

SSG

USA

   

30

- Tobacco refuse

250% min. 1.3 ECU/kg.

200% min. 1.0 ECU/kg.

 

SSG

     

24.02

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:

             

10

- Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos containing tobacco

100%

64%

 

SSG

     

20

- Cigarettes containing tobacco

250% min. 45 ECU/1,000 pcs.

200% min. 36 ECU/1,000 pcs.

 

SSG

USA

   

90

- Other

250% min. 45 ECU/1,000 pcs.

200% min. 36 ECU/1,000 pcs.

 

SSG

     

24.03

Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; "homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco extracts and essences:

             

10

- Smoking tobacco whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion

 

150%

 

96%

 

 

SSG

     

91

-- Other - "Homogenized" or "reconstituted" tobacco

150%

 

96%

 

 

SSG

 

 

 

 

   

99

-- Other

150%

96%

 

SSG

USA

   

29.05

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

             
 

-- Manitol

10%

FREE

         
 

-- D-glucitol (sorbitol)

10%

FREE

         

33.01

Essential oils, (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils.

             
 

- Essential oils of citrus fruit:

             

11

-- Of begamot

40%

25%

         

12

-- Of orange

40%

25%

         

13

-- Of lemon

40%

25%

         

14

-- Of lime

40%

25%

         

19

-- Other

40%

25%

         
 

-Essential oils other than those of citrus fruit:

             

21

-- Of geranium

40%

25%

         

22

-- Of jasmin

40%

25%

         

23

-- Of lavender (or of lavandin)

85%

55%

         

24

-- Of peppermint (Menthainpiperita)

40%

25%

         

25

-- Of other mints

40%

25%

         

26

-- Of vetiver

40%

25%

         

29

-- Other

85%

55%

         

30

- Resinoids

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

35.01

Caseine, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues:

             

10

Casein

40%

25%

         

90

- Other:

40%

25%

         

35.02

Albumins, (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivates:

             

10

- Egg albumin

85%

55%

         

90

- Other albumins

85%

55%

         

35.03

Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; as in glass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading No. 35.01:

 

 

 

 

 

 

40%

 

 

 

 

 

 

25%

         

35.04

Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed:

 

 

 

 

16%

 

 

 

 

10%

         

35.05

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinized or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:

             

10

- Dextrin and other modified starches

40%

25%

         

20

- Glues:

40%

25%

         

38.09

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included.

             

10

- With a basis of amylaceous substances

40%

25%

         

38.23

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or a

             

60

- Sorbitol other than that of 2905.44

40%

25%

         

41.01

               

10

- Whole hides and skins of bovine animals, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg. when simply dried, 10 kg. when dry-salted, or 14 kg. when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved

16%

10%

         
 

- Other hides and skins of bovine animals, fresh or wet-salted:

             

21

-- Whole

16%

10%

         

22

-- Butts and bends

16%

10%

         

29

-- Other

16%

10%

         

30

- Other hides and skins of bovine animals, otherwise preserved

 

16%

 

10%

         

40

- Hides and skins of equine animals

16%

10%

         

41.02

Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split:

             

10

- With wool on:

10%

5%

         
 

- Without wool on

             

21

-- Pickled

16%

8%

         

29

-- Other

16%

10%

         

41.03

Other raw hides and skins (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by Note 1(b) or 1 (c) to this chapter:

             

10

- Of goats or kids

16%

10%

         

20

- Of reptiles

16%

10%

         

90

- Other

16%

10%

         

43.01

Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings suitable for furriers' uses), other than raw hides and skins of heading Nos. 41.01, 41.02 or 41.03.

             

10

- Of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

15%

5%

         

20

- Of rabbit or hare, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

15%

5%

         

30

- Of lamb, the following; Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

 

 

 

 

10%

 

 

 

 

5%

         

40

- Of beaver, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

10%

5%

         

50

- Of musk-rat, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

10%

5%

         

60

- Of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

15%

5%

         

70

- Of seal, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

10%

5%

         

80

- Other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or paws:

15%

5%

         

90

- Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers use:

 

15%

 

5%

         

50.01

Silk-worm cocoons suitable for reeling

10%

5%

         

50.02

Raw silk (not thrown)

16%

10%

         

50.03

Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock):

             

10

- Not carded or combed

40%

25%

         

90

- Other

40%

25%

         

51.01

Wool, not carded or combed:

             
 

- Greasy, including fleece-washed wool:

             

11

- Shorn wool

10%

5%

         

19

-- Other

10%

5%

         
 

- Degreased, not carbonized:

             

21

-- Shorn wool

10%

5%

         

29

-- Other

10%

5%

         

30

- Carbonized

10%

5%

         

ex 51.01

Wool, not carded or combed:

       

Australia

   
 

- Greasy, including fleece-washed wool:

             

11

-- Shorn wool, Merino wool

10%

0%

         

19

-- Other, Merino wool

10%

0%

         
 

- Degreased, not carbonized:

             

21

-- Shorn wool, Merino wool

10%

0%

         

29

-- Other, Merino wool

10%

0%

         

30

- Carbonized, Merino wool

10%

0%

         

51.05

Wool and fine or coarse of animal hair, carded or combed:

             

10

- Carded wool

16%

10%

         

- Wool tops and other combed:

             

21

-- Combed wool in fragments

16%

10%

         

29

-- Other

16%

10%

         

ex 51.05

Wool and fine or coarse of animal hair, carded or combed:

             

10

- Carded wool, Merino

10%

5%

         
 

- Wool tops and other combed:

             

21

-- Combed wool in fragments, Merino

10%

5%

         

29

-- Other, Merino

10%

5%

         

51.02

Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed:

             

10

- Fine animal hair

8%

5%

         

20

- Coarse animal hair

8%

5%

         

51.03

Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock:

             

10

- Noils of wool or of fine animal hair

25%

5%

         

20

- Other waste of wool or of fine animal hair

25%

5%

         

30

- Waste of coarse animal hair

25%

5%

         

52.01

Cotton, not carded or combed

5%

0%

         

52.02

Cotton waste (including yarn and thread waste and garnetted waste):

             

10

- Yarn and thread waste

45%

25%

         
 

- Other:

             

91

-- Garnetted stock

45%

25%

         

99

-- Other

45%

25%

         

52.03

Cotton, carded or combed

16%

10%

         

53.01

Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock):

             

10

- Flax, raw or retted

10%

5%

         
 

- Flax, broken, scutched, hackled or otherwise processed, but not spun:

             

21

-- Broken or scutched

10%

5%

         

29

-- Other

             

30

- Flax tow and waste

10%

5%

         

53.02

True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock):

             

10

- True hemp, raw or retted

10%

5%

         

90

- Other

10%

5%