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Ministers,
Representing
the following
Members of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”), and States or separate customs
territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, which have agreed in Singapore on the
expansion of world trade in information technology products and which account for well
over 80 per cent of world trade in these products (“parties”):
Australia
Japan
Canada
Korea
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
Norway
European Communities
Singapore
Hong Kong
Switzerland
Iceland
Turkey
Indonesia
United States
Considering
the key role of trade in information technology products in the development of
information industries and in the dynamic expansion of the world economy,
Recognizing
the goals of raising standards of living and expanding the production of and trade in
goods;
Desiring to
achieve maximum freedom of world trade in information technology products;
Desiring to
encourage the continued technological development of the information technology industry
on a world-wide basis;
Mindful of
the positive contribution information technology makes to global economic growth and
welfare;
Having agreed
to put into effect the results of these negotiations which involve concessions additional
to those included in the Schedules attached to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and
Recognizing
that the results of these negotiations also involve some concessions offered in
negotiations leading to the establishment of Schedules annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol,
Declare
as follows:
- Each party's
trade regime should evolve in a manner that enhances market access opportunities for
information technology products.
- Pursuant to
the modalities set forth in the Annex to this Declaration, each party shall bind and
eliminate customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of
Article II:1(b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, with respect to the
following:
(a) all products classified (or
classifiable) with Harmonized System (1996) (“HS”) headings listed in Attachment
A to the Annex to this Declaration; and
(b) all products specified in Attachment B to the Annex to this Declaration, whether or
not they are included in Attachment A; through equal rate reductions of customs duties
beginning in 1997 and concluding in 2000, recognizing that extended staging of reductions
and, before implementation, expansion of product coverage may be necessary in limited
circumstances.
- Ministers
express satisfaction about the large product coverage outlined in the Attachments to the
Annex to this Declaration. They instruct their respective officials to make good faith
efforts to finalize plurilateral technical discussions in Geneva on the basis of these
modalities, and instruct these officials to complete this work by 31 January 1997, so as
to ensure the implementation of this Declaration by the largest number of participants.
- Ministers
invite the Ministers of other Members of the WTO, and States or separate customs
territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, to provide similar instructions to
their respective officials, so that they may participate in the technical discussions
referred to in paragraph 3 above and participate fully in the expansion of world trade in
information technology products.
Annex:
Modalities and Product Coverage
Attachment A:
list of HS headings
Attachment B:
list of products
Annex
Modalities and Product Coverage
Any Member of
the World Trade Organization, or State or separate customs territory in the process of
acceding to the WTO, may participate in the expansion of world trade in information
technology products in accordance with the following modalities:
- Each
participant shall incorporate the measures described in paragraph 2 of the Declaration
into its schedule to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and, in addition, at
either its own tariff line level or the Harmonized System (1996) ("HS") 6-digit
level in either its official tariff or any other published versions of the tariff
schedule, whichever is ordinarily used by importers and exporters. Each participant that
is not a Member of the WTO shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis, pending
completion of its WTO accession, and shall incorporate these measures into its WTO market
access schedule for goods.
- To this end,
as early as possible and no later than 1 March 1997 each participant shall provide all
other participants a document containing (a) the details concerning how the appropriate
duty treatment will be provided in its WTO schedule of concessions, and (b) a list of the
detailed HS headings involved for products specified in Attachment B. These documents will
be reviewed and approved on a consensus basis and this review process shall be completed
no later than 1 April 1997. As soon as this review process has been completed for any such
document, that document shall be submitted as a modification to the Schedule of the
participant concerned, in accordance with the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for
Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25).
(a) The concessions to
be proposed by each participant as modifications to its Schedule shall bind and eliminate
all customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind on information technology
products as follows:
(i)
elimination of such customs duties shall take place through rate reductions in equal
steps, except as may be otherwise agreed by the participants. Unless otherwise agreed by
the participants, each participant shall bind all tariffs on items listed in the
Attachments no later than 1 July 1997, and shall make the first such rate reduction
effective no later than 1 July 1997, the second such rate reduction no later than 1
January 1998, and the third such rate reduction no later than 1 January 1999, and the
elimination of customs duties shall be completed effective no later than 1 January 2000.
The participants agree to encourage autonomous elimination of customs duties prior to
these dates. The reduced rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal;
and
(ii)
elimination of such other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article
II:1(b) of the General Agreement, shall be completed by 1 July 1997, except as may be
otherwise specified in the participant's document provided to other participants for
review.
(b) The
modifications to its Schedule to be proposed by a participant in order to implement its
binding and elimination of customs duties on information technology products shall achieve
this result:
(i) in the
case of the HS headings listed in Attachment A, by creating, where appropriate,
sub-divisions in its Schedule at the national tariff line level; and
(ii) in the
case of the products specified in Attachment B, by attaching an annex to its Schedule
including all products in Attachment B, which is to specify the detailed HS headings for
those products at either the national tariff line level or the HS 6-digit level.
Each
participant shall promptly modify its national tariff schedule to reflect the
modifications it has proposed, as soon as they have entered into effect.
- Participants
shall meet periodically under the auspices of the Council on Trade in Goods to review the
product coverage specified in the Attachments, with a view to agreeing, by consensus,
whether in the light of technological developments, experience in applying the tariff
concessions, or changes to the HS nomenclature, the Attachments should be modified to
incorporate additional products, and to consult on non-tariff barriers to trade in
information technology products. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights
and obligations under the WTO Agreement.
- Participants
shall meet as soon as practicable and in any case no later than 1 April 1997 to
review the state of acceptances received and to assess the conclusions to be drawn
therefrom. Participants will implement the actions foreseen in the Declaration provided
that participants representing approximately 90 per cent of world trade in information
technology products have by then notified their acceptance, and provided that the staging
has been agreed to the participants' satisfaction. In assessing whether to implement
actions foreseen in the Declaration, if the percentage of world trade represented by
participants falls somewhat short of 90 per cent of world trade in information technology
products, participants may take into account the extent of the participation of States or
separate customs territories representing for them the substantial bulk of their own trade
in such products. At this meeting the participants will establish whether these criteria
have been met.
- Participants
shall meet as often as necessary and no later than 30 September 1997 to consider any
divergence among them in classifying information technology products, beginning with the
products specified in Attachment B. Participants agree on the common objective of
achieving, where appropriate, a common classification for these products within existing
HS nomenclature, giving consideration to interpretations and rulings of the Customs
Co-operation Council (also known as the World Customs Organization or “WCO”). In
any instance in which a divergence in classification remains, participants will consider
whether a joint suggestion could be made to the WCO with regard to updating existing HS
nomenclature or resolving divergence in interpretation of the HS nomenclature.
- The
participants understand that Article XXIII of the General Agreement will address
nullification or impairment of benefits accruing directly or indirectly to a WTO Member
participant through the implementation of this Declaration as a result of the application
by another WTO Member participant of any measure, whether or not that measure conflicts
with the provisions of the General Agreement.
- Each
participant shall afford sympathetic consideration to any request for consultation from
any other participant concerning the undertakings set out above. Such consultations shall
be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.
- Participants
acting under the auspices of the Council for Trade in Goods shall inform other Members of
the WTO and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO
of these modalities and initiate consultations with a view to facilitate their
participation in the expansion of trade in information technology products on the basis of
the Declaration.
- As used in
these modalities, the term “participant” shall mean those Members of the WTO, or
States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, that provide
the document described in paragraph 2 no later than 1 March 1997.
- This Annex
shall be open for acceptance by all Members of the WTO and any State or any separate
customs territory in the process of acceding to the WTO. Acceptances shall be notified in
writing to the Director-General who shall communicate them to all participants.
There are two
attachments to the Annex.
Attachment A
lists the HS headings or parts thereof to be covered.
Attachment B
lists specific products to be covered by an ITA wherever they are classified in the HS .
Attachment A, Section 1 Back to top
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HS96 |
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HS
description |
| |
3818 |
|
Chemical
elements doped for use in electronics, in form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical
compounds doped for use in electronics |
| |
8469 |
11 |
Word
processing machines |
| |
8470 |
|
Calculating
machines and pocketsize data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with a
calculating function; accounting machines, postage franking machines, ticketissuing
machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating devices; cash registers: |
| |
8470 |
10 |
Electronic
calculators capable of operating without an external source of electric power and pocket
size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions |
| |
8470 |
21 |
Other
electronic calculating machines incorporating a printing device |
| |
8470 |
29 |
Other |
| |
8470 |
30 |
Other
calculating machines |
| |
8470 |
40 |
Accounting
machines |
| |
8470 |
50 |
Cash
registers |
| |
8470 |
90 |
Other |
| |
8471 |
|
Automatic
data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for
transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not
elsewhere specified or included: |
| |
8471 |
10 |
Analogue or
hybrid automatic data processing machines |
| |
8471 |
30 |
Portable
digital automatic data processing machines, weighing no more than 10 kg, consisting of at
least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display |
| |
8471 |
41 |
Other
digital automatic data processing machines comprising in the same housing at least a
central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined |
| |
8471 |
49 |
Other
digital automatic data processing machines presented in the form of systems |
| |
8471 |
50 |
Digital
processing units other than those of subheading 8471 41 and 8471 49, whether or not in the
same housing one or two of the following types of units : storage units, input units,
output units |
| |
8471 |
60 |
Input or
output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing |
| |
8471 |
70 |
Storage
units, including central storage units, optical disk storage units, hard disk drives and
magnetic tape storage units |
| |
8471 |
80 |
Other units
of automatic data processing machines |
| |
8471 |
90 |
Other |
| ex |
8472 |
90 |
Automatic
teller machines |
| |
8473 |
21 |
Parts and
accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 of the electronic calculating machines of
subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29 |
| |
8473 |
29 |
Parts and
accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 other than the electronic calculating
machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29 |
| |
8473 |
30 |
Parts and
accessories of the machines of heading No 8471 |
| |
8473 |
50 |
Parts and
accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings Nos.
8469 to 8472 |
| ex |
8504 |
40 |
Static
converters for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication
apparatus |
| ex |
8504 |
50 |
Other
inductors for power supplies for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and
telecommunication apparatus |
| |
8517 |
|
Electrical
apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with
cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carriercurrent line systems or for
digital line systems; videophones: |
| |
8517 |
11 |
Line
telephone sets with cordless handsets |
| |
8517 |
19 |
Other
telephone sets and videophones |
| |
8517 |
21 |
Facsimile
machines |
| |
8517 |
22 |
Teleprinters
|
| |
8517 |
30 |
Telephonic
or telegraphic switching apparatus |
| |
8517 |
50 |
Other
apparatus, for carriercurrent line systems or for digital line systems |
| |
8517 |
80 |
Other
apparatus including entryphone systems |
| |
8517 |
90 |
Parts of
apparatus of heading 8517 |
| ex |
8518 |
10 |
Microphones
having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a
height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication use |
| ex |
8518 |
30 |
Line
telephone handsets |
| ex |
8518 |
29 |
Loudspeakers,
without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter of not
exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication use |
| |
8520 |
20 |
Telephone
answering machines |
| |
8523 |
11 |
Magnetic
tapes of a width not exceeding 4 mm |
| |
8523 |
12 |
Magnetic
tapes of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6,5 mm |
| |
8523 |
13 |
Magnetic
tapes of a width exceeding 6,5 mm |
| |
8523 |
20 |
Magnetic
discs |
| |
8523 |
90 |
Other |
| |
8524 |
31 |
Discs for
laser reading systems for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image |
| ex |
8524 |
39 |
Other : for reproducing
representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable
binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by
means of an automatic data processing machine |
| |
8524 |
40 |
Magnetic
tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image |
| |
8524 |
91 |
Media for
reproducing phenomena other than sound or image |
| ex |
8424 |
99 |
Other : for reproducing
representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable
binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by
means of an automatic data processing machine |
| ex |
8525 |
10 |
Transmission
apparatus other than apparatus for radiobroadcasting or television |
| |
8525 |
20 |
Transmission
apparatus incorporating reception apparatus |
| ex |
8525 |
40 |
Digital
still image video cameras |
| ex |
8527 |
90 |
Portable
receivers for calling, alerting or paging |
| ex |
8529 |
10 |
Aerials or
antennae of a kind used with apparatus for radiotelephony and radiotelegraphy |
| ex |
8529 |
90 |
Parts of: transmission apparatus
other than apparatus for radiobroadcasting or television
transmission
apparatus incorporating reception apparatus
digital still
image video cameras,
portable
receivers for calling, alerting or paging |
| |
8531 |
20 |
Indicator
panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED) |
| ex |
8531 |
90 |
Parts of
apparatus of subheading 8531 20 |
| |
8532 |
|
Electrical
capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (preset): |
| |
8532 |
10 |
Fixed
capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling
capacity of not less than 0,5 kvar (power capacitors) |
| |
8532 |
21 |
Tantalum
fixed capacitors |
| |
8532 |
22 |
Aluminium
electrolytic fixed capacitors |
| |
8532 |
23 |
Ceramic
dielectric, single layer fixed capacitors |
| |
8532 |
24 |
Ceramic
dielectric, multilayer fixed capacitors |
| |
8532 |
25 |
Dielectric
fixed capacitors of paper or plastics |
| |
8532 |
29 |
Other fixed
capacitors |
| |
8532 |
30 |
Variable or
adjustable (preset) capacitors |
| |
8532 |
90 |
Parts |
| |
8533 |
|
Electrical
resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors: |
| |
8533 |
10 |
Fixed carbon
resistors, composition or film types |
| |
8533 |
21 |
Other fixed
resistors for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W |
| |
8533 |
29 |
Other fixed
resistors for a power handling capacity of 20 W or more |
| |
8533 |
31 |
Wirewound
variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity
not exceeding 20 W |
| |
8533 |
39 |
Wirewound
variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity
of 20 W or more |
| |
8533 |
40 |
Other
variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers |
| |
8533 |
90 |
Parts |
| |
8534 |
|
Printed
circuits |
| ex |
8536 |
50 |
Electronic
AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (Insulated thyristor
AC switches) |
| ex |
8536 |
50 |
Electronic
switches, including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor
and a logic chip (chiponchip technology) for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts |
| ex |
8536 |
50 |
Electromechanical
snapaction switches for a current not exceeding 11 amps |
| ex |
8536 |
69 |
Plugs and
sockets for coaxial cables and printed circuits |
| ex |
8536 |
90 |
Connection
and contact elements for wires and cables |
| |
8541 |
|
Diodes,
transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices,
including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels;
lightemitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals: |
| |
8541 |
10 |
Diodes,
other than photosensitive or lightemitting diodes |
| |
8541 |
21 |
Transistors,
other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of less than 1 W |
| |
8541 |
29 |
Transistors,
other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of 1 W or more |
| |
8541 |
30 |
Thyristors,
diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices |
| |
8541 |
40 |
Photosensitive
semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or
made up into panels; light emitting diodes |
| |
8541 |
50 |
Other
semiconductor devices |
| |
8541 |
60 |
Mounted
piezoelectric crystals |
| |
8541 |
90 |
Parts |
| |
8542 |
|
Electronic
integrated circuits and microassemblies |
| |
8542 |
12 |
Cards
incorporating an electronic integrated circuit ('smart' cards) |
| |
8542 |
13 |
Metal oxide
semiconductors (MOS technology) |
| |
8542 |
14 |
Circuits
obtained by bipolar technology |
| |
8542 |
19 |
Other
monolithic digital integrated circuits, including circuits obtained by a combination of
bipolar and MOS technologies (BIMOS technology) |
| |
8542 |
30 |
Other
monolithic integrated circuits |
| |
8542 |
40 |
Hybrid
integrated circuits |
| |
8542 |
50 |
Electronic
microassemblies |
| |
8542 |
90 |
Part |
| |
8543 |
81 |
Proximity
cards and tags |
| ex |
8543 |
89 |
Electrical
machines with translation or dictionary functions |
| ex |
8544 |
41 |
Other
electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, fitted with connectors, of a kind
used for telecommunications |
| ex |
8544 |
49 |
Other
electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, not fitted with connectors, of a
kind used for telecommunications |
| ex |
8544 |
51 |
Other
electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1000 V, fitted with
connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications |
| |
8544 |
70 |
Optical
fibre cables |
| |
9009 |
11 |
Electrostatic
photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy
(direct process)] |
| |
9009 |
21 |
Other
photocopying apparatus, incorporating an optical system |
| |
9009 |
90 |
Parts and
accessories |
| |
9026 |
|
Instruments
and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of
liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters),
excluding instruments and apparatus of heading No 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: |
| |
9026 |
10 |
Instruments
for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids |
| |
9026 |
20 |
Instruments
and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure |
| |
9026 |
80 |
Other
instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking of heading 9026 |
| |
9026 |
90 |
Parts and
accessories of instruments and apparatus of heading 9026 |
| |
9027 |
20 |
Chromatographs
and electrophoresis instruments |
| |
9027 |
30 |
Spectrometers,
spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) |
| |
9027 |
50 |
Other
instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) of heading No 9027 |
| |
9027 |
80 |
Other
instruments and apparatus of heading No 9027 (other than those of heading No 9027 10) |
| ex |
9027 |
90 |
Parts and
accessories of products of heading 9027, other than for gas or smoke analysis apparatus
and microtomes |
| |
9030 |
40 |
Instruments
and apparatus for measuring and checking, specially designed for telecommunications (for
example, crosstalk meters, gain measuring instruments, distorsion factor meters,
psophometers) |
Attachment A, Section 2 Back to top
Semiconductor
manufacturing and testing equipment and parts thereof
| |
HS Code |
Description |
Comments |
| ex |
7017 10 |
Quartz
reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for
production of semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8419 89 |
Chemical
vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor production |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8419 90 |
Parts of
chemical vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor production |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8421 19 |
Spin dryers
for semiconductor wafer processing |
|
| ex |
8421 91 |
Parts of
spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing |
|
| ex |
8424 89 |
Deflash
machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor
packages prior to the electroplating process |
|
| ex |
8424 89 |
Spraying
appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8424 90 |
Parts of
spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8456 10 |
Machines for
working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the
production of semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8456 91 |
Apparatus
for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| |
8456 91 |
Machines for
dryetching patterns on semiconductor materials |
|
| ex |
8456 99 |
Focused ion
beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on
semiconductor devices |
|
| ex |
8456 99 |
Lasercutters
for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8464 10 |
Machines for
sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8464 20 |
Grinding,
polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8464 90 |
Dicing
machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8466 91 |
Parts for
machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8466 91 |
Parts of
dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8466 91 |
Parts of
grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8466 93 |
Parts of
focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on
semiconductor devices |
|
| ex |
8466 93 |
Parts of
lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8466 93 |
Parts of
machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo
beam in the production of semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8456 93 |
Parts of
apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8466 93 |
Parts of
machines for dryetching patterns on semiconductor materials |
|
| ex |
8477 10 |
Encapsulation
equipment for assembly of semiconductors |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8477 90 |
Parts of
encapsulation equipment |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 50 |
Automated
machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes,
wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Apparatus
for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules |
|
| ex |
8479 89 |
Apparatus
for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Apparatus
for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel
displays |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Die attach
apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Encapsulation
equipment for assembly of semiconductors |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Epitaxial
deposition machines for semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8479 89 |
Machines for
bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Physical
deposition apparatus for for semiconductor production |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 89 |
Spinners for
coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Part of
apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts for
die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of
semiconductors |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts for
spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules |
|
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat
panel displays |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer
cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8479 90 |
Parts of
physical deposition apparatus for for semiconductor production |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8480 71 |
Injection
and compression moulds for the manufacture of semiconductor devices |
|
| ex |
8514 10 |
Resistance
heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor
wafers |
|
| ex |
8514 20 |
Inductance
or dielectric furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on
semiconductors wafers |
|
| ex |
8514 30 |
Apparatus
for rapid heating of semiconductor wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8514 30 |
Parts of
resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on
semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
8514 90 |
Parts of
apparatus for rapid heating of wafers |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8514 90 |
Parts of
furnaces and ovens of Headings No 8514 10 to No 8514 30 |
|
| ex |
8536 90 |
Wafer
probers |
For
Attachment B |
| |
8543 11 |
Ion
implanters for doping semiconductor materials |
|
| ex |
8543 30 |
Apparatus
for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel
displays |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8543 90 |
Parts of
apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat
panel displays |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
8543 90 |
Parts of ion
implanters for doping semiconductor materials |
|
| |
9010 41 to
9010 49 |
Apparatus
for projection, drawing or plating circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials
and flat panel displays |
|
| ex |
9010 90 |
Parts and
accessories of the apparatus of Headings No 9010 41 to 9010 49 |
|
| ex |
9011 10 |
Optical
stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and
transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9011 20 |
Photomicrographic
microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of
semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9011 90 |
Parts and
accessories of optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically
designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9011 90 |
Parts and
accessories of photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed
for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9012 10 |
Electron
beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and
transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9012 90 |
Parts and
accessories of electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for
the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9017 20 |
Pattern
generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist
coated substrates |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9017 90 |
Parts and
accessories for pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or
reticles from photoresist coated substrates |
For
Attachment B |
| ex |
9017 90 |
Parts of
such pattern generating apparatus |
For
Attachment B |
| |
9030 82 |
Instruments
and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices |
|
| ex |
9030 90 |
Parts and
accessories of instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or
devices |
|
| ex |
9030 90 |
Parts of
instruments and appliances for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices |
|
| |
9031 41 |
Optical
instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for
inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices |
|
| ex |
9031 49 |
Optical
instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on
semiconductor wafers |
|
| ex |
9031 90 |
Parts and
accessories of optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or
devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing
semiconductor devices |
|
| ex |
9031 90 |
Parts and
accessories of optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate
contamination on semiconductor wafers |
|
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Positive list
of specific products to be covered by this agreement wherever they are classified in the
HS.
Where parts
are specified, they are to be covered in accordance with HS Notes 2(b) to Section XVI and
Chapter 90, respectively.
| Computers:
automatic data processing machines capable of 1) storing the processing program or
programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; 2)
being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; 3) performing
arithmetical computations specified by the user; and 4) executing, without human
intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by
logical decision during the processing run. The agreement covers such
automatic data processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and process
with the assistance of central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or
other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals. Machines performing a
specific function other than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction
with an automatic data processing machine, and not otherwise specified under Attachment A
or B, are not covered by this agreement. |
| Electric
amplifiers when used as repeaters in line telephony products falling within this
agreement, and parts thereof |
| Flat
panel displays (including LCD, Electro Luminescence, Plasma and other technologies) for
products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof. |
| Network
equipment: Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) apparatus, including those
products dedicated for use solely or principally to permit the interconnection of
automatic data processing machines and units thereof for a network that is used primarily
for the sharing of resources such as central processor units, data storage devices and
input or output units including adapters, hubs, inline repeaters, converters,
concentrators, bridges and routers, and printed circuit assemblies for physical
incorporation into automatic data processing machines and units thereof. |
| Monitors
: display units of automatic data processing machines with a cathode ray tube with a dot
screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm not capable of receiving and processing television
signals or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals without assistance
of a central processing unit of a computer as defined in this agreement. The agreement does
not, therefore, cover televisions, including high definition televisions. |
| Optical
disc storage units, for automatic data processing machines (including CD drives and
DVDdrives), whether or not having the capability of writing/recording as well as
reading, whether or not in their own housings. |
| Paging
alert devices , and parts thereof . |
| Plotters
whether input or output units of HS heading No 8471 or drawing or drafting machines of HS
heading No 9017. |
| Printed
Circuit Assemblies for products falling within this agreement, including such assemblies
for external connections such as cards that conform to the PCMCIA standard. Such printed circuit
assemblies consist of one or more printed circuits of heading 8534 with one or more active
elements assembled thereon, with or without passive elements "Active elements"
means diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, whether or not
photosensitive, of heading 8541, and integrated circuits and micro assemblies of heading
8542. |
| Projection
type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing machines which can
display digital information generated by the central processing unit. |
| Proprietary
format storage devices including media therefor for automatic data processing machines,
with or without removable media and whether magnetic, optical or other technology,
including Bernoulli Box, Syquest, or Zipdrive cartridge storage units. |
| Multimedia
upgrade kits for automatic data processing machines, and units thereof, put up for retail
sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones as well as a printed circuit
assembly that enables the ADP machines and units thereof to process audio signals (sound
cards). |
| Set
top boxes which have a communication function : a microprocessorbased device
incorporating a modem for gaining access to the Internet, and having a function of
interactive information exchange |
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