Business Opportunities in - Trade Development Authority Of Pakistan

Export News 23 & 24-2006 

Export News No: 23 & 24-2006 June 2006 

EXPORT NEWS 2 

Business Opportunities 

� Business Opportunities in Pharmaceutical Sector 2 

� Medical Device Manufacturers 2 

� List of Tajik Enterprise having Experience of Import and Distribution 

of Food products in Tajikistan 

Fairs & Exhibitions 

� Exhibition in Hungary 2 

� Thailand Auto Parts & Accessories 2006 (TAPA) 2 

FOREIGN TRADE ENQUIRIES 3 

Articles 4 – 11 

� 5 th session of Pak-Syria Joint Ministerial Commission and subsequent 

lifting of ban on Certain items of import from Pakistan by Syrian 

Authorities 

EXPORT GUIDE 12 – 29 

� BRIEF ON AGREEMENT ON SOUTH ASIAN FREE TRADE AREA (SAFTA) 

� List of Sensitive Goods for LDCs under SAFTA 

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� Business Opportunities in 

Pharmaceutical Sector 

Export Promotion Bureau, 

Government of Pakistan, Karachi, has 

been informed by Embassy of Pakistan 

Port Louis, Mauritius that a Pharmaceutical 

unit in Mauritius is being offered for sale 

at a very low cost. 

Interested parties who wish to 

establish a joint venture or setup a unit of 

Pharmaceutical for meeting the local 

demand, as well as the regional market in 

SADC and East Africa may contact 

Pakistan's Embassy, Mauritius at the 

following address:- 

High commission of Pakistan, 

9-A queen Mary Avenue, Floreal, 

Port Louis, Mauritius. 

Telephone: (00-230)6988501-2 

Fax: (00-230)6988405 

Email: pareportlouis@hotmail.com 

� Medical Device Manufacturers 

M/s. R-Med. Inc. are interested in 

import of Precision Machined Medical 

Device Components from Pakistan. 

Interested Pakistani companies 

having FDA registration may contact the 

firm directly at the address given below: - 

Burak Riza 

Or 

Cosme Ribe 

M/s. R-Med. Inc. 

Tel: 4196937481 

Fax: 4196937044 

E-mail: med@med.com 

� List of Tajik Enterprises 

having experience of import 

and distribution of food 

products in Tajikistan 

1. State unitary Enterprise 

“K hurokvori”, R T , D ush anbe, 

734024, 24 Rudaki ave., 

Tel: 2215170 

2. JSC “Shiri D ushanbe”, D ushanbe, 

734060, 31 J. Rasulov Ave., 

Tel: 2358410, 2358400 


3. U nion “T ojikm atlubot”, D ushanbe, 

734003 137 Rudaki Ave, 

Tel: 2248751, 2210035 

4. O pen Public Enterprise “Shohona”, 

Dushanbe, 2 proyezd 4 Bukhoro St., 

Tel: 2234090 

5. O pen Public Enterprise “N G O G okha 

Food”, R udaki D istrict, O qqurghan 

Village, Gulbuta, 

Tel: 2219615 

6. O pen Joint Stock C om pany “G uli K ushor”, 

Dushanbe, 734005, 1 Pirogov St., 

Tel: 2275862 

F A I R S & E X H I B I T I O N S 

� Exhibition in Hungary 

M/s. Her-Szig BT is organizing a 

product exhibition in Hungary in the most 

beautiful tourist center in the Lake Balaton in 

August 2006. They have invited 36 countries to 

participate in this exhibition. 

Interested Pakistani companies may 

contact the organizer at the address given 

below:- 

M/s. Her-Szig BT Representation Partnership 

Fax: 83/318-750 

E-mail: herszig@axelero.hu 

URL: www.her-szig.hu 

� Thailand Auto Parts & 

Accessories 2006 (TAPA) 

Thailand Auto Parts & Accessories 2006 

(TAPA) will be held from 11 th to 15 th October 

2006 at Bangkok, Thailand. A complete range 

of the latest vehicle parts and component, tools 

and services, cars, trucks, motorcycles and 

bicycles will be on display. TAPA 2006 promises 

to be truly global arena for International buyers 

and Thai manufacturers & exporters to meet 

and exchange ideas. 

Interested Pakistani companies may 

contact the organizer directly at the address 

given below:- 

Office of the International Trade Fair Activities 

22/77 Ruchadapisek Road, 

Chatuchak 

Bangkok 10900, Thailand 

Tel: +66(0) 25120093, 104 ext 670, 264 

Fax: +66(0) 25122234 

E-mail: autopart@depthai.go.th 

URL: www.thaitradefair.com 

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COUNTRY / FIRM TEL / FAX / E-MAIL PRODUCTS/ITEMS 

EGYPT 

M/s. Condition Company 

Mr. Mohamed Ashour, 

President, 

9, Emad El Din St, 

Cairo. 

NIGERIA 

International Commercial 

Import Company 

Muhammed Basheer 

Adedoyin-M/D. 

NO. 33/35, Alagbeji Street, 

International Commercial 

Shopping Complex, 

Isale Eko Lagos State Of 

Nigeria. 

Telephone: 202 590-6796, 

591-6128 

Fax: 202 592-0683 

Email: condico@hotmail.com 

Tel: 234-1-2641166-7. 

Fax: 234-1-2641166-7 

E-mail: 

intcommercial@yahoo.co.uk, 

hope2002_3@yahoo.co.uk 

Aluminum Plate made of 

special alloy type 7020 

Telecommunication 

Equipments 

Cell / Cord Less Phone 

G.S.M Electrical Parts 

Diamonds / Gemstones / 

Real Gold Jewelleries in 

4/18/20/22 Karat 

Finishing -Jewelleries 

Productions 

Ladies / Gents Leather 

Belts 

Ladies / Gents Wrist 

Watches & its Accessories 

Reading / Sun Glasses 

Frames 

Optician Equipments 

Medical / Hospital 

Equipments 

Bed Sheets Sets 

Pillow Cover 

Sewing Suppliers 

Table & Wall Clocks 

Sports Goods 

Polo T-Shirts 

Electronic Appliances 

Consumers Electronics 

House Hold Wares 

Table / Dish / Kitchen 

Wares 

Inner and External Car 

Mirror 

Car Keys 

Muslim Praying Rugs/Caps 

Muslim - Ladies and 

Gents Praying Gown 

Muslim Counting Beads- 

Rosary) 

The enquiries included in this Bulletin are received directly from the foreign 

ind ivid u al im p orters or th rou gh P akistan’s T rad e O ffices / E m bassies abroad . W hile every 

effort is made to ensure that the information given in this bulletin is accurate, no legal 

responsibility is accepted for any inaccuracy or omission. Parties are introduced without any 

responsibility or prejudice on part of the Bureau regarding their standing or status. 

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5 TH SESSION OF PAK-SYRIA JOINT MINISTERIAL 

COMMISSION - DAMASCUS 

During the 5 th Session of Pak-Syria Joint Ministerial Commission held in 

Damascus on 22 ~ 24 May 2005, matter was raised with the Syrian Trade Authorities 

that certain items of Pakistan interest are not importable to Syria. 

Subsequently, Ministry of Economy & Trade Republic of Syria has lifted ban 

on certain items which would be of direct interest to Pakistani manufacturers / 

exporters. The decisions of the said ministry are as follows: - 

The Minister of Economy and Trade 

Decision No. (790) 

In accordance with Legislative Decree No. 60, dated 1952 along with its amendments 

and Ministry of Industry's note verbale No. ????, dated 29/8/2005, as well as the meeting 

held on 7/3/2006 in response to the Ministry of Economy and Trade's note verbale No. 

2419/298/1/9, dated 15/2/2006, 

Decides the following: 

Article (1) 

All importers shall be allowed to import items mentioned in the attached lists as an 

exception of the enforced Import Prohibition/Suspension Provisions. 

Article (2) 

Value of items included in the attached lists shall be payable in accordance with all 

currency regulations in force, excluding credit facilities while observing Article (3) below. 

Article (3) 

Value of raw materials shall be duly payable in accordance with all currency 

regulations in force while observing Provisions of Decision No. 2132, dated 22/9/2005, and 

Decision No. 6018, dated 16/11/2005, as well as Directives No. 21639/2190/1/9, dated 

19/12/2005, particularly Clause (3) thereof. 

Article (4) 

Enforced regulations and all other conditions in terms of payment of commissions to 

registration and limitation institutions and approval by the concerned public departments, if 

necessary, as well as abidance by Syrian/international standards and Arab boycott laws shall 

be duly observed. 

Article (5) 

Provisions of External Trade and enforced currency regulations shall be considered as 

legally amended in connection with items included in the attached lists. 

Article (6) 

This Decision shall be effective and intimated to the concerned parties for 

implementation thereof from date of issuance. 

Minister of Economy and Trade 

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Dr. Amer Hosni Lotti 


List No. 1 

Tariff Code Description 

01012030 Live horses, mules, donkeys... 

05079010 Powder and waste 

0703.10.10 Cebollas prepared for cultivation 

0713 Beans, Egypt broad-beans 

0801 Brazil nuts 

0803 Plantan, fresh or dried 

0804 Pineapples- avocados - guavas - mangos - mangosteen (fresh or dried) 

1006 Rice in husk prepared for sowing 

11062090 Others of flour and semolina. .etc. 

15200090 Glycerin alkalines 

1701 Barely sugar 

1903 Tabuka ... etc. 

1905 Wafer 

1905 Empty cachets for pharmaceutical usage 

19059030 Sealing wafers 

19059040 Rice paper 

2001 Mushroom 

2001 Asparagus 

2001 Children & baby food preparations 

2003 Cooked mushroom. . . etc. 

2309 Preparations of the types used in feeding animals (excluding poultry ultraconcentrates 

– egg producers and chicken - allowed ready-made 

fodder for fish, along with a currency plan) 

2514 Slate... etc. (excluding allowed slate in mass form, along with a currency plan) 

2516 Granite. . . etc. (excluding porphyry granite in mass form, along with a currency plan) 

2527 Natural cryolite 

2807 Olium sulfuric acid, fuming sulfuric acid 

3105 Pure potassium chloride used as pharmaceutical 

List No. 2 


3304 Cosmetics/make-up preparations, etc. listed below: 

3305 Puff Cream (compact disc-shape powder) 

3306 Soft powder 

Pankeiv (compact discs) 

Dry blusher (compact discs) 

3307 Panstick (dry-cream make-up powder in a lipstick form) 

Iras (compact powder, stick, cream) 

Ultrascent (soft powder) 

Ultras cent (compact powder in a disc form) 

Roll-on deodorant 

Hair-spray (hair-fixer containing alcohol) 

Coiffeur Italienne (anti-condenser tube) 

Manicure (all brands of nail polish) 

All brands of lipsticks 

Red lip-liner 

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Lip-gloss 

Mascara (various brands) 

Eye-shadow (in a lipstick form) 

Eye-shadow powder 

Shadow play (compact eye-shadow powder) 

Eyebrow liner (various brands) 

Liquid eyeliner 

Dry eyeliner 

Eye make-up cleaner (flacon containing beauty oil-saturated slips) 

Eye make-up cleaner (oil-based cleaner), eye make-up brush 

Hairbrush 

Liquid/paste/solid hair-dye 

List No. 3 


3401 Shaving soap 

3804 Alkaline wash (concentrated wastes) 

Chapter (39) Allow the import of all items listed in Chapter 39 as an exception of Import 

Restriction/Suspension Provisions, including products allowed previously, along 

with a currency plan, while import of the following items shall remain 

disallowed. 

1. 

PVC-made water-pipes and tubes of any size, whose import could be 

sought by any side. However, the import of relevant local-made products 

shall only be allowed after gaining permission from the General Cement 

Establishment and after verifying that no identical local-made products are 

available. Import of same is also subject to approval by Ministry of 

Industry. 

2. Dalton Shield uterine contraceptives. 

3. Plastic ropes, cordage 

Lighting devices of colour lamps, containing chemical liquids or gases, 

4. 

used for decoration or household purposes. 

Rubber seal prepared for automobile windows/doors, locomotives and other 

4001 vehicles, including rubber seal prepared for household aluminum-made 

doors/windows. 

Brand garments and accessories, excluding medical gloves and industrial safety 

4015 gloves, padded vests & padded gloves (allowed for import along with currency 

plan) 

481410 Granular-surface paper 

48142011 Railings, banisters 

48142012 Wallpaper, etc. 

48142019 

48143090 Wallpaper, etc. 

48143010 

48143020 

List No. 4 


5111 and 

5112 

Fabrics: 

a) Brato-brand textile from subsidiary items: 

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51111110 and 51111910 and 51112010 and 51113010 and 51119010 when 

threads manufactured thereof measure less than 14 in Size. 

b) Brato-brand textile from subsidiary items: 

51111110 and 51111910 and 51112010 and 51113010 and 51119010 

manufactured from old threads and percentage of new threads exceeds 

20%, even if size of such threads measure less or more than 14. 

c) Textiles listed in this item, whose square-meter does not weigh less that 400 

g. 

d) Soft fluffy wool fabrics prepared for manufacture of Arab gowns. 

e) Wool fabrics for bathing towels only. 

f) Textiles made up of two or more layers joined by rubber for shoemaking. 

g) Rubber fabrics included in subsidiary list 51119020 

4819 Cardboard boxes, excluding boxes allowed for import 

4821 All kinds of tags, excluding allowed wrapping and packaging articles, along with 

currency plan. 

4909 Postal cards, etc. 

4910.00.10 Nickel-made calendars 

4910.00.30 Calendars made by miniature woodwork or wood decorations only 

58101030 Cotton fabrics embroidered with cotton yarn not 

58109100 exceeding 200/0 of total weight of fabrics 

5810 Embroidered wool fabrics, provided that percentage of wool composition is not 

less than 51 % of total weight. 

59070090 Others of mixed textiles, etc. 

63012090 Blankets made of wool, mixed wool or synthesized fibers 

63014090 

63061910 

63061990 

63062910 

63062990 

63063990 

63069990 

630612 

63064990 

List No. 5 


6306.22.00 

6306.3100. 

Goods covers, etc. 

6808 Sheets, frames, etc. excluding restricted asbestos sheets/water - 

pipes/ el bows 

70060011 

70060012 

70060030 

Glass prepared for mirrors 

71179092 Other molded products, etc. 

7309 Water tanks/containers, etc. 

74071090 Others of bars and rods 

74199190 Others of copper-made products 

76051100 

Aluminum-made wires (excluding 1-4 mm diameter aluminum wires 

76051990 

for electric welding, and other allowed products along with 

76052100 

76052990 

currency plan) 

7616 - Aluminum-made wool knitting needles 

- Aluminum casings 

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8210 Manual operated appliances (excluding allowed manual meat 

grinders, along with currency plan) 

8303 Safes, etc. (excluding allowed fire-proof doors, 

safes, along with currency plan) 

83040090 Others of folder/file containers, etc. 

8310 Signboards, etc. 

8148 Refrigerators and other equipment prepared for ice-cream shops, 

patisseries and all foodstuffs, excluding household items under 

import Restriction 

8419 Allow all other machines, gadgets, equipment, etc. 

List No. (6) 


84513090 

84518020 

84519019 

84519099 

Washing or cleaning appliances, machines, etc. other than import-restricted 

household products 

84803010 Shaping molds of plastics 

8516 Instant water boilers, etc. (excluding heat-resistant - lab heaters – automatic 

water heaters used in decoration aquariums - chamber-shape bathtubs 

including tubs made of fiberglass-padded plastic equipped with valves, steam 

generator and thermometer (allowed along with currency plan) while restricting 

the import of stoves and cookers. 

89029000 Others, fishing boats. 

9109 Watch-making equipment, excluding spare parts allowed for import along with 

currency plan 

9110 Watch-making equipment, excluding spare parts allowed for import along with 

currency plan 

9112 Watch-making equipment and cases, etc. excluding spare parts allowed for 

import along with currency plan 

91139011 Plastic-made straps for wristwatches 

94060010 Plastic pre-fabricated structures 

9505 Ceremonies items, etc. 

9508 Merry-go-rounds, etc. 

96039090 Others, of vacuum cleaners, excluding dusters allowed along with currency plan) 

9614 Cigarette holders/filters or cigarettes and accessories, excluding importrestricted 

hookah water containers 

97019020 Plastic-based paintings and pictures 

97019030 Wooden-based paintings and pictures 

97019050 Cork-based paintings and pictures 

Six lists of import-banned items liberalized by Ministry of Economy 

A decision issued by Ministry of Economy allowed all importers to import items 

mentioned in six lists, including a list of suspended items, as an exception of the enforced 

Import Prohibition/Suspension Provisions. 

The most important items stated in the said lists include: cosmetics, textiles, 

cardboard containers, postal cards, embroidered wool fabrics, blankets, mushroom, 

asparagus, granite, plastic pipes, certain garments and genuine leather, wallpaper, 

refrigerators and equipment for ice-cream, manufacturers, washing machines, boilers, all 

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devices, equipment and accessories for clocks/wristwatch industry, swings, vacuum cleaners, 

cigarette holders/filters, plastic paintings and pictures, aluminum-made knitting needles, baby 

foodstuff products, beans, pineapple, avocado, guava and mangos. 

Value of products included in these lists shall be payable in accordance with the 

currency regulations, excluding credit facilities. Value of raw materials is also payable in 

accordance with the enforced currency regulations while observing the enforced regulations 

and laws in teITI1S of payment of commissions to registration and limitation institutions and 

approval by the concerned public departments, if necessary, as well as abidance by 

Syrian/international standards and Arab boycott laws. 

Deputy Director General of External Trade, Dr. Safouh Nabulsi, viewed the decision 

as a step towards liberalization of foreign trade. The decision also came in response to 

demands by importers to liberalize all suspended items and products. Approval by the 

Ministry of Industry was also announced to this effect. 

Meanwhile, Mr. Mu'taz al-Sawah, member of the Export Committee at Damascus 

Chamber of Commerce, said the decision would make the subject products available in the 

market in their legal form. "We hope the decision would be followed by issuing the Negative 

List, which would lead to cancellation of import licenses," he said. 

Syrian Arab Republic 

Ministry of Economy and Trade 

Date: 20/1 0/2005 


Decision No. (2303) 

In accordance with Decree No. 60, dated 1952 along with its amendments and in 

accordance with Prime Ministerial Council's note verbale No. 3395/1, dated 17/5/2005, 

including recommendations announced by the Economic Committee in its session No. 16 on 

25/4/2005, 

Decides the following: 

Article (1) 

In exception of Provisions of Prohibition of Import, all importers are allowed to import 

the items and products listed below provided that they are brand new and according to other 

enforced regulations of relevance. 

a) Garments and relate accessories and other items stated in Customs Items (61 & 62). 

b) Footwear stated in Customs Articles (6401 - 6402 - 6403 - 6404). 

c) Head covers/veils and accessories stated in Chapter 65. 

d) Perfumes, items stated in Customs Item 3303. 

e) Leatherwear and accessories stated in Customs Item 4203. 

f) Leather bags, stated in Customs Item 4202. 

Article (2) 

Value of items mentioned above shall be payable in accordance with all currency 

regulations. 

Article (3) 

Article (4) 

Import of second-hand footwear and garments shall remain prohibited. 

This Decision shall be published and, circulated among the concerned parties with 

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effect from date of issuance. 


Dr. Amer Hosi Lotfi 


Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform 

Crops Protection Directorate 

No. 2090/ 

Date: 8/10/2003 


To Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Directorate in: 

Damascus - Damascus Countryside - Daraa - Horns - Hama – Raqqa Aleppo 

- Idleb - Deir-eEzzor - Lattakia - Tartous - Hasaka 

This is to advise your Agricultural Quarantine Department to take the following 

precautionary measures to guarantee the country's territories free of the peach fruit fly on 

account that it is viewed as a dangerous quarantine insect: 

- Prohibit import of mango from countries where this fruit fly infections spread (Saudi 

Arabia, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, the Indian Subcontinent, Indonesia, Iran, Sri Lanka, 

Pakistan and particularly Egypt). 

- Tight measures banning travelers from carrying these fruits and destroying them and 

prevent their spread. 

- Careful check of dispatches containing (citrus, peaches, guava, etc.) and verify they 

are free of the subject infection, and apply quarantine measures thereon (cooling, radiation, 

or other available means), provided that the technique followed in this quarantine be 

mentioned in the Agricultural Health Certificate (additional item) included along with the 

agricultural dispatch and on the liability of the exporting country. 

- Preparation of a weekly report on fruit dispatches suspected of being infected with 

the above mentioned fruit insect. 

This is for your reference and necessary action. 

Minister of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform 

Dr. Adel Safar 


Ministry of Economy & Trade 

Decision No. 2726 

The Minister of Economy & Trade 

Pursuant to the provisions of legislative decree No. 60 (1952) and its amendments; 

The note of Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs No. 6418/ NR dated 

15/11/2005, based on the letter of the Chamber of Industry of Damascus am countryside 

NO.1 025/ S dated 10/11/2005, and the letter of the Chamber of Industry of Damascus & 

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Countryside No. 844/S dated 21/9/2005; and in the interest of public needs; 

Decides as follows: 

Article (10): Import of the following items shall be permitted in exception of the previous 

provisions subjecting these items to the import restriction: 

- Cotton fabrics made of 85% or more cotton category 5208 


- Cotton fabrics made of 85% or under cotton category 5210 


- Other cotton fabrics category 512 

- Velvety woven fabrics category 5801 

- Patterned fabrics category 5802 

- Popino fabrics category 5804 

- Stuffed textile products category 5811 

- Velvet fabrics category 6001 

- Other fabrics of category 6002, 6002, 6004, 6005, and 6006 

Article (2): Value of the aim imports shall be paid in accordance with the enforced currency 

provisions permitted accordingly. 

Article (3): All other foreign trade provisions shall be amended accordingly. 

Article (4): This decision will come into force from date of publication. 

Damascus: 26/12/2005 

Sgd/- 

Dr. Amer Hosni Lutfi 

M/o Economy & Trade 


Ministry of Economy & Trade 

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BRIEFING ON 

AGREEMENT ON SOUTH ASIAN FREE TRADE AREA 

The Free Trade Agreement consists of the following components: 

� The Agreement, and 

� Annexes I, II, III, IV (Annex IV contain Anx-A & B with two appendixes 

1&2) 

The Agreement 

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was established on 

December 8, 1985.The SAARC Charter was adopted by Governments of Bangladesh, Bhutan, 

India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka with a aim to accelerate the process of 

economic and social development in Member States. The Agreement on South Asian Free 

Trade Area (SAFTA) was signed at Islamabad during the Twelfth SAARC Summit on 6 January 

2004. The ratification of SAFTA by all the member countries is major achievement of SAARC 

mandate. SAARC Secretariat on 22 March 2006 has issued a Notification formally announcing 

the entry into force of SAFTA Agreement with effect from 1 st January 2006. 

The entry into force of the Agreement thus launches the South Asian Free Trade Area 

which would be completed by 1 st January 2016. The first round of customs duty reduction 

would take place, as agreed by the Member States, in July/August 2006. 

Under Article 7 of the Agreement tariff reduction Modality is defined as Trade 

Liberalization Programme (TLP) – in the first phase, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will bring 

down their customs tariff to 20% by 1st January 2008. As far as the LDC Member States i.e. 

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal are concerned, they would reduce their customs 

tariff to 30%. First tariff reduction would be effected on 1st July 2006 by all Member States 

with the exception of Nepal which would do so on 1st August 2006. 

Article-7 of the Agreement contains modalities of tariff reduction under TLP, which are as 

follows:- 

� No tariff reduction on items in the Sensitive List. 

� Non-LDCs (Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka) shall reduce tariff to 0-5% for LDCs 

(Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives) within three years (2009) 

� Tariff Reduction by Non-LDCs for Non-LDCs 

Reduction in two phases: 

Phase-I (2006-2008) 

Existing tariff rates above 20% to be reduced to 20% within two years. Tariff below 

20% to be reduced on margin of preference basis of 10% per year. 

Phase-II (2008-2013) 

Tariff to be reduced to 0-5% within 5 years. 

� Tariff Reduction by LDCs for all SAARC Members 

Reduction in two phases: 

Phase-I (2006-2008) 

Existing tariff rates above 30% to be reduced to 30% within two years. Tariff below 

30% to be reduced on margin of preference basis of 5% per year. 

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Phase-II (2008-2016) 


Tariff to be reduced to 0-5% within 8 years. 

Annexes: (Detailed Annexes/Lists have been publishing in Export News Bulletin) 

Annex 'I' Sensitive Lists: 

Annex I relates to the Sensitive Lists of Member States. No reduction of tariff on 

these tariff lines: 

Summary of Sensitive Lists 

Countries No of tariff lines Percentage of total lines 

Bangladesh 1254 24% 

Bhutan 157 3% 

India 884 16.9% 

Maldives 671 12.8% 

Nepal 1310 25.5% 

Pakistan 1183 22.6% 

Sri Lanka 1065 20.3% 

Annex 'II' Technical Assistance for LDCs: 

Annex II relates Technical Assistance for LDCs, Areas of Technical Assistance 

include:- 

� Advisory services for identifying export niches for the products of LDCs. 

� Capacity building in metallurgy, standards, testing and quality control. 

� Training of Trade Officers. 

� Training in sanitary and phyto-sanitary measures; technical barriers to trade and 

export proceed on agro based products. 

Annex 'III' Mechanism for Compensation of Revenue Loss for LDCs (MCRL): 

Annex III defines mechanism and its rules and regulations to compensate the Least 

Developed member countries for their loss of customs revenue due to the implementation of 

the Trade Liberalisation Programme (TLP) under this Agreement. Main Feature are as under: 

� To be enforced one year after implementation of tariff reduction (i.e. after July 

2007). 

Shall remain operative for 4 years. 

� Compensation only on revenue loss on import of products where tariff reduction is 

made by LDCs. 

The extent of compensation shall be as follows: 

o First year and second year 

- Not more than 1% of customs duty collected. 

o Third year 


o Fourth year 


Annex 'IV' - SAFTA Rules of Origin: 

Annex IV defines mechanism and its rules and regulations to compensate the Least 

Developed member countries for their loss of customs revenue due to the implementation of 

the Trade Liberalisation Programme (TLP) under this Agreement. Main Feature are as under: 

Annex IV deals with the rules of origin under the SAFTA required to qualify products 

for preferential duty benefits. Rules of Origin – to be operative on 01.07.2006. Basic Criteria 

is as under: 

� For non-LDCs 

40% value addition + change in tariff heading at 4 digits (CTH). 

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� For LDCs 

30% value addition + CTH. 

__________________________________________________________ 

For Details please visit: 

http://www.commerce.gov.pk/tradeagreements.asp 

http://www.epb.gov.pk/epb 

AGREEMENT ON SOUTH ASIAN FREE TRADE AREA (SAFTA) 

List of Sensitive Goods for LDCs under SAFTA 

Heading Sub-heading Description of article 

01.04 Live sheep and goats. 

0104.20.00 -Goats 

01.05 Live poultry, that is to say, fouls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, 

geese, turkeys and guinea fouls. 

-Other: 

0105.92.00 --Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus weighing not more than 2000 g. 

0105.93.00 --Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus weighing more than 2000g. 

0105.99.00 --Other 

02.04 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen. 

0204.10.00 -Carcasses and half-carcasses of lamb, fresh or chillded 

-Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled: 

0204.21.00 --Carcasses and half-carcasses 

0204.22.00 --Other cuts with bone in 

0204.23.00 --Boneless 

0204.30.00 -Carcassess and half-carcassess of lamb, frozen 

- Other meat of sheep, frozen: 

0204.41.00 --Carcassess and half- carcassess 

0204.42.00 --Other cuts with bone in 

0204.43.00 --Boneless 

0204.50.00 -Meat of goats 

02.07 Meat, and Edible Offal, of the poultry of Heading 01.05, Fresh, Chilled or 

Frozen. 

-Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus: 

0207.11.00 --Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled 

0207.12.00 --Not cut in pieces, frozen 

0207.13.00 --Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled 

0207.14.00 --Cuts and offal, frozen 

-Of turkeys : 



0207.26.00 --Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled 

0207.27.00 --Cuts and offal, frozen 

-Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls : 



0207.34.00 --Fatty livers, fresh or chilled 

0207.35.00 --Other, fresh or chilled 

0207.36.00 --Other, frozen 

03.01 Live fish. 

0301.10.00 -Ornamental fish 

-Other live fish: 

0301.91.00 --Trout (Salmo trutta, oncorhynchus mykiss, oncorhynchus clarki, oncorhynchus 

aquabonita, ncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus appache and Oncorhynchus 

chrysoqaster) 

0301.92.00 --Eels (Anguilla spp.) 

0301.93.00 --Carp 

0301.99.00 --Other 

03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of Heading 

03.04. 

-Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: 

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aquabonita, ncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus appache and Oncorhynchus 

chrysoqaster) 

0302.40.00 -Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), excluding livers and roes 

0302.50.00 -Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus), excluding livers and 

roes 

-Other fish, excluding livers and roes: 

0302.61.00 --Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling 

or sprats (Sprattus sprattus) 

0302.62.00 --Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) 

0302.63.00 --Coalfish (Pollachius virens) 

0302.64.00 --Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber austral asicus, Scomber japonicus) 


0302.69.00 --Other 

0302.70.00 -Livers and roes 

03.03 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of Heading 03.04. 

-Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus 

keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou 

and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), excluding livers and roes: 

- Other salmonidae, excluding livers and roes: 


aquabonita, oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus appache and Oncorhynchus 

chrysoqaster) 

-Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and 

Citharidae), excluding livers and roes: 

0303.31.00 --Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus 

stenolepis ) 

0303.33.00 --Sole (Solea spp.) 

0303.39.00 --Other 

-Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe-bellied bonito [Euthynnus 

(Katsuwonus) pelamis], excluding livers and roes: 


0303.80.00 -Livers and roes 

03.04 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or 

frozen. 

0304.10.00 -Fresh or chilled 

0304.20.00 -Frozen fillets 

0304.90.00 -Other 

03.05 Fish, dried, salted or in brine: smoked fish, whether or not cooked before 

or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for 

human consumption. 

0305.10.00 -Flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption 

0305.20.00 -Livers and roes of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in brine 

0305.30.00 -Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked 

-Smoked fish, including fillets: 

0305.42.00 --Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 

0305.49.00 --Other 

-Dried fish, whether or not salted but not smoked: 

0305.51.00 --Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 

0305.59.00 --Other 

-Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in brine: 

0305.61.00 --Herrings (Chupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) 

0305.62.00 --Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 

0305.63.00 --Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) 

0305.69.00 --Other 

04.01 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other 

sweetening matter. 

0401.10.00 -Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% 

0401.20.00 -Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6% 

0401.30.00 -Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% 

04.02 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other 

sweetening matter. 

0402.10.00 - In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not 

exceeding 1.5% 

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

1.5%: 

0402.21.00 --Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 

0402.29.00 --Other 

-Other: 

0402.91.00 --Not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 

0402.99.00 --Other 

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. 

0403.10.00 -Yogurt 

0403.90.00 -Other 

04.04 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other 

sweetening atter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, 

whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not 

elsewhere specified or included. 

0404.10.00 -Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar 

or other sweetening matter 

0404.90.00 -Other 

04.05 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads. 

0405.10.00 -Butter 

0405.20.00 -Dairy spreads 

0405.90.00 -Other 

04.06 Cheese and Curd. 

0406.10.00 -Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese including whey cheese, and curd 

0406.20.00 -Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds 

0406.30.00 -Processed cheese, not grated or powdered 

0406.40.00 -Blue-veined cheese 

0406.90.00 -Other cheese 

04.07 0407.00.00 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked. 

04.09 0409.00.00 Natural honey 

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. 

0603.10.00 -Fresh 

0603.90.00 -Other 

07.01 Potatoes, fresh or chilled. 

0701.10.00 -Seed 

0701.90.00 -Other 

07.02 0702.00.00 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled. 

07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or 

chilled. 

0703.10.00 -Onions and shallots 

0703.20.00 -Garlic 

0703.90.00 -Leeks and other alliaccous vegetables 

07.04 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh 

or chilled. 

0704.10.00 -Cauliflowers and headed broccoli 

0704.20.00 -Brussels sprouts 

0704.90.00 -Other 

07.06 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar 

edible roots, fresh or chilled. 

0706.10.00 -Carrots and turnips 

0706.90.00 -Other 

07.07 0707.00.00 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled. 

07.08 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled. 

0708.10.00 -Peas (pisum sativum) 

0708.20.00 -Beans (Vigna spp., phaseolus spp.) 

0708.90.00 -Other leguminous vegetalbes 

07.09 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled. 

0709.10.00 -Globe artichokes 

0709.20.00 -Asparagus 

0709.30.00 -Aubergines (egg plants) 

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0709.40.00 -Celery other than celeriac 

-Mushrooms and truffles: 

0709.51.00 --Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 

0709.59.00 --Other 

0709.60.00 -Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus pimenta 

0709.70.00 -Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) 

0709.90.00 -Other 

07.10 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen. 

0710.10.00 -Potatoes 

-Leguminous vegetables shelled or unshelled: 

0710.21.00 --Peas (Pisum sativum) 

0710.22.00 --Beans (Vigna spp., phaseolus spp.) 

0710.29.00 --Other 

0710.30.00 -Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orach spinach (garden spinach) 

0710.80.00 -Other vegetables 

0710.90.00 -Mixtures of vegetables 

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. 

0711.30.00 -Capers 

0711.40.00 -Cucumbers and gherkins 

-Mushrooms and truffles: 

0711.51.00 -- Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 

0711.59.00 -- Other 

0711.90.00 -Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables 

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

prepared. 

0712.20.00 -Onions 

-Mushrooms, wood ears (Auricularia spp.), jelly fungi (tremella spp.) and truffles : 

0712.31.00 -- Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 

0712.32.00 --Wood ears (Auricularia spp.) 

0712.39.00 -- Other 

0712.90.00 -Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables 

07.13 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split. 

0713.10.00 -Peas (Pisum sativum) 

0713.20.00 -Chickpeas (garbanzos) 

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

0713.31.00 --Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek 

0713.32.00 --Small red (Adzuki) beans (phaseolus or Vigna angularis) 

0713.33.00 --Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) 

0713.39.00 --Other 

0713.40.00 -Lentils 

0713.50.00 -Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina,Vicia 

faba var. minor) 

0713.90.00 -Other 

08.01 Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashewnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not 

shelled or peeled. 

-Cashew nuts : 

0801.31.00 --In shell 

0801.32.00 --Shelled 

08.02 Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled. 

-Almonds: 

0802.11.00 --In shell 

0802.12.00 --Shelled 

-Walnuts: 

0802.31.00 --In shell 

0802.32.00 --Shelled 

0802.40.00 -Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) 

0802.90.00 -Other 

08.03 0803.00.00 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried. 

08.04 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, 

fresh or dried. 

0804.30.00 -Pineapples 

0804.40.00 -Avocados 

0804.50.00 -Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens 

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08.05 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried. 

0805.10.00 -Oranges 

0805.20.00 -Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar 

citrus hybrids 

0805.40.00 -Grapefruit 

0805.50.00 -Lemons (Citrus limon, citrus limonum) and limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus 

latifolia ) 

0805.90.00 -Other 

08.07 Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh. 

-Melons (including watermelons) : 

0807.11.00 --watermelons 

0807.19.00 --Other 

0807.20.00 -Papaws (papayas) 

08.08 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh. 

0808.10.00 -Apples 

0808.20.00 -Pears and quinces 

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

0809.30.00 -Peaches, including nectarines 

0809.40.00 -Plums and sloes 

08.10 Other fruit, fresh. 

0810.10.00 -Strawberries 

0810.90.00 -Other 

08.11 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, 

frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening 

matter. 

0811.10.00 -Strawberries 

0811.90.00 -Other 

08.13 Fruit, dried, other than that of Headings 08.01 to 08.06; Mixtures of nuts 

or dried fruits of this Chapter. 

0813.10.00 -Apricots 

0813.20.00 -Prunes 

0813.30.00 -Apples 

0813.40.00 -Other fruit 

0813.50.00 -Mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this Chapter 

09.01 Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; 

coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion. 

-Coffee, not roasted: 

0901.11.00 --Not decaffeinated 

0901.12.00 --Decaffeinated 

-Coffee, roasted: 

0901.21.00 --Not decaffeinated 

0901.22.00 --Decaffeinated 

0901.90.00 -Other 

09.02 Tea, whether or not flavoured. 

0902.10.00 -Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3kg 

0902.20.00 -Other green tea (not fermented) 

0902.30.00 -Black tea (fermented) and partly fermented tea, in immediate packings of a 

content not exceeding 3 kg. 

0902.40.00 -Other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea 

09.08 Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms. 

0908.30.00 -Cardamoms : 

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

spices. 

0910.10.00 -Ginger 

0910.30.00 -Turmeric (curcuma) 

0910.40.00 -Thyme; bay leaves 

0910.50.00 -Curry 

-Other spices: 

0910.9l.00 --Mixtures referred to in Note 1(b) to this Chapter 

0910.99.00 --Other 

10.01 Wheat and meslin. 

1001.90.00 -Other 

10.05 Maize (corn). 

1005.10.00 -Seed 

1005.90.00 -Other 

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10.06 Rice. 

1006.10.00 -Rice in the husk (paddy or rough) 

1006.20.00 -Husked (brown) rice 

1006.30.00 -Semi-milled or wholly-milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed 

1006.40.00 -Broken rice 

11.01 1101.00.00 Wheat or meslin flour. 

11.02 Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin. 

1102.10.00 -Rye flour 

1102.20.00 -Maize (corn) flour 

1102.30.00 -Rice flour 

1102.90.00 -Other 

11.03 Cereal groats, meal and pellets. 

-Groats and meal: 

1103.11.00 --Of wheat 

1103.13.00 --Of maize (corn) 

1103.19.00 --Of other cereals 

1103.20.00 -Pellets 

11.04 Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, 

pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of Heading 10.06; germ of cereals, 

whole, rolled, flaked or ground. 

-Rolled or flaked grains: 

1104.12.00 --Of oats 


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

1104.22.00 --Of oats 

1104.23.00 --Of maize (corn) 


1104.30.00 -Germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground 

11.05 Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes. 

1105.10.00 -Flour, meal and powder 

1105.20.00 -Flakes, granules and pellets 

11.06 Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of Heading 

07.13, of sago or of roots or tubers of Heading 07.14 or of the products 

of Chapter 8. 

1106.10.00 -Of the dried leguminous vegetables of Heading 07.13 

1106.20.00 -Of sago or of roots or tubers of Heading 07.14 

1106.30.00 -Of the products of Chapter 8 

11.07 Malt, whether or not roasted. 

1107.10.00 -Not roasted 

1107.20.00 -Roasted 

12.01 1201.00.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken. 

12.02 Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or 

broken. 

1202.10.00 -In shell 

1202.20.00 -Shelled, whether or not broken 

12.04 1204.00.00 Linseed, whether or not broken. 

12.05 Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken. 

1205.10.00 -Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds 

1205.90.00 -Other 

12.06 1206.00.00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken. 

12.07 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken. 

1207.30.00 -Caster oil seeds 

1207.40.00 -Sesamum seeds 

1207.50.00 -Mustard seeds 

1207.60.00 -Safflower seeds 

-Other: 

1207.99.00 --Other 

12.12 Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugarcane, 

fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and 

kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots 

of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for 

human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included. 

1212.10.00 -Locust beans, including locust bean seeds 

-Other: 

1212.91.00 --Sugar beet 

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1212.99.00 --Other 

15.07 Soyabean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically 

modified. 

1507.10.00 -Crude oil, whether or not degummed 

1507.90.00 -Other 

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

modified. 

1511.90.00 -Other 

15.12 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fraction thereof, 

whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. 

-Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fraction thereof: 

1512.11.00 --Crude oil 

1512.19.00 --Other 

-Cotton-seed oil and its fractions: 

1512.21.00 --Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed 

1512.29.00 --Other 

15.14 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, 

but not chemically modified. 

- Low erucic acid rape or colza oil and its fractions: 

1514.11.00 --Crude oil 

1514.19.00 --Other 

- Other : 

1514.91.00 --Crude oil 

1514.99.00 --Other 

15.15 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their 

fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified. 

-Maize (corn) oil and its fractions: 

1515.21.00 --Crude oil 

1515.29.00 --Other 

1515.50.00 -Sesame oil and its fractions 

1515.90.00 -Other 

15.16 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly 

hydrogenated, inter-esterified, reesterified or elaidinised, whether or not 

refined, but not further prepared. 

1516.20.00 -Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions 

15.17 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or 

oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than 

edible fats or oils or their fractions of Heading 15.16. 

1517.10.00 -Margarine, excluding liquid margarine 

l7.0l Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form. 

-Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter: 

1701.11.00 --Cane sugar 

-Other: 

l70l.9l.00 --Containing added flavouring or colouring matter 

l70l.99.00 --Other 

l7.03 Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar. 

l703.l0.00 -Cane molasses 

l703.90.00 -Other 

l7.04 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa. 

l704.l0.00 -Chewing gum, whether or not sugar- coated 

l704.90.00 -Other 

18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. 

1806.10.00 -Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 

1806.20.00 -Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, 

paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of 

a content exceeding 2 kg 

-Other, in blocks, slabs or bars: 

1806.31.00 --Filled 

1806.32.00 --Not filled 

1806.90.00 -Other 

19.02 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other Substances) or 

otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, 

ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared. 

-Uncooked pasta,not stuffed or otherwise prepared: 

1902.11.00 --Containing eggs 

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1902.19.00 --Other 

1902.20.00 -Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared 

1902.30.00 -Other pasta 

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, rice paper and similar products. 

1905.10.00 -Crispbread 

1905.20.00 -Gingerbread and the like 

-Sweet bisuits; waffles and wafers: 

1905.31.00 --Sweet biscuits 

1905.32.00 --Waffles and wafers 

1905.40.00 -Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products 

1905.90.00 -Other 

20.01 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or 

preserved by vinegar or acetic acid. 

2001.10.00 -Cucumbers and gherkins 

2001.90.00 -Others 

20.02 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic 

acid. 

2002.10.00 -Tomatoes, whole or in pieces 

2002.90.00 -Other 

20.03 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by 

vinegar or acetic acid. 

2003.10.00 -Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus 

2003.20.00 -Truffles 

2003.90.00 -Other 

20.04 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or 

acetic acid, frozen, other than products of Heading 20.06. 

2004.10.00 -Potatoes 

2004.90.00 -Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables 

20.05 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or 

acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of Heading 20.06. 

2005.10.00 -Homogenised vegetables 

2005.20.00 -Potatoes 

2005.40.00 -Peas (Pisum sativum) 

-Beans (Vigna spp, Phaseolus spp.): 

2005.51.00 --Beans, shelled 

2005.59.00 --Other 

2005.80.00 -Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) 

2005.90.00 -Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables 

20.06 2006.00.00 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by 

sugar (drained, glace or crystallised). 

20.07 Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut 

pastes, obtained by cooking whether or not containing added sugar or 

other sweetening matter. 

2007.10.00 -Homogenised preparations 

-Other: 

2007.9l.00 --Citrus fruit 

2007.99.00 --Other 

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, whethe or not mixed together: 

2008.11.00 --Ground-nuts 

2008.19.00 --Other, including mixtures 

2008.20.00 -Pineapples 

2008.30.00 -Citrus fruit 

2008.40.00 -Pears 

2008.70.00 -Peaches, including nectarines 

-Other, including mixtures other than thoseof Sub-Heading 2008.19: 

2008.91.00 --Palm hearts 

2008.92.00 --Mixtures 

2008.99.00 --Other 

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20.09 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented 

not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or 

other sweetening matter. 

-Orange juice: 

2009.11.00 --Frozen 

2009.12.00 --Not frozen, of a Brix value not exceeding 20 

2009.19.00 --Other 

-Grapefruit juice : 

2009.21.00 --Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 

2009.29.00 --Other 

-Juice of any other single citrus fruit : 


2009.39.00 --Other 

-Pineapple juice : 


2009.49.00 --Other 

2009.50.00 -Tomato juice 

-Grape juice (including grape must) : 


2009.69.00 --Other 

-Apple juice : 


2009.79.00 --Other 

2009.80.00 -Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable 

2009.90.00 -Mixtures of juices 

21.03 Sauces and preparations therefor, mixed condiments and mixed 

seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard. 

2103.10.00 -Soya sauce 

2103.20.00 -Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces 

2103.30.00 -Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard 

2103.90.00 -Other 

21.04 Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite 

food preparations. 

2104.10.00 -Soups and broths and preparations therefor 

2104.20.00 -Homogenised composite food preparations 

21.06 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. 

2106.10.00 -Protein concentrates and textured protein Substances 

2106.90.00 -Other: 

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. 

2201.10.00 -Mineral waters and aerated waters 

2201.90.00 -Other 

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 20.09. 

2202.10.00 -Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters containing added sugar or 

other sweetening matter or flavoured 

2202.90.00 -Other 

22.03 2203.00.00 Beer made from malt. 

22.04 Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than 

that of Heading 20.09. 

2204.10.00 -Sparkling wine 

-Other wine; grape must with fermentation prevented or arrested by the addition 

of alcohol: 

2204.21.00 --In containers holding 2 L or less 

2204.29.00 --Other 

2204.30.00 -Other grape must 

22.05 Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or 

aromatic Substances. 

2205.10.00 -In containers holding 2 L or less 

2205.90.00 -Other 

22.06 2206.00.00 Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead); mixtures 

of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and nonalcoholic 

beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. 

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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. 

2207.10.00 -Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or 

higher 

2207.20.00 -Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength 

22.08 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less 

than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages. 

2208.20.00 -Spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or rape marc: 

2208.30.00 -Whiskies : 

2208.40.00 -Rum and tafia : 

2208.50.00 -Gin and Geneva : 

2208.60.00 -Vodka : 

2208.70.00 -Liqueurs and cordials : 

2208.90.00 -Other : 

24.01 Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse. 

2401.10.00 -Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped 

2401.20.00 -Tobacco, partly or wholly stemmed/stripped 

2401.30.00 -Tobacco refuse 

24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco 

substitutes. 

2402.10.00 -Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco 

2402.20.00 -Cigarettes containing tobacco 

2402.90.00 -Other 

24.03 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; 

"homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco extracts and essences. 

2403.10.00 -Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any 

proportion: 

-Other: 

2403.91.00 --"Homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco 

2403.99.00 --Other 

25.15 Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other Calcareous monumental or 

building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and 

alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or 

otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) 

shape. 

-Marble and travertine: 

2515.12.00 --Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular 

(including square) shape 

2515.20.00 -Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or buiding stone; alabaster 

25.16 Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building 

stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or 

otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) 

shape. 

-Granite: 



-Sandstone: 



2516.90.00 -Other monumental or building stone 

25.17 Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for 

concrete aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, 

shingle and flint, whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross 

or similar industrial waste, whether or not incorporating the materials 

cited in the first part of the Heading tarred macadam; granules, 

chippings and powder, of stones of Heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether or 

not heat-treated 

-Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of Heading 25.15 or 25.16, whether 

or not heat-treated: 

2517.41.00 --Of marble 

2517.49.00 --Other 

25.23 Portland cement, aluminous cement ("Ciment Fondu"), slag cement, 

supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not 

coloured or in the form of clinkers. 

2523.10.00 -Cement clinkers 

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-Portland cement: 

2523.21.00 --White cement, whether or not artificially coloured 

2523.29.00 --Other 

2523.30.00 -Aluminous cement ("Ciment Fondu") 

2523.90.00 -Other hydraulic cements 

27.10 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than 

crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by 

weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from 

bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the 

preparation; waste oils. 

-Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and 

preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or 

more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils 

being the basic consituents of the peparations, other than waste oils: 

2710.11.00 -- Light oils and preprations 

2710.19.00 -- Other 

- Waste Oils: 

27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons. 

-Liquefied: 

2711.11.00 --Natural gas 

2711.12.00 --Propane 

2711.13.00 --Butanes 

2711.14.00 --Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene 

2711.19.00 --Other 

-In gaseous state: 

2711.21.00 --Natural gas 

2711.29.00 --Other 

30.03 Medicaments (excluding goods of Heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) 

consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together 

for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in 

forms or packings for retail sale. 

3003.10.00 -Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or 

streptomycins or their derivatives 

3003.20.00 -Containing other antibiotics 

3003.40.00 -Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones or other 

products of Heading 29.37 or antibiotics 

3003.90.00 -Other 

30.04 Medicaments (excluding goods of Heading 30.02, 30.05 or 30.06) 

consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic 

uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of 

transdermal administration system) or in forms of packings for retail 

sale. 

3004.10.00 -Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or 

streptomycins or their derivatives 

3004.20.00 -Containing other antibiotics 

-Containing hormones or other products of Heading 29.37 but not containing 

antibiotics: 

3004.32.00 --Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives and structural analogues 

3004.40.00 -Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other 

products of Heading 29.37 or antibiotics 

3004.50.00 -Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of Heading 29.36 

3004.90.00 -Other 

32.06 Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this 

Chapter, other than those of Heading 32.03, 32.04 or 32.05; inorganic 

products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically 

defined. 

-Pigments and preparations based on titanium dioxide: 

3206.11.00 --Containing 80% or more by weight of titanium dioxide calculated on the dry 

matter 

3206.19.00 --Other 

3206.20.00 -Pigments and preparations based on chromium compounds 

3206.30.00 -Pigments and preparations based on cadmium compounds 

-Other colouring matter and other preparations: 

3206.41.00 --Ultramarine and preparations based thereon 

3206.42.00 --Lithopone and other pigments and preparation based on zinc sulphide 

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3206.43.00 --Pigments and preparations based on hexacyanoferrates (ferrocyanides and 

ferricy-anides) 

3206.49.00 --Other 

3206.50.00 -Inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores 

32.08 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on 

synthetic polymers or chemically modified natrual polymers, dispersed 

or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to 

this Chapter. 

3208.10.00 -Based on polyesters 

3208.20.00 -Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers 

3208.90.00 -Other 

32.09 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on 

synthetic polymers or chemically modified natrual polymers, dispersed 

or dissolved in an aqueous medium. 

3209.10.00 -Based on acrylic or vinyl polymers 

3209.90.00 -Other 

32.10 3210.00.00 Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and 

distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing 

leather. 

33.04 Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the 

skin (other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan 

preparations; manicure or pedicur preparations. 

3304.10.00 -Lip make-up preparations 

3304.20.00 -Eye make-up preparations 

3304.30.00 -Manicure or pedicure preparations 

-Other: 

3304.91.00 --Powders, whether or not compressed 

3304.99.00 --Other 

33.05 Preparations for use on the hair. 

3305.10.00 -Shampoos 

3305.20.00 -Preparations for permanent waving or straightening 

3305.30.00 -Hair lacquers 

3305.90.00 -Other 

33.07 Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave reparations, personal deodorants, 

bath preparations, depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet 

preparations, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared room 

deodorisers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties. 

3307.10.00 -Pre-save, saving or after-save preparations 

3307.20.00 -Personal deodorants and antiperspirants 

3307.30.00 -Perfumed bath salts and other bath preparations 

-Preparations for perfuming or deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous 

preparations used during religious rites: 

3307.49.00 --Other 

3307.90.00 -Other 

34.01 Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, 

in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not 

containing soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for 

washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail 

sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, 

impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent. 

-Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, 

cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, 

impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent: 

3401.11.00 --For toilet use (including medicated products) 

3401.19.00 --Other 

3401.20.00 -Soap in other forms 

3401.30.00 -Organic surface-active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the 

form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap 

34.02 Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active 

preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing 

preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing 

soap, other than those of Heading 34.01. 

-Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale: 

3402.11.00 --Anionic 

3402.12.00 --Cationic 

3402.13.00 --Non-ionic 

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3402.19.00 --Other 

3402.20.00 -Preparations put up for retail sale 

3402.90.00 -Other 

34.05 Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or 

metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether 

or not in the form of paper, wadding, felt, non-wovens, cellular plastics 

or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such 

preparations), excluding waxes of Heading 34.04. 

3405.10.00 -Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather 

3405.20.00 -Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden 

furniture, floors or other wood work 

3405.30.00 -Polishes and similar preparations for coach-work, other than metal polishes 

3405.40.00 -Scouring pastes and powders and other scouring preparations 

3405.90.00 -Other 

36.05 3605.00.00 Matches; other than pyrotechnic articles of Heading 36.04. 

38.14 3814.00.00 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or 

included; prepared paint or varnish removers. 

38.19 3819.00.00 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic 

transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of 

petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals. 

39.16 Monofilament of which any cross-Sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, 

rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not 

otherwise worked, of plastics. 

3916.10.00 -Of polymers of ethylene 

3916.20.00 -Of polymers of vinyl chloride 

3916.90.00 -Of other plastics 

39.17 Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, 

elbows, flanges), of plastics. 

3917.10.00 -Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened rotein or of cellulosic materials 

-Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid: 

3917.21.00 --Of polymers of ethylene 

3917.22.00 --Of polymers of propylene 

3917.23.00 --Of polymers of vinyl chloride 

3917.29.00 --Of other plastics 

Other tubes, pipes and hoses: 

3917.31.00 --Flexible tubes, pipes and hoses, having a minimum burst pressure of 27.6 MPa 

3917.32.00 --Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings 

3917.33.00 --Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, with fittings 

3917.39.00 --Other 

3917.40.00 -Fittings 

39.18 Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the 

form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in Note 9 to 

this Chapter. 

3918.10.00 -Of polymers of vinyl chloride 

3918.90.00 -Of other plastics 

39.19 Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, 

of plastics, whether or not in rolls. 

3919.10.00 -In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm 

3919.90.00 -Other 

39.20 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not 

reinfor-ced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other 

materials. 

3920.10.00 -Of polymers of ethylene 

3920.20.00 -Of polymers of propylene 

3920.30.00 -Of polymers of styrene 

-Of polymers of Vinyl chloride: 

3920.43.00 --Containing by weight not less than 6% of plasticisers 

3920.49.00 --Other 

-Of acrylic polymers: 

3920.51.00 --Of poly(methyl methacrylate) 

26


3920.59.00 --Other 

-Of polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters or other polyesters: 

3920.61.00 --Of polycarbonates 

3920.62.00 --Of poly(ethylene terephthalate) 

3920.63.00 --Of unsaturated polyesters 

3920.69.00 --Of other polyesters 

-Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives: 

3920.71.00 --Of regenerated cellulose 

3920.72.00 --Of vulcanised fibre 

3920.73.00 --Of cellulose acetate 

3920.79.00 --Of other cellulose derivatives 

-Of other plastics: 

3920.91.00 --Of poly(vinyl butyral 

3920.92.00 --Of polyamides 

3920.93.00 --Of amino-resins 

3920.94.00 --Of phenolic resins 


39.21 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics. 

-Cellular: 

3921.11.00 --Of polymers of styrene 

3921.12.00 --Of polymers of vinyl chloride 

3921.13.00 --Of polyurethanes 

3921.14.00 --Of regenerated cellulose 


3921.90.00 -Other 

39.22 Baths, shower-baths, sinks, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and 

covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics. 

3922.10.00 -Baths, shower-baths, sinks and wash-basins 

3922.20.00 -Lavatory seats and covers 

3922.90.00 -Other 

39.23 Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, 

lids, caps and other closures, of plastics. 

3923.10.00 -Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles 

-Sacks and bags (including cones): 

3923.21.00 --Of polymers of ethylene 


3923.30.00 -carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles 

3923.40.00 -Spools, cops, bobbins and similar supports 

3923.50.00 -Stoppers, lids, caps and other closures 

3923.90.00 -Other 

39.24 Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of 

plastics. 

3924.10.00 -Tableware and kitchenware 

3924.90.00 -Other 

39.25 Builders' wares of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included. 

3925.10.00 -Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 L. 

3925.20.00 -Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors 

3925.30.00 -Shutters, blinds (including venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts thereof 

3925.90.00 -Other 

39.26 Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of Headings 

39.01 to 39.14. 

3926.10.00 -Office or school supplies 

3926.20.00 -Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves, mittens and mitts) 

3926.30.00 -Fittings for furniture, coachwork or the like 

3926.40.00 -Statuettes and other ornamental articles 

3926.90.00 -Other: 

40.11 New pneumatic tyres, of rubber. 

27


4011.10.00 -Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) 

4011.20.00 -Of a kind used on buses or lorries 

4011.40.00 -Of a kind used on motorcycles 

-Other, having a "herring-bone"or similar tread: 

4011.69.00 --Other 

-Other: 

4011.99.00 --Other 

40.12 Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, tyre 

treads and tyre flaps, of rubber. 

-Retreaded tyres: 

4012.11.00 --Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars) 

4012.12.00 --Of a kind used on buses or lorries 

4012.19.00 --Other 

4012.20.00 - Used pneumatic tyres 

4012.90.00 - Other 

40.13 Inner tubes, of rubber. 

4013.10.00 -Of a kind used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars), buses or 

lorries 

4013.90.00 -Other 

40.16 Other articles of vulcanised rubber other than hard rubber. 

4016.10.00 -Of cellular rubber 

42.02 Trunks, suit-case, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school 

satchels, pectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical 

instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travellingbags, 

insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, 

handbags, shopping bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, 

tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, 

powder- boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of 

composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of 

vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such 

materials or with paper. 

-Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive- cases, briefcases, school satchels and 

similar containers: 

4202.11.00 --With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather 

4202.12.00 --With outer surface of plastics or of textile materials 

4202.19.00 --Other 

-Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle: 


4202.22.00 --With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile material 

4202.29.00 --Other 

-Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag: 

4202.31.00 --With outer surface of feather, of composition leather or of patent leather 

4202.32.00 --With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials 

4202.39.00 --Other 

-Other: 


4202.92.00 --With outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials 

4202.99.00 --Other 

42.05 4205.00.00 Other articles of leather or of composition leather. 

48.02 Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other 

graphic purposes, and non perforated punch-cards and punch tape paper, in rolls 

or rectangular (including square) sheet, of any size , other than paper of Heading 

48.01 or 48.03; hand-made paper and paperboard. 

4802.10.00 -Hand-made paper and paperboard 

4802.20.00 -Paper and paperboard of a kind used as a base for photo-sensitive, 

heat-sensitive or electro-sensitive paper or paperboard 

4802.30.00 -Carbonising base paper 

4802.40.00 -Wallpaper base 

-Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a 

mechanical or chemi-mechanical process or of which not more than 

10% by weightof the total fibre content consists of such fibres : 

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4802.54.00 --Weighing less than 40g/m2 

4802.55.00 --Weighing 40g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2, in rolls 

4802.56.00 --Weighing 40g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2, in sheets 

with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 

297 mm in the unfolded state 

4802.57.00 --Other, weighing 40g/m2 or more but not more than 150 g/m2 

4802.58.00 -- Weighing more than 150g/m2 

-Other paper and paperboard, of which more than 10% by weight of the 

total fibre content consists of fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi- 

mechanical process: 

4802.61.00 --In rolls 

4802.62.00 --In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not 

exceeding 297mm in the unfolded state 

4802.69.00 --Other 

48.10 Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China 

Clay) or other inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with 

no other coating, whether or not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or 

printed, in rolls or rectangular (including sguare) sheets, of any size. 

-Paper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing other graphic 

purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical 

process or of which not more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content 

consists of such fibres: 

4810.13.00 -In rolls 

4810.14.00 --In sheets with one side not exceeding 435 mm and the other side not exceeding 

297 mm in the unfolded state 

4810.19.00 --Other 

-Paper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic 

purposes, of which more than 10% by weight of the total fibre content consists of 

fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process: 

4810.22.00 --Light-weight coated peper 

4810.29.00 --Other 

-Kraft paper and paperboard, other than that of a kind used for writing, printing 

or other graphic purposes: 

4810.31.00 --Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by 

weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical 

process, and weighing 150 g/m 2 or less 

4810.32.00 -- Bleached uniformly throughout the mass and of which more than 95% by 

weight of the total fibre content consists of wood fibres obtained by a chemical 

process, and weighing more than 150 g/m 2 

4810.39.00 --Other 

-Other paper and paperboard: 

4810.92.00 --Other 

4810.99.00 --Other 

48.11 Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, 

coated, impregnated, covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or 

printed, in rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size 

other than goods of the kind described in Heading 48.03 48.09 or 

48.10. 

4811.10.00 -Tarred, bituminised or asphalted paper and paperboard 

-Gummed or adhesive paper and paperboard: 

4811.41.00 --Self-adhesive 

4811.49.00 --Other 

-Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding 

adhesives): 

4811.51.00 --Bleached, weighing more than 150 g/m 2 

4811.59.00 --Other 

4811.60.00 -Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax, 

stearin, oil or glycerol 

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4811.90.00 -Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres: 

48.16 Carbon-paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers 

(other than those of Heading 48.09), duplicator stencils and offset 

plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes. 

4816.10.00 -Carbon or similar copying papers 

4816.20.00 -Self-copy paper 

4816.90.00 -Other 

48.17 Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of 

paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing 

compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of 

paper stationery. 

4817.10.00 -Envelopes 

4817.20.00 -Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards 

4817.30.00 -Boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, 

containing an assortment of paper stationery 

48.18 Toilet paper, and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose 

fibres, of a kind used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a 

width not exceeding 36cm, or cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, 

cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes, napkins for babies, 

tampons, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital articles, 

articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, 

cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres. 

4818.10.00 -Toilet paper 

4818.20.00 -Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facia tissues and towels 

4818.30.00 -Tablecloths and serviettes 

4818.40.00 -Sanitary towels and tampons, napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar 

sanitary articles 

4818.50.00 -Articles of apparel and clothing accessories 

4818.90.00 -Other 

48.19 Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, 

paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, 

letter trays, and similar articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used 

in offices, shops or the like. 

4819.10.00 -Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper and paperboard 

4819.20.00 -Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper and paperboard 

4819.30.00 -Sacks and bags, having base of a width of 40 cm. or more 

4819.40.00 -Other sacks and bags, including cones 

4819.50.00 -Other packing containers, including record sleeves 

4819.60.00 -Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in 

offices, shops or the like 

48.20 Registers, account books, Note books, order books, receipt books, letter 

pads, memoradum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, 

blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold 

business forms, interleaved corbon sets and other articles of stationery, 

of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for collections and book 

covers, of paper or paperboard. 

4820.10.00 -Registers, account books, Note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, 

memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles 

4820.20.00 -Exercise books 

4820.30.00 -Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers 

4820.40.00 -Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets 

4820.50.00 -Albums for samples or for collections 

4820.90.00 -Other 

48.21 Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed. 

4821.10.00 -Printed 

4821.90.00 -Other 

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49.09 4909.00.00 Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal 

greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with 

or without envelopes or trimmings. 

49.10 4910.00.00 Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks. 

49.11 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs. 

4911.10.00 -Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like 

-Other: 

4911.91.00 --Pictures, designs and photographs 

4911.99.00 --Other 

52.10 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by weight of cotton, mixed 

mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m 2 . 

-Unbleached: 

5210.11.00 --Plain weave 

5210.12.00 --3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill 

5210.19.00 --Other fabrics 

-Bleached: 




-Dyed : 




-Of yarns of different colours: 




-Printed: 




52.11 Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85% by eight of cotton, mixed 

mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m 2 

-Unbleached: 




-Bleached: 




-Dyed: 




-Of yarns of different colours: 


5211.42.00 --Denim 

5211.43.00 --Other fabrics of 3-thread or 4-thread twill, including cross twill 


-Printed: 


5211.52.00 --3-thread or 4-tread twill, including cross twill 


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Tariq Ikram 

Minister of State & Chairman 

Export Promotion Bureau 

The form may be sent back through fax or mail at the following 

address: 

Export Promotion Bureau 

Block -A, Ground Floor, 

Finance & Trade Center, 

Karachi 

Tel: 9202719, 

Fax: 9206461 

Email: epb@epb.gov.pk 

URL: http://www.epb.gov.pk 

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