WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
13 December 2001
(01-6319)
Committee on Import Licensing Original:  English
REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES1
Notification under Article 7.3 of the
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
MALTA
The following notification, dated 6 November 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Malta.
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Outline of system
1. Import licensing is maintained under the Importation (Control) Regulations 1969, published
by legal notice in terms of the Supplies and Services Act (Cap 117) which provides that the Ministerresponsible for trade may make regulations to control imports.  Licensing, therefore, is required by
statute.  Designation of products to be subjected to licensing requires ministerial authority.  When a
new item is inserted in the list or an existing one taken out, a copy of the relevant amending
regulations has to be laid on the table of the House of Representatives.  The list of controlled goods
can be changed as necessary.  The system can be abolished with ministerial approval.
Purposes and coverage of licensing
2. An open general licence is granted for the importation of all goods into Malta other than those
listed in the Schedule to the above-mentioned regulations.  A copy of the current unofficial revised
version of the Schedule, published as Legal Notice No 213 of 1990 (incorporating all amendments
thereto as a result of the publication of Le gal Notices 52/1992, 27/1 994, 35/1996, 19/1997, 6/1998,
267/1998 and 87/2001) is reproduced in the Annex.
3. The Maltese import licensing system does not apply any discriminatory measures as regards
countries from which imports are made.  Importers are free to import from any source except from
countries against which UN Security Council trade sanctions are in force.
4. Whereas in past years licensing was generally intended to restrict the quantity or value of
imports in the interests of developing local industry and agriculture, the system is now being regarded
mainly as a means of monitoring health, veterinary, security and other similar considerations.
Following measures undertaken during recent years, it was found possible to liberalize theimportation of all manufactured products, with the exception of handmade lace and jewellery made of
silver or gold filigree, which are considered as very sensitive items. With regard to agricultural
products, only fresh and frozen whole fish is still kept under qualitative control as a safeguard
                                                     
1 See document G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire.G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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measure afforded to the local fishing industry.  Im ports of wheat, barley, maize and certain petroleum
products are exclusively state-traded.
5. See reply 1.
Procedures
6. Malta no longer administers a quota system in respect of any imported goods.
7. Where no complications exist, licences may be issued on the same day of presentation of
application.  However, applications for licences should be submitted before the placing of orders
abroad.
8. Except in cases where the importation of certain goods is prohibited, licences are not
normally refused.  Reasons for refusal are generally given and applicants may, if they wish, appeal to
the Minister responsible for trade.
Eligibility of importers to apply for licence
9. Maltese nationals and eligible local companies may apply for licences for the importation of
goods for trading purposes.
Documentational and other requirements for application for licence
10. When applying for a licence prospective im porters are required to give the following
information:
a) full name and address of applicant;
b) importer's value added tax (VAT) registration number;
c) country of origin of goods;
d) country from which goods are being consigned;
e) approximate total cost and freight (C&F) value of orders; and
f) particulars of goods to be imported.
11. Upon actual importation, an importer is required to submit the approved import licence.
12. There is no licensing fee or administrative charge.13. There is no deposit or advance payment requirement associated with the issue of licences.Conditions of licensing
14. Normally the goods to which a licence relates have to be shipped within eight months from
the date of issue of licence.  In some special cases, licences are issued with a more limited validityperiod which, however, is always of a reasonable duration and does not preclude imports from any
source.  The normal period of validity of a licence of eight months may be extended on application to
and at the discretion of the Director of Trade.
15. There is no penalty for the non-utilization of a licence or a portion of it.16. Licences are not transferable between importers.G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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17. Conditions aimed mainly to safeguard health, security, environmental and other such interests
may be imposed on licences in relation to the goods being imported.
Other procedural requirements
18. There are no other administrative procedures, apart from import licensing, other than in
connection with compliance on conditions thereon, required prior to importation.
19. Foreign exchange is automatically provided by the banking authorities for goods to be
imported against supporting documentary evidence.G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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ANNEX
SCHEDULE OF GOODS UNDER IMPORT LICENSING CONTROL
The following is a revised unofficial version of the Schedule to the Importation (Control)
Regulations, 1969 incorporating all amendments made thereto up to the 17th April, 2001.
SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ACT (CAP. 117)
Importation (Control) Regulations, 1969
( Legal Notice No 213 of 1990, as amended)
SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
01.01 Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies
01.02 Live bovine animals
01.03 Live swine
01.04 Live sheep and goats
01.05 Live poultry (fowls of the species Gallus Domesticus, ducks, geese,
turkeys and guinea fowls)
01.06 Other live animals
02.01 Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled
02.02 Meat of bovine animals, frozen
02.03 Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen
02.04 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen
02.05 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
02.06 Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses,
mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
02.07 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading No. 01.05, fresh,
chilled  or frozen.
02.08 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen
02.09 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat , not rendered or otherwise
extracted,  fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smokedL.N. 35/96
02.10 Meat, edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours
and meals of meat or meat offal
03.01 Live fish
03.02 Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of
heading No. 03.04
03.03 Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading No.
03.04G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
03.04 Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced) fresh, chilled
or frozen
03.05 Fish, dried salted or in brine; smoked fish; fish meal fit for human
consumption
03.06 Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
salted or in brine; crustaceans in shell, cooked by steaming or by
boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen,  dried, salted or in
brine.
03.07 Molluscs, whether in shell or not,  live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried,
salted, or in brine; aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and
molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
04.01 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter
04.02 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing  added sugar or other
sweetening matter
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
04.04 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not
elsewhere specified or included
04.05 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads L.N. 35/96
04.06 Cheese and curd
04.07 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked
04.08 Birds' eggs  not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by
steaming or boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
04.09 Natural honey
04.10 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
05.04 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish),whole and
pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smokedL.N. 35/96
05.05 Birds' skins
07.01 Potatoes, fresh or chilled
07.02 Tomatoes, fresh or chilled
07.03 Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or
chilled
07.04 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas,
fresh or chilledG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
07.05 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Chicorium spp.) fresh and
chilled
07.06 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celetriac, radishes and similar
edible roots, fresh or chilled
07.07 Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled
07.08 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
07.09 Other vegetables, fresh or chilled
07.10 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water),
frozen
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
07.13 Dried split peas; dried split beans
07.14 Jerusalem artichokes and sweet potatoes
08.03 Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried
08.04 Figs, fresh
08.05 Citrus fruits, fresh or dried
08.06 Grapes, fresh or dried
08.07 Melons (including watermelons) and papaws (papayas), fresh
08.08 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh
08.09 Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes,
fresh
08.10 Other fruit, fresh
08.11 Fruit, frozen
08.12 Peaches, pears, pineapples and fruit cocktail preserved in preservative
solution
09.01 Coffee
09.02 Tea
09.03 Mate'
09.09 Seeds of anise and fennel
09.10 Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and
other spices
10.01 Wheat and meslin
10.02 Rye
10.03 Barley
10.04 OatsG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
10.05 Maize (corn)
10.06 Rice
10.07 Grain sorghum
10.08 Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals
11.01 Wheat or meslin flour
11.02 Cereal flours, other than of wheat or meslin
11.03 Cereal groats, meal and pellets
11.04 Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked,
pearled, sliced or kibbled) except rice of heading No. 10.06; germ ofcereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground
11.08 Starches; inulin
11.09 Wheat gluten; whether or not dried
12.08 Flours and meals or oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of
mustard
12.13 Cereal straw and husks
12.14 Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerns (alfalfa), clover,
sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products,
whether or not in the form of pellets
15.01 Lard and fat
15.02 Fats of  bovine animals, sheep or goats
15.07 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified
15.08 Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified
15.09 Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified
15.10 Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or
not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils
or fractions of heading No. 15.09
15.11 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified
15.12 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof,
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.13 Coconut (copra),palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof,
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.14 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modifiedG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
15.15 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their
fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
15.16 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly
hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified, or elidinised, whether or
not refined but not further prepared
15.17 Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats
15.18 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions boiled, oxidised,
dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polym erised by heat in vacuum or
inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of headingNo. 15.16; inedible mixture of preparations of animal or vegetable fats
or oils or fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, not
elsewhere specified or included
16.01 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food
preparation based on these products
16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood
16.04 Tuna fish, prepared or preserved
16.05 Crustaceans, molluscs, and other aquatic invertebrates prepared or
preserved
17.01 Sugar
17.02 Syrups, artificial honey and caramel
19.01 Mixtures and bases for ice-cream making
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
19.05 Bread, cakes and pastries; pastry products whether filled or not
20.01 Vegetables, fruit, nuts, and other edible parts of plants, prepared or
preserved by vinegar or acetic acid
20.02 Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic
acid
20.03 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid
20.04 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06L.N. 35/96
20.05 Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading No. 20.06L.N. 35/96
20.06 Vegetables preserved by sugar (drained, glace' or crystallised) L.N. 35/96
20.08 Fruit preserved, including canned fruit cocktail, fruit salad, peaches,
pears and pineapplesG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
20.09 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented
and not containing  added  spirit, whether or not containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter
21.01 Coffee substitutes, roasted.  Coffee/tea preparations based on
coffee/tea extracts including instant coffee
21.03 Sauces, mixed condiments and mixed seasonings
21.04 Beef  and chicken cubes
21.05 Ice-cream
21.06 Ice-cream mixtures, ice- cream powders, cream topping
22.02 Grape juice, grape nectar; non-alcoholic beverages containing any
milk or milk products; soft drinks not contained in glass bottlesL.N. 40/92
L.N. 52/92
22.04 Wine, grape must
22.05 Vermouths and  other wines of fresh grapes
22.07 Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits (including methylated spirits)
22.09 Vinegar and substitutes of vinegar
23.01 Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human
consumption; greaves
23.02 Bran, pollard and other milling residues
23.03 Dregs and waste from brewing and distilling
23.04 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form
of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil
23.05 Oil-cake and other solid residues whether or not ground or in the form
of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil
23.06 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form
of pellets, resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other
that those of heading No. 23.04 or 23.05
23.07 Wine lees; argol
23.08 Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-
products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in
animal feeding , not elsewhere specified or included
23.09 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
24.02 Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco
substitutes
24.03 Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
"homogenised" or "reconstituted" tobacco; tobacco extracts andessences
25.01 SaltG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
25.22 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic  lime
25.23 Cement
25.24 Asbestos
25.29 Felspar, leucite; nepheline and nepheline syenite; flourspar
25.30 Natural arsenic sulphides, strontianite and other mineral substances;
broken pottery
27.01 Coal
27.10 Petroleum products including petrol, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuels,
white spirit and fuel oils; lubricating oils
27.11 Liquid petroleum gases
28.01 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
28.02 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur
28.03 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere
specified or included)
28.04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals
28.05 Alkali or alkaline-earth metals; rare earth metals, scandium and
yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed; mercury
28.06 Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
28.07 Sulphuric acid; oleum
28.08 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids
28.09 Disphosphorus pentoxide, phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids
28.10 Oxides of boron; boric acids
28.11 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-
metals
28.12 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
28.13 Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosphorus trisulphide
28.14 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
28.15 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda ); potassium hydroxide (caustic
potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
28.16 Hydroxide and peroxide of ma gnesium; oxides hydroxides and
peroxides, of strontium or barium
28.17 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide
28.18 Aluminium oxide (including corundum); aluminium hydroxide
28.19 Chromium oxides and hydroxides
28.20 Manganese oxidesG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
28.21 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70% or more by
weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe 2 03
28.22 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
28.23 Titanium oxides
28.24 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
28.25 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other
inorganic basis; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides
28.26 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoraluminates and other complex fluorine
salts
28.27 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and
bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides
28.28 Hypochlorites; commercial ca lcium hypochlorite; chlorites;
hypobromites
28.29 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and
periodates
28.30 Sulphides; polysulphides
28.31 Dithionites and sulphoxylates
28.32 Sulphites; thiosulphates
28.33 Sulphates, alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)
28.34 Nitrites;  nitrates
28.35 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites),
phosphates and polyphosphates
28.36 Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial
ammonium containing ammonium carbonate
28.37 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
28.38 Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates
28.39 Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
28.40 Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
28.41 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids
28.42 Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, excluding azides
28.43 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious
metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of  precious
metals
28.44 Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes (including the
fissile or fertile chemical elements and isotopes) and their compounds;
mixtures and residues containing these productsG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
28.45 Isotopes other than those of heading No. 28.44; compounds, inorganic
or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined
28.46 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare earth metals, of yttrium or of
scandium or of mixtures of these metals
28.47 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea
28.48 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding
ferrophosphorus
28.49 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
28.50 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not
chemically defined
28.51 Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water
and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have
been removed); compressed air, amalgams, other than amalgams of
precious metals
29.01 Acyclic hydrocarbons
29.02 Cyclic hydrocarbons
29.03 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
29.04 Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons,
whether or not halogenated
29.05 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives
29.06 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives
29.07 Phenols; phenol-alcohols
29.08 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols
or phenol-alcohols
29.09 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol
peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not
chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives
29.10 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-
membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives
29.11 Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function,
and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29.12 Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic
polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde
29.13 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of
products of heading No. 29.12G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
29.14 Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and
their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29.15 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides,
peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
nitrosated derivatives
29.16 Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides,
halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated,
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29.17 Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and
peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives
29.18 Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides,
halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated,
nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29.19 Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
29.20 Esters of other inorganic acids (excluding esters of hydrogen halides)
and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives
29.21 Amine-function compounds
29.22 Oxygen-function amino-compounds
29.23 Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other
phosphoaminolipids
29.24 Carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of
carbonic acid
29.25 Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts)
and imine-function compounds
29.26 Nitrile-function compounds
29.27 Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds
29.28 Organic derivatives of hydrazine and hydroxylamine
29.29 Compounds with other nitrogen-function
29.30 Organo-sulphur compounds
29.31 Other organo-inorganic compounds
29.32 Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only
29.33 Heterocyclic compounds with nitr ogen hetero-atom(s) only L.N. 35/96
29.34 Nucleic acids and their salts; other heterocyclic compounds L.N. 35/96
29.35 SulphonamidesG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
29.36 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis
(including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as
vitamins, and intermixtures of  the foregoing, whether or not in any
solvent
29.37 Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives thereof,
used primarily as hormones; other steroids used primarily as hormones
29.38 Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers,
esters and other derivatives
29.39 Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis , and their
salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
29.40 Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose
and fructose; sugar ethers and sugar esters and their salts, other than
products of heading No. 29.37, 29.38 or 29.39
29.41 Antibiotics
29.42 Other organic compounds
30.01 Glands and other organs for organo therapeutic uses, whether or not
powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for
organo-therapeutic uses; heparin and its salts: other animal substances
prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specifiedor included
30.02 Human blood;  animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or
diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified
immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of
biotechnical processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms(excluding yeasts) and similar productsL.N. 35/96
30.03 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 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, for veterinary purposes
30.04 Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 30.02, 30.05, or 30.06)
consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic orprophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings
for retail sale, for veterinary purposes
30.05 Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings,
adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with
pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retailsale, for veterinary purposes
30.06 Other pharmaceutical goods
31.01 Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or
chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical
treatment of animal or vegetable products
31.02 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenousG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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SCHEDULE
H.S. Code Goods Amended
by
31.04 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic
32.01 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers,
esters and other derivatives
32.02 Synthetic organic tanning substances, and inorganic tanning
substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural
tanning materials; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning
32.03 Colouring matter of vegetable or animal origin (including dyeing
extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically
defined; preparations based on colouring matter of vegetable or animalorigin
32.04 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined;
preparations based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic
organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents as
luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
32.05 Colour lakes; preparations based on colour lakes
32.06 Other colouring matter; preparations other than those of heading No.
32.03, 32.04 or 32.05; inorganic products of a kind used as
luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
32.07 Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours,
vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips), liquid lustres and
similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic , enamelling or
glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder,
granules or flakes
32.08 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on
synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers dispersed
or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; other solutions
32.09 Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on
synthetic polymers or chemically defined modified natural polymers
dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium
32.10 Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and
distempers); prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishingleather
32.11 Prepared driers
32.12 Pigments (including metallic powders and flakes) dispersed in non-
aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the
manufacture of paints (including enamels); stamping foils; dyes andother colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale
32.13 Artists', students' or signboard painters' colours, modifying tints,
amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or
in similar forms or packingsG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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32.14 Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compunds and
other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations
for facades, indoor-walls, floors, ceilings or the like
32.15 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not
concentrated or solid
33.01 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes;
resinoids, concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes
or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products
of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueoussolutions of essential oils not in forms or packings for retail sale
33.02 Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic
solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind
used as raw materials in industry
33.03 Perfumes and toilet waters
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 pedicure preparations
33.05 Preparations for use on the hair
33.06 Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative
pastes and powders
33.07 Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, 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
34.01 Shaving soap; laundry soap; organic surface-active products and
preparations for use as shaving soap or as laundry soap, in the form of
bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap
34.02 Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active
preparations and washing preparations (including auxiliary washing
preparations), and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing
soap, other than those of heading No. 34.01
34.03 Lubricating preparations, and preparations of a kind used for oil and
grease treatment for textiles, leather or other materials
34.04 Artificial waxes and prepared waxes
34.05 Polishes and creams for footwear, furniture or floors, metal polishes,
scouring powders and similar preparations
35.01 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues
35.02 Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivativesG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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35.03 Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets,
whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives;
isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of
heading No. 35.01
35.04 Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their
derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, hide powder, whether
or not chromed
35.05 Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pre-gelatinised or
esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrines or othermodified starches
35.06 Other prepared glues
35.07 Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included
36.01 Propellent powders
36.02 Prepared explosives, other than propellent powders
36.03 Safety fuses; detonating fuses; percussion or detonating caps; igniters;
electric detonators
36.04 Fireworks, signalling flares, rain rockets, fog signals and other
pyrotechnic articles
36.05 Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading No. 36.04
36.06 Ferro-cerium and other pyrophoric alloys in all forms; articles of
combustible materials
38.01 Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations
based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates
or other semi-manufactures
38.02 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal-black,
including spent animal black
38.03 Tall oil, whether or not refined
38.04 Residual lyes from the manufactu re of wood pulp, whether or not
concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin
sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading No. 38.03
38.05 Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by
the distillation or other treatment of  coniferous woods; crude
dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude paracymene; pine oil
containing alphaterpineol as the main constituent
38.06 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin
oils; run gums
38.07 Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable
pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin
acids or on vegetable pitchG/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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38.08 Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting
products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar
products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations
or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and
fly-papers)
38.09 Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of
dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example , dressings
and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like
industries, not elsewhere specified or included
38.10 Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary
preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or
welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials;
preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes
or rods
38.11 Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity
improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives,
for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the
same purposes as mineral oils
38.12 Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or
plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising
preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics
38.13 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-
extinguishing grenades
38.14 Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or
included; prepared paint or varnish removers
38.15 Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not
elsewhere specified or included
38.16 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other
than products of heading No. 38.01
38.17 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes
38.18 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs,
wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in
electronics
38.19 Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic
transmission, not containing or cont aining less than 70% by weight of
petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
38.20 Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
38.21 Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms
38.22 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, and prepared
diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other
than those of heading No. 30.02 or 30.06L.N. 35/96G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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38.23 Industrial monocarbonxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining;
industrial fatty alcoholsL.N. 35/96
38.24 Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and
preparations of the chemical or al lied industries (including those
consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or
included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not
elsewhere specified or includedL.N. 35/96
39.01 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
39.02 Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms
39.03 Polymers of styrene, in primary forms
39.04 Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary
forms
39.05 Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms,
other vinyl polymers in primary forms
39.06 Acrylic polymers in primary forms
39.07 Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms:
polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in
primary forms
39.08 Polyamides in primary forms
39.09 Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms
39.10 Silicones in primary forms
39.11 Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes,
polysulphides,  polysulphones and other products not elsewhere
specified or included, in primary forms
39.12 Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or
included, in primary forms
39.13 Natural polymers (for example, alginic acid) and modified natural
polymers (for example, hardened proteins, chemical derivatives of
natural rubber), not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms
39.14 Ion-exchangers based on polymers of headings No. 39.01 to 39.13, in
primary forms
39.15 Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics
39.26 Shields
40.14 Teats of unhardened vulcanised rubber
40.16 Shields of unhardened rubber
40.17 Shields of hardened rubber
53.02 True hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) , raw or processed but not spun; tow
and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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53.05 Manila hemp (abaca) ("musa textilis"), raw or processed but not spun;
tow and waste of manila hemp (including pulled or garnetted rags or
ropes)
58.04 Lace, hand-made
67.01 Birds' skins
68.10 Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not
reinforced
68.11 Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like
68.12 Fabricated asbestos fibres; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a
basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; (for example, thread,
woven fabric, clothing, headgear, fo otwear, gaskets), whether or not
reinforced, other than goods of heading No. 68.11 or 68.13
68.13 Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips,
segments, discs, washers, pads, not mounted, for brakes, for clutchesor the like) with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or
cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials
71.13 Jewellery  made of filigree, silver or gold L.N. 19/97
71.14 Other articles  made of filigree, silver or gold L.N. 19/97
73.11 Containers for compressed or liquified gas, of iron or steel, of a
capacity exceeding 5 kgs.L.N. 19/97
78.01 Unwrought lead
78.02 Lead waste and scrap
78.03 Lead bars and rods, profiles and wire
78.04 Lead plates and sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes
78.05 Lead tubes, pipes and tube and pipe fittings (for example couplings,
elbows, sleeves)
78.06 Other articles of lead
79.03 Zinc dust, powders and flakes
82.11 Carving butchers' and fishmongers' knives
84.05 Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers;
acetylene gas generators and similar water process gas generators, withor without their purifiers
84.13 Water pumps of a pressure of two (2) bars and over. L.N. 19/97
84.24 Fire-extinguishers
85.13 Laser pointers L.N.   6/98G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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85.17 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line
telephony sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication
apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems;
videophonesL.N. 35/96
85.20 Telephone answering machines
85.25 Transmission apparatus for  radio-telephony, radio- telegraphy,  radio-
broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception
apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus
85.26 Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote
control apparatus
85.27 Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio- telegraphy or radio-
broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with
sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock
85.28 Television receivers combined with radio receivers
85.29 Parts suitable for  use solely  or principally with the apparatus of
headings Nos. 85.25 to 85.27; satellite equipment  and parts thereofL.N. 19/97
85.31 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens,
indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms)
85.35 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or
for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example,
switches, fuses, lightning arrestors, voltage limiters, surge suppressors,
plugs, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding 1,000 volts
85.36 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or
for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example,switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders,
junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts
85.43 Detonators (electrical); television boosters
85.44 Extensions consisting of insulated wire fitted with connectors at either
or both ends and cables fitted with connectors at either one or both
ends, whose length exceeds 3 metres
87.02 Public-transport type passenger motor vehicles
87.03 New motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the
transport of persons (other than those of heading No. 87.02) including
station wagons and racing cars and vehicles of all these types that are
less than three months oldL.N. 27/94
87.04 Motor-vehicles for the transport of goods
87.05 Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed
for the transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries,
crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road
sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile work-shops, mobile
radiological units) except oil/fuel bowsers and refuse collectionvehiclesL.N. 87/01G/LIC/N/3/MLT/3
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87.06 Other used chassis fitted with engines for buses and vans L.N. 19/97
87.10 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not
fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
87.11 Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted   with an auxiliary
motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars
87.16 Trailers and semi-trailers L.N.19/97
90.20 Gas masks
93.01 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols and arms of heading
No. 93.07
93.02 Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading No. 93.03 or 93.04
93.03 Other firearms and similar devices which operate by the firing of an
explosive charge (for example, sporting shotguns and rifles, muzzle-
loading firearms, Very pistols and other devices designed to project
only signal flares, pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition,captive-bolt humane killers, line-throwing guns)
93.04 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols,
truncheons), excluding those of heading No. 93.07
93.05 Parts and accessories of articles of heading Nos. 93.01 to 93.04
93.06 Bombs, grenades, torpedos, mines, missiles and similar munitions of
war and parts thereof; cartridges and other ammunition and projectiles
and parts thereof, including shot and cartridge wads
93.07 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and  parts thereof
and scabbards and sheaths therefor
95.03 Toy guns, pistols and weapons
95.04 Coin- or disc-operated gambling machines and parts thereof L.N. 19/97
95.05 Carnival articles; swords, pistols and weapons
95.07 Fishing sinkers made of lead L.N. 19/97
95.08 Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground
amusements; travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling
theatres
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