WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/COMTD/W/53
3 December 1998
(98-4854)
Committee on Trade and Development Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MAURITIUS
Market Access for Least Developed Countries
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Mission of the Republic
of Mauritius.
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During the High-Level Meeting on Integrated Initiatives for the Development of Trade of
Least-Developed Countries held in Geneva on 27-28 October 1998, Ambassador D. Baichoo
informed of the intention of the Government of Mauritius to offer duty free access for a certain
number of products originating from least-developed countries.
I am pleased to inform you that the commitment undertaken by the Government of Mauritius
has now been given legal effect.  The list of products was promulgated in the Mauritius Official
Gazette No. 101 of 19 September 1998, (which is attached).WT/COMTD/W/53
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LEGAL SUPPLEMENT
To the Government of Mauritius No. 101 of 19 September 1998
Government Notice No. 148 of 1998
THE CUSTOMS TARIFF ACT
Regulations made by the Minister under sections 10 and 11 of
the Customs Tariff Act
1. These regulations may be cited as the Customs Tariff (Least Developed Countries)
Regulations, 1998.
2. In these regulations:
"least developed countries" means the countries specified in the First Schedule of these
regulations.
3. Goods which:
(a) Are specified in the Second Schedule(b) Originate from a least developed country; and(c) Are covered by a certificate of origin referred to in the Customs Tariff Regulations
1989.
shall, notwithstanding the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, be subject to customs duty at the
rate specialised in Second Schedule.
Made by the Minister on 11 September 1998.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
(regulation 2)
Afghanistan Liberia
Angola Madagascar
Bangladesh Malawi
Benin MaldivesBhutan Mali
Burkina Faso Mauritania
Burundi Mozambique
Cambodia Myanmar
Cape Verde NepalCentral African Republic Niger
Chad Rwanda
Comoros Samoa
Democratic Republic of Congo Sao Tome and PrincipeWT/COMTD/W/53
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Djibouti Sierra Leone
Equatorial Guinea Solomon Islands
Eritrea Somalia
Ethiopia Sudan
Gambia TogoGuinea Tuvalu
Guinea-Bissau Uganda
Haiti United Republic of Tanzania
Kiribati Vanuatu
Lao People's Democratic Republic Yemen
Lesotho Zambia
SECOND SCHEDULE
(regulation 3)
Description
Heading No. H.S. Description S tatistical Unit Customs Duty
%
03.06 Crustaceans, whether in shall or not, live, fresh,
chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or byboiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen,dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pelletsof crustaceans, fit for human consumption
- Not Frozen
-- Rock lobster and other sea crawfish(Palinurus spp. Panulirus spp. Jasns spp.)
0306.219 --- Other kg 0
08.04 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas,
mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried
0804.50 -Guavas, mangoes, and mangosteens kg 0
82.01 Hand tools, the following:  spades, shovels,
mattocks, picks, hoes, fork s, and rakes; axes, bill
hooks and similar hewing tools; s ecateurs and
pruners of any kind;: scythes, sickles, hay knives,hedge shears, timber wedges and other tools of akind used in agriculture, horticulture or.
8201.40 - Axes, bill hooks and similar hewing tools. kg 0
82.02 Hand saws:  blades for saws of all kinds
(including slitting, slotting or toothless saw
blades).
8202.10 - Hand saws kg 0
82.03 Files, rasps, pliers (including cutting pliers),
pincers, tweezers, metal cutting shears,
pipecutters, bold croppers, perforating punchersand similar hand tools.
8203.10 - Files, rasps and similar tools kg 0
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