WORLD TRADE WT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
ORGANIZATION 20September 1996
(96-3605)
Original: English
KOREA -MEASURES CONCERNING THE SHELF-LIFE OFPRODUCTS
Notification ofMutually Agreed Solution
Communication from theRepublic ofKorea
Addendum
Thefollowing communication, entitled "Notification oftheCorresponding Harmonized System
Headings oftheProducts Which Remain Subject toShelf-life Requirements intheKorean Food Code
asof1July1996", dated 9August 1996, from thePermanent Mission oftheRepublic ofKorea, is
circulated attherequest ofthatdelegation.
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1. Further toitsnotification of1July 1996 which wascirculated on19July 1996
(WT/DS5/5/Add.4, G/SPS/W/27/Add.4, G/TBT/D/3/Add.4, G/AG/8/Add.4), theGovernment ofthe
Republic ofKorea notifies theWTO ofthecorresponding Harmonized System (HS)headings ofall
oftheproducts which remain subject toshelf-life requirement intheKorean Food Code asof1July
1996. Those products arelisted inAttachment 1.
2. Theshelf-life status offrozen foodproducts isclarified inAttachment 2forthereference of
interested Members.WT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
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Attachment 1
NOTIFICATION OFTHE CORRESPONDING HARMONIZED SYSTEM HEADINGS
OFTHE PRODUCTS WHICH REMAIN SUBJECT TOSHELF-LIFE
REQUIREMENTS INTHE KOREAN FOOD CODE ASOF1JULY 1996
Products
Categories under
theFood CodeProducts HSNo.
1.Confectionaries 1-1 Breads andricecakes
1.Refrigerated
2.Others1905
3.Icecreams 3-4 Icecream mixes
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized2106.90, 1806.20
1806.90, 1901.90
4.Milk &milk
products4-1 Milk
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0401.20
4-2 Low-fat milk
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0401.10, 0401.20
4-3 Lactose-lysed milk
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0401.10, 0401.20
4-4 Processed milk
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0402.99, 0404.90
1806.20, 1806.90
2202.90
4-5 Goat milk
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0401.20, 0401.30
4-6 Fermented milk products
(excluding frozen products)
1.Fermented milk, fermented cream
milk, fermented butter milk
2.Concentrated fermented milk,
Concentrated fermented cream milk0403
4-7 Butter milk
1.Pasteurized (butter milk)
2.Sterilized (butter milk)0403.90
4.Milk &milk products 4-8 Concentrated milk
1.Concentrated milk
Concentrated skim milk
2.Pasteurized0402.9WT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
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Products
Categories under
theFood CodeProducts HSNo.
4-9 Milk creams
(excluding frozen products)
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0401.30, 0402.9
4-14 Whey
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized0404.10
5.Meat &meat products 5-1 Meat products
1.Ham
2.Bacon
3.Sausage, Mixed sausage
a. Cooked
i.Refrigerated
b. Uncooked
i.Refrigerated
5.Seasoned meat
(Marinated meat)
a. Refrigerated
6.Ground meat products
a. Cooked
i.Refrigerated
7.Packaged meat
a. Beef
b. Pork
(excluding frozen meat)
c. Poultry meat,
miscellaneous meat
(excluding frozen meat)
9.Fried meat products
10.Processed ribproducts
- Refrigerated1602.4, 0210.1
0210.1
1601.00
1602
1602
0201
0203.1
0204, 0205.00
0207, 0208
1601, 1602
1602
5.Meat &meat products 5-2 Eggproducts
1.Liquid
a. Pasteurized
b. Unpasteurized
2.Heated andformed0407.00, 0408WT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
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Products
Categories under
theFood CodeProducts HSNo.
6.Fishery products 6-1 Fishery products
(excluding frozen products)
1.Pasteurized
2.Sterilized
3.Fried
4.Other refrigerated0304, 0305,
1604.20
7.Bean curd
products7-1 Bean curd (tofu)
1.Apr. -Oct.
2.Nov.- Mar.
3.Refrigerated (0-10 C)2106.10
7-2 Processed bean curd(tofu)
1.Fried bean curd(tofu) orYubu
2.Yuba
a. Dried
b. Other
3.Miscellaneous products
a. Mar.-Nov.
b. Dec.-Feb.
c. Refrigerated (0-10 )2106.10
2106.10
7-3 Bean curd made withsoyflour
1.Apr.-Oct.
2.Nov.-Mar.
3.Refrigerated (0-10 C)2106.10
7-4 Mooks (Korean traditional jelled products)
1.Apr.-Oct.
2.Nov.-Mar.
3.Refrigerated (0-10 C)2106.90
9.Noodles 9-1 Noodles (excluding frozen products)
1.Uncooked/cooked
a. Unpasteurized
i.Apr.-Oct.
ii.Nov.-Mar.
iii.Refrigerated (below 10C)
b. Pasteurized
i.General pasteurized
c. Alcohol soaked
i.Room temperature
ii.Refrigerated
(at10Corlower)1902.19
11.Beverages 11-1 Fruit &vegetable beverages
1.Unheated fruit&vegetable juices2009WT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
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Products
Categories under
theFood CodeProducts HSNo.
11-3 Soymilk
1.Pasteurized (above PH4.6)2202.90
11-4 Beverages containing lactic acidbacteria 2202.90
17.Kimchi &pickled foods 17-1 Kimchis
1.Others excluding sterilized or
pasteurized products (including
refrigerated products)2005.90
17-2 Jeotkals
1.Miscellaneous products excluding
jeotkal, liquid jeotkal, seasoned jeotkal1604, 1605
17-3 Preserved products
1.Miscellaneous products excluding
preserved bysugar, sterilized,
pasteurized, pickled
a. Refrigerated withvacuum
packaging (at10Corlower)
b. Refrigerated (at10Corlower)
c. Ambient temperature2005, 2008
17-4 Hard boiled foods
1.Others excluding sterilized or
pasteurized products (including
refrigerated products)1602, 1604, 1605,
2003, 2005, 2008,
2106.90
18.Alcoholic beverages 18-1 Takju
1.Unpasteurized2206.00
18-2 Yakju
1.Unpasteurized2206.00
20.Miscellaneous foods 20-10 Deep-frying products foron-site
consumption
20-12 Dosiraks
1.Dosirak, Hamburgers
(foron-site consumption)
a. Summer (Jun.-Sep.)
b. Others (Jan.-May, Oct.-Dec.)
2.Laver riceWT/DS5/5/Add.5
G/SPS/W/27/Add.5
G/TBT/D/3/Add.5
G/AG/W/8/Add.5
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Attachment 2
SHELF-LIVES OFFROZEN FOOD PRODUCTS
1. Effective 1July1996, shelf-lives ofallfrozen foodproducts, including thefrozen foods agreed
upon intheKorea-US agreement regarding theshelf-life issue notified theWTO Dispute Settlement
Body andother Committees concerned on20July1995, shallbedetermined bythemanufacturers
oftheproducts.
2. TheHarmonized System headings ofthefrozen foods described inthesaidKorea-US agreement
areasfollows:
A. Frozen Meat
- Sausages andMinced Meat
16.01.00, 16.02(.10, .20,.31,.39,.41,.42,.49,.50,.90)
- PorkandPoultry
02.03(.21, .22,.29), 02.07(.21, .22,.23, .41,.42,.43,.50)
- Beef
02.02(.10, .20,.30)
B. Other Frozen Foods
- 03.06 (.11, .12,.13,.14,.19)
- 04.06 (.10, .30,.0)
- 04.08 (.19, .99)
- 07.10 (.10, .21,.22,.29,.30,.40,.80,.90)
- 08.11 (.10, .20,.90)
- 16.04 (.11, .12,.13,.14,.15,.16,.19,.20,.30)
- 16.05 (.10, .20,.30,.40,.90)
- 19.05 (.10, .20,.30,.40,.90)
- 20.02 (.10, .90)
- 20.04 (.10, .90)
- 20.08 (.11, .19,.20,.30,.40,.50,.60,.70,.80,.91,.92,.99)
- 20.09 (.11, .20,.30,.40,.50,.60,.70,.80,.90)