WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/W/44 
7 October 2004 
 
 (04-4190) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session Original:  English 
 
 
 
PROPOSED INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS SUBMITTED BY  
THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN,  
PENGHU, KINMEN, AND MATSU 
 
Paragraph 31(iii ) 
 
 The following communication is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of  Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu
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I. INTRODUCTION 
1. In paragraph 31(iii) of the Doha Ministerial Decl aration, Ministers instructed delegations to 
negotiate on “the reduction or, as appropriate, elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to 
environmental goods and services.”  Members have sin ce agreed to carry out the tariff and non-tariff 
negotiations on environmental goods in th e Negotiating Group on Market Access for 
Non-Agricultural Products (NAMA) and called on th e Special Session of the Committee on Trade and 
Environment to develop the definition and a ppropriate categories for environmental goods.1 
2. The lack of an internationally agreed defin ition of environmental goods, however, currently 
prevents delegations from reaching a possible c onsensus on it. To facilitate negotiations, the 
Chairperson of CTESS encouraged Members at the last meeting2 to develop and submit a list of 
specific environmental goods as a basis for future discussions. 
3. In line with the above and with a view to par ticipating constructively in the negotiations, the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu would like to propose an initial 
list based on our own experience to date of dealing with the environmental goods issue. 
II. A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO IDENTIFYING THE COVERAGE OF 
ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
4. We have noted that Members in discussions ma ke reference to the OECD and APEC lists of 
environmental goods, which were each designed for qu ite different and specific purposes.  The OECD 
list was developed as an analytical exercise to iden tify conceptually a category for the sector.  In our 
current circumstances, without a consensus on definitional criteria for environmental goods, we find 
that the APEC list offers the most practical a pproach to identifying the possible coverage of 
environmental goods.  The main reason is that it st arted from a call for nominations, which yielded a 
list of goods and these were arranged according to an agreed classification.  Furthermore, the APEC 
list was clearly developed with a view to pr omoting sustainable economic growth through the 
liberalization of the environmental goods sector acr oss APEC economies.  This  approach appears to 
                                                      
1 TN/TE/1, para.9. 
2 TN/TE/R/9, para.58. TN/TE/W/44 
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 us to most closely mirror the approach envisaged by the Doha Ministerial Declaration, in which 
Members were instructed to carry out negotiations  on environmental goods to pursue the reduction or 
elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to this sector
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III. PROPOSED INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
5. Based on the above-mentioned approach, therefore,  we have nominated 78 items in the Annex 
attached, which are shown under the following product groupings: 
 (1) Air Pollution Control; 
 (2) Waste Water Management;  (3) Solid/Hazardous Waste Management;  (4) Remediation/Clean-up of Soil and Water;  (5) Noise/Vibration Abatement;  (6) Monitoring/Analysis and Assessment. 
 
IV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 
6. The list proposed by us is intended only as an input to the negotiations.  Comments from 
Members at this stage would be most welcome.  Moreover, we encourage other Members to nominate their own lists. 
7. It is also evident that most items on th e APEC list belong to “pollution management 
categories” such as “air pollution control” and “w ater pollution control”, and these environmental 
goods share the common characteristic of being used in processes that directly
 control pollution.  The 
APEC experience suggests that this “direct use ” characteristic could be a practical and effective 
criteria for Members to use in negotiations, for identifying environmental goods in the category of pollution management.  If we are to make pr ogress on environmental goods negotiations under the 
Doha mandate, we believe this c ould prove to be a very fruitful area on which to concentrate our 
future discussions for the purpose of compiling the list. 
8. This submission is without prejudice to the ri ghts of the Separate Customs Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to make any n ecessary amendments or additions required in 
order to further develop our suggested list of e nvironmental goods, or to any position that it might 
take in future negotiations.  TN/TE/W/44 
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 ANNEX   
 
Initial List of Environmental Goods Prop osed by the Separate Customs Territory  of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
 
Envt. Activity Ex HS Subheading (6-digit) Description 
1. Air pollution control ex 842139 Electrostatic precipitator 
  ex 842139 Bag filter 
  ex 560314 Filter bag (sleeve) 
  ex 842139 Cartridge dust collector 
  ex 842139 Cyclone dust collector 
  ex 842139 Oil mist eliminator 
  ex 842139 Wet scrubber: cyclone scrubber 
  ex 842139 Wet scrubber:  venturi scrubber 
 ex 842139 Wet scrubber: packed tower scrubber 
  ex 842139 Fume collector 
 ex 842139 Activated carbon (or Zeolite) 
adsorption and regeneration system 
  ex 841780 Waste gas incinerator 
  ex 841780 Catalytic oxidizer 
 ex 842139 Flue gas desulfurization system (FGD)
  ex 850910 Jet-turn type cleaner 
  ex 841940 Distillation apparatus, laboratory 
    841960   
  ex 842199 Filter elements (for instant use) 
 ex 842199 Other parts of filtering or purifying 
machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases 
2. Waste Water 
 Management ex 842121 (Mechanical) bar screen 
  ex 842121 Drum screen 
  ex 842121 Micro screen 
  ex 842121 Scraper 
  ex 842121 Waste water and grease separator 
  ex 842121 Grease interceptor 
  ex 841370 Centrifugal pump (RFPP, PVDF, Ti, 
Viton, Seal) 
 ex 847982 Agitator 
  ex 841360 Submersible mixer 
  ex 841480 Aerator 
  ex 841480 Blower TN/TE/W/44 
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 Envt. Activity Ex HS Subheading (6-digit) Description 
  ex 841480 Diffuser 
  ex 392690 Bio-film medium 
 ex 392690 Rotating biological contactor (HDPE) 
  ex 842121 Belt filter press 
  ex 842121 Sludge treatment equipment 
 ex 842121 Sludge decanter (Sludge centrifuge) 
  ex 842121 Plate & frame filter press 
  ex 842121 Reverse osmosis system 
  ex 842121 Vacuum filter 
  ex 842121 Sand filter 
  ex 842121 Micro strainer 
  ex 560314 Filter cloth (PE, PP, Nylon) 
  ex 842121 Ion exchange system 
  ex 854389 Ozone generator 
  ex 854389 Ozone production system 
  ex 842121 Ultra-violet disinfection system 
  ex 842121 Septic tank 
  ex 842121 Ion exchanger  
 ex 842833 Belt-type above ground conveyor used 
to transfer solids or slurries between plants 
3. Solid/Hazardous Waste 
 Management ex 841780 Incinerator 
  ex 841780 Waste incinerators 
  ex 841790 Waste incinerators;  Parts 
  ex 847420 Crusher 
  ex 847420 Shredding system 
 ex 850590 Magnets separator for waste treatment 
  ex 850590 Electro magnet 
  ex 851410 Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
  ex 851420 Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
  ex 851430 Waste incinerators or other waste 
treatment apparatus 
    851490 Parts of industrial or laboratory electric 
furnaces and ovens or  other laboratory 
induction or dielectric heating 
equipment  TN/TE/W/44 
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 Envt. Activity Ex HS Subheading (6-digit) Description 
    960310 Brooms and brushes, consisting of 
twigs or other vegetable materials bound together, with or without handles 
    847439 Mixing or kneading machines 
 ex 847989 Equipment for prevention of air 
pollution, noise treatment, vibration prevention, water contamination prevention and treatment of materials 
caused by factory wastage 
  ex 960390 Prepared knots and tufts for brooms or 
brush making 
4.  Remediation/Clean-
 up of Soil and Water ex 842139 Soil vapor treatment system (oil-water 
separator) 
  ex 890710 Inflatable oil spill recovery barges 
  ex 890790 Pollution protection booms 
5. Noise/Vibration 
 Abatement ex 840991 Industrial muffler 
6. Monitoring/Analysis 
 and Assessment ex 902710 Air pollution emission monitoring 
systems 
  ex 902710 Air quality monitoring systems 
  ex 902720 Chromatograph 
  ex 902720 Electrophoresis instrument 
  ex 902730 Spectrophotometer 
  ex 902730 Spectrograph 
  ex 902730 Mass spectrometer 
  ex 902780 Waste water pollutants monitoring 
systems 
 ex 902780 Waste analysis equipment 
 ex 902780 Noise vibration monitoring equipment
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