WORLD TRADE WT/COMTD/N/7*
11April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1531)
Original: French Committee onTrade andDevelopment
GENERALIZED SYSTEM OFPREFERENCES
Notification bySwitzerland
Thefollowing communication dated 12March 1997 hasbeenreceived from thedelegation
ofSwitzerland withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheMembers oftheCommittee onTrade and
Development.
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AsthecurrentlegalbasisfortheSwissschemeoftariffpreferencesexpireson28February1997,
ithasbeenextended by10years to28February 2007.
Asfrom1March 1997, Switzerland willintroduce various changes initsscheme ofpreferences
inorder totakeaccount ofthenewframework conditions forworld trade thathaveemerged fromthe
Uruguay Round oftheGATT. Therevision oftheSwiss scheme willalsoreflect thedifferences in
economic development ofthebeneficiary countries.
Pursuant totheDecision onMeasures inFavour ofLeast Developed Countries adopted at
Marrakesh in1994atthesignature oftheGATT/WTO Agreements, Switzerland willgrant, withrespect
toimports fromtheleastdeveloped countries, notonlyduty-free admission forallindustrial products,
butalsoanexemption fromcustoms duties onmostagricultural products. Thecoverage oftheSwiss
scheme wasalsoconsiderably extended fortheotherdeveloping countries, particularly intheagricultural
field.
Certain countries andterritories which havehitherto enjoyed preferences granted bySwitzerland
buthavenowattained ahighlevelofdevelopment willbeexcluded from theSwiss scheme asfrom
1March 1998. Apart fromtheOECD member countries, thisexclusion applies tothecountries and
territories which theDevelopment Assistance Committee (DAC) oftheOECD hasclassified under
PartIIofthelistofbeneficiaries ofdevelopment aid(advanced developing countries; funds transfers
forthebenefit ofthese countries arenotconsidered partofofficial development assistance asdefined
bytheOECD). According tothese exclusion criteria, Cyprus, theUnited Arab Emirates, Brunei,
Hong Kong, South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, theBahamas, Bermuda, theCayman Islands,
theFalkland Islands andMexico nolonger benefit from theSwiss scheme.
Inspiteoftheexclusion ofthesecountries andterritories, however, thenumber ofbeneficiaries
ofpreferences granted bySwitzerland willincrease inthenearfuture. Indeed, starting on1March 1997
Switzerland willgrant tariff preferences toSouth Africa, Eritrea, theGaza Strip, theWest Bank and
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*This notification isrelated totheseries ofGATT 1947 documents circulated under thesymbol L/4020
andAddenda.WT/COMTD/N/7
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theFederated States ofMicronesia. Moreover, itsscheme includes thefollowing CIScountries:
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and
Turkmenistan.
Therevised scheme alsousestherevised listofleastdeveloped countries established bythe
United Nations. Angola andEritrea willhenceforth appear onthelist,while Botswana isexcluded.
Annexed hereto isalistofproducts covered bytheSwiss scheme (Annex 1)aswellasalist
ofthebeneficiary countries (Annex 2).Annex 2isdivided intothree parts: thefirstcontains the
countries which willbenefit from theSwiss scheme asfrom 1March 1998; thesecond contains the
leastdeveloped countries; andthethirdcontains thecountries tobeexcluded fromtheSwiss scheme
asfrom 1March 1998.WT/COMTD/N/7
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ANNEX 1
ListofPreferences forGoods from
Developing Countries
Tariff itemNo.(a)Preferential rate
Applicable(b)Normal rate/minus(c)
0101. 1110 free
1911 10.00
1991 free
2010, 2091 LDCs: free/others: 3.00
0102. 1010 LDCs: free
9011 10.00
9091 free
0103. 1010 LDCs: free
9110/9120 33.00
9210/9220 10.00
0104. 1010/1020 5.00
2010/2020 3.00
0105. 1100/1900 free
9200/9300 LDCs: free/others: 8.00
9900 free
0106. 0010 free
0020 LDCs: free/others: 8.00
0030/0090 free
0201. 1011, 1091, 2011, 2091, 3011,
30919.00
0202. 1011, 1091, 2011, 2091, 3011,
30919.00
0203. 1110 free
1191 13.00
1210 free
1291 10.00
1910 free
(a) RS632.10 Annex 1.
(b) Thiscustoms dutyisabsolute, andhence directly applicable.
(c) Thenormal rateisreduced infrancs orpercentage asindicated inthecolumn.
Footnotes, seeendofAnnex.WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
1981 10.00
2110 free
2191 13.00
2210 free
2291 10.00
0203. 2910 free
2981 10.00
0204. 1010, 2110, 2210, 2310, 3010,
4110, 4210, 431010.00
5010 9.00
0205. 0010 9.00
0206. 1011, 1021, 1091 9.00
2110, 2210, 2910 40.00
3010 free
3091 10.00
4110 free
4191 30.00
4910 free
4991 30.00
8010 9.00
9010 10.00
0207. 1110 LDCs: 30.00/others: 6.00
1210 LDCs: 30.00/others: 15.00
1311, 1321 LDCs: 30.00
1481, 1491 LDCs: 30.00/others: 15.00
2410, 2510 LDCs: 30.00/others: 6.00
2611, 2621 LDCs: 30.00
2781 LDCs: 30.00/others: 15.00
2791 30.00
3211, 3291 LDCs: 30.00/others: 6.00
3311, 3391 LDCs: 30.00/others: 15.00
3400 LDCs: free others: 22.50WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
3511, 3591 LDCs: 30.00
3610 free
3691 30.00
0208. 1000, 2000, 9010 LDCs: free others: 15.00
9090 free
0209. 0011 LDCs: free
0020 LDCs: free/others: 11.00
0210. 1110 free
1191 75.00
1210 LDCs: free/others: 53.00
1291 LDCs: 75.00
1910 free
1991 75.00
2010 LDCs: 75.00
9011/9012 LDCs: free
9020 LDCs: free/others: 21.00
9031, 9041, 9051, 9061, 9071,
9081LDCs: 30.00
9090 LDCs: free/others: 21.00
0301. 1000 free
9100 LDCs: free
9200/9990 free
0302. 1100 LDCs: free
1200/7000 free
0303. 1000 free
2100 LDCs: free
2200/8000 free
0304. 1010 LDCs: free
1020/2090 free
9010 LDCs: free
9090 free
0305. 1000 LDCs: freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
2000 LDCs: free/others:1
3010 LDCs: free/others:2
3090/4200 free
4910 LDCs: free/others:2
4990/5100 free
5910 LDCs: free/others:2
5990/6300 free
6910 LDCs: free/others:2
6990 free
0306. 1100/0307.9900 free
0402. 2111 25.00
9110 5.00
0403. 1010 free+vc3
0406. 1010 6.00
1020 8.00
1090 10.00
2010/3090 16.00
0407. 0010 LDCs: free others: 3.00
0408. 1110, 1910 LDCs: free
9110 LDCs: free others: 16.00
9910 LDCs: free others: 8.00
0409. 0000 LDCs: free/others:4
0410. 0000 free
0501. 0000/0503.0090 free
0504. 0010 free
0031 765.00
0039/0090 free
0505. 1010/1090, 9019/9090 free
0506. 1000/0507.9000 free
0508. 0010 free
0091 10.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
0099 free
0509. 0000/0510.0000 free
0511. 1010, 9190, 9990 free
0601. 1010 LDCs: free others: 17.00
1090/2099 free
0602. 1000 free
2011/4010 LDCs: free
4091/4099 LDCs: free others: 20.00
9011/9019 LDCs: free
9091 LDCs: free/others:5
9099 LDCs: free others: 15.00
0603. 1031, 1041 free
1051/1059 LDCs: free/others: 20.00
1071/1099 LDCs: free
9010/9090 free
0604. 1090, 9119, 9990 free
0701. 1010 free
9010 LDCs: free others: 3.00
0702. 0010 free
0011 LDCs: free
0020 free
0021 LDCs: free
0030 free
0031 LDCs: free
0090 free
0091 LDCs: free
0703. 1011/1013, 1020/1021,
1030/1031, 1040/1041,
1050/1051, 1060/1061,
1070/1071, 1080free
9010/9011, 9020/9021 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
9090 LDCs: free others: 5.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
0704. 1010/1011, 1020/1021,
1090/1091free
2010/2011 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
9011/9018, 9020/9021,
9030/9031, 9040/9041,
9050/9051free
9060/9061, 9063/9064,
9070/9071, 9080/9081, 9090LDCs: free/others: 5.00
0705. 1111/1118, 1120/1121 LDCs: free/others: 3.50
1191/1198, 1910/1911,
1920/1921, 1930/1931,
1940/1941, 1950/1951,
1990/1991LDCs: free/others: 5.00
2110/2111 LDCs: free/others: 3.50
2910/2911, 2920/2921,
2930/2931, 2940/2941,
2950/2951, 2960/2961,
2970/2971, 2990LDCs: free
0706. 1010/1011, 1020/1021,
1030/1031, 9011/9018LDCs: free/others: 2.00
9021/9028 LDCs: free/others: 3.50
9030/9031, 9040/9041,
9050/9051, 9060/9061, 9090LDCs: free/others: 5.00
0707. 0010/0011, 0020/0021 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
0708. 1010 free
1011 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
1020 free
1021 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
2010/2028, 2031/2038,
2041/2048, 2091/2098free
9010 10.00
9080 free
9081 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
9090 free
0709. 1010 free
1011 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
2010/2011 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
2090 LDCs: free others: 3.50
3010 free
3011, 4010/4011, 4020/4021,
4090/4091LDCs: free/others: 5.00
5100/5200 LDCs: free
6011 free
6012 LDCs: free
7010/7011 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
7090 LDCs: free others: 5.00
9011/9018, 9020/9021,
9030/9031LDCs: free
9040/9041, 9050/9051 LDCs: free/others: 5.00
9060/9061, 9070/9071 LDCs: free
9080, 9099 LDCs: free others: 5.00
0710. 1010, 2110, 2210, 2291, 2900,
3011, 3090LDCs: free
4000 free+vc3
8011, 8090, 9011, 9021, 9090 LDCs: free
0711. 1000/2000 LDCs: free
3000 free
4000/9000 LDCs: free
0712. 2000/30006 6
9021 LDCs: free others: 10.00
9081/9089 LDCs: free/others:7others:7
0713. 1011/1013 LDCs: 00.90
1019 free
1091/1092 LDCs: 4.50
1099 free
2091/2092 LDCs: 4.50
2099 free
3191/3192 LDCs: 4.50
3199 free
3211/3213 LDCs: 00.90WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
3219 free
3291/3292 LDCs: 4.50
3299 free
3311/3313 LDCs: 00.90
3391/3392 LDCs: 4.50
3399 free
3911/3913 LDCs: 00.90
3919 free
3991/3992 LDCs: 4.50
3999 free
4091/4092 LDCs: 4.50
4099 free
5091/5092 LDCs: 4.50
5099 free
9091/9092 LDCs: 4.50
9099 free
0714. 1010/9090 00.75
0801. 1100/1900 free
0802. 2110/2120 LDCs: 12.00
2190 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
2210/2220 LDCs: 12.00
2290 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
3190, 3290, 5000/9090 free
0803. 0000 LDCs: free
0804. 1000, 2020/5000 free
0805. 1000/2000 LDCs: free others: 5.00
4000/9000 free
0806. 1011 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
1012 LDCs: free/others: 15.00
1021 LDCs: free
2000 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
0807. 1100/1900 free
0808. 1011, 1021/1022 free
1031/1032 LDCs: free/others: 2.50
2011, 2021/2022 free
2031/2032 LDCs: free/others: 2.50
0809. 1011/1018, 1091/1098,
2010/2011free
3010/3020 LDCs: free
4012/4013, 4015/4093, 4095 free
0810. 1010/1011, 2010/2011,
2020/2021, 2030/3011,
3020/9099free
0811. 1000 LDCs: free others: 22.50
2010 LDCs: free others: 8.00
2090 LDCs: free others: 22.50
9010 LDCs: free others: 20.00
9021/9090 free
0812. 1000 LDCs: free/others: 8.50
2000 LDCs: free others: 2.00
9010 free
9090 LDCs: free others: 5.00
0813. 1000 LDCs: free others: 50%
2010 free
2090/4020 LDCs: free
4081 LDCs: 12.00/others:8
4089 LDCs: free others:8
4092 LDCs: 40.00/others:9
4099 LDCs: free others:9
5012 LDCs: 6.00/others:10
5019 LDCs: free others:10
5021 LDCs: 12.00/others:11
5029 LDCs: free others:11
5089, 5099 LDCs: freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
0814. 0000 free
0901. 1100 LDCs: free/others: 37.40
1200/2200 LDCs: free/others 46.75
9019 free
9020 LDCs: free/others: 15.40
0904. 1200, 2090 free
0906. 2000 free
0908. 1090, 2090, 3090 free
0909. 1000/0910.9900 free
1001. 1090 free
1002. 0090 free
1003. 0090 free
1005. 9090 free
1006. 1010/1020, 2010/2020 00.60
2090 Free
3010/3020 3.00
3090 Free
4010 3.00
402012
4090 Free
1007. 0090 Free
1008. 1090, 2090, 3090, 9052, 9099 Free
1101. 0039 Free
1102. 1039 Free
2019 17.00
2029 Free
3019 17.00
3029, 9019, 9039 Free
1103. 1191 38.00
1410/1420 0.50
1911 38.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
2110 37.00
2911 38.00
1104. 1911 37.00
2190, 2290 3.00
2911 37.00
2929 3.00
3099 free
1105. 1011 LDCs: free
1090 76.50
2011 LDCs: free
1106. 1090 free
2010 1.00
301013
1107. 1019, 2019 free
1108. 1110/1120 LDCs: 10.00/others: 5.00
1190 free
1210/1220 LDCs: 10.00/others: 5.00
1290 free
1310/1320 LDCs: 6.00/others: 3.00
1390 free
1410/1420 LDCs: 10.00/others: 6.00
1490 free
1911/1912 LDCs: 6.00/others: 3.00
1919 free
1991/1992 LDCs: 10.00/others: 5.00
1999 free
2010/2020 LDCs: 10.00/others: 5.00
2090 free
1201. 0099 free
1202. 1091/1099, 2091/2099 free
1203. 0090 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
1204. 0091/0099 free
1205. 0031/0039, 0061/0069 free
1206. 0031/0039, 0061/0069 free
1207. 1091/1099, 2091/2099,
3091/3099, 4091/4099,
5091/5099, 6091/6099,
9118/9119, 9218/9219,
9918/9919free
1208. 1090 free
9010 0.50
9090 free
1209. 1110 LDCs: 0.50
1190/1990, 3000 LDCs: free
9100 free
9911/9919 LDCs: 0.50
9999 LDCs: free
1210. 1000/2000 free
1212. 1010, 1099 free
2010 0.50
2090, 3000, 9200, 9990 free
1213. 0010 free
1214. 1090, 9090 free
1302. 1100/1900 free
2011/2029 LDCs: free
2090/3900 free
1404. 2090 free
1501. 0018/0019, 0028/002914
1502. 0091/009914
1504. 1098/1099, 2091/2099, 3091/309914
1505. 1010 1.00
1090 free
9010 10.00
9090 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
1506. 0091/009915
1508. 1090, 9018/9019, 9098/909914
1509. 1091/1099, 9091/909914
1510. 0091/009914
1511. 1090, 9018/9019, 9098/909914
1512. 1190, 1918/1919, 1998/1999,
2190, 2991/299914
1513. 1190, 1918/1919, 1998/1999,
2190, 2918/2919, 2998/299914
1514. 1090, 9091/909914
1515. 2190, 2991/2999, 3091/3099,
4091/4099, 5019, 5091/5099,
6091/6099, 9013/9019, 9098/909914
1516. 1091/1099, 2091/209914
1518. 0011 2.00
001914
0081 5.00
0089 free
0098 40.00
0099 free
1520. 0000/1522.0000 free
1601. 0011 LDCs: 60.00
0021, 0031 LDCs: 75.00/others: 15.00
0049 LDCs: free others: 15.00
1602. 1010 LDCs: 85.00/others: 42.50
2010 free
2071 LDCs: 120.00
2089 LDCs: free
3110, 3210, 3910 LDCs: 50.00/ others:
25.00
4111 LDCs: 65.00/others: 52.00
4191, 4210, 4910 LDCs: 50.00
5011 LDCs: 40.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
5091, 9011 LDCs: 50.00
9089 LDCs: free
1603. 0000 free
1604. 1290, 1390, 1490, 1590, 1690,
1999, 2090free
1701. 1100/1200 22.00
9100 85.00
999916
1702. 1100/1900 LDCs: free/others: 14.50
2010 LDCs: free/others: 18.70
2020 free
3029/3032, 3038/3048, 4019 LDCs: free
4021 LDCs: free/others: 51.00
4029 LDCs: free
5000 free
6010 LDCs: free/others: 18.70
6021 LDCs: free/others: 51.00
6029 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
9019 LDCs: free
9029 free
9031 LDCs: free/others: 51.00
9032, 9039 LDCs: free
1703. 1010 LDCs: free/others: 51.00
1090 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
9010 LDCs: free/others: 51.00
9090 LDCs: free/others: 10.00
1704. 1010/9031 free+vc
9032 free
9041/9093 free+vc
1802. 0010 0.88
1802. 0090/1804.0000 free
1805. 0000 LDCs: free others: 21.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
1806. 1010/9029 free+vc
1901. 1011/1022 free+vc
2011/2012 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
2018 LDCs: free/others: 72.00
2019 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
2081/2099 free+vc
9011/9012 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
9018 LDCs: free/others: 72.00
9019 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
9061/9096 free+vc
9099 free
1902. 1100/4090 free+vc
1903. 0000 free
1904. 1010 free+vc
1090 free
2000 free+vc
9010 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
9020 free
9091 110.00
9099 free+vc
1905. 1010/9019 free+vc
9020 free
9071/9072 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
9078 LDCs: free/others: 72.00
9079 LDCs: free/others: 42.50
9092/9095 free+vc
2001. 2010/2020 LDCs: free
9011 free
9019 LDCs: free
9020 free+vc
9031 LDCs: freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
9090 LDCs: free/others:17
2002. 1010/1020 LDCs: free
901018
9029 LDCs: free
2003. 1000/2000 LDCs: free
2004. 1011, 1091, 9011, 9019, 9028,
9039LDCs: free
9041 30%
9043 free+vc
9049, 9051, 9069 LDCs: free
2005. 1000, 2021/2022, 2092/2093,
5110/5190, 6010LDCs: free
6090 LDCs: free others: 30%
8000 free+vc
9010/9021, 9040/9051 LDCs: free
2006. 0010 free
0090 LDCs: free/others:19
2007. 1000 LDCs: free/others:20
9110/9120 LDCs: free
9911 free
9919 LDCs: free
9921 free
9929 LDCs: free/others:19
2008. 1190, 1910 free
1990 LDCs: free others: 7.50
2000 free
3010 LDCs: free others: 12.50
3090/6000 LDCs: free
7010 LDCs: free/others: 21.00
7090 LDCs: free/others: 25.50
8000 LDCs: free
9100/9211 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
9299 LDCs: free
9911 free
9919 LDCs: free/others:21
9991 LDCs: free
9996 free
9997 LDCs: free
9998 free+vc
9999 LDCs: free/others: 77.00
2009. 1110/2011 LDCs: free others: 14.00
2019 LDCs: free/others: 20.00
2020 LDCs: free others: 14.00
3011 free
3019 LDCs: free/others:22
3020 LDCs: free/others: 49.00
4010/4020 free
5000 LDCs: free/others: 14.00
6018, 6021 LDCs: free
6031 LDCs: free/others: 50.00
7018, 7021, 7031, 8010/8028,
8031, 8041LDCs: free
8081 free
8089 LDCs: free/others:23
8098 free
8099 LDCs: free/others:23
9011, 9029, 9031, 9041, 9051 LDCs: free
9061 free
9069 LDCs: free/others:24others:24
9071, 9081 LDCs: free
9098 free
9099 LDCs: free/others:24others:24
2101. 1100/1210 LDCs: free/others: 127.50
1290 free+vcWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
2010 free
2090 free+vc
3000 free
2102. 1010 52.50
1091 10.00
1099 free
2011 10.00
2019 free
2021 10.00
2029/2030 free
2103. 1000/2000 free
3011 5.00
3018/9000 free
2104. 1000/2000 free
2105. 000025
2106. 1011 free+vc
1019/9010 free
9021/902326
902427
9029/9030 free
9040, 9081/9096 free+vc
9099 free
2201. 1000 free
2202. 1000 free
9018, 9021 LDCs: free
9031 LDCs: free/others: 25.50
9032 59.50
9051 LDCs: free
9069 LDCs: free/others: 23.80
9071 LDCs: free
9089 LDCs: free/others: 17.00WT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
9090 free
2203. 0010 LDCs: free/others: 13.00
0020 LDCs: free/others: 8.00
0031 LDCs: free/others: 13.00
0039 LDCs: free/others: 16.00
2204. 2150 17.50
2941/2942 free
2950 17.50
3000 free
2205. 1020, 9020 free
2206. 0011, 0020, 0090 LDCs: free
2207. 1000/2000 free
2208. 2011 free
2019 15.00
2021 free
2029 25.00
3010 37.00
3020 38.00
4010 LDCs: free/others: 38.00
4020 LDCs: free/others: 70.00
5011 37.00
5019 free
5021 42.00
5029 70.00
6010/9010 free
9021 29.00
9022 40.00
9091 502.00
9099 free
2209. 0000 21.00
2301. 1090, 2090 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
2302. 1090, 2090, 3090, 4090, 5090 free
2303. 1090, 2090, 3090 free
2304. 0090 free
2305. 0090 free
2306. 1090, 2090, 3090, 4090, 5090,
6090, 7090, 9090free
2307. 0000 free
2308. 1090, 9019, 9090 free
2309. 1021/1029 50%
2401. 1090, 2090, 3090 LDCs: free/others: 50.00
2402. 1000 LDCs: free/others: 1,445.00
2010, 2020 LDCs: free/others28
9000 LDCs: free/others: 1,088.00
2403. 1000 LDCs: free/others: 553.00
9100/9930 free
2501. 0010/2706.000 free
2708. 1000/2000 free
2712. 1000/2851.0000 free
2901. 1019, 1099, 2190, 2290, 2390,
2419, 2429, 2912, 2919, 2999free
2902. 1190, 1991, 1999, 2090, 3090,
4190, 4290, 4390, 4490, 5000,
6090, 7090, 9091, 9099free
2903. 1100/2904.9090 free
2905. 1190, 1290/1300, 1490, 1590,
1690/1700, 1990, 2291/2299,
2991/4200free
4300 free+vc
4400/5090 free
2906. 1110/2908.9099 free
2909. 1100, 1991/1999, 2091/2099,
3091/4100, 4290, 4390, 4490,
4991/4999, 5091/5099, 6090free
2910. 1000/3402.9000 free
3403. 1100, 9100 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
3404. 1000/3407.0000 free
3503. 0000/3504.0000 free
3505. 1010 LDCs: 6.00/others: 1.80
1090 LDCs: free others: 1.80
2010 LDCs: 6.00/others: 1.80
2090 LDCs: free others: 1.80
3506. 1000/9190 free
9910 6.00
9990 free
3507. 1010/3603.0000 free
3604. 1000/900029 29
3605. 0000/3808.9000 free
3809. 1010 4.50
3809. 1090/3811.2900 free
3811. 9090/3813.0000 free
3814. 0090/3816.0000 free
3817. 1090, 2090 free
3818. 0000/3822.0000 free
3823. 1110/1190 1.00
1210 0.50
1290/1300 free
1910 0.50
1990/7000 free
3824. 1010 1.50
1090/9019/9029 free
9091 2.00
9099 free
3901. 1000/4911.9900 free
5001. 0000 free
5002. 0000/5109.9000 LDCs: free others: 50%
5110. 0010/0090 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Tariff itemNo. Preferential rate
Applicable Normal rate/minus
5111. 1100/5112.9090 LDCs: free others: 50%
5113. 0000 free
5201. 0010/5212.2500 LDCs: free others: 50%
5301. 1000/5311.0000 free
5401. 1000/5606.0090 LDCs: free others: 50%
5607. 1010/3000 free
5607. 4100/5608.1900 LDCs: free others: 50%
5608. 9000 LDCs: free others:30
5609. 0000/5702.1000 LDCs: free others: 50%
5702. 2000 free
5702. 3100/5704.9000 LDCs: free others: 50%
5705. 0000 LDCs: free others:31
5801. 1000/6304.9990 LDCs: free others: 50%
6305. 1000 free
6305. 2000/6310.9000 LDCs: free others: 50%
6401. 1000/6507.0000 free
6601. 1000/990032 32
6602. 0000/9033.0000 free
9101. 1100/9112.900033 33
9113. 1000/9000 free
9114. 1010/900033 33
9201. 1000/9706.000 freeWT/COMTD/N/7
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Footnotes
1
ex0305.2000: Ofsaltwater fish,ofeelsandof
salmonFree
2
ex0305.3010, 4910, 5910, 6910: Ofeelsandofsalmon Free3
Variable component4
0409.0000: -Acacia honey
-other:
-inceramic potsupto1kg.
-otherNormal rate/minus 30.00
19.00
38.00
5
0602.9091: Ornamental plants
other2.00
15.006
0712.2000/3000: -From China
-From theother developing countriesNormal rate/minus 50%
Free7
ex0712.9081/9089: Garlic ortomatoes, unmixed
-From China
-From other developing countriesNormal rate/minus 50%
Free8
ex0813.4081/4089: Tropical fruit Normal rate/minus 2.009
ex0813.4092/4099: Tropical fruit Normal rate/minus 8.0010
ex0813.5012/5019: Tropical fruit Normal rate/minus 1.0011
ex0813.5021/5029: Tropical fruit Normal rate/minus 2.0012
ex1006.4020: Notdenatured Normal rate/minus 3.0013
ex1106.3010: Banana flour Normal rate/minus 4.5014
ex1501.0018/0019, 0028/0029; ex1502.0091/0099;
ex1504.1098/1099, 2091/2099, 3091/3099;
ex1508.1090, 9018/9019, 9098/9099;
ex1509.1091/1099, 9091/9099; ex1510.0091/0099;
ex1511.1090, 9018/9019, 9098/9099; ex1512.1190,
1918/1919, 1998/1999, 2190, 2991/2999;
ex1513.1190, 1918/1919, 1998/1999, 2190,
2918/2919, 2998/2999; ex1514.1090, 9091/9099;
ex1515.2190, 2991/2999, 3091/3099, 4091/4099,
5019, 5091/5099, 6091/6099, 9013/9019, 9098/9099;
ex1516.1091/1099, 2091/2099; ex1518.0019:
15
ex1506.0091/0099:Fortechnical purposes
Neat'sfootoil,bone fatandbone oil
fortechnical purposesFree
Free16
ex1701.9999: Granulated sugar, notworked Normal rate/minus 22.0017
ex2001.9090: Capers, incontainers holding not
more than5kgs. Free18
ex2002.9010: Tomato pulp, purée andconcentrates,
inair-tight containers, ofadry
extract content of25percentormore
byweight, composed oftomatoes and
water, whether ornotsalted,
otherwise preserved orseasoned;
tomato pulp, purée andconcentrates
inother containers Normal rate/minus 30%19
ex2006.0090; ex2007.9929: Pineapples Free20
ex2007.1000: Pineapples andtropical fruit Free21
ex2008.9919: Bananas Free22
ex2009.3019: Clarified lemon juice, fortechnical
purposes Free23
ex2009.8089, 8099: Dates Free24
ex2009.9069, 9099: -With abasis ofpineapples
-withabasis ofdatesNormal rate/minus 40%
Free25
2105.0000: -Containing cocoa
-Other47.50
100.0026
ex2106.9021/9023: Other thanthose withabasis of
pome-fruitFree+vc
27
ex2106.9024: Other thanthose withabasis of
pome-fruitFree
28
ex2402.2010/2020 "Beedies" Free29
3604.1000/9000: -From China
-From other developing countriesNormal rate/minus 30%
Free30
5608.9000: -Ofjute
-OtherNormal rate/minus 75%
Normal rate/minus 50%31
5705.0000: -Ofcoconut fibres
-OtherNormal rate/minus 75%
Normal rate/minus 50%32
6601.1000/9900: -From Macao
-From other developing countriesNormal rate/minus 30%
Free33
9101.1100/9112.9000; 9114.1010/9000: -From Hong Kong
-From other developing countriesNormal rate/minus 30%
FreeWT/COMTD/N/7
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ANNEX 2
Part1:ListofDeveloping Countries andTerritories
Europe
Albania
Bosnia andHerzegovina
Croatia
GibraltarMacedonia
Malta
Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of
CISStates
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kazakstan
KyrgyzstanMoldova
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Antarctica
Benin
Botswana
Bouvet Island
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côted'Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Indian Ocean, British Territories in
Kenya
Lesotho
LiberiaLibya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mauritius
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
Saint Helena
SaoTomé andPrincipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zaire
Zambia
ZimbabweWT/COMTD/N/7
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Asia
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
Gaza Strip andWest Bank
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
China1
Korea (North)2
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Iran
Jordan
Laos
LebanonMacao3
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Oman
Pakistan
Philippines
SriLanka
Syria
Thailand
EastTimor
VietNam
Yemen
Americas
Anguilla
Antigua andBarbuda
Netherlands Antilles
Argentina
Aruba
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil4
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Dominica
ElSalvador
Ecuador
South Georgia andSouth Sandwich Islands
Grenada
GuatemalaGuyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Montserrat
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
St.KittsandNevis
St.Pierre andMiquelon
St.Vincent andtheGrenadines
St.Lucia
Suriname
Trinidad andTobago
Turks andCaicos Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Virgin Islands, United States
Virgin Islands, BritishWT/COMTD/N/7
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Australia andOceania
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
Northern Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Federated States of
Nauru
Niuwe
NewCaledonia
Oceania, United StatesPapua NewGuinea
Pitcairn Island
French Polynesia
Solomon Islands
Samoa
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Wallis andFutuna Islands
__________________
Footnotes: Seeend.WT/COMTD/N/7
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Part2:ListofLeast Developed Countries (LDCs)
Africa
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Laos
Americas
Haiti
Australia andOceania
Kiribati
Solomon Islands
SamoaMalawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Uganda
Rwanda
SaoTome andPrincipe
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Chad
Togo
Zaire
Zambia
Maldives
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Yemen
Tuvalu
VanuatuWT/COMTD/N/7
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Part3:ListofCountries tobeExcluded from theScheme ofPreferences
Granted toDeveloping Countries asof1March 1998
Europe
Cyprus
Asia
United Arab Emirates
Brunei
Hong Kong3
Korea (South)3
Americas
Bahamas
Bermuda
Cayman IslandsKuwait
Qatar
Singapore
Falkland Islands
MexicoWT/COMTD/N/7
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Footnotes
1Thepreferential customs duties indicated inChapters 50to64oftheSwiss customs tariff(a)(textiles and
textile articles, footwear) andinitemno.9405.9912 (lampshades) donotapply togoods originating inthiscountry
orterritory except forgoods falling within heading Nos.5001.0000, 5002.0000, ex5007.2010 (pongee, habutai,
honan, shantung, corah andsimilar Far-East woven fabrics, ofpuresilk,notmixed withnoil, other waste silk
orother textiles), 5101.1100/1900, 5201.0090, 5307.2000, 5310.1000/9000, 9000, 5607.1010, ex5608.9000
(articlesmadeofjuteorcoconutfibres),5701.1000/5703.9000,5705.0000,5805.0000,6305.1000and6305.9000
(articles made ofcoconut fibres).
2Thepreferential customs duties indicated inChapters 50to63oftheSwiss customs tariff(a),and
Nos. 6401/6404, 6405.9010 (textiles andtextile articles, footwear) andNo.9405.9912 (lampshades) donotapply
togoods originating inthiscountry orterritory.
3Thepreferential duties indicated inChapters 50to64oftheSwiss customs tariff(a)(textiles andtextile
articles,footwear)andinNo.9405.9912(lampshades)donotapplytogoodsoriginatinginthiscountryorterritory.
4Thepreferential customs duties indicated inNos. 0901.1200/2200 (coffee) oftheSwiss customs tariff(a)
donotapply togoods originating inthiscountry orterritory.
Thepreferential customs dutyinNo.2101.1100/1210 oftheSwiss customs tariff (extracts, essences and
concentrates ofcoffee andpreparations withabasis ofthese extracts, essences orconcentrates) applicable to
goods originating inthiscountry orterritory isSwF144.50 per100kgs.gross.
(a) RS632.10 Annex