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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 RECTIFICATIONS AND M ODIFICATIONS OF SCHE DULES  
SCHEDULE LXIII – EGYPT  
The following communication, dated 18 April 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Egypt . 
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Pursuant to the procedures for modification and rectification of schedules of tariff concessions 
contained in the Decision of 26  March  1980 (BISD  27S/25), Egypt hereby notifies draft technical 
rectifications to Schedule LXIII set out in the attachment s1. 
After the transposition of Schedule LXIII - Egypt into HS2007  had been  certified in document 
WT/Let/ 1038, Egypt  noted a number of errors and inconsistencies that had resulted fr om the 
introduction of ITA commitments.  
 
In order to correct these errors, and w ith the assistance of the WTO Secretariat, Egypt prepared  
this rectification which aims at:  
 
(i) Correcting the binding status to unbound for tariff line 84219100  in accordance with 
Egypt's ITA schedule, certified in WT/Let/459;   
 
(ii) Introducing breakouts for tariff line 85299090 to reflect the unbound part  in accordance 
with Egypt's ITA schedule , certified in  WT/Let/459 ; 
 
(iii) Introducing breakouts for tariff line 90319000  to reflect the ITA parts under 90319010 and 
90319020 and the unbound part  under  90319090 in accordance with Egypt's ITA schedule , 
certified in WT/Let/459 ; 
 
 
Detailed explanatory notes are contained in Attachment  1.  The draft proposing the rectifications  
are contained in Attachment 2 .  The proposed change does not a lter the scope of the concessions 
undertaken by Egypt pursuant to its participation in the ITA and certified in WT/Let/459 .  
 
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this document, 
the rectificati ons and modifications  to Schedule LXIII  - Egypt  will be deemed to be approved and 
will be formally certified.  
                                                
1 In English only.   
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- 2 - ATTACHMENT  1 – EXPLANATORY NOTE  
In the course of verifying the Harmonized System 20 12 (HS20 12) transposition file that was prepared by the Secretariat, Egypt  noted some errors 
and inconsistencies that resulted from the introduction of ITA commitments in its schedule and which were certified in the HS2007 transposition in 
document WT/Let/ 1038.  Egypt proposes to rectify the relevant discrepancies as follows : 
(i) Correcting the binding status to unbound for tariff line 84219100 in accordance with Egypt's ITA schedule WT/Let/459  
Egypt's ITA concession  for tariff line 84219110 in HS2002 was not correctly reflected in Egypt 's HS07 transposition, which was certified in  
WT/Let/ 1038.  The duty -free concession was erroneously assigned to the entire HS07 subheading 8421 .91, while some of the product s 
covered by that subheading are not covered by the ITA .  In the HS2007 transposition , this commitment is assigned to new HS07 code 
848690 00 for Parts and accessories  and not to 842191 .  Therefore, t he following c orrection is required to reflect the origin al commitment as 
listed in Egypt's ITA schedule.  
WT/Let/1038   Proposed Rectification  
Existing 
HS96 code  Existing Product Description  Existing 
Final  
Bound Rate   Proposed 
HS96 code  Proposed Product Description  Proposed 
Final  
Bound Rate  
84219100  - Parts and accessories  0  84219100  - Parts and accessories  Unbound  
  
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- 3 - (ii) Introducing breakouts for tariff line 85299090 to reflect the unbound part in accordance with Egypt's ITA schedule 
WT/Let/459  
Egypt's ITA concessions  for tariff line 85299030 in HS2002 was not correctly reflected in Egypt 's HS07 transposition, which was certified in  
WT/Let/ 1038.  In the HS2007 transposition , this concession was  partly ass igned to a new HS07 code 85177000 and  85299090 , and the latter 
should have include d an ex -out to prov ide for this unbound tariff line.  The following c orrection is required to reflect the original commitment 
as listed in Egypt's ITA schedule.  
WT/Let/1038   Proposed Rectification  
Existing 
HS96 code  Existing Product Description  Existing 
Final  
Bound Rate   Proposed HS96 
code  Proposed Product 
Description  Proposed 
Final  
Bound Rate  
85299090  - - Other  0  85299090  - - Other   
    85299090  ex01  --- Parts of:  
     transmission apparatus 
other than apparatus  for 
radio -broadcasting or 
television;  
     transmission apparatus 
incorporating reception 
apparatus;  
     digital still image video 
cameras;  
     portable receivers for 
calling , alerting or paging.  
 0 
    85299090  ex02  - - - Other  Unbound  
 
 
 
  
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- 4 - (iii) Introducing  breakouts for tariff line 90319000 to reflect the ITA parts under 90319010 and 90319020 and the unbound part 
under 90319090 in accordance with Egypt's ITA schedule WT/Let/459  
Egypt's ITA concessions  for 90319010 and 90319020 in HS2002 were not correctly r eflected in Egypt's HS07 transposition, which was 
certified in  WT/Let/ 1038. The duty-free concessions  were erroneously assigned to the entire subheading 9031 .90, which was  not affected by 
any transpositions. The HS07 tariff line  90319000 should therefore b e broken down into three tariff lines as follows:  90319010 and 90319020 
bound at 0%, 90319090  unbound. T he following c orrection is required to reflect the original commitments as listed in Egypt's ITA schedule.  
WT/Let/1038   Proposed Rectification  
Existing 
HS96 code  Existing Product Description  Existing 
Final  
Bound Rate   Proposed 
HS96 code  Proposed Product Description  Proposed 
Final  
Bound Rate  
90319000  - Parts and accessories  0  903190  - Parts and accessories   
    90319010  - - - - -  Parts and accessories of 
optical instruments and 
appliances for inspecting 
semiconductor wafers or 
devices or for inspecting masks, 
photomasks or reticles used in 
manufacturing semiconductor 
devices  0 
    90319020  - - - - -  Parts and accessories of 
optical instruments and 
appliances for measuring 
surface particulate 
contamination on 
semiconductor wafers  0 
    90319090  - - Other  Unbound  
*Bold represents the revision  
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- 5 - ATTACHMENT 2 – DRAFT RECTIFICATION  
SCHEDULE LXIII - EGYPT  
PART I  - MOST -FAVOURED NATION TARIFF  
SECTION II – Other Products  
 
Tariff item  
(HS20 07) Description of Products  Base 
rate 
 of duty  Bound 
rate  
of duty  Implementation 
period from/to 
(*) Initial 
Negotiating 
Right  Other 
duties and 
charges  
8421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or 
purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or 
gases.       
84219  - Parts:       
84219100  - Parts and accessories   Unbound     
8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the 
apparatus of headings 85.25 to 85.28.       
852990  - Other       
85299090  - - Other       
85299090 ex  --- Parts of:  
     transmission apparatus other than 
apparatus  for radio -broadcasting or television;  
     transmission apparatus incorporating 
reception apparatus;  
     digital still image video cameras;  
     portable receivers for calling , alerting or 
paging.  
  0   0 
85299090 ex  - - - Other   Unbound     
9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and 
machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this 
Chapter; profile projectors.       
903190  - Parts and accessories       
90319010  - - Parts and accessories of optical instruments 
and appliances for inspecting semiconductor 
wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, 
photomasks or reticles  used in manufacturing 
semiconductor devices   0   0  
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- 6 - Tariff item  
(HS20 07) Description of Products  Base 
rate 
 of duty  Bound 
rate  
of duty  Implementation 
period from/to 
(*) Initial 
Negotiating 
Right  Other 
duties and 
charges  
90319020  - - Parts and accessories of optical instruments 
and appliances for measuring surface particulate 
contamination on semiconductor wafers   0   0 
90319090  - - Other   Unbound     
*Bold represents the revision  
 
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