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G/IT/W/47  
 
29 November  2017 
(17-6533) Page: 1/2 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products    
 
 DRAFT DECISION FOR THE HS2 007 CLASSIFICATION  
OF THREE  ADDITIONAL "ATTACHME NT B" PRODUCTS  
 Participants to the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Informa tion Technology Products 
(ITA).1 
 
 Considering  that paragraph  5 of the Annex to the ITA requires that P articipants meet as 
often as necessary to consider any divergence among them in classifying information technology 
products, beginning with the products specified in Attachment  B, and that Participants agree on 
the common objective of achieving, where appr opriate, a common classification for these products 
within existing Harmonized System  (HS) nomenclature, giving consideration to interpretations and 
rulings of the World Customs Organization;  
 
 Recalling  that paragraph  8 of the document on the implementati on of the ITA2 provides that 
the Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology 
Products  (CITA) may consider product classification divergences with a view to ensuring that the 
actions foreseen in the ITA are implemented in a  coherent fashion by all Participants; and  
 
 Observing  that divergences in the classification of products "in" and "for" Attachment  B of 
the Annex to the ITA were reflected in document  G/IT/W/6/Rev.3, and that the classification of 
18 products was agreed i n the "Decision for the classification of  certain Attachment  B products " 
(G/IT/27 ), and the classification of additional 15 products was agreed in the " Decision for the 
HS2007 Classification o f 15 Additional Attachment  B Products " (G/IT/29) ; 
 
 Decide as fo llows:  
 
1. Following discussions in the Committee3, Participants agree on the 
HS2007  classification of three  additional Attachment  B items as describe d in the 
Annex of this document;  
 
2. Each Participant shall reflect the agreed classifications in its WTO  Schedu le of 
concessions, as appropriate, following the procedures set forth in the Decision of 
26 March  1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions (BISD  27S/25). Participants shall submit the relevant documentation i n 
connection with such Procedures no later than 31  July 2018; 
 
3. The WTO  Secretariat shall provide technical assistance to developing country 
Participants in making such modifications upon request.  
 
                                                
1 Document  WT/MIN(96)/16 , dated  13 December  1996.  
2 Document  G/L/160, communication sent to the Chairman for the Counci l of Trade in Goods on 
26 March  1997.  
3 Document  G/IT/W/40  and its addenda and supplement s. G/IT/W/47  
 
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  ANNEX  
HS2007 CLASSIFICATION OF THREE ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT  B ITEMS  
No. ITA 
Item 
No. Description  HS 2007  
1 137 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors  848640ex 
2 142 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning 
semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays  848620ex  
848630ex  
3 168 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning 
semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays  848620ex  
848630ex  
 
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