RESTRICTED  
  
G/IT/W/40/Add.5  
 
1 July 2015  
(15-3397)  Page: 1/2  
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products  Original: English  
 
 DIVERGENCES OF CLASSIFICATION: POSSIBLE HS2007 CLASSIFICATION  
FOR THE REMAINING 37 "ATTACHMENT B" ITEMS 
SUBMISSION BY HONG KONG, CHINA 
Addendum 
The following communication, dated 30 June 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Hong Kong, China. 
_______________ 
 
 
Hong Kong, China has the following comments to  document G/IT/W/40. The numbering below 
reflects the numbering of the product lines in the annex to the document. For the lines without 
comments, Hong Kong, China, supports the classification stated in column 8 of the annex. 
 
No. Comments from Hong Kong, China 
6 Hong Kong, China has reservations about classifying this item under 
subheading 8486.20 (in column 9). 
9 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheadings 8486.20 and 8486.30, but has 
reservations about classifying it under subheading 8486.10 (in column 9). 
19 Hong Kong, China classifies this item  under subheadings 8486.20 and 8486.30, but has 
reservations about classifying it under subheading 8486.10 (in column 9). 
21 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 9011.10 (in column 9) instead 
of subheading 8486.40 (in column 8). 
22 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 9011.20 (in column 9) instead 
of subheading 8486.40 (in column 8). 
23 Hong Kong, China considers that the reference to subheading 9011.90 (in column 9) 
instead of subheading 8486.90 (in column 8) is relevant for parts for compound optical 
microscopes. 
24 Hong Kong, China considers that the reference to subheading 9011.90 (in column 9) 
instead of subheading 8486.90 (in column 8) is relevant for parts for compound optical microscopes. 
25 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 9012.10 (in column 9) instead 
of subheading 8486.40 (in column 8). 
26 Hong Kong, China considers that the reference to subheading 9012.90 (in column 9) 
instead of subheading 8486.90 (in column 8) is relevant for parts for microscopes other 
than optical microscopes. 
28 Hong Kong, China classifies this item  under subheadings 8518.40 and 8518.90, but has 
reservations about classifying it under subheadings 8517.62, 8517.69 and 8517.70. 
30 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 8517.62, but has reservations 
about classifying it under subheading 8471.80 (in column 9). 
31 Hong Kong, China classifies this item  under subheadings 8517.69 and 8517.70, but has 
reservations about classifying it under subheadings 8517.62 (in column 8) and 8529.10 (in column 9). 
32 Hong Kong, China is of the view that this item can be classified under, in addition to 
subheadings 8471.60, 9017.10 and 9017.20 in column 8, subheadings 8443.31 and 
8443.32 as well. G/IT/W/40/Add.5 
 
- 2 - 
 
  No. Comments from Hong Kong, China 
34 If this item refers to monitors and projectors, Hong Kong, China considers that it should 
be classified under subheadings 8528.51 and 8528.61, but not subheading 8528.69 as it 
is not for projectors used with automatic data processing machines. 
35 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 8471.70, but has reservations 
about classifying it under subheadings 8523.29, 8523.40, 8523.51, 8523.59 and 8523.80. 
36 Hong Kong, China classifies this item under subheading 8471.80, but has reservations 
about classifying it under subheading 8473.30 (in column 8) and heading 85.18 (in 
column 9). 
 
__________