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G/IT/W/40/Add.18  
 
29 November  2017 
(17-6534) Page: 1/4 
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products  Original: English  
 
 
DIVERGENCES OF CLASS IFICATION: POSSIBLE HS2007 CLASSIFICATIO N 
FOR THE REMAINING 37 "ATTACHMENT  B" ITEMS  
SUBMISSION BY MONTENEGRO  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 13 October  2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of  Montenegro .1 
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Regarding Divergences of Classification of 5  ITA items (numbers: 122, 137, 142, 168, 194) from 
the ITA  Attachment  B, Montenegro has no objections to the proposed HS2007  classification.  
 
With respect to the remaining items fro m the G/IT/W/40/Suppl.2 document, Montenegro has the 
following comments:  
 
ITA 
Item 
No. Description  Possible 
classification 
HS2007  Comments from 
Montenegro  
122 Apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor 
wafers  848620ex  No comments  
137 Encapsulation  equipment for assembly of 
semiconductors  848640ex  No comments  
142 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or 
cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel 
displays  848620ex  
848630ex  No comments  
146 Machines for bending, folding and straightening  
semiconductor leads  848620ex  No comments  
166 Wafer probers  853690ex  
903082ex  The use of 853690ex is 
questionable  
168 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or 
cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel 
displays  848620ex  
848630ex  No comments  
175 Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with 
equipment specifically designed for the handling 
and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles  848640ex  Prefers reference to 
901110  
176 Photomicrographic  microscopes fitted with 
equipment specifically designed for the handling 
and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles  848640ex  Prefers reference to 
901120  
177 Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic 
microscopes fitted with equipment specifically 
designed for the handling and transport of 
semiconductor wafers or reticles  848690ex  Prefers reference to 
901190  
                                                
1 In view of the Decision for the HS  2007 classification of 15  additional "Attachment  B" product s, 
circulated as document  G/IT/29 of 17  May 2016, the submission  from Montenegro  concern s possible HS  2007 
classification for the remaining 22  "Attachment  B" items as described in document  G/IT/W/40 /Suppl.2 . G/IT/W/40/Add.18  
 
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  ITA 
Item 
No. Description  Possible 
classification 
HS2007  Comments from 
Montenegro  
178 Parts and accessories of photo micrographic 
microscopes fitted with equipment specifically 
designed for the handling and transport of 
semiconductor wafers or reticles  848690ex  Prefers reference to 
901190  
179 Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment 
specifically designed for the handling and transport 
of semiconductor wafers or reticles  848640ex  Prefers reference to 
901210  
180 Parts and accessories of electron beam 
microscopes fitted with equipment spec ifically 
designed for the handling and transport of 
semiconductor wafers or reticles  848690ex  Prefers reference to 
901290  
192 Electric amplifiers when used as repeaters in line 
telephony products falling within this agreement, 
and parts thereof  851762ex  
851769ex  
851770ex  
851840ex  
851890ex  No comments  
193 Flat panel display devices (including LCD, Electro 
Luminescence, Plasma, Vacuum -Fluorescence and 
other technologies) for products falling within this 
agreement, and parts thereof  847149ex  
852851ex  
852990ex  
853120ex  
853180ex  
853190ex  
854370ex  
854390ex  
854890ex  
901380ex  
901390ex  Suggests deleting 
847149ex (column  8) and 
847160 (column  9) 
194 Network equipment: Local Area Network (LAN) and 
Wide Area Network (WAN) apparatus, including 
those products dedicated for use solely or 
principally to permit the interconnection of 
automatic data processing machines and units 
therefore for a network that is used primarily for 
the sharing of resources such as central processor 
units, data storage devices and inpu t or output 
units – including adapters, hubs, in -line repeaters, 
converters, concentrators, bridges and routers, and 
printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation 
into automatic data proces sing machines and units 
thereof  851762ex  No comments  
197 Paging alert devices, and parts thereof  851762ex  
851769ex  
851770ex  852910 not relevant  
198 Plotters whether input or output units of 
HS heading No.  8471 or drawing or drafting 
machines of HS  heading No.  9017 847160ex  
901710ex  
901720ex  No comments  
199 Printed Circuit Assemblies for products falling 
within this agreement, including such assemblies 
for external connections such as cards that 
conform to the PCMCIA  standard. Such printed 
circuit assemblies consist of one or more printed 
circuits of heading  8534 with one or more active 
elements assembled thereon, with or without 
passive elements. "Active elements" means diodes, 
transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, 
whether or not photosensitive, of heading  8541, 
and integrated circuits and m icro ass emblies of 
heading  8542 841990ex  
842191ex  
842490ex  
843139ex  
844399ex  
846691ex  
846693ex  
846694ex  
847150ex  
847180ex  
847310ex  
847321ex  
847329ex  
847330ex  
847340ex  
847350ex  
847790ex  
847990ex  
848610ex  
848620ex  This product could be 
classified under various 
subheadings, not just those 
listed in column  8 G/IT/W/40/Add.18  
 
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  ITA 
Item 
No. Description  Possible 
classification 
HS2007  Comments from 
Montenegro  
848630ex  
848640ex  
848690ex  
850490ex  
850870ex  
851440ex  
851490ex  
851590ex  
851761ex  
851762ex  
851769ex  
851770ex  
851890ex  
852290ex  
852329ex  
852340ex  
852351ex  
852352ex  
852359ex  
852380ex  
852871ex  
852872ex  
852990ex  
853190ex  
853890ex  
854231ex  
854232ex  
854233ex  
854239ex  
854370ex  
854390ex  
854890ex  
901090ex  
901190ex  
901290ex  
901390ex  
901790ex  
902690ex  
902790ex  
903090ex  
903190ex  
200 Projection type flat panel display units used with 
automatic data processing machines  which can 
display digital information generated  by the central 
processing unit  852861  
852869ex  No comments  
201 Proprietary formal storage devices including media 
therefor for automatic data processing machines, 
with or without removable media and whether  
magnetic, optical or other technology, including 
Bernoulli Box, Syquest, or Zipdrive cartridge 
storage units  847170ex  
852329ex  
852340ex  
852351ex  
852359ex  
852380ex  This item should include all 
media under heading  8523. 
Suggests deleting: 
852329ex, 852340ex, 
852351ex, 852359ex, 
852380ex and adding 
8523ex to cover all media 
under heading  8523 
202 Multimedia upgrade kits for automatic data 
processing machines, and units thereof, put up for 
retail sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or 
micropho nes as well as a printed circuit assembly 
that enables the ADP  machines and units thereof to 
process  audio signals (sound cards)  847180ex  
847330ex  Loudspeakers and 
microphones should be 
classified under 
heading  8518 instead of 
heading  8473 
(Principle  3(b) of the 
General Interpretative 
Rules of the HS). Suggest 
deleting 847330ex and 
adding 851821ex, 
851822ex, 851829ex, 
851830ex  G/IT/W/40/Add.18  
 
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  ITA 
Item 
No. Description  Possible 
classification 
HS2007  Comments from 
Montenegro  
203 Set top boxes which have a communication 
function: a microprocessor -based device 
incorporating a modem for gaining access to the 
Internet, and having a function of interactive 
information  exchange  852871ex  No comments  
 
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