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G/SECRET/HS/12  
 
12 December 2016  
(16-6773) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  HARMONIZED SYSTEM - ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOT IATIONS  
SUBMISSION OF DOCUME NTATION  
Schedule LXX - Bangladesh  
The following communication, dated 29 November 2016 , is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Bangladesh.  
 
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With a view t o concluding Article  XXVIII negotiations that were originally initiated on the basis of 
the Decision of the GATT Council of 12  July 19831 for the transposition of pre -Uruguay Round 
Schedules of concessions into the Harmonized System nomenclature2, Banglade sh submits for 
circulation the following documents3:  
 
(i)  joint letters and reports in line with paragraph 5 of the Procedures for Negotiations under 
Article XXVIII4, which were subscribed by Bangladesh upon completion of its bilateral 
negotiations with Australia (Annex 1), Canada (Annex 2), the European Communities  
(Annex  3), and New  Zealand (Annex  4); and  
 
(ii)  a final report in line with paragraph 6 of the Procedures for Negotiations  under 
Article  XXVIII.  
 
As required by paragraph  8 of the Procedures  for Negotiations under Article  XXVIII, Bangladesh 
will submit a draft to incorporate the changes resulting from the above -mentioned bilateral 
negotiations into its Schedule of concessions, taking into account its obligations resulting from the 
Uruguay Rou nd.  To this end, a full Schedule  LXX – Bangladesh in the HS96 nomenclature will be 
submitted shortly pursuant to paragraph 1 of the 1980 Procedures for Modification and 
Rectification of Schedules.5 
                                                
1 BISD 30S/17 (L/5470/Rev.1) . 
2 Bangladesh's initial notification, circulated in GATT document SECRET/HS/29 , was entitled 
"Harmonized System  - ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOTIATIONS, Submission of Documentation, Schedule LXX – 
Bangladesh", was circulated on  6 December  1990.   
3 In English only.  
4 BISD 27S/26, Decision of 10 November 1980.  
5 BISD 27S/25, Decision of 26 March 1980.  G/SECRET/HS/12  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRALIA  
 
The Permanen t Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Permanent Mission of 
Australia hereby inform the Director -General of the World Trade Organization that they have 
concluded their Article XXVIII negotiations in the context of the proposed transpositi on of 
Bangladesh's pre -Uruguay Round Tariff Schedule into the Harmonized System (GATT document 
SECRET/HS/29 of December 1990).  
 
They accordingly attached hereto one original of the list of the tariff concession which Bangladesh 
grants to Australia (Annex A ). Bangladesh also grants to Australia Initial Negotiating Rights (INRs) 
for all items listed in the attached list of concession (Annex A), at the rate which Bangladesh binds 
in its schedule.  
 
The concessions and the INRs shall be recorded in Schedule LXX – Bangladesh.  
 
 
 
 
 
(Signature)                   (Signature)   
___________________________      ___________________________  
For the Permanent Mission of the          For the Permanent Mission of  
 People's Republic of Bangladesh                          Australi a 
 
 
 
 
Done in Geneva, 10 April 2000  
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  ANNEX A  
HS Number  Description  Bound Rate Duty  
0402.21  Milk and cream, concentrated etc. in powder, granules, or 
other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 
1.5%; not containing added sugar or other sweet ening 
matter  45% 
0713.10  Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled wither or not skinned 
or split   
 (i) Dunpeas (motor dal)  30% 
 (ii) Other  7.5%  
0713.20  Chickpeas (Garbanzos)  30% 
1001.90  Wheat and meslin : other than durum wheat  15% 
1502.00  Fats of bovine  animals, sheep or goals raw or rendered, 
etc. 
Greasy wool  30% 
5101.11  Shorn wool  15% 
5101.19  Other  
Degreased, carbonized  15%  
5101.21  Shorn wool  15%  
5101.29  Other  15%  
5101.30  Carbonised  15%  
7901.12  Unwrought zinc: containing by weight less than 99.99  % of 
zinc 15%  
 
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ANNEX 2  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH CANADA  
 
The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Permanent Mission of 
Canada hereby inform the Director -General of the World Trade Organization that they have 
concluded their Article XXVIII negotiations in the context of the proposed transposition of 
Bangladesh's pre -Uruguay Round Tariff Schedule into the Harmonized System (GATT document 
SECRET/HS/29 of December 1990).  
 
They accordingly attached hereto one original of the list of the tariff concession which Bangladesh 
grants to Canada (Annex 1). Bangladesh also grants to Canada Initial Negotiating Rights (INRs) for 
all items listed in the attached list of concession (Annex 1), at the rate which Bangladesh binds in 
its schedule.  
 
The concessions and the INRs shall be recorded in Schedule LXX – Bangladesh.  
 
 
 
 
 
(Signature)                   (Signature)   
___________________________      ___________________________  
For the Permanent Mission of the          For the Permanent Mission of  
 People's Republic of Bangladesh                          Canada  
 
 
 
 
Done in Geneva, 1 5 April 1997 G/SECRET/HS/12  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
HS Number  Description  Bound Rate Duty  
0713.10  Dried peas, except "Dun peas"  15% 
1001 Wheat  15% 
1205 Canola/Colza seeds  50% 
1208.90  Canola/Colza fl our and meal  50% 
1514.10  Canola oil, crude  50% 
1514.90  Canola oil, refined  50% 
1604 Canned fish, other than sardines and pilchards (ex 
16.04)  30% 
2306.40  Canola, oilcake  50% 
4701.00  Mechanical wood pulp  15% 
4801 Newsprint  30% 
Ex 7321.12  Kerosene sto ves 50%  
Ex 7417.00  Kerosene stoves  50%  
7901 Unwrought zinc  15%  
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  ANNEX 3  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI TIES  
Negotiations under GATT Article XXVIII regarding Schedule LXX – Bangladesh between Bangladesh 
delegation and Commission of Europea n Communities (EC) delegation took place on 12.09.1995.  
 
Negotiations on request list presented by Finland has been concluded and it was resolved that the 
custom duty rates shown against item mentioned below shall be bound by Bangladesh and will be 
shown i n relevant Bangladesh notifications/documents/publications as GATT bound rates.  
 
Sl. No.  HS Number  Description  Bound Rate 
Duty  
1 3806.10.00  Rosin and resin acids  30% 
2 4701.00.00  Mechanical wood pulp  15% 
3 4801.00.00  Newsprint in reels or in sheets  45% 
 
The EC delegation produced a letter dated 5.02.1991 written to the Ambassador, Permanent 
Mission of Bangladesh, Geneva wherein they expressed reservation on withdrawal of GATT 
concession on a number of items on which their member countries expressed inte rest. The 
Bangladesh delegation wanted to discuss specific proposals and the CEC delegation did so. After a 
detail negotiation the following customs duty rates on the items below were agreed to be bound 
subject to the consent of the concerned member countr ies of the CEC and approval by the 
Bangladesh authority/Government.  
 
Sl. No.  HS Number  Description  Bound Rate 
Duty  
1 10.01  Wheat  15% 
2 13.01  Dyeing and tanning substances all sorts not 
otherwise specified  30% 
3 16.02  Canned or bottled bacon and ham  30% 
4 19.05  Biscuits  50% 
5 25.15  Marble  50% 
6 29.21  Amine -function compound  45% 
7  Petroleum and gas -well drilling equipment 
and component parts thereof  30% 
8 90.22  Apparatus based on the use of X -rays or 
alpha, beta or gamma radiation whether or 
not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary 
uses including radiography or radio therapy 
apparatus  X -ray tubes and other X -ray 
generators, high tension generators, control 
panels and decks, screens, examination or 
treatment tables, chairs and the like  30% 
9 90.27 Instruments and apparatus for physical or 
chemical analysis (for example polarimeters, 
refractometers, spectrometers), instruments 
and apparatus for measuring or checking 
viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension 
or the like, instruments and app aratus for 
measuring or checking quantities of heat, 
sound or light (including exposure meters), 
microtomes  22.5%  
 
 
(Signature)                   (Signature)   
___________________________      ___________________________  
     For Bangladesh Delegation           For European Union Delegation  
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  ANNEX 4  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH NEW ZEALAND  
The Bangladesh Delegation and the New Zealand Permanent Mission have negotiated and agreed 
to bind Bangladesh's Customs Duty rates on the tariff items listed below in conclusio n of 
Bangladesh's WTO/GATT Article XXVIII negotiations with New Zealand.  
 
Tariff Item  Binding (%)  
0402.10.10  45 
0402.21.10  45 
1502.00.00  30 
1503.00.10  45 
1506.00.10  30 
1601.00.00  45 
1702.10.10  45 
1702.10.90  45 
3823.10.00  30 
4701.00.00  15 
4801.00 .00 45 
5101.11.00  15 
5101.19.00  15 
5101.21.00  15 
5101.29.00  15 
5101.30.00  15 
8433.40.10  15 
 
 
(Signature)                   (Signature)   
___________________________      ___________________________  
     For Bangladesh Delegation       For New Zealand Pe rmanent Mission  
 
 
 
15 September 1995  G/SECRET/HS/12  
 
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  FINAL REPORT OF NEGO TIATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE XXVIII  
 
Report by the delegation of Bangladesh relating to negotiations under Article XXVIII with respect 
to Schedule LXX concerning the transposition of its pre -UR schedule into the Har monized System1. 
 
1. Negotiations resulted in agreement with:  
 
Australia  
Canada  
European Communities, including discussions initially held with Finland.  
New Zealand  
 
2. Agreement was not reached with:  
 
Nil. 
 
3. Consultations have been held wi th: 
 
Consultations were held with Norway, which decided not to enter into Article XXVIII negotiations 
with Bangladesh.  
 
 
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1 Bangla desh's notification circulated in GATT document SECRET/HS/29 of 6 December 1990.