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Comité de Acceso a los Mercados  Original:  inglés  
 
  SISTEM A ARMONIZADO - NEGOCIACIONES  
EN EL MARCO DEL ARTÍCULO X XVIII  
PRESENTACIÓN DE DOCU MENTOS  
Lista LXX - Bangladesh  
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 29 de noviembre de 2016, se distribuye a petición de la 
delegación de Bangladesh.  
 
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Con miras a concluir las negociaciones en el marco del artículo XXVIII iniciadas originalmente 
sobre la base de la Decisión del Consejo del GATT, de 12 de julio de 19831, para la transposición a 
la Nomenclatura del Sistema Armonizado de las Listas de concesi ones previas a la Ronda 
Uruguay2, Bangladesh presenta para su distribución los siguientes documentos3: 
 
i) cartas conjuntas e informes de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 5 del 
Procedimiento para las negociaciones en virtud del artículo XXVIII4, que fue ron 
suscrito s por Bangladesh una vez concluidas  sus negociaciones bilaterales con 
Australia ( anexo  1), el Canadá  (anexo 2), las Comunidades Europeas  (anexo 3) y 
Nueva Zelandia  (anexo  4); y 
 
ii) un informe final  de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 6 del Procedimiento 
para las negociaciones en virtud del artículo XXVIII . 
 
Tal como se exige en el párrafo 8 del Procedimiento para las negoc iaciones en virtud del 
artículo  XXVIII, Bangladesh presentará un proyecto  para incorporar a su Lista de con cesiones los 
cambios derivados de las negociaciones bilaterales mencionadas supra , teniendo en cuenta sus 
obligaciones dimanantes de la Ronda Uruguay . Para tal fin , remitirá  en breve la Lista LXX completa 
de Bangladesh en la Nomenclatura del SA  96, conform e a lo dispuesto en el  párrafo 1 de los  
Procedimientos de 1980 para la modificación o rectificación de las Listas .5 
                                                
1 IBDD 30 S/17 (L/5470/Rev.1).  
2 La notificación inicial de Bangladesh se distribuyó en el documento SECRET/HS/29 del GATT, de 6 de 
diciembre de  1990, con el título "Sistema Armonizado - NEGOCIACIONES EN EL M ARCO DEL ARTICULO XXVIII, 
Presentación de documentos, Lista LXX - Bangladesh".  
3 En inglés solamente.  
4 IBDD 27 S/26, Decisión de 10 de noviembre de  1980.  
5 IBDD 27 S/25, Decisión de 26 de marzo de  1980.  G/SECRET/HS/12  
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  ANNEX 1  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRALIA  
 
The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Permanent Mission of 
Austr alia 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 (GA TT 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 it ems 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                          Australia  
 
 
 
 
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 sweetening 
matter  45% 
0713.10  Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled wither or not skinne d 
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 
Banglad esh'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 al so 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, 15 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 flour 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 stoves  50%  
Ex 7417.00  Kerosene stoves  50%  
7901 Unwrought zinc  15%  
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  ANNEX 3  
BILATER AL AGREEMENT WITH TH E EUROPEAN COMMUNITI ES 
Negotiations under GATT Article XXVIII regarding Schedule LXX – Bangladesh between Bangladesh 
delegation and Commission of European Communities (EC) delegation took place on 12.09.1995.  
 
Negotiations on request li st 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 in 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, Pe rmanent 
Mission of Bangladesh, Geneva wherein they expressed reservation on withdrawal of GATT 
concession on a number of items on which their member countries expressed interest. The 
Bangladesh delegation wanted to discuss specific proposals and the CEC de legation 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 countries of the CEC and approval by the 
Bangladesh authority/Government.  
 
Sl. No.  HS Num ber 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 polar imeters, 
refractometers, spectrometers), instruments 
and apparatus for measuring or checking 
viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension 
or the like, instruments and apparatus for 
measuring or checking quantities of heat, 
sound or light (including expo sure 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 conclusion of 
Bangladesh's WTO/GATT Article XXVIII negotiations with New Zealand.  
 
Tariff It em 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 Permanent Mission  
 
 
 
15 September 1995  G/SECRET/HS/12  
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  FINAL REPORT OF NEGO TIATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE X XVIII  
 
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 Harmonized System1. 
 
1. Negotiations resulted in agreement with:  
 
Australi a  
Canada  
European Communities, including discussions initially held with Finland.  
New Zealand  
 
2. Agreement was not reached with:  
 
Nil. 
 
3. Consultations have been held with:  
 
Consultations were held with Norway, which decided not to enter into Article X XVIII negotiations 
with Bangladesh.  
 
 
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1 Bangladesh's notification circulated in GATT documen t SECRET/HS/29 of 6 December 1990.