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G/IT/W/43  
 
15 April 2016  
(16-2149)  Page: 1/2  
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in 
Information Technology Products    
 
DRAFT DECISION FOR THE HS2007 CLASSIFICATION 
OF 15 ADDITIONAL "ATTACHMENT B" PRODUCTS 
PROPOSAL BY THE CHAIR 
 Participants to the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products 
(ITA).1 
  
 Considering  that paragraph 5 of the Annex to the ITA requires that Participants 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 appropriate, 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 implementation of the ITA
2 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 in the Decision for the classification of certain Attachment B products 
(G/IT/27); 
  Decide as follows: 
 
1. Following discussions in the Committee
3, Participants agree on the 
HS2007 classification of 15 additional Attachment B items as described in the Annex of this document; 
 
2. Each Participant shall reflect the agreed classifications in its WTO Schedule 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 in connection with such Procedures no later than [31 December 2016]; 
 
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 Council of Trade in Goods on 
26 March 1997. 
3 Document G/IT/W/40 and it s addenda and supplement. G/IT/W/43 
 
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  ANNEX 
HS2007 CLASSIFICATION OF 15 ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT B ITEMS 
No. ITA 
Item 
No. Description HS 2007 
1 129 Parts for machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into 
slices, or wafers into chips 848690ex 
2 130 Parts of dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers 848690ex 
3 133 Parts of lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor 
production by laser beam 848690ex 
4 135 Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 848690ex 
5 138 Parts of encapsulation equipment 848690ex 
6 139 Automated machines for transport, handling and storage of 
semiconductor wafers, wafer ca ssettes, wafer boxes and other 
material for semiconductor devices 848640ex 
7 143 Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for 
assembly of semiconductors 848640ex 
8 144 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 848640ex 
9 150 Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire 
bonders for assembly of semiconductors 848690ex 
10 153 Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning 
semiconductor wafers an d flat panel displays 848690ex 
11 154 Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage of 
semiconductor wafers, wafer ca ssettes, wafer boxes and other 
material for semiconductor devices 848690ex 
12 155 Parts of encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 848690ex 
13 157 Parts of machines for bending, folding and straightening 
semiconductor leads 848690ex 
14 169 Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning 
semiconductor wafers an d flat panel displays 848690ex 
15 191 Computers: automatic data processing machines capable of 
(1) storing the processing program or programs and at least the data 
immediately necessary for the execution of the program; (2) being 
freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; 
(3) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and 
(4) executing, without human intervention, a processing program 
which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision 
during the processing run. The agreement covers such automatic data 
processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and 
process with the assistance of central processing unit telephony 
signals, television signals, or other analogue or digitally processed 
audio or video signals. Machines performing a specific function other 
than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction with 
an automatic data processing machine, and not otherwise specified 
under Attachment A or B, are not covered by this agreement. 847130 
847141 
847149 
847150ex 
 
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