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Reference:   WLI/100         7 December 2015 
 
 
 
  
 
 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATION S AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE LXXV - PHILIPPINES 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the modifications and 
rectifications to Schedule LXXV - Philippines , effective 20 November 2015 .  
 
 
   
 
  
 
            R o b e r t o  A z e v ê d o  
         D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
   
 
  
 
  
 
    
 
 
 
 
  
15-6460                   WT/Let/1101  
  
  
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICA TIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE LXXV - PHILIPPINES 
 
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Pr ocedures for Modification and Rectification 
of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25); 
 
 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Decision, a draft containing modifications and rectifications to Schedule LXXV - Philippines  was 
communicated to all Members of the World Trade Organization in document 
G/MA/TAR/RS/421 on 20 August 2015, and no objections to the proposed modifications and 
rectifications were received within three months from the date of issue of the aforementioned document; 
 
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modifications and rectifications to Schedule LXXV - 
Philippines  are established in conformity with the above-mentioned Decision. 
 
 The annexed Schedule is effective as of 20 November 2015 . 
  I hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above-mentioned modifications and 
rectifications to each Member of the World Trade Organization. This certification shall be 
registered in accordance with the provisions  of Article 102 of the Charter of the United 
Nations. 
 
 DONE at Geneva this seventeenth day of November, two thousand and fifteen. 
 
 
   
 
  
 
          R o b e r t o  A z e v ê d o  
         D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
   
 
  
 
Certified true copy:  
 
   
 
 Director-General  
   
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SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
    
 
  
 
   
 
 
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SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES – IT A   Page - 6 - WT/Let/1101 SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
 
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language 
 
PART I - MOST-FAVORED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION II - Other Products 
 
HS1996 Description Base 
rate Final 
bound rate Implementation INR Other duties 
and charges 
7017 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or 
calibrated      
70171000 - Of fused quartz or other fused silica  10   0 
702000 Other articles of glass      
702000ex -  Quartz reactor tubes and holders desi gned for insertion into diffusion and oxidation 
furnaces for production of semiconductor wafers  0   0 
702000ex - Other  Unbound   Unbound 
8456 Machine-tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light 
or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-dischar ge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-
beam or plasma arc processes.      
845610 - Operated by laser or other li ght or photon beam processes      
84561000ex - - Machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or 
photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers  0   0 
84561000ex - -  Lasercutters for cutting contac ting tracks in semiconductor production by laser 
beam  0   0 
84561000ex -- Other  20   0 
84569 - Other:      
845699 - - Other      
84569900ex - - - Focused ion beam milling machines  to produce or repair masks and reticles for 
patterns on semiconductor devices  0    
84569900ex - - - Other  20   0 
8479 Machines and mechanical appliances ha ving individual functions, not specified or 
included elsewhere in this Chapter.      
84798 - Other machines and mech anical appliances:      
847989 - - Other      
84798900ex - - - Apparatus for wet etching, devel oping, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 
and flat panel displays  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Die attach apparatus, tape auto mated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of 
semiconductors  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Apparatus for growing or pullin g monocrystal semiconductor boules  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Spinners for coating photographi c emulsions on semiconductor wafers  0   0 
84798900ex - - - Machines for bending, folding a nd straightening semiconductor leads  0   0  
SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES – IT A   Page - 7 - WT/Let/1101 HS1996 Description Base 
rate Final 
bound rate Implementation INR Other duties 
and charges 
84798900ex - - - Other machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not 
elsewhere specified or included in Chapter 84  20   0 
847990 - Parts      
84799000ex - - Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor 
wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes, and other material for semiconductor devices  0    
84799000ex - - Parts of encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors  0    
84799000ex - - Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers  0    
84799000ex - - Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules  0    
84799000ex - - Parts of machines for bending, foldi ng and straightening semiconductor leads  0    
84799000ex - - Parts of apparatus for wet etching,  developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor 
wafers and flat panel displays  0    
84799000ex - - Parts for spinners for coating photogr aphic emulsions on semiconductor wafers  0    
84799000ex - - Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for 
assembly of semiconductor  0    
84799000ex  - - Parts of machines and mechani cal appliances having i ndividual functions, not 
elsewhere specified or included in Chapter 84  20    
8543  Electrical machines and apparatus, ha ving individual functions, not specified or 
included elsewhere in this Chapter      
85438 - Other machines and apparatus:      
854389 - - Other      
85438910ex - - -  Automatic ignition assembly consis ting of transformer, wiring, ceramic igniters 
and push button switch, used as component parts in the manufacture of non-electric  20    
85438910ex - - -  Flat panel displays (including LCD, Electro Luminescence, Plasma and other 
technologies) for products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof  0    
85438910ex - - - Electrical machines with tran slation or dictionary functions  0    
85438910ex - - -  Projection type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing 
machines which can display digital inform ation generated by the central processing 
unit  0    
85438910ex - - - Apparatus for physical deposition by  sputtering on semiconductor wafers  0    
85438910ex - - - Physical deposition appara tus for semiconductor production  0    
854390 - Parts      
85439000ex - - Parts of ion implanters fo r doping semiconductor materials  0    
85439000ex - - Parts of apparatus for wet etching,  developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor 
wafers and flat panel displays  0    
85439000ex - - Parts of apparatus for physical de position by sputtering on semiconductor wafers  0    
85439000ex - - Parts of physical deposition appa ratus for semiconductor production  0    
85439000ex - - Parts of electrical machines a nd apparatus of heading No. 85.43  20    
 
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