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G/SECRET/HS/12  
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Comité de l'accès aux marchés  Original:  anglais  
 
  SYSTÈME HARMONISÉ – NÉGOCIATIONS AU  
TITRE  DE L'ARTICLE XXVIII  
COMMUNICATION DE DOCUMENTATION  
Liste LXX – Bangladesh  
La communication  ci-après, datée du 2 9 novembre  2016, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation du Bangladesh.  
 
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Dans l 'optique de conclure les négociations au titre de l'a rticle XXVIII qui ont initialement été 
engagées sur la base de la Décision du Conseil du  GATT du 12 juillet  19831 en vue de la  
transposition des listes de concessions  antérieures au Cycle d' Uruguay dans la nomenclature du 
Système harmonisé2, le Bangladesh présent e pour distribution les  documents  ci-après3: 
 
i)  les lettres et rapports conjoints  conformément au  paragraph e 5 des Procédures concernant 
les négociations au titre de l'a rticle XXVIII4, signés pa r le Bangladesh à l'issue de ses 
négociations bilatérales avec l' Australi e (annexe 1), le Canada (a nnexe 2), les Communautés 
européenne s (annexe 3), et la Nouvelle -Zélande  (annexe 4); et 
 
ii)  un rapport final conformément au  paragraph e 6 des Procédures concernant les négociations 
au titre de l'a rticle XXVIII.  
 
Comme l'exige le  paragraph e 8 des Procédures concernant les nég ociations au titre de 
l'article  XXVIII , le Bangladesh présentera un projet en vue d'incorporer les modifications résultant 
des négociati ons bilatérales susmentionnées dans sa Liste de concessions , compte tenu des 
obligations qui lui incomben t à la suite du Cycle d' Uruguay.  À cette fin, une liste LXX – Bangladesh 
complète établie selon la nomenclature du SH96 sera présenté e prochainement co nformément au 
paragraphe premier des Procédures de 1980 de  modification et de r ectification des Listes .5 
                                                
1 IBDD , S30/17 (L/5470/Rev.1).  
2 La notification initiale du Bangladesh, reproduite dans le document SECRET/HS/29 du GATT, intitulée 
"Système harmonisé – NÉGOCIATIONS AU TITRE DE L'ARTICLE XXVIII, Communication de documentation, 
Liste LXX – Bangladesh ", a été distribuée le 6  décembre  1990.  
3 En anglais seulement.  
4 IBDD , S27/26, Décision du 10  novembre  1980.  
5 IBDD , S27/25, Décision du 26  mars 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 
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 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 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       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 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 int o 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 Rig hts (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  Descriptio n 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 pi lchards (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  
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE EUROPEAN CO MMUNITIES  
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 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 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, Permanent 
Mission of Bangladesh, Geneva where in 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 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 countries 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), in struments 
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 exposure meters), 
microtomes  22.5%  
 
 
(Signatur e)                  (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 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 Permanent 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 Banglade sh 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:  
 
Australia  
Canada  
European Communities, including d iscussions 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 XXVIII negotiations 
with Bangladesh.  
 
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1 Bangladesh's notification circulated in GATT document SECRET/HS/29 of 6 December 1990.