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G/MA/TAR/RS/451  
 
29 November  2016 
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  RECTIFICATIONS AND M ODIFICATIONS OF SCHE DULES  
SCHEDULE XXXIX - MALAYSIA  
The following communication, dated 24 November 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Malaysia . 
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Pursuant to the procedures for modification and r ectification of schedules of tariff concessions 
contained in the Decision of 26  March  1980 (BISD  27S/25), Malaysia hereby notifies draft technical 
rectification s to Schedule XXXIX  set out in the attachment s1. 
After the transposition of Schedule XXXIX - Malaysia into HS2002 had been  certified in document 
WT/Let/793,  Malaysia  noted some prior errors and inconsistencies that had resulted from the 
introduction of the HS1996 in its schedule , which were certified in document  WT/Let/ 498.  
 
In order to correct these  errors, and with the assistance of the WTO Secretariat, Malaysia prepared  
this rectification which aims at:  
 
(i) introducing 293 subheadings and corresponding tariff lines affected by the HS96 changes 
that were inadvertently  omitted from the transpositio n, which was certified in document 
WT/Let/498; and 
 
(ii) correcting the bound duty for 7 tariff lines  in order to reflect the levels recorded in its  UR 
Schedule ;  
 
Detailed explanatory notes are contained in Attachment  1.  The draft proposing the rectifica tions 
are contained in Attachment 2 . 
 
The corrections are of technical nature and do not affect the scope of concessions undertaken by 
Malaysia during the Uruguay Round . Malaysia will submit in the near future a second  set of 
rectifications that will inclu de, inter alia , changes to the tariff lines already certified in document 
WT/Let/793  in the course of the introduction of HS2002 .  
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If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this document, 
the rectif ications and modifications to Schedule XXXIX  - Malaysia  will be deemed to be approved 
and will be formally  certified.  
                                                
1 In English only.     
  
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- 3 - ATTACHMENT  1 – EXPLANATORY NOTE  
In the course of verifying the Harmonized System 2002 (HS2002) transposition file that was prepared b y the Secretariat, Malaysia  noted some errors 
and inconsistencies that resulted from the introduction of HS1996 in its schedule, which were certified in document WT/Let/ 498.  After having 
received assistance from the WTO Secretariat,  Malaysia proposes to r ectify the relevant discrepancies as follows : 
(i) Tariff lines affected by the HS96 changes that have inadvertently been omitted in Malaysia's transposition, which was certified 
in  document  WT/Let/498  
293 subheadings affected by the HS96 changes were inadvertently omitted in Malaysia's  transposition, which was certified in document 
WT/Let/498 .  As a result, the missing 293 subheadings and corresponding 432 tariff lines should be added.  These missing tariff lines are 
presented in Attachment 2, which consi sts of two sections : one for agricultural products, the other for non -agricultural products.  
(ii) Correcting the bound duty for 7 tariff l ines in accordance with Malaysia's  UR schedule  
As a result of changes that resulted from the introduction of HS1996, t he bound duties of 7 tariff li nes were not correctly reflected in 
Malaysia's HS96 transposition, which was certified in  WT/Let/498 .  The following c orrection is required to reflect the original bound duty as 
listed in Malaysi a's UR schedule : 
WT/Let/498  Proposed Rectification  
Existing 
HS96 code  Existing Product Description  Existing 
Final  
Bound Rate   Proposed 
HS96 code  Proposed Product Description  Proposed 
Final  
Bound Rate  
040520000  - Dairy spreads  5  040520000  - Dairy spreads  2 
040590100  --- Ghee 5  040590100  --- Ghee 20 sen/kg  
190420900  
 --Prepared foods obtained   from 
unroasted cereal   flakes, containing > 
6%  by weight of cocoa  15  190420900  
 --Prepared foods obtained   from 
unroasted cereal   flakes, containing 
> 6%   by weight of cocoa  20 
630510100  
 Of jute  30  630510100  Of jute  10 
790700290  - Other  30  790700290  - Other  20 
846911000  
 -- Word processing machines  20  846911000  -- Word processing machines  
 0 
846920000  - Other typewriters, electric  30  846920000  - Other typewriters, electric  20 
*Bold represents the revision  
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