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MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS  AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE VI – SRI LANKA 
 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified tr ue copy of the Certification of Modifications 
and Rectifications to Schedule VI – Sri Lanka, effective 4 August 2006 . 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE VI – SRI LANKA  
  
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Procedu res for Modification and Rectification of 
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25); 
  WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above- mentioned Deci sion, a draft 
containing modifications and rectifications to Schedule VI – Sri Lanka was communicated to all 
Members of the World Trade Organization in document G/MA/TAR/RS/106 on 4 May 2006;  
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modificati ons and rectifications to Schedule VI – Sri 
Lanka are established in conformity  with the above-mentioned Decision. 
 
 The annexed modifications and rectif ications are effective as of 4 August 2006 . 
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the Worl d Trade Organization, who 
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each  Member of the World Trade Organization.  It shall 
be registered in accordance with the provisions of  Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
 
  DONE at Geneva this third day of October, two thousand and six. 
 
  
 
  
 
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Director-General 
  
  
SCHEDULE VI – SRI LANKA 
    
4 August 2006  2Schedule VI  -  SRI LANKA 
PART I  -  MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION I  -  Ag ricultural Products 
 
This schedule is authentic only in the English language 
 
Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
0204 Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled 
or frozen       
0204.4 - Other meat of sheep, frozen       
0204.43 --Boneless  45   AU  
0204.50 Meat of goats  45   AU  
0401 Milk and cream , not concentrated 
nor containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter  50   AU, NZ  
0401.10 -Of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 1 %       
0401.10.01 --  Milk  50   AU, CE6, 
DK, NZ 10 
0401.20 -Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 
1 % but not exceeding 6 %       
0401.20.01 --  Milk  50   AU, CE6, 
DK, NZ, 10 
0401.30 -Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 
6 %       
0401.30.01 --  Milk  50   AU, CE6, 
DK, NZ 10 
0402 Milk and cream, concentrated or 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter       
0402.10 -In powder, granules or other solid 
forms, of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 1.5 %        3Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
0402.10.01 --Skimmed milk powder (SMP)  20   AU, DK, 
EEC, NZ, 
US  
0402.2 -In powder, granules or other solid 
forms, of a fat content, by weight, 
exceeding 1.5 %       
0402.21 --Not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter       
0402.21.01 -- Full cream milk powder with over 
26% milk fat  20   AU, DK, 
EEC, NZ, 
US  
0402.29 --Other       
0402.29.01 -- Full cream milk powder with over 
26% milk fat  20   AU, NZ  
0402.9 -Other:       
0402.99 --Other       0402.99.01 ---Sweetened condensed milk  60   AU, DK, 
EEC, NZ 10 
0402.99.09 -- Milk other  60   AU, CE6, 
DK, NZ 10 
0406 Cheese and curd.       
0406.30 -Processed cheese, not grated or 
powdered  45   AU  
0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled       
0701.10 - Seed  60   CE6  
0701.90 - Other  60   CE6  
0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, 
shelled, whether or not skinned or 
split       
0713.10 - Peas (pisum sativum)  60% or RS.10 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.20 - Chickpeas (garbanzos)  50% or RS.10 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10  4Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
0713.3 -Beans (Vigna spp., Phaseolus spp.)       
0713.31 --Beans of species vigna mungo (l.) 
hepper or vigna radiata (l.)  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.32 -- Small red (adzuki) beans (phaseolus 
or vigna angularis)  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.33 -- Kidney beans, including white pea 
beans (phaseolus vulgaris)  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.39 -- Other  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.40 - Lentils  45   AU  
0713.50 - Broad beans (vicia faba var. major) 
and horse beans (vicia faba var. equina, 
vicia faba var. minor)  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0713.90 - Other  60% or Rs.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   CE6 10 
0805 Citrus fruit, fresh or dried       
0805.10 - Oranges  60% or RS.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US  
0805.20 - Mandarins (including tangerines and 
satsumas); clementines, wilkings and 
similar citrus hybrids  60% or RS.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US  
0806 Grapes, fresh or dried       
0806.20 - Dried  60% or RS.20 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   AU 10 
0808 Apples, pears and quinces, fresh       
0808.10 - Apples  45   AU  
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere 
specified or included       
1404.10 - Raw vegetable materials of a kind 
used primarily in dyeing or tanning  10   ZA  
1509 Olive oil and its fractions, whether 
or not refined, but not chemically 
modified        5Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
1509.10 - Virgin  40   EEC  
1509.90 - Other  40   EEC  
1519 Industrial mono carboxylic fatty 
acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols       
1519.1 - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; 
acid oils from refining       
1519.11 -- Stearic acid  5   CE6  
1901 Malt extract; food preparations of 
flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or 
containing cocoa powder in a 
proportion by weight of less than 50%, not elsewhere specified or 
included; food preparations of goods 
of headings nos  04.01 to 04.04, not containing cocoa powder or 
containing cocoa powder in a 
proportion by weight of less than 10%, not elsewhere specified or 
included       
1901.10 -Preparations for infant use, put up for 
retail sale       
1901.10.01  --  Infants food approved by the 
Director of Health Services  15   AU, EEC, 
NZ, US  
1901.90 -Other       
1901.90.02 - Malted milk  45   AU, NZ, US 10 
1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or 
stuffed (with meat or other 
substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, 
lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; 
couscous, whether or not prepared        6Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
1902.1 -Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or 
otherwise prepared       
1902.11 -- Containing eggs  60% or RS.25 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US 10 
1902.19 -- Other  60% or RS.25 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US 10 
1902.40 - Couscous  60% or RS.25 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US  
1904 Prepared foods obtained by the 
swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn 
flakes); cereals, other than maize 
(corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared       
1904.10 -Prepared foods obtained by the 
swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products  60% or RS.25 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US 10 
1904.90 - Other  60% or RS.25 per 
Kg w.i.t.h.   US 10 
2201 Waters, including natural or 
artificial mineral waters and aerated 
waters, not containing added sugar 
or other sweetening matter nor 
flavoured; ice and snow       
2201.10 - Mineral waters and aerated waters  60   CE6  
2201.90 - Other  60   CE6  
2401 Unmanufactured  tobacco; tobacco 
refuse       
2401.10 -Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped       
2401.10.02 -- Flue cured, of the virginia type  175   US, EEC   7Base rate of 
duty Bound rate of 
duty Other duties and 
charges  HS Item 
Number Description of products 
Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
3301 Essential oils (terpeneless or not), 
including concretes and  absolutes; 
resinoids;  concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or 
the like obtained by efleurage or 
maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation  of essential oils; 
aqueous destilates and aqueous 
solutions of essential oils       
3301.2 -Essential oils other than those of citrus 
fruit       
3301.21 --Of geranium  25   CE6  
3301.26 --Of vetiver  35   CE6  
3505 Dextrins and oth er modified starches 
(for example, pregelatinised or 
esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or  other 
modified starches       
3505.10 -Dextrins and other modifeid starches  60   CE6 10 
3505.20 -Glues  25    EEC 10 
  8Schedule VI  -  SRI LANKA 
PART I  -  MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION II  -  Other Products 
 
This schedule is authentic only in the English language 
 
Base rate of duty Bound rate of duty HS Item 
number Description of products 
Ad valorem   (%) Ad valorem   (%) Initial 
negotiating right Other duties 
and charges 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
2849 Carbides, whether or  not chemically defined     
2849.10 -Calcium carbide  5 ZA   
3201 Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannings and 
their salts, ethers, esters adn other derivatives     
3201.20 -Wattle extract  25 ZA, US  
3808 Insecticides, rodenticid es, fungicides, herbicides, 
anti-sprouting products an d plant growth regulators, 
disinfectants and similar products     
3808.10 -Insecticides     
3808.10.09 --Others  15 EEC, US  
3808.30 Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant growth 
regulators  15 EEC, US  
3808.90 -Other     
3808.90.09 --Other  30 EEC  
4412 Plywood, veneered pane ls and similar laminated 
wood.     
4412.1 -Plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply 
not exceeding 6 mm thickness     
4412.11 -- With at least one outer ply of the following tropical 
woods: Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti, White 
Lauan, Sipo, Limba, Okoumé, Obeche, Acajou 
d'Afrique, Sapelli, Baboen, Mahogany (Swietenia spp), 
Palissandre du Brésil or Bois de Rose femelle     
4412.11.01 Plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood.   Each ply 
not exceeding 6 mm thickness  30 US, EEC   9Base rate of duty Bound rate of duty HS Item 
number Description of products 
Ad valorem   (%) Ad valorem   (%) Initial 
negotiating right Other duties 
and charges 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
8504 Electrical transformers  static converters (for 
example, rectifiers) and inductors     
8504.2 -Liquid dielectri c transformers     
8504.21 Electrical transformers st atic converters and inductors 
having power handling capacity not exceeding 650 KVA  30 EEC, US  
8701 Tractors (other than tractors of heading No. 87.09)     
8701.10 -Tractors, pedestrian controlled  25 US  
8701.20 -Road tractors for semi-trailers     
8701.20.01 --Road tractors for semi-trailers-Prime-movers  25 US  8701.20.09 --Road tractors for semi-trailers-Other  25 US  
8701.30 -Track-laying tractors  25 US  
8701.90 -Other     
8701.90.01 --Tractors, Other-Prime movers  25 US  
8701.90.02 --Tractors, Other Kerosene  operated, agricultural  25 US  
8701.90.09 --Tractors, Other  25 US  
9405 Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights 
and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere 
specified or included; illu minated signs, illuminated 
name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed 
light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included     
9405.50 -Non-electrical lamps and lighting fittings     
9405.50.09 --Non-electrical lamp and lighting fittings - Other  30 EEC  
 
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