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ORGANIZATION  G/MA/TAR/RS/106 
4 May 2006 
 (06-2159) 
Committee on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES 
 
Schedule VI – Sri Lanka
 
  
 The following communication, dated 30 March 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Sri Lanka.  
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  As you would recall, Sri Lanka initiated GAT T Article XXVIII negotiations in document 
SECRET/HS/26 for the purpose of reflecting its concessions in the Harmonized System Nomenclature.  The Part I, Section I-A of Sche dule VI-Sri Lanka listed the tariff lines in which 
negotiations remained pending by the time it was annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol to the GATT 
1994.  The final results of these negotiations were circulated to Members in document 
G/SECRET/HS/11 of 23 November 2005. 
 
 Pursuant to the Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions
1, Sri Lanka hereby submits for circulation an Annex2 with a draft consolidating the 
amendments to be introduced in Schedule VI.   
  
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  If no objection is notified to the Secretariat within three months from the date of this 
document, the rectifications and modifications of  Schedule VI – Sri Lanka will be deemed to be 
approved and will be formally certified. 
                                                     
 
1 Decision of 26 March 1980, GATT BISD 27S/25. 
2 In English only.  
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Schedule 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        
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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 -In powder, granules or other solid 
forms, of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 1.5 %       
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        
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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 
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 
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        
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Ad valorem (%) Ad valorem (%) Implementation   
period from/to Special 
safeguard Initial 
negotiating 
rights Ad valorem (%) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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       
1509.10 - Virgin  40   EEC  
1509.90 - Other  40   EEC  1519 Industrial monocarboxylic 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  
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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 
1902 Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed 
(with meat or other substances) or 
otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, la sagne, gnocchi, 
ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether 
or not prepared       
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   
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duty Bound rate of 
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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 
2401 Unmanufactured  tobacco; tobacco 
refuse       
2401.10 -Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped       
2401.10.02 -- Flue cured, of the virginia type  175   US, EEC  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 other 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 
  
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Schedule 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, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-
sprouting products and 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 panels 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   
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number Description of products 
Ad valorem   (%) Ad valorem   (%) Initial 
negotiating right Other duties 
and charges 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
8504 Electrical transformers sta tic 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; illuminated 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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