WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SG/N/11/ZAF/1/Suppl.3 
29 August 2008 
 (08-4059) 
Committee on Safeguards 
 Original:   English 
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2, OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS 
 
SOUTH AFRICA 
 
Supplement  
 
(Lysine ) 
  
 The following communication, dated 29 August 2008,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of South Africa.   
 
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(L-Lysine HCI (scientific name) or commonly known as lysine powder and feed supplements 
containing by mass 40% or more lysine, whethe r or not containing added antibiotics or added 
melengestrol acetate (scientific name) or commonl y known as L-Lysine sulphate and its byproducts 
from fermentation or also known as Biolys or Protein Lysine)  1.-2. The measure and the products subject to the measure 
 
 This information was provided in previous  notifications.  See G/SG/N/8/ZAF/1/Suppl.2, 
G/SG/N/10/ZAF/1/Suppl.1 and G/SG/N/ 11/ZAF/1/Suppl.2 (21 December 2007). 
 
3. Specify the developing countries to which th e measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of 
the Agreement on Safeguards as they ex port less than 3% of imports to SACU. 
 
 This information was provided in previous  notifications.  See G/SG/N/8/ZAF/1/Suppl.2, 
G/SG/N/10/ZAF/1/Suppl.1 and G/SG/N/ 11/ZAF/1/Suppl.2 (21 December 2007). 
 4. Subsequently, if there is a change in the lis t of developing countries exempted from the 
safeguard measure pursuant to Article 9.1, please notify: 
 
 (i) the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the initial 
action under footnote 2 to Article 9.1; 
 
 (ii) if applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of 
developing countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to 
Article 9.1, the list of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and 
collective import shares of the developing  countries remaining on the list, and the 
date on which the safeguard measure app lies to the countries dropped from the 
list; 
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   (iii) if applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing 
countries to which the safeguard measure do es not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, 
the list of all countries on the list, the individual and collective import shares of 
the developing countries on the list, a nd the date from which the safeguard 
measure does not apply to the count ries which are added to the list.  
    See G/SG/N/8/ZAF/1/Suppl.2, G/SG/N/10/ZAF/1/Suppl.1 and G/SG/N/11/ZAF/1/Suppl.2 
(21 December 2007), which notified Members about the initial action under footnote 2 to Article 9.1.    
The developing countries to which the measure does not apply are those listed in Notice No. 1196 of 
Government Gazette No. 30581 dated 14 December 2007 .  A copy of this Government Gazette notice 
is attached to this notification.  Each listed count ry accounts for less than 3 per cent of imports of the 
subject product.  Collectively, the listed countries account for less than 9 per cent of imports of the 
subject product.     South Africa is considering dropping Indonesi a from the list of developing countries under 
footnote 2 to Article 9.1. 
 
5. Offer of consultations under the Agreement on Safeguards 
 
Consistent with the Agreement on Safeguards, South Africa is prepared to consult with 
Indonesia on its possible exclusion from the list of developing countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply purs uant to Article 9.1. 
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  NOTES REGARDING AM ENDMENTS TO TH E SCHEDULES TO 
THE CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT, 1964 
 
14 DECEMBER 2007 
 
These notes are issued merely as a guide and both the old and new provisions should be studied in order to 
determine what the amendment actually entails.  These notes have no legal status. 
 
Provision 
 Note 
2309.90 and 
2922.41 Safeguard duties are imposed on feed supplements, containing, by mass, 40 per 
cent or more lysine, whether or not containing added antibiotics or added melengestrol acetate, classifiable in su bheading 2309.90.65 and lysine and its 
esters and salts thereof imported from or originating in all countries excluding 
those imported from or originating in;- Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, 
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, 
Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei 
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman 
Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) 
Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (The Democratic Republic of the), 
Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, 
Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Gabon, 
Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Gr eenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, 
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, 
Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, 
Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, 
Micronesia (Federated States  of), Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, Montserrat, 
Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, 
Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, 
Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwa nda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 
Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, 
Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, 
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri 
Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania (United 
Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab 
Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, 
Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (United States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe, at a rate of duty of: 
 
• 27% for tariff subheading 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 up to and including 10 
May 2008; 
• 18% for tariff subheading 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 with effect from 11 
May 2008 to 10 May 2009 
• 9% for tariff subheading 2309.90.65 and 2922.41 with effect from 11 
May 2009 to 10 April 2010. 
 
  
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Government Gazette No. 30581 
No. R.1196  2007-12-14 
 
 
CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT, 1964. 
AMENDMENT OF SCHEDULE NO. 2 (NO. 2/294) 
 
Under section 57A of the Customs and Excise Act, 1964 , Part 3 of  Schedule No. 2 to the said Act is hereby inserted to the exte nt set out in the Schedule hereto. 
 
 J MOLEKETI 
 DEPUTY MINISTER OF FINANCE  
 
  
SCHEDULE 
By the insertion for the Notes to Part  3 of Schedule No. 2 of the following: 
PART 3 
SAFEGUARD DUTIES ON IMPORTED GOODS 
 
NOTES: 
 1. The goods specified in Column headed "Tariff Heading", Code an d Description" of this Part shall, in addition to any other du ties payable thereon upon entry for home 
consumption thereof or as provided in Chapter VI, be liable to th e appropriate safeguard duty provided for in respect of such g oods in this Part at the time of such entry or such 
other time as provided, if those goods are im ported from a supplier or originate in a territory mentioned in Column headed "Imp orted from or Originating in" except if those 
goods are imported from a supplier or originate in a territory  excluded in any provisions of any item of this Part. 
 
2. The safeguard duties provided for in this Part in respect of  any goods, shall also apply to such goods entered under any ite m of Schedule No. 3 or 4 specified in Column 
headed "Extent of Rebate" of this Part. 
 
3 Unless the context otherwise indicates, the General Notes to Sc hedule No. 1 and the Section and Chapter Notes in the said Sch edule shall MUTATIS MUTANDIS apply 
to this Part. 
 
4. Wherever the tariff heading or subheading under which any goods are classified in Part 1 of Schedule No. 1 is quoted in any item in this Part in which such goods are 
specified, the goods so specified in such item in this Part sha ll be deemed to include goods wh ich are not classified under the  said tariff heading or subheading. 
 
  
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 Page 5By the insertion of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2309.90 to item 260.01 of the following, up to and including 10 May 2008: 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
260.00     PREPARED FOODSTUFFS, BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR;  TOBACCO 
AND MANUFACTURED TO BACCO SUBSTITUTES    
260.01     PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED IN ORIGINAL FEEDING    
260.01 2309.90  01.06 66 Feed supplements, containing, by mass, 40 per cent or more lysine, whether or not 
containing added antibiotics or added melenge strol acetate classifiable in subheading 
2309.90.65, imported from or originating in all countries excluding that imported from 
or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, 
Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,  Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, 
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet 
Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, 
Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo 
(The Democratic Republic of the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, 
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern 
Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghan a, Gibraltar, Greenla nd, Grenada, Guam, 
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,  Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 
Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, 
Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, 
Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, 
Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia 
(Federated States of), Moldova (Republ ic of), Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, 
Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, 
Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, 
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru , Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian 
Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and 
Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi 
Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia 
and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, 
Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, 
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, 
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin 
Islands (United States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe  All countries  
 27% 
 
 
  
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Page 6 By the substitution of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2309.90 to item 260.01 of the following, with effect from 11 May 2008 up to and including 10 May 2009: 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
260.00     PREPARED FOODSTUFFS, BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO 
AND MANUFACTURED TO BACCO SUBSTITUTES    
260.01     PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED IN ORIGINAL FEEDING    
260.01 2309.90 01.06  66 Feed supplements, containing, by mass, 40 per cent or more lysine, whether or not 
containing added antibiotics or added melenge strol acetate classifiable in subheading 
2309.90.65, imported from or originating in all countries excluding that imported from 
or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, 
Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,  Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, 
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet 
Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, 
Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo 
(The Democratic Republic of the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, 
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern 
Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghan a, Gibraltar, Greenla nd, Grenada, Guam, 
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,  Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 
Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, 
Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, 
Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, 
Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia 
(Federated States of), Moldova (Republ ic of), Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, 
Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, 
Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, 
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru , Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian 
Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and 
Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi 
Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia 
and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, 
Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, 
Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, 
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin 
Islands (United States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe   All countries  
 18% 
  
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By the substitution of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2309.90 to item 260.01 of the following, with effect from 11 May 2009 up to and including 10 April 2010: 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
260.00     PREPARED FOODSTUFFS, BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO 
AND MANUFACTURED TO BACCO SUBSTITUTES    
260.01     PREPARATIONS OF A KIND USED IN ORIGINAL FEEDING    
260.01 2309.90 01.06  66 Feed supplements, containing, by mass, 40 per cent or more lysine, whether or not 
containing added antibiotics or added melenge strol acetate classifiable in subheading 
2309.90.65, imported from or originating in all countries excluding that imported from 
or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, 
Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,  Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, 
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet 
Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, 
Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, , Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, 
Congo (The Democratic Republic of the), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, 
Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern 
Territories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghan a, Gibraltar, Greenla nd, Grenada, Guam, 
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti,  Heard Island and McDonald Islands, 
Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, 
Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lebanon, 
Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, 
Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia 
(Federated States of), Moldova (Republ ic of), Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, 
Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, 
Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, 
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru , Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian 
Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and 
Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi 
Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, 
Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, 
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying Islands, 
Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin 
Islands (United States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe   All countries  9% 
  
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Page 8 By the insertion of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2922.41 to item 270.01 of the following, up to and including 10 May 2008: 
 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
270.00     PRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES     
270.01     ORGANIC CHEMICALS     
270.01 2922.41  01.06  60 
 Lysine and its esters; salts thereof imported from or originating in all countries 
excluding that imported from or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Anti gua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, 
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,  Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, 
Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei 
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman 
Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) 
Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (The Democratic Republic of the), Cook 
Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Erit rea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 
Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Te rritories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, 
Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Hondur as, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), 
Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberi a, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives , Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, 
Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia (Federat ed States of), Moldova (Republic of), 
Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, 
New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Pana ma, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, 
Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian Federa tion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arab ia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, 
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, 
Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), 
Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, 
Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda , Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United 
States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, 
Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U nited States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, 
Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe   All countries  27% 
  
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 Page 9By the substitution of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2922.41 to item 270.01 of the following , with effect from 11 May 2008 up to and including 10 May 2009: 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
270.00     PRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES     
270.01     ORGANIC CHEMICALS     
270.01 2922.41  01.06  60 
 Lysine and its esters; salts thereof imported from or originating in all countries 
excluding that imported from or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Anti gua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, 
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, 
Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei 
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman 
Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) 
Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (The Democratic Republic of the), Cook 
Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, 
Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Erit rea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 
Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Te rritories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, 
Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, 
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Hondur as, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), 
Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberi a, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, 
Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives , Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, 
Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia (Federat ed States of), Moldova (Republic of), 
Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, 
New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Pana ma, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, 
Philippines, Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian Federa tion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé and Principe, Saudi Arab ia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, 
Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, 
Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, 
Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda , Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United 
States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, 
Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (U nited States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, 
Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe   All countries  18% 
  
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Page 10 By the substitution of code 01.06 to tariff heading 2922.41 to item 270.01 of the following, with effect from 11 May 2009 up to and including 10 April 2010: 
 
Item  Tariff 
Heading  Code  C 
D Description  Rebate 
Items  Imported from 
or originating in  Rate of 
Duty  
270.00     PRODUCTS OF CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES     
270.01     ORGANIC CHEMICALS     
270.01 2922.41  01.06  60 Lysine and its esters; salts thereof imported from or originating in all countries 
excluding that imported from or originating in: - Afghanistan, Algeria, American 
Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Anti gua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, 
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bouvet Island, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei 
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman 
Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) 
Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (The Democratic Republic of the), Cook 
Islands, Costa Rica, Côte D’Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial  Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), 
Fiji, French Polynesia, French Southern Te rritories, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, 
Gibraltar, Greenland, Grenada, Guam, Guat emala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Heard 
Island and McDonald Islands, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, 
Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiri bati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People’s 
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macao, Madagascar, 
Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, 
Mexico, Micronesia (Federated States of), Moldova (Republic of), Mongolia, 
Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Naur u, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New 
Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, 
Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua Ne w Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, 
Pitcairn, Qatar, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint 
Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vi ncent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tomé 
and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seyc helles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, 
Somalia, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania (United Republic of), Timor-Leste, Togo, 
Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos 
Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States Minor Outlying 
Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Ven ezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (British), 
Virgin Islands (United States), Wallis- and Futuna Islands, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe   
All countries  9% 
 
 
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