WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/W/48 
18 February 2005 
 
 (05-0713) 
Committee on Trade and Environment 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
 
INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS PROPOSED 
 
Submission by the Republic of Korea  
 
Paragraph 31(iii)  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 18 February 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the Republic of Korea . 
 
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I. INTRODUCTION 
1. The Republic of Korea welcomes the progress ma de so far in the discussion of the CTESS on 
Paragraph 31(iii) in an analytical and pragmatic  manner.  Though both co nceptual and practical 
approaches have proven useful in enhancing our understanding of various issues related to the 
identification of environmental goods, Korea views, at this stage of discussion, that the practical 
approach of submitting concrete lists would be a more useful way forward to proceed in the 
negotiation. Through the product nomination by the Members, we expect the Members to consider 
specific product coverage and to develop a workab le list of environmental goods for the negotiation 
on tariff liberalization under Para 31(iii).  
2. In this light, with a view to facilitating the negotiations, the Republic of Korea would like to 
provide an initial list of environmental goods, as comp iled in the annex attached.  The initial list was 
developed through a series of domestic consultations  with industries, NGOs, and other interested 
stakeholders.  
3. This submission on the list of environmental goods  is preliminary in nature.  Korea reserves 
the right to make any necessary amendments or suppl ements at a later stage to further develop the 
proposed list of environmental goods.  This is also wi thout prejudice to any position that it might take 
in future negotiations. 
II. CRITERIA FOR IDENTIFYING ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
4. In order to maximize the benefits arising fro m the liberalization of environmental goods, we 
believe that this negotiation should be aimed at a list of environm ental goods that could be broadly 
accepted and applied to all WTO Members.  To th is end, the criteria for the identification of 
environmental goods must be practical and simple. 
5. On this basis, in the establishment of the pr oposed preliminary list, we used the following 
criteria, based on the discussion held to date, of wh ich we believed exists a widespread support among 
many Members:   TN/TE/W/48 
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 • The end use of the products should be prim arily for an environmental purpose.  The 
products with other significant uses are excluded; 
 
• The products should be classifiable under the HS code, or for which ex-outs could 
clearly be developed based on its physical characteristics or environmental purpose;  
 
• For practical reasons, environmentally prefer able products (EPPs) and goods that are 
defined by PPM or their superior envi ronmental performances (i.e., to produce 
relative environmental benefits) are excluded.  This is also to be in line with the 
WTO and the WCO practices to classify produc ts based on physical characteristics.  
 
6. To sum up, in the absence of an internationa l consensus on the definition of environmental 
goods, we resort to “end-use” and “practicability” as th e most useful criteria for the purpose of tariff 
liberalization negotiations.  The end-use criteria c ould create identification problems at customs since 
there are many multiple-use products under the curre nt HS codes that have little environmental 
application.  However, we consider that issues ra ised by the end-use criteria could be better tackled 
compared to issues that arise from PPM and relative environmental benefits. 
III. PROPOSED LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS  
7. On the basis of the above criteria, we have selected 89 products with corresponding HS codes 
in the annex attached, using both the OECD a nd the APEC lists. Most products are under the 
“pollution management” category, which most Member s agree is an area that should be included in 
the definition of environmental goods.  
8. The products are classified under the following subgroups of “air pollution control”, 
“wastewater management”, “solid/hazardous waste ma nagement”, “remediation/clean up of soil and 
water”, “noise/vibration abatement”, “monitoring/analysis.”  
IV. CONCLUSION  
9. The initial list of environmental goods pr oposed is not drawn up for negotiation per se  at the 
current stage, but is only intended for positive contributions to facilitate the discussion.  
10. It is clear from our experience that there are ma ny additional products that might be identified 
as environmental goods based on their contribution to the environmental protection.  Energy 
efficiency products are one such example that could be considered for inclusion on the basis of their 
potential environmental benefits.  However, we woul d like to emphasize again that in the context of 
market access negotiation, using simple and practic al criteria will provide a better chance of success 
in reaching an agreement among WTO Members.  
11. Korea encourages other Members to provide a list of environmental goods of their choice. 
Through such an approach, we hope the CTESS di scussion will advance in a more concrete and 
practical manner.  As the first step of negotiati on, Members could focus on the development of a 
workable list of environmental goods and then deal with practical considerations such as dual use and 
tariff classifications including “ex heading” goods, utilizing the activities alre ady conducted in other 
fora. 
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 ANNEX:  INITIAL LIST OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS 
 
No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
1 APC 840410 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of 
heading No. 8402 or 8403 (for example, 
economizers, super-heaters, soot removers, 
gas recoverers) Economizer   
Super-heater  
Soot recoverer 
Gas recoverer   
2 APC 840510 Producer gas or water gas generators, with or 
without their purifier;  acetylene gas 
generators and similar water process gas 
generator, with or without their purifiers Include only those with 
purifiers 
3 APC 841440 Air compressors mounted on a wheeled 
chassis for towing  
4 APC 841459 Fans (and blowers) other than table, floor, 
window, ceiling or roof fans with a self 
contained electric motor of an output not 
exceeding 125W  
5 APC 841480 Other air or gas compressors or hoods  
6 APC 842139 Filtering or Purifying Machinery and 
Apparatus for Gases;  other For purifying exhaust 
gas for  vehicles of 
Chapter 87, for the 
treatment of harmful 
exhaust  gas 
7 APC 842199 Parts of filtering or purifying machinery and 
apparatus for liquids or gases For purifying exhaust 
gas for  vehicles of 
Chapter 87 
8 APC 841960 Machinery for liquefying air or other gases  
9 APC 841780 Industrial or laboratory  furnaces and ovens, 
including incinerators, non-electric;  other  Waste incinerators or 
other waste treatment 
apparatus 
10 APC 851420 Industrial or Laborato ry Furnaces and Ovens; 
electric, induction or dielectric Waste incinerators or 
other waste treatment 
apparatus 
11 APC 851490 Parts of industrial or laboratory electric 
furnaces and ovens;  other laboratory 
induction or dielectri c heating equipment Parts of waste 
incinerators 
12 APC 842490 Parts for sprayers for powders or liquids Deflash machines for 
cleaning and removing,  
spraying appliances  
13 WWM 841440 Air compressors mounted on a wheeled 
chassis for towing  
14 WWM 841480 Other air or gas compressors or hoods  
15 WWM 854389 Electrical machines an d apparatus, having 
individual functions, not specified or 
included elsewhere in this chapter;  other Ionized water purifier, 
ozone production 
system 
16 WWM 280110 Chlorine  
17 WWM 281410 Anhydrous ammonia  
18 WWM 283220 Other sulphites Ammonium sulphite 
Potassium sulphites 
Calcium sulphites   
19 WWM 283525 Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (dicalcium 
phosphate)  
20 WWM 283526 Other phosphates of calcium  
21 WWM 842121 For filtering or purifying water  
22 WWM 842129 Other machinery for purifying liquids  TN/TE/W/48 
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 No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
23 WWM 842199 Parts for filtering or purifying machinery Filter for purifying 
machinery 
24 WWM 842119 Other centrifuges Other than centrifuges 
for medical, laboratory, 
food industry, 
petrochemical industry  
25 WWM 842191 Parts of centrifuges  
26 WWM 392690 Other articles of plastics and articles of other 
materials of headings 3901 to 3914;  other Bio-film medium that 
consists of woven fabric 
sheets that facilitate the 
growth of bio-
organisms and rotating 
biological contactor 
consisting of stacks of 
large (HDPE) plates 
that facilitate the growth 
of bio-organisms 
27 WWM 560314 Non-wovens, whether or not impregnated, 
coated, covered or laminated:  of manmade 
filaments;  weighing more than 150 g/m2 Fabric of polyethylene, 
polypropylene, or nylon 
for filtering wastewater 
28 WWM 580190 Woven pile & chenille fabrics of other textile 
materials  
29 WWM 591190 Textile products and articles, for technical 
uses, specified in note 7 to this chapter;  other Environmental 
protection cloth 
30 WWM 730900 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, 
of iron or steel , > 300 litres    
31 WWM 731010 Tanks, casks, drums, can s, boxes, of iron or 
steel, capactity >50 litres <300 litres   
32 WWM 731021 Cans which are to be closed by soldering or 
crimping, capacity less 50L  
33 WWM 731029 Other cans which are to be closed by 
soldering or crimping, capacity less 50L  
34 WWM 841011 Hydraulic turbines and water wheels of a 
power not exceeding 1,000 kW  
35 WWM 841012 Hydraulic turbines and water wheels of a 
power exceeding 1,000 kW but not exceeding 
10,000 kW  
36 WWM 841013 Hydraulic turbines and water wheels of a 
power exceeding 10,000 kW  
37 WWM 841090 Hydraulic turbines and water wheels;  parts, 
including regulators  
38 WWM 841780 Industrial or laboratory  furnaces and ovens, 
including incinerators, non-electric;  other Waste incinerators or 
other waste treatment 
apparatus 
39 WWM 842490 Parts for sprayers for powders or liquids Deflash machines for 
cleaning and removing, 
spraying appliances  
40 WWM 842833 Other continuous-action elevators and 
conveyors, for goods or materials;  other, belt 
type Belt-type above ground 
conveyor used to 
transfer solids or 
slurries between plants 
41 WWM 847982 Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, 
screening, sifting, homogenizing emulsifying 
or stirring machines Agitator for wastewater 
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 No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
42 WWM 851420 Furnaces and ovens;   functioning by 
induction or dielectric los Waste incinerators or 
other waste treatment 
apparatus 
43 WWM 851490 Parts of industrial or laboratory electric 
furnaces and ovens;  other laboratory 
induction or dielectri c heating equipment Parts of waste 
incinerators 
44 WWM 732510 Other cast articles of non-malleable cast iron  
45 WWM 841320 Hand pumps other than those of subheading 
8413.11 or 8413.19   
46 WWM 841350 Other reciprocating positive displacement 
pumps Pumps for sewage and 
wastewater treatment 
47 WWM 841360 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with 
a measuring device;  other rotary positive 
displacement pumps Pumps for sewage and 
wastewater treatment 
48 WWM 841370 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with 
a measuring device;  other centrifugal pumps Pumps for sewage and 
wastewater treatment 
49 WWM 841381 Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with 
a measuring device;  other pumps Pumps for sewage and 
wastewater treatment 
50 WWM 902610 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking the flow or level of liquid  
51 WWM 902620 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking pressure  
52 S/H 681099 Other articles of cement, of concrete or of 
artificial stone, whether or not reinforced   
53 S/H 851629 Other electric space heating and soil heating 
apparatus  
54 S/H 901320 Lasers, other than laser diodes  
55 S/H 960350 Other brushes constituting parts of machines, 
appliances or vehicles  
56 S/H 960390 Hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, 
not motorised, mops  
57 S/H 392020 Other plates, sheets, film, foil, strip of 
polymers of propylene(non-cellular)  
58 S/H 846291 Hydraulic presses Shredders/balers for 
metals;  hydraulic 
59 S/H 847290 Other office machines Paper shredders 
60 S/H 847410 Sorting, screening, separating or washing 
machines  Waste foundry sand 
reclamation equipment  
61 S/H 842220 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or 
other containers  
62 S/H 847432 Machines for mixing mineral substances with 
bitumen Asphalt recycle 
equipment 
63 S/H 847439 Other mixing or kneading machines for earth, 
stone, sand, etc  
64 S/H 847982 Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, 
screening, sifting, homogenizing emulsifying 
or stirring machines Crushers and grinders 
for solid waste   
65 S/H 841790 Parts of industrial or laboratory furnaces and 
ovens, including incinerators, non-electric Parts of waste 
incinerators 
66 S/H 851420 Furnaces and ovens;   functioning by 
induction or dielectric los Waste incinerators or 
other waste treatment 
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 No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
67 S/H 851490 Parts of industrial or laboratory electric 
furnaces and ovens:  other laboratory 
induction or dielectri c heating equipment Parts of waste 
incinerators 
68 R/C 851629 Other electric space heating and soil heating 
apparatus  
69 R/C 901320 Lasers, other than laser diodes  
70 R/C 854389 Electrical machines an d apparatus, having 
individual functions, not specified or 
included elsewhere in this chapter; other Ozone production 
system 
71 R/C 890790 Other floating structures Pollution Protection 
booms 
72 N/V 840991 Parts suitable for use solely or principally 
with the engines of heading No. 8407 or 
8408;  suitable for use solely or principally 
with spark-ignition internal combustion 
piston engines. Industrial mufflers 
73 N/V 840999 Parts suitable for use solely or principally 
with the engines of heading No. 8407 or 
8408;  other Vehicle mufflers 
74 N/V 870892 Silencers and exhaust pipes  
75 M/A 690310 Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, 
retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, 
supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and 
rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meal 
or of similar siliceous earths;  containing by 
weight more than 50% of graphite or other 
carbon or of a mixtur e of these products Laboratory refractory 
equipment 
76 M/A 690320 Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, 
retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, 
supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and 
rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meal 
or of similar siliceous earths; containing by 
weight more than 50% of alumina (Al 2O3) or 
of a mixture or compound of alumina and 
silica (SiO 2) Laboratory refractory 
equipment 
77 M/A 690390 Other refractory ceramic goods (for example, 
retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, 
supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and 
rods), other than those of siliceous fossil meal 
or of similar siliceous earths;  other Laboratory refractory 
equipment 
78 M/A 701710 Laboratory, hygienic  or pharmaceutical 
glassware, whether or not graduated or 
calibrated;  of fused quartz or other fused 
silica  
79 M/A 701720 Laboratory, hygienic  or pharmaceutical 
glassware, whether or not graduated or 
calibrated;  of other glass having a linear 
coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 X 
10-6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 
0°C to 300°C  
80 M/A 841480 Other air or gas compressors or hoods  
81 M/A 841960 Machinery for liquefying air or other gases   TN/TE/W/48 
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 No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
82 M/A 902580 Hydrometers and similar floating 
instruments, thermometers pyrometers, 
barometers, hygrometers, and psychrometers, 
recording or not, and  any combination of 
these instruments;  other instruments  
83 M/A 902590 Hydrometers and similar floating 
instruments, thermometers pyrometers, 
barometers, hygrometers, and psychrometers, 
recording or not, and any combination of 
these instruments:  parts and accessories  
84 M/A 902610 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking the flow or level of liquid  
85 M/A 902620 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
checking pressure  
86 M/A 902680 Other instruments and apparatus  
87 M/A 902690 Parts and accessories for articles of 
subheading 9026  
88 M/A 902720 Chromatographs and electrophoresis 
instruments  
89 M/A 902740 Exposure meters  
90 M/A 902750 Other instruments and apparatus using optical 
radiations (UV, visible, IR)  
91 M/A 902780 Other instruments and apparatus for physical 
or chemical analysis  
92 M/A 902790 Microtomes;  parts and accessories  
93 M/A 902890 Parts and accessories for articles of 
subheading 9028  
94 M/A 903010 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or 
detecting ionising radiations  
95 M/A 903031 Multimeters  
96 M/A 903039 Other instruments and apparatus, for 
measuring or checking voltage, current, 
resistance or power, without a recording 
device Volt meters 
Am meters 
Circuit testers 
Resistance meters 
Galvano meters 
97 M/A 903083 Other instruments and apparatus for 
measuring or checking electrical quantities, 
with a recording device  
98 M/A 903090 Parts and accessories for nominated articles 
of subheading 9030  
99 M/A 903130 Profile Projectors  
100 M/A 903149 Other optical instruments  
101 M/A 903190 Parts and accessories for nominated articles 
of subheading 9031  
102 M/A 903220 Manostats  
103 M/A 903281 Hydraulic or Pneumatic Instruments and 
Apparatus  
104 M/A 903289 Automatic Regulating or Controlling 
Instruments;  other  
105 M/A 903290 Parts and accessories for nominated articles 
of subheading 9032  TN/TE/W/48 
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 No. Class HS Code HS Description EX 
106 M/A 903300 Parts and accessories (not specified or 
included elsewhere in this chapter) for 
machines, appliances, instruments or 
apparatus of ch. 90  
 
 APC = Air Pollution Control   
 WWM = Waste Water Management 
 S/H = Solid/Hazardous Waste Management 
 R/C = Remediation and cleanup 
 N/V = Noise/vibration abatement 
 M/A= Monitoring/Analysis 
 
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