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G/MA/TAR/RS/286 
27 May 2011 
 (11-2592) 
Committee on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
RECTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION OF SCHEDULES 
 
Schedule CLIII- Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,  
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 20 May 2011, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Separate Customs Territory  of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. 
 
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  Pursuant to the Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions
1, the Separate Customs Territory of Ta iwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu hereby 
communicates draft changes to reclassify the tariff item of "Quartz reactor rubes and holders designed 
for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces fo r production of semiconductor wafers" from tariff 
item number 70171010, as contained in the Sche dule CLIII, to 70200012.  The reason for the 
re-classification is because said products are more  appropriately classified under tariff item 70200012.  
The draft modifications are contained in the attachments2 and they do not alter the scope of the 
concessions of the Separate Customs Territory  of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu under 
Schedule CLIII.  
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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 to Schedule CLIII- Separate Customs Territory of 
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 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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Attachment 1 
 
SCHEDULE CLIII - THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF  
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU 
This Schedule is authentic on ly in the English language 
PART I - MOST-FAVORED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION II - Other Products 
 
HS2002 Description Bound rate at 
date of 
accession Final 
bound 
rate Implementation INR ODCs 
7017 Laboratory, hygienic or pharm aceutical glassware,  whether or not 
graduated or calibrated      
701710 -Of fused quartz or other fused silica      
70171000 -Laboratory,  hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not 
graduated or calibrated, of fused quartz or other fused silica  7.5 5 2006 CE15,JP 0 
7020 Other articles of glass      
702000 Other articles of glass      
70200012 -- Quartz reactor tubes and holders, designed for insertion into 
diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor 
wafers (ITA) 
 0 0   0 
  
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Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu—Attachment B  
With respect to any product described in or for Attachment B to  the Annex to Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Te chnology Products 
(WT/MIN(96)/16), to the extent not specifically provided for in this Schedule, the customs duties on such product, as well any other duties and charges of 
any kind (within the meaning of Article II:1(b) of the Genera l Agreement on Tariff and Trade 1994), shall be bound and eliminat ed, as set forth in 
Paragraph 2(a) of the Annex to the Declaration, wherever the product is classified 
 
Description HS 
Quartz reactor tubes and holders, designed fo r insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for 
production of semiconductor wafers  70200012 
 
  
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