WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/W/37/Add.5 
25 July 2008 
 (08-3598) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
MARKET ACCESS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
 
Draft Modalities for the Sectoral Tariff Elimination in the Raw Material Sector 
 
 
Communication from the United Arab Emirates 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication, dated 24 July 2008, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Arab Emirates. 
 
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1. As proposed in the previous communica tion of 3 May 2007 (TN/MA/W37/Add.4/Rev1), 
tariff elimination in the raw materials sector is an  important component of a successful outcome of the 
Doha Development Agenda, especia lly considering paragraph 16 of the Mandate.  Raw materials are 
the fuel of the world economy.  Their liberalisation would contribute in many key areas to achieving a fair level playing field and to widening the ra nge of competitively priced products.  This would 
encourage competition, innovation, investment (notab ly in downstream transformation), price stability 
and predictability (or at least reduction in speculativ e price volatility), all this  promoting healthier and 
more transparent markets, as well as jobs growth.  It would be equally bene ficial to developed and 
developing countries.  2. In accordance with paragraph [12(a)] of  the NAMA modalities, this document sets out 
modalities for the [reduction or] elimination of tariff s on raw materials identified in the list in annex 
("Indicative product coverage for raw materials" ) as one of the non-mandatory sectoral initiatives. 
 
Procedure/Process 
 
3. Participants in the raw materials sectoral initiative are expected to fulfil the commitments 
described in these modalities if "critical mass" is reached, that is, if WTO Members representing 
[90] per cent of global trade in raw materials have indicated their intent to participate.  
 4. Members are encouraged to notify proponents and the WTO Secretariat of their participation 
in the raw materials sectoral initiative no later th an two months after the establishment of NAMA 
modalities. When submitting its comprehensive dr aft schedule, each Member that notified its 
participation ("participants") shall have its comm itments relating to raw materials incorporated on a 
conditional basis in conformity with the modalities therein.  5. Participants should meet no later than one m onth after the submission of comprehensive draft 
schedules to review the state of par ticipation and decide how to proceed. 
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  Principal Sectoral Modality 
 
6.  Participants will eliminate tariffs on the produc ts identified in the list annexed ("indicative 
product coverage for raw materials") [immediately  at the entry into force of the DDA results]. 
 Special and Differential Treatment 
 
7. [Developing Member participants may apply flexibility options].  
 
Product Coverage 
 
9. A possible product coverage list is contained in  the attached annex. The ultimate decision on 
product coverage rests with the participants in the agreement. 
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  Annex 1  
 
Indicative product coverage for raw materials  
 
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2501 SALT (INCLUDING TABLE SALT AND DENATURED SALT) AND PURE SODIUM 
CHLORIDE, WHETHER OR NOT IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OR CONTAINING ADDED ANTI-CAKING OR FREE-FLOWING AGENTS; SEA WATER. 
2505 NATURAL SANDS OF ALL KINDS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, OTHER THAN 
METAL BEARING SANDS OF CHAPTER 26. 
2515 MARBLE, TRAVERTINE, ECAUSSINE AND OTHER CALCAREOUS MONUMENTAL 
OR BUILDING STONE OF AN APPARENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 2.5 OR MORE, AND ALABASTER, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OF MERELY CUT, BY 
SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OF SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR SHAPE.  
2516 GRANITE PORPHYRY, BASALT, SANDSTONE AND OTHER MONUMENTAL OR 
BUILDING STONE, WHETHER OF NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SABLS OF A RECTANGULAR 
(INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE 
2519 NATURAL MAGNESIUM CARBONATE (MAGNESITE); FUSED MAGNESIA; DEAD-
BURNED (SINTERED) MAGNESIA, WH ETHER OF NOT CONTAINING SMALL 
QUANTITIES OF OTHER OXIDES ADDED BEFORE SINTERING; OTHER 
MAGNESIUM OXIDE, WHETHER OR NOT PURE. 
2520 GYPSUM; ANHYDRITE; PLASTERS (CONSISTING OF CALCINED GYPSUM OR 
CALCIUM SULPHATE) WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, WITH OR WITHOUT SMALL 
QUANTITIES OF ACCELERATORS OR RETARDERS. 
2523 PORTLAND CEMENT, ALUMINOUS CEMENT, SLAG CEMENT, SUPERSULPHATE 
CEMENT AND SIMILAR HYDRAULIC CEMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED OR IN THE FORM OF CLINKERS.  
2530 MINERAL SUBSTANCES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED 
2601 IRON ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING ROASTED IRON PYRITES: 
2601.11  -- Non-agglomerated 
2601.12  -- Agglomerated 
2602.00 MANGANESE ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING FERRUGINOUS 
MANGANESE ORES AND CONCENTRATES WITH A MANGANESE CONTENT OF 20% OR MORE, CALCULATED ON THE DRY WEIGHT.  
2603.00 COPPER ORES AND CONCENTRATES  
2604.00 NICKEL ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2605.00 COBALT ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2606.00 ALUMINIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2607.00 LEAD ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2608.00 ZINC ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2609.00 TIN ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2610.00 CHROMIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2611.00 TUNGSTEN ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2612.00 URANIUM OR THORIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2614.00 TITANIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2615.00 NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, VANADIUM OR ZIRCONIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2616.00 PRECIOUS METAL ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
2620.00 ASH AND RESIDUES (OTHER THAN FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR 
STEEL), CONTAINING ARSENIC, METALS OR THEIR COMPOUNDS 
2701 COAL; BRIQUETTES, OVOIDS AND SI MILAR SOLID FUELS MANUFACTURED 
FROM COAL. 
2704 COKE AND SEMI-COKE OF COAL, OF LIGNITE OR OF PEAT, WHETHER OR NOT 
AGGLOMERATED; RETORT CARBON. TN/MA/W/37/Add.5 
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2707 OILS AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE DISTILLATION OF HIGH TEMPERATURE 
COAL TAR; SIMILAR PRODUCTS IN WHICH THE WEIGHT OF THE AROMATIC 
CONSTITUENTS EXCEEDS THAT OF TH E NON-AROMATIC CONSTITUENTS.  
2708 PITCH AND PITCH COKE, OBTAINED FROM COAL TAR OF FROM OTHER MINERAL 
TARS. 
2709 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS.  
2710 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS, OTHER 
THAN CRUDE; PREPARATIONS NOT ELS EWHERE SPECIFIED OF INCLUDED, 
CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 70% OF MORE OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OILS 
OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS , THESE OILS BEING THE BASIC.  
2711 PETROLEUM GASES AND OTHER GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS. 
2715.00 BITUMINOUS MIXTURE BASED ON NATURAL ASPHALT, ON NATURAL BITUMEN, 
ON PETROLEUM BITUMEN, ON MINERAL TAR OF MINERAL TAR PITCH (FOR 
EXAMPLE, BITUMINOUS MASTICS, CUT-BACKS) 
2818 ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OF NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; 
ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE.  
2820 MANGANESE OXIDES. 
7101 PEARLS, NATURAL OF CULTURED, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED OF GRADED BUT 
NOT STRUNG, MOUNTED OR SET; PEARLS, NATURAL OR CULTURED, 
TEMPORARILY STRUNG FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT. 
7102 DIAMONDS, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED, BUT NOT MOUNTED OR SET 
7203 FERROUS PRODUCTS OBTAINED BY DIRECT REDUCTION OF IRON ORE AND 
OTHER SPONGY FERROUS PRODUCTS, IN LUMPS, PELLETS OR SIMILAR FORMS; 
IRON HAVING A MINIMUM PURITY BY WE IGHT IN LUMPS, PELLETS OR SIMILAR 
FORMS 
7204 FERROUS WASTE AND SCRAP; REMELTING SCRAP INGOTS OF IRON OR STEEL 
 - WASTE AND SCRAP OF ALLOY STEEL: 
7204.21 -- OF STAINLESS STEEL 
7204.29 -- OTHER 
 - OTHER WASTE AND SCRAP 
7204.49 -- OTHER 
7401 COPPER MATTES; CEMENT COPPER (PRECIPITATED COPPER): 
7401.10 - Copper mattes  
7401.20 - Cement copper (precipitated copper)  
7402.00 UNREFINED COPPER; COPPER ANOD ES FOR ELECTROLYTIC REFINING.   
7403 REFINED COPPER AND COPPER ALLOYS, UNWROUGHT: 
7403.1 Refined copper :  
7403.11 - Cathodes and sections of cathodes  
7403.12 - Wire-bars 
7403.13 - Billets 
7403.19 - Other 
7403.2 - Copper alloys: 
7403.21 - Copper-zinc base alloys (brass) 
7403.22 - Copper-tin base alloys (bronze) 
7403.23 - Copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silver) 
7403.29 - Other copper alloys (other than master alloys of heading 7405)  
7404.00 COPPER WASTE AND SCRAP 
7405.00 MASTRAL ALLOYS OF COPPER  
7406 COPPER POWDERS AND FLAKES:  
 
7406.10 -Powders of non-lamellar structure  
7406.20 -Powders of lamellar structure; flakes 
7501 NICKEL MATTES, NICKEL OXIDE SINTERS AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE 
PRODUCTS OF NICKEL METALLURGY.  TN/MA/W/37/Add.5 
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7502 UNWROUGHT NICKEL. 
7504 NICKEL POWDERS AND FLAKES 
7601 UNWROUGHT ALUMINIUM  
7601.10 Aluminium, not alloyed 
7601.20 Aluminium alloys 
7602.00 ALUMINIUM WASTE SCRAP  
7603 ALUMINIUM POWDERS AND FLAKES :  
7603.10 -powders of non-lamellar structure  
7603.20 -powders of lamellar structure 
7801 UNWROUGHT LEAD 
7901 UNWROUGHT ZINC 
8104 MAGNESIUM AND ARTICLES THERE 
OF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP:  
8104.1 -Unwrought magnesium :  
8104.11   - Containing at least 99.8% by weight of magnesium 
8104.19   - Other 
8104.20 -waste and scrap 
8104.30 -raspings, turnings and granules, gr aded according to size; powders  
8105 COBALT MATTES AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF COBALT 
METALLURGY; COBALT AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND 
SCRAP 
8111.00 MANGANESE AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP 
 
 
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