RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/MA/TAR/RS/103 
1 December 2005 
 (05-5730) 
Committee on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
 
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES 
 
Schedule LXXIII –Singapore
 
  
 The following communication, dated 14 November 2005, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Singapore. 
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 Pursuant to the Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff 
Concessions1, Singapore hereby communicates draft changes to correct three technical errors 
contained in Schedule LXXIII which r esulted from the transposition to HS962 and the introduction of 
the commitments under the Inform ation Technology Agreement (ITA)3.  These technical 
modifications do not alter Singapore’ s commitment under Schedule LXXIII. 
  This rectification aims to (i) remove the “ex01” of tariff item numbers 611593110ex01, 
611593120ex01; (ii) correct the product descrip tion for tariff item number 720928000ex01 that 
occurred at the time of introduction of HS 1996 ch anges into the Schedule; and (iii) correct the 
product description of “ex01” tariff item numbe r 901720000ex01 that o ccurred when Singapore 
submitted commitments undertaken under the ITA.     
 Detailed explanatory notes and a table with the draft rectification are contained in the 
attachments
4.  Singapore would like to note that these corrections do not alter the scope of its 
concessions.   
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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 LXXIII – Singapore - will be deemed to be 
approved and will be formally certified. 
                                                     
 
1 Decision of 26 March 1980, GATT BISD 27S/25. 
2 Tariff items affected by HS96 ch anges were certified in WT/Let/263. 
3 Singapore's ITA commitments we re certified in WT/Let/175. 
4 In English only.  
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ATTACHMENT 1 – EXPLANATORY NOTE 
  
 (i) Remove “ex01” from tariff item num bers 611593110ex01 and 611593120ex01 (HS 1996)
 
  As a result of the changes to the Schedul e related to the introduction of the 1996 ve rsion of the Harmonized System Nomenclatu re (HS96), 
HS1996 tariff item numbers ex611593110 and ex611593120 were tr ansposed from HS1992 tariff item numbers 611593118, 611593129, 61 1593131 
and 611593142.  A technical error was comm itted in this transposition as there should ha ve not been an “ex01” added to these HS 1996 tariff item 
numbers.  It should to be noted that these HS96 items have a perfe ct match, in terms of coverage, with the HS 1992 tariff item numbers, and there is 
no difference in the final bound rates.   
HS 1992 Product Description Final 
Bound 
Rate Existing HS96 
code Existing Product 
Description Final 
Bound 
Rate Proposed 
HS96 code Proposed Product 
Description Final 
Bound 
Rate 
611593118 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted not elastic of 
synthetic fibres for men and children 10 611593110ex01 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted 
or crocheted of 
synthetic fibres for men (tpr) 10 611593110 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted of synthetic 
fibres for men (tpr) 10 
611593129 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted not elastic of synthetic fibres for 
women 10 611593120ex01 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted 
or crocheted of synthetic fibres for 
women & children 
(tpr) 10 611593120 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted of synthetic fibres for women & 
children (tpr) 10 
611593131 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted elastic of 
synthetic fibres for men 10       
611593142 Stockings socks 
sockettes etc knitted or 
crocheted elastic of synthetic fibres for 
women and children 10       
* bold represents the revision  
  G/MA/TAR/RS/103
 Page 3ii) Correct the product description for tariff item number 720928000ex01 (HS 1996)  
  As a result of the changes to the Schedule related to the introduction of the HS96, HS1996 tariff item 72092800 resulted from the merger of 
the following two HS 1992 item numbers:  720934004 and 720944008.  It is to be noted that HS92 item 720934004 was unbound; whil e 720944008 
was bound at 0.  Existing HS96 item 720928000ex01 was inte nded only to represent HS92 item 72094 4008 and Singapore would, there fore, like to 
correct the product description to reflect this.  
HS 1992 Product Description Final 
Bound 
Rate Existing HS96 
code Existing Product 
Description Final 
Bound 
Rate Proposed HS96 
code Proposed Product 
Description Final 
Bound 
Rate 
720944008 Other flat-cold-rolled, 
not coils 0.6 m & more 
wide, below 0.5 mm 
thick, of iron or non-alloy steel (TNE) 0 720928000ex01 Other flat - cold - 
rolled not coils 
600mm or  more 
wide below 0.5 mm thick of iron non - 
alloy steel (tne) 0 720928000ex01 Flat - cold - rolled not 
coils 600mm or  more 
wide, below 0.5 mm 
thick, of iron non - alloy steel, does not have a 
minimum yielding pt 275 
MPA  (tne) 0 
720934004 Flat-cold-rolled not 
coils, 0.6 m & more 
wide, below 0.5 mm 
thick, yielding pt 275 
MPA, of iron or non-
alloy steel (TNE) U       
* bold represents the revision 
  
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(iii)  Correct product description of ITA item 181 contained in ex901720  
 
 Singapore would like to make a technical correction relating to  its ITA commitments circulated in document G/MA/TAR/RS/20 and 
certified in WT/Let/175.  Item 181 under Attachment B of the ITA consists of an ex-out to subhe ading 901720 which is described as “Pattern 
generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or retic les from photoresist coated substrates”. However, it currently appears in Singapore's 
schedule as “ex90172000 Other drawing marking – out of mathematical calculating instrume nts".  That is, the current description  corresponds to the 
entire subheading instead of the ITA ex-out.  Given that Singapor e's intention in G/MA/TAR/RS/20 was solely to introduce ITA re lated 
commitments in its schedule of concessions, it would like to corr ect the product description of ex901720000 accordingly.  This change does not alter 
Singapore’s commitments under the ITA. 
  
HS 1996 Existing Product Description HS 1996 Proposed Product Description 
901720000ex01 Other drawing, marking – out or 
mathematical calculating instruments 901720000ex01
Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or 
reticles from photoresist coated substrates 
* bold represents the revision 
 
 
  
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SCHEDULE LXXIII – SINGAPORE  
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language  
 
PART I: MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION II:  Other Products 
 
  
HS96 Product Description Final Bound 
Rate 
611593110 Stockings socks sockettes etc knitted or cr ocheted of synthetic fibres for men (tpr) 10 
611593120 Stockings socks sockettes etc knitted or crocheted of synthetic fi bres for women & children (tpr) 10 
720928000ex01 Flat - cold - rolled not coils 600mm or  more wide, below 0.5 mm thick, of iron non - alloy steel, does not have a  
minimum yielding pt 275 MPA  (tne) 0 
901720000ex01 Pattern generating appa ratus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates 0 
 
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