WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
26 May 2006 
 (06-2535) 
Negotiating Group on Market Access Original:   English 
  
 
MARKET ACCESS FOR NON-AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
 
Trade liberalisation in the raw materials sector
 
 
Communication from the United Arab Emirates 
 
Addendum  
   The following communication, dated 26 May 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Arab Emirates. 
 
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1. Economic benefits 
1.1 As stated in previous communications fro m UAE since May 2003, and discussed in several 
bilateral and plurilateral meetings , the proposed liberalisation of raw materials responds to the Doha 
Mandate, especially {16. 
 
1.2 The sectoral proposal for the liberalisation of raw materials has the advantages of simplicity, clarity and flexibility and offers e qual potential of benefits for devel oping and industrialised countries. 
 
1.3 It is our hope that participating into the discussions on the raw materials sectoral proposal will not only mobilise most interested parties, but will also serve for all as an exercise showcasing the merits of the sectoral approach itself.  
1.4 For this purpose we would like here to str ess the economic gains that could derive, in our 
view, from the sectoral liberalisation of raw materials, not only as an incentive for Members to engage proactively into the negotiation of this proposal, but also because we believe that the same vision 
could be used to illustrate the positive effects of sectoral liberalisation in other sectors: 
 1.5 Raw materials are the fuel of the world econom y.  Their liberalisation would contribute in 
many key sectors to achieving a fair level playing field and to widening the range of competitively 
priced products.  This would encourage competiti on, innovation, capital flows, investment, price 
stability and predictability (or at least reduction in  speculative price volatility), all this promoting 
healthier and more transparent markets, and jobs growth.  
1.6 Liberalised raw materials would also be tter respond to offer/demand cycles and regional 
economic dynamics.  Logistics could be also better managed in an open market.  Consumption would 
be stimulated.  Liberalised raw materials would also support the competitiven ess of semi-fabricating 
industries (raw materials can represent up to 50% of the cost of semi-finished products).  They would promote the growth of downstream and processi ng businesses in developing countries, thus 
decreasing their vulnerability to the price volatility and cycles of raw materials. TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  1.7 Raw materials, especially minerals and ores, represent also more than 50% of the revenues of 
many developing countries.  The consensus amo ng economists and industrialists is that trade 
liberalisation promotes worldwide economic growth , poverty alleviation, job creation, rising living 
standards, wider consumer choice and efficiency of the industries.  
1.8 Liberalised raw materials and primary pro ducts can powerfully contribute to economic 
growth through: 
 
• Increased exploration; development; networki ng and pooling of geological data and of 
exploitation technologies; allowing for a be tter management of mineral wealth.  
 
• Increased imports of capital goods, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). 
 
• Development of export oriented industries, espec ially in the downstream sector (minerals and 
metals processing industries for example). 
 
• Stimulation of the growth of the private sector. 
 
• Jobs creation, especially for nationals. 
 
• Development of inter-regional trade. 
 
1.9 Taking into consideration the direction fro m Ministers at Hong Kong to “review proposals 
with a view to identifying those which could garner  sufficient participation to be realized”, the 
following proposal is made for the consideration of all Members.  
1.10 UAE suggests again the use of the questi onnaire that has been circulated among all the 
Members or any way Members may wish to use to communicate their views.  
2. Modalities: 
(a) Product coverage 
2.1 It is proposed that both participation and pr oduct coverage be as wide as possible.  Some 
Members have already indicated their choice of tariff lines for inclusion in the proposal. 
 2.2 This proposal comprises raw materials from earth and from plant extraction (such as primary aluminium) which are used and processed by manufacturing industries.    
2.3 The indicative list below is presented as a b asis for discussion for the Members who have not 
yet expressed their interests, sensitivities and other specifications:   TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Possible Tariff Lines for Inclusion 
 
Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
 
 
   2501.00 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: 
   2505.10 -Silica sands and quartz sands 
    
   2509.00 CHALK 
    
   2514.00 SLATE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY CUT, BY 
SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE 
    
   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 OR MERELY CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INC 
   2515.1 -Marble and travertine: 
   2515.11     --Crude or roughly trimmed 
   2515.12 --Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including 
square) shape 
   2515.20 -Ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster 
    
   2516 GRANITE, PORPHYRY, BASALT, SANDSTONE AND OTHER MONUMENTAL 
OR BUILDING STONE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY 
CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE: 
   2516.1 - Granite: 
   2516.11     --Crude or roughly trimmed 
   2516.12 --Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including 
square) shape 
   2516.2 -Sandstone: 
   2516.21     --Crude or roughly trimmed 
   2516.22 --Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including 
square) shape 
   2516.90 -Other monumental or building stone 
 TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   2519 NATURAL MAGNESIUM CARBO NATE (MAGNESITE); FUSED MAGNESIA; 
DEAD-BURNED (SINTERED) MAGNESIA, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING SMALL QUANTITIES OF OTHER OXIDES ADDED BEFORE SINTERING; OTHER MAGNESIUM OXIDE, WHETHER OR NOT PURE: 
   2519.90 -Other 
    
   2520 GYPSUM; ANHYDRITE; PLASTERS (CONSISTING OF CALCINED GYPSUM OR 
CALCIUM SULPHATE) WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED, WITH OR WITHOUT SMALL QUANTITIES OF ACCELERATORS OR RETARDERS: 
   2520.10 -Gypsum; anhydrite 
    
   2523 PORTLAND CEMENT, ALUMINOUS CEMENT, SLAG CEMENT, 
SUPERSULPHATE CEMENT AND SIMILAR HYDRAULIC CEMENTS, WHETHER OR NOT COLOURED OR IN THE FORM OF CLINKERS: 
   2523.10 -Cement clinkers 
   2523.2 -Portland cement: 
   2523.21   --White cement, whether or not artificially coloured 
   2523.29   --Other 
   2523.30 -Aluminous cement 
   2523.90 -Other hydraulic cements 
    
   2525 MICA, INCLUDING SPLITTINGS; MICA WASTE: 
   2525.10 - Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings 
   2525.20 - Mica powder 
   2525.30 - Mica waste 
    
   2526 NATURAL STEATITE, WHETHER OR NOT ROUGHLY TRIMMED OR MERELY 
CUT, BY SAWING OR OTHERWISE, INTO BLOCKS OR SLABS OF A RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE) SHAPE; TALC: 
   2526.10 -Not crushed, not powdered 
   2526.20 -Crushed or powdered 
    
   2530 MINERAL SUBSTANCES NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED: 
   2530.90 -Other 
    
   2601 IRON ORES AND CONCENTRATES, INCLUDING ROASTED IRON PYRITES:  
   2601.1 -Iron ores and concentrates, other than roasted iron pyrites: 
   2601.11   --Non-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  TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   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 URANIUM OR THORIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES: 
   2612.10 -Uranium ores and concentrates 
   2612.20 -Thorium ores and concentrates 
   
   2613 MOLYBDENUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES: 
   2613.10 -Roasted 
   2613.90 -Other 
   
   2614.00 TITANIUM ORES AND CONCENTRATES 
    
   2615 NIOBIUM, TANTALUM, VANADIUM OR ZIRCONIUM ORES AND 
CONCENTRATES: 
   2615.10 -Zirconium ores and concentrates 
   2615.90 -Other 
   2616 Precious : metal ores and concentrates 
   2617 OTHER ORES AND CONCENTRATES: 
   2617.10 -Antimony ores and concentrates 
   2617.90 -Other 
    
   2620 ASH AND RESIDUES (OTHER THAN FROM THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR 
STEEL), CONTAINING ARSENIC, METALS OR THEIR COMPOUNDS: 
   2620.99     --Other 
    
   2701 COAL; BRIQUETTES, OVOIDS AND SIMILAR SOLID FUELS MANUFACTURED 
FROM COAL: 
   2701.1 -Coal, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated: 
   2701.11     --Anthracite 
   2701.12     --Bituminous coal 
   2701.19     --Other coal 
   2701.20     --Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   2704.00 COKE AND SEMI-COKE OF COAL, OF LIGNITE OR OF PEAT WHETHER OR 
NOT AGGLOMERATED; RETORT CARBON 
    
   2706.00 TAR DISTILLED FROM COAL, FROM LIGNITE OR FROM PEAT, AND OTHER 
MINERAL TARS, WHETHER OR NOT DEHYDRATED OR PARTIALLY 
DISTILLED, INCLUDING RECONSTITUTED TARS: 
   2706.00        ---Other 
    
   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 THE NON-AROMATIC 
CONSTITUENTS: 
   2707.60 -Phenols 
   2707.9 -Other: 
   2707.91     --Creosote oils 
    
   2708 PITCH AND PITCH COKE, OBTAINED FROM COAL TAR OR FROM OTHER 
MINERAL TARS: 
   2708.10 -Pitch 
   2708.20 -Pitch coke 
    
   2709.00 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OB TAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS, 
CRUDE 
    
   2710 PETROLEUM OILS AND OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS, 
OTHER THAN CRUDE; PREPARATIONS  NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR 
INCLUDED, CONTAINING BY WEIGHT 70% OR MORE OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS, THESE OILS BEING THE BASIC CONS 
   2710.1 -Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other than crude) and 
preparations not elsewhere specified or incl uded, containing by weight 70% or more of 
petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic 
   2710.11 Light oils and preparations 
   2710.19 Other 
    
   2711 PETROLEUM GASES AND OTHER GASEOUS HYDROCARBONS: 
   2711.1 -Liquefied: 
   2711.11     --Natural gas 
   2711.12     --Propane 
   2711.13     --Butanes 
   2715.00 BITUMINOUS MIXTURES BASED ON NATURAL ASPHALT, ON NATURAL 
BITUMEN, ON PETROLEUM BITUMEN, ON MINERAL TAR OR ON MINERAL TAR PITCH (FOR EXAMPLE, BITUMINOUS MASTICS, CUT-BACKS)   TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   2818 ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; 
ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE: 
   2818.10 -Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined 
   2818.20 -Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum 
   2818.30 -Aluminium hydroxide 
    
   2820 MANGANESE OXIDES: 
   2820.10 -Manganese dioxide 
   2820.90 -Other 
    
   2825 HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAM INE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS; 
OTHER INORGANIC BASES; OTHER METAL OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES: 
   2825.10 -Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts 
   2825.20 -Lithium oxide and hydroxide 
   2825.30 -Vanadium oxides and hydroxides 
   2825.40 -Nickel oxides and hydroxides 
   2825.50 -Copper oxides and hydroxides 
   2825.60 -Germanium oxides and zirconium dioxide 
   2825.70 -Molybdenum oxides and hydroxides 
   2825.80 -Antimony oxides 
   2825.90 -Other 
    
   7101 PEARLS, NATURAL OR CULT URED, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED OR 
GRADED BUT NOT STRUNG, MOUNTED OR SET; PEARLS, NATURAL OR 
CULTURED, TEMPORARILY STRUNG FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT: 
   7101.10 -Natural pearls 
   7101.2 -Cultured pearls: 
   7101.21     --Unworked 
   7101.22     --Worked 
    
   7102 DIAMONDS, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED, BUT NOT MOUNTED OR SET: 
   7102.10 -Unsorted 
   7102.2 -Industrial: 
   7102.21     --Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted 
   7102.29     --Other 
   7102.3 -Non-industrial: 
   7102.31     --Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted 
   7102.39     --Other 
   7103 PRECIOUS STONES (OTHER THAN DIAMONDS) AND SEMI-PRECIOUS 
STONES, WHETHER OR NOT WORKED OR GRADED BUT NOT STRUNG, 
MOUNTED OR SET; UNGRADED PRECIOUS STONES (OTHER THAN DIAMONDS) AND SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, TEMPORARILY STRUNG FOR CONVENIENCE OF TRANSPORT: 
   7103.10 -Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped: 
   7103.9 -Otherwise worked: TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   7103.91     --Rubies, sapphires and emeralds 
   7103.99     --Other 
    
   7106 SILVER (INCLUDING SILVER PLATED WITH GOLD OR PLATINUM), 
UNWROUGHT OR IN SEMI-MANUFACTURED FORMS, OR IN POWDER FORM: 
   7106.10 -Powder 
   7106.9 -Other: 
   7106.91     --Unwrought 
   7106.92     --Semi-manufactured 
    
   7108 GOLD (INCLUDING GOLD PLATED WITH PLATINUM) UNWROUGHT OR IN 
SEMI-MANUFACTURED FORMS, OR IN POWDER FORM: 
   7108.1 -Non-monetary: 
   7108.11     --Powder 
   7108.12     --Other unwrought forms 
   7108.13     --Other semi-manufactured forms 
    
   7112 WASTE AND SCRAP OF PRECIOUS METAL OR OF METAL CLAD WITH 
PRECIOUS METAL;  OTHER WASTE AND SCRAP CONTAINING PRECIOUS METAL OR PRECIOUS METAL COMPOUNDS, OF A KIND USED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METAL: 
   7112.30 -Ash containing precious  metal or precious metal compounds 
   7112.9 -Other: 
   7112.91 --Of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other 
precious metals 
   7112.92 --Of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing 
other precious metals 
   7112.99 --Other 
    
   7201 PIG IRON AND SPIEGELEISEN IN PIGS, BLOCKS OR OTHER PRIMARY 
FORMS: 
   7201.10 -Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0.5% or less of phosphorus 
   7201.20 -Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0.5% of phosphorus 
   7201.50 -Alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen 
 
   7202 FERRO-ALLOYS: 
   7202.1 -Ferro-manganese: 
   7202.11     --Containing by weight more than 2% of carbon 
   7202.30 -Ferro-silico-manganese 
     TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   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 WEIGHT OF 99.94%, IN LUMPS, PELLETS OR SIMILAR FORMS: 
   7203.10 -Ferrous products obtaine d by direct reduction of iron ore 
    
   7204 FERROUS WASTE AND SCRAP; REMELTING SCRAP INGOTS OF IRON OR 
STEEL: 
   7204.29     --Other 
   7204.30 -Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel 
   7204.4 -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 ANODES 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 MASTER 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: 
   7501.10 -Nickel mattes 
   7501.20 -Nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy 
    
   7502 UNWROUGHT NICKEL: TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   7502.10 -Nickel, not alloyed 
   7502.20 -Nickel alloys 
    
   7503.00 NICKEL WASTE AND SCRAP 
   
   7504.00 NICKEL POWDERS AND FLAKES 
    
   7601 UNWROUGHT ALUMINIUM: 
   7601.10 -Aluminium, not alloyed 
   7601.20 -Aluminium alloys 
    
   7602.00 ALUMINIUM WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   7603 ALUMINIUM POWDERS AND FLAKES: 
   7603.10 -Powders of non-lamellar structure 
   7603.20 -Powders of lamellar structure; flakes 
    
   7801 UNWROUGHT LEAD: 
   7801.10 -Refined lead 
   7801.9 -Other: 
   7801.91     --Containing by weight antimony as the principal other element 
   7801.99     --Other 
    
   7802.00 LEAD WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   7901 UNWROUGHT ZINC: 
   7901.1 -Zinc, not alloyed: 
   7901.11     --Containing by weight 99.99% or more of zinc 
   7901.12     --Containing by weight less than 99.99% of zinc 
   7901.20 -Zinc alloys 
    
   7902.00 ZINC WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   8001 UNWROUGHT TIN: 
   8001.10 -Tin, not alloyed 
   8001.20 -Tin alloys 
    
   8002.00 TIN WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   8101 TUNGSTEN (WOLFRAM) AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND 
SCRAP: 
   8101.10 -Powders 
   8101.97    --Waste and scrap 
    
   8102 MOLYBDENUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8102.10 -Powders 
   8102.9 -Other:  TN/MA/W/37/Add.4 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   8102.94    --Unwrought molybdenum, includi ng bars and rods obtained simply by sintering 
   8102.97    --Waste and scrap 
    
   8103 TANTALUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8103.20 -Unwrought tantalum, including bars a nd rods obtained simply by sintering; powders 
   8103.30 -Waste and scrap 
    
   8104 MAGNESIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, 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 gra nules, graded according to size; powders 
    
   8105 COBALT MATTES AND OTHER INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS OF COBALT 
METALLURGY; COBALT AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8105.20 -Cobalt mattes and other intermediate  products of cobalt meta llurgy; unwrought cobalt; 
powders 
   8105.30 -Waste and scrap 
    
   8106.00 BISMUTH AND ARTICL ES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   8107 CADMIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8107.20 -Unwrought cadmium; powders 
   8107.30 -Waste and scrap 
    
   8108 TITANIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8108.20 -Unwrought titanium; powders 
   8108.30 -Waste and scrap 
    
   8109 ZIRCONIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8109.20 -Unwrought zirconium; powders 
   8109.30 -Waste and scrap 
    
   8110 ANTIMONY AND ARTICLES THER EOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8110.10 -Unwrought antimony; powders 
   8110.20 -Waste and scrap 
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  Tariff 
item 
number 
(HS2002)  
Description of product 
  
   8111.00 MANGANESE AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP 
    
   8112 BERYLLIUM, CHROMIUM, GERMANIUM, VANADIUM, GALLIUM, HAFNIUM, 
INDIUM, NIOBIUM (COLUMBIUM), RHENIUM AND THALLIUM, AND ARTICLES OF THESE METALS, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP: 
   8112.1 -Beryllium: 
   8112.12    --Unwrought; powders 
   8112.13    --Waste and scrap 
   8112.2 -Chromium: 
   8112.21    --Unwrought; powders 
   8112.22    --Waste and scrap 
   8112.30 -Germanium 
   8112.40 -Vanadium 
   8112.5 -Thallium: 
   8112.51    --Unwrought; powders 
   8112.52    --Waste and scrap 
   8112.9 -Other: 
   8112.92    --Unwrought; waste and scrap; powders 
   8112.99    --Other 
    
   8113.00 CERMETS AND ARTICLES THEREOF, INCLUDING WASTE AND SCRAP 
 2.4 The ultimate decision on product coverage rests with the participants in the agreement and 
will be made by July 31, 2006 or as otherwise agreed by Members. 
 
(b) Participation 
2.5 Participation will be based on a voluntary b asis. The Members who have already expressed an 
interest for this proposal but have not yet comm unicated their views and trade data, and Members 
wanting to join in the discussions on the raw ma terials proposal are encouraged to express their 
commitments and requests.  The participation of a ll important importers and exporters within this 
proposal is essential to its meaningfulness and for the success of the agreement.  Least developed 
countries will not be asked to participate but are welcome to do so, especially having in mind those 
for which exports of raw materials constitute a signi ficant share of their GDP.  To date interested 
Members have been considering the definition of “critical mass” as participation by Members representing 90% of world trade.  This definition is subject to agreement by Members participating in 
this agreement by July 31, 2006 or as otherwise agreed by Members. 
 
(c) Implementation 
2.6 It is proposed that developed and developing countries implement their commitments as soon 
as possible.  The ultimate decision on implementati on dates will rest with the participants in the 
agreement and will be made by July 31, 2006 or otherwise agreed by Members. 
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  (d) Special and Differential Treatment 
2.7 All elements of Special and Differential Tr eatment (e.g. UAE Questionnaire) will be decided 
by the participants in the agreement by July 31,  2006 or otherwise agreed by Members.  Several 
options have been discussed alr eady, such as longer implementa tion periods, zero for X, Limited 
Product Exemptions.  Other propo sals for Special and Differentia l Treatment provisions will be 
considered if put forward by participants. 
 
3. Next Steps: 
3.1 Participants are encouraged to communicat e their views, commitments, sensitivities, trade 
related data, remarks and proposals as soon as possible. 
 
3.2 Participants should reach agreement on the de tails of the modalities by July 31, 2006 or as 
otherwise agreed by Members.  3.3 The results of this negotiation will be incor porated into each participating Member’s Schedule 
of commitments. 
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