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Table AIII.1 
MFNa import duties by HS Chapter, 2005 
(Per cent) 
HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  2002 imports 
(US$ 
million)  
 Total 5,730 12.0 0-20 7.0 666.5b 
01 Live animals 27 13.7 0-20 9.2 0.0 
02 Meat 59 20.0 20 0.0 0.8 
03 Fish and crustaceans  97 13.8 0-20 5.1 0.1 
04 Milk products and eggs 39 17.7 5-20 5.5 5.7 
05 Other products of animal origin 18 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
06 Plants and flowers 12 11.3 5-20 7.7 0.0 
07 Vegetables 66 19.0 0-20 3.9 3.7 
08 Fruit and nuts 60 19.0 0-20 3.9 0.4 
09 Coffee, tea and spices 63 20.0 20 0.0 0.6 
10 Cereals 18 6.7 0-20 4.2 55.4 
11 Products of the milling industry 32 12.8 0-20 5.7 3.2 
12 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits 51 5.4 0-20 2.6 0.1 
13 Lac, gums, resins and saps 12 4.6 0-5 1.4 0.1 
14 Vegetable plaiting materials 9 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
15 Animal or vegetable fats and oils 56 13.2 5-20 5.8 15.5 
16 Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans 28 20.0 20 0.0 1.4 
17 Sugars and sugar confec tionery 18 12.2 5-20 7.3 21.3 
18 Cocoa and cocoa preparations 20 13.3 5-20 6.5 0.4 
19 Preparations of cereals 20 18.3 5-20 4.4 4.5 
20 Preparations of vegetables, fr uits and nuts 57 19.8 10-20 1.3 4.9 
21 Miscellaneous edible preparations  22 17.5 5-20 5.5 10.7 
22 Beverages 28 20.0 20 0.0 3.4 
23 Prepared animal fodder 26 10.0 5-20 2.4 0.2 
24 Tobacco 9 12. 2 5-20 7.5 22.3 
25 Salt, sulphur, cement 75 6.9 5-20 4.9 31.7 
26 Ores, slag and ash 42 5.0 5 0.0 0.6 
27 Mineral fuels 60 8.1 5-20 5.6 144.3 
28 Inorganic chemicals 183 5.0 0-10 0.7 24.0 
29 Organic chemicals 340 5.1 0-10 0.9 3.3 
30 Pharmaceutical products 32 0.0 0 0.0 34.1 
31 Fertilisers 26 5.0 5 0.0 2.9 
32 Tanning or dying extracts 56 10.2 5-20 6.3 1.5 
33 Essential oils 39 15.4 10-20 5.1 4.3 
34 Soap 27 14.6 0-20 6.0 2.0 
35 Albuminoidal substances 15 9.3 5-10 1.8 0.6 
36 Explosives 9 13.3 5-20 7.9 2.0 
37 Photographic goods 37 17.4 0-20 6.1 0.1 
38 Miscellaneous chemical products 77 7.7 0-10 3.8 4.5 
39 Plastics and articles thereof 135 10.5 5-20 6.4 13.0 
40 Rubber and articles thereof 91 11.2 0-20 6.3 8.6 
41 Raw hides and skins and leather 38 8.7 5-10 2.2 0.0 
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HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  2002 imports 
(US$ 
million)  
42 Articles of leather 24 18.3 10-20 3.8 2.2 
43 Furskins and artificial fur 14 9.3 5-20 5.1 0.0 
44 Wood and articles of wood 73 10.8 0-20 5.0 1.6 
45 Cork and articles of cork 7 10.7 5-20 6.7 0.0 
46 Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting 
materials; basketware and wickerwork 6 20.0 20 0.0 0.1 
47 Pulp of wood 20 4.8 0-5 1.1 0.0 
48 Paper and paperboard 112 10.6 0-20 6.4 6.7 
49 Products of the printing industry 21 6.7 0-20 9.1 1.0 
50 Silk 10 11.0 5-20 6.6 0.0 
51 Wool and horsehair 38 10.5 5-20 6.5 0.0 
52 Cotton 143 14.6 5-20 5.4 6.6 
53 Other vegetable textile fibres 30 9.8 5-20 6.1 0.0 
54 Man-made filaments 67 14.9 0-20 5.3 0.6 
55 Man-made staple fibres 118 16.0 10-20 4.9 1.2 
56 Wadding, felt, twine and cordage 34 15.1 0-20 6.3 0.4 
57 Carpets 23 19.1 0-20 4.2 0.2 
58 Special woven fabrics 41 20.0 20 0.0 0.1 
59 Impregnated textile fabrics 24 15.8 10-20 5.0 0.6 
60 Knitted or crocheted fa brics 44 20.0 20 0.0 0.0 
61 Articles of apparel and cl othing accessories, knitted or 
crocheted 116 20.0 20 0.0 2.9 
62 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not 
knitted or crocheted 119 20.0 20 0.0 6.7 
63 Other textile articles, worn clothing and worn textile 
articles 60 19.0 0-20 4.4 9.7 
64 Footwear 31 18.1 10-20 4.0 8.8 
65 Headgear 11 15.9 5-20 5.8 0.2 
66 Umbrellas, walking-sticks 7 15.7 10-20 5.3 0.2 
67 Feathers and down 8 20.0 20 0.0 0.0 
68 Articles of stone, cement, plaster 50 17.1 5-20 4.7 0.4 
69 Ceramic products 30 18.0 5-20 5.2 5.4 
70 Glass and glassware 75 16.2 5-20 5.2 1.5 
71 Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious 
metals, jewellery, coins 53 10.7 0-20 6.1 0.1 
72 Iron and steel 175 6.2 5-20 3.8 19.7 
73 Articles of iron or steel 151 15.9 5-20 6.2 8.7 
74 Copper and articles thereof 60 12.0 5-20 6.8 0.1 
75 Nickel and articles thereof 18 12.2 5-20 6.7 0.0 
76 Aluminium and articles thereof 41 14.0 5-20 6.1 3.7 
78 Lead and articles thereof 10 8.5 0-20 6.7 0.0 
79 Zinc and articles thereof 11 10.9 5-20 7.4 0.0 
80 Tin and articles thereof 8 11.9 5-20 7.0 0.1 
81 Other base metals 51 10.3 0-20 7.1 0.0 
82 Tools and implements 67 15.1 5-20 5.8 1.8 
83 Miscellaneous articles of base metal 37 18.4 10-20 3.7 3.7 
84 Machinery and mechanical appliances 522 6.2 0-20 3.9 51.6 
Table AIII.1 (cont'd) Republic of Guinea WT/TPR/S/153 
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HS 
Chapter  Description Number of 
lines  Simple 
average  Range  Standard 
deviation  2002 imports 
(US$ 
million)  
85 Electrical machinery and equipment 294 12.6 5-20 6.3 22.9 
86 Railway or tramway locomotives and rolling-stock 24 5.0 5 0.0 2.8 
87 Vehicles other than railway or tr amway rolling-stock 236 12.8 0-20 6.9 50.2 
88 Aircraft, spacecraft and part s thereof 16 6. 9 5-20 5.1 0.0 
89 Ships, boats and floating structures 28 8.4 5-20 6.2 0.0 
90 Optical instruments 166 9.6 0-20 6.2 3.4 
91 Clocks and watches and part s thereof 53 19.6 10-20 1.9 0.2 
92 Musical instruments  23 10.0 10 0.0 0.0 
93 Arms and ammunition 61 15.1 10-20 5.0 1.0 
94 Furniture 38 19.1 5-20 3.3 2.8 
95 Toys and sports requisites 44 18.6 5-20 4.4 0.3 
96 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 51 19.7 5-20 2.1 1.1 
97 Works of art and antiques 7 20.0 20 0.0 0.0 
a Import duty (DFI) only. 
b Total imports by HS chapter are US$2.7 million less than the ove rall total.  Certain products are not classified in the HS. 
Source:  WTO Secretariat estimates, on the basis of data provi ded by the Guinean authorities, and the United Nations 
Statistics Division (UNSD) Commodity Trade St atistics (Comtrade) da tabase for 2002 imports. WT/TPR/S/153 Trade Policy Review 
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Table AIV.1 
Applied MFNa tariffs by ISIC category, 2005 
ISIC 
code Description Number 
of tariff 
lines Simple 
average Range Standard 
deviation 2002     
imports 
(US$ million) 
 Total 5,730 12.0 0-20 7.0 666.5a 
1 Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 349 12.7 0-20 7.4 16.7 
111 Agriculture and livestock production 268 13.6 0-20 7.7 16.4 
12 Forestry and logging 26 4.8 0-5 1.0 0.2 
121 Forestry  18 4.7 0-5 1.2 0.1 
122 Logging 8 5.0 5 0.0 0.1 
13 Fishing 55 12.3 0-20 5.6 0.1 
1301 Ocean and coastal fish ing 45 12.1 0-20 5.5 0.1 
1302 Fishing not elsewhere classified 10 13.0 5-20 6.3 0.0 
2 Mining and quarrying 111 5.4 5-20 2.1 1.2 
21 Coal mining 4 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
22 Crude petroleum and natural gas production 3 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
23 Metal ore mining 28 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
2301 Iron ore mining 5 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
2302 Non-ferrous ore mining 23 5.0 5 0.0 0.0 
29 Other mining 76 5.5 5-20 2.5 1.2 
 
2901 Stone quarrying, clay and sand pits 35 5.0 5 0.0 0.2 
2902 Chemical and fertilizer mine ral mining  11 5.0 5 0.0 0.1 
2903 Salt mining 4 5.0 5 0.0 0.3 
2909 Mining and quarrying not elsewher e classified 26 6.5 5-20 4.2 0.7 
3 Manufacturing 5,269 12.1 0-20 6.9 645.9 
31 Manufacture of food, beverages and tobacco 526 16. 4 0-20 5.6 136.4 
311 Food manufacturing 425 16.7 0-20 5.2 102.7 
3111 Slaughtering, preparing and preserving meat 84 18.2 5-20 4.8 1.4 
3112 Manufacture of dairy products 32 16.3 5-20 6.6 5.3 
3113 Canning and preserving of fruits and vegetables 105 19.1 0-20 3.6 13.3 
3114 Canning, preserving and processing of fish, 
crustaceans, etc. 65 15.4 5-20 5.3 0.8 
3115 Manufacture of vegetable and animal  oils and fats 64 13.0 5-20 5.1 14.1 
3116 Grain mill products 38 14.7 10-20 5.1 45.3 
3117 Manufacture of bakery products 10 20.0 20 0.0 1.4 
3118 Sugar factories and refineries 9 16.7 10-20 5.0 19.3 
3119 Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar 
confectionery 18 16.7 10-20 4.9 1.8 
312 Manufacture of food products not elsewhere 
classified and of prepared animal feeds 66 13.4 0-20 7.0 7.6 
3121 Manufacture of food products not elsewhere 
classified 59 13.9 0-20 7.0 7.5 
3122 Manufacture of prepared animal feeds 7 9.3 5-20 5.3 0.1 
313 Beverage industries 29 18.6 5-20 4.2 4.2 
3131 Distilling, rectifying and ble nding spirits 10 20.0 20 0.0 0.5 
3132 Wine and non-malted alcoholic beve rage industries  10 19.0 10-20 3.2 0.5 
3133 Malt liquors and malt 4 12.5 5-20 8.7 1.7 
3134 Soft drink and carbonated wate r industries 5 20.0 20 0.0 1.5 
314 Tobacco manufactures  6 15.8 5-20 6.6 21.8 
32 Textile, wearing apparel and leat her industries 933 16.9 0-20 5.1 33.6 
321 Manufacture of textile s 725 16.7 0-20 5.3 23.3 
Table AIV.1 (cont'd) Republic of Guinea WT/TPR/S/153 
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ISIC 
code Description Number 
of tariff 
lines Simple 
average Range Standard 
deviation 2002     
imports 
(US$ million) 
3211 Spinning, weaving and finish ing textiles 423 15. 0 0-20 5.7 15.8 
3212 Manufacture of made-up te xtile goods except wearing 
apparel 64 18.8 0-20 4.6 3.3 
3213 Knitting mills 160 20.0 20 0.0 3.0 
3214 Manufacture of carpets and rugs 23 19.1 0-20 4.2 0.2 
3215 Cordage, rope and twine industries 12 11.3 0-20 6.1 0.2 
3219 Manufacture of textiles not elsewh ere classified 43 17.7 10-20 4.3 0.8 
322 Manufacture of wearing apparel 134 19.6 5-20 2.1 7.2 
323 Manufacture of leather and products  of leather 55 13.1 10-20 4.7 2.1 
3231 Tanneries and leather fi nishing 28 10.0 10 0.0 0.0 
3232 Fur dressing and dyeing industries 8 12.5 10-20 4.6 0.0 
3233 Manufacture of products of leather and leather 
substitutes, except footwear  19 17.9 10-20 4.2 2.1 
324 Manufacture of footwear 19 16.8 10-20 4.8 1.0 
33 Manufacture of wood and wood products, including 
furniture 91 14.0 5-20 5.7 2.5 
331 Manufacture of wood and wood products, except 
furniture 69 12.5 5-20 5.4 1.0 
3311 Sawmills, planing and other wood mills 45 11. 1 5-20 4.5 0.9 
3312 Manufacture of wooden and cane containers and 
small cane ware 8 17.5 10-20 4.6 0.1 
3319 Manufacture of wood and cork products not 
elsewhere classified 16 14.1 5-20 6.4 0.0 
332 Manufacture of furniture and fixtures, except 
primarily of metal 22 18.4 5-20 4.2 1.6 
34 Manufacture of paper a nd paper products, printing 
and publishing 152 9.4 0-20 6.8 7.7 
341 Manufacture of paper and pape r products 120 9.3 0-20 5.8 4.5 
3411 Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard 78 6.3 0-20 3.7 1.8 
3412 Manufacture of containers  and boxes of paper and 
paperboard 8 17.5 10-20 4.6 2.4 
3419 Manufacture of pulp, pape r and paperboard articles 
not elsewhere classified 34 14.1 10-20 5.0 0.3 
342 Printing, publishing and allie d industries 32 9. 7 0-20 9.7 3.2 
35 Manufacture of chemicals and chemical, petroleum, 
coal, rubber and plastic products 1,145 8.1 0-20 5.7 253.9 
351 Manufacture of industrial chemicals 699 5.8 0-20 2.7 45.1 
3511 Manufacture of basic industrial chemicals except 
fertilizers 524 5.3 0-10 1.4 32.2 
3512 Manufacture of fertilizers and pesticides 35 3. 7 0-5 2.2 5.5 
3513 Manufacture of synthetic resins, plastic materials and 
man-made fibres  140 8.3 5-20 4.6 7.4 
352 Manufacture of other chemical products, including 
pharmaceuticals 292 10.7 0-20 7.2 44.2 
3521 Manufacture of paints, varnishes and lacquers 25 15.0 5-20 6.0 1.0 
3522 Manufacture of drugs and medicines 102 4.0 0-10 2.7 35.1 
3523 Manufacture of soap and cleaning preparations, 
perfumes, etc. 37 17.8 5-20 4.6 2.5 
3529 Manufacture of chemical products not elsewhere 
classified 128 13.2 0-20 6.2 5.7 
353 Petroleum refineries 34 10.6 5-20 6.5 144.4 
354 Manufacture of miscellaneous products of petroleum 
and coal 13 7.7 5-20 5.6 0.2 
Table AIV.1 (cont'd) WT/TPR/S/153 Trade Policy Review 
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ISIC 
code Description Number 
of tariff 
lines Simple 
average Range Standard 
deviation 2002     
imports 
(US$ million) 
355 Manufacture of rubber products 81 13.6 0-20 6.2 15.4 
3551 Tyre and tube industries 24 15.0 10-20 5.1 6.1 
3559 Manufacture of rubber products not elsewhere 
classified 57 13.0 0-20 6.5 9.3 
356 Manufacture of plastic products not elsewhere 
classified 26 19.4 5-20 2.9 4.5 
36 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products, except 
products of petroleum and coal 172 16.4 5-20 5.3 37.8 
361 Manufacture of pottery, china and earthenware 16 15.0 5-20 6.8 1.0 
362 Manufacture of glass and glass products 75 16.1 5-20 5.2 1.4 
369 Manufacture of other non-metallic mi neral products 81 17.0 5-20 4.9 35.3 
3691 Manufacture of structural clay products 17 19.4 10-20 2.4 4.5 
3692 Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster 8 18.8 10-20 3.5 30.5 
3699 Manufacture of non-metallic mineral products not 
elsewhere classified 56 16.0 5-20 5.3 0.4 
37 Basic metal industries 409 8.3 0-20 5.4 24.4 
371 Iron and steel basic industries 223 7.4 5-20 5.0 21.9 
372 Non-ferrous metal basic i ndustries 186 9.4 0-20 5.7 2.5 
38 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, machinery 
and equipment 1,622 11.0 0-20 6.8 146.0 
381 Manufacture of fabricated metal products 232 16.7 5-20 5.8 14.4 
3811 Manufacture of cutlery, hand tools and general 
hardware 72 16.6 5-20 5.5 3.8 
3812 Manufacture of furniture and fixtures primarily of 
metal 11 18.6 5-20 4.5 0.6 
3813 Manufacture of structural metal products 26 9.0 5-20 6.3 2.8 
3819 Manufacture of fabricated metal products not 
elsewhere classified 123 18.2 5-20 4.5 7.2 
382 Manufacture of machinery except electrical, 
including computers 552 7.1 0-20 4.9 51.7 
3821 Manufacture of engines and turbines 12 5.8 5-10 1.9 0.7 
3822 Manufacture of agricultural machinery and equipment 15 4.7 0-10 2.3 1.0 
3823 Manufacture of metal and wood working machinery 108 5.7 5-20 2.4 2.8 
3824 Manufacture of special industrial machinery and 
equipment  143 5.0 0-10 0.9 21.6 
3825 Manufacture of office, computing and accounting 
machinery 37 6.6 5-20 4.7 2.7 
3829 Machinery and equipment except electrical not 
elsewhere classified 237 9.3 0-20 6.4 22.9 
383 Manufacture of electrical machinery 295 12.6 5-20 6.4 22.7 
3831 Manufacture of electrical industrial machinery and 
apparatus 65 7.2 5-20 4.2 6.9 
3832 Manufacture of radio, te levision and communication 
equipment and apparatus 139 12.3 5-20 6.2 7.5 
3833 Manufacture of electrical appliances and housewares 25 18.8 10-20 3.3 0.5 
3839 Manufacture of electrical apparatus and supplies not 
elsewhere classified 66 15.9 5-20 5.2 7.8 
384 Manufacture of transport equipment 319 11.3 0-20 6.9 53.5 
3841 Ship building and repairing 30 8.5 5-20 6.0 0.3 
       
3842 Manufacture of railroad equipment 24 5.0 5 0.0 2.8 
3843 Manufacture of motor vehicles 205 12.8 0-20 7.0 47.4 
Table AIV.1 (cont'd) Republic of Guinea WT/TPR/S/153 
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ISIC 
code Description Number 
of tariff 
lines Simple 
average Range Standard 
deviation 2002     
imports 
(US$ million) 
3844 Manufacture of motorcycles and bicycles 32 12.8 0-20 5.2 2.9 
3845 Manufacture of aircraft 21 6.7 5-20 4.6 0.0 
3849 Manufacture of transport equipment not elsewhere 
classified 7 7.9 0-20 8.6 0.1 
385 Manufacture of professional and scie ntific equipment  224 12.0 0-20 7.1 3.8 
3851 Manufacture of professional , scientific and measuring 
equipment not elsewhere classified 101 6.2 0-20 3.8 3.2 
3852 Manufacture of photographic and optical goods 70 14.5 5-20 6.3 0.4 
3853 Manufacture of watches and clocks 53 19.6 10-20 1.9 0.2 
39 Other manufacturing industries 219 16.6 0-20 5.6 3.7 
3901 Manufacture of jewellery and rela ted articles  17 16.2 0-20 6.5 0.0 
3902 Manufacture of musical instruments 23 10.0 10 0.0 0.0 
3903 Manufacture of sporting and at hletic goods 26 17.7 5-20 5.5 1.1 
3909 Manufacturing industries not elsewh ere classified 153 17.5 0-20 5.3 2.5 
a Import duty (DFI) only. 
b Total imports by industry are US$2.7 milli on less than the overall total.  Certain pr oducts are not classified by industry. 
Source : WTO Secretariat estimates, on the basis of data provide d by the Guinean authorities, and the United Nations 
Statistics Division (UNSD) Commodity Trade St atistics (Comtrade) da tabase for 2002 imports. 
 
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