Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials
Date: 2011-12-16
Institutions: European Union, Russia
Subjects: Russia, agreement (EU), export tax, raw material




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29.2.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 57/53








            AGREEMENT
         
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union and the Russian Federation relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials

1.   Letter from the Russian Federation

Geneva, 16 December 2011
            
Dear Sirs,
Following negotiations between the Russian Federation and the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Parties’) with regard to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials, the Parties have reached the following understanding:
The Government of the Russian Federation shall make its best efforts not to introduce or increase export duties for the raw materials listed in the Annex to this letter. This list was established based on the following criteria:






 


Raw materials, which are not listed in Part V of the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and for which the Russian Federation has more than 10 percent of global production or exports, or where the European Union has major import interest, either existing or potential, or where there is a risk of tension in global supplies.










 


Should the Government of the Russian Federation consider the introduction or increase of export duties on those raw materials, it shall hold consultations with the European Commission at least two months prior to the implementation of such measures, with a view to arriving at a solution taking into account the interests of both Parties.










 


With regard to products listed in the Annex to this letter which are also included in Part V of the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods of the Russian Federation in the WTO concerning export duties, provisions of this letter do not apply.










 


In case the European Union confirms its agreement with the terms set forth in this letter, I propose that this letter and the reply letter of the European Union shall constitute the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Union relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties exchange written notifications certifying that they have completed their respective internal procedures. This Agreement shall be applied provisionally from the date of the Russian Federation’s accession to the WTO.




Please accept, Sirs, the assurance of my highest consideration.


For the Russian Federation




ANNEX

List of raw materials







HS code (1)



Description (*1)





0902 10 


Green tea in immediate packings of ≤ 3 kg




0902 30 


Black fermented tea and partly fermented tea, whether or not flavoured, in immediate packings of ≤ 3 kg




0909 20 


Coriander seeds




1001 10 


Durum wheat




1001 90 


Wheat and meslin (excl. durum wheat)




1002 00 


Rye




1003 00 


Barley




1008 10 


Buckwheat




1008 20 


Millet (excl. grain sorghum)




1101 00 


Wheat or meslin flour




1102 10 


Rye flour




1103 19 


Groats and meal of cereals (excl. wheat and maize)




1104 12 


Rolled or flaked grains of oats




1104 29 


Grains of cereals, hulled, pearled, sliced, kibbled or otherwise worked (excl. oats and maize, grain flour and husked and semi- or wholly milled rice and broken rice)




1107 10 


Malt (excl. roasted)




1107 20 


Roasted malt




1204 00 


Linseed, whether or not broken




1205 10 


Low erucic acid rape or colza seeds ‘yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2 % and yielding a solid component of glucosinolates of < 30 micromoles/g’




1205 90 


High erucic acid rape or colza seeds ‘yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of ≥ 2 % and yielding a solid component of glucosinolates of ≥ 30 micromoles/g’, whether or not broken




1206 00 


Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken




1207 50 


Mustard seeds, whether or not broken




1512 11 


Crude sunflower-seed or safflower oil




1512 19 


Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. crude)




1514 11 


Low erucic acid rape or colza oil ‘yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2 %’, crude




1514 19 


Low erucic acid rape or colza oil ‘yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of < 2 %’ and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (excl. crude)




1517 10 


Margarine (excl. liquid)




1517 90 


Edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils and edible fractions of different fats or oils (excl. fats, oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, mixtures of olive oils and their fractions, and solid margarine)




1701 99 


Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excl. cane and beet sugar containing added flavouring or colouring and raw sugar)




1703 90 


Beet molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar




2401 10 


Tobacco, unstemmed or unstripped




2403 10 


Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion




2403 91 


Tobacco, ‘homogenised’ or ‘reconstituted’ from finely-chopped tobacco leaves, tobacco refuse or tobacco dust




2502 00 


Unroasted iron pyrites




2503 00 


Sulphur of all kinds (excl. sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur)




2504 10 


Natural graphite in powder or in flakes




2504 90 


Natural graphite (excl. in powder or in flakes)




2505 10 


Silica sands and quartz sands, whether or not coloured




2506 10 


Quartz (excl. quartz sands)




2506 20 


Quartzite, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, in blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape




2507 00 


Kaolin and other kaolinic clays, whether or not calcined




2508 10 


Bentonite




2508 30 


Fireclay (excl. kaolin and other kaolinic clays and expanded clay)




2508 70 


Chamotte or dinas earths




2509 00 


Chalk




2510 10 


Natural calcium phosphates and natural aluminium calcium phosphates, natural and phosphatic chalk, unground




2510 20 


Natural calcium phosphates and natural aluminium calcium phosphates, natural and phosphatic chalk, ground




2511 10 


Natural barium sulphate ‘barytes’




2511 20 


Natural barium carbonate ‘witherite’, whether or not calcined (excl. barium oxide)




2518 30 


Dolomite ramming mix




2519 10 


Natural magnesium carbonate ‘magnesite’




2519 90 


Fused magnesia; dead-burned ‘sintered’ magnesia, whether or not containing small quantities of other oxides added before sintering; other magnesium oxide (excl. natural magnesium carbonate ‘magnesite’)




2520 10 


Gypsum; anhydrite




2522 10 


Quicklime




2522 20 


Slaked lime




2523 29 


Portland cement (excl. white, whether or not artificially coloured)




2524 10 


Crocidolite asbestos (excl. products made from crocidolite)




2524 90 


Asbestos (excl. crocidolite and products made from asbestos)




2525 10 


Crude mica and mica rifted into sheets or splittings




2525 20 


Mica powder




2525 30 


Mica waste




2526 10 


Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape, and talc, uncrushed or unpowdered




2526 20 


Natural steatite and talc, crushed or powdered




2528 10 


Sodium borates, natural, and concentrates thereof, whether or not calcined (excl. sodium borates separated from natural brine)




2528 90 


Borates, natural, and concentrates thereof, whether or not calcined, and natural boric acids containing ≤ 85 % of H3BO3 calculated on the dry weight (excl. sodium borates and concentrates thereof and borates separated from natural brine)




2529 10 


Feldspar




2529 21 


Fluorspar containing by weight ≤ 97 % calcium fluoride




2529 22 


Fluorspar containing by weight > 97 % calcium fluoride




2529 30 


Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite




2530 10 


Vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded




2530 20 


Kieserite and epsomite ‘natural magnesium sulphates’




2530 90 


Arsenic sulfides, alunite, pozzuolana, earth colours and other mineral substances, n.e.s.




2601 11 


Non-agglomerated iron ores and concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites)




2601 12 


Agglomerated iron ores and concentrates (excl. roasted iron pyrites)




2601 20 


Roasted iron pyrites




2602 00 


Manganese ores and concentrates, incl. ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates, with a manganese content of ≥ 20 %, 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 10 


Uranium ores and concentrates




2612 20 


Thorium ores and concentrates




2613 10 


Roasted molybdenum ores and concentrates




2613 90 


Molybdenum ores and concentrates (excl. roasted)




2614 00 


Titanium ores and concentrates




2615 10 


Zirconium ores and concentrates




2615 90 


Niobium, tantalum or vanadium ores and concentrates




2616 10 


Silver ores and concentrates




2616 90 


Precious metal ores and concentrates (excl. silver ores and concentrates)




2617 10 


Antimony ores and concentrates




2617 90 


Ores and concentrates (excl. iron, manganese, copper, nickel, cobalt, aluminium, lead, zinc, tin, chromium, tungsten, uranium, thorium, molybdenum, titanium, niobium, tantalum, vanadium, zirconium, precious metal or antimony ores and concentrates)




2618 00 


Granulated slag ‘slag sand’ from the manufacture of iron or steel




2619 00 


Slag, dross, scalings and other waste from the manufacture of iron or steel (excl. granulated slag)




2620 11 


Hard zinc spelter




2620 19 


Ash and residues containing mainly zinc (excl. hard zinc spelter)




2620 21 


Leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges, obtained from storage tanks of leaded gasoline and leaded anti-knock compounds and containing mainly lead, lead compounds and iron oxide




2620 29 


Ash and residues containing mainly lead (excl. leaded gasoline sludges and leaded anti-knock compound sludges)




2620 30 


Ash and residues containing mainly copper




2620 40 


Ash and residues containing mainly aluminium




2620 60 


Ash and residues, containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures, of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel)




2620 91 


Ash and residues, containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel)




2620 99 


Ash and residues, containing metals or metal compounds (excl. those from the manufacture of iron or steel, those containing primarily zinc, lead, copper or aluminium, those containing arsenic, mercury, thallium or their mixtures of a kind used for the extraction of arsenic or those metals or for the manufacture of their chemical compounds and those containing antimony, beryllium, cadmium, chromium or their mixtures)




2621 10 


Ash and residues from the incineration of municipal waste




2621 90 


Slag and ash, incl. seaweed ash ‘kelp’ (excl. slag, incl. granulated, from the manufacture of iron or steel, ashes and residues containing metals, arsenic or their compounds and those from the incineration of municipal waste)




2701 11 


Anthracite, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated




2701 12 


Bituminous coal, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated




2701 19 


Coal, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated (excl. anthracite and bituminous coal)




2701 20 


Briquettes, ovoids and similar solid fuels manufactured from coal




2702 10 


Lignite, whether or not pulverised, non-agglomerated (excl. jet)




2702 20 


Agglomerated lignite (excl. jet)




2703 00 


Peat, incl. peat litter, whether or not agglomerated




2704 00 


Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon




2705 00 


Coal gas, water gas, producer gas, lean gas and similar gases (excl. petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons)




2706 00 


Tar distilled from coal, from lignite or from peat, and other mineral tars, whether or not dehydrated or partially distilled, incl. reconstituted tars




2707 10 


Benzol ‘benzene’ containing > 50 % of benzene (excl. chemically defined)




2707 20 


Toluol ‘toluene’ containing > 50 % of toluene (excl. chemically defined)




2707 30 


Xylol ‘xylenes’ containing > 50 % of xylenes (excl. chemically defined)




2707 40 


Naphthalene containing > 50 % of naphtalene (excl. chemically defined)




2707 50 


Aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which ≥ 65 % by volume, incl. losses, distils at 250 °C by the ASTM D 86 method (excl. chemically defined compounds)




2707 91 


Creosote oils (excl. chemically defined)




2707 99 


Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tars; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents (excl. chemically-defined compounds, benzol ‘benzene’, toluol ‘toluene’ xylol ‘xylenes’, naphthalene, aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of subheading 2707 50 , phenols and creosote oils)




2708 10 


Pitch obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars




2708 20 


Pitch coke obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tars




2709 00 


Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude




2710 11 


Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which ≥ 90 % by volume ‘incl. losses’ distil at 210 °C ‘ASTM D 86 method’




2710 19 


Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, n.e.s.




2710 91 


Waste oils containing polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], polychlorinated terphenyls [PCTs] or polybrominated biphenyls [PBBs]




2710 99 


Waste oils containing mainly petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals (excl. those containing polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], polychlorinated terphenyls [PCTs] or polybrominated biphenyls [PBBs])




2711 11 


Natural gas, liquefied




2711 12 


Propane, liquefied




2711 13 


Butanes, liquefied (excl. of a purity of ≥ 95 % of n-butane or isobutane)




2711 14 


Ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene, liquefied (excl. ethylene of a purity of ≥ 95 % and propylene, butylene and butadiene of a purity of ≥ 90 %)




2711 19 


Gaseous hydrocarbons, liquefied, n.e.s. (excl. natural gas, propane, butane, ethylene, propylene, butylene and butadiene)




2711 21 


Natural gas in gaseous state




2711 29 


Hydrocarbons in gaseous state, n.e.s. (excl. natural gas)




2712 10 


Petroleum jelly




2712 20 


Paraffin wax containing < 0,75 % by weight of oil




2712 90 


Paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured (excl. petroleum jelly and paraffin wax containing < 0,75 % by weight of oil)




2713 11 


Petroleum coke, non-calcined




2713 12 


Petroleum coke, calcined




2713 20 


Petroleum bitumen




2713 90 


Residues of petroleum oil or of oil obtained from bituminous minerals (excl. petroleum coke and petroleum bitumen)




2714 10 


Bituminous or oil shale and tar sands




2714 90 


Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks




2715 00 


Bituminous mastics, cut-backs and other bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch




2801 10 


Chlorine




2801 20 


Iodine




2801 30 


Fluorine; bromine




2802 00 


Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur




2803 00 


Carbon ‘carbon blacks and other forms of carbon’, n.e.s.




2804 10 


Hydrogen




2804 21 


Argon




2804 29 


Rare gases (excl. argon)




2804 30 


Nitrogen




2804 40 


Oxygen




2804 50 


Boron; tellurium




2804 61 


Silicon containing ≥ 99,99 % by weight of silicon




2804 69 


Silicon containing < 99,99 % by weight of silicon




2804 70 


Phosphorus




2804 80 


Arsenic




2804 90 


Selenium




2805 11 


Sodium




2805 12 


Calcium




2805 19 


Alkali or alkaline-earth metals (excl. sodium and calcium)




2805 30 


Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed




2805 40 


Mercury




2806 10 


Hydrogen chloride ‘hydrochloric acid’




2806 20 


Chlorosulphuric acid




2807 00 


Sulphuric acid; oleum




2808 00 


Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids




2809 10 


Diphosphorus pentaoxide




2809 20 


Phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined




2810 00 


Oxides of boron; boric acids




2811 11 


Hydrogen fluoride ‘hydrofluoric acid’




2811 19 


Inorganic acids (excl. hydrogen chloride ‘hydrochloric acid’, chlorosulphuric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, nitric acid, sulphonitric acids, phosphoric acid, polyphosphoric acids, boric acids and hydrogen fluoride ‘hydrofluoric acid’)




2811 21 


Carbon dioxide




2811 22 


Silicon dioxide




2811 29 


Inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals (excl. diphosphorus pentaoxide, oxides of boron, carbon dioxide, silicon dioxide and sulphur dioxide)




2812 10 


Chlorides and chloride oxides




2812 90 


Halides and halide oxides of non-metals (excl. chlorides and chloride oxides)




2813 10 


Carbon disulphide




2813 90 


Sulphides of non-metals (excl. carbon disulphide); commercial phosphorus trisulphide




2814 10 


Anhydrous ammonia




2814 20 


Ammonia in aqueous solution




2815 11 


Sodium hydroxide ‘caustic soda’ solid




2815 12 


Sodium hydroxide ‘caustic soda’ in aqueous solution ‘soda lye or liquid soda’




2815 20 


Potassium hydroxide ‘caustic potash’




2815 30 


Peroxides of sodium or potassium




2816 10 


Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium




2816 40 


Oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium




2817 00 


Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide




2818 10 


Corundum, artificial, whether or not chemically defined




2818 20 


Aluminium oxide (excl. artificial corundum)




2818 30 


Aluminium hydroxide




2819 10 


Chromium trioxide




2819 90 


Chromium oxides and hydroxides (excl. chromium trioxide)




2820 10 


Manganese dioxide




2820 90 


Manganese oxides (excl. manganese dioxide)




2821 10 


Iron oxides and hydroxides




2821 20 


Earth colours containing ≥ 70 % by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3





2822 00 


Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides




2823 00 


Titanium oxides




2824 10 


Lead monoxide ‘litharge, massicot’




2824 90 


Lead oxides (excl. monoxide ‘litharge, massicot’)




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 


Bases, inorganic, and metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, n.e.s.




2826 12 


Fluoride of aluminium




2826 19 


Fluorides (excl. of aluminium)




2826 30 


Sodium hexafluoroaluminate ‘synthetic cryolite’




2826 90 


Fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts (excl. fluorosilicates of sodium or of potassium and sodium hexafluoroaluminate ‘synthetic cryolite’)




2827 10 


Ammonium chloride




2827 20 


Calcium chloride




2827 31 


Magnesium chloride




2827 32 


Aluminium chloride




2827 35 


Nickel chloride




2827 39 


Chlorides (excl. ammonium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, iron, cobalt, nickel and zinc chloride)




2827 41 


Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides of copper




2827 49 


Chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides (excl. copper)




2827 51 


Bromides of sodium or of potassium




2827 59 


Bromides and bromide oxides (excl. of sodium and potassium)




2827 60 


Iodides and iodide oxides




2828 10 


Calcium hypochlorites, incl. commercial calcium hypochlorite




2828 90 


Hypochlorites, chlorites and hypobromites (excl. calcium hypochlorites)




2829 11 


Chlorate of sodium




2829 19 


Chlorates (excl. sodium)




2829 90 


Perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates




2830 10 


Sodium sulphides




2830 90 


Sulphides (excl. sodium, zinc and cadmium); polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined




2831 10 


Dithionite and sulfoxylate of sodium




2831 90 


Dithionites and sulfoxylates (excl. sodium)




2832 10 


Sodium sulphites




2832 20 


Sulphites (excl. sodium)




2832 30 


Thiosulphates




2833 11 


Disodium sulphate




2833 19 


Sodium sulphates (excl. disodium)




2833 21 


Sulphate of magnesium




2833 22 


Sulphate of aluminium




2833 24 


Sulphates of nickel




2833 25 


Sulphates of copper




2833 27 


Sulphate of barium




2833 29 


Sulphates (excl. of sodium, magnesium, aluminium, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc and barium)




2833 30 


Alums




2833 40 


Peroxosulphates ‘persulphates’




2834 10 


Nitrites




2834 21 


Nitrate of potassium




2834 29 


Nitrates (excl. of potassium)




2835 10 


Phosphinates ‘hypophosphites’ and phosphonates ‘phosphites’




2835 22 


Mono- or disodium phosphate




2835 24 


Phosphates of potassium




2835 25 


Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ‘dicalcium phosphate’




2835 26 


Phosphates of calcium (excl. calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ‘dicalcium phosphate’)




2835 29 


Phosphates (excl. phosphates of monosodium, disodium, trisodium, of potassium and of calcium)




2835 31 


Sodium triphosphate ‘sodium tripolyphosphate’, whether or not chemically defined




2835 39 


Polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined (excl. sodium triphosphate ‘sodium tripolyphosphate’)




2836 20 


Disodium carbonate




2836 30 


Sodium hydrogencarbonate ‘sodium bicarbonate’




2836 40 


Potassium carbonates




2836 50 


Calcium carbonate




2836 60 


Barium carbonate




2836 91 


Lithium carbonates




2836 92 


Strontium carbonate




2836 99 


Carbonates and peroxocarbonates ‘percarbonates’ (excl. commercial ammonium carbonate and other ammonium carbonates, disodium carbonate, sodium hydrogencarbonate ‘sodium bicarbonate’, potassium carbonates, calcium carbonate, barium carbonate, lead carbonate, lithium carbonates and strontium carbonate)




2837 11 


Sodium cyanide




2837 19 


Cyanides and oxycyanides (excl. sodium)




2837 20 


Complex cyanides




2839 11 


Metasilicates of sodium, incl. commercial metasilicates




2839 19 


Silicates of sodium, incl. commercial silicates (excl. sodium metasilicates)




2839 90 


Silicates, incl. commercial alkali metal silicates (excl. sodium and potassium silicates)




2840 11 


Anhydrous disodium tetraborate ‘refined borax’




2840 19 


Disodium tetraborate ‘refined borax’ (excl. anhydrous)




2840 20 


Borates (excl. disodium tetraborate ‘refined borax’)




2840 30 


Peroxoborates ‘perborates’




2841 30 


Sodium dichromate




2841 50 


Chromates and dichromates; peroxochromates (excl. chromates of zinc or of lead and sodium dichromate)




2841 61 


Potassium permanganate




2841 69 


Manganites, manganates and permanganates (excl. potassium permanganate)




2841 70 


Molybdates




2841 80 


Tungstates ‘wolframates’




2841 90 


Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids (excl. aluminates, chromates, dichromates, peroxochromates, manganites, manganates, permanganates, molybdates and tungstates ‘wolframates’)




2842 10 


Double or complex silicates of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, incl. aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined




2842 90 


Salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (excl. of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, double or complex silicates [incl. aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined] and azides)




2843 10 


Colloidal precious metals




2843 21 


Silver nitrate




2843 29 


Silver compounds, inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically defined (excl. silver nitrate)




2843 30 


Gold compounds, inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically defined




2843 90 


Inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined (excl. silver and gold); amalgams of precious metals




2844 10 


Natural uranium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compound [euratom]




2844 20 


Uranium enriched in U 235 and its compounds: plutonium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U 235, plutonium or compounds of these products [euratom]




2844 30 


Uranium depleted in U 235 and its compounds; thorium and its compounds; alloys, dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235, thorium or compounds of these products




2844 40 


Radioactive elements, isotopes and compounds, and alloys and dispersions, incl. cermets, ceramic products and mixtures, containing these elements, isotopes and compounds; radioactive residues (excl. natural uranium, uranium enriched and depleted in U 235; plutonium, thorium and compounds of these products)




2845 10 


Heavy water ‘deuterium oxide’ [euratom]




2845 90 


Non-radioactive isotopes; inorganic or organic compounds of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined (excl. heavy water ‘deuterium oxide’)




2846 10 


Cerium compounds




2846 90 


Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals (excl. cerium)




2847 00 


Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea




2848 00 


Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. ferrophosphorus)




2849 10 


Carbides of calcium, whether or not chemically defined




2849 20 


Carbides of silicon, whether or not chemically defined




2849 90 


Carbides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. of calcium or silicon)




2850 00 


Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined (excl. compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849 )




2853 00 


Inorganic compounds, incl. distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity, n.e.s.; liquid air, whether or not rare gases have been removed; compressed air; amalgams (other than amalgams of precious metals)




2901 10 


Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons




2901 22 


Propene ‘propylene’




2901 23 


Butene ‘butylene’ and isomers thereof




2901 24 


Buta-1,3-diene and isoprene




2901 29 


Hyrocarbons, acyclic, unsaturated (excl. ethylene, propene ‘propylene’, butene ‘butylene’ and isomers thereof and buta-1,3-diene and isoprene)




2902 20 


Benzene




2902 30 


Toluene




2902 41 


O-xylene




2902 43 


P-xylene




2902 50 


Styrene




2903 11 


Chloromethane ‘methyl chloride’ and chloroethane ‘ethyl chloride’




2903 12 


Dichloromethane ‘methylene chloride’




2903 14 


Carbon tetrachloride




2903 22 


Trichloroethylene




2903 23 


Tetrachloroethylene ‘perchloroethylene’




2903 46 


Bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane and dibromotetrafluoroethanes




2903 59 


Halogenated derivatives of cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic hydrocarbons (excl. 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane)




2905 11 


Methanol ‘methyl alcohol’




2905 12 


Propan-1-ol ‘propyl alcohol’ and propan-2-ol ‘isopropyl alcohol’




2905 13 


Butan-1-ol ‘n-butyl alcohol’




2905 14 


Butanols (excl. butan-1-ol ‘n-butyl alcohol’)




2905 16 


Octanol ‘octyl alcohol’ and isomers thereof




2905 31 


Ethylene glycol ‘ethanediol’




2905 42 


Pentaerythritol




2905 59 


Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives or acyclic alcohols (excl. ethchlorvynol ‘inn’)




2906 12 


Cyclohexanol, methylcyclohexanols and dimethylcyclohexanols




2906 21 


Benzyl alcohol




2907 11 


Phenol ‘hydroxybenzene’ and its salts




2907 12 


Cresols and their salts




2907 13 


Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof




2907 19 


Monophenols (excl. phenol ‘hydroxybenzene’ and its salts, cresols and their salts, octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers and salts thereof, xylenols and their salts and naphthols and their salts)




2907 23 


4,4′-isopropylidenediphenol ‘bisphenol a, diphenylolpropane’ and its salts




2909 19 


Acyclic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. diethyl ether)




2909 41 


2,2′-oxydiethanol ‘diethylene glycol, digol’




2909 44 


Monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol (excl. monomethyl ethers and monobutyl ethers)




2910 10 


Oxirane ‘ethylene oxide’




2910 30 


1-chloro-2,3-epoxypropane ‘epichlorohydrin’




2912 11 


Methanal ‘formaldehyde’




2912 12 


Ethanal ‘acetaldehyde’




2914 11 


Acetone




2915 21 


Acetic acid




2915 31 


Ethyl acetate




2915 32 


Vinyl acetate




2915 33 


N-butyl acetate




2916 13 


Methacrylic acid and its salts




2916 14 


Esters of methacrylic acid




2917 35 


Phthalic anhydride




2919 90 


Phosphoric esters and their salts, incl. lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives (excl. tris ‘2,3-dibromopropyl’ phosphate)




2921 42 


Aniline derivatives and their salts




2922 11 


Monoethanolamine and its salts




2922 12 


Diethanolamine and its salts




2922 13 


Triethanolamine and its salts




2926 10 


Acrylonitrile




2929 90 


Compounds with nitrogen function (excl. amine-function compounds; oxygen-function amino-compounds; quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithin and other phosphoaminolipids; carboxyamide-function compounds; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid; carboxyimide-function, imine-function or nitrile-function compounds; diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds; organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine and isocyanates)




2930 40 


Methionine




2933 69 


Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom[s] only, containing an unfused triazine ring, whether or not hydrogenated, in the structure (excl. melamine)




2933 71 


6-hexanelactam ‘epsilon-caprolactam’




3102 10 


Urea, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in pellet or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of ≤ 10 kg)




3102 21 


Ammonium sulphate (excl. that in pellet or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of ≤ 10 kg)




3102 29 


Double salts and mixtures of ammonium sulphate and ammonium nitrate (excl. goods of this Chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight of ≤ 10 kg)




3102 30 


Ammonium nitrate, whether or not in aqueous solution (excl. that in pellet or similar forms, or in packages with a gross weight of ≤ 10 kg)




4101 20 


Whole raw hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, whether or not dehaired or split, of a weight per skin ≤ 8 kg when simply dried, ≤ 10 kg when dry-salted, or ≤ 16 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved (excl. tanned and parchment-dressed)




4101 50 


Whole raw hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, whether or not dehaired or split, of a weight per skin > 16 kg, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)




4101 90 


Butts, bends, bellies and split raw hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, whether or not dehaired, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, and whole raw hides and skins of a weight per skin > 8 kg but < 16 kg when simply dried and > 10 kg but < 16 kg when dry-salted (excl. tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared)




4102 10 


Raw skins of sheep or lambs, with wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excl. those of astrakhan, caracul, persian, broadtail or similar lambs, or of indian, chinese, mongolian or tibetan lambs)




4102 21 


Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, pickled, whether or not split




4102 29 


Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on, fresh or salted, dried, limed or otherwise preserved, whether or not split (excl. pickled or parchment-dressed)




4103 20 


Raw hides and skins of reptiles, fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved (excl. parchment-dressed)




4103 30 


Raw hides and skins of swine, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired or split (excl. parchment-dressed)




4103 90 


Raw hides and skins, fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, whether or not dehaired, incl. birdskins without feathers or down (excl. parchment-dressed, hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ animals, equine animals, sheep, lambs, goats, kids, reptiles and swine)




4104 11 


Full grains, unsplit and grain splits, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, of hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, tanned, without hair on (excl. further prepared)




4104 19 


Hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, tanned, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits)




4104 41 


Full grains leather, unsplit and grain splits leather, in the dry state ‘crust’, of hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, without hair on (excl. further prepared)




4104 49 


Hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, in the dry state ‘crust’, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and full grains, unsplit and grain splits)




4105 10 


Skins of sheep or lambs, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4105 30 


Skins of sheep or lambs, in the dry state ‘crust’, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4106 21 


Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, tanned, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4106 22 


Hides and skins of goats or kids, in the dry state ‘crust’, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4106 31 


Hides and skins of swine, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, tanned, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4106 32 


Hides and skins of swine, in the dry state ‘crust’, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and pre-tanned only)




4106 40 


Tanned or crust hides and skins of reptiles, whether or not split (excl. further prepared)




4106 91 


Hides and skins of antelopes, deers, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the wet state ‘incl. wet-blue’, tanned, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only)




4106 92 


Hides and skins of antelopes, deers, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, in the dry state ‘crust’, whether or not split (excl. further prepared and of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats and kids, swine and reptiles, and pre-tanned only)




4107 11 


Full grains leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, unsplit, of the whole hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4107 12 


Grain splits leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of the whole hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4107 19 


Leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’ of the whole hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4107 91 


Full grains leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, unsplit, of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4107 92 


Grain splits leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4107 99 


Leather ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’ of the portions, strips or sheets of hides and skins of bovine ‘incl. buffalo’ or equine animals, further prepared after tanning or crusting, without hair on (excl. unsplit full grains leather, grain splits leather, chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4112 00 


Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of sheep or lambs, without wool on, whether or not split (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4113 10 


Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4113 20 


Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of pigs, without hair on, whether or not split (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4113 30 


Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of reptiles, whether or not split (excl. chamois leather, patent leather and patent laminated leather, and metallised leather)




4113 90 


Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting ‘incl. parchment-dressed leather’, of antelopes, deer, elks, elephants and other animals, incl. sea animals, without wool or hair on, and leather of hairless animals, whether or not split (excl. leather of bovine and equine animals, sheep and lambs, goats or kids, swine and reptiles, and chamois leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallised leather)




4114 10 


Chamois leather, incl. combination chamois leather (excl. glacé-tanned leather subsequently treated with formaldehyde and leather stuffed with oil only after tanning)




4114 20 


Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather (excl. lacquered or metallised reconstituted leather)




4115 10 


Composition leather based on leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls




4115 20 


Parings and other waste of leather or of composition leather, not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles; leather dust, powder and flour




4401 10 


Fuel wood, in logs, billets, twigs, faggots or similar forms




4401 21 


Coniferous wood in chips or particles (excl. those of a kind used principally for dying or tanning purposes)




4401 22 


Wood in chips or particles (excl. those of a kind used principally for dying or tanning purposes, and coniferous wood)




4401 30 


Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms




4402 10 


Bamboo charcoal, incl. shell or nut charcoal, whether or not agglomerated (excl. used as a medicament, mixed with incense, activated bamboo charcoal and in the form of crayons)




4402 90 


Wood charcoal, incl. shell or nut charcoal, whether or not agglomerated (excl. bamboo charcoal, wood charcoal used as a medicament, charcoal mixed with incense, activated charcoal and charcoal in the form of crayons)




4403 10 


Wood in the rough, treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.)




4403 20 


Coniferous wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)




4403 41 


Dark red meranti, light red meranti and meranti bakau wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)




4403 49 


Tropical wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. dark red meranti, light red meranti, meranti bakau; rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)




4403 91 


Oak ‘quercus spp.’ in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)




4403 92 


Beech ‘fagus spp.’ in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood in the form of railway sleepers; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives)




4403 99 


Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared (excl. rough-cut wood for walking sticks, umbrellas, tool shafts and the like; wood cut into boards or beams, etc.; wood treated with paint, stains, creosote or other preservatives, coniferous wood in general, oak ‘quercus spp.’, beech ‘fagus spp.’ and tropical wood specified in subheading note 1 to this Chapter)




4404 10 


Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles or the like; chipwood and the like, of coniferous wood (excl. hoopwood sawn lengthwise and carved or notched at the ends; brushmounts, lasts)




4404 20 


Hoopwood; split poles; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, umbrellas, tool handles and the like; chipwood and the like (excl. hoopwood sawn lengthwise and carved or notched at the ends; brushmounts, lasts; coniferous wood in general)




4405 00 


Wood wool; wood flour, i.e. wood powder able to pass through a fine, 0,63 mm mesh, sieve with a residue of ≤ 8 % by weight




4501 10 


Natural cork, raw or simply prepared ‘merely surface-worked or otherwise cleaned’




4501 90 


Cork waste; crushed, powdered or ground cork




4502 00 


Natural cork, debacked or roughly squared, or in square or rectangular blocks, plates, sheets or strip, incl. sharp-edged blanks for corks or stoppers




4701 00 


Mechanical wood pulp, not chemically treated




4702 00 


Chemical wood pulp, dissolving grades




4703 11 


Unbleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades)




4703 19 


Unbleached non-coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades)




4703 21 


Semi-bleached or bleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades)




4703 29 


Semi-bleached or bleached non-coniferous chemical wood pulp, soda or sulphate (excl. dissolving grades)




4704 11 


Unbleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, sulphite (excl. dissolving grades)




4704 19 


Unbleached non-coniferous chemical wood pulp, sulphite (excl. dissolving grades)




4704 21 


Semi-bleached or bleached coniferous chemical wood pulp, sulphite (excl. dissolving grades)




4704 29 


Semi-bleached or bleached non-coniferous chemical wood pulp, sulphite (excl. dissolving grades)




4705 00 


Wood pulp obtained by a combination of mechanical and chemical pulping processes




4706 10 


Pulp of cotton linters




4706 20 


Pulps of fibres derived from recovered ‘waste and scrap’ paper or paperboard




4706 30 


Pulps of fibrous cellulosic bamboo material




4706 91 


Mechanical pulp of fibrous cellulosic material (excl. that of wood, cotton linters and fibres derived from recovered [waste and scrap] paper or paperboard)




4706 92 


Chemical pulp of fibrous cellulosic material (excl. that of wood, cotton linters and fibres derived from recovered [waste and scrap] paper or paperboard)




4706 93 


Semi-chemical pulp of fibrous cellulosic material (excl. that of wood, cotton linters and fibres derived from recovered [waste and scrap] paper or paperboard)




4707 10 


Recovered ‘waste and scrap’ paper or paperboard of unbleached kraft paper, corrugated paper or corrugated paperboard




4707 20 


Recovered ‘waste and scrap’ paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass




4707 30 


Recovered ‘waste and scrap’ paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp, e.g. newspapers, journals and similar printed matter




4707 90 


Recovered ‘waste and scrap’ paper or paperboard, incl. unsorted waste and scrap (excl. waste and scrap of unbleached kraft paper or kraft paperboard, or of corrugated paper or corrugated paperboard, that of paper or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp not coloured in the mass, that of paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp, and paper wool)




5101 11 


Greasy shorn wool, incl. fleece-washed wool, neither carded nor combed




5101 19 


Greasy wool, incl. fleece-washed wool, neither carded nor combed (excl. shorn wool)




5101 21 


Shorn wool, degreased, non-carbonised, neither carded nor combed




5101 29 


Degreased wool, non-carbonised, neither carded nor combed (excl. shorn wool)




5101 30 


Carbonised wool, neither carded nor combed




5102 11 


Hair of kashmir ‘cashmere’ goats, neither carded nor combed




5102 19 


Fine animal hair, neither carded nor combed (excl. wool and hair of kashmir ‘cashmere’ goats)




5102 20 


Coarse animal hair, neither carded nor combed (excl. wool, hair and bristles used in the manufacture of brooms and brushes, and horsehair from the mane or tail)




5103 10 


Noils of wool or of fine animal hair (excl. garnetted stock)




5103 20 


Waste of wool or of fine animal hair, incl. yarn waste (excl. noils and garneted stock)




5103 30 


Waste of coarse animal hair, incl. yarn waste (excl. garneted stock, waste of hair or bristles used in the manufacture of brooms and brushes, and of horsehair from the mane or tail)




5104 00 


Garnetted stock of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, neither carded nor combed




5105 29 


Wool, combed (excl. that in fragments ‘open tops’)




5105 31 


Hair of kashmir ‘cashmere’ goats, carded or combed




5107 10 


Yarn of combed wool containing ≥ 85 % wool by weight (excl. that put up for retail sale)




5201 00 


Cotton, neither carded nor combed




5202 10 


Cotton yarn waste, incl. thread waste




5202 91 


Garnetted stock of cotton




5202 99 


Cotton waste (excl. yarn waste, thread waste and garneted stock)




5203 00 


Cotton, carded or combed




5205 12 


Single cotton yarn, of uncombed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 232,56 decitex to < 714,29 decitex ‘> mc 14 to mc 43’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 13 


Single cotton yarn, of uncombed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 192,31 decitex to < 232,56 decitex ‘> mc 43 to mc 52’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 22 


Single cotton yarn, of combed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 232,56 decitex to < 714,29 decitex ‘> mc 14 to mc 43’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 23 


Single cotton yarn, of combed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 192,31 decitex to < 232,56 decitex ‘> mc 43 to mc 52’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 24 


Single cotton yarn, of combed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 125 decitex to < 192,31 decitex ‘> mc 52 to mc 80’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 33 


Multiple ‘folded’ or cabled cotton yarn, of uncombed fibres, containing ≥ 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 192,31 decitex to < 232,56 decitex ‘> mc 43 to mc 52’ per single yarn (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5205 34 


Multiple ‘folded’ or cabled cotton yarn, of uncombed fibres, containing 85 % cotton by weight and with a linear density of 125 decitex to < 192,31 decitex ‘> mc 52 to mc 80’ per single yarn (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5206 15 


Single cotton yarn containing predominantly, but < 85 % cotton by weight, of uncombed fibres and with a linear density of < 125 decitex ‘> mc 80’ (excl. sewing thread and yarn put up for retail sale)




5301 30 


Flax tow and waste, incl. yarn waste and garneted stock




7101 10 


Pearls, natural, whether or not worked or graded, but not strung, mounted or set, natural pearls, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. mother-of-pearl)




7101 21 


Cultured pearls, unworked, whether or not graded




7101 22 


Cultured pearls, worked, whether or not graded, but not strung, mounted or set, worked cultured pearls, temporarily strung for convenience of transport




7102 10 


Diamonds, unsorted




7102 21 


Industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted




7102 29 


Industrial diamonds, worked, but not mounted or set (excl. unmounted stones for pick-up styluses, stones suitable for use as parts of meters, measuring instruments or other articles of Chapter 90)




7102 31 


Non-industrial diamonds unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted (excl. industrial diamonds)




7102 39 


Diamonds, worked, but not mounted or set (excl. industrial diamonds)




7103 10 


Precious stones and semi-precious stones, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, whether or not graded (excl. diamonds and imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones)




7103 91 


Rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked, whether or not graded, but not strung, mounted or set, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked, ungraded, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. rubies, sapphires and emeralds, simply sawn or roughly shaped, imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones)




7103 99 


Precious and semi-precious stones, worked, whether or not graded, but not strung, mounted or set, precious and semi-precious stones, worked, ungraded, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. precious and semi-precious stones, simply sawn or roughly shaped, diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, imitation precious stones and semi-precious stones)




7104 10 


Quartz, piezo-electric, of synthetic or reconstructed stone whether or not worked or graded, but not strung mounted or set




7104 20 


Precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped, whether or not graded (excl. piezo-electric quartz)




7104 90 


Precious and semi-precious stones, synthetic or reconstructed, worked, whether or not graded but not strung, mounted or set, ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport (excl. stones simply sawn or roughly shaped, piezo-electric quartz)




7105 10 


Dust and powder of diamonds, incl. synthetic diamonds




7105 90 


Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi-precious stones (excl. dust and powder of diamonds)




7106 10 


Powder of silver, incl. silver plated with gold or platinum




7106 91 


Silver, incl. silver plated with gold or platinum, unwrought (excl. silver in powder form)




7106 92 


Silver, incl. silver plated with gold or platinum, semi-manufactured




7107 00 


Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured




7108 11 


Powder of gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, for non-monetary purposes




7108 12 


Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, unwrought, for non-monetary purposes (excl. gold in powder form)




7108 13 


Gold, incl. gold plated with platinum, in semi-manufactured forms, for non-monetary purposes




7108 20 


Monetary gold




7109 00 


Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured




7110 11 


Platinum, unwrought or in powder form




7110 19 


Platinum, in semi-manufactured forms




7110 21 


Palladium, unwrought or in powder form




7110 29 


Palladium in semi-manufactured forms




7110 31 


Rhodium, unwrought or in powder form




7110 39 


Rhodium in semi-manufactured forms




7110 41 


Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, unwrought or in powder form




7110 49 


Iridium, osmium and ruthenium, in semi-manufactured forms




7111 00 


Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured




7112 30 


Ash containing precious metal or precious metal compounds




7112 91 


Waste and scrap of gold, incl. metal clad with gold, and other waste and scrap containing gold or gold compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (excl. ash containing gold or gold compounds, waste and scrap of gold melted down into unworked blocks, ingots, or similar forms, and sweepings containing other precious metals)




7112 92 


Waste and scrap of platinum, incl. metal clad with platinum, and other waste and scrap containing platinum or platinum compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (excl. ash containing platinum or platinum compounds, waste and scrap of platinum melted down into unworked blocks, ingots, or similar forms, and sweepings and ash containing precious metals)




7112 99 


Waste and scrap of silver, incl. metal clad with silver, and other waste and scrap containing silver or silver compounds, of a kind used principally for the recovery of precious metal (excl. ash, and waste and scrap of precious metals melted down into unworked blocks, ingots or similar forms)




7201 10 


Non-alloy pig iron in pigs, blocks or other primary forms, containing by weight ≤ 0,5 % of phosphorous




7201 20 


Non-alloy pig iron in pigs, blocks or other primary forms, containing by weight > 0,5 % phosphorus




7201 50 


Alloy pig iron and spiegeleisen, in pigs, blocks or other primary forms




7202 11 


Ferro-manganese, containing by weight > 2 % of carbon




7202 19 


Ferro-manganese, containing by weight ≤ 2 % carbon




7202 21 


Ferro-silicon, containing by weight > 55 % of silicon




7202 29 


Ferro-silicon, containing by weight ≤ 55 % silicon




7202 30 


Ferro-silico-manganese




7202 41 


Ferro-chromium, containing by weight > 4 % of carbon




7202 49 


Ferro-chromium, containing by weight ≤ 4 % of carbon




7202 50 


Ferro-silico-chromium




7202 60 


Ferro-nickel




7202 70 


Ferro-molybdenum




7202 80 


Ferro-tungsten and ferro-silico-tungsten




7202 91 


Ferro-titanium and ferro-silico-titanium




7202 92 


Ferro-vanadium




7202 93 


Ferro-niobium




7202 99 


Ferro-alloys (excl. ferro-manganese, ferro-silicon, ferro-silico-manganese, ferro-chromium, ferro-silico-chromium, ferro-nickel, ferro-molybdenum, ferro-tungsten, ferro-silico-tungsten, ferro-titanium, ferro-silico-titanium, ferro-vanadium and ferro-niobium)




7203 10 


Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore, in lumps, pellets or similar forms




7203 90 


Spongy ferrous products, obtained from molten pig iron by atomization, iron of a purity of ≥ 99,94 %, in lumps, pellets or similar forms




7205 10 


Granules, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or steel (excl. granules of ferro-alloys, turnings and filings of iron or steel, certain small calibre items, defective balls for ball-bearings)




7205 21 


Powders, of alloy steel (excl. powders of ferro-alloys and radioactive iron powders ‘isotopes’)




7205 29 


Powders, of pig iron, spiegeleisen, iron or non-alloy steel (excl. powders of ferro-alloys and radioactive iron powders ‘isotopes’)




7206 10 


Ingots, of iron and non-alloy steel, (excl. remelted scrap ingots, continuous cast products, iron of heading 7203 )




7206 90 


Iron and non-alloy steel, in puddled bars or other primary forms (excl. ingots, remelted scrap ingots, continuous cast products, iron of heading 7203 )




7207 11 


Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel containing, by weight, < 0,25 % of carbon, of square or rectangular cross-section, the width measuring < twice the thickness




7207 12 


Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel containing, by weight, < 0,25 % of carbon, of rectangular ‘other than square’ cross-section, the width measuring ≥ twice the thickness




7207 19 


Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel containing, by weight, < 0,25 % of carbon, of circular cross-section, or of a cross-section other than square or rectangular




7207 20 


Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel containing, by weight, ≥ 0,25 % of carbon




7218 10 


Steel, stainless, in ingots and other primary forms (excl. waste and scrap in ingot form, and products obtained by continuous casting)




7218 91 


Semi-finished products of stainless steel, of rectangular ‘other than square’ cross-section




7218 99 


Semi-finished products of stainless steel (excl. of rectangular [other than square] cross-section)




7224 10 


Steel, alloy, other than stainless, in ingots or other primary forms (excl. waste and scrap in ingot form, and products obtained by continuous casting)




7224 90 


Semi-finished products of alloy steel other than stainless




7401 00 


Copper mattes; cement copper ‘precipitated copper’




7402 00 


Copper, unrefined; copper anodes for electrolytic refining




7403 11 


Copper, refined, in the form of cathodes and sections of cathodes




7403 12 


Copper, refined, in the form of wire-bars




7403 13 


Copper, refined, in the form of billets




7403 19 


Copper, refined, unwrought (excl. copper in the form of billets, wire-bars, cathodes and sections of cathodes)




7403 21 


Copper-zinc base alloys ‘brass’ unwrought




7403 22 


Copper-tin base alloys ‘bronze’ unwrought




7403 29 


Copper alloys unwrought (excl. copper-zinc base alloys ‘brass’, copper-zinc base alloys ‘bronze’, copper-nickel base alloys ‘cupro-nickel’, copper-nickel-zinc base alloys ‘nickel silver’, and copper alloys of heading 7405 )




7404 00 


Waste and scrap, of copper (excl. ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted copper waste and scrap, ashes and residues containing copper, and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators)




7405 00 


Master alloys of copper (excl. phosphorus-copper compounds ‘copper phosphide’ containing by weight > 15 % phosphorus)




7406 10 


Copper powders, of non-lamellar structure (excl. grains of copper)




7406 20 


Copper powders, of lamellar structure, and flakes of copper (excl. grains of copper and spangles of heading 8308 )




7504 00 


Powders and flakes, of nickel (excl. nickel oxide sinters)




7601 10 


Aluminium, not alloyed, unwrought




7601 20 


Unwrought aluminium alloys




7602 00 


Waste and scrap, of aluminium (excl. slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, containing recoverable aluminium in the form of silicates, ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of aluminium, ashes and residues from aluminium production)




7603 10 


Powders of aluminium, of non-lamellar structure (excl. pellets of aluminium)




7603 20 


Powders of aluminium, of lamellar structure, and flakes of aluminium (excl. pellets of aluminium, and spangles)




7801 10 


Unwrought lead, refined




7801 91 


Unwrought lead, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element




7801 99 


Unwrought lead (excl. refined lead and lead containing by weight antimony as the principal other element)




7802 00 


Lead waste and scrap (excl. ashes and residues from lead production of ‘heading 2620 ’, and ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of lead of ‘heading 7801 ’ and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators)




7804 20 


Lead powders and flakes (excl. grains of lead, and spangles of heading 8308 )




7901 11 


Unwrought zinc, not alloyed, containing by weight ≥ 99,99 % of zinc




7901 12 


Unwrought zinc, not alloyed, containing by weight < 99,99 % of zinc




7901 20 


Unwrought zinc alloys




7902 00 


Zinc waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues from zinc production of ‘heading 2620 ’, ingots and other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted waste and scrap, of zinc of ‘heading 7901 ’ and waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators




7903 10 


Zinc dust




7903 90 


Zinc powders and flakes (excl. grains of zinc, and spangles of heading 8308 , and zinc dust)




8001 10 


Unwrought tin, not alloyed




8001 20 


Unwrought tin alloys




8002 00 


Tin waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues from the manufacture of tin of heading 2620 , and ingots and similar unwrought tin produced from melted tin waste and scrap of heading 8001 )




8101 10 


Tungsten powders




8101 94 


Unwrought tungsten, incl. bars and rods of tungsten obtained simply by sintering




8101 97 


Tungsten waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing tungsten)




8102 10 


Molybdenum powders




8102 94 


Unwrought molybdenum, incl. bars and rods obtained simply by sintering




8102 97 


Molybdenum waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing molybdenum)




8103 20 


Unwrought tantalium, incl. bars and rods of tantalium obtained simply by sintering; tantalium powders




8103 30 


Tantalium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing tantalium)




8104 11 


Unwrought magnesium, containing ≥ 99,8 % by weight of magnesium




8104 19 


Unwrought magnesium, containing < 99,8 % by weight of magnesium




8104 20 


Magnesium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing magnesium, and raspings, turnings and granules graded according to size)




8104 30 


Magnesium raspings, turnings and granules, graded according to size; magnesium powders




8105 20 


Cobalt mattes and other intermediate products of cobalt metallurgy; unwrought cobalt; cobalt powders




8105 30 


Cobalt waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing cobalt)




8106 00 


Bismuth and articles thereof, n.e.s.; bismuth waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing bismuth)




8107 20 


Unwrought cadmium; cadmium powders




8107 30 


Cadmium waste and scrap (excl. ashes and residues containing cadmium)




8108 20 


Unwrought titanium; titanium powders




8108 30 


Titanium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing titanium)




8109 20 


Unwrought zirconium; zirconium powders




8109 30 


Zirconium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing zirconium)




8110 10 


Unwrought antimony; antimony powders




8110 20 


Antimony waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing antimony)




8111 00 


Manganese and articles thereof, n.e.s.; manganese waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing manganese)




8112 12 


Unwrought beryllium; beryllium powders




8112 13 


Beryllium waste and scrap (excl. ashes and residues containing beryllium)




8112 21 


Unwrought chromium; chromium powders




8112 22 


Chromium waste and scrap (excl. ash and residues containing chromium and chromium alloys containing > 10 % by weight of nickel)




8112 51 


Unwrought thallium; thallium powders




8112 52 


Thallium waste and scrap (excl. ashes and residues containing thallium)




8112 92 


Unwrought hafnium ‘celtium’, niobium ‘columbium’, rhenium, gallium and indium; powders and waste and scrap of these metals (excl. ash and residues containing these metals)






2.   Letter from the European Union

Geneva, 16 December 2011
            
Dear Minister,
We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today’s date, which reads as follows:

                  ‘Following negotiations between the Russian Federation and the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”) with regard to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials, the Parties have reached the following understanding:
The Government of the Russian Federation shall make its best efforts not to introduce or increase export duties for the raw materials listed in the Annex to this letter. This list was established based on the following criteria:






 


Raw materials, which are not listed in Part V of the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods of the Russian Federation in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and for which the Russian Federation has more than 10 percent of global production or exports, or where the European Union has major import interest, either existing or potential, or where there is a risk of tension in global supplies.










 


Should the Government of the Russian Federation consider the introduction or increase of export duties on those raw materials, it shall hold consultations with the European Commission at least two months prior to the implementation of such measures, with a view to arriving at a solution taking into account the interests of both Parties.










 


With regard to products listed in the Annex to this letter which are also included in Part V of the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods of the Russian Federation in the WTO concerning export duties, provisions of this letter do not apply.










 


In case the European Union confirms its agreement with the terms set forth in this letter, I propose that this letter and the reply letter of the European Union shall constitute the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the European Union relating to the introduction or increase of export duties on raw materials. This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the Parties exchange written notifications certifying that they have completed their respective internal procedures. This Agreement shall be applied provisionally from the date of the Russian Federation’s accession to the WTO.’.




The European Union has the honour to confirm its agreement with the contents of this letter.
Please accept, Madame, the assurance of our highest consideration.


For the European Union






Waldemar PAWLAK
            

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Economy of the Republic of Poland






Karel DE GUCHT
            

Commissioner for Trade of the European Commission




(1)  Customs Union Common External Tariff as of 1 December 2010.

(*1)  For the purposes of application of this list goods are defined only by HS codes. Goods descriptions are provided for convenience.