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WORLD TRADE GPA/4
10July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2698)
Committee onGovernment Procurement
UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Atitsmeeting on4June1996, theCommittee onGovernment Procurement adopted theattached
classificationsystemsforgoodsandservicesforthepurposesofstatisticalreportingundertheAgreement
onGovernment Procurement.GPA/4
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Classification System forGoods
Grouping No. Classification1Product description2
1 CCCN chapters 01-24.
SITC 00-12; 22;268.51;
29; 41-43; 512.16-18;
592.1; 941.Products from agriculture andfrom agricultural andfoodprocessing
industries
including:
liveanimals; animal products; vegetable products; animal and
vegetable fatsandoilsandtheircleavage products; prepared edible
fats; animal andvegetable waxes; prepared foodstuffs;
beverages, spirit andvinegar; tobacco.
2 CCCN chapters 25-27.
SITC 27(exc. 271.1-2, 271.4;
277.1, 277.21); 28(exc. 282,
287.12, 22and32,288.2,
289.02); 32;33(exc.
334.52); 34-35; 661.1-2.Mineral products
including
salt; sulphur; stone; clay; lime; cement; metallic ores; coal;
coke; mineral fuels; mineral oils.
3 CCCN chapter 28,headings
29.01-16, 29.19, 29.21-31,
29.33-37, 29.43, 29.45,
chapters 31-36 and38.
SITC 271.1-2; 271.4; 287.32;
334.52; 51-53 (exc. 512.16-
18); 55-56; 572; 59(exc.
592.1); 662.33; 895.91;
899.31-32 and39.Products ofthechemical andallied industries
including:
inorganic chemicals; organic chemicals; fertilizers; colours;
paints; varnishes; waxes; essential oils; soap; washing,
polishing andlubricating preparations; enzymes; albuminoidal
substances; explosives; matches; disinfectants; insecticides.
excluding:
medicinal andpharmaceutical products.
4 CCCN headings 29.38-39,
29.41-42, 29.44 andchapter
30.
SITC 54.Medicinal andpharmaceutical products
including:
vitamins, antibiotics, vegetable alkaloids, hormones, medicaments
andother pharmaceutical goods.
5 CCCN chapters 39-41,
headings 42.01, 42.04-06,
chapter 43.
SITC 21;23;58;61(exc.
612.3); 62;848.2-3; 893;
899.91.Artificial resins andplastic materials, cellulose esters andethers, and
articles thereof; rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, andarticles thereof;
rawhides andskins; leather, furskins andarticles thereof, other than
articles ofapparel andclothing accessories ofleather; saddlery and
harness; articles ofanimal gut.
6 CCCN chapters 44-49.
SITC 24;25;63;64;
659.11; 659.7; 892.1-8;
899.71.Wood andarticles ofwood; wood charcoal; corkandarticles ofcork;
paper making material; paper andpaperboard andarticles thereof;
manufactures ofstraw, ofesparto andofother plaiting materials;
basketwork andwickerwork.
7 CCCN headings 42.02-03 and
chapters 50-66.
SITC 26(exc. 268.51);
612.3; 65(exc. 651.95,
654.6, 659.11, 659.7);
775.85; 83;84(exc. 848.2-
3);85;899.4.Textiles andtextile articles; footwear; headgear; umbrellas;
sunshades; walking sticks, whips, riding crops andparts thereof;
travel goods; hand-bags andsimilar containers; articles ofapparel and
clothing accessories, ofleather orcomposition leather
including:
electric blankets.GPA/4
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Grouping No. Classification1Product description2
8 CCCN chapter 68,headings
69.01-09, 69.11-14, 70.01,
70.03-13 and70.15-21.
SITC 651.95; 654.6; 66
(exc. 661.1-2, 662.33, 667).Articles ofstone, ofplaster, ofcement, ofasbestos, ofmica andsimilar
materials; ceramic products, other thansanitary fixtures; glass and
glassware, other thanilluminating andsignalling glassware andoptical
elements ofglass, notoptically worked norofoptical glass.
9 CCCN headings 73.01-27,
73.29-36, 73.38 and73.40.
SITC 282; 67;691.1,
692.11; 692.41, 692.43,
693.11, 693.2, 693.51;
694.01-02; 697.31-33;
697.41; 697.51; 699.2;
699.31-32; 699.41; 699.7.Ironandsteelandarticles thereof, other thanboilers andradiators for
central heating, airheaters andhotairdistributors, notelectronically
heated
including:
structures; containers; wire; cordage; reinforcing fabric; certain
domestic-type, non-electric heating andcooking apparatus.
10 CCCN chapters 74-82,
headings 83.01-06, 83.08-09,
83.11, 83.13-15.
SITC 287.12 and22;288.2;
682-689; 691.2; 692.13;
692.42; 692.44; 693.12-13;
693.52; 694.03; 695-696;
697.34; 697.42-43; 697.52-
53;697.8, 699.33; 699.42;
699.6; 699.8-9; 895.1.Non-ferrous metals andarticles thereof, other thanlamp andlighting
fittings
including:
containers; wire; cordage; reinforcing fabric; tools; cutlery;
domestic-type, non-electrical heating andcooking apparatus;
certain household appliances ofbasemetal; office andstationary
supplies ofbasemetal.
11 CCCN headings 84.01-02,
84.04-08, ex84.59*,85.01.
SITC 71;771.Power generating machinery andequipment
including:
nuclear reactors*;steam andvapour generating boilers; steam
engines andvapour power units; internal combustion piston
engines; rotating electrical plant; water turbines; various engines
andmotors; electric power machinery (transformers andothers).
12 CCCN headings 84.09, 84.23-
39,84.41-48, 84.50, 84.56-
57,ex84.59*,ex87.01**.
SITC 72(exc. 724.7); 73
(exc. 737.32).Machinery specialized forparticular industries
including:
agricultural machinery, tractors, other thanroadtractors forsemi-
trailers**,civilengineering andcontractors 'plant andequipment;
textile andleather machinery; machinery forthemanufacture of
paper articles; printing andbookbinding machinery; food-
processing machines; other machinery, equipment andparts
specialized forparticular industries; metalworking machinery.
excluding:
nuclear reactors; electric orlaser-operated welding, brazing,
soldering orcutting machines; certain machinery forwashing or
cleaning textiles etc.(incl. laundry anddry-cleaning machinery).
*Allmachines andappliances withindividual functions falling under CCCN 84.59 -except nuclear reactors -areplaced ingrouping
12inthislist.(Nuclear reactors fallinsubgroup 718.7 oftheSITC.)
**Tractors falling under CCCN 87.01 areplaced inthisgrouping. However, roadtractors forsemi-trailers (SITC 783.2) areplaced
ingrouping 17below.GPA/4
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13 CCCN headings 84.03, 84.10-
14,84.16-18, 84.20-22,
84.49, 84.58, 84.60-65, 85.11
and87.07.
SITC 697.35; 737.32; 74
(exc. 741.4 and745.22-23).General industrial machinery andequipment, andmachine parts
including:
domestic instantaneous orstorage water heaters, non-electric;
electric welding, brazing, soldering machines andsimilar electric
apparatus forcutting; heating andcooling equipment (e.g. gas
generators, furnaces andovens; air-conditioning machines;
laboratory equipment); pumps; compressors; centrifuges;
filtering/purifying apparatus; fansandblowers; mechanical
handling equipment (e.g. works trucks, lifting, handling,
loading/unloading machinery, telphers andconveyors), other non-
electrical tools andmachinery (e.g. weighing machinery, fire
extinguishers, spray guns, jetprojecting machines).
14(a) CCCN headings 84.51, 84.52,
84.54, 84.55 (lessex
84.55.B), 90.10.A, 90.10.B.
HS8469, 8472, 8473 (less
8473.30), 9009.
SITC 751,759.1, 759.9 (less
759.97).Office machinery
14(b) CCCN headings 84.53, ex
84.55.B, 90.10.C.
HS8471, 8473.30, 9010, ex
8441.10, ex8441.90.
SITC 752,759.97, 881.35,
881.36, ex725.21, ex725.99.Automatic dataprocessing equipment
15(a) CCCN headings 85.13, 85.14,
85.15.
HS8517, 8518 (lessex
8518.30 andex8518.90),
8525, 8526 (lessex8526.92),
8527, 8528 (lessex8528.10
andex8528.20), 8529.
SITC 761(lessex761.1 and
ex761.2), 762,764.1, 764.2
(lessex764.24), 764.3, 764.8
(lessex764.83), 764.9 (less
ex764.92, less764.99).Telecommunications apparatus andequipment
15(b) CCCN headings 92.11, 92.13.
HS8519 (lessex8519.99),
8520 (lessex8520.90), 8521,
8522 (less8522.90).
SITC 763(lessex763.83 and
ex763.84), 764.99 (lessex
764.99).Sound recording andreproducing apparatusGPA/4
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Grouping No. Classification1Product description2
16 CCCN headings 84.15, 84.19,
84.40, 85.02-09, 85.12,
85.16-28, ex90-20***.
SITC 724.7; 741.4; 745.22-
23;772-773; ex774.2; 775
(exc. 775.85); 776; 778.Electrical machinery, apparatus andappliances, andelectrical parts
thereof
excluding:
electric blankets; electro-medical apparatus; electric power
machinery.
including:
refrigerators andrefrigerating equipment; machinery forcleaning
ordrying bottles orother containers; machinery forfilling,
closing, sealing orlabelling bottles, cans, boxes orother
containers; other packing orwrapping machinery; laundry ordry-
cleaning machinery; switches, relays, switchboards (other than
telephone); control panels; resistors; equipment fordistributing
electricity; machinery based ontheuseofX-rays, orofradiations
from radio-active substances; X-ray generators, tubes; screens,
etc.,other thanformedical purposes***;household-type
equipment; electro-thermic appliances; valves, tubes; transistors;
microcircuits, batteries, accumulators; starting andignition
equipment; electrical traffic-control equipment; electric sound or
visual signalling apparatus (e.g. bells, sirens, firealarms), etc.
17 CCCN headings ex87.01*****,
87.02-06, 87.09-12, 87.14.
SITC 78(exc. 786.13).Road vehicles
including:
roadtractors forsemi-trailers****;air-cushion vehicles
18 CCCN chapter 86.
SITC 786.13; 791.Railway vehicles andassociated equipment
including:
railway andtramway locomotives; rolling-stock andparts thereof;
railway andtramway track fixtures andfittings; traffic signalling
equipment ofallkinds (notelectrically powered); containers
specially designed andequipped forcarriage byoneormore modes
oftransport.
19 CCCN chapter 88.
SITC 792; 899.98.Aircraft andassociated equipment
including:
aircraft andparts thereof; parachutes; catapults andsimilar
aircraft launching gear; ground flying trainers.
20 CCCN chapter 89.
SITC 793.Ships, boats andfloating structures.
21 CCCN headings 69.10, 70.14,
73.37, 83.07, 85.10.
SITC 81.Sanitary, plumbing, heating andlighting fixtures andfittings, n.e.s.
including:
boilers; radiators; airheaters andhotairdistributors, not
electrically heated; sinks; wash basins; lamps andlanterns;
illuminating glassware, signalling glassware; lamps andlight
fittings ofbasemetal.
***X-ray andradiological apparatus etc.ofCCCN 90.20 formedical purposes (SITC ex774.2) areplaced ingrouping 22.
*****Seefootnote "**"under grouping 12.
*****X-ray andradiological apparatus etc.ofCCCN 90.20 forlaboratory andindustrial purposes (SITC ex7742) areplaced ingrouping 16.GPA/4
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Grouping No. Classification1Product description2
22 CCCN headings 90.03-04,
90.17-18, ex90.20*****,94.02.
SITC 774.1; ex774.2;
821.21; 872; 884.2.Medical, dental, surgical andveterinary equipment
including:
electro-medical apparatus; apparatus based ontheuseofX-rays or
ofradiations from radio-active substances, X-ray generators, tubes,
screens, control panels, examination tables etc.formedical
purposes*****;spectacles andspectacle frames, mountings andparts
thereof; medical instruments andappliances; mechano-therapy
appliances; respirators etc;medical, dental, surgical orveterinary
furniture andparts thereof.
23 CCCN headings 94.01,
94.03-04.
SITC 82(exc. 821.21).Furniture andparts thereof
including:
bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions andsimilar stuffed
furnishings.
excluding:
medical, dental, surgical andveterinary furniture.
24 CCCN headings 90.05-06,
90.11-16, 90.21-29.
SITC 87.Professional, scientific andcontrolling instruments andapparatus
including:
optical instruments andapparatus; meters andcounters; precision,
measuring, checking, analysing andcontrolling instruments.
25 CCCN chapter 37,headings
90.01-02, 90.07-09,
Chapter 91.
SITC 88(exc. 881.39).Photographic apparatus, equipment andsupplies andoptical goods;
watches andclocks
including:
optical lenses, prisms, mirrors; photographic andcinematographic
cameras, cinematographic projectors, sound recorders andsound
reproducers andanycombination ofthese articles; image
projectors; photographic enlargers andreducers; photographic and
cinematographic film, watches andclocks.
excluding:
apparatus andequipment ofakindusedinphotographic or
cinematographic laboratories; spectacles andframes, mountings
andparts thereof.
26 CCCN chapters 67,71,and
72,headings 87.08, 87.13,
90.19, 92.01-08, 92.10,
92.12, chapters 93and95-99.
SITC 277.1; 277.21; 289.02;
667; 681; 894; 895(exc.
895.1, 895.91); 896-898;
899(exc. 899.31-32, 899.39,
899.4, 899.71, 899.91,
899.98); Section 9(exc. 941).Miscellaneous articles.
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1Theclassification attempts toavoid subdividing CCCN 4-digit headings. However, products classified inheadings 84.59, 87.01 and
90.20 clearly belong todifferent categories andareimportant enough tojustify maintaining thesubdivisions. These products havebeen
defined infootnotes.
2Apart from product descriptions, thiscolumn alsocontains some examples ofproducts.GPA/4
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Classification System forServices
Grouping Division Code Services Description
No. (UNCPC)
1 51 Construction work
2 61 Sale, maintenance andrepair services ofmotor vehicles and
motorcycles
3 62 Commission agents 'andwholesale trade services, except of
motor vehicles andmotorcycles
4 63 Retailtradeservices;repairservicesorpersonalandhousehold
goods
5 64 Hotel andrestaurant services
6 71+73 Transport services
7 72 Water transport services
8 74 Supporting andauxiliary transport services
9 75 Postandtelecommunications services
10 81 Financialintermediationservicesandauxiliaryservicestherefor
11 82 Realestate services
12 83 Leasing orrental services without operator
13 84 Computer andrelated services
14 85 Research anddevelopment services
15 86 Legal, accounting, auditing andbook-keeping services;
taxation services; market research andpublic opinion polling
services; management andconsulting services; architectural,
engineering andother technical services.
16 87 Business services n.e.c.
17 88(except 88442) Agricultural,miningandmanufacturingservicesexceptprinting
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Grouping Division Code Services Description
No. (UNCPC)
18 88442 Printing andpublishing onafeeoracontract basis
19 89 Intangible assets
20 91 Public administration andother services tothecommunity as
awhole; compulsory social security services
21 92 Education services
22 93 Health andsocial services
23 94 Sewageandrefusedisposal,sanitationandotherenvironmental
protection services
24 95 Services ofmembership organizations
25 96 Recreational, cultural andsporting services
26 97 Other services
27 98 Private households withemployed persons
28 99 Services provided byextraterritorial organizations andbodies