RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/IT/SPEC/1/Rev.1
7April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1391)
Original: English Committee ofParticipants ontheExpansion ofTrade
inInformation Technology Products
PROPOSED ADDITIONS TOPRODUCT COVERAGE
Submission byCanada
Revision
Thefollowing communication, dated 30March 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada.
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Further tomyletter ofDecember 23,1997, onCanada 'sproposals forpossible additional tariff
concessions under theInformation Technology Agreement (ITA), please findbelow Canada 'srevisions
tothedescriptors ofitsproposed additional products. Therevisions areunderlined.
AsCanada indicated during theITACommittee meeting ofMarch 27,these revisions are
designed toaddress concerns raised byother ITAParticipants regarding theability ofcustoms officials
todifferentiate these ITproducts fromother products alsoclassified under thesame subheadings. We
havetherefore narrowed theproposed coverage ofourproposals toaddress these concerns.
HSCode Product Description
8531.80ex Other apparatus, foruseinthemanufacture ofgoods ofheading No.84.71, 85.17
or85.25
8537.10ex Panel boards, distribution boards andframe supervisory panels, foruseinthe
manufacture ofgoods ofheading No.84.71, 85.17 or85.25
8538.90ex Parts foruseinthemanufacture ofgoods ofex8536.50, ex8536.69, ex8536.90,
ex8537.10 (theproduct descriptions foreachoftheex-outs willberefined when
agreement isreached ontheexact coverage ofITAII)
8543.89ex Oscillators andamplifiers, including repeaters, foruseinthemanufacture ofgoods
ofheading No.84.71, 85.17 or85.25
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