RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/300/Rev.1
4 October 2001
(01-4795)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  Spanish
REQUEST BY EL SALVADOR FOR A WAIVER UNDER ARTICLE IX OF THE
WTO AGREEMENT FOR MINIMUM VALUES UNDER THE AGREEMENT
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE VII OF GATT 1994
Revision
The following communication, dated 19 September 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of El Salvador.
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The Permanent Mission of El Salvador wishes to inform you that our Government has
decided to request a reservation under Annex III, paragraph 2, of the Agreement on Implementation ofArticle VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (WTO Agreement on Customs
Valuation), to apply minimum customs values in El Salvador to a list of products, annexed hereto, for
a transitional period of four years.
El Salvador has been granted an extension for implementing the Agreement on Customs
Valuation, in accordance with document G/VAL/30 of 6 July 2000.  Consequently, and taking into
account the guiding principles to be followed in considering applications for waivers, adopted on
1 November 1956, the Understanding in Respect of Waivers of Obligations under GATT 1994;  as
well as Article IX, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the WTO, we
request the Council for Trade in Goods for an exte nsion to continue to apply minimum values on
imports of the products included in the list submitted on 5 September  2001.  We would be grateful if
this request could be circulated to the Members, for discussion in the next meeting of the Council forTrade in Goods.G/C/W/300/Rev.1
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Annex from El Salvador:  List of Produc ts to Which Minimum Prices are Applied
Applied to
Number Trade Name Item Heading Used New All
1 Sugar 1701.11.00, 1701.12.00,
1701.91.00, 1701.99.00XX
2 Worn clothing and other
worn articles6309.00.10, 6309.00.90,
6310.10.00, 6310.90.00XX
3 Televisions 8528.12.10, 8528.12.90,
8528.13.10, 8528.13.90XX
4 Sugar confectionery 1704.10.00, 1704.90.00,
1806.10.00, 1806.20.00XX
5 Pneumatic tyres, new 4011.10.00, 4011.20.10,
4011.20.90, 4011.40.00,
4011.50.00, 4011.91.00,
4011.99.00XX
6 Pneumatic tyres,
retreaded or used4012.10.00, 4012.20.00 XX
7 Sound equipment 8520.32.90, 8520.90.00 XX
8 Articles of apparel 6101.10.00 to 6117.90.00,
6201.11.00 to 6217.90.00XX
9 Textile articles, made-up 6301.10.00 to 6304.99.00 XX
10 Sacks and bags, of a
kind used for thepacking of goods6305.10.00 XX
11 Footwear 6402.19.00 to 6405.90.00 XX
12 Vehicles other than
railway or tramwayrolling stock, and parts
and accessories thereof,
of Chapter 87, except
for vehicles designed for
travelling on snowclassified under tariff
subheading 8703.10,XX
self-propelled works
trucks classified under
tariff heading 8709 and
tanks classified under
subheading 8710
13 Aircraft 8802.11.00 to 8802.40.00 XX
14 Parts of goods of
heading 8801 or 88028803.10.00 to 8803.90.00 XX
15 Boats 8901.90.10 to 8903.99.00 XX
16 Cement 2523.21.00 and 2523.29.00 XX
17 Wood 4407.10.00 to 4412.99.00 XX
18 Cookers for liquid fuel 7321.11.10 XX
19 Electric cookers 8516.60.00 XXG/C/W/300/Rev.1
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Applied to
Number Trade Name Item Heading Used New All
20 Refrigerators 8418.21.00 to 8418.50.00 XX
21 Clocks and watches and
parts thereof9101.11.00 to 9102.99.00 XX
22 Cigars and cigarettes 2402.10.00 to 2402.90.00 XX
23 Liquors and wines 2204.10.00 to 2208.70.00 XX
24 Beer 2203.00.00 XX
25 Dairy products 0401.10.00 to 0406.90.00 XX
26 Arms 9302.00.00, 9303.10.00,
9303.90.00XX
27 Woven fabrics of wool 5111.11.00 to 5112.90.00 XX
28 Woven fabrics of cotton 5208.11.00 to 5212.25.00 XX
29 Woven fabrics of flax 5309.11.00 to 5309.29.00 XX
30 Woven fabrics of
synthetic filaments5407.41.10 to 5408.34.00 XX
31 Woven fabrics of
synthetic fibers5512.11.00 to 5516.94.00 XX
32 Video decks 8521.10.10, 8521.10.90,
8521.90.00XX
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