RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/IC/W/26
10August 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2361)
Interim Committee onGovernment Procurement
Working Group onStatistical Reporting
TRANSPOSITION OFTHE SYSTEM OF26PRODUCT
CATEGORIES FROM THE CCCN TOTHE H.S.
Note bytheSecretariat
AttheWorking Group 'smeeting of19June1995, theChairman requested theSecretariat to
prepare atransposition ofthesystem of26product categories fromtheCustoms Cooperation Council
Nomenclature (CCCN) totheHarmonized Commodity Description andCoding System (Harmonized
System) before thenextmeeting, withaviewtofacilitating reflection bydelegations anddiscussion
atthatmeeting onthedesirability ofsuchtransposition. Thepresent noteisanattempt toreply to
thisrequest andiswithout prejudice tothefinaloutcome ofthatdiscussion. Itisnoted that,in
establishing aconcordance between anytwoclassification systems, certain minimal differences in
coverage mayoccur.GPA/IC/W/26
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Product
CategoriesCCCN HS
Coverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
HeadingsCoverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
Headings
1 01-24 24 01-24 24
2 25-27 3 25-27 3
3 28 1 28 1
29.01 -16 16 2901 -35 35
29.19 1 2940 1
29.21 -31 11 2942 1
29.33 -37 5 31-36 6
29.43 1 38 1
29.45 1
31-36 6
38 1
4 29.38 -39 2 2936 -39 4
29.41 -42 2 2941 1
29.44 1 30 1
30 1
5 39-41 3 39-41 3
42.01 1 4201 1
42.04 -06 3 4204 -06 3
43 1 43 1
6 44-49 6 44-49 6
7 42.02 -03 2 4202 -03 2
50-66 17 50-66 17
8 68 1 68 1
69.01 -09 9 6901 -09 9
69.11 -14 4 6911 -14 4
70.01 1 7001 -13 13
70.03 -13 11 7015 -20 6
70.15 -21 7
9 73.01 -27 27 72-73(a) 2
73.29 -36 8
73.38 1
73.40 1
10 74-82 9 74-76 3
83.01 -06 6 78-83 6GPA/IC/W/26
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Product
CategoriesCCCN HS
Coverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
HeadingsCoverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
Headings
83.08 -09 2
83.11 1
83.13 -15 3
11 84.01 -02 2 8401 -02 2
84.04 -08 5 8404 1
ex84.59 (b) 1 8406 -12 7
85.01 1 8501 -04 4
12 84.09 1 8429 -30 2
84.23 -39 17 8431 (c) 1
84.41 -48 8 8432 -49 18
84.50 1 8452 -66 15
84.56 -57 2 8468 1
ex84.59 (d) 1 8474 -75 2
ex87.01 (e) 1 8477 -79 3
ex8701 (e) 1
13 84.03 1 8405 1
84.10 -14 5 8413 -17 5
84.16 -18 3 8419 -21 3
84.20 -22 3 8423 -28 6
84.49 1 8467 1
84.58 1 8476 1
84.60 -65 6 8480 -85 6
85.11 1 8514 -15 2
87.07 1 8709 1
14 84.51 -55 5 8469 -73 5
90.10 1 9009 -10 2
15 85.13 -15 3 8517 -22 6
92.11 1 8525 -29 5
92.13 1
16 84.15 1 8418 1
84.19 1 8422 1
84.40 1 8450 1
85.02 -09 8 8451 1
85.12 1 8505 -12 8GPA/IC/W/26
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Product
CategoriesCCCN HS
Coverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
HeadingsCoverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
Headings
85.16 -28 13 8516 1
ex90.20 (f) 1 8530 -48 19
ex9022 (f) 1
17 ex87.01 (g) 1 ex8701 (g) 1
87.02 -06 5 8702 -08 7
87.09 -12 4 8711 -14 4
87.14 1 8716 1
18 86 1 86 1
19 88 1 88 1
20 89 1 89 1
21 69.10 1 6910 1
70.14 1 7014 1
73.37 1 7322 1
83.07 1 8513 1
85.10 1 9405 1
8403 1
22 90.03 -04 2 9003 -04 2
90.17 -18 2 9018 -20 3
ex90.20 (h) 1 ex9022 (h) 1
94.02 1 9402 1
23 94.01 1 9401 1
94.03 -04 2 9403 -04 2
24 90.05 -06 2 9005 1
90.11 -16 6 9011 -17 7
90.21 -29 9 9023 -33 11
25 37 1 37 1
90.01 -02 2 9001 -02 2
90.07 -09 3 9006 -08 3
91 1 91 1
26 67 1 67 1
71-72 2 71 1
87.08 1 8710 1
87.13 1 8715 1
90.19 1 9021 1GPA/IC/W/26
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Product
CategoriesCCCN HS
Coverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
HeadingsCoverage Nbof
ChaptersNbof
Headings
92.01 -08 8 8406 1
92.10 1 8523 -24 2
92.12 1 92-93 2
93 1 95-97 3
95-99 5
Total 87 286 87 273
(a)Excluding HSheading 7322 (seegrouping 21)
(b)Nuclear reactors
(c)Including parts ofmachines ofHSheadings 8429-30 andthose ofHSheadings 8425-28
(d)Allcommodities falling under CCCN 84.59 except nuclear reactors
(e)Allcommodities falling under CCCN 87.01 andHS8701 except roadtractors forsemi-trailers
(f)Allcommodities falling under CCCN 90.20 andHS9022except x-ray andradiological apparatus etc.formedical
purposes
(g)Road tractors forsemi-trailers
(h)X-ray andradiological apparatus etc.formedical purposes
Sources: WTO documents GPA/IC/W/16 (9March 1995) andGPR/W/94 (3April 1989). Thelatter document
contains atransposition from theCCCN totheHS,asprepared bytheAustrian delegation.