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WORLD TRADE G/SECRET/HS/6
8 December 1995
ORGANIZATION
Original: Spanish
HARMONIZED SYSTEM - ARTICLE XXVIII NEGOTIATIONS
Submission of Documentation
Schedule LXXXVIII - Guatemala
The following communication, dated 21 November 1995, has be en received from the Permanent
Mission of Guatemala.
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The Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations Off ice and Other International
Organizations at Geneva presents its compliments to the Sec retariat of the World Trade Organization
and has the honour to submit the following documents1with the purpose of carrying out the transposition
of the concessions negotiated by the Government of Guatemal a in the course of its accession to GATT,
as set forth in Schedule LXXXVIII, into the Harmonized Syste m nomenclature, in accordance with
the procedures for negotiations under Article XXVIII (BISD 27S/26) and the Decision of the Council
of 12 July 1983 (BISD 30S/17).
Annex I: Existing Schedule
Schedule LXXXVIII - Guatemala, submitted in the Central Ame rican Uniform Tariff
Nomenclature (NAUCA II), is contained in the Protocol for th e Accession of Guatemala
to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade dated 16 April 1 991.
Annex II: Proposed Schedule LXXXVIII
The Proposed Schedule2reflects all the existing bindings expressed in the Central
American Tariff System (SAC), which is based on the Harmoniz ed Commodity
Description and Coding System (HS), and no bound tariff has b een changed. Only
the Spanish version of this Schedule is authentic.
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1Spanish only.
2The Proposed Schedule refers to the part concerning the indu strial sector. With regard to the concessions
relating to the agricultural sector granted by Guatemala in the course of its accession, these are set forth in the
Harmonized System nomenclature in the Schedule of Guatemal a annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol.G/SECRET/HS/6
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Annex III: Concordance Table from the Existing Schedule to t he Proposed Schedule
The Concordance Table provides a cross-reference between t he NAUCA II and SAC
nomenclatures.
Annex IV: Concordance Table from the Proposed Schedule to th e Existing Schedule
The Concordance Table provides a cross-reference between t he SAC and NAUCA II
nomenclatures.
Trade statistics are not provided since all the initial nego tiating rights are maintained and no
bound duties have been modified.
Members wishing to hold consultations concerning the conce ssions included in
Schedule LXXXVIII of Guatemala should transmit a written co mmunication to that effect to the
Permanent Mission of Guatemala within a period of 90 days fro m the date of this document. If no
objection is received within that period, the new Schedule L XXXVIII - Guatemala will be considered
approved and will be officially certified.