GENERAL AGREEMENT ON No. 3 > TARIFFS AND TRADE sECRET/34/Add.4

16 June 1955

CONTRACTING PARTIES English only

NEGOTIATIONS UNEER ARTICLE XXVIII

Results of Negotiations

The delegations of Peru and the United States of America have concluded their negotiations for the modification or withdrawal of concessions'provided for in Schedule XXXV as set out in the report attached.

Signed for the delegation of the Signed for the delegation of Peru, United States of America, 14 June 1955 14 June 1955

* SECRET

Results of Negotiations under Article XXVIII for the Modification or Withdrawal of Concessions In the Schedule of Peru initially negotiated with

the United States of America

CHANGES IN SCHEDULE XXXV - PERU

Part I - Most Favoured Nation Tariff

A. CONCESSIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Present Rates of Duty Bound in

Existing Sohedules

198 Preserved asparagus

250 Chewing gum (chiclets) in sticks

251 Chewing gum (chiclets) in candy form (sugar coated)

1303 Transparent papers called colophony and cellophane

1532 Fabrics of artificial textile fibers, bleached, printed or dyed, whatever may be the number of threads, weigh­ing up to 40 grams per square meter

1533 The same, weighing more than 40 grams per square meter

1755 Clothing for women and girls, of fabric of artificial textile fibers, and any separate piece thereof for use as outerwear

1756 Woolen clothing for women and girls, with mixture or half mixture of silk or artificial fiber in the fabric, with or without ornaments, also cloth­ing with underskirt or lining of silk or artificial fiber in any part or in the whole of the garment

2185 Sanitary ware, such as water-closets, lavatories, bidets, hip-baths and the like, of faience, stoneware or por­celain, with or without parts of other materials

K.«. 0.50 / 12.5*

K.O. 5^00 / 22.5*

K.§. 6.00 / 22.5*

K.G. 1.80 / 12.§£

K.L. 162.00 jl 12.5£

K.L. 110.00 / 12.5#

K.L. 360.00 ̂ 12.5%

K.L. 225.OO / 12.2*

K.G. 0.50 / 12.5*

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A. CONCESSIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN (Continued)

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Present Rates «f Duty Bound in

Existing Schedules

Ex-2203 Glass or crystal, plane, colorless, of any size, not bevelled, 6 millimeters or more in thickness

2379

2kk5

2515

2518

2644

2712

2869

2891

2893

K.G. 1.20 / 12.55*

Tubes or pipes of iron or steel of other kinds, up to 2 inches of interior dia­meter, including their fittings K.G. 0.10 / 12.55*

Iron or steel in the form of sheets, flat bars, bars and beams, prepared for build­ings and frames of any kind K.G.

Steel furniture, special for offices, such as filing-cases, cabinets, desks, pap©r cases and the like K.G.

Furniture not elsehwere specified or included, of iron or steel, with or without parts of other materials

Tin caps of any kind for bottles and flasks, including those called "Crown", whether or not with cardboard or cork disks or rings, with or without in­scriptions

Collapsible tubes of aluminum, for any use, whether or not with inscriptions

Electric cells and storage batteries, with lead plates, in cases of composi­tion, glass or other materials, weigh­ing up to 30 kilograms each

Copper wire and cables, with one or more poles, up to 3 millimeters in diameter measured in the metallic section of one of the poles, covered with any material other than silk or lead, including those insulated with enamel or synthetic materials

Copper wire and cables with one or more poles, more than 3 millimeters in diameter measured in the metallic sec­tion of one of the poles, covered with any material other than silk or lead

K.G.

0.18/ 18.5*

2.Of / 12.5*

2.80 / 12.**

K.G.

K.G.

1.30 / 12.5*

2.09 / 12.5*

K.G. 0.80 I 12.$*

K.G. 0.80 / 12.5*

K.G. 0.20 / 12.5*

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A. CONCESSIONS TO BE WITHDRAWN (Continued)

S E C R E T

Present Sates of Duty Bound in

Existing Schedules

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

2897 Flexible cords formed of two or more"••••... insulated conductors, each conductor consisting of a large number of very thin copper wires, sheathed or covered, jointly or independently, with rubber, plastics or fabric other than silk

3321 Dressing combs, fancy hair combs, hair­pins and hair clips, of artificial plastics, with or without ornaments of base metal or of imitation stones

K.G. 2,00 / 12.5*

K.L. 20.00 / 12,5*

3. CONCESSIONS TO BE MODIFIED

Variff Item

Number Description of Products

Present Rates Bound in

Existing Schedules

Rates of Duty to be Bound

mmmfm^immm

Ex-171* Peaches, pears, apricots, cherries, prunes and fruit salads, preserved in their own Juice, in water or in syrup, pack­ed in tin or glass con­tainers

228 Liquid soups prepared with vegetable base

NOTE: Subject to the right to increase the speci­fic duty rate to a maximum of S/. 1.00 per K.G.

K.G. 0.15 / 12.5*

K.G. 0.40 / 12.5*

K.G. 2.00 V 12.5*

K.G» 0.80 / 13.5*

C, NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS IN THE EXISTING SCHEDULES

NIL

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D. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULES

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Rates of Duty at Present in Force

Rates of Duty to be Bound

362 Lard, refined

373 Tallow, crude, and tallow in sticks or melted, for any purpose

592 Sodium chromate and bichromate

655 Carbon tetrachloride

676 Acetone, generally

707 Phenacetine

710-a Sulphamides and derivatives thereof

721 Acetyl salicylic acid (aspirin)

757 Essential oil of pine

781 D.D.T. (Dichloro-diphenyl- tri-chloretane) in powder form

791 Activated carbons of vegetable or animal origin, prepared in any form, for laboratory, medi­cinal or industrial purposes

803 Miscellaneous preparations for motor vehicles: cleaning pre­parations and those for stopping cracks in radiators; for decar­bonizing engines; for preventing tyre bursting; anti-freezing compositions and other like preparations

807 Fertilizing preparations for the soil and for seeds, with a basis of bacteria and of hormones of vegetable origin

K.G. Free / 9-667*

K.G. 0.03 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.30 / 13-667*

K.G. 0.15 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.12 / 13.667*

K.N. 3.50 / 13.667*

K.N. 3.00 / 13.667*

K.N. 3.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.12 / 13.667*

K.G. Free / 11.667*

K.G. 0.15 / 13.667*

K.G. O.5O / 13.667*

11.6(57*

Free / 9**

0.03 y 12**

0.15,/ 12**

0.12 / 12**

3.5oy 12**

3.ooy 12**

3.5oy 12**

0.12 / 12**

Free / U**

0.15,/ 12**

o.soy 12**

Free / 11**

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D. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULES (Continued)

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Rates of Duty at Present in Force

Rates of Duty to be Bound

809

815

823

1000

1048-a

1661

2096

2121

Auxiliary products for the paint industry used as oxidizing and stabilizing agents and otherwise, such as metallic résinâtes, lino-leates and naphthalenates and the like

K.G. 0.40 / 13.667*

Sodium and potassium xanthates, and compound products with a basis of such xanthates, such as "Aerofloat B", "Reagent 208" and like products K.G. 0.20 / used in the flotation of ores 13.667*

Penicillin and other similar anti­biotics in any pharmaceutical form, for the treatment of in­fectious diseases

Compounds and essences imitating the flavour of fruits or other flavours, special for beverages, jams and liqueurs

Soap powder specially intended for the manufacture of dental creams

K.L. Free

K.N. 10.00 / 13.667*

K.G. 3.^0 / 13.667*

Note: The soap powder falling with­in this item must be prepared with palm oil with added coco­nut oil, of neutral reaction, odourless, pulverized and sift­ed to such a degree that 90* passes through a 200 gauge sieve and 98/99* through a 150 gauge sieve

Felt, cut and manufactured into spe­cial forms for industrial use, such as machine cylinder covers, rests for presses, polishing discs and K.G. 1.50 / the like 13.667*

Paraffin oil; vaseline (liquid vaseline) unscented

Vaseline, solid, white or yellow, unscented

K.G. 0.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.50 / 13.667*

0.40 / 12**

0.20 / 12**

Free

10.00 / 12**

3.00 / 13**

1.50 / 12**

0.50 / 12**

"*\V3?»$

D. NEW

Tariff Item

Number

2289

2432

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CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING

Description of Products

Crucibles and other wares of graphite

Anti-friction metals with a basis of tin, lead and antimony, in ingots or bars, such as those called Babbitt and the like

S E C R E T

SCHEDULES (Continued)

Rates of Duty at Present in Force

K.G. 0.05 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.90 / 13.667*

Rates of Duty to be Bound

0.05 /

0.90 /

12** 2469

2517

2544

2545

2549

Ex-2609

2659

2664

2742

2761

Steel staples and fasteners, spe­cial for Joining transmission beltsj fasteners and staples, corrugated, for assembling boards or for other like purposes

Arm-chairs, special for dentists, barbers and bootblacks, complete or incomplete

Screw Jacks, pulley blocks, lift­ing tackles and pulleys, weighing up to 10 kgs

The same, weighing more than 10 kgs

Moulds and ingot-moulds for foundries

Sanitary apparatus such as water-closets, lavatories, bidets, urinals, baths, and the like, of cast iron, whether or not varnished, painted or enamelled with faience K.G. 0.60 / or porcelain 13-667*

K.G. 0.30 / 13.667*

K.G. 2.00 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.20 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.40 / 13.667*

0.30 / 12è*

2.00 / 13è*

0.50 / 12e*

0.20 / 12**

0.40 / 12e*

Padlocks, other kinds, of copper and copper-alloys

Keys for locks whether in the form of blanks or ready for use

Special lamps for miners, non­electrical

Steam engines and turbines, separated from their boilers

K.L. 10.00 / 13 .667*

K.G. 8.00 / 13 .667*

K.G. 0 .30 / 13 .667*

K.G. 0 .03 / 13 .667*

0 .60 / 13.V2 %

10.00 / 12a*

8.00 /

12**

0.30 / i ? i *

0.0: 1

/

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D, NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULES (Continued)

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Rates of Duty at Present in Force

Rates of Duty to be Bound

2802 Pumps for barrels and pumps for transferring liquids, including petrol pumps

2805 Teleferics and cable-railways of any kind, including cables, cabins, towers, engines, accessories and spare parts; also chain or other conveyors for conveying loads or passengers

28p6 Elevators, goodslifts and lifts for packages and industrial purposes

2810 Road-rollers or road-graders, of any kind

2824 Machines for compressing air, of any kind, of a weight not exceed­ing 50 kgs. each

2847 Machine lubricators, of iron or steel, of any kind

2852 Dynamos, alternators, converters and similar machines, separated or coupled, with their corresponding motor or turbine, of a power exceeding 100 KW

2853 The same, of a power inferior to 100 KWj including generating sets with petrol engine coupled there­with and those operated by a wind engine

2859 Electric motors of a power'not exceeding £ H.P.

2864 Current rectifiers of all kinds, including apparatus for charging accumulators

2865 Tubes or valves, special for current rectifying apparatus

K.G. 1.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.03 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.06 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.03 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.20 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.15 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.04 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.10 / 13.667*

K.G. 1.00 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.20 / 13.667*

Doz. 12.00 / 13.667*

1.50 / 12**

0.0? / 12$*

0.06 / 12**

3/ °i$ /

0.20 / 12**

0.15 / 12**

0.04 / 12**

0.10 / 12**

1.00 / 13**

0.20 / 12**

12.00 / 12**

D. NEW

Tariff Item Number

2866

2875

2876

2885

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CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING

Description of Products

Electric machines for spot welding, butt welding or arc welding and ether like

Incattdescent electric lamps, over 200 watts; also incandescent elec­tric lamps, special for projectors

Magnesium lamps, special for photography

Transmitting apparatus for wlre-

S E C R E T

SCHEDULES (Continued)

Rates of Duty at Present in Poroe

K.G. 0.08 / 13.667*

Hoz. 24.00 / 13.667*

K.L. 7.00 / 13.667*

Rates-of Duty %o be Bound

0.08 / 12**

24.00 / 13**

7.00 / 12**

less telegraphy, wireless tele­phony and television, also unspecified components and spare parts therefor

2886-a Telecommunication apparatus and equipment, of an industrial type, such as wireless transmitting and receiving apparatus, "Duplex" equipment as well as their re­verses and wave separators, car­rier wave equipment, ultra-frequency equipment, teleprinter equipment, etc., also components and spare parts therefor

2919 Apparatus for testing accumulator batteries and other similar ap­paratus, special for garages

2920 Electric apparatus for use by dentists

2921 X-Ray apparatus, fluoroscopic screens, diathermic apparatus, electro-cardiographs, quartz lamps and other similar apparatus for medical and therapeutic purposes; also their accessories and spare parts, n.s.m.

K.G. 4.00 / 13.667*

4.00 / 12**

K.G. 0.30 / 13.667*

K.L. 4.00 / 13.667*

K.L. 4.00 / 13.667*

0.30 / 12**

4.00 / 12**

4.00 / 12**

K.L. 2.00 / 13.667*

2.00 / 12**

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D. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULES (Continued)

Tariff Item Number

Description of Products Rates of Duty at Present in Force

Rates of Duty to be Bound

2931

2932

2935

2936

2941

2942

29^3

3121

3131

Electric accessories and apparatus, n.s.m., designed for switching off, regulating, protecting and distri­buting electric current, automatic or combined with clockwork, such as thermostats, relays, compensa­tors, starters and automatic com­mutators, and other like, weighing each not more than 10 kgs

The same, weighing each more than 10 kgs

Puses of any kind

K.G. 2.00 / 13.6675*

K.G. 0.60 / 13.667*

K.G. 1.00 / 13.667*

Staples, hooks, stretchers, clips, brackets, clamps, rings, connectors and other similar pieces, n.s.m., whether or not combined with insula­tors, special for suspending trolley lines or electric, telephone or telegraph cables, of iron or steel, K.G. 0.20 / whether galvanized or not 13.667*

Insulating tape, including those of glass fabric

Ebonite, vulcanized fibre and other insulating materials, pre­pared in any form, for electric use exclusively

Carbons for arc lamps and for cells; also those for dynamo and motor brushes

Manometers of all kinds, includ­ing tyre pressure gauges

Cat-gut, worm-gut and material of any kind for sutures and liga­tures, also aseptic dental floss in tubes, flasks, or boxes, con­taining from 1 to 100 pieces

K.G. 1.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 1.20 / 13.667*

K.G. 1.00 / 13.667*

K.G. 3.00 / 13.667*

Doz. 4.80 / 13.667*

2.00 / 12**

0.60 / 12**

1.00 / 12**

0.20 / 12**

I.50 / 12**

1.20 / 12**

1.00 / 12**

3.00 / 12**

4.80 / 12**

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D. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULES (Continued)

Tariff Item

Number Description of Products

Rates of Duty at Present in Force

Rates of Duty to be Bound

3136 Instruments and apparatus, n.s.m., for surgery, medicine, odontology and verterinary medicine, in bulk or in cases

31^9 Masks of any kind for the protec­tion of workmen, and spare parts therefor for exclusive use as such

3170 Dictaphones and other like appara­tus, used for reproducing, by sound and electricity, dictation, conversation, lectures and cor­respondence

3170-a Wire and ribbon of any material, specially manufactured for re­cording and reproducing sound, intended for dictaphones and sound recorders and other like apparatus

3311 . Artificial plastics in general, manufactured into thin flexible leaves, without core of textile material, in pieces or rolls, of a single colour imitating rubber, for draw-sheets and the like

3312 The same, or more than one colour, those stamped or decorated and those imitating fabrics in general

K.L. 4.00 / 13.667*

K.G. 0.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 2.50 / 13.667*

K.G. 1C.00 / 13.667*

K.L. 6.00 /-13.667*

K.L. 12.00 / 13.667*

4.00 / 12**

0.50 / 12**

2.5Ç / 12**

10.00 / 12**

6.00 / 12**

12.00 / 12**