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- Schedule number
- CLXX
- Harmonized System version
- HS 2017
- WTO Membership since
- 29 July, 2016
- This schedule is authentic in
- English
- Date of last schedule updated
- 24 October, 2020
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Part I Section IA |
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Note 2 |
Afghanistan shall maintain : a) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges, for HS 1205 (rape or colza (canola) seeds, whether or not broken) at a level no higher than for HS 1201 (soya beans, whether or not broken); b) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges for HS 1208.90 (flours and meals of rape or colza (canola) seeds) at a level no higher than that for HS 1208.10 (flours and meals of soya beans); c) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges, for HS 1514 (rape or colza (canola) oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified) at a level no higher than that for HS 1507 (soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified). Specifically: - For non-refined: HS 1514.11 at a level not higher than that for HS 1507.10. - For refined: HS 1514.19 at a level not higher than that for HS 1507.90; d) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges, for HS 2306.41 (oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of rape and colza (canola) oil, at a level no higher than that for HS 2304 (oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground; or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya bean oil); and, e) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges, for feed peas (HS 0713.1010 for animal feed) at a level no higher than that for HS 2304 (oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets resulting from the extraction of soya bean oil). |
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Other Duties and Charges |
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85 |
The representative of Afghanistan confirmed that from the date of accession his Government would not apply other duties and charges within the meaning of Article II:1(b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, except for the Red Crescent Tax, at a rate of 0.2% of customs value applied on most tariff lines, and would bind all other such duties and charges at zero on all products in its Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods. He further confirmed that the Red Crescent Tax would be totally eliminated within 15 years from the date of accession to the WTO, and that this future elimination would be noted in Afghanistan's Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Goods prior to the completion of the accession process. He also confirmed that any other such measures applied to imported goods would be eliminated no later than the date of Afghanistan's accession and that after accession measures of this kind would not be reapplied or introduced as separate charges on imports or exports. The Working Party took note of these commitments. |