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- Schedule number
- CLXIV
- Harmonized System version
- HS 2017
- WTO Membership since
- 10 May, 2012
- This schedule is authentic in
- English
- Date of last schedule updated
- 24 November, 2022
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Part I Section IA |
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Head Note 2 |
The tariff rate for HS 02072710 (Turkey tails) shall be bound at 300 per cent at the date of accession. This tariff rate shall remain in place for three years. In the fourth year after accession, the bound tariff rate shall be reduced to 100 per cent or replaced by other tax regulation, and the recommendations from the nation-wide programme promoting healthier diet and life style choices to combat the spread of obesity and diabetes, in conformity with the WTO Agreement. |
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Part I Section IA |
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Head Note 3 |
Samoa agrees to 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 120890 (flours and meals of rape or colza (canola) seeds) at a level no higher than that for HS 120810 (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 151411 at a level not higher than that for HS 150710. - For refined: HS 151419 at a level not higher than that for HS 150790; and, d) Its bound and applied rates, including other duties and charges, for HS 230641 (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). |