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- Schedule number
- CLIX
- Harmonized System version
- HS 2017
- WTO Membership since
- 27 July, 2007
- This schedule is authentic in
- English
- Date of last schedule updated
- 11 May, 2022
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CLIX |
Although Tonga's Schedule was prepared on the assumption that Tonga would officially become a Member in 2006 (Tonga's Protocol of Accession was finalized in December 2005), Tonga joined the Organization in 2007 only. As a result of this delay, tariff lines where the final bound rate differs from the bound rate at date of accession are presented with an implementation period starting in 2006. All tariff commitments are fully implemented in 2007. |
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Part I Section IA |
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Note 2 |
Tonga shall maintain its applied rates: a) for HS 1205 (rape or (colza) seeds, whether or not broken) at a level no higher than that for HS 1201 (soya beans, whether or not broken); b) 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) 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); and, d) for HS 2306.41 and 2306.49 (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). |