GENERAL AGREEMENT ON

TARiFFS AND TRADE

RESTRICTED

BOP/124/Add.l 1 June 1972

Limited Distribution

Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original: Spanish

URUGUAYAN IMPORT SURCHARGE

•Supplementary Information for Discussion

Addendum

1. The Government of Uruguay has transmitted to the secretariat a complete list of products subject to the import surcharge at different rates. This is on file at the secretariat.

2. The list uses a nomenclature and item numbering system different from that used in the Uruguayan tariff schedule annexed to the General Agreement (i.e. Schedule XXXI, comprising items negotiated at Annecy and Torquay)< An attempt has been made by the secretariat to identify the items subject to the surcharge which are the subject of a binding under Article II, but the difference in classification and nomenclature has precluded certainty as to the concordance in regard to a number of items. The attached list, prepared by the secretariat, includes all items on the surcharge list which appear, prima facie, to have been the subject of a tariff concession granted by Uruguay and included in Schedule XXXI.

3. The Government of Uruguay has been asked to define the present product coverage of the waiver by submitting an authentic list of the bound items which are affected by the surcharge, such as it had done wh,n requesting the original waiver in 1961 (see BISD, Tenth Supplement, pages 54-57). Pending the receipt of such an official list, the attached secretariat compilation, which has not been verified by the Uruguayan delegation, is circulated purely for reference by the Committee.

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Tariff item No.

30 003

30 030

30 036

30 078

30 084

30 120

30 135

30 144

30 156

30 159

30 162

30 168-

30 180 .

30 213

30 216

30 225

30 261

30 264

30 270

30 277

32 066

32 147

32 195

32 201

32 256

32 257

32 264

33 098

Product

Olive oil, edible

Aniseed, neither crushed nor ground

Tuna fish in oil

Wine

Beer

Cigarettes . ...••'.....

Preserved fish

Cloves

Almonds, not shelled) - •'• Almonds, shelled )

Chestnuts

Walnuts, not shelled Walnuts, shelled

Cereal flours

Pineapple juice

Dates

Figs •

Pepper

Shredded tobacco

' Tapioca

Vanilla

Maté, soluble

Steel cables

Sheets and plates of galvanized iron

Hardwood

Marble, marmolite and granite in general

Fancy or fluted glass and ground glass

Flat sheets of transparent glass, polished (plate glass)

Vitrolite

Films, sensitized, not exposed

Surcharge %

225

150

225

225

225

15

150

60

90

40 ...

40

150

225

90 . , ' ';

90

40

150

150

75 •• ; 90

10

90

150

225

225

150

150

10

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Tariff item No. Product Surcharge ?o

35 015 Analine dyes and pigments for medical.use 15

36 030 Vacuum cleaners for household use, and parts therefor 225

36 045 Glass small-wares, small glass plates, etc. 225

36 123 Electric lamps and bulbs, except those for motor

vehicles, dials and lanterns 150

36 126 Miniature lamps 150

37 033 Fishing equipment and parts and accessories therefor 10

37 O36 Sports fishing equipment and parts and accessories therefor 150

37 096 Nails etc. 150

37 199 Saw-blades for cutting wood etc. 90

37 342 Scissors 10

38 024 Imitation precious stones and pearls, etc. 60

39 015 Sports goods 150

39 018 Pipes 225

39'057 Cutlery (except tableware) etc., other 150

40 O48 Calculating machines 40

40 051 Accounting machines 95

40 052 Accounting machines, punched-card type 15

40 053 Accounting machines with electric circuits etc. 15

40 063 Typewriters, hand-operated 40

40 063 Typewriters, electric 40

40 07-5 Adding machines 40

40 076 Cash-registers, electric, issuing tickets, punched-card

system or not 90

40 150 Parts for accounting machines ' 90

40 151 Idem punched-card machines 10

40 152 Idem, electric-circuit machines etc. 10

40 153 Parts for electronic accounting and calculating machines and equipment 10

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""TarTfr item No.

Proauct Surcharge %

41 Oil"

41 105

41 132

a 135

41 138

41 150

41 153

41 156

41 159

41 162

41 165

41 171

41 172

41 174

41 175

41 186

41 189

41 192

41 195

41 215

41 216

41 219

41 222

41 225

Spraying equipment for use in fruit cultivation

(except vine growing) 10

Clothes washers, for household use 150

Slicing machines 150

Sewing machines for household use, and parts thereof 40

Industrial sewing machines 15

Printing machines 10

Machines for industry 10

Machines for the dairy industry 10

Machine tools for industry 10

Machines and machine tools for industry etc. 150

Idem 90

Refrigerators 10

Refrigerators, absorption type 60

Refrigerators of up to 1/4 h.p. 150

Piefrigerators of more than l/4 h.p. but not more than l/2 h.p. 60

Windmills, having a sail diameter of 3.60 metres or more 5

Windmills having a sail diameter of less than 3.60 metres 150

Windmills for extracting water, having a sail

diameter of less than 3.60 metres 150

Motors 10

Parts for industrial sewing machines 10

Parts for windmills having a sail diameter of less than 3.60 metres 150 Parts for windmills having a sail diameter of 3.60 metres or more 10

Parts for windmills for extracting water having a sail diameter of less than 3.60 metres 150

Parts for mill turrets 150

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Tariff item No

41 234

a 237

41 240

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

42

057

060

105

112

122

123 160

282

42 297

42 312

42 389

42 489

42 495

42 804

43

43

021

120

Product Surcharge %

Absorption refrigerators, mounted, parts therefor and accessories for the cabinet 150

Electric refrigerators, mounted, parts therefor and accessories for the cabinet 150

Non-electric refrigerators, mounted, and accessories

for the cabinet 225

Sheets and plates of steel 15

Hoop and strip of steel 15

Spirits of turpentine 15

Alloy steel wire 15

Steel wire, zinc-coated, etc. 15

Wire for industrial use 90

Potassium, sodium and ammonium alums 150

Crude hemp 15

Charcoal in blocks, sticks, granules or powder 15

Calcium carbide 150

Cellophane in reams 90

Glues 150

Colophony and resinoid acids, except derivatives

thereof 15

Pig-iron 15

Potassium nitrate 15

Paper for cigarettes and for cigarette mouth-pieces, including those manufactured with homogenized tobacco and the like 15

43 162 Paper for industrial use manufactured in the

country 150

43 267 Mechanical pulp 10

43 381 Natural resins 15

43 414 Natural and/or artificial silk, noils and tops 15

43 447 Aluminium sulphate 150

43 492 Tobacco for manufacture 15

43 567" Sheets and plates, hoop and strip, or rolled products of zinc 15

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Tariff item No. Product Surcharge %

AS 165

49 003

49 018

49 019

49 024

49 031

49 036

49 042

Head gear . 225 ; Accessories for motor vehicles 300

Motor vehicles 300

Alkaline batteries for motor vehicles, and parts

therefor 10

Inner tubes for motor vehicles 150

Cylinder sleeves 90

Chassis for motor vehicles 300 Chassis for trucks or buses, having a combined

•'catalogue weight of more than 2,000 kgs. for the chassis and cab 10

49 051 • Chassis for trucks or buses, having a combined catalogue weight of not more than 2,000 kgs. for the chassis and cab 300

49 052 Windshields 60

49 053 Windows and glassware, curved and wrap-around,

for motor vehicles 90

49 055 Flat safety glass for motor vehicles _150

49 075 Aviation equipment 5

49 079 Internal combustion engines for motor vehicles,

: whether or not fully mounted 90

49 082 Plates for disc brakes 150

49 085 Plastic parts for vehicle lights 90

49 087 Parts for motor vehicles and tractors having the

following characteristics, etc. 90

49 090 Parts for motor vehicles and tractors 10

49 093 Parts for motor vehicles and tractors having the following characteristics, etc. 150

49 106 Tractors of up to 10 h.p., and accessories etc.

therefor 90

49 108 Vehicles, n.s. (aircraft) 300

49 115 Headlight glasses 30

50 011 Plums 150

50 030 Apples 150