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..... Valuation Agreement means the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994; (iv) FOB price or FOB value refers to the price actually paid or payable to the exporter for the good when the good is loaded onto the carrier at the named port of exportation. The value includes the cost of the good and all costs necessary to bring the good onto the carrier; (v) generally accepted accounting principles refers to the recognised consensus or substantial authoritative support in the territory of a Party at a particular time as to which economic resources and obligations should be recorded as assets and liabilities, which changes in assets and liabilities should be recorded, how the assets and liabilities and changes in them should be measured, what information should be disclosed and how it should be disclosed, and which financial statements should be prepared. These standards may be broad guidelines of general application as well as detailed practices, and procedures; (vi) Harmonised System means the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System; (vii) identical and interchangeable materials means materials being of the same k .....

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..... ble under Rule 5. 4. Wholly Obtained or Produced.-For the purposes of this Agreement, goods wholly obtained or produced in the territory of a Party shall be treated as originating goods of that Party. The following goods only shall be considered as being wholly obtained or produced in a Party: (a) a raw or mineral good4-1/product extracted from its soil, waters, seabed, or beneath the seabed; (b) a vegetable good4-2 harvested or produced there; (c) an animal born and raised there; (d) a good obtained from animals referred to in (c) above; (e) a good obtained from hunting, trapping, fishing or aquaculture conducted there; (f) a good of sea fishing and other marine goods taken from outside its territory/territorial waters and Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by vessels registered with Party and flying its Flag; (g) a good processed and/or made on board factory ships registered with a Party and flying its Flag exclusively from products referred to in paragraph (f) above; (h) a good taken by a Party, or a person of a Party, from the sea bed or beneath the sea bed outside the territorial waters/sea of that Party, in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Con .....

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..... le 5: (a) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good condition during transport and storage (such as drying, freezing, keeping in brine, ventilation, spreading out, chilling, placing in salt, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations); (b) simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles), washing, painting, cutting; (c) changes of packing and breaking up and assembly of consignments; (d) simple cutting, slicing and repacking or placing in bottles, flasks, bags, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, and all other simple packing operations; (e) affixing of marks, labels or other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging; (f) simple mixing of products whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not meet the conditions laid down in this Chapter to enable them to be considered as originating products; (g) simple assembly of parts of products to constitute a complete product; (h) disassembly; (i) slaughter of animals; (j) mere dilution with water or another sub .....

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..... and packing materials for retail sale: (i) Packages and packing materials for retail sale, when classified together with the packaged product, according to General Rule 5(b) of the Harmonised System, shall not be taken into account for considering whether all non-originating materials used in the manufacture of a product fulfil the criterion corresponding to a change of tariff classification of the said product. (ii) If the product is subject to an ad valorem percentage criterion, the value of the packages and packing materials for retail sale shall be taken into account in its origin assessment, in case they are treated as being one for customs purposes with the products in question. (b) Containers and packing materials for transport: The containers and packing materials exclusively used for the transport of a product shall not be taken into account for determining the origin of any product, in accordance with General Rule 5(b) of the Harmonised System. 13. Identical and Interchangeable Materials.-1. Where identical and interchangeable originating and non-originating materials including materials of undetermined origin are used in the manufacture of a product, those mate .....

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..... ruling was based on an error of fact; (b) if there is a change in the material facts or circumstances on which the ruling was based; or (c) to conform with a modification of this Chapter. 4. Where the importing Party modifies or revokes an advance ruling, such modification or revocation shall only take effect 60 days after the date on which the modification or revocation is issued, and shall not apply to importation of a good that has occurred prior to the effective date. 5. Notwithstanding paragraphs 3 and 4 above, the importing Party may revoke any advance ruling ab initio, if the importer or exporter to whom the advance ruling was issued had provided false or incorrect information pursuant to the application for the ruling. 6. Apart from the advance ruling being revoked ab initio, the person who had provided the false or incorrect information shall also be liable to appropriate penalties under the domestic laws of the respective Parties. 15. Consignment Criteria.-The originating goods of the other Party shall be deemed to meet the consignment criteria when they are: (a) transported directly from the territory of the other Party; or (b) transported through the ter .....

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..... ing country would take appropriate action to finalise the provisional assessment. 3. Where the clarification carried on in above paragraph 2 is not conclusive, the importing Party may, upon informing the exporting Party and with the knowledge of the importer concerned and with the consent of the exporter or manufacturer concerned, visit the exporter or manufacturer concerned for the purpose of verifying the preference claim. If no consent is given by the exporter or manufacturer concerned within a period of 45 days, the importing party may disallow the tariff preference for the particular Certificate of Origin. 19. Consultation and Modifications.- These rules may be reviewed as and when necessary upon the request of either Party and may be modified by mutual agreement pursuant to Article 16.7 of the agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation Agreement between Republic of India and Republic of Singapore. Annex A OPERATIONAL CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES For the purposes of implementing the Rules of Origin, the following operational procedures on the issuance and verification of the Certificate of Origin and other related administrative matters, shall be followed: (i) AUTHORIT .....

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..... s specified, conform to the consignment to be exported. (iv) Issuance Of Certificate Of Origin Rule 7 (a) The validity of the Certificate of Origin shall be 12 months from the date of its issuance. (b) The Certificate of Origin must be on ISO A4 size paper in conformity to the specimen shown in Appendix 1. It shall be made in English. (c) The Certificate of Origin shall comprise one original and three (3) carbon copies of the following colours: Original light grey Duplicate white Triplicate white Quadruplicate white (d) Each Certificate of Origin shall bear a reference number given separately by each place or office of issuance. (e) The original copy, together with the triplicate, shall be forwarded by the exporter to the importer for submission of the original copy to the Customs Authority at the port or place of importation. The duplicate shall be retained by the issuing authority in the exporting Party. The triplicate shall be retained by the importer and the quadruplicate shall be retained by the exporter. Rule 8 To implement the provisions of Rule 3, Rule 4 and Rule 5 of 'Rules of Origin' the Certificate of Origin issued by the exporting Par .....

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..... cate of Origin is submitted to the Customs Authority of the importing Party after the expiration of the validity of the Certificate of Origin, such Certificate is still to be accepted when failure to observe the time-limit results from force majeure or other valid causes beyond the control of the exporter; and (c) In all cases, the relevant government authority in the importing Party may accept such Certificate of Origin provided that the products have been imported before the expiration of the validity of the Certificate of Origin. Rule 14 The discovery of minor discrepancies between the statements made in the Certificate of Origin and those made in the documents submitted to the Customs Authority of the importing Party for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso-facto invalidate the Certificate of Origin, if it does in fact correspond to the said products. Rule 15 (a) The importing Party may request a retroactive check at random and/or when it has reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the document or as to the accuracy of the information regarding the true origin of the products in question or of certain parts thereof. ( .....

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..... gh Bill of Lading issued in the exporting Party; (b) A Certificate of Origin issued by the Issuing Authority of the exporting Party; (c) A copy of the original commercial invoice in respect of the product; and (d) Supporting documents in evidence that the requirements of paragraph (b) of Rule 15 of 'Rules of Origin' are being complied with. Rule 19 (a) Products sent from one Party for exhibition in the other Party and sold during or after the exhibition, for importation into the other Party shall benefit from the preferential tariff treatment provided in this Agreement, on the condition that the products meet the requirements of the 'Rules of Origin' and provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the relevant government authorities of the importing Party that: (i) An exporter has dispatched those products from the territory of the exporting Party to the importing Party where the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there; (ii) The exporter has sold the goods or transferred them to a consignee in the importing Party; and (iii) The products have been sold during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the importing Party in the condition in w .....

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..... 701 or 1702 10. - - Pan masala Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method, and provided such product does not contain non-originating sugar of heading 1701 or 1702 11 - - Betel nut product known as "Supari" Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method, and provided such product does not contain non-originating sugar of heading 1701 or 1702 .12 - - Sugar syrups containing added flavouring or colouring matter, not elsewhere specified or included; lactose syrup; glucose syrup and malto dextrine syrup Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method, and provided such product does not contain non-originating sugar of heading 1701 or 1702 13. - - Custard powder Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method, and provided such product does not contain non-originating sugar of heading 1701 or 1702 14. - - Other Local value added content is at least 40 pe .....

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..... lanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic: Menthol Production from materials other than those of heading 2906 34. 2907 Phenols; phenol-alcohols. 35 ex 2907 19 - Monophenols: Other 36. - - Alkyl phenols Production from materials other than those of subheading 2907 19, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 37. 2907 23 - 4,4 -isopropylidenediphenol (bis-phenol A, diphenylolpropane) & its salts Production from materials other than those of subheading 2907 23 38. 2912 Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde. 39. 2912 13 - Butanal (butyraldehyde normal isomer) Production from materials other than those of heading 2912 40 2913 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 29.12. Production from materials other than those of heading 2913 41 2915 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives 42 ex 2915 29 - Acetic acid and its salts; acetic anhydr .....

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..... heir derivatives; salts thereof: Ethylenediamines & its salts Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 58 2921 22 - Acyclic polyamines and their derivatives; salts thereof: Hexamethylenediamine & its salts Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 59 2921 29 - Acyclic polyamines and their derivatives; salts thereof: Other Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 60 2929 Compounds with other nitrogen function. 61 ex 2929 10 - Isocyanates 62 - - Phenyl isocyanate Production from materials other than those of heading 2929 63 - - Toluene di-isocyanate Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 64 - - Other isocyanates Production from materials other than those of heading 2929 65 2932 Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen heteroatom(s) only. 66 ex 2932 19 - Compounds containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in t .....

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..... 60 percent based on indirect method 83 4901 99 - Other: Other Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 84 4902 Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material. 85 4902 90 - Other Production from materials other than those of heading 4902 86 4911 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs. 87 ex 4911 99 - Other: other: 88 - - Hard copy (printed) of computer software Production from materials other than those of heading 4911 89. Chapter 84 Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 90 8407 Spark ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines. 91 8407 10 - Aircraft engines Production from materials other than those of heading 8407 92 8414 Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters 93 ex 8414 80 - Other: 94 - - Gas compressors: Of a kind used in air-conditioning equipment Production from materials other than those of subheading 8414 8 .....

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..... om materials other than those of subheading 8419 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 104 - - Pasteurizers Production from materials other than those of subheading 8419 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 105 - - Plant growth chambers and rooms and tissue culture chambers and rooms with temperature, humidity or light control Production from materials other than those of subheading 8419 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 106 - - Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor devices; apparatus for chemical or physical vapour deposition on semi-conductors wafers; apparatus for chemical vapour deposition LCD substratus Production from materials other than those of subheading 8419 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 10 .....

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..... indirect method 117 8456 30 - Operated by electro discharge processes Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 118 8456 91 - Other: For dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 119 8457 Machining centres, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer machines, for working metal 120 8457 20 - Unit construction machines (single station) Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 121 8457 30 - Multi-station transfer machines Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 122 8458 Lathes (including turning centres) for removing metal. 123 8458 19 - Horizontal lathes: Other Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 124 8458 91 - Other lathes: numerically controlled Local value adde .....

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..... Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 138 8470 Calculating machines and pocketsize data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket -issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers 139 8470 50 - Cash registers Production from materials other than those of heading 8470 140 8470 90 - Other Production from materials other than those of heading 8470 141 8471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data on to data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included 142 8471 10 - Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines Production from materials other than those of subheading 8471 10 143 8471 30 - Portable digital automatic data processing machines weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display Production from materials other than those of subheading 8471 30 144 ex 8471 41 .....

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..... ercent based on indirect method 158 8479 Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter 159 8479 40 - Rope or cable-making machines Production from materials other than those of subheading 8479 40, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 160 8479 50 - Industrial robots not elsewhere specified or included Local value added content is at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 161 8479 60 - Evaporative air coolers Production from materials other than those of subheading 8479 60, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 162 8479 81 - Other machines and mechanical appliances: For treating metal, including electric wire coil-winders Production from materials other than those of subheading 8479 81, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirec .....

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..... d or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 176 8507 30 - Nickel-cadmium Production from materials other than those of subheading 8507 30, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 177 8507 40 - Nickel-iron Production from materials other than those of subheading 8507 40, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 178 8507 80 - Other accumulators Production from materials other than those of subheading 8507 80, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 179 ex 8507 90 - Parts: 180 - - Accumulator cases made of hard rubber and separators Production from materials other than those of subheading 8507 90, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 181 8509 Electromechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor. 182 8 .....

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..... lectric loss 192 8514 20 - Furnaces and ovens functioning by induction or dielectric loss Production from materials other than those of subheading 8514 20, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 193 8514 30 - Other furnaces and ovens Production from materials other than those of subheading 8514 30, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 194 8514 40 - Other equipment for the heat treatment of materials by induction or dielectric loss Production from materials other than those of subheading 8514 40, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 195 8516 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electrothermic hair-dressing apparatus (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appli .....

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..... ast equipment sub-system Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 214 - - Wireless microphone Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 215 - - Other Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 216 8525 20 - Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus: Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 217 8525 30 - Television cameras Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 218 8525 40 - Still image video cameras and other video camera recorders; digital cameras Production from materials other than those of heading 8525 219 8526 Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus. 220 ex 8526 91 - Radio navigational aid apparatus: 221 - - Direction measuring equipment Production from materials other than those of heading 8526 222 - - VHF omni range equipment Production from materials other than those of heading 8526 223 8528 Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radiobroadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and video projectors 224 8528 21 - Video mon .....

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..... f subheading 8533 31 242 8533 39 - Wire-wound variable resistors including rheostats and potentiometers: Other Production from materials other than those of subheading 8533 39 243 8533 40 - Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers Production from materials other than those of subheading 8533 40 244 8533 90 - Parts Production from materials other than those of subheading 8533 90 245 8534 Printed circuits. Production from materials other than those of heading 8534 246 8536 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1,000 volts 247 8536 69 - Lamp-holders, plugs and sockets: Other Production from materials other than those of heading 8536 248 8539 Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and ultraviolet or infrared lamps; arc-lamps 249 8539 49 - Ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps Other Production from materials other than those of subheading 8539 49, and provided there is a local valu .....

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..... 0 - Machines and apparatus for electroplating electrolysis or electrophoresis Production from materials other than those of subheading 8543 30, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 267 8543 81 - Other machines and apparatus: Proximity cards and tags Production from materials other than those of subheading 8543 81 268 8543 89 - Other machines and apparatus: Other Production from materials other than those of subheading 8543 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 269. Chapter 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 270 8607 Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock. 271 8607 29 - Brakes and parts thereof :Other Production from materials other than those of heading 8607 272 8607 30 - Hooks & other coupling devices, buffers and parts thereof Productio .....

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..... nt based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 288 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories (including apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; negatoscopes; projection screens 289 9010 41 - Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials: Direct write-on-wafer apparatus Production from materials other than those of subheading 9010 41 290 9010 42 - Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials: Step and repeat aligners Production from materials other than those of subheading 9010 42 291 9010 49 - Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitised semiconductor materials: Other Production from materials other than those of subheading 9010 49, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 292 9010 90 - Parts and accessories Production from materials other .....

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..... ry sciences, including scientigraphic apparatus, other electromedical apparatus and sight-testing instruments 307 9018 11 - Electro-diagnostic apparatus (including apparatus for functional exploratory examinations or for checking physiological parameters):Electrocardiographs Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 308 ex 9018 39 - Syringes, needles, catheters, cannulae and the like: other 309 - - Cardiac catheters Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 310 ex 9018 90 - Other instruments and appliances 311 - - Surgical tools: bone saws, drills, trephines Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 312 - - Surgical tools: knives, scissors and blades Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 313 - - Surgical tools: Forceps, forcep clamps, clips, needles holders, introducers, cephalotribe bone holding and other holding instruments Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 314 - - Surgical tools: Chisel, gauges, elevators raspatones, osteotome, craniotome, bone cutters Production from materials other than those of heading 9018 315 - - Surgical tools: retractors, spatula pro .....

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..... gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters Production from materials other than those of heading 9020 333 9021 Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses; splints and other fracture appliances; artificial parts of the body; hearing aids and other appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability 334 9021 50 - Pacemakers for stimulating heart muscles excluding parts and accessories Production from materials other than those of heading 9021 335 9022 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapyu apparatus, X-ray tubes and other X-ray generators, high tension generators, control panels and desks, screens, examination or treatment tables, chairs and the like 336 9022 12 - Apparatus based on the use of X-rays, whether or not for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy apparatus: Computed tomography apparatus Production from materials other than those of subheading 90 .....

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..... erties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) 343 9024 10 - Machines & appliances for testing metals Production from materials other than those of subheading 9024 10, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 344 9024 80 - Other machines and appliances: Production from materials other than those of subheading 9024 80, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 345 9025 Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments 346 ex 9025 19 - Thermometers and pyrometers not combined with other instruments: Other 347 - - Pyrometers Production from materials other than those of subheading 9025 19, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 348 - - Others Production from materials other than those of subheadin .....

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..... or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 357 9027 30 - Spectrometers spectrophotometers & spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) Production from materials other than those of subheading 9027 30, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 358 9027 50 - Other instruments & apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) Production from materials other than those of subheading 9027 50, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 359 ex 9027 90 - Microtomes; parts and accessories: 360 - - Printed circuit assemblies for the goods of sub-heading 9027 80 Production from materials other than those of heading 9027 361 9029 Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes 362 9029 10 - Revolution counters, production counters taximeters mileometers pedometers & the like Production from materials oth .....

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..... 374 9031 41 - Other optical instruments and appliances: for inspecting semiconductor wafers devices or for inspecting photo-masks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices Production from materials other than those of subheading 9031 41 375 9032 Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus. 376 ex 9032 10 - Thermostats 377 - - For refrigerating and air-conditioning appliances and machinery Production from materials other than those of subheading 9032 10, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 378 9032 81 - Other instruments and apparatus: hydraulic or pneumatic Production from materials other than those of subheading 9032 81, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct method or not more than 60 percent based on indirect method 379 ex 9032 89 - Other instruments and apparatus: other 380 - - Electronic automatic regulators Production from materials other than those of subheading 9032 89, and provided there is a local value added content of at least 40 percent based on direct m .....

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..... rty but transport that involves passing through one or more intermediate countries, is also accepted provided that any intermediate transit, transshipment or temporary storage arises only for geographic reasons or transportation requirements; and (iii) must comply with the origin criteria given in the next paragraph. 3. ORIGIN CRITERIA: For exports to be eligible for preferential treatment, the requirement is that either: (i) The products wholly obtained as defined in Article 3.3 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin; (ii) The products not wholly produced or obtained in the exporting Party as defined in Article 3.4 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin; (iii) Products which comply with origin requirements provided for in Article 3.2 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin and which are used in the other Party as inputs for a finished product eligible for preferential treatment shall be considered as a product originating in the other Party provided the finished product in the other Party meets the requirements defined in Article 3.4 of the Chapter on Rules of Origin; or (iv) Products which satisfy the Product Specific Rules provided for in Annex 3A of the Chapter on Rules of Origin sh .....

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