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WORLD TRADE G/MA/TAR/RS/18/Corr.2
14July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3173)
Original: English Committee onMarket Access
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OFSCHEDULES
Schedule XX-United States
Corrigendum
Thefollowingcommunication,dated14July1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheUnited States.
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OnApril 2,theUnited States notified WTO Members ofitsintention tomodify itstariff
concessionsinthedistilledspiritssectorG/MA/TAR/RS/18.G/MA/TAR/RS/Corr.1containscorrections
totheinitial notification. Infurther reviewing thedocuments thataccompanied thisnotification, we
discovered additional technical errors. Namely, HTS2208.9001 through 2208.9080 inclusive, the
Uruguay Round basetariffs were inadvertently reported astheratestobeusedtobegin staging of
U.S.concessions. Therevised pages oftheschedule ofconcessions havebeencorrected sothat1997
tariff ratesarenowinthe"base rate"column forthese tariff lines. Theaccompanying staging matrix
haslikewise beencorrected.
Thechanges areasfollows:
HTS Correct Base RateBase Rate Included inApril 2
Schedule
2208.9001 $0.091 perproof liter $0.111 perproof liter
2208.9005 $0.082 perproof liter $0.10 perproof liter
2208.9010 $0.108 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
2208.9012 $0.231 perproof liter $0.33 perproof liter
2208.9014 $0.092 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
2208.9015 $0.092 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
2208.9020 $0.629 perproof liter $0.898 perproof liter
2208.9025 $0.231 perproof liter $0.33 perproof liter
2208.9030 $0.092 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
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2208.9035 $0.092 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
2208.9040 $0.074 perproof liter $0.106 perproof liter
2208.9046 $0.108 perproof liter $0.132 perproof liter
2208.9050 Free $0.60 perproof liter
2208.9055 Free $0.33 perproof liter
2208.9071 $1.25 perproof liter $1.52 perproof liter
2208.9072 Free $0.676 perproof liter
2208.9075 $0.554 perproof liter $0.676 perproof liter
2208.9080 $0.271 perproof liter $0.33 perproof liter
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Copies ofthiscorrigended document containing theabove mentioned changes areavailable
(inelectronic form-Microsoft Access, orpaper) intheMarket Access Division (Ms.Wood, Office 3142,
tel:7395079).