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Annex 5
SUMMARY TABLE ON PROPOSED HS CODES FOR BAMBOO AND RATTAN (B&R) PRODUCTS (6 DIGITS) AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS

Recommended actions:

1: For submission at WCO meeting September 2003 and with known trade larger then US$50 million.

2: For submission at WCO meeting September 2003; known China trade less than US$50 million; to be complemented with trade data from more countries.

3: For consideration for submission at future WCO meetings beyond 2007 and for which trade data need to be compiled in collaboration with bamboo and rattan trading countries.

4: Not recommended for submission to WCO.

HS heading

HS code description and (existing)
HS code(s) for B&R

Proposed new HS codes and recommended action

Known trade values (US$)/Quantities and remarks

       

China (HS8)

Other country(ies)

Remarks

07.09

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

- 0709.91 bamboo shoots

- 0709.99 other

2

5 million - export (1)

(0709.9010)

   

07.10

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen

- 0710.81 bamboo shoots

- 0710.89 other

4

nasi (3)

   

07.11

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption

0711.91 bamboo shoots (in brine)

0711.99 others

2

6 million (1) (0711.9031)

 

07.11 is proposed for deletion by EU Customs

07.12

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared

0712.91 bamboo shoots (dried)

0712.99 other

2

9 million (1) (0712.9010)

   

20.05

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06

2005.91 bamboo shoots

2005.99 other

1

137 million (1)

(2005.9031: bamboo shoots canned, water cooked

2005.9039: bamboo shoots canned, other)

   

14.01

Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, oisier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark)

       

This heading covers RAW materials.

Meeting recommended to leave present HS codes as they are.

 

- 1401.10

   

(1401.1000: bamboo)

 

$60 million worldwide import (2)

 

- 1401.20 rattans

- 1401.90 other

   

(1401.2000: rattans)

 

$76 million worldwide import (2)

44.02

Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated

4402.10 of bamboo

4402.90 of other

4

nasi

 

44.02 proposed for deletion by EU Customs

44.09

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-joined, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planned, sanded or end-jointed

4409.21 of bamboo

4409.29 other

3

Production of 2 million US$20/m2 = $40 million (in 2000)

 

Precise product description of bamboo boards and sample to be provided by INBAR to WCO

44.12

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

4412.24 bamboo panelling

3

20 million m2@ US$10 (in 2000) = $200 million

 

Precise product description and sample to be provided by INBAR to WCO

 

4412.25 bamboo matboard

3

nasi

 

46.01

Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips: plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens)

       

General note:

in addition this Chapter does not cover:

(b) Products or articles of bamboo, of Chapter 44

- 4601.20 mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials

4601.21 of bamboo

4601.22 of rattan

4601.23 of others

3

4601.2010: of rattan

4601.2090: of other vegetable material, incl. bamboo)

To collaborate with countries for more data

Worldwide imports are $14 million

 

- Other:

4601.91 of vegetable materials

4601.92 of bamboo

4601.93 of rattan

3

(4601.9110: of rattan)

Worldwide imports are $122 million

46.02

Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plating materials or made up from goods of heading 46.01; articles of loofah

         

4602.10 of vegetable materials

4602.90 other

4602.11 of bamboo 4602.12 of rattan

4602.19 other

2

119 million (1)

(4602.1010: of rattan

4602.1030: of bamboo)

   

47.06

Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material.

4706.30 of bamboo

4

nasi

 

The meeting’s recommenda-tion was to classify pulp and paper made from bamboo within the existing HS codes

48.23

Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape: other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres

4823.30 of bamboo

4

Production 500 000 tonnes @ $1 200 (retail price)=$600 million (estimation)

To be comple-mented with data from India

66.02

Walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like

6602.20 rattan cane walking-sticks

4

   

Not recommended for submission

94.01

Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof

       

General: Headings 94.01 to 94.03 cover articles of furniture of any material

9401.50 Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials

9401.51 of bamboo

9401.52 of rattan

9401.59 other

3

(9401.5000)

 

9401.50 world import $423 million (2) Recommended to leave as is if products cannot be differentiated

94.03

Other furniture and parts thereof

         

- 9403.80 Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials

9403.81 of bamboo

9403.82 of rattan

9403.89 other

3

(9403.8010: of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials)

 

9403.80 world import $1 078 million (2) Recommended to leave as is if products cannot be differentiated

Notes:

(1) Data for 2000 from Feng Lu, China's bamboo product trade: performance and prospects, INBAR Report, 2000.
(2) Data for 2000 from INBAR International Bamboo and Rattan On-Line Database.
(3) nasi - not available as a separate item.

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