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Ref : EIC 401/1/3
9 March 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 172/2015
Mercosur1 : Extension of Tariff Rate on Toys
The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) issued Decision No. 35/2014 on 16 December 2014 to extend until 30 June 2015 the application of tariff rate up to the WTO bound rates of 35% on toys classified under Mercosur Common Classification (NCM) codes 9503.00.10, 9503.00.21, 9503.00.22, 9503.00.31, 9503.00.39, 9503.00.40, 9503.00.50, 9503.00.60, 9503.00.70, 9503.00.80, 9503.00.91, 9503.00.97, 9503.00.98 and 9503.00.99.
2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Mercosur member countries and/or the relevant Mercosur Decision (in Spanish) available at: http://gd.mercosur.int/SAM/GestDoc/PubWeb.nsf/OpenFile?OpenAgent&base=SAM%5CGestDoc%5CDocOfic0Arch.nsf&id=83F63927594D56B983257DB70044765E&archivo=DEC_035-2014_ES_Prorroga%20Reg%20Especiales.pdf .
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3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1. The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.