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Ref : EIC 415/3
8 September 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 891/2015
Colombia : Creation of Sub-headings of Certain Flowers and Signal Decoders
The Colombian government issued Decree No. 1498/2015 on 13 July 2015 to create sub-headings of certain flowers and signal decoders classified under Colombian Harmonised Tariff Schedule (HTSCO) codes 0603.19.90 and 8528.71.00 with effect from 28 July 2015. A summary of the new sub-headings is set out as follows:
| HTSCO Code | Description | Duty Rate |
| 0603.19.90 | ---Other | |
| 0603.19.90.10 | ----Hydrangea spp. | 5 |
| 0603.19.90.90 | ----Other | 5 |
| -Reception apparatus for television, even with reception apparatus for radio / recorder / sound / image payer incorporated: | ||
| 8528.71.00 |
--Not designed for adding a visualization device / video screen: ---Signal decoders: |
|
| 8528.71.00.11 | ----By cable | 15 |
| 8528.71.00.12 | ----Satellite | 15 |
| 8528.71.00.13 | ----Digital terrestrial | 15 |
| 8528.71.00.19 | ----Other | 15 |
| 8528.71.00.20 | ---Free / incidental signal receptors | 15 |
| 8528.71.00.90 | ---Other | 15 |
2.For details of the Colombian measures and the products involved, traders are advised to consult their importers in Colombia and/or the relevant Colombian Decree (in Spanish) at: http://www.mincit.gov.co/descargar.php?idFile=4693.
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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 Lydia CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.