RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IDB/URM/3/Add.1
15February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0588)
INTEGRATED DATA BASE
IDBUSER REFERENCE MANUAL
PART III-ADDENDUM 1
REFERENCE MANUAL FOR THE PREPARATION OF
IDB"SIMPLIFIED" SUBMISSIONS
Note bytheSecretariat
Thispaper isaguide forpreparing submissions according totheIDB"simplified" formats. Refer
todocument IDB/URM/3 foradescription ofthe"full" IDBformats.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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TABLE OFCONTENTS
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A.GENERAL NOTE
1.Contents ofIDBsubmissions ..............................3
2.Documentation tobesupplied withIDBsubmissions ...............3
3.Descriptions ofthecharacteristics ofdataelements usedinthefiles'formats 4
4.IDBsubmissions provided onPCdiskettes .....................4
B.INFORMATION TOBEPREPARED INCAPITALS
1.Import Statistics File
1.1Format .........................................5
Coding ofthetypeoftariff relation inForm 3................6
l.2DataInventory ....................................6
2.Coded Tariff File
2.1Format ........................................8
Coding ofthedutytype ..............................9
Coding ofthedutyrateandcodes ........................10
2.2DataInventory ...................................11
3.Product Description File
3.1Format ........................................16
3.2DataInventory ...................................17
Example ofcoding levels oftariff headings ..................18
4.INRFile
4.1Format ........................................19
4.2DataInventory ...................................20
5.QRFiles
5.1Format ........................................21
ANNEX
Form 1-Media characteristics ............................22
Form 2-Filecharacteristics ..............................23
Form 3-Supplementary information ........................24IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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A.GENERAL NOTE
1. Contents ofIDBSubmissions
IDBsubmissions canbefurnished totheWTO Secretariat using either the"full" IDBsubmission formats
which aredescribed inthedocument IDB/URM/3 orusing "simplified" formats which aredescribed
inthisdocument. Only theminimum datarequired foranIDBsubmission arecontained inthe
"simplified formats". TheSecretariat 'sconversion computer programs willreformat submissions using
the"simplified" formats tothe"full" IDBformats.
IDBsubmissions should berecorded atthedetail ofthenational customs nomenclature, infourseparate
files-acoded tariff file,animport statistics file,aproduct descriptions fileandanInitial Negotiating
Rights (INRs) file1.Thereporting country code, thereference yearandthetariff itemnumber are
thecommon elements ineachfilewhich allow fortheintegration ofallinformation recorded inthe
various IDBfiles.
Documentation onthenational codes usedforrecording countries, quantity units andINR'sshould
befurnished totheSecretariat byIDBparticipants. Itwould bepreferable toprovide thisdocumentation
onPCdiskettes ormagnetic tapes, although documentation inprintform would beacceptable.
IDBtariff submissions should contain themost-favoured-nation GATT bound duties, thelegal and
appliedduties,thepre-Uruguayandpost-Uruguayduties,GSPandLDCdutiesandanyotherpreferential
duties accorded bythereporting country. Inaddition, formost-favoured-nation (MFN) duties, the
tariff bindings must beprovided.
Submissions should bemade oncomputer tapes orPCdiskettes andshould adhere totheformats
described inthisdocument. Forsubmissions provided onPCdiskettes, itisimperative thatASCII
filesbeprovided rather thantextprocessing filesorspreadsheet files.
2. Documentation tobesupplied withIDBsubmissions
Theannex tothisdocument contains threeforms which should becompleted andforwarded withIDB
submissions.
- Form 1,entitled "Media characteristics", contains information ontherecording andlabelling
characteristics ofmagnetic tapes orPCdiskettes.
- Form 2,entitled "File characteristics", contains information concerning thecharacteristics of
thevarious filesrecorded onamagnetic tape. These forms must befilled outcompletely and
precisely inorder fortheSecretariat tobeabletoprocess IDBsubmissions.
- Form 3,entitled "Supplementary information", contains information onthenational nomenclature
andother essential information usedinthecoding ofIDBsubmissions. Thisisessential forthe
Secretariat toestablish theIDBreference files.
1Thesimplified formats fortheQRfilewillbeproposed atalaterstage, inlinewiththeviews
expressed byparticipants whowillbeproviding theirquantitative restriction notifications oncomputer
media. Participants wishing tosupply non-tariff measures should submit datausing the"full" IDB
format oftheCoded Non-Tariff FileandtheTextural Non-Tariff Filedetailed indocument IDB/URM/3.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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3. Descriptions ofthecharacteristics ofdataelements usedinthefiles'formats
Inthedescriptions ofthevarious filestobesubmitted, eachindividual dataelement isfollowed by
itscharacteristics:
- Length: refers tothenumber ofcharacters ordigits.
- Type ofdata: Alphanumeric dataelements cancontain letters, numbers, blanks orother
characters. Numeric dataelements cancontain onlydecimal numbers. IntheIDBsubmission
formats, there isonlyonedataelement which contains decimal numbers -thedutyrate. The
decimal place (".")isnotphysically recorded inthedutyrate. Itsimplied decimal place occurs
between positions 3and4ofthedutyrate.
- Justification: shows ifthevalue ofadataelement should bealigned ontheleftortheright.
- Padding character: Thepadding character isthevalue which should beusedtofillunused
characters inthedataelement. "0"indicates zerodigitpadding and"b"indicates blank character
padding. The"b"character hasalsobeenusedinthedescriptions oftheformats todenote
aphysical blank character.
Thefollowing example shows howthephysical recording ofanumber isaffected byitsdatatype,
length, justification andpadding.
Number Format Position indataelement
1 2 3 4 5 6
678 6characters, alphanumeric,
leftjustified, blank padding6 7 8
678 6digits, numeric,
rightjustified, zeropadding0 0 0 6 7 8
678 6digits, numeric with3
integers and3decimal places,
rightjustified, zeropadding6 7 820 0 0
67.8 6digits, numeric with3
integers and3decimal places,
rightjustified, zeropadding0 6 728 0 0
4. IDBsubmissions provided onPCdiskettes
IDBsubmissions provided onPCdiskettes mustadhere totheformats described inthisdocument.
Forsubmissions which havebeenprepared using PCdatabase software orspreadsheet software, the
filesshould beconverted fromthenative PCsoftware format toASCII format withalinedelimiter
(carriage return )attheendofeachrecord, before being forwarded totheSecretariat. TheIDB
conversion andupdate programs which reside onamainframe computer require thatinformation
beentered instructured formats withconsistent fieldalignment andpadding asdescribed inthis
document. Therefore, careshould beexercised inbothdefining thefieldcharacteristics inthePC
software usedtocreate IDBsubmissions andinentering thedata.
2Theimplied decimal point isbetween positions 3and4.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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B.INFORMATION TOBEPREPARED INCAPITALS
1.Import Statistics File
1.1 FORMAT
Year 2digits, numeric; (columns 01-02)
reference yearoftheimport statistics.
Reporting country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 03-07)
country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Direction oftrade 1digit, numeric; (column 08)
"1"forimports.
Tariff itemnumber 21characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 09-29)
National tariff itemnumber.
Partner country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 30-34)
Thetrading partner country should beprovided atthemost
detailed geographic levelavailable, i.e.atthelevelofcountry
oforigin; aggregated trade records (such ascountry groups
orregional totals) arenotrequired.
Import value 13digits, numeric (unsigned3),rightjustified, zeropadding; (columns 35-47)
Import value innational currency.
Quantity unitcode 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 48-52)
National codeforunitofquantity.
Import quantity 13digits, numeric (unsigned3),rightjustified, zeropadding; (columns 53-65)
Import volume.
PCDelimiter 1digit, carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only. (column 66)
3Allvalues should bepositive; a"+"signistherefore notnecessary.
Example ofanimport statistics file("b"represents ablank character):
Yr¦Rep-¦I¦Tariffitemnumber ¦Part-¦Importvalue¦Qty¦Imp.Quantity ¦
¦orter¦¦ ¦ner¦ ¦Unit¦ ¦
00¦00¦0¦0 2¦33¦3 4¦45¦5 6¦6
12¦37¦8¦9 9¦04¦5 7¦82¦3 5¦6
94¦CANbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦ARGbb¦0000000001234 ¦KILOb¦0000000012345 ¦
94¦CANbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦AUSbb¦0000000123456 ¦KILOb¦0000001234567 ¦
94¦CANbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦NZLbb¦0000004567890 ¦KILOb¦0000034567890 ¦
Filecharacteristics formagnetic tapes: Record format :fixed block; Record length :65characters;
Block length :23465 characters.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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NOTES:
1) Thecurrency unitusedforrecording import values should beindicated inForm 3(seepage
24).Where thenational currency wasconverted toanother unit,theexchange rateusedshould
alsobespecified inForm 3.
2) Alistofnational codes usedforcountries andquantity units, together withthecorresponding
names, should beindicated inForm 3.Inaddition, foreachcountry (trading partner), the
typeoftariff relation4should beindicated asfollows:
Coding ofthetypeoftariff relation inForm 3
Thetypeoftariffrelation contains aone-digit codeattached toeachcountry oforigin toidentify
whether thecountry issignatory toapreferential arrangement or,islisted intheGeneralised
System ofPreferences (GSP) scheme asaGSPbeneficiary, etc.Foragiven trading partner,
therelation codeisthesamethroughout thefile,irrespective ofthetariffitem. Thiscodeallows,
forexample, theidentification oftotalimports from GSPbeneficiary countries, fromMFN
origins, etc.
Toidentify GSPbeneficiaries, three different relation codes areused. Relation code "4"is
attached toGSPcountries which, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences, areentitled toMFN tariffs.
Relation code"5"isattached toGSPcountries which, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences, are
entitled tomore favourable preferential tariffs under special arrangements. Finally, relation
code"6"isattached toGSPcountries which donothaveaMFN relationship withthereporting
country andwhich, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences, areentitled togeneral tariffs (i.e.tariffs
higher thanMFN tariffs).
Nine provenances areused: 0=most-favoured-nation (MFN);
1=free-trade area(FTA);
2=zone-zone (trade between preferential areas);
3=other preferential agreements;
4=GSP(most-favoured-nation);
5=GSP(other preferences);
6=GSP(general);
8=general;
9=unspecified.
TheSecretariat 'sconversion programs willautomatically attach thetypeoftariff relation to
thecorresponding trading partner intheimport statistics submission. Therefore, itisnot
necessary torecord thisinformation foreachtariffitemintheimport statistics. Itwillsuffice
toprovide thetariff relation applicable toeachtrading partner inForm 3(seepage24).
1.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thetrade filecontains import statistics bycountry oforigin foreachnational tariff item. Import
statistics arerecorded invalue andvolume. Values arerecorded inthecurrency usedbythenational
authorities inthecollection oftheirimport statistics forcustoms purposes. Volumes arereported
inoneunitofquantity pernational tariff item.
Thetradefilekeycomprises thereference year,thecodeofthecountry submitting thetradestatistics,
thedirection oftrade, thetariff itemnumber andthetrading partner country.
4Participants wishing tosupply tariff treatment should submit datausing the"full" IDBformat
oftheImport Statistics Filedetailed indocument IDB/URM/3.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Entities Definitions
Year
IDBsubmissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers is
thereference yearoftheimports.
Reporting country
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry submitting theinformation. Itmaybe
anational codeortheWTO country codeandshould beunique throughout thesubmission.
Direction oftrade
Import statistics areidentified bythecode"1"recorded inthisone-digit element. Ifitisnot
possible toprovide onlyimport statistics inthesubmission, other types ofstatistics (onexports
orre-exports) should beidentified by"2"forexport statistics and"3"forre-exports.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariff itemnumber isafieldoftwenty-one characters identifying thetariff item. This
element should becoded atthedetail ofthenational tariff nomenclature. Itmustbethesame
itemnumber usedinthecoded tariff file,theproduct description fileandintheINRfile.
Partner country
Thiselement isafieldoffivecharacters identifying thetrading partner country code. The
"partnercode"recordedbynationalauthoritiescanbealphabeticornumeric.Itwillbeconverted
totheWTO standard three-digit code, before thefileisloaded intothedatabase. Thelist
ofnational partner codes usedinthesubmission should beprovided oncomputer media or
onpaper (seepage24,Form 3).
Import partner data
Theimport partner datacontain information invalue andvolume bypartner. Theimport data
arerecorded inthefollowing fields:
Import value innational currency
Thiselement contains thecustoms value ofimports innational currency orinUS
dollars, iftheUSdollar isusedforrecording customs statistics. Iftheimport value
isrecorded inUSdollars, andthenational currency isnottheUSdollar, theexchange
rateusedshould beindicated inForm 3.Theimport values canbesubmitted inunits
ofcurrency, inthousands ofunits, etc.Theunitusedshould beselected sothattotal
imports canberecorded inathirteen-digit field. Ifthecustoms value isnotavailable,
thiselement should contain thec.i.f., f.o.borothervalue ofimports usedforrecording
import statistics. Ifso,please indicate inForm 3.
Quantity unit
Thiselement contains thequantity unitusedforrecording import volumes. Ifthe
duty(ies) attached totheitemis(are)specific, mixed orcompound, theunitofquantity
toberecorded inthiselement should, ifpossible, correspond tothepredominant unit
usedtocollect customs duties. If,foragiven item, thereisnoquantity dataavailable,
thiselement should beleftblank. Thelistofnational quantity unitcodes usedinthe
submission should beprovided oncomputer media oronpaper (seepage24,Form 3).
Import volume intheunitofquantity
Thisfieldcontains theimport volume expressed inthequantity unit. If,foragiven
item, there isnoquantity dataavailable, thisfieldshould befilled withzeroes.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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2.Coded Tariff File
2.1 FORMAT
Year 2digits, numeric; (columns 01-02)
reference yearofthetariff.
Reporting country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 03-07)
country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Tariff linenumber 25characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 08-32)
includes thenational tariff itemnumber inpositions 1-21and
thetariff itemtwo-character suffix inpositions 24-25. Positions
22-23 ofthetariff linenumber should always beleftblank.
Partner country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 33-37)
Thisfieldshould beleftblank when thedutyapplies toall
trading partners; otherwise, itcontains thetrading partner country
orcoderepresenting agroup ofcountries towhich aparticular
dutyapplies; trading partner codes representing individual countries
should bethesame asthose usedintheimport statistics file.
Duty type 3characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 38-40)
identifies thetypeofduty, seenextpagefordetails.
Duty rate 6digits, numeric consisting of3integer digits and3decimal (columns 41-46)
digits, theimplied decimal point isbetween positions 3and4
ofthedutyrate,rightjustified, zeropadding;
theadvalorem dutyrateoradvalorem equivalent (AVE).
Duty codes Thefollowing series ofcodes giving additional information on
thedutyrate,seepage10fordetails:
Nature (N) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 47)
Estimation (E) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 48)
AVE calculation method (A) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 49)
Sub-items duties Averaging Method (M) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 50)
Binding status (B) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 51)
Partial Binding Coverage (C) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 52)
Limitation Status (L) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 53)
Partial dutycoverage (D) 1character, alphanumeric; (column 54)
PCDelimiter 1digit, carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only. (column 55)
Example ofacoded tariff file("b"represents ablank character):
Yr¦Rep-¦Tarifflinenumber ¦Part-¦DutyDutyDtycodes¦
¦orter¦ Suf¦ner¦typ¦rates¦NEAMBCLD ¦
00¦00¦0 /OI 3¦33¦34¦44¦45¦5
12¦37¦8 /OI 2¦37¦80¦16¦74¦5
94¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦00¦bbbbb¦02b¦001300¦SbbSBXbb ¦
94¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦00¦bbbbb¦10b¦000000¦Abbbbbbb ¦
94¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦00¦bbbbb¦40b¦000900¦SbbbbbEb ¦
94¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦00¦bbbbb¦41b¦000000¦Abbbbbbb ¦
Filecharacteristics formagnetic tapes: Record format :fixed block; Record length :54characters;
Block length :23436 characters.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Coding ofthedutytype
MFN duties (01-09)
01 =MFN GATT bound duty
02 =MFN statutory (legal/autonomous) duty
03 =MFN effectively applied (temporary) duty
09B =Pre-Uruguay5Round duty
09F=Post-Uruguay5Round concession/duty
Preferential duties: Free-trade area(10-19)
10 =FTA1
11 =FTA2
.. =..
19 =FTA9
Preferential duties: Zone-zone duties (20-29)
20 =Zone 1
21 =Zone 2
.. =..
29 =Zone 9
Preferential duties: Other preferences (30-39)
30 =Other preference 1
31 =Other preference 2
.. =..
39 =Other preference 9
Preferential duties: GSPduties (40-49)
40 =GSP
41 =LDC
.. =..
49 =-
General tariff duties (80-89)
80 =General tariff (higher thanMFN tariff)
.. =..
89 =-
Unspecified duties (90-99)
90 =Other duty
.. =..
99 =..
5Pre-Uruguay dutyrefers tothebaserateofduty, andPost-Uruguay concession tothebound rate
ofduty, notified intheMarrakesh Protocol totheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994 and
subsequent WTO tariff Schedules.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Coding ofthedutyrateandcodes
Duty rates aregiven inpercentage terms (advalorem dutyrateorAVE):
10%should becoded as"010000" and7.5% as"007500";
FREE duties should berecorded as"000000";
Duties higher than999.997 %should berecorded as"999998";
Duties notavailable inpercentage should berecorded as"999999".
Duty codes:
Nature oftheduty:
A = Advalorem duty
S = Specific duty
C = Compound duty
M = Mixed duty
T = Tariffied measure
V = Variable duty
O = Other duty
Estimation oftheadvalorem equivalent (AVE) ofspecific duties:
Blank = Notapplicable
E = Estimation supplied bythereporting country
C = Estimated bytheWTO Secretariat
Calculation method forAVEs:
Blank = Notapplicable
1 = Calculation based onimports from WTO members
2 = Calculation based onMFN imports
3 = Calculation based ontotalimports
9 = Calculation based onother methods
Sub-items 'duties averaging method:
Blank = Notapplicable
S = Simple average
W = Weighted average
Binding status:
B = Bound atprevailing dutyrate )
C = Bound ataceiling dutyrate ) valid forMFN
D = Bound atdifferent dutylevels ) dutyrates
U = Unbound duty )
Blank = Notapplicable (valid forpreferential orgeneral duties only)
Partial binding coverage:
Blank = Notapplicable
X = Binding covering partofthetariff line(valid forMFN duties only)
Limitation status:
Blank = Notapplicable
C = Ceiling orother limitation
E = Country exclusion
Q = Quota orother quantitative limitation
S = Safeguard measure (valid forMFN duties only)
Partial dutycoverage:
Blank = Notapplicable
X = Duty applicable topartofthetariff lineIDB/URM/3/Add.1
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2.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thecoded tariff filecontains customs tariff duties forall(bound andunbound) tariff lines. Duties
arebroken down where applicable, byindividual partner ifaparticular dutyapplies toagiven country
ortoagroup ofcountries.
Duties arerecorded inpercentages. Various codes areattached tothedutytoidentify itsnature (ad
valorem ,specific, etc.), theGATT binding status oftheduty, etc.
Thecoded tariff filekeycomprises thereference year, thecodeofthecountry submitting thedata,
thetarifflinenumber, thetrading partner country towhich thedutyapplies andthetypeofduty(MFN
GATT bound, MFN applied, GSP, etc.).
Entities Definitions
Year
IDBsubmissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers is
thereference year.
Reporting country
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry submitting theinformation. Itmaybe
anational codeortheWTO country codeandshould beunique throughout thesubmission.
Tariff linenumber
Thetariff linenumber isanelement of25characters usedtorecord thetariff itemnumber
(positions 1-21) andthetariff itemsuffix (positions 24-25). Positions 22-23 ofthetariff line
number should beleftblank. Thiselement must bethesame tariff linenumber usedinthe
product description fileandtheINRfile.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariffitemnumber isthesameasthetariffitemnumber usedintheimport statistics
file.
Tariff itemsuffix
Thetariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 24-25 ofthetariff linenumber. The
suffix isusedincases where thecustoms tariff ismore detailed thanthestatistical
nomenclature, i.e.statistics arenotalways collected inthedetail ofthecustoms tariff.
Intheexample below, import statistics contain onlyoneitemfor"lentils" while the
customs tariff contains twoitems forlentils towhich areattached different duties.
Tocalculate theduties collected on"lentils", itistherefore necessary torecord aduty
which would beanaverage oftheduties ofthetwotariffsub-items (duty-free forlentils
imported inpacks over5kilograms and20%forlentils imported inpacks of5kg
orless). Thetariffitemnumber (positions 1-21ofthetarifflinenumber, "07134000"
intheexamplebelow)wouldbeusedtolinkthetwotariffsub-itemstothecorresponding
principal itemintheimport statistics. Inthecoded tarifffile,theprincipal itemwould
berecorded withsuffix "00"inpositions 24-25 andthetwosub-items would berecorded
withsuffixes"01"and"02"respectively.Thetariffaveragerecordedundertheprincipal
itemcould beatrade-weighted average oranarithmetic average oftheduties recorded
under thesub-items.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Thefollowing example illustrates themanner inwhich thetariffitemsuffix could beused:
IMPORT STATISTICS CUSTOMS TARIFF
tariff itemnumber tariff itemnumber suffix
07134000_______________ -Lentils 07134000________________00
average rate: 10%
--Inpackages 07134000________________01
over5KG rate: FREE
--Other 07134000________________02
rate: 20%
Partner country
Thisdataelement islinked tothedutytype. ForMFN duties, itshould becoded asblank.
Forpreferential duties, ifthiscodeisleftblank, thedutyapplies toallcountries recorded inthe
import statistics file,forthecorresponding tariff item, which havethetariff relation codeequal
tothefirstdigitofthedutytype. Forexample, iffordutytype"40", thepartner codeisblank,
duty"40"applies toallcountries recorded intheimport statistics filehaving atariffrelation code
equal to"4"(GSP relation) forthecorresponding tariff item. Therefore, itisnotnecessary to
record duties foreachbeneficiary individually.
Thiscodecanbeusedtorecord exceptions toagiven preferential dutytypeortodefine thecountry
coverage ofpreferential arrangements. Thecodeusedcanbeforanindividual country oforigin
oracoderepresenting agroup ofcountries (e.g.ACP, NAFTA). Refer totheexamples under
"Duty type" below.
Duty type
Thedutytypeisathree-character field. Thefirstdigitofthedutytypeshould correspond tothe
"tariff relation" coderecorded intheimport statistics fileforalltypes ofduties except relation
code"5"and"6"6.
Dutytypes starting with"0"areusedtorecord MFN duties. Dutytype"01"isusedforrecording,
where relevant, theMFN GATT bound duty; dutytype"02"isusedforrecording thelegalor
statutory duty; anddutytype"03"isusedforrecording thedutyeffectively applied (e.g., under
temporary legislation). Duty type"01"ordutytype"02"mustberecorded foreachtariff line
since thisisanessential requirement forprocessing thecoded tariff file.
Ifatariffitemisbound, thebound dutyshould berecorded under dutytype"01". Ifatariffitem
isunbound, theunbound dutyshould berecorded under dutytype"02"andthere should beno
dutyrecorded under dutytype"01". Forbound items, dutytype"02"should berecorded only
ifthelegalrateisdifferent fromthebound raterecorded under dutytype"01". Duty type"03"
should berecorded onlyiftheeffectively applied rateisdifferent fromtherate(s) under dutytype
"01"and/or dutytype"02".
Tokeepapicture ofthetariff situation before andaftertheUruguay Round, thedutywhich was
usedasthebase(pre-Uruguay) rateforthenegotiations should berecorded under dutytype"09B"
and,where relevant, theconcession (post-Uruguay) offered during theRound under dutytype
"09F".
6Tariff relation code"5"islinked todutytypes starting with"3"andrelation code"6"toduty
types starting with"8". Refer totheexplanation oftypeoftariff relation inNote 2),page6.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Except fordutytypes "09B" and"09F", thethirdcharacter ofthedutytypeshould beleftblank
forMFN duties.
IftheMFN GATT bound duty(duty type"01") ortheMFN applied duty(duty type"02"or"03")
isduty-free, itisnotnecessary torecord anypreferential duties (duty types "10"through "49")
forthetariff line.
Withregard toGSPduties, dutytype"40"isusedforrecording theGSPdutyapplicable toGSP
beneficiaries ingeneral anddutytype"41"isusedforrecording theGSPdutyapplicable tothe
leastdeveloped countries. Incertain product sectors ofsome customs tariffs, theGSPdutyis
notzerobutdeveloping countries benefit from apreferential margin defined asapercentage of
theMFN duty(e.g.GSPrateequals halftheMFN rate).
With regard toFTAduties, dutytypes "10"through "19"canbeused. Ifareporting country
issignatory tomore thanoneFTAagreement, different dutytypes (e.g."10", "11") canbeused
toidentify thedifferent agreements. Thesame remark isvalid forZone agreements (duty types
"20-29") andotherpreferential agreements (dutytypes "30-39"). Inaddition, anindividual country
oranaggregate coderepresenting agroup ofcountries (e.g.NAFTA, EFTA) canbecoded in
thepartner country fieldtoidentify thecountries intheagreement. However, import statistics
forthecountries inthegroup would berecorded individually.
Examples ofcoding thedutytypeandpartner towhich thedutyapplies:
Reporting country 1:
Tariff line Duty Partner Duty Rate Duty applies to:
010111 01 Blank 6.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 02 Blank 5.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 09B Blank 6.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 09F Blank 5.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 10 Israel 0.0 OneFTA Rel.1partner
010111 11 Nafta 0.0 FTARel.1partner group
010111 30 Blank 0.0 CBERA7pref. Rel.5partners
010111 31 Blank 0.0 ATPA8pref. Rel.3partners
010111 40 Blank 3.0 GSPRel.4partners
010111 40 Brazil 5.0 GSPRel.4,partner exception
Reporting country 2:
Tariff line Duty Partner Duty Rate Duty applies to:
010111 01 Blank 7.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 02 Blank 6.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 03 Blank 5.0 AllMFN Rel.0partner
010111 09B Blank 7.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 09F Blank 5.0 AllMFN Rel.0partners
010111 20 Blank 0.0 EFTA9Zone Rel.2partners
010111 21 EastEurope 0.0 FTARel.2partner group
010111 30 Lome 0.0 GSP/PREF Rel.5partner group
010111 40 Blank 3.0 GSPRel.4partners
010111 41 Blank 0.0 LDC Rel.4partners
7CBERA: Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery ActoftheUnited States.
8ATPA: Andean Trade Preference ActoftheUnited States.
9EFTA: European FreeTrade Association.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Duty rateinpercentage
Thissix-digit element contains thepercentage rateofthedutywiththree decimal places. Zero
dutyratesarerecorded as"000000" andpercentage rateswhich arenotavailable inpercentage
arerecorded as"999999". Duties above 999.997% arerecorded as"999998".
Duty Codes:
Nature oftheduty
Thisone-character code indicates thatthedutyis:advalorem ("A"), specific ("S"),
compound ("C"), mixed ("M"), tariffied (T),variable ("V") orunclassified ("O").
_______________________________________________________________
EXAMPLES OFVARIOUS NATURES OFDUTIES:
_______________________________________________________________
-Advalorem duty: 10%ofthevalue ofthegoods.
-Specific duty: 1.00$perKG;
1.00$perKGplus2.00$each.
-Compound duty:1.00$perKGplus10%advalorem .
2.00$perKGless5%advalorem .
-Mixed duty: 1.00$perKGor10%advalorem ,whichever islower;
2.00$perKGor5%advalorem ,whichever ishigher.
-Tariffied duty: dutysubject tothetariffication ofborder measures
under theAgreement onAgriculture tothe
Marrakesh Protocol.
-Variable duty:dutycomprising avariable element, e.g.,10%
plusavariable levy.
_______________________________________________________________
Estimation oftheadvalorem equivalent (AVE)
Thiscodeindicates ifthedutyrateisestimated bythenational authorities (code "E")or
bytheWTO Secretariat (code "C"). Ifthedutyrateisnotestimated, thecodeisleftblank.
Method usedinthecalculation oftheAVE ofaspecific duty
Thiscodeindicates onwhich basistheAVE ofaspecific dutyhasbeencalculated. Code
"1"indicates thattheAVE wascalculated onthebasis ofimports from WTO members,
code"2"onthebasis ofMFN imports, code"3"onthebasis oftotalimports andcode
"9"onanother basis. IfthedutyrateisnotanAVE, thecodeisleftblank.
Averaging method usedtocalculate anaverage ofsub-item duties
Thiscodeisrecorded incases where tariff sub-items arerecorded, using thetariff suffix.
Anaverage ofthesub-items 'duties would berecorded under theprincipal item(tariff suffix
"00"). Code "S"would indicate thattheaverage isasimple arithmetic average andcode
"W"would indicate atrade-weighted average. Theaveraging method should berecorded
onlyfortariff items withtariff suffix "00"(principal items). Ifthedutyrateisnotan
average, thecodeisleftblank. Thelogicofrecording tariffsub-items isexplained above
under "Tariff itemsuffix".IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Binding status oftheduty
Thiscodeindicates whether thedutyisbound attheprevailing rate(code "B"), ataceiling
rate(code "C") oratdifferent levels (code "D"). Code "U"indicates thatthedutyis
unbound. These codes apply toMFN duties.
Adutyisbound attheprevailing rateiftheapplied dutyrateisnotlower.
Adutyisbound ataceiling rateiftheapplied dutyrateislower.
Adutycanbebound atdifferent levels incases where sub-items arerecorded using the
tariffsuffix. Forexample, thefirstsub-item could bebound ataceiling rateandthesecond
sub-item could bebound attheprevailing rate. Theaverage raterecorded under the
principal item(tariff suffix "00") would beshown asbound atdifferent levels.
Forpreferential duties which, inprinciple, arenotbound, thebinding codeshould beblank
(notapplicable).
Partial binding coverage
Ifthebinding doesnotapply toallproducts within thetariff line,thiscodecontains the
letter "X". Otherwise thecodeisleftblank.
Duty limitation status
Inagriculture, theFinal ActoftheUruguay Round specifies inAnnex 1A,Agreement
onAgriculture, PartIII,thatanyparticipant maytakerecourse toArticle 5ofthe
Agreement, Special Safeguard Provisions, inrespect ofaproduct subject ofaconcession.
Fortheseproducts subject tosafeguard provisions, thedutylimitation status iscoded "S".
Thisisapplicable onlyforMFN duties.
Insome instances thepreference under GSPorother preferential arrangements isgranted
within value orquantitative limitations. Ifthelimitation isaceiling orequivalent limitation,
thiscodecontains theletter "C". A"ceiling" isusually alimitation allowing alimited
increase inthepreferential trade from oneyeartotheother (e.g., imports during the
previous yearplus10%). Ifthelimitation isaquota orequivalent limitation, thiscode
contains theletter "Q". Finally, ifonecountry ormore isexcluded fromthepreference
foragiven product (e.g.oncompetitive needcriteria), thiscodecontains theletter "E".
Ifthere isnolimitation, thecodeisleftblank.
Partial dutycoverage
Ifthedutydoesnotapply toallproducts within thetariffline,thiscodecontains theletter
"X". Otherwise, thecodeisleftblank.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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3.Product Description File
3.1 FORMAT
Year 2digits, numeric; (columns 01-02)
reference yearofthecustoms tariff.
Reporting country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 03-07)
country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Tariff linenumber 25characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 08-32)
includes thenational tariff itemnumber inpositions 1-21
andthetariff itemtwo-character suffix inpositions 24-25.
Positions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber should beleftblank.
Level 2characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 33-34)
Used toindicate whether thedescription isforatariff lineor
atariff heading -seepages 17and18fordetails.
Sequence number 2characters, numeric, rightjustified, zeropadding; (columns 35-36)
codetorecord thesequence oflinesoftheproduct descriptions.
Text 70characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 37-106)
Textoftheproduct description.
PCDelimiter 1digit, carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only. (column 107)
Example ofaproduct discripton ("b"represents ablank character):
Yr¦Rep-¦Tarifflinenumber ¦Lv¦Se¦ Textofproduct description ¦
¦orter¦ Suf¦el¦q.¦ 70characters ¦
¦¦ ¦¦¦ 1¦1
00¦00¦0 3¦33¦33¦3 0¦0
12¦37¦8 2¦34¦56¦7 6¦7
95¦CANbb¦0201bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦04¦01¦Meatofbovineanimals, freshorchilled bbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦00¦bb¦01¦-Carcasses andhalf-carcasses bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦01¦bb¦01¦Withinaccesscommitment bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦02011000bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦02¦bb¦01¦Overaccesscommitment bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦8481bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦04¦01¦Taps,cocks,val..................boiler shells,t ¦
95¦CANbb¦8481bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦04¦02¦anks,vatsorth......................and thermos¦
95¦CANbb¦8481bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦04¦03¦tatically controlled valvesbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦848110bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦06¦01¦-Pressure-reducing valvesbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦84811010bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦01¦--Forgas-fired ap......................water, or¦
95¦CANbb¦84811010bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦02¦forrefrigeration ...................... between ¦
95¦CANbb¦84811010bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦03¦suchapparatus and............... suchapparatus ¦
95¦CANbb¦84811010bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦04¦andtheconsumer 'sgasstorage devicebbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦8481109bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦07¦01¦--Other bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦CANbb¦84811091bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦01¦---Hand operated or.................... pulleyo¦
95¦CANbb¦84811091bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦bb¦02¦rchainvalves, connective couplingsbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
Filecharacteristics formagnetic tapes: Record format :fixed block; Record length :106characters;
Block length :23426 characters.
NOTE :Alltextssubmitted inFrench andSpanish should berecorded using upper casecharacters,
since there isnostandard codeusedtorepresent accented characters.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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3.2 DATA INVENTORY
Theproduct description filecontains product descriptions foreachtariff linerecorded inthecoded
tarifffile,andmayoptionally contain descriptions oftariffheadings. Descriptions should berecorded
inoneofthethree official languages oftheWTO.
Thekeyoftheproduct description filecomprises thereference year,thecodeofthecountry submitting
thedata, thetariff linenumber, theleveloftheproduct description andthesequence number.
Entities Definitions
Year
IDBsubmissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers is
thereference year.
Reporting country
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry submitting theinformation. Itmay
beanational codeortheWTO country codeandshould beunique throughout thesubmission.
Tariff linenumber
Thetariff linenumber isanelement oftwenty-five characters usedtorecord thetariff item
number (positions 1-21) andthetariff itemsuffix (positions 24-25). Positions 22-23 should
beleftblank. Thiselement mustbethesame tariff linenumber usedinthecoded tariff file
andintheINRfile.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariff itemnumber isthesame asthetariff itemnumber usedintheimport
statistics file.
Tariff itemsuffix
Thetariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 24-25 ofthetariff linenumber. The
suffix isusedincases where thecustoms tariff ismore detailed thanthestatistical
nomenclature, i.e.statistics arenotalways available forsome tariff subheadings.
Thetariffitemsuffix recorded inthisfileisthesameasthetariffitemsuffix recorded
inthecoded tariff file.(Refer totheexplanation ontheuseofthetariff itemsuffix
inthecoded tariff filedatainventory, pages 11and12).
Level
Thisfieldshould beblank iftheproduct description isforatariff linetowhich adutyis
attached.
Thelevelisusedtoindicate thattheproduct description isforatariffheading. Forheadings
atthelevelofHS2-digit, HS4-digit, HS5-digit andHS6-digit, itshould beequal tothe
number ofdigits recorded inthetariff heading -"02"forchapter headings, "04"for4-digit
headings, etc.Although itisnotnecessary torecord HSheadings atthe2-digit, 4-digit, 5-digit
or6-digit levels, theywillbeaccepted ifcoded inthismanner.
Thelevelofanyother tariff headings canberecorded using thevalues "07"through "98"
atthediscretion ofthecountry concerned (refer toexample below).
Sequence number
Thesequence number (01-99) gives thesequence ofthelinesoftext.
Text
Each lineoftextcontains seventy characters.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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Example ofcoding levels oftariff headings:
Theleveloftheproduct description permits theuseofthesame tariff linenumber forbothatariff
heading andforatariff lineasshown inthefollowing example:
TARIFF NUMBER LEVEL DESCRIPTION DUTY
8481 04 Taps, cocks, valves ...
84811000 -Pressure-reducing 10%
84812000 -Valves for... 10%
84813000 -Check valves 10%
84814000 -Safety or... 10%
848180 06 -Other appliances:
84818010 --Inner tubes valves ... 10%
84818021 08 --Other
84818021 09 ---Taps andvalves forkitchens:
84818021 ----Mixing taps 10%
84818022 ----Other 10%
84818023 09 ---Taps andvalves forcentral heating:
84818023 ----Thermostatic 10%
84818024 ----Other 10%
84818025 09 ---Regulators:
84818025 ----Heating ... 10%
84818026 ----Level ... 10%
84818027 ----Other 10%
84818028 09 ---Wedge-gate valves:
Itshould beborne inmind thatthelogic ofthenumbering system used should allow forthe
possible inclusion ofadditional levels inthefuture. Forexample, should itberequired toinsert
anadditional heading between 84818021 "--Other" (level "08") and"Taps andvalves for
kitchens" (level "09"), itwould benecessary tochange theexisting level "09" headings tolevel
"10", andtorecord thenewheading aslevel "09". Therefore, itmight bepreferable toleave
some gapsinthevalues assigned totheleveltobeabletoaccommodate future requirements.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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4.INRFILE
4.1 FORMAT
Year 2digits, numeric; (columns 01-02)
reference yearofthetariff.
Reporting country 5characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 03-07)
country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Tariff linenumber 25characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 08-32)
includes thenational tariff itemnumber inpositions 1-21
andthetariff itemtwo-character suffix inpositions 24-25.
Positions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber should beleftblank.
Present INR 223characters, alphanumeric, leftjustified, blank padding; (columns 33-255)
INRcodes withamaximum of5characters eachandseparated
byablank.
PCDelimiter 1digit, carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only. (column 256)
Example ofanINRfile("b"represents ablank character):
Yr¦Rep-¦Tarifflinenumber ¦ Initial Negotiating Rights ¦
¦orter¦ Suf¦ 223characters ¦
¦¦ ¦ 2¦2
00¦00¦0 3¦3 5¦5
12¦37¦8 2¦3 5¦6
95¦HUbbb¦020110006bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦CHbBRbCEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦820120007bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦CHbBRbCEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦820130008bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦CHbBRbCEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦848110006bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦ATbCEbFIbSEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦848120007bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦ATbCEbFIbSEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦848130008bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦ATbCEbFIbSEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
95¦HUbbb¦848140009bbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bb¦ATbCEbFIbSEbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
Filecharacteristics formagnetic tapes: Record format :fixed block; Record length :255characters;
Block length :23460 characters.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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4.2 DATA INVENTORY
TheINRfilecontains Initial Negotiating Rights onthemost recent concessions.
ThekeyoftheINRfilecomprises thereference year, thecodeofthecountry submitting thedata
andthetariff linenumber.
Entities Definitions
Year
IDBsubmissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers is
thereference year.
Reporting country
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry submitting theinformation. Itmay
beanational codeortheWTO country codeandshould beunique throughout thesubmission.
Tariff linenumber
Thetariff linenumber isanelement oftwenty-five characters usedtorecord thetariff item
number (positions 1-21) andthetariff itemsuffix (positions 24-25). Positions 22-23 should
beleftblank. Thiselement mustbethesame tariff linenumber usedinthecoded tariff file
andtheproduct description file.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariffitemnumber mustbethesame asthetariffitemnumber usedintheimport
statistics file.
Tariff itemsuffix
Thetariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 24-25 ofthetariff linenumber. For
INR's,thesuffix isusedincases where theINRwasnegotiated onthetariffsub-item.
(Refer totheexplanation ontheuseofthetariff itemsuffix, inthecoded tariff file
datainventory, pages 11and12).
Initial Negotiating Rights (INR's)onPresent Concession
Thiselement identifies thecountry(ies) holding anINRonthepresent concession, asreported
incolumn "5"oftheloose-leaf schedule. Countries canbeidentified bythecountry codes
usedintheimport statistics fileorbynational INRcodes. Ifnational INRcodes areused,
theyshould belisted inForm 3-seepage24.
INR'sarerecorded ononelineusing uptofivecharacters perINRwithablank separating
eachINRcode, asinthefollowing example:
ARG BRA CAN EEC12 USA
Intheabove example, fiveINR'swould berecorded.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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5.QRFILES
5.1 FORMAT
NOTE: Thesimplified formats fortheQRfilewillbeproposed atalaterstage, inlinewith
theviews expressed byparticipants whowillbeproviding theirquantitative restriction
notifications oncomputer media. Participants wishing tosupply non-tariff measures
should submit datausing the"full" IDBformats oftheCoded Non-Tariff Fileand
theTextual Non-Tariff Filedetailed indocument IDB/URM/3.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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ANNEX
WTO INTEGRATED DATA BASE -FORM 1
Media characteristics
Technical information required when sending PCdiskettes ormagnetic tapes
PCdiskettes :
High Density orDouble Density ___________
Compression program used, ifapplicable ___________
Magnetic tapes:
External tapeidentification:
Reporting country name ___________
Volume serial number ___________
(6characters, a"T"inposition 1should
notbeused; Seenotebelow)
Number oftracks ontape:
Nine ___________
Tape density:
6250/1600 bpi ___________
Oddparity only
Recording mode:
EBCDIC character set, ___________
possibly ASCII.
Tape internal volume label:
Nolabel(state "none") ___________
Ifthetapeislabelled, thetypeof
standard should bespecified:
e.g.IBM, ANSI, etc..
Computer usedtocreate thetape:
Manufacturer andmodel ___________
NOTE: ForPCdiskettes, neither spreadsheet (e.g.Lotus, Excel) filesnortextprocessing filesshould
beprovided. OnlyASCII filesadhering totheformats described inthisdocument canbeprocessed.
NOTE: Forlabelled tapes, thevolume serial number stored intheinternal label ofthetapemust
beprecisely identified ontheexternal labelofthetapecase. Labelled tapeswithanunknown internal
labelcannot beprocessed because ofcontrol procedures.IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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WTO INTEGRATED DATA BASE -FORM 2
Filecharacteristics
Technical information required when sending magnetic tapes
Filenumber: ___________
Datafile(tariffs, imports...) ___________
Filename (recorded inHeader ___________
Label, ifapplicable)
Record format (fixed, variable): ___________
Record length, including variable ___________
length record count forvariable records
Block length, including variable ___________
length block count forvariable blocks
Total number ofrecords inthedataset: ___________
Printout offirstandlastblocks inhexadecimal
andcharacter modes.
NOTE: Please fillinonecopy ofthisform foreachfilesubmitted .IDB/URM/3/Add.1
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WTO INTEGRATED DATA BASE -FORM 3
Supplementary information
Information required toestablish theIDBreference filesforthereporting country
Nomenclature usedinthesubmission:
-HSsix-digit, HSfour-digit, other nomenclature.
Year towhich refer:
-thetariff information: 19__ (fiscal /calendar)
-theimport statistics: 19__ (fiscal /calendar)
Total import value(s):
Lists ofcodes usedfor:
-countries oforigin (with country names) usedintheimport statistics filealong withthe
tariff relation foreachtrading partner;
-partner codes usedinthetariff file(i.e.codes usedtoidentify individual orgroups of
countries andthegroup composition);
-partner codes usedintheINRfile(ifdifferent from those usedintheimport statistics);
-currency units usedinimport statistics;
-exchange rateusedifnational currency wasconverted toanother unit;
-quantity units usedinimport statistics.
Geographic coverage ofpreferential agreements, where applicable (GSP, LDC, Free-trade Areas,
other preferential arrangements...).
Other information tobeusedintheinterpretation ofthesubmissions:
-system oftrade (special, general ...):
-valuation basis (f.o.b., c.i.f. ...):
-Other:
--forinstance, description ofspecial methods usedinthecalculation ofAVE'sofspecific
duties (e.g.AVE calculation method code"9"inthedutycodes ofthecoded tariff
file).