RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE IDB/URM/3
15February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0587)
INTEGRATED DATA BASE
IDBUSER REFERENCE MANUAL
PART III
REFERENCE MANUAL FOR THE PREPARATION OF
IDB SUBMISSIONS
Note bytheSecretariat
Thispaper replaces the"Reference Manual forthePreparation ofdata" reproduced indocument
IDB/W/4.IDB/URM/3
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TABLE OFCONTENTS
A.GENERAL NOTE Page
1.Contents ofIDBsubmissions .............................3
2.Documentation tobesupplied withIDBsubmissions ...............3
3.Notations usedinthefiles'formats ..........................3
B.INFORMATION TOBEPREPARED INCAPITALS
1.Import Statistics File
1.1Format .........................................5
l.2DataInventory ....................................8
2.Coded Tariff File
2.1Format ........................................13
2.2DataInventory ...................................20
3.Textual Tariff File
3.1Format ........................................28
3.2DataInventory ...................................32
4.Footnote TextFile
4.1Format ........................................37
4.2DataInventory ...................................37
5.Coded Non-Tariff File
5.1Format .........................................38
5.2DataInventory ....................................43
6.Textual Non-Tariff File
6.1Format .........................................46
6.2Datainventory ....................................48
ANNEX
1.Form 1-Media characteristics .........................50
2.Form 2-Filecharacteristics ...........................51
3.Form 3-Supplementary information .....................52IDB/URM/3
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A.GENERAL NOTE
1. Contents ofIDBsubmissions
IDBsubmissions canbefurnished totheWTO Secretariat using either the"full" IDBsubmission formats
which aredescribed inthisdocument orusing "simplified" formats which aredescribed inPART III
-Addendum 1-"Reference Manual forthePreparation ofIDB"Simplified" Submissions". Only the
minimum datarequired foranIDBsubmission arecontained inthe"simplified formats". TheSecretariat
hasdeveloped computer programs which reformat submissions using the"simplified" formats tothe
"full" IDBformats.
IDBsubmissions should berecorded atthedetail ofthenational customs tariffnomenclature, inseparate
files-animport statistics file,acoded tariff file,atextual tariff file,atariff footnote file(where
applicable), acoded non-tariff fileandatextual non-tariff file. Thereporting country code, the
reference yearandthetariff itemnumber arethecommon elements ineachfilewhich allow forthe
integration ofallinformation recorded inthevarious IDBfiles.
Documentationonthenationalcodesusedforrecordingcountries,quantityunits,etc.shouldbefurnished
totheSecretariat byIDBparticipants. Itwould bepreferable toprovide thisdocumentation onPC
diskettes ormagnetic tapes, although documentation inprintform would beacceptable.
IDBtariffsubmissions should contain themost-favoured-nation (MFN) GATT bound duties, thelegal
andapplied duties, thepre-Uruguay andpost-Uruguay duties, GSPandLeast Developed Countries '
(LDC) duties andanyother preferential duties accorded bythereporting country. Inaddition, for
MFN duties, thetariff 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
Thethreeforms contained intheannex ofthisdocument 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 thesubmissions.
- Form 3,entitled "Supplementary information", contains information onthenational nomenclature
andother essential information usedinthecoding ofIDBsubmissions. Thisisessential forthe
Secretariat toestablish theIDBreference files.
3. Notations usedinthefiles'formats
Inthedescriptions ofthevarious filestobesubmitted, eachindividual dataelement isfollowed by
aseries ofsymbols:IDB/URM/3
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Datatype:Anumericdataelementcanonlycontaindecimalnumbers.Alphanumericdataelement
cancontain letters, numbers, blanks orother characters. "N"isusedfornumeric dataand"A"
foralphanumeric data.
Element length: (n)refers tothenumber ofcharacters. Fornumeric fields containing decimal
places,theformat(nVm)hasbeenused,with"n"givingthenumberofintegerdigits,"V"showing
theplace oftheimplied decimal pointand"m"giving thenumber ofdecimal places. Forvariable
length dataelements, thesymbol "VL" isused.
Field justification: shows ifthevalue ofadataelement should bealigned ontheleftortheright.
"RJ" indicates rightjustification and"LJ"leftjustification.
Padding character: Thepadding character isthevalue which should beusedtofillunused
characters inthefield. "0"indicates zerodigitpadding and"b"indicates blank character padding.
The"b"character hasalsobeenusedintheformats todenote aphysical blank character.
Thefollowing example shows howthephysical recording ofanumber isaffected byitsdatatype,
length, justification andpadding.
Number FormatPosition infield
1 2 3 4 5
789 A(5)/LJ/b 7 8 9
789 N(5)/RJ/0 0 0 7 8 9
789 N(4V1)/RJ/0 0 7 8 9 0
78.9 N(4V1)/RJ/0 0 0 718 9
1Theimplied decimal place isbetween positions 4and5.IDB/URM/3
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B.INFORMATION TOBEPREPARED INCAPITALS
1.IMPORT STATISTICS FILE
1.1 FORMAT
Year N(2)
Reference yearoftheimport statistics.
Reporting country A(5)/LJ/b
Country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Filler A(5)
Notused.
Direction oftrade N(1)
"1"forimports.
Tariff itemnumber A(21)/LJ/b
National tariff itemnumber.
Partner country A(5)/LJ/b
National codeforthetrading partner. Thetrading partner country should
beprovided atthemostdetailed geographic levelavailable, i.e.atthelevel
ofcountry oforigin; aggregated trade records (such ascountry groups or
regional totals) arenotrequired.
Tariff treatment N(1)
Identifies thetarifftreatment applicable toeachtariffitemforeachtrading
partner (seefollowing pages fordetails).
Type ofrelation N(1)
Identifies typeoftariff relation between thereporter andeachtrading
partner (seefollowing pages fordetails).
Data A(79)
Varies according totherecord type-seenextpageforlayouts
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes onlyIDB/URM/3
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Format ofdataoftheimport statistics file
C.i.f. import value N(13)/RJ/0 (unsigned2)
C.i.f import value innational currency.
Customs import value N(13)/RJ/0 (unsigned2)
Customs value ifnotc.i.f. innational currency.
Quantity unitcode A(5)/LJ/b
National codeforunitofquantity
Import quantity N(13)/RJ/0 (unsigned2)
Import volume.
Supplementary quantity unitcode
A(5)/LJ/b
National codeforsupplementary unitofquantity.
Supplementary import quantity
N(13)/RJ/0 (unsigned2)
Supplementary import volume.
Duty Collected N(13)/RJ/0 (unsigned2)
Duty Collected.
Filler A(4)
Notused
NOTES:
1) Thecurrency unitusedforrecording import values anddutycollected should beindicated in
Form 3(seeannex). Where thenational currency wasconverted toanother unit,theexchange
rateusedshould alsobespecified inForm 3.
2) Alistofnational codes usedforcountries andquantity units, together withthecorresponding
names, should beindicated inForm 3.
2Allvalues should bepositive. Therefore, asignisnotnecessary.IDB/URM/3
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Coding oftariff treatment andtypeofrelation
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.
Thelogic applied forthecoding ofthetariff treatment codes andtypeofrelation codes isexplained
inthefollowing pages aspartofthedatainventory oftheimport statistics file.
Example ofanimport statistics file("b"represents ablank character):
Yr¦Rep-¦Not¦I¦Tariffitemnumber ¦Part-¦T¦R¦Importvalue¦ImportValue¦..>
¦orter¦Used¦¦ ¦ner¦¦¦C.i.f. ¦Customs ¦
00¦00¦01¦1¦1 3¦33¦4¦4¦4 5¦5 6¦
12¦37¦82¦3¦4 4¦59¦0¦1¦2 4¦5 7¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦ARGbb¦0¦4¦0000000001234 ¦0000000012345 ¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦AUSbb¦0¦0¦0000000123456 ¦0000001234567 ¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦1¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦NZLbb¦0¦0¦0000004567890 ¦0000034567890 ¦
<.. ¦
¦PQty¦PImp.Quantity ¦SQty¦SImp.Quantity ¦Duty ¦Not¦
¦Unit¦ ¦Unit¦ ¦Collected ¦Used¦
¦00¦0 0¦00¦ 1¦1 1¦11¦1
¦67¦7 8¦89¦9 0¦0 1¦12¦2
¦82¦3 5¦60¦1 3¦4 6¦70¦1
¦KILOb¦0000000000456 ¦HEADb¦0000000001234 ¦0000000001234 ¦bbbb¦
¦KILOb¦0000000007856 ¦HEADb¦0000000123456 ¦0000000010234 ¦bbbb¦
¦KILOb¦0000000009956 ¦HEADb¦0000004567890 ¦0000000450234 ¦bbbb¦
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes: -Record format: fixed block.
-Record length: 120characters.
-Block length: 23400 characters.IDB/URM/3
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1.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thetrade filecontains import statistics bycountry oforigin foreachnational tariff item. Atpresent,
export statistics arenotrecorded buttheformat ofthefileisdesigned toallow thesubmission ofexport
statistics.
Import statistics arerecorded invalue andvolume andcodes areattached toeachcountry oforigin
toidentify thetarifftreatment applicable toeachproduct itexports. Values arerecorded inthecurrency
usedbythenational authorities inthecollection oftheirimport statistics forcustoms purposes. Volumes
arereported inoneor,where applicable, intwounits ofquantity.
Importvaluesanddutiescollectedshouldbeexpressedinthesamecurrencyunit.Values,dutiescollected
andquantities should bepositive numbers andtherefore should beunsigned.
Entities Definitions
Import statistics filekey
Theimport statistics filekeycomprises thereference year, thecountry submitting thetrade
statistics, thedirection oftrade, thenational tariff itemnumber, thetrading partner country,
thetypeoftariff treatment andthetypeofrelation.
Year oftheimport statistics file
IDBsubmissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers isthe
reference year.
Reporter oftheimport statistics file
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry submitting theinformation. Itmaybe
anational codeortheWTO country codeandshould beunique throughout thesubmission.
Direction oftrade
Import statistics areidentified bythecode"1".Atpresent, onlythecode"1"isusedsince only
import statistics arerequired inthesubmissions fortheIDB. Ifinthefuture, itisdecided to
recordexportstatisticsand/orre-exportstatisticsintheIDB,theywouldbeidentifiedrespectively
bycodes "2"and"3".
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariffitemnumber isafieldoftwenty-one characters identifying thetariffitem. Thiselement
should becoded inthedetail ofthenational customs tariff nomenclature. Itmustbethesame
tariff itemnumber asisusedinthetariff andnon-tariff filesofanIDBsubmission.
Thereportingcountrycode,thereferenceyearandthetariffitemnumberarethecommonelements
ineachfilewhich allow fortheintegration ofallinformation recorded inthevarious IDBfiles.
Trading partner country
Thiselement isafieldoffivecharacters identifying thetrading partner country code. The"partner
code" recorded bynational authorities canbealphabetic ornumeric. Itwillbeconverted to
theWTO standard three-digit code, before thefileisloaded intothedatabase. Thelistofnational
partner codes usedinthesubmission should beprovided oncomputer media oronpaper (see
Form 3attheendofthisdocument).IDB/URM/3
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Type oftariff treatment
Thiselement isaone-character codeidentifying thetypeoftariff treatment towhich imports
fromthetrading partner country areentitled forthetariff itemconcerned. If,foragiven item,
theproduct benefits from MFN treatment, thecodetakes thevalue "0". If,foranother item,
theproduct benefits from GSPtreatment, thecodetakes thevalue "4",etc.
Thiscodeisnecessary toidentify theproduct coverage ofpreferential arrangements orofGSP
schemes. Thetariff treatment codealsoserves asalinkbetween each"country oforigin" and
thecorresponding tariff dutyrateapplicable, asrecorded inthecoded tariff file.Ineffect, the
firstdigitofthecodeofthedutytypeapplicable isequal tothetariff treatment code.
Type oftariff relation
Thetypeoftariffrelation contains aone-digit codeattached toeachcountry oforigin toidentify
whether thecountry issignatory toapreferential arrangement or,islisted intheGSPscheme
asaGSPbeneficiary, etc.Foragiven trading partner, therelation codeisthesame throughout
thefile,irrespective ofthetariff item. Thiscodeallows, forexample, theidentification oftotal
imports from GSPbeneficiary countries, from MFN origins, etc.
Toidentify GSPbeneficiaries, threedifferent relation codes areused. Relation code"4"isattached
toGSPcountries which, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences (i.e.theproduct isexcluded from
theGSPscheme), areentitled toMFN tariffs. Relation code"5"isattached toGSPcountries
which, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences, could either beentitled topreferential tariffs under
special arrangements (i.e.FTA, Zone orother preferential arrangements) ortoMFN tariffs.
Finally, relation code"6"isattached toGSPcountries which, intheabsence ofGSPpreferences,
areentitled togeneral tariffs (i.e.tariffs higher thanMFN tariffs).
Recording oftariff treatment andtariff relation codes
Thefollowing tableshows thepossible values which thetreatment codecantakeaccording to
eachtypeofrelation:
RELATION TREATMENT
0 1 2 3 4 8 9
MFN 0 Y
FTA 1 Y Y Y Y
ZONE 2 Y Y Y
OTHER PREF 3 Y Y
GSP/MFN 4 Y Y
GSP/PREF 5 Y Y Y Y Y
GSP/GENERAL 6 Y Y Y
GENERAL 8 Y Y
UNSPECIFIED 9 YIDB/URM/3
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Thefollowing examples illustrate howthetarifftreatment andthetariffrelation codes arerecorded
intheimport statistics file.
Agiven market imports shoes, gloves, handbags, socks andshirts fromtrading partner countries
one,two,three, fourandfive.
Partner countries one,two,three, fourandfivearelisted inthecustoms tariffoftheimport market
asbenefiting from thefollowing tariff relationship:
- Partner country oneisaWTO Member notbenefiting frompreferences (typeofrelation
"0").
- Partner country twoisacountry entitled tofree-trade areapreferences only(type of
relation "1")
- Partner country three isaGSPbeneficiary notbenefiting fromanyother preferential
trade regime (type ofrelation "4").
- Partner country fourisaGSPbeneficiary alsoentitled to"other" preferences (type
ofrelation "5").
- Partner country fiveisacountry entitled to"other" preferences only(type ofrelation
"3").
Theproduct coverage oftheimport market 'spreferential schemes isasfollows:
- Imports ofshoes areexcluded from allpreferences (tariff treatment "0")
- Imports ofgloves areentitled toGSPpreference only(tariff treatment "4")
- Imports ofhandbags areentitled toeither GSPpreference (tariff treatment "4"orto
"other" preferences (tariff treatment "3")depending ontherelationship oftheexporter
- Imports ofsocks areentitled toFTApreference only(tariff treatment "1")
- Imports ofshirts areentitled to"other" preference only(tariff treatment "3")
Assuming thatallimports entitled topreferences effectively benefit fromthepreference, thetariff
treatment codeandthetypeofrelation codethatwould berecorded intheimport statistics file
oftheimport market areasfollows:
Part-
nerRelationTreatment
Shoes
(No
pref.)Gloves
(GSP
Pref.)Handbags
(GSP Pref.
or
Oth.Pref.)Socks
(FTA
pref.)Shirts
(Oth.
Pref.)
One 0(MFN) 0 0 0 0 0
Two 1(FTA) 0 0 0 1 0
Three 4(GSP/MFN) 0 4 4 0 0
Four 5(GSP/PREF) 0 4 3 0 3
Five 3(OTH.PREF) 0 0 3 0 3IDB/URM/3
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Ifallimports entitled topreferences donoteffectively benefit from thepreference foragiven
product, animport statistics record should berecorded foreachtariff treatment accorded.
Using theexample above forhandbags, ifhandbags made fromleather wereexcluded fromthe
GSPscheme, thetariff treatment onimports ofhandbags would berecorded asfollows:
Part-
nerRelationTreatment
Handbags (GSP.Pref orOther Pref.)
One 0(MFN) 0
Two 1(FTA) 0
Three 4(GSP/MFN) 0-Imports ofleather handbags excluded from GSP
preference
Three 4(GSP/MFN) 4-Imports ofother handbags included inGSPpreference
Four 5(GSP/PREF) 3-Imports ofallhandbags areincluded intheother
preference
Five 3(OTH.PREF) 3-Imports ofallhandbags areincluded intheother
preference
IfanIDBparticipant doesnotprovide thetariff treatment initsimport statistics submission,
theconversion computer programs make thevalue ofthetariff treatment codeequal tothatof
thetypeofrelation. Forthisreason, although treatment codes "5"and"6"donotexistintheory
(there arenodutytypes inthecoded tariff filestarting withthese digits), theywillberecorded
intheIDBimport statistics filesforthose participants notproviding thetariff treatment.
Import Partner data
Theimport partner datacontain information invalue andvolume bypartner. Theimport data
arerecorded inthefollowing fields:
Value ofimports innational currency (c.i.f value andcustoms value)
Theimport statistics format contains twoelements forrecording import values in
national currency. Thisisbecause countries usedifferent bases indetermining thevalue
ofimported goods forcustoms purposes. Some countries usethecost,insurance and
freight (c.i.f) valuation basiswhereas others usefreeonboard (f.o.b) valuation basis,
which excludes thecostsofinsurance andfreight. Some countries useother methods.
Ifthec.i.fvaluation basis isused, theelement "c.i.f value" should beusedfor
recording import values andtheelement "customs value" should contain zeros.
Otherwise, theimport value should berecorded intheelement "customs value" and
theelement "c.i.f. value" should contain zeros unless thec.i.f.value isalsoavailable,
inwhich caseitshould berecorded intheelement "c.i.f. value".IDB/URM/3
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Thevalue ofimports should berecorded innational currency orinUSdollars, for
those countries using theUSdollar forrecording customs statistics. Iftheimport value
isrecorded inUSdollars andthenational currency isnottheUSdollar, theexchange
rateusedshould beindicated inForm 3.
Theimport values canbesubmitted inunitsofcurrency, inthousands ofunits, etc.
Theunitselected should permit therecording oftotalimports forthemarket ina
thirteen-digit field.
Primary unitofquantity
Thiselement contains theprimary quantity unitusedforrecording import volumes.
Iftheduty(ies) attached totheitemis(are)specific, mixed orcompound, theunitof
quantity toberecorded inthiselement should, ifpossible, correspond totheunitused
tocollect customs duties. If,foragiven item, there isnoquantity datarecorded, this
element should beleftblank. Thequantity unitcodes which arerecorded intheIDB
arelisted inPART IV-'Lists ofWTO Codes Used intheIDBFiles".
Import volume intheprimary unitofquantity
Thisfieldcontains theimport volume expressed intheunitrecorded intheprimary
unitcode. If,foragiven item, there isnoquantity dataavailable, thisfieldshould
contain zeros.
Supplementary unitofquantity
Thiselement contains, where applicable, asupplementary unitofquantity inwhich
import volumes arerecorded. Where theduty(ies) attached totheitemis(are)expressed
inaformusing twounitsofquantity (e.g.1$perKGplus2$each) thesupplementary
unitrecorded should, asfaraspossible, correspond tothesecond unitusedforthe
collection ofcustoms duties. Ifthere isnosupplementary quantity available, this
element should beleftblank. Intheexample above, ifquantities areavailable in
kilograms only(primary unitofquantity) thiswould mean thatthedutycollected cannot
becalculated.
Import volume inthesupplementary unitofquantity
This element contains theimport volume expressed intheunitrecorded inthe
supplementary unitofquantity code. If,foragiven item, there isnosupplementary
quantity dataavailable, thiselement should contain zeros.
Customs dutycollected value
Thiselement contains thevalue ofthecustoms dutycollected, expressed innational
currency orinUSdollars, iftheUSdollar isusedforthepurpose ofcustoms collection.
Ifthisinformation isnotavailable, thiselement should contain zeros.IDB/URM/3
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2.CODED TARIFF FILE
2.1 FORMAT
Year N(2)
reference yearofthetariff.
Reporting country A(5)/LJ/b
country (orCustoms Union) submitting theinformation.
Filler A(5)(notused)
Tariff linenumber A(25)/LJ/b
includes thetariffitemtwo-character suffix inpositions 24-25. Positions 22-23
should beleftblank.
Validity period A(16)
start-date andend-date ofdutyapplicability; thedateformat is"yyyymmdd";
ifundetermined, thestart-date and/or end-date should beleftblank.
Type ofmeasure N(2)/RJ
"10"forcustoms tariffs data; other codes areusedforthenon-tariff file.
Partner country A(5)/LJ/b
thepartner country towhich aparticular dutytypeapplies; when theduty
appliestoallcountries,thisfieldshouldbeleftblank;partnercodesrepresenting
individual countries should bethesame asthose usedintheimport statistics
file.
Duty type A(3)/LJ/b
identifies theduties bytariff treatment; seefollowing pages fordetails.
Record number comprises three fields which indicate thetypeofdutyinformation recorded;
seefollowing pages fordetails.
Record type N(1)/RJ
"1"forthedutyrateanditsvarious codes, "2"forthenormalized coding of
specific duties, "3"fortextual information concerning theduty, "4"for
footnotes.
Language code A(1)/LJ/b
language inwhich thetextofrecord types "3"and"4"isrecorded ("1"for
English, "2"forFrench, "3"forSpanish, blank fornotapplicable).
Sequence number
A(1)/LJ/b
sequence oflinesinwhich thetextofrecord types "3"and"4"isordered ("0"
through "9"forthesequence, blank fornotapplicable).
Data A(78)
varies according totherecord type-seenextpageforlayouts
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes onlyIDB/URM/3
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Format ofdataofthecoded tariff file
Partner Duty Rec.Lang Seq. Element name anddefinition Format
code typetypecode no.
ppppp XXX 1b bRecord type"1"includes thefollowing
elements fordutyratesgiven inpercentage
terms. Seefollowing pages forthedefinitions
ofthedataelements;
XXX indicates thedutytypecode
-Theadvalorem dutyrateor N(3V3)/RJ/0
advalorem equivalent (AVE)
-Nature oftheduty A(1)
-Estimation code A(1)
-AVE calculation method A(1)
-Sub-items 'duties averaging method A(1)
-Binding status A(1)
-Partial binding coverage A(1)
-Limitation status A(1)
-Partial dutycoverage A(1)
ppppp XXX 2b bRecord type"2"forspecific,
mixed andcompound duties :
-Normalized coding ofthe A(78)/LJ/b
duty
ppppp XXX 3L0-9 Record type"3"forspecific,
mixed andcompound duties which
cannot benormalized :
-text(tenlinesmaximum per A(70)/LJ/b
language using sequence numbers
foreachline,from "0"to"9")
ppppp XXX 4 L0-9 Record type"4"forfootnotes :
-text(tenlinesmaximum per A(70)/LJ/b
language using sequence numbers
foreachline,from "0"to"9")IDB/URM/3
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Coding ofthedutytype
Duty typecode(XXX) :
Thefirstdigitofthedutytypeisdirectly related tothetariff treatment coderecorded intheimport
statistics file(seeformat forimport statistics).
MFN duties (01-09)
01 =MFN GATT bound duty
02 =MFN statutory (legal/autonomous) duty
03 =MFN effectively applied (temporary) duty
.. =
09B =basedutyforthelatest multilateral negotiations
09F =dutyoffered inthelatest multilateral negotiations
Preferential duties: Free-trade area(10-19)
10 =
.. =-
19 =-
Preferential duties: Zone-zone duties (20-29)
20 =
.. =-
29 =-
Preferential duties: Other preferences (30-39)
30 =
.. =-
39 =-
Preferential duties: GSPduties (40-49)
40 =GSP
40F =GSPdutyinrelation toconcession 09F(above)
41 =LDC
41F =LDC dutyinrelation toconcession 09F(above)
.. =-
49 =-
General tariff duties (80-89)
80 =General duty(higher thanMFN duty)
.. =-
89 =-
Unspecified duties (90-99)
90 =Other duty
.. =-
99 =-IDB/URM/3
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Coding ofthevarious dataelements byrecord type
1) Record type"1"format -dutyrateandcodes:
Duty rategiven 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"
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 onlyforMFN duties)
D Bound atdifferent dutylevels ->
U Unbound duty ->
Blank Notapplicable -> (valid onlyforpreferential orgeneral duties)
Partial binding coverage: Blank Notapplicable
X Binding covering partofthetariffline->(valid onlyforMFN duties)
Limitation status: Blank Notapplicable
C Ceiling orother limitation
E Country exclusion
Q Quota orother quantitative limitation
S Safeguard measure -> (valid onlyforMFN duties)
Partial dutycoverage: Blank Notapplicable
X Duty applicable topartofthetariff lineIDB/URM/3
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2) Record type"2"format -Normalized coding ofspecific duties:
Theformat ofthenormalized coding isdesigned toallow computer processing ofspecific, mixed or
compound duties.
Element definition Format
Firstadvalorem partoftheduty, where applicable N(3V3)/RJ/0
Operator: R,P,M(seenotebelow) A(1)
Firstspecific partoftheduty:
-Value (amount ofnational currency tobe
charged perquantity unit). N(8V5)/RJ/0
-Quantity unitcodespecified intheduty A(5)/LJ/b
Operator: R,P,M,H,L A(1)
Second advalorem partoftheduty, where applicable N(3V3)/RJ/0
Operator: R,P,M,H,L A(1)
Second specific partoftheduty, where applicable
-Value N(8V5)/RJ/0
-Quantity unitcodespecified intheduty A(5)/LJ/b
Operator: R,P,M,H,L A(1)
Third advalorem partoftheduty, where applicable N(3V3)/RJ/0
Operator: R,P,M,H,L A(1)
Third specific partoftheduty, where applicable
-Value N(8V5)/RJ/0
-Quantity unitcodespecified intheduty A(5)/LJ/b
Operator: H,L A(1)
Total length: 78characters
Operator VALUES:
Rfor"or"
Pfor"plus"
Mfor"minus"
Hfor"whichever ishigher"
Lfor"whichever islower"IDB/URM/3
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Examples ofnormalized coding:
Thefollowing examples illustrate thecoding system forselected specific, mixed orcompound duties.
a)Duty =1$perkg(specific duty):
.......0000000100000KG..................//....................
b)Duty =1$perkgplus10%(compound duty):
010000P0000000100000KG..................//....................
c)Duty =10%or1$perkgwhichever ishigher (mixed duty):
010000R0000000100000KG...H..............//....................
d)Duty =10%plus1$perkgor3$perkgwhichever islower (mixed):
010000P0000000100000KG...R.......0000000300000KG...L......//...
e)Duty =1$perkgplus2$each(specific duty):
.......0000000100000KG...P.......0000000200000EA..........//...
f)Duty =30%subject toaminimum of29$andamaximum of70$
per100kg(CKG) (mixed duty):
030000R0000002900000CKG..H......R0000007000000CKG..L......//...
NOTES:
a) Elements notusedshould beleftblank.
b) Theunitofcurrency should beindicated ontheformaccompanying thetape(seeannex, Form 3)
andshould bethesamethroughout thefile.Thequantity unitcodes usedshould alsobethesame
asthose usedintheimport statistics file.
c) Duties which cannot becoded inthisformat (e.g.dutyratesrelated totheunitvalue ofimports,
etc.)should berecorded inrecord type"3"below.
3) Record types "3"and"4"information:
These records contain respectively textsandfootnotes relating totheduty. Theycancomplement record
types "1"and"2"where necessary orprovide information onduties which cannot becoded (record
type"1")ornormalized (record type"2").Thistextual information canberecorded inthreelanguages.
Tenlinesoftextcanberecorded using asequence number foreachline.Alltextssubmitted inFrench
orSpanish should berecorded using upper casecharacters, since there isnostandard codeusedto
represent accented characters.IDB/URM/3
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Example ofacoded tariff file("b"represents ablank character):
Codedtarifffilekey
Yr¦Rep-¦Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦Validity period¦MT¦Part-¦Dut¦RLS¦.>
¦orter¦Used¦ FX¦Start end¦¦ner¦typ¦¦
00¦00¦01¦1 3¦3 5¦55¦56¦66¦66¦
12¦37¦82¦3 7¦8 3¦45¦60¦13¦46¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦10¦bbbbb¦01b¦1bb¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦10¦bbbbb¦01b¦2bb¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦10¦bbbbb¦01b¦310¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦10¦bbbbb¦01b¦311¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦10¦bbbbb¦01b¦410¦
<. Non-key dataforrecordtype1-dutyrateandcodes
¦Rate¦Codes¦ Not ¦
¦¦NEAMBXLD ¦ Used ¦
¦00¦00¦0 1¦1
¦67¦78¦8 4¦4
¦72¦30¦1 4¦5
¦002520¦TbBSBbSb ¦bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
<. Non-key dataforrecordtype2-normalized coding
¦ Part1 ¦Part2 ¦....Part 3.... ¦
¦Rate1¦O¦Spec.Val1 ¦Unit1¦O¦Rate2¦O¦Spec.Val2 ¦Unit2¦O¦ ¦
¦00¦0¦0 0¦00¦0¦00¦0¦1 1¦11¦1¦1 1¦1
¦67¦7¦7 8¦89¦9¦99¦9¦0 1¦11¦1¦1 4¦4
¦72¦3¦4 6¦71¦2¦38¦9¦0 2¦37¦8¦9 4¦5
¦010000¦P¦0000000200000 ¦KILOb¦R¦015000¦H¦bbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbb¦...etc............. ¦
<.Non-key dataforrecordtypes3and4-textual information andfootnotes
¦ Text ¦Not¦
¦ ¦Used¦
¦ 1¦11¦1
¦6 3¦34¦4
¦7 6¦74¦5
¦Thebfirstblinebofbtextbrelatingbtobthebdutybisbrecordedbusingbsequence ¦bbbbbbbb ¦
¦bnumberb0.bbThebsecondblinebisbrecordedbusingbsequencebnumberb1.bbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbb ¦
¦Footnotebtextbisbrecordedbusingbrecordbtypeb4.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbb ¦
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes: -Record format: fixed block.
-Record length: 144characters.
-Block length: 23472 characters.IDB/URM/3
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2.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thecoded partofthetariff filecontains customs tariff duties forall(bound andunbound) tariff lines.
Duties arebroken down according tothetypeoftariff treatment (MFN, free-trade area, GSP, etc.)
and,where applicable, byindividual partner ifaparticular dutyapplies toagiven country ortoagroup
ofcountries.
Duties arerecorded inpercentages and,forspecific, mixed orcompound duties, inanormalized form
orintextform. Various codes areattached tothedutytoidentify itsnature (advalorem, specific,
etc.), theGATT binding status oftheduty, etc.
Entities Definitions
Coded Tariff FileKey
Thecoded tarifffilekeycomprises thereference year, thecountry submitting thedata,thetariff
linenumber, thetypeofmeasure (tariff measure inthisfile),thecountry towhich thedutyapplies,
thetypeofduty(MFN, GSP, etc.), theperiod during which thedutyisinforce andtherecord
number.
Reference year
Submissions aremade onanannual basis. Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers isthereference
year.
Reporter
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 asisusedin
thetextual tariff file.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariffitemnumber isthesametariffitemnumber asisusedintheimport statistics
fileandthenon-tariff files.
Tariff itemsuffix
Thetariffitemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 24-25 ofthetarifflinenumber. Thesuffix
isused incases where thecustoms tariff ismore detailed than thestatistical
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"
intheexample below) would beused tolinkthetwotariff sub-items tothe
correspondingprincipalitemintheimportstatistics.Inthecodedtarifffile,theprincipal
itemwould berecorded withsuffix "00"inpositions 24-25 andthetwosub-items would
berecorded respectively withsuffixes "01"and"02". Thetariff average recordedIDB/URM/3
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under theprincipal itemcould beatrade-weighted average oranarithmetic average
oftheduties recorded under thesub-items.
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, unless
itisusedforrecording bilateral advalorem equivalents (AVEs) ofspecific duties.
Forpreferential duties, ifthiscodeisleftblank, thedutyapplies toallcountries recorded inthe
import statistics file,forthecorresponding tariffitem, which havethetarifftreatment codeequal
tothefirstdigitofthedutytype. Forexample, iffordutytype"40", thepartner codeisblank,
duty"40"applies toallcountries recorded intheimport statistics filehaving atariff treatment
codeequal to"4"(GSP treatment) forthecorresponding tariffitem. Therefore, itisnotnecessary
torecord 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.
Validity period oftheduty
Thiselement isusedtorecord thestartdateandtheenddateoftheperiod during which theduty
isinforce. Thedutyisconsidered asinforce ifthestartdateeither isblank orislessthanor
equal tothereference year, and,theendyeareither isblank orisgreater thanorequal tothe
reference year.
Start dateofthevalidity period
Thiselement ofeightcharacters contains thedateofentry intoforce oftheduty. Thedate
recorded shows theyear(fourdigits), themonth (01-12) andtheday(01-31). Ifleftblank,
thestartdateisconsidered asundetermined.
Enddateofthevalidity period
Thiselement ofeightcharacters contains thedateatwhich thedutyceases tobeinforce.
Theenddateisnormally leftblank, unless therateceases tobeinforce during, oratthe
endofthereference year. Theenddateisrecorded inthesame manner asthestartdate.IDB/URM/3
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Type ofmeasure
Thetypeofmeasure isatwo-digit codeusedtodistinguish atariff measure from anon-tariff
measure. Thecode"10"identifies atariffmeasure andshould beattached toallelements recorded
inthecoded tariff file.
Duty type
Thedutytypeisathree-character field. Thefirstdigitofthedutytypecorresponds tothe"tariff
treatment" coderecorded intheimport statistics fileforalltypes ofduties.
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.
Ifatariff itemisbound, 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 from thebound raterecorded under dutytype"01". Duty type"03"
should berecorded onlyiftheeffectively applied rateisdifferent fromtherate(s) under dutytype
"01"and/or dutytype"02".
Tokeepapicture ofthetariffsituation before andaftermultilateral negotiations, e.g.theUruguay
Round, thedutywhich wasusedasthebase(Pre-Uruguay) rateforthenegotiations should be
recorded under dutytype"09B" and,where relevant, theconcession (Post-Uruguay) offered during
theRound under dutytype"09F". Thefield"period ofvalidity" ofthedutycanbeusedtorecord
thereference dateofthe"base" dutyandthedateatwhich theconcession offered comes intoforce.
Ifthedutyoffered asaconcession istobereduced bystages overanumber ofyears, the
intermediary stage ofreduction forthereference yearinquestion should berecorded under duty
type"01".
Except fordutytypes "09B" and"09F", thethirddigitofthedutytypeshould beleftblank for
MFN 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). Insuchsectors, ifoffers arerecorded
under dutytype"09F", itispossible torecord theGSPdutyrelated totheMFN offer, under duty
type"40F" and/ordutytype"41F".
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 (duty types "30-39"). Inaddition, anindividual country
oranaggregate coderepresenting agroup ofcountries (e.g.NAFTA, EFTA) canbecoded inIDB/URM/3
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thepartner country fieldtoidentify thecountries intheagreement. However, import statistics
forthecountries inthegroup would berecorded individually.
Forallnon-MFN duties, thefirstdigitofthedutytypeshould correspond tothe"tariff treatment"
coderecorded intheimport statistics file.Thesecond andthirddigits ofthedutytypecanbeused
bynational authorities according totheirneeds (except fordutytypes 40and41).Asinthecase
ofGSPabove, ifapreferential dutyisdefined asapercentage oftheMFN duty, itispossible
torecord itwith"F"inthethirddigitofthedutytypetoindicate itslevelwhen theMFN offer
comes intoforce.
Examples ofcoding thedutytypeandpartner towhich thedutyapplies:
Reporting country 1:
Tariff line Duty Partner Duty Rate Duty applies to:
010111 01 Blank 6.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 02 Blank 5.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 09B Blank 6.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 09F Blank 5.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 10 Israel 0.0 OneFTA Tmt. 1partner
010111 11 Nafta 0.0 FTATmt. 1partner group
010111 30 Blank 0.0 CBERA pref. Tmt. 3partners
010111 31 Blank 0.0 APTA pref. Tmt. 3partners
010111 40 Blank 3.0 GSPTmt. 4partners
010111 40 Brazil 5.0 GSPTmt. 4,partner exception
Reporting country 2:
Tariff line Duty Partner Duty Rate Duty applies to:
010111 01 Blank 7.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 02 Blank 6.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 03 Blank 5.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partner
010111 09B Blank 7.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 09F Blank 5.0 AllMFN Tmt. 0partners
010111 20 EFTA 0.0 Zone Tmt. 2partner group
010111 21 EastEur 0.0 FTATmt. 2partner group
010111 30 Lome 0.0 GSP/PREF Tmt. 3partner group
010111 40 Blank 3.0 GSPTmt. 4partners
010111 41 Blank 0.0 LDC Tmt. 4partners
Record number
Therecordnumbercomprisesthreedataelements:recordtype,languagecodeandsequencenumber.
There arefourrecord types:
-Record type"1":dutyrateandassociated codes
-Record type"2":normalized coding ofspecific duties
-Record type"3":textual information ontheduty
-Record type"4":footnote elementIDB/URM/3
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Thelanguage codeindicates thelanguage inwhich thetextisrecorded andisapplicable forrecord
types "3"and"4"only. Itshould beleftblank forother record types.
Thesequence number indicates theorder inwhich thetextlinesarerecorded andisapplicable
forrecord types "3"and"4"only. Itshould beleftblank fortheother record types. Values of
thesequence number are"0"through "9".
RECORD TYPE "1":Duty rateandrelevant codes
Therecord type"1"should always berecorded foreachcombination oftariffline,validity period,
partner andtypeofduty.
Therecord type"1"contains thedutyrateinpercentage andvarious codes toshow: thenature
oftheduty(advalorem, specific...), whether ornotthedutyrateisestimated, whether ornot
thedutyisbound, and,forpreferential duties, whether ornottherearelimitations. Theinformation
isrecorded inthefollowing elements:
Duty rateinpercentage
Thissix-digit element contains thepercentage rateofthedutywiththree decimal places.
Zero dutyratesarerecorded as"000000" andpercentage rateswhich arenotavailable
arerecorded as"999999". Duties above 999.997 %arerecorded as"999998".
Anadvalorem dutyisacustoms tariff dutyexpressed asapercentage ofthevalue ofthe
imported goods (e.g.10%ofvalue). Inthecaseofspecific duties (i.e.$2.00 perKG)
itisnecessary tocalculate anadvalorem equivalent (AVE) which gives theequivalent
level ofthedutyinpercentage terms. Anadvalorem equivalent iscalculated foreach
customs dutythatisnotadvalorem. TheAVE iscalculated fromtheactual dutycollected
orfrom theunitvalue ofimports. Forexample, theAVE ofaspecific dutyof$1.00
perKGlevied onaproduct withaunitvalue of$10.00 perKGisequal to10%
($1.00/$10.00).
Nature oftheduty
Thisone-character code indicates thatthedutyis:advalorem ("A"), specific ("S"),
compound ("C"), mixed ("M"), tariffied (T),variable ("V") orunclassified ("O").
EXAMPLES OFVARIOUS NATURES OFDUTIES:
-Advalorem duty: 10%ofthevalue ofthegoods
-Specific duty: 1.00$perKG
1.00$perKGplus2.00$each
-Compound duty:1.00$perKGplus10%advalorem
2.00$perKGplus5%advalorem
-Mixed duty: 1.00$perKGor10%advalorem, whichever islower
2.00$perKGor5%advalorem, whichever ishigher
-Tariffied duty: duty subject tothetariffication ofborder measures under the
Agreement onAgriculture totheMarrakesh Protocol
-Variable duty: comprising avariable element, e.g.10%plusavariable levyIDB/URM/3
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Estimation oftheadvalorem equivalent
Thiscodeindicates ifthedutyrateis:estimated bythenational authorities (code "E"),
estimated bytheWTO Secretariat (code "C"). Ifthedutyrateisnotestimated, thecode
isleftblank.
Method usedinthecalculation oftheAVE ofaspecific duty
Thiscodeindicates onwhich basis theAVE 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. Thelogic ofrecording tariff sub-items isexplained above
under "Tariff itemsuffix".
Binding status oftheduty
Thiscodeindicates whether thedutyisbound attheprevailing rate(code "B"), ataceiling
rate(code "C") oratdifferent levels (code "D"). Code "U"indicates thatthedutyis
unbound.
Adutyrateisbound attheprevailing rateiftheapplied dutyrateisnotlower.
Adutyrateisbound ataceiling rateiftheapplied dutyrateislower.
Adutyratecanbebound atdifferent levels incases where sub-items arerecorded using
thetariff suffix. Forexample, thefirstsub-item could bebound ataceiling rateandthe
second sub-item could bebound attheprevailing rate. Theaverage raterecorded under
theprincipal 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
Foragricultural products, PART IIIoftheAgreement onAgriculture specifies thatany
participant maytakerecourse toArticle 5oftheAgreement (Special Safeguard Provisions),
inrespect ofaproduct subject toaconcession. Forthese products subject tosafeguard
provisions, thedutylimitation status iscoded "S".
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, thiscodeIDB/URM/3
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contains theletter "Q". Ifonecountry ormore isexcluded fromthepreference foragiven
product (e.g.oncompetitive-need criteria), thiscodecontains theletter "E". Ifthere is
nolimitation, thecodeisleftblank.
Partial dutycoverage
Ifthedutydoesnotapply toallproducts within thetariffline,thiscodecontains theletter
"X". Otherwise, thecodeisleftblank.
RECORD TYPE "2":Normalized Coding ofspecific andother duties
Specific, compound andmixed duties arerecorded aspercentage advalorem equivalents inrecord
type"1". Inrecord type"2",these duties arerecorded inanormalized format which allows for
thecomputer-programmed calculation ofbilateral AVEs orofAVEs bygroups ofcountries. The
normalized coding format alsoallows fortheprinting ofthese duties inanalytical reports, ina
standard format.
Thenormalized coding comprises three parts. Each partoffers thepossibility ofrecording one
advalorem dutyandonespecific duty. Thetwotypes ofduties arelinked byaplusorminus
sign(forrecording compound duties) orbyanoperator "or"(forrecording mixed duties).
Detailed examples illustrating themethod ofrecording thevarious duties inthenormalized code
areshown above intheformat ofrecord type"2".
Thedataelements ofthefirstpartofthenormalized codearerecorded inthefollowing elements:
Normalized codeadvalorem rate
Thissix-digit element contains theadvalorem partofacompound dutyorofamixed duty.
Thedutyrateisrecorded withthree decimal places (asinrecord type"1"). Forspecific
duties, which donotcomprise anadvalorem part,thiselement isleftblank.
Normalized codefirstoperator
Thisone-character element contains theletter "R"for"or", theletter "P"for"plus" or
theletter "M"for"minus". Thisoperator linkstheadvalorem partofthecompound or
mixed duty, tothespecific partoftheduty. Iftheadvalorem partofthedutyisblank,
thisoperator should beblank; otherwise, itshould befilled inwithoneoftheletters
mentioned above.
Normalized codeamount ofcurrency units
Thisthirteen-digit element contains theamount ofcurrency unitstobecollected perunit
ofquantity imported. Theamount tobecollected isrecorded asaneight-digit integer
number andfivedecimal places. Thecurrency unitusedinthenormalized codeshould
bethesame throughout thefile. Thecurrency should bethesame asthecurrency used
forrecording import statistics buttheunitcould bedifferent (e.g.theunitcould becents
inthenormalized codeanddollars intheimport statistics).
Normalized codeunitofquantity
Thisfive-character element contains thecodeoftheunitofquantity usedinthedutyfor
collecting duties. Thequantity unitcodeusedinthenormalized coding should bethesame
asthecodeusedinimport statistics. Thiscodeisconverted totheWTO standard quantity
unitcode(seePART IV-"List ofWTO Codes Used intheIDBFiles" foralistofcode
values).IDB/URM/3
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Normalized codesecond operator
Thisone-character element contains theletter "R"for"or", "P"for"plus", "M"for
"minus", "H"for"whichever ishigher" or"L"for"whichever islower".
Ifthisoperator contains theletter "O", "P"or"M", thesecond partofthenormalized
codeshould contain theother partoftheduty, which isimplied bytheoperator.
Thesecond andthirdpartsofthenormalized codehavethesame format asthefirstpart,butthe
logictodetermine thepossible values oftheoperators inthelasttwopartsofthecodeisofcourse
different from thatofthefirstpart(seeexamples above intheformat forrecord type"2").
RECORD TYPE "3":Textual information ontheduty
These records contain anytextual information onadutywhich, forexample wascoded under record
type"1"orrecord type"2",orforduties which could notbecoded intheformat ofthenormalized
code. Each record isidentified byathree-digit number where thesecond digitidentifies the
language inwhich thetextisrecorded andthethirddigitidentifies thesequence ofthelinesof
text. Each linecontains seventy characters.
RECORD TYPE "4":Footnote totheduty
These records contain anyfootnote information onaduty. Asinthecaseofrecord type"3"above,
eachrecord isidentified byathree-digit number where thesecond digitidentifies thelanguage
inwhich thetextisrecorded andthethirddigitidentifies thesequence ofthelinesoftext. Each
linecontains seventy characters.IDB/URM/3
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3.TEXTUAL TARIFF FILE
Theformat ofthetextual tariff filehasbeendesigned toallow fortherecording ofGATT consolidated
schedules (loose-leaf schedules). Theinformation reported intheloose-leaf schedules ispresented inseven
columns. Inthetextual tariff filetheinformation ineachcolumn oftheloose-leaf schedules isrecorded
inseparate elements. Thefileisorganized toenable theprinting ofthetariff datainloose-leaf form,
inorder tosatisfy WTO 'snotification requirement forbound tariffs.
3.1 FORMAT
Filler A(5)
Notused.
Tariff linenumber A(25)/LJ/b
Includesthetariffitemtwo-charactersuffixinpositions24-25;positions22-23should
beleftblank.
Element number N(2)/RJ/0
Code toidentify thetypeofinformation recorded; seefollowing pages fordetails.
Sub-element number
Comprises twofields:
Language code A(1)/LJ/b
Language inwhich thetextsofelements "02" and"09" are
recorded ("1"forEnglish, "2"forFrench, "3"forSpanish,
blank fornotapplicable).
Sequence number A(2)/LJ/b
Code torecord either thesequence oflinesforelements "02"
and"09", thenumber ofrecords related toelement "07" or
theelement number towhich afootnote refers, inelement "11"
("01" through "99"orblank ifnotapplicable).
Data A(VL).
Individual fieldcharacteristics varyaccording tothelistgiven inthefollowing pages;
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes onlyIDB/URM/3
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Data partofthetextual tariff file
Element Sub-element
number Lang. Sequence Element definition Format
code number
02L XX Fulllegalproduct description:
-Language code, L=1, 2or3,
-Sequence number, XX=01-99
1.Level ofHSnomenclature N(2)/RJ/0
2.Number ofblanks forindentation N(2)/RJ/0
3.Text A(70)/LJ/b
03b bb Information onpresent concession:
1.Textasprinted under "rate of
duty" incolumn "3"ofthe
loose-leaf schedule A(VL)/LJ/b
04b bb Present concession established:
Abbreviation(s) ofWTO legalinstru-
ment(s) containing theconcession:
1.Number ofoccurrences, thatis,
instruments N(2)/RJ/0
2.WTO legalinstrument A(10)/LJ/b
05b bb Initial Negotiating Right on
present concession:
1.Number ofoccurrences, thatis,
countries N(2)/RJ/0
2.Country abbreviation A(5)/LJ/b
06b bb Legal instrument(s) through which
thefirstconcession wasestablished:
1.Number ofoccurrences, thatis,
instruments N(2)/RJ/0
2.WTO legalinstrument A(10)/LJ/bIDB/URM/3
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Data partofthetextual tariff file(continued)
Element Sub-element
number Lang. Sequence Element definition Format
code number
07b XX Initial Negotiating Rights onprevious
concessions; onerecord foreachconcession
identified byasequence number,(XX=01-99),
eachrecord contains uptothree datafields:
1.Legal instrument A(10)/LJ/b
2.Initial Negotiating Rights:
-Number ofoccurrences N(2)/RJ/0
-Country abbreviation A(5)/LJ/b
-"X" toindicate thattheINRis
heldonpartofthetariff line A(1)/LJ/b
3.Duty
-Field length N(4)/RJ/0
-Duty intextform A(VL)/LJ/b
08b bb Reference toINR(s) onprevious
concession(s):
1.Reference (text) A(VL)/LJ/b
09L XX Abbreviated product description:
-Language code, L=1, 2or3
-Sequence number XX=01-04 lines
1.Filler A(4)/RJ/b
2.Text A(70)/LJ/b
11b XX Footnote referring toanyelement ofthefile,
XXcontains theelement number (02-09)
towhich thefootnote refers:
1.Footnote reference number N(4)/RJ/0
2.Sequence number ofelement 07 A(2)/LJ/b
(concession duty) towhich the
footnote refers; ifthefootnote
doesnotrefertoelement 07,this
fieldshould beleftblank.
(Note thatthetextofthefootnote
isrecorded inaseparate filedescribed
intheformat forthefootnote textfile.)
NOTE:
Alltextssubmitted inFrench andSpanish should berecorded using upper casecharacters, since there
isnostandard codeusedtorepresent accented characters.IDB/URM/3
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Example ofatextual tariff file("b"represents ablank character):
Textual tariffelements 02and09(Product descriptions)
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦LV¦In¦ Text ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦¦¦ ¦
00¦0 0¦00¦0¦00¦00¦00¦0 1¦1
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦33¦33¦4 0¦1
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦67¦89¦0 9¦0
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦02¦1¦01¦99¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦02¦1¦02¦99¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦09¦1¦01¦bb¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦09¦1¦02¦bb¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
Textual tariffelement 03(Present concession "rateofduty")
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦Variable information.... ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦ (text) ¦
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦3 .¦
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦6 .¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦03¦b¦bb¦Textbprintedbinbcolumnb3. ¦
Textual tariffelements 04and06(Legalinstruments, present andprevious)
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦OC¦Variable information... ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦UR¦(Instruments) ¦
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦33¦3 .¦.
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦67¦8 .¦.
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦04¦b¦bb¦01¦G/94bbbbbb ¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦06¦b¦bb¦02¦G/79bbbbbbG/94bbbbbb ¦
Textual tariffelement 05(Present INRs)
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦OC¦Variable Information... ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦UR¦(INRs) ¦
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦33¦3 .¦.
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦67¦8 .¦.
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦05¦b¦bb¦03¦USbbbCE12bCHbbb ¦
Textual tariffelement 07(Previous INRs)
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦Instrument ¦OC¦Variable information... ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦ ¦UR¦(INRs/x/Text length/Text) ¦
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦3 4¦44¦5 .¦.
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦8 7¦89¦0 .¦.
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦07¦b¦01¦G/49bbbbbb ¦01¦USbbb¦X¦0004¦20b%¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦07¦b¦02¦G/79bbbbbb ¦01¦USbbb¦X¦0004¦15b%¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦07¦b¦03¦G/94bbbbbb ¦02¦USbbb¦b¦CHbbb¦b¦0003¦5b%¦
Textual tarifffileelement 11(Footnote reference)
Not¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦Fnot¦SQ¦
Used¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦Nb.¦NO¦
00¦0 3¦33¦3¦33¦33¦44¦4
15¦6 0¦12¦3¦45¦69¦01¦2
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦11¦b¦02¦0001¦bb¦
bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbbbb00 ¦11¦b¦07¦0002¦02¦
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes:
Record format: variable block (fixed block mayalsobeused)
Record length: 5000 characters maximum, including thevariable length record count (four
bytes) ifIBMequipment isused.
Block length: 10004 characters, including thevariable length block count (four bytes) if
IBMequipment isused.IDB/URM/3
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3.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thetextual tariff filecontains product descriptions foreachtariff linerecorded inthecoded tariff file
and,forGATT bound tariff lines, allinformation submitted intheloose-leaf schedule ofconcessions.
Product descriptions arerecorded intwodifferent setsofrecords. Onesetcontains thefulllegal text
oftheproduct description andtheother setcontains anabbreviated textoftheproduct description.
Submissions maycontain oneorbothtypes ofproduct descriptions. Descriptions canberecorded inthe
three official languages ofWTO.
Entities Definitions
Textual Tariff FileKey
Thekeyofthetextualtarifffilecomprisesthefollowingelements:thetarifflinenumber,theelement
number, andthesub-element number.
Tariff linenumber
Thetarifflinenumber isanelement oftwenty-five characters usedtorecord thetariffitemnumber
(positions 1-21), thenon-tariff itemsuffix (positions 22-23) andthetariff itemsuffix (positions
24-25). Inthisfile,thenon-tariff itemsuffix isalways blank.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariff itemnumber isthesame asthetariff itemnumber usedintheimport statistics
file,inthecoded tariff fileandinthenon-tariff files.
Tariff itemsuffix
Thetariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 24-25 ofthetariff linenumber. Thesuffix
isusedincases where thecustoms tariffismore detailed thanthestatistical nomenclature,
i.e.statistics arenotavailable forsome tariffsubheadings. Thetariffitemsuffix recorded
inthisfileisthesame asthetariff itemsuffix recorded inthecoded tariff file(seeabove
explanation ontheuseofthetariff itemsuffix, inthecoded tariff file).
Element number
Theelement number isatwo-digit number identifying thedifferent types ofinformation recorded
inthetextual tariff file.Elements "02"through "07"correspond tothecolumn numbers ofthe
loose-leaf schedule ofconcessions andcontain thesame information asreported intherespective
columns oftheloose-leaf schedule.
Sub-element number
Thesub-element number isathree-character fieldidentifying, forsome elements, thelanguage
code(position 1)andthesequence number (positions 2-3). Thesub-element number isrequired
forelements "02", "07", "09"and"11". Thelanguage codeisrecorded inelements "02"and
"09", andisleftblank inelements "07"and"11". Fortheother elements, thethree-character
sub-element number isleftblank.
FullLegal Description (ELEMENT 02)
Thefulllegaldescription isrecorded inelement "02". Thecoderecorded inthefirstdigitofthe
sub-element number identifies thelanguage inwhich thetextisrecorded. Thesequence number
(01-99) gives thesequence ofthelinesoftextrecorded inthiselement. Eachlineoftextcontains
seventy characters.
Element "02"oftheTextual Tariff filecontains atwo-digit fieldtorecord theleveloftheproduct
description.IDB/URM/3
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- Theleveloftariff headings forHS2-digit, HS4-digit, HS5-digit andHS6-digit should
beequal tothenumber ofdigits recorded inthetariffheading -"02"forchapter headings,
"04"for4-digit headings, etc.
- Thelevelofanyother tariff headings canberecorded using thevalues "07"through "98"
atthediscretion ofthecountry concerned.
- Thelevelforthedescriptions oftariff linesshould berecorded as"99".
Computer programs developed bytheSecretariat incorporate thelevelintothekeyofthetextual
tariff file.TheIDBstandard format which isusedfordatadissemination hasthelevelrecorded
inthesub-element ofelement "02"asfollows:
Submission format IDBstandard format
Element Sub-element
Lang- Seq.Level Element Sub-
elementLang-
uageSeq.
No.
uage No
Length: (2) (1) (2) (2) (2) (2) (1) (2)
02 L XX LV 02 LV L XX
where "L"isthelanguage code, "XX" isthesequence number ofthetextlinesand"LV" isthe
levelofelement "02".
Itisthuspossible tousethesame tariff linenumber foraheading andforatariff lineasshown
inthefollowing example:
TARIFF NUMBER LEVEL DESCRIPTION DUTY
8481 04 Taps, cocks, valves ...
84811000 99 -Pressure-reducing 10%
84812000 99 -Valves for... 10%
84813000 99 -Check valves 10%
84814000 99 -Safety or... 10%
848180 06 -Other appliances:
84818010 99 --Inner tubes valves ... 10%
84818021 08 --Other
84818021 09 ---Taps andvalves forkitchens:
84818021 99 ----Mixing taps 10%
84818022 99 ----Other 10%
84818023 09 ---Taps andvalves forcentral heating:
84818023 99 ----Thermostatic 10%
84818024 99 ----Other 10%
84818025 09 ---Regulators:
84818025 99 ----Heating ... 10%
84818026 99 ----Level ... 10%
84818027 99 ----Other 10%
84818028 09 ---Wedge-gate valves:IDB/URM/3
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Itshould beborne inmindthatthelogicofthenumbering system usedshould allow forthepossible
inclusion ofadditional levels inthefuture. Forexample, should itberequired toinsert anadditional
heading between 84818021 "--Other" (level "08") and"Taps andvalves forkitchens" (level "09"),
itwould benecessary tochange theexisting level"09"headings tolevel"10", andtorecord the
newheading aslevel"09". Therefore, itmight bepreferable toleave some gapsinthevalues
assigned totheleveltobeabletoaccommodate future requirements.
Eachtextlineofthedescription canbeindented byindicating inthetwo-digit "indent" element,
thenumber ofblank characters tobeleftbetween theleftmargin andthetext. Indentation can
alsoberecorded withblanks inthetextitself.
Information onPresent Concession (ELEMENT 03)
Element "03"contains textual information onthepresent bound duty, asreported under "Rate
ofduty" incolumn "3"oftheloose-leaf schedule. Thistextual information would beusedifthe
loose-leaf schedule wastobeprinted fromthetextual tarifffile.Ifthiselement wasnotrecorded,
thedutyrecorded inthecoded tariff filewould beused.
Forelement "03", thesub-element number should beblank. Thetextual information isrecorded
inavariable length field.
Legal Instrument(s) Containing thePresent Concession (ELEMENT 04).
Element "04" contains theabbreviation(s) ofWTO instrument(s) asreported under "Present
concession established" incolumn "4"oftheloose-leaf schedule. Thelistofabbreviations tobe
usedforcoding theWTO instruments isshown inPART IV-"Lists ofWTO Codes Used inthe
IDB".
Each instrument isrecorded using tencharacters. Uptoninety-nine different instruments canbe
coded. Thenumber ofinstruments recorded isindicated inthetwo-digit field "number of
occurrences". Thesub-element number ofthiselement should beleftblank.
Initial Negotiating Right (INR) onPresent Concession (ELEMENT 05)
Element "05"identifies thecountry(ies) holding anINRonthepresent concession, asreported
under "Initial negotiating right ontheconcession" incolumn "5"oftheloose-leaf schedule.
Countries canbeidentified bythecountry codes usedintheimport statistics fileorbyabbreviations
asshown inPART IV.
Eachcountry isrecorded using fivecharacters. Uptoninety-nine different countries canbecoded.
Thenumber ofcountries recorded isindicated inthetwo-digit field"number ofoccurrences".
Thesub-element number ofthiselement should beleftblank.
Legal Instrument(s) Containing theFirst Concession (ELEMENT 06)
Element "06"contains theabbreviation(s) ofWTO instrument(s) through which aconcession was
firstestablished, asreported under "Concession firstincorporated inaGATT schedule" incolumn
"6"oftheloose-leaf schedule. Thelistofabbreviations forWTO instruments isshown inPART
IV.
Each instrument isrecorded using tencharacters. Uptoninety-nine different instruments canbe
coded. Thenumber ofinstruments recorded isindicated inthetwo-digit field "number of
occurrences". Thesub-element number ofthiselement should beleftblank.IDB/URM/3
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Initial Negotiating Right(s) onPrevious Concessions (ELEMENT 07)
Element "07"contains theabbreviations ofWTO legalinstruments andcountry(ies) holding an
INRonprevious concession(s), asreported under "INRs onearlier concessions" incolumn "7"
oftheloose-leaf schedule. Iftheprevious concession isthefirstconcession ontheitem, itisnot
necessary torecord thelegalinstrument through which itwasestablished sinceitisalready recorded
under element "06"above.
Thecountry holding theINRisrecorded using fivecharacters. Asixthcharacter isprovided to
indicate thattheINRdoesnotcover allproducts within thetariff item. Previous concessions are
recorded intextform attheendofeachrecord inavariable length fieldofwhich thefirstfour
digits areusedtoindicate thelength ofthefield. Thefirstcharacter ofthesub-element number
(languagecode)shouldbeleftblank.Eachrecordisidentifiedbythesub-elementnumberasfollows:
Sub-element WTO Number of INR Field Duty
number Instrument occurrences length rate
01 A/49 03 CA X
GB
JP 0003 10%
02 01 BR 0002 5%
..
99
Intheabove example, thefirstrecord (sub-element "01") shows anearlier concession of10%
onwhichthreecountriesholdanINR.TheconcessionwasestablishedthroughtheWTOinstrument
"A/49". Country "CA" holds anINRonpartofthetariff item. Thesecond record (sub-element
"02") shows anearlier concession of5%onwhich country "BR" holds anINR.Since theinstrument
isnotcoded inthissecond record, itmeans thattheconcession wasestablished through the"first
instrument" coded inelement "06". Physically, theabove twosub-elements would berecorded
asfollows:
TARIFF LINE NUMBER.......07b01A/49bbbbbb03CAbbbXGBbbbbJPbbbb000310%
TARIFF LINE NUMBER.......07b02bbbbbbbbbb01BRbbbb00025%
NOTE: "b"represents ablank character.
Reference toINR(s) onPrevious Concessions (ELEMENT 08)
Element "08"contains atextual reference totheexistence ofINR(s) onprevious concessions.
Thiselement wasusedinthepast,incases where INR(s) could notbeprecisely identified. The
reference indicates thatINR(s) onprevious concessions existed anditisrecorded inavariable
length field. Thesub-element number ofthiselement should beleftblank.
Abbreviated Product Description (ELEMENT 09)
Element "09"contains amaximum offoursub-elements perlanguage, corresponding tofourlines
oftextofseventy characters each, forrecording theabbreviated product description. Thelayout
ofthiselement isthesame asthelayout ofthefullproduct description (seeelement "02"
description). The"level" ofthedescription andthe"indent" should beleftblank inthiselement.IDB/URM/3
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Footnote Referring toanyElement oftheFile(ELEMENT 11)
Thiselement contains footnotes which canrefertoanyelement ofthetextual tarifffile.Theelement
number towhich thefootnote refers isrecorded inthetwo-digit sequence number which isfollowed
bythefootnote reference number (four digits) and,ifthefootnote refers toelement "07", bythe
sequence number oftheelement "07"towhich thefootnote refers. Inthiselement, thefirstcharacter
ofthesub-element number (language code) should beleftblank. Several elements and/or several
tarifflinescanreference asingle footnote (i.e.thesamefootnote reference number canberecorded
inseveral element "11"records). Thecorresponding textisrecorded inthefootnote textfile.
Theexample below illustrates thecoding offootnotes inelement "11":
Element
numberSub-element Footnote
numberSequence
number Language Sequence
11 b 03 0001 bb
11 b 07 0002 02
Intheabove example, thefirstrecord identifies afootnote referring toelement "03" (present
concession). Thesecond record identifies afootnote referring tothesecond record ofelement
"07"(INRs onprevious concessions). Thetwofootnotes arerecorded inthefootnote textfile(see
following pages), under footnote numbers "0001" and"0002".IDB/URM/3
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4.FOOTNOTE TEXT FILE
Thisfilecontains thetextsoffootnotes referring tothetextual tariff information.
4.1 FORMAT
Footnote reference no. N(4)/RJ/0.
Containsthefootnotereferencenumberrecordedinelement"11"ofthetextual
tariff file.
Language code N(1)/RJ/0
Identifies thelanguage inwhich thefootnote textisrecorded ("1"forEnglish,
"2"forFrench and"3"forSpanish).
Linenumber N(2)/RJ/0
Identifies thesequence ofthelinesoffootnote text("01" through "99").
Footnote text A(70)/LJ/b
Alltextssubmitted inFrench andSpanish should berecorded using upper
casecharacters, since there isnostandard codeusedtorepresent accented
characters.
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only
Example ofafootnote textfile("b"represents ablank character):
Footnote textfile
Fnot¦L¦SQ¦Footnote text ¦
Nb.¦¦Nb¦ (text) ¦¦
00¦0¦00¦0 7¦7¦
14¦5¦67¦8 7¦8¦
0001¦1¦01¦Footnoteb1.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
0002¦1¦01¦Footnoteb2.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes:
Record format: fixed block
Record length: 77characters
Block length: 23408 characters
4.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thekeyofthefootnote filecontains thefollowing elements: thefootnote reference number, thelanguage
code, andthelinenumber. Thefootnote reference number isthefour-digit number recorded inelement
"11"ofthetextual tariff file.Each footnote canberecorded inthethree WTO official languages using
uptoninety-nine linesoftextofseventy characters ineachlanguage.IDB/URM/3
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5.CODED NON-TARIFF FILE
5.1 FORMAT
Year N(2)
Reference year.
Reporting country A(5)/LJ/b
Country (orCustoms Union) maintaining themeasure.
Customs Union member country
A(5)/LJ/b
when applicable, contains thecodeofaCustoms Union member country maintaining
themeasure.
Tariff linenumber A(25)/LJ/b
Includes thenon-tariff itemtwo-character suffix inpositions 22-23. Positions 24-25
should beleftblank.
Validity period A(16)
Contains thestart-date andend-date ofthemeasure applicability; thedateformat
is"yyyymmdd"; ifundetermined, thestart-date and/or end-date areleftblank.
Type ofmeasure N(2)
Used togroup thevarious types ofmeasures; seefollowing pages fordetails.
Country affected A(5)/LJ/b
Identifies thecountry (orgroup ofcountries) towhich themeasure applies; when
themeasure applies toallcountries, thisfieldshould beleftblank; codes representing
individual countries should bethesame asthose usedintheimport statistics file.
Measure code N(3)
Identifies thevarious measures; seethelistofcodes inPART IV.
Record number Comprises three fields which indicate thetypeofQRinformation recorded.
Record type N(1)
"1"forWTO bodies towhich themeasure wasnotified, "2"forreferences
toWTO documents, "3"forreferences toGATT Articles, "4"fortextual
information concerning themeasure and"5"forfootnotes.
Language code A(1)
language inwhich thetextofrecord types "4"and"5"isrecorded ("1"for
English, "2"forFrench, "3"forSpanish, blank fornotapplicable).
Sequence number A(1)
"0"through "9"forthesequence oftextlinesofrecord types "2","3","4"
and"5",blank fornotapplicable.
Data A(70)
Varies according totherecord type-seenextpageforlayouts
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes onlyIDB/URM/3
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Format ofdataofthecoded non-tariff file
Record number Element name anddefinition Format
Type Lang. Seq.
1 b b Record type"1"contains theWTO
body(ies) towhich themeasure was
notified:
-WTO body A(2)/LJ/B
-fiveoccurrences of2characters -A(10)
-Filler (future use) A(60)
2 b 0-9 Record type"2"contains references
toWTO document(s):
-WTO document number: A(10)/LJ/b
-seven occurrences of10characters -A(70)
3 b 0-9 Record type"3"contains references
toGATT Article(s):
-GATT Article number: A(10)/LJ/b
-seven occurrences of10characters -A(70)
4 L 0-9 Record type"4"contains textual
information relating tothemeasure:
(tenlinesoftextperlanguage)
-Text A(70)/LJ/b
5 L 0-9 Record type"5"contains footnotes
information relating tothemeasure:
(tenlinesoftextperlanguage)
-Text A(70)/LJ/bIDB/URM/3
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Coding ofthemeasure typeandmeasure code
Theidentification ofameasure ismade through theassociation ofthetwofollowing codes:
Type ofmeasure:
11-Quantitative import restrictions
thecodevalues from "12"to"59"could eventually beusedtorecord import measures
other thanQRs
61-Quantitative export restrictions
thecodevalues from "62"to"99"could eventually beusedtorecord export measures
other thanQRs
NOTE: Type ofmeasure "10"isusedinthecoded tariff filetoidentify customs tariff measures.
Measure code
Themeasure isrecorded using athree-digit code, thefirstdigitdefining thetypeofquantitative
restriction:
1-Licensing
2-Quota
3-Prohibition
9-Other QR
Thecodes usedformeasures applicable toexports canhavethesame values astheonesusedfor
imports, butthetypeofmeasure is"61"instead of"11". SeePART IVforthelistofmeasure
codes.IDB/URM/3
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Coding ofthevarious dataelements byrecord type
Record type"1"
WTO body towhich thequantitative restriction wasnotified:
AG Trade inAgricultural products
QR Notification totheMarket Access Committee
NT Non-tariff measures inventory orreverse notifications
Record type"2"
WTO document numbers: document symbols andcorresponding document numbers arelisted in
PART IV.
Record type"3"
GATT Article numbers: Article numbers andcorresponding Article codes arelisted inPART IV.
Records types "4"and"5"
These records contain respectively texts andfootnotes relating tothemeasure. Thistextual
information canberecorded inthree languages.
Alltextssubmitted inFrench andSpanish should berecorded using upper casecharacters, since
there isnostandard codetorepresent accented characters.IDB/URM/3
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Example ofacoded non-tariff file("b"represents ablank character):
Codednon-tariff filekey
Yr¦Rep-¦CU¦Tarifflinenumber ¦Validity period¦MT¦Ctry.¦Mea¦RLS¦.>
¦orter¦Memb.¦ ¦Start end¦¦Afftd¦sur¦¦
00¦00¦01¦1 SU3¦3 5¦55¦56¦66¦66¦
12¦37¦82¦3 FX7¦8 3¦45¦60¦13¦46¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦11¦bbbbb¦211¦1bb¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦11¦bbbbb¦211¦2b0¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦11¦bbbbb¦211¦3b0¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦11¦bbbbb¦211¦410¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦19940101bbbbbbbb ¦11¦bbbbb¦211¦510¦
<. Non-key dataforrecordtype1-WTObodies
¦B1¦B2¦B3¦B4¦B5¦ Notused ¦
¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦
¦00¦00¦00¦00¦00¦0 1¦1
¦66¦67¦77¦77¦77¦7 3¦3
¦78¦90¦12¦34¦56¦7 6¦7
¦AG¦QR¦bb¦bb¦bb¦bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
<. Non-key dataforrecordtype2-WTOdocuments
¦Document 1¦Document 2¦Document 3¦Document 4¦Document 5¦...¦Document 7¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦...¦ ¦
¦ 0¦0 0¦0 0¦0 1¦1 1¦...¦1 1¦1
¦6 7¦7 8¦8 9¦9 0¦0 1¦...¦2 3¦3
¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦...¦7 6¦7
¦94ID0501bb ¦94ID0623bb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦...¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦
<. Non-key dataforrecordtype3GATTArticles
¦Article 1¦Article 2¦Article 3¦Article 4¦Article 5¦...¦Article 7¦
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦...¦ ¦
¦0 0¦0 0¦0 0¦0 1¦1 1¦...¦1 1¦1
¦6 7¦7 8¦8 9¦9 0¦0 1¦...¦2 3¦3
¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦7 6¦...¦7 6¦7
¦06b06Abbbb ¦07b02Cbbbb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦...¦bbbbbbbbbb ¦
<.Non-key dataforrecordtypes4and5-textandfootnotes
¦ Text ¦
¦ ¦¦
¦0 1¦1¦
¦6 3¦3¦
¦7 6¦7¦
¦Thebfirstblinebofbtextbisbrecordedbusingbsequencebnumberb0.bbbbbbbbbbb ¦
¦Footnotebtextbisbrecordedbusingbrecordbtypeb5.bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb ¦
________________________________________________________________________
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes:
Record format: fixed block.
Record length: 136characters.
Block length: 23528 characters.IDB/URM/3
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5.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thecoded non-tariff filecontains, atthisstage, information onquantitative restrictions only. The
nomenclature usedinthisfileisthesame asthenomenclature usedintheimport statistics fileandinthe
tariff files.
Foreachquantitative restriction, thefilecontains codes identifying theWTO body towhich themeasure
wasnotified, theWTO document number(s) relevant tothemeasure, andtheGATT Article(s) relevant
tothemeasure, aswellastextual information concerning themeasure.
Entities Definitions
Coded Non-Tariff FileKey
Thekeyofthecoded non-tariff filecomprises thefollowing elements: theyearofreference, the
codeofthecountry orCustoms Union (C.U.) maintaining themeasure, thecodeofthemember
country ofaC.U. maintaining themeasure, thetarifflinenumber, thetypeofmeasure, themeasure
code, thecodeofthecountry orgroup ofcountries affected bythemeasure, theperiod ofvalidity
ofthemeasure andtherecord number.
Year oftheQRfile
Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers isthereference year.
Country orC.U. maintaining themeasure
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry ortheC.U. maintaining themeasure. The
codewillbeconverted tothethree-digit WTO country codeusedintheIDB(seePART IV).
C.U. member country maintaining themeasure
Thiselement contains, ifapplicable, thecodeidentifying aC.U. member country maintaining the
measure. Thecodewillbeconverted tothethree-digit WTO country codeusedintheIDB.
Tariff linenumber
Thetarifflinenumber isanelement oftwenty-five characters usedtorecord thetariffitemnumber
(positions 1-21), thenon-tariff suffix (positions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber) andthetariff item
suffix (positions 24-25 ofthetariff linenumber). Inthisfile,thetariff itemsuffix should beleft
blank.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariff itemnumber isthesame asthetariff itemnumber usedintheimport statistics
fileandinthetariff files.
Non-tariff itemsuffix
Thenon-tariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber. The
suffix isusedincases where themeasure covers partofatariff item. Values ofthesuffix
areblank fornotapplicable, or"01"through "99".
Period ofvalidity ofthemeasure
Thiselement isusedtorecord thestarting dateandtheenddateoftheperiod during which the
measure isinforce. Themeasure isconsidered asbeing inforce ifthestartdateeither isblank or
islessthanorequal tothereference year, and,theenddateiseither blank orisgreater thanor
equal tothereference year.IDB/URM/3
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Start dateofthevalidity period
Thiselement ofeightcharacters contains thedateofentry intoforce ofthemeasure. The
daterecorded shows theyear(four digits), themonth (01-12) andtheday(01-31). Ifleft
blank, thestartdateisconsidered asundetermined.
Enddateofthevalidity period
Thiselement ofeight characters contains thedateonwhich themeasure ceases tobein
force. Theenddateisnormally leftblank, unless themeasure ceases tobeinforceduring,
orattheendofthereference year. Theenddateisrecorded inthesame manner asthe
startdate.
Type ofmeasure
Atthisstage, thenon-tariff filecontains onlyquantitative restrictions. Asshown inPART IV,QRs
onimports areidentified bymeasure type"11"andQRsonexports areidentified bymeasure type
"61".
Country orcountry group affected
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry orthegroup ofcountries affected bythe
measure. Thiscodewillbeconverted tothethree-digit WTO country codewhich isusedintheIDB.
Measure code
Themeasure codes isrecorded using athree-digit element where thefirstdigitidentifies thetype
ofQR:"1"forlicenses, "2"forquotas, "3"forprohibitions, etc.Thesecond andthirddigits identify
theQRwithin eachtype. Acomplete listofQRstobenotified, asagreed bytheWTO Members,
isshown inPART IV.
Record number
Therecord number identifies fivetypes ofinformation attached tothemeasure. Therecord number
comprises threedigits: thefirstdigitidentifies thetypeofrecord, thesecond digitcontains alanguage
code(only usedwithrecord types "4"and"5")andthethirddigitcontains asequence number (for
record types "2"to"5").
Record type"1":WTO body towhich theQRwasnotified
Record type"1"contains uptofivetwo-character codes identifying theWTO body(ies) towhich
therestriction wasnotified.
Thecodeidentifying theWTO bodyisatwo-letter code: "AG" toidentify theCommittee onTrade
inAgriculture, "QR" toidentify notifications totheMarket Access Committee and"NT" toidentify
theNon-Tariff Measures Inventory ofReverse Notifications.
Record type"2":WTO document(s) relevant totheQR
WTO document(s) relevant totheQRarecoded inrecord type"2"(uptoseven document numbers
perrecord). Eachrecord isidentified bytherecord type("2"), followed byablank (language code
isnotused) andbyasequence number ("0"through "9").
TheWTO document number isaten-character field; inaddition tothedocument symbol, eachWTO
document isassigned adocument number identifying theyearandthechronological sequence of
itspublication. Thisnumber isusedintheWTO 'scomputerized document index. Thedocument
symbols andcorresponding document numbers recorded intheexisting WTO QRfilesarelisted
inPART IV.IDB/URM/3
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Record type"3":GATT Article(s) relevant totheQR
GATT Articles relevant totheQRarecoded inrecord type"3"(uptoseven GATT Articles per
record). Each record isidentified byrecord type("3"), followed byablank (language codeisnot
used) andbyasequence number ("0"through "9").
TheSecretariat hascreated astandard ten-character codetorepresent allGATT Articles without
usingRomanfigures.ThelistoftheGATTArticlesandcorrespondingArticlenumbersisreproduced
inPART IV.
Record type"4":Textual information onthemeasure
Textual information onthemeasure iscoded inrecord type"4". Therecord typeisfollowed by
thelanguage codeandbythesequence number ofeachlineoftext.Eachlineoftextcontains seventy
characters.
Record type"5":footnote textrelating tothemeasure
These records havethesame format asrecord type"4"andcontain afootnote textofuptotenlines
ofseventy characters. Thefootnote textcanberecorded inthethreeofficial languages oftheWTO.IDB/URM/3
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6.TEXTUAL NON-TARIFF FILE
Thisfilecontains descriptions ofproducts whenever aquantitative restriction applies topartofatariff
line.
6.1 FORMAT
Year N(2)
Reference year.
Reporting country A(5)/LJ/b
Country (orCustoms Union) maintaining themeasure.
Customs Union member country
A(5)/LJ/b
Contains, when applicable, thecode ofaCustoms Union member country
maintaining therestriction.
Tariff linenumber A(25)/LJ/b
Including thetwo-character non-tariff suffix asrecorded inthecoded non-tariff
file,inpositions 22-23. Positions 24-25 should beblank.
Element number N(2)/RJ
Code toidentify thetypeofinformation recorded; should equal "02"forafull
product description and"09"foranabbreviated description.
Textlinenumber Thisinformation contains thelanguage andthesequence ofprint linesforthe
descriptions.
Language code A(1)/LJ
Language inwhich thetextisrecorded ("1"forEnglish,
"2"forFrench and"3"forSpanish)
Sequence number N(2)/RJ/0
Sequenceinwhichthetextisordered("01"through"99").
Data A(74)/LJ/b -seenextpagefordetails.
PCDelimiter A(1)
Carriage return character (),PCdiskettes only.IDB/URM/3
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Format ofdataofthetextual non-tariff file
Element Textlineno. Element definition Format
number Lang. Seq.
02 L XX Fullproduct description:
-language code, L=1,2 or3,
-sequence number, XX=01-99 lines.
1.Filler (blank) A(4)/LJ/b
2.Text A(70)/LJ/b
09 L XX Abbreviated product description:
-language code, L=1,2 or3
-sequence number, XX=01-04 lines.
1.Filler (blank) A(4)/LJ/b
2.Text A(70)/LJ/b
NOTE:
Thetextconsists ofafour-character filler followed byaproduct description. Thefiller isusedinthese
layouts tokeepconsistent theformats forproduct descriptions inthetariff fileandinthenon-tariff file.
Alltextssubmitted inFrench andSpanish should berecorded using upper casecharacters, since there
isnostandard codeusedtorepresent accented characters.
Example ofatextual file("b"represents ablank character):
Textual non-tariff fileelements 02and09
Yr¦Rep-¦CU¦Tarifflinenumber SU¦EL¦SBEL¦Not¦ Text ¦
¦orter¦Memb.¦ FX¦NO¦L¦SQ¦Used¦ ¦
00¦00¦00¦0 0¦00¦0¦00¦00¦0 1¦1
00¦00¦01¦1 3¦33¦4¦44¦44¦4 1¦1
12¦37¦82¦3 7¦89¦0¦12¦36¦7 6¦7
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦02¦1¦01¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦02¦1¦02¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦09¦1¦01¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
94¦CANbb¦bbbbb¦01011100bbbbbbbbbbbbb01bb ¦09¦1¦02¦bbbb¦Productbdescriptions...bbbbb ¦
_____________________________________________________________________
Dataset characteristics formagnetic tapes:
Record format: fixed block.
Record length: 116characters.
Block length: 23432 characters.IDB/URM/3
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6.2 DATA INVENTORY
Thetextual non-tariff filecontains product descriptions fortariff items which arepartially covered by
anon-tariff measure. Thus, thetarifflinenumbers recorded inthisfileshould allhaveanumber recorded
inthenon-tariff suffix (positions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber). Thissuffix indicates thatthenon-tariff
measure covers partoftheproducts under thetariff line.Ifanitemisfullycovered bythemeasure, the
product description oftheitemcanberetrieved from thetextual tariff file.
Asinthetextual tariff file,product descriptions canberecorded intwodifferent setsofrecords. The
firstsetofrecords (element "02") contains fullproduct descriptions which canberecorded inninety-nine
linesoftext. Thesecond setofrecords (element "09") contains abbreviated product descriptions which
canberecorded infourlinesoftext. Asinthetextual tarifffile,descriptions canberecorded inthethree
official languages oftheWTO.
Entities Definitions
Textual Non-Tariff FileKey
Thekeyofthetextual non-tariff filecomprises thefollowing elements: thereference year, thecode
ofthecountry orCustoms Union (C.U.) maintaining themeasure, thecodeofthemember country
ofaC.U. maintaining themeasure, thetarifflinenumber, theelement number, andthesub-element
number (language codeandsequence ofthelinesoftext).
Year oftheQRfile
Theyeartowhich thesubmission refers isthereference year.
Country orC.U. maintaining themeasure
Thiselement contains thecodeidentifying thecountry ortheC.U. maintaining themeasure. The
codewillbeconverted tothethree-digit WTO country codeusedintheIDB(seePART IV).
C.U. member country maintaining themeasure
Thiselement contains, ifapplicable, thecodeidentifying aC.U. member country maintaining the
measure. Thecodewillbeconverted tothethree-digit WTO country codeusedintheIDB.
Tariff linenumber
Thetarifflinenumber isanelement oftwenty-five characters usedtorecord thetariffitemnumber
(positions1-21),thenon-tariffitemsuffix(positions22-23)andthetariffitemsuffix(positions24-25).
Inthisfilethetariff itemsuffix isalways blank.
Tariff itemnumber
Thetariff itemnumber (positions 1-21ofthetariff linenumber) isthesame asthetariff
itemnumber usedintheimport statistics file,inthetarifffilesandinthecoded non-tariff
file.
Non-Tariff itemsuffix
Thenon-tariff itemsuffix isrecorded inpositions 22-23 ofthetariff linenumber. The
suffix isusedincases where themeasure covers partofatariffitem. Values ofthesuffix
are"01"through "99".
Element number
Theelement number isatwo-digit number identifying thetypeofdescription. Element "02"contains
thefullproduct description; element "09"contains theabbreviated product description.IDB/URM/3
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Sub-element number
Thesub-element number isathree-digit number identifying thelanguage codeandthesequence
ofthelinesoftextoftheproduct description.
FullProduct Description (ELEMENT 02)
Thefullproduct description isrecorded inelement "02". Thefirstdigitofthesub-element contains
thelanguage codeandthelasttwodigits contain thesequence numbers. Each lineoftextcontains
seventy characters.
Abbreviated Product Description (ELEMENT 09)
Element "09"contains amaximum offourrecords corresponding tofourlinesoftextofseventy
characters, forrecording theabbreviated product description. Thelayout ofthiselement isthesame
asthelayout ofthefullproduct description (seeelement "02"description).IDB/URM/3
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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. Only ASCII filesadhering totheformats described inthisdocument canbeprocessed.
NOTE: Forlabelled tapes, thevolume serial number stored intheinternal labelofthetapemustbeprecisely
identified ontheexternal labelofthetapecase. Labelled tapes withanunknown internal labelcannot
beprocessed because ofcontrol procedures.IDB/URM/3
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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
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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)
- thequantitative restrictions: 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 files(i.e.codes usedtoidentify individual orgroups of
countries andthegroup composition)
- partner codes usedintheQRfiles(i.e.codes usedtoidentify individual orgroups of
countries andthegroup composition)
- currency units usedin:
--import statistics
--normalized coding ofspecific, mixed orcompound rates
- exchange rateusedifnational currency wasconverted toanother unit
- quantity units usedin:
- import statistics
- Arethere anysupplementary units recorded? Yes/No
- normalized coding
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'sof
specific duties (i.e.AVE calculation method code"9"inthedutycodes ofthe
coded tariff file).