Recommended actions:
1: For submission at WCO meeting September 2003 and with known trade larger then US$50 million.
2: For submission at WCO meeting September 2003; known China trade less than US$50 million; to be complemented with trade data from more countries.
3: For consideration for submission at future WCO meetings beyond 2007 and for which trade data need to be compiled in collaboration with bamboo and rattan trading countries.
4: Not recommended for submission to WCO.
HS heading |
HS code description and (existing) |
Proposed new HS codes and recommended action |
Known trade values (US$)/Quantities and remarks | |||
China (HS8) |
Other country(ies) |
Remarks | ||||
07.09 |
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled |
- 0709.91 bamboo shoots - 0709.99 other |
2 |
5 million - export (1) (0709.9010) |
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07.10 |
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen |
- 0710.81 bamboo shoots - 0710.89 other |
4 |
nasi (3) |
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07.11 |
Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption |
0711.91 bamboo shoots (in brine) 0711.99 others |
2 |
6 million (1) (0711.9031) |
07.11 is proposed for deletion by EU Customs | |
07.12 |
Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared |
0712.91 bamboo shoots (dried) 0712.99 other |
2 |
9 million (1) (0712.9010) |
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20.05 |
Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 20.06 |
2005.91 bamboo shoots 2005.99 other |
1 |
137 million (1) (2005.9031: bamboo shoots canned, water cooked 2005.9039: bamboo shoots canned, other) |
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14.01 |
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example bamboos, rattans, reeds, rushes, oisier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed cereal straw, and lime bark) |
This heading covers RAW materials. Meeting recommended to leave present HS codes as they are. | ||||
- 1401.10 |
(1401.1000: bamboo) |
$60 million worldwide import (2) | ||||
- 1401.20 rattans - 1401.90 other |
(1401.2000: rattans) |
$76 million worldwide import (2) | ||||
44.02 |
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal), whether or not agglomerated |
4402.10 of bamboo 4402.90 of other |
4 |
nasi |
44.02 proposed for deletion by EU Customs | |
44.09 |
Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-joined, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges, ends or faces, whether or not planned, sanded or end-jointed |
4409.21 of bamboo 4409.29 other |
3 |
Production of 2 million US$20/m2 = $40 million (in 2000) |
Precise product description of bamboo boards and sample to be provided by INBAR to WCO | |
44.12 |
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood |
4412.24 bamboo panelling |
3 |
20 million m2@ US$10 (in 2000) = $200 million |
Precise product description and sample to be provided by INBAR to WCO | |
4412.25 bamboo matboard |
3 |
nasi |
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46.01 |
Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, whether or not assembled into strips: plaiting materials, plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, whether or not being finished articles (for example, mats, matting, screens) |
General note: in addition this Chapter does not cover: (b) Products or articles of bamboo, of Chapter 44 | ||||
- 4601.20 mats, matting and screens of vegetable materials |
4601.21 of bamboo 4601.22 of rattan 4601.23 of others |
3 |
4601.2010: of rattan 4601.2090: of other vegetable material, incl. bamboo) |
To collaborate with countries for more data |
Worldwide imports are $14 million | |
- Other: 4601.91 of vegetable materials |
4601.92 of bamboo 4601.93 of rattan |
3 |
(4601.9110: of rattan) |
Worldwide imports are $122 million | ||
46.02 |
Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, made directly to shape from plating materials or made up from goods of heading 46.01; articles of loofah |
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4602.10 of vegetable materials 4602.90 other |
4602.11 of bamboo 4602.12 of rattan 4602.19 other |
2 |
119 million (1) (4602.1010: of rattan 4602.1030: of bamboo) |
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47.06 |
Pulps of fibres derived from recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard or of other fibrous cellulosic material. |
4706.30 of bamboo |
4 |
nasi |
The meeting’s recommenda-tion was to classify pulp and paper made from bamboo within the existing HS codes | |
48.23 |
Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape: other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres |
4823.30 of bamboo |
4 |
Production 500 000 tonnes @ $1 200 (retail price)=$600 million (estimation) |
To be comple-mented with data from India | |
66.02 |
Walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like |
6602.20 rattan cane walking-sticks |
4 |
Not recommended for submission | ||
94.01 |
Seats (other than those of heading 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof |
General: Headings 94.01 to 94.03 cover articles of furniture of any material | ||||
9401.50 Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials |
9401.51 of bamboo 9401.52 of rattan 9401.59 other |
3 |
(9401.5000) |
9401.50 world import $423 million (2) Recommended to leave as is if products cannot be differentiated | ||
94.03 |
Other furniture and parts thereof |
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- 9403.80 Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials |
9403.81 of bamboo 9403.82 of rattan 9403.89 other |
3 |
(9403.8010: of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials) |
9403.80 world import $1 078 million (2) Recommended to leave as is if products cannot be differentiated | ||
Notes:
(1) Data for 2000 from Feng Lu, China's bamboo product trade: performance and prospects, INBAR Report, 2000.
(2) Data for 2000 from INBAR
International Bamboo and Rattan On-Line Database.
(3) nasi - not available
as a separate item.