Section XVI refers to “Machinery and Mechanical Appliances, Electrical Equipment; Parts thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of such Articles”. Section XVI consists of two tariff chapters. Tariff Chapter 84 – Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof; Tariff Chapter 85 – Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles. The first section deals with tariff subheadings to be deleted. Tariff subheading 8452.40, 8523.40, 8540.50, and 8540.72 are affected. The second section deals with tariff subheadings to be created (new). Tariff subheadings 8479.71, 8479.79, 8507.50, 8507.60, 8523.41, and 8523.49 are affected. The third section deals with tariff subheadings whose scope will be modified. Tariff subheadings 8452.90, 8456.90, 8466.93, 8479.89, 8479.90, 8507.80, 8540.40, and 8540.79 are affected.
