The World Customs Organisation (WCO) has published three amendments to the Harmonised System (HS) Explanatory Notes, following from the HS Committee’s 62nd session.
Tariff chapter 29, “II. Psychotropic substances subject to control under the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances. d-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol”, deleting tariff subheading ‘2932.99’, and substituting it with tariff subheading ‘2932.95’.
Tariff Chapter 90. Tariff heading 90.27, insert the following new Item “(33) Instruments and apparatus used in clinical laboratories for in vitro diagnostic testing.”
The substitution of “Subheading 9031.41 - This subheading also covers optical instruments and appliances for inspecting integrated circuits and optical instruments and appliances for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing integrated circuits.”
Story by: Riaan de Lange