seeks to amend the Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, (formerly known as the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 2006.

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....rmination of Origin of Goods under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, (formerly known as the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 2006, namely:- 1.  (1) These rules may be called the Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (formerly known as the Bangkok Agreement) Amendment Rules, 2018.      (2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of July, 2018. 2. In the Rules of Determination of Origin of Goods under the Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement, (formerly known as the Bangkok Agreement) Rules, 2006, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in footnotes,- (i) for footnote 6, the following shall be substituted, namely:- " 6. As at Annexure-C.". (ii) afte....

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....ll be interpreted that the products which remain under the control of customs authority of the intermediate non-Participating state without any proceedings of import clearance procedures shall be considered as directly consigned from the exporting Participating State to the importing Participating State. The expression of "entered into trade or consumption there" is understood that the import declaration on the product was accepted and the product was released out of a bonded area into the domestic market of the intermediate country to be consumed or subsequently exported under another contract. Therefore, the product that is temporarily stored in the bonded area under the control of customs authority and has not undergone any operations or....

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....State expressed as a percentage of the f.o.b. value of the exported product; (example "C" 60 per cent); 3. Enter letter "D" in Box 8 for products, which meet the special origin criteria according to Rule 11; 4. Enter letter "E" in Box 8 for products which meet the origin criteria according to sub-rule (b) of rule 4. Entry of letter "E" would be followed by the criteria of the rules of origin (example "E" CTH).". 4. In the said rules, after Annexue-B, the following Annexure shall be inserted, namely:- "ANNEXURE - C Sectoral RoO (Rules of Origin) of APTA Annex note: 1. In accordance with sub-rule (b) of rule 4, the criteria specified in column 4 below shall apply for the products listed therein. 2. The orig....

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....the like; parts of such articles CTH 11. 6801, 6802, 6803 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials CTH 12.  7201, 7202, 7203, 7204, 7205, 7206, 7218, 7224  Iron and Steel CTH 13. 7307, 7308, 7309, 7310, 7311, 7312, 7313, 7314, 7315, 7316, 7317, 7318, 7319, 7320, 7321, 7322, 7323, 7324, 7325, 7326 Articles of Iron or Steel CTH 14. 7401, 7402, 7403, 7404, 7405, 7406, 7407, 7408, 7409, 7410, 7411, 7412, 7413,7415,7418, 7419 Copper and articles thereof CTH 15. 7501, 7502, 7503, 7504, 7505, 7506, 7507, 7508 Nickel and articles thereof CTH 16. 7601, 7602, 7603, 7604, 7605,7606, 7607, 7608, 7609, 7610, 7611, 7612, 7613, 7614, 7615, 7616 ....