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Amendment in Appendix 3 (SCOMET Items) to Schedule - 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2018
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....overed under 6A007.; b) Any material containing Beryllium or "Zirconium with Hafnium content less than 2000 ppm" as the major constituent, or more than 60% Hafnium by weight, or "Boron enriched in Boron- 10 isotope" or Niobium or tantalum covered under 6A008.; c) Nuclear power generating equipment or propulsion equipment, including "nuclear reactors", and components therefor covered under 6A009. and 6A017.; d) Simulators specially designed for military "nuclear reactors" covered under 6A017.; e) Any alloy with niobium as a major constituent in solid or powder form covered under 8C102.; f) Uranium-titanium alloys covered under 8C104.; g) Any material containing "Zirconium with Hafnium content less than 2000 ppm" or "Boron enriched in Boron-10 isotope" as the major constituent covered under 8C111.; h) Plutonium and Neptunium covered under 8C112.' 2. In the Glossary to the SCOMET list, the following expressions shall be substituted: ' "Contouring control" Two or more "numerically controlled" motions operating in accordance with instructions that specify the next required position and the required feed rates to that position. These feed rates are v....
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....ntegration period (i.e., sample time) consistent with the stated measurement period, which may include extrapolating the Allan variance noise analysis beyond the instability point into the rate/acceleration random walk or rate/acceleration ramp regions to an integration period consistent with the stated measurement period (Reference: IEEE Std 952-1997 [R2008] or IEEE Std 1293-1998 [R2008]).' 3. In the SCOMET Category 1B, after the SCOMET Entry 1B036 and the entry relating thereto, the following entries shall be substituted: S. No. SCOMET Entry Name of the Chemical Entry in CWC Schedule CAS ITC (HS) Numbers Codes '37. 1B037 Diphenyl Methyl Phosphonate 2B04 3747-58-0 29313900 38. 1B038 Others - - - 4. SCOMET entry 4A002.c. shall be substituted as under:- 'Machine tools for grinding, having any of the following characteristics: 1. "Positioning accuracies" with all compensations available better (less) than 4 μm according to ISO 230/2 (1988) along any linear axis (overall positioning); 2. Two or more contouring rotary axes; or 3. Five or more axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for "contouring control". Note Item 4A002.c. does not control grindin....
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....re". 2. Not counted in the total number of contouring axes are secondary parallel contouring axes (e.g., the w-axis on horizontal boring mills or a secondary rotary axis the centreline of which is parallel to the primary rotary axis). 3. Rotary axes do not necessarily have to rotate over 360°. A rotary axis can be driven by a linear device, e.g., a screw or a rack-and-pinion. 4. For the purposes of 4A002. the number of axes which can be coordinated simultaneously for "contouring control" is the number of axes along or around which, during processing of the workpiece, simultaneous and interrelated motions are performed between the workpiece and a tool. This does not include any additional axes along or around which other relative motions within the machine are performed, such as: a. Wheel-dressing systems in grinding machines; b. Parallel rotary axes designed for mounting of separate workpieces; c. Co-linear rotary axes designed for manipulating the same workpiece by holding it in a chuck from different ends. 5. A machine tool having at least 2 of the 3 turning, milling or grinding capabilities (e.g., a turning machine with milling capability) must be evaluated aga....
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....simulators (i.e., equipment simulating the characteristics of any of these items), specially designed for military use; Note 6A004.a. includes: a. Smoke grenades, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and explosive devices; b. Missile or rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicle nosetips.' 9. SCOMET entry 6A005 shall be substituted as under:- 'Fire control, surveillance and warning equipment, and related systems, test and alignment and countermeasure equipment, as follows, specially designed for military use, and specially designed components and accessories therefor: a. Weapon sights, bombing computers, gun laying equipment and weapon control systems; b. Other fire control, surveillance and warning equipment, and related systems, as follows: 1. Target acquisition, designation, range-finding, surveillance or tracking systems; 2. Detection, recognition or identification equipment; 3. Data fusion or sensor integration equipment; c. Countermeasure equipment for items specified by 6A005.a. or 6A005.b.; Note For the purposes of 6A005.c., countermeasure equipment includes detection equipment. d. Field test or alignment equipment, specially designed for items specified by 6A005.a., 6A005.b.....
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....; and c. Do not incorporate weapons specified in 6A001., 6A002. or 6A004. unless they are inoperable and incapable of discharging a projectile. 11. SCOMET entry 6A008.a.6. shall be substituted as under:- 'DADE (1,1-diamino-2,2-dinitroethylene, FOX-7) (CAS 145250-81-3);' 12. SCOMET entry 6A008.a.33. shall be substituted as under:- ' "Explosives" not listed elsewhere in 6A008.a. and having any of the following: a. Detonation velocity exceeding 8,700 m/s, at maximum density, or b. Detonation pressure exceeding 34 GPa (340 kbar);' 13. SCOMET entries 6A008.a.36. & 37. shall be substituted as under:- '36. TEX (4,10-Dinitro-2,6,8,12-tetraoxa-4,10-diazaisowurtzitane); 37. GUDN (Guanylurea dinitramide) FOX-12 (CAS 217464-38-5);' 14. After the SCOMET entry 6A008.a.4., and the entry relating thereto, a new SCOMET entry 6A008.a.43. shall be added as under:- '43. TKX-50 (Dihydroxylammonium 5,5'-bistetrazole-1,1'-diolate);' 15. SCOMET entry 6A008.c.12. shall be substituted as under:- 'Fuel mixtures, "pyrotechnic" mixtures or "energetic materials", not specified elsewhere in 6A008, having all of the following: a. Containing greater than ....
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..... N.B See Commodity Identification Note 2 to SCOMET.' 20. In SCOMET entry 6A010, Note 5 shall be substituted as under:- '6A010.a. does not apply to "aircraft" or "lighter-than-air vehicles" that meet all of the following: a. Were first manufactured before 1946; b. Do not incorporate items specified by the Munitions List, unless the items are required to meet safety or airworthiness standards of civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States; and c. Do not incorporate weapons specified by the Munitions List, unless inoperable and incapable of being returned to operation.' 21. Note 6 to SCOMET entry 6A010 shall be substituted as under:- '6A010.d. does not apply to propulsion aero-engines that were first manufactured before 1946.' 22. SCOMET entry 6A011.b. shall be substituted as under:- ' "Satellite navigation system" jamming equipment and specially designed components therefor;' 23. Note 4 to SCOMET entry 6A013 shall be substituted as under:- ' The only helmets specially designed for bomb disposal personnel that are specified by 6A013.c. are those specially designed for military use.' 24. SCOMET ....
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....e other equipment N.B. When the manufacturer or applicant cannot determine the status of the other equipment, the status of the integrated circuits is determined in 8A301.a.3. to 8A301.a.9., 8A301.a.12. and 8A301.a.13. Note 3 The status of wafers (finished or unfinished), in which the function has been determined, is to be evaluated against the parameters of 8A301.a, 8A301.b., 8A301.d., 8A301.e.,8A301.g.,8A301.h., or 8A301.i.' 33. In SCOMET entry 8A301.a., Note 1 shall be deleted and Note 2 shall read as under:- ' Note Integrated circuits include the following types: - "Monolithic integrated circuits"; - "Hybrid integrated circuits"; - "Multichip integrated circuits"; - "Film type integrated circuits", including silicon-on-sapphire integrated circuits; - "Optical integrated circuits"; - "Three dimensional integrated circuits"; - "Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits" ("MMICs")'. 34. In SCOMET 8A301.a.2., the Note shall be substituted as under:- 'Note 8A301.a.2. does not apply to integrated circuits designed for civil automobile or railway train applications.' 35. SCOMET entr....
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....power, saturated power output, maximum power output, peak power output, or peak envelope power output. 1. "Vacuum electronic devices" and cathodes, as follows: Note 1 8A301.b.1. does not apply to "vacuum electronic devices" designed or rated for operation in any frequency bands and having all of the following: a. Does not exceed 31.8 GHz; and b. Is "allocated by the ITU" for radio-communications services, but not for radiodetermination. Note 2 8A301.b 1. does not apply to non-"space-qualified" "vacuum electronic devices" having all of the following: a. An average output power equal to or less than 50 W; and b. Designed or rated for operation in any frequency band and having all of the following: 1. Exceeds 31.8 GHz but does not exceed 43.5 GHz; and 2. Is "allocated by the ITU" for radio-communications services, but not for radio-determination.' 37. SCOMET entry 8A301.b.1. shall be substituted as under:- 'a. Travelling-wave "vacuum electronic devices", pulsed or continuous wave, as follows: 1. Devices operating at frequencies exceeding 31.8 GHz; 2. Devices having a cathode heater with a tu....
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....uot;Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit" ("MMIC") and an integrated electronic power conditioner and having all of the following: a. A 'turn-on time' from off to fully operational in less than 10 seconds; b. A volume less than the maximum rated power in Watts multiplied by 10 cm3/W; and c. An "instantaneous bandwidth" greater than 1 octave (fmax. > 2fmin,) and having any of the following: 1. For frequencies equal to or less than 18 GHz, an RF output power greater than 100 W; or 2. A frequency greater than 18 GHz; Technical Notes 1. To calculate the volume in 8A301.b.9.b., the following example is provided: for a maximum rated power of 20 W, the volume would be: 20 W x 10 cm3/W = 200 cm3. 2. The 'turn-on time' in 8A301.b.9.a. refers to the time from fully-off to fully operational, i.e., it includes the warm-up time of the MPM.' 40. SCOMET entry 8E303.g. shall be substituted as under:- 'g. 'Vacuum electronic devices' operating at frequencies of 31.8 GHz or higher.' 41. After SCOMET entries 8A301.b.3.c., the following entries are substituted and a new entry 8A 301.b.3.f. is added as under:- d. Rated for op....
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.... exceeding 90 GHz; or Technical Note 'RF modulation bandwidth' is the Radio Frequency (RF) bandwidth occupied by a digitally encoded baseband signal modulated onto an RF signal. It is also referred to as information bandwidth or vector modulation bandwidth. I/Q digital modulation is the technical method for producing a vector-modulated RF output signal, and that output signal is typically specified as having an 'RF modulation bandwidth'. 6. A maximum frequency exceeding 90 GHz; Note 1 For the purpose of 8A302.d., signal generators include arbitrary waveform and function generators. Note 2 8A302.d. does not apply to equipment in which the output frequency is either produced by the addition or subtraction of two or more crystal oscillator frequencies, or by an addition or subtraction followed by a multiplication of the result. Technical Notes 1. The maximum frequency of an arbitrary waveform or function generator is calculated by dividing the sample rate, in samples/second, by a factor of 2.5. 2. For the purposes of 8A302.d.1.a., 'pulse duration' is defined as the time interval from the point on the leading edge that is 50% of the pulse amplitud....
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.... a. It supports a non-primary function of the item; and b. It is performed by incorporated equipment or "software" that would, as a standalone item, be specified by (8A502, 8A503, 8A504, 8B502, 8C5, 8D502 and 8E502)-Part 2. Technical Notes 1. For the purposes of 8A502.a., 'cryptography for data confidentiality' means "cryptography" that employs digital techniques and performs any cryptographic function other than any of the following: a. "Authentication"; b. Digital signature; c. Data integrity; d. Non-repudiation; e. Digital rights management, including the execution of copy-protected "software"; f. Encryption or decryption in support of entertainment, mass commercial broadcasts or medical records management; or g. Key management in support of any function described in paragraph a. to f. above. 2. For the purposes of 8A502.a., 'described security algorithm' means any of the following: a. A "symmetric algorithm" employing a key length in excess of 56 bits, not including parity bits; b. An "asymmetric algorithm" where the security of the algorithm is based on any of the following: 1. Factorisa....
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....tographic capability is not use-accessible; Technical Note 'Personal data' includes any data specific to a particular person or entity, such as the amount of money stored and data necessary for "authentication". 2. 'Readers/writers' specially designed or modified, and limited, for items specified by paragraph a.1. of this Note; Technical Note 'Readers/writers' include equipment that communicates with smart cards or electronically readable documents through a network.' 48. In SCOMET entry 8A502.a., after Note.2.a. and the technical note,the letters 'a. j' be deleted. 49. In SCOMET entry 8A502, after Note 2.i ., the following shall be inserted as a new Note 2.j.: '2.j Items specially designed for a 'connected civil industry application', meeting all of the following: 1. Being any of the following: a. A network-capable endpoint device meeting any of the following: 1. The "information security" functionality is limited to securing 'non-arbitrary data' or the tasks of "Operations, Administration or Maintenance" ("OAM"); or 2. The device is limited to a specific 'connected civil indu....
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....refor, as follows: Note 8A601.a.2. also applies to receiving equipment, whether or not related in normal application to separate active equipment, and specially designed components therefor. 54. SCOMET entry 8A601.a.2.a is substituted as under:- Hydrophones having any of the following: Note The status of hydrophones specially designed for other equipment is determined by the status of the other equipment. Technical Notes 1. Hydrophones consist of one or more sensing elements producing a single acoustic output channel. Those that contain multiple elements can be referred to as a hydrophone group. 2. For the purposes of 8A601.a.2.a., underwater acoustic transducers designed to operate as passive receivers are hydrophones.' 55. SCOMET entry 8A601.a.2.a.6. shall be substituted as under: 'Designed for operation at depths exceeding 1,000 m and having a 'hydrophone sensitivity' better than -230 dB below 4 kHz;' 56. In SCOMET entry 8A603.b.4.b., Note 3.b.1. shall be substituted as under: 'Having all of the following: Having a minimum horizontal or vertical 'Instantaneous-Field-of-View (IFOV)' of at least 2 mrad (milliradians);' 57. In SCOMET entry 8A605, a....
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.... having any of the following: a. (Reserved) b. Output power exceeding 1 kW but not exceeding 1.6 kW and having a BPP exceeding 1.25 mm•mrad; c. Output power exceeding 1.6 kW but not exceeding 2.5 kW and having a BPP exceeding 1.7 mm•mrad; d. Output power exceeding 2.5 kW but not exceeding 3.3 kW and having a BPP exceeding 2.5 mm•mrad; e. Output power exceeding 3.3 kW but not exceeding 6 kW and having a BPP exceeding 3.5 mm•mrad; f. (Reserved) g. (Reserved) h. Output power exceeding 6 kW but not exceeding 8 kW and having a BPP exceeding 12 mm•mrad; or i. Output power exceeding 8 kW but not exceeding 10 kW and having a BPP exceeding 24 mm•mrad; Technical Note For the purpose of 8A605.a.6.b., Note 2.a., 'brightness' is defined as the output power of the "laser" divided by the squared Beam Parameter Product (BPP), i.e, (output power)/BPP2. Technical Note 'Wall-plug efficiency' is defined as the ratio of "laser" output power (or "average output power") to total electrical input power required to operate the "laser", including the power supply/conditioning and thermal conditioning/heat exc....
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....8A605 b. 5. Output wavelength exceeding 800 nm but not exceeding 975 nm and any of the following: a. "Pulse duration" less than 1 ps and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 0.005 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 5 GW; or 2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W; b. "Pulse duration" equal to or exceeding 1 ps and not exceeding 1 μs and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 0.5 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W; 2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or 3. Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or c. "Pulse duration" exceeding 1 μs and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W; 2. Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or 3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 80 W; 8A605 b. 6. Output wavelength exceeding 975 nm but not exceeding 1,150 nm and any of the following: a. "Pulse ....
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.... exceeding 50 W; 2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 20 W; or 3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or b. "Pulse duration" exceeding 1 μs and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 2 J per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 50 W; 2. 'Single transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 50 W; or 3. 'Multiple transverse mode' output and "average output power" exceeding 80 W; or 8A605 b. 8. Output wavelength exceeding 1,555 nm but not exceeding 1,850 nm, and any of the following: a. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or b. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W; 8A605 b. 9. Output wavelength exceeding 1,850 nm but not exceeding 2,100 nm, and any of the following: a. 'Single transverse mode' and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per pulse and "peak power" exceeding 1 W; or 2. "Average output power" exceeding 1 W; or b. 'Multiple transverse mode' and any of the following: 1. Output energy exceeding 100 mJ per puls....
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....anges in velocity and orientation in order to determine or maintain heading or position without requiring an external reference once aligned. 'Inertial measurement equipment or systems' include: - Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRSs); - Gyrocompasses; - Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs); - Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs); - Inertial Reference Systems (IRSs); - Inertial Reference Units (IRUs). Note 2 8A703 does not apply to 'inertial measurement equipment or systems' which are certified for use on "civil aircraft" by civil aviation authorities of one or more Wassenaar Arrangement Participating States. Technical Note 'Positional aiding references' independently provide position, and include: a. "Satellite navigation system"; b. "Data-Based Referenced Navigation" ("DBRN").' 63. The SCOMET entry 8A705 shall be substituted as under:-- ' "Satellite navigation system" receiving equipment having any of the following and specially designed components therefor: N.B. For equipment specially designed for military use, see 6A011.' 64. SCOMET entry 8A705 shall be substituted as under:- 'a. Emp....
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....lowing techniques to minimise the effects of back scatter: a. Range-gated illuminators; or b. Range-gated laser systems;' 70. SCOMET entry 8B8 shall be substituted as under:- ' 8B8 MARINE (TEST, INSPECTION AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT) 8B801 Water tunnels designed to have a background noise of less than 100 dB (reference 1 μPa, 1 Hz) within the frequency range exceeding 0 Hz but not exceeding 500 Hz and designed for measuring acoustic fields generated by a hydro-flow around propulsion system models.' 71. SCOMET entry 8A904 shall be substituted as under:- 'Space launch vehicles, "spacecraft", "spacecraft buses", "spacecraft payloads", "spacecraft" on-board systems or equipment, terrestrial equipment, and air-launch platforms, as under:- a. Space launch vehicles; b. "Spacecraft"; c. "Spacecraft buses"; d. "Spacecraft payloads" incorporating items specified by 8A301.b.1.a.4., 8A302.g., 8A501.a.1., 8A501.b.3., 8A502.c., 8A502.e., 8A602.a.1., 8A602.a.2., 8A602.2.b., 8A602.2.d., 8A603.b., 8A604.4.c., 8A604.e., 8A608.d., 8A608.e., 8A608.k., 8A608.l. or 8A910.c.; e. On-board systems or equipment, specially d....