The WCO has published the agreed amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature that will enter into force on 1 January 2002.
The HS 2002 includes 372 sets of amendments. The main sources of the amendments made to the Nomenclature are :
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Technological progress;
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Trade patterns;
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Clarification of texts to ensure uniform application;
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Adaptation of the Nomenclature to reflect trade practice; and
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Amendments related to the social and environmental fields, i.e., new subheadings to facilitate the monitoring and control of :
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Certain species covered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES);
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Fish falling under the International Convention of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT);
- Specific categories of waste controlled by the Basel Convention; and
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Narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances falling within the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961), as amended by the 1972 Protocol, and the 1971 Convention on Psychotropic Substances.