International Trade

Framework Agreement with ASEAN

FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
ON COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND
THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN NATIONS

Preamble

WE, the Heads of State/Government of the Republic of India (India), and Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia), the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar), the Republic of the Philippines (the Philippines), the Republic of Singapore (Singapore), the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand), the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Viet Nam), Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (collectively, "ASEAN" or "ASEAN Member States", or individually, "ASEAN Member State");

Recalling that in 2002, we had agreed on the importance of enhancing our close economic cooperation and to work towards an India-ASEAN Regional Trade and Investment Area (RTIA) as a long-term objective;

Desiring to adopt a Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (this Agreement) between India and ASEAN (collectively, "the Parties", or individually referring to India or to an ASEAN Member State as a "Party") that is forward-looking in order to forge a closer economic partnership in the 21st century;

Desiring to minimise barriers and deepen economic linkages between the Parties; lower costs; increase intra-regional trade and investment; increase economic efficiency; create a larger market with greater opportunities and larger economies of scale for the businesses of the Parties; and enhance the attractiveness of the Parties to capital and talent;

Recognising the important role and contribution of the business sector in enhancing trade and investment between the Parties and the need to further promote and facilitate their cooperation and utilisation of greater business opportunities provided by the India-ASEAN RTIA;

Recognising the different stages of economic development among ASEAN Member States and the need for flexibility, including the need to facilitate the increasing participation of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (the New ASEAN Member States) in the India-ASEAN economic co-operation and the expansion of their exports, inter alia, through the strengthening of their domestic capacity, efficiency and competitiveness;

Reaffirming the rights, obligations and undertakings of the respective parties under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements and arrangements; and

Recognising that regional trade arrangements can contribute towards accelerating regional and global liberalisation and as building blocks in the framework of the multilateral trading system,

Have agreed as follows:

ARTICLE 1

Objectives

The objectives of this Agreement are to:

• strengthen and enhance economic, trade and investment co-operation between the Parties;

• progressively liberalise and promote trade in goods and services as well as create a transparent, liberal and facilitative investment regime;

• explore new areas and develop appropriate measures for closer economic co-operation between the Parties; and

• facilitate the more effective economic integration of the new ASEAN Member States and bridge the development gap among the Parties.

ARTICLE 2

Measures For Economic Cooperation

The Parties agree to enter into negotiations in order to establish an India-ASEAN Regional Trade and Investment Area (RTIA), which includes a Free Trade Area (FTA) in goods, services and investment, and to strengthen and enhance economic cooperation through the following:

1. progressive elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers in substantially all trade in goods;

2. progressive liberalisation of trade in services with substantial sectoral coverage;

3. establishment of a liberal and competitive investment regime that facilitates and promotes investment within the India-ASEAN RTIA;

4. provision of special and differential treatment to the New ASEAN Member States;

provision of flexibility to the Parties in the India-ASEAN RTIA negotiations to address their sensitive areas in the goods, services and investment sectors with such flexibilities to be negotiated and mutually agreed based on the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefits;

establishment of effective trade and investment facilitation measures, including, but not limited to, simplification of customs procedures and development of mutual recognition arrangements;

expansion of economic cooperation in areas as may be mutually agreed between the Parties that will complement the deepening of trade and investment links between the Parties and formulation of action plans and programmes in order to implement the agreed sectors/areas of co-operation; and

establishment of appropriate mechanisms for the purposes of effective implementation of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 3

Trade In Goods

1. With a view to expediting the expansion of trade in goods, the Parties agree to enter into negotiations in which duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce (except, where necessary, those permitted under Article XXIV (8)(b) of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)) shall be eliminated on substantially all trade in goods between the Parties.

2. For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "applied Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff rates" shall refer to the respective applied rates of the Parties as of 1 July 2004; and "non-tariff measures" shall include non-tariff barriers.

3. Upon signing of this Agreement, the Parties shall commence consultations on each other’s trade regime, including, but not limited to the following:

1. trade and tariff data;

2. customs procedures, rules and regulations;

3. non tariff measures including, but not limited to import licensing requirement and procedure, quantitative restrictions, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary;

4. intellectual property rights rules and regulations; and

5. trade policy.

4. The tariff reduction or elimination programme of the Parties shall require tariffs on listed products to be gradually reduced and, where applicable, eliminated in accordance with this Article.

5. The products which are subject to the tariff reduction or elimination programme under this Article shall include all products not covered by the Early Harvest Programme (EHP) under Article 7 of this Agreement, and such products shall be categorised into two tracks as follows:

1. Normal Track: Products listed in the Normal Track by a Party on its own accord shall have their respective applied MFN tariff rates gradually reduced or eliminated in accordance with specified schedules and rates (to be mutually agreed by the Parties) over a period from:

1. 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2011 for India, and Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand;

2. 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2016 for India and the Philippines; and

3. 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2011 for India and 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2016 for the New ASEAN Member States.

In respect of those tariffs which have been reduced but have not been eliminated, they shall be progressively eliminated within timeframes to be mutually agreed between the Parties.

2. Sensitive Track:

1. The number of products listed in the Sensitive Track shall be subject to a maximum ceiling to be mutually agreed among the Parties.

2. Products listed in the Sensitive Track by a Party on its own accord shall, where applicable, have their respective applied MFN tariff rates progressively reduced/eliminated within timeframes to be mutually agreed between the Parties.

6. The commitments undertaken by the Parties under this Article and Article 7 of this Agreement shall fulfil the WTO requirements to eliminate tariffs on substantially all the trade between the Parties.

7. The specified tariff rates/tariff preferences to be mutually agreed between the Parties pursuant to this Article shall set out only the limits of the applicable tariff rates/preferences or range for the specified year of implementation by the Parties.

8. The negotiations between the Parties to establish the India-ASEAN RTIA covering trade in goods shall also include, but not be limited to the following:

1. modalities, including detailed rules governing the tariff reduction and/or elimination;

2. Rules of Origin;

3. treatment of out-of-quota rates;

4. modification of a Party’s commitments under the agreement on trade in goods based on WTO agreements;

5. non-tariff measures/barriers, including, but not limited to, quantitative restrictions or prohibition on the importation of any product or on the export or sale for export of any product, as well as sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers to trade;

6. safeguards based on the WTO agreements;

7. disciplines on subsidies and countervailing measures and anti-dumping measures based on the existing WTO agreements; and

8. facilitation and promotion of effective and adequate protection of trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights based on existing WTO, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and other relevant agreements.

ARTICLE 4

Trade In Services

With a view to expediting the expansion of trade in services, the Parties agree to enter into negotiations to progressively liberalise trade in services on a preferential basis with substantial sectoral coverage. Such negotiations shall be directed to:

progressive elimination of substantially all discrimination between or among the Parties and/or prohibition of new or more discriminatory measures with respect to trade in services between the Parties, except for measures permitted under Article V(1)(b) of the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);

expansion in the depth and scope of liberalisation of trade in services beyond those undertaken by India and ASEAN Member States under the GATS; and

enhanced cooperation in services between the Parties in order to improve efficiency and competitiveness, as well as to diversify the supply and distribution of services of the respective service suppliers of the Parties.

ARTICLE 5

Investment

To promote investments and to create a liberal, facilitative, transparent and competitive investment regime, the Parties agree to:

enter into negotiations in order to progressively liberalise their investment regimes;

strengthen cooperation in investment, facilitate investment and improve transparency of investment rules and regulations; and

provide for the protection of investments.

ARTICLE 6

Areas of Economic Cooperation

1. Where appropriate, the Parties agree to strengthen their cooperation in the following areas, including, but not limited to:

1. Trade Facilitation:

1. Mutual Recognition Arrangements, conformity assessment, accreditation procedures, and standards and technical regulations;

2. non-tariff measures;

3. customs cooperation;

4. trade financing; and

5. business visa and travel facilitation.

2. Sectors of Cooperation:

1. agriculture, fisheries and forestry;

2. services: media and entertainment, health, financial, tourism, construction, business process outsourcing, environmental;

3. mining and energy: oil and natural gas, power generation and supply;

4. science and technology: information and communications technology, electronic-commerce, biotechnology;

5. transport and infrastructure: transport and communication;

6. manufacturing: automotive, drugs and pharmaceuticals, textiles, petrochemicals, garments, food processing, leather goods, light engineering goods, gems and jewellery processing;

7. human resource development: capacity building, education, technology transfer; and

8. others: handicrafts, small and medium enterprises, competition policy, Mekong Basin Development, intellectual property rights, government procurement.

3. Trade and Investment Promotion:

1. fairs and exhibitions;

2. India-ASEAN weblinks; and

3. business sector dialogues.

2. The Parties agree to implement capacity building programmes and technical assistance, particularly for the New ASEAN Member States, in order to adjust their economic structure and expand their trade and investment with India.

3. Parties may establish other bodies as may be necessary to coordinate and implement any economic cooperation activities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE 7

Early Harvest Programme

1. With a view to accelerating the implementation of this Agreement, the Parties agree to implement an EHP, which is an integral part of the India-ASEAN RTIA, for products covered under paragraph 3(a) below. The progressive tariff reduction under the EHP shall commence from 1 November 2004, and tariff elimination shall be completed by 31 October 2007 for India and ASEAN-6, and 31 October 2010 for the New ASEAN Member States.

2. For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "ASEAN 6" refers to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; and

2. "applied MFN tariff rates" shall refer to the respective applied rates of the Parties as of 1 July 2004.

3. The product coverage, tariff reduction and elimination, removal of non-tariff barriers, rules of origin, trade remedies and emergency measures applicable to the EHP shall be as follows:

1. Product Coverage

Common products on which the Parties agree to exchange tariff concessions are listed in Annex A.

Products on which India accords concessions to the New ASEAN Member States are listed in Annex B.

2. Modality for Tariff Reduction and Elimination

The modality for tariff reduction and elimination for the products covered by the EHP shall be finalised under Article 8(2) of this Agreement.

3. Removal of non-tariff measures

In order to fully realise the potential benefits of the EHP, the parties shall promote and facilitate trade in all products listed in the EHP. The parties shall also endeavour to refrain from using non-tariff measures adversely affecting trade in Early Harvest products.

4. Rules of Origin

Products covered by the EHP shall qualify for tariff preferences in accordance with the Rules of Origin to be agreed under Article 8(2) of this Agreement.

5. Application of WTO provisions

The WTO provisions governing modification of commitments, safeguard actions, emergency measures and other trade remedies, including anti-dumping and subsidies and countervailing measures, shall, in the interim, be applicable to the products covered under the EHP and shall be superseded and replaced by the relevant disciplines negotiated and agreed to by the Parties under Article 3(8) of this Agreement once these disciplines are implemented.

4. The Parties shall also explore the feasibility of cooperation in the areas listed in Annex C.

ARTICLE 8

Timeframes

1. For trade in goods, negotiations on the agreement for tariff reduction/elimination and other matters as set out in Article 3 of this Agreement shall commence in January 2004 and be concluded by 30 June 2005 in order to establish the India-ASEAN FTA.

2. The negotiations on Rules of Origin for trade in goods under Articles 3 and 7 and modality for tariff reduction and elimination under Article 7 shall be concluded no later than 31 July 2004.

3. For trade in services and investments, the negotiations on the respective agreements shall commence in 2005 and be concluded by 2007. The identification, liberalisation, etc., of the sectors of services and investment shall be finalised for implementation subsequently in accordance with the timeframes to be mutually agreed: (a) taking into account the sensitive sectors of the Parties; and (b) with special and differential treatment and flexibility for the New ASEAN Member States.

4. For other areas of economic cooperation, the Parties shall continue to build upon existing or agreed programmes set out in Article 6 of this Agreement, develop new economic cooperation programmes and conclude agreements on the various areas of economic cooperation. The Parties shall do so expeditiously for early implementation in a manner and at a pace acceptable to all the Parties concerned. The agreements shall include timeframes for the implementation of the commitments therein.

ARTICLE 9

Most-Favoured Nation Treatment

India shall continue to accord Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) Treatment consistent with WTO rules and disciplines to all the non-WTO ASEAN Member States upon the date of signature of this Agreement.

ARTICLE 10

General Exceptions

Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between or among the Parties where the same conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade within the India-ASEAN FTA, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Party from taking action and adopting measures for the protection of its national security or the protection of articles of artistic, historic and archaeological value, or such other measures which it deems necessary for the protection of public morals, or for the protection of human, animal or plant life, health and conservation of exhaustible natural resources.

ARTICLE 11

Dispute Settlement Mechanism

1. The Parties shall, within one (1) year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, establish appropriate formal dispute settlement procedures and mechanism for the purposes of this Agreement.

2. Pending the establishment of the formal dispute settlement procedures and mechanism under paragraph 1 above, any disputes concerning the interpretation, implementation or application of this Agreement shall be settled amicably by mutual consultations.

ARTICLE 12

Institutional Arrangements for the Negotiations

1. There shall be established an ASEAN-India Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) to carry out the programme of negotiations set out in this Agreement.

2. The ASEAN-India TNC may invite experts or establish any Working Group as may be necessary to assist in the negotiations of all sectors in the India-ASEAN RTIA.

3. The ASEAN-India TNC shall regularly report to the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India and the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM-India Consultations), through the meetings of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials and India (SEOM-India Consultations), on the progress and outcome of its negotiations.

4. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and the ASEAN Secretariat shall jointly provide the necessary secretariat support to the ASEAN-India Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) whenever and wherever negotiations are held.

ARTICLE 13

Miscellaneous Provisions

1. This Agreement shall include the Annexes and the contents therein, and all future legal instruments agreed pursuant to this Agreement.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement or any action taken under it shall not affect or nullify the rights and obligations of a Party under existing agreements to which it is a party.

3. The Parties shall endeavour to refrain from increasing restrictions or limitations that would affect the application of this Agreement.

4. Any ASEAN Member State may defer its participation in the implementation of this Agreement provided that a notification is given to the other parties within twelve (12) months from the date of signing of this Agreement. Any extension of the negotiated concessions to such ASEAN Member State shall be voluntary on the part of the parties participating in such implementation. The ASEAN Member State concerned shall participate in the implementation of this Agreement at a later date on the same terms and conditions, including any further commitments that may have been undertaken by the other parties by the time of such participation.

ARTICLE 14

Amendments

The provisions of this Agreement may be modified through amendments mutually agreed upon in writing by the Parties.

ARTICLE 15

Depository

For the ASEAN Member States, this Agreement shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, who shall promptly furnish a certified copy thereof to India and each ASEAN Member State.

ARTICLE 16

Entry into Force

1. This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.

2. The Parties undertake to complete their internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement prior to 1 July 2004.

3. Where a Party is unable to complete its internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement by 1 July 2004, the Agreement shall come into force for that Party upon the date of notification of the completion of its internal procedures. The Party concerned, however, shall be bound by the same terms and conditions, including any further commitments that may have been undertaken by the other Parties under this Agreement by the time of such notification.

4. A Party shall upon the completion of its internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement notify all the other parties in writing.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WE have signed this Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Republic of India and the Association of South East Asian Nations.

DONE at Bali, this 8th day of October, 2003 in duplicate copies in the English Language.

For the Republic of India ________________________   ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE Prime Minister

For Brunei Darussalam ______________________   HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH Sultan of Brunei Darussalam   For the Kingdom of Cambodia __________________________   SAMDECH HUN SEN Prime Minister   For the Republic of Indonesia _______________________   MEGAWATI SOEKARNOPUTRI President   For the Lao People’s Democratic Republic ____________________________   BOUNNHANG VORACHITH Prime Minister   For Malaysia ____________________________   MAHATHIR BIN MOHAMAD Prime Minister   For the Union of Myanmar ______________________   GENERAL KHIN NYUNT Prime Minister   For the Republic of the Philippines ____________________________   GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO President   For the Republic of Singapore __________________________   GOH CHOK TONG Prime Minister   For the Kingdom of Thailand ___________________________   DR. THAKSIN SHINAWATRA Prime Minister   For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam _________________________   PHAN VAN KHAI Prime Minister

ANNEX A

No.	6-digit HS Code	Description
1	160413	Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces
2	160414	Tunas, skipjack and atlantic bonito, prepared or preserved
3	180400	Cocoa butter, fat and oil
4	180500	Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
5	200820	Pineapples, prepared or preserved
6	200949	Other pineapple juice
7	261000	Chromium ores and concentrates
8	261100	Tungsten ores and concentrates
9	270111	Anthracite
10	271311	Petroleum coke - Not calcined
11	271490	Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks – Other
12	282120	Earth colours
13	282760	Iodides and iodide oxides
14	283410	Nitrites
15	283620	Disodium carbonate
16	283650	Calcium carbonate
17	283711	Of sodium
18	283911	Sodium metasilicates
19	283990	Other
20	290219	Other
21	290220	Benzene
22	290243	p-Xylene
23	290544	D-glucitol (sorbitol)
24	290722	Hydroquinone (quinol) and its salts
25	290723	4,4'- Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts
26	290820	Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and esters
27	290942	Monomethyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol
28	291250	Cyclic polymers of aldehydes
29	291614	Esters of methacrylic acid
30	291619	Other
31	291631	Benzoic acid, its salts and esters
32	291735	Phthalic anhydride
33	291739	Other
34	291829	Other
35	292149	Other
36	292250	Amino-alcohol-phenols, amino-acid-phenols and other amino-compounds with oxygen function
37	292410	Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof
38	292990	Other
39	293219	Other
40	293799	Other
41	293890	Other
42	294200	Other organic compounds
43	320412	Acid dyes and mordant dyes and preparation based
44	320416	Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon
45	380290	Activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
46	381230	Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound
47	382490	Products, preparations and residual products of the chemical
48	401011	Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with metal
49	401012	Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with textile material
50	401013	Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with plastics
51	401019	Other conveyor belts or belting
52	401029	Transmission belts or belting of vulcanised rubber
53	401410	Sheath contraceptives
54	401519	Gloves, other than surgical
55	410441	Full grains, unsplit, grain splits
56	441129	Other fiberboard of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 but not exceeding 0.8 g/cm3
57	441510	Cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings; cable-drums
58	442010	Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood
59	442090	Other
60	470100	Mechanical wood pulp
61	481139	Other
62	481190	Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibers
63	481390	Other
64	481610	Carbon or similar copying papers
65	481910	Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard
66	482010	Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles
67	482040	Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets
68	482090	Other
69	482390	Other
70	490110	In single sheets, whether or not folded
71	491110	Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like
72	491191	Pictures, designs and photographs
73	491199	Other
74	700521	Float glass: colored throughout the mass (body tinted) specified, flashed or merely surface ground
75	731029	Other of cans which are to be closed by soldering or crimping with capacity less than 501
76	740110	Copper matte
77	740311	Cathode and sections of cathodes
78	750110	Nickel mattes
79	750210	Unwrought nickel – nickel, not alloyed
80	780110	Refined lead
81	780191	Containing by weight antimony as the principle other element
82	800110	Unwrought tin, not alloyed
83	841090	Parts, including regulators
84	841199	Other
85	841320	Hand pumps, other than those of subheading No. 8413.11 or 8413.19
86	842839	Continuous-action elevators/conveyors for goods/material
87	842890	Other machinery
88	843221	Disc harrows
89	844820	Parts and accessories of machines of heading No. 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery
90	844832	Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing
91	844833	Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travelers
92	844839	Other
93	845530	Rolls for rolling mills
94	845590	Other parts
95	846693	For machines of headings Nos. 84.56 to 84.61
96	846789	Other
97	846930	Other typewriters, non-electric
98	847329	Other
99	848071	Injection or compression types
100	848079	Other
101	848180	Other appliances
102	848220	Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies
103	848299	Other
104	848360	Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints)
105	848410	Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal

ANNEX B

No.	6-digit HS Code	Description
1	080211	Almonds fresh or dried in shell
2	130110	Lac
3	130120	Gum Arabic
4	130190	Others
5	140110	Bamboos
6	140120	Rattans
7	140190	Other
8	170490	Other
9	252100	Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement
10	252400	Asbestos
11	253090	Other
12	260700	Lead ores and concentrates
13	260800	Zinc ores and concentrates
14	260900	Tin ores and concentrates
15	261510	Zirconium ores and concentrates
16	270112	Bituminous coal
17	270400	Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon
18	270820	Pitch coke
19	271119	Other
20	280920	Phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids
21	283327	Of barium
22	284800	Phospides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus
23	292241	Lysine and its esters; salts thereof
24	293299	Other
25	300390	Other ayurvedic homeopathic and allopathic medicine for therapeutic prophylactic uses, not put up for retail sale
26	401590	Other articles of apparel & clothing accessories
27	410110	- Whole hides and skins of bovine animals, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg when simply dried, 10 kg when dry-salted, or 14 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved
28	410121	- - Whole
29	410122	- - Butts and bends
30	410129	- - Other
31	410130	- Other hides and skins of bovine animals, otherwise preserved
32	410140	- Hides and skins of equine animals
33	410310	Raw hides & skins of goats or kids
34	410320	- Of reptiles
35	410390	- Other
36	410512	Sheep/lamb skin leather otherwise pre-tanned w/n split
37	440110	Fuel wood in logs billets etc/in similar forms
38	440130	Sawdust and wood waste/scrap whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
39	440320	Wood in rough, coniferous
40	440349	Other tropical wood
41	440392	Beech wood in rough
42	440399	Other wood in rough
43	440420	Hoopwood; non-coniferous
44	440710	Coniferous
45	440729	Other
46	440792	Of beech (Fagus spp.)
48	440810	Coniferous
49	440839	Other of tropical wood
50	440890	Veneer sheets plysheets etc of other wood
51	440920	Non-coniferous
52	441011	Waferboard, including oriented strand board of wood
53	441019	Other particle and similar board of wood
54	441213	With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter
55	441219	Hardwood plywood
56	441229	Other plywood with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (excluding one layer of particle board)
57	441299	Other plywood, veneered panels and laminated wood panel and laminated wood
58	441600	Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves
59	441820	Doors and their frames and thresholds
60	441830	Parquet panels (teak)
61	442190	Other articles excluding cloth hangers
62	480570	Other paper and paperboard, weighing more than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m²
63	481950	Other packing containers, including record sleeves
64	482311	Self-adhesive
65	560710	Twine, cordage, robes and cables of jute
66	630510	Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods made up of jute textile bast fibres: -new
67	640312	- - Ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots
68	640319	- - Other
69	640320	- Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe
70	640330	- Footwear made on a base or platform of wood, not having an inner sole or a protective metal toe-cap
71	640340	- Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap
72	640351	- - Covering the ankle
73	640359	- - Other
74	640391	- - Covering the ankle
75	640399	- - Other
76	710310	Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped
77	710391	Rubies, sapphires and emeralds
78	710399	Other
79	720854	Flat-rolled products, not in coils of a thickness <3 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled
80	722020	Cold rolled products of stainless steel of width less than 600 mm
81	830890	Other made up articles including parts
82	841191	Of turbo-jets or turbo-propellers
83	841480	Other
84	841810	Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors
85	842481	Agricultural or horticultural
86	842641	On tyres
87	842911	Track laying
88	842940	Tamping machines and road rollers
89	843131	Of lifts, skip hoists or escalators
90	843149	Other
91	843699	Other
92	845221	Automatic units
93	845229	Other
94	845230	Sewing machine needles
95	845320	Machinery for making or repairing footwear
96	846039	Other
97	846390	Other
98	847160	Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing
99	847180	Other units of automatic data processing machines
100	847920	Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils
101	847950	Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included
102	848190	Parts
103	854129	Other transistors, other than photosensitive transistors
104	851180	Other equipment
105	870899	Other parts and accessories of vehicles of heading 8701-870
106	902290	Other apparatus including parts and accessories of heading 9022
107	920790	Other
108	940330	Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices
109	940360	Other wooden furniture
110	960310	Broom and brushes
111	960629	Other buttons

ANNEX C

POSSIBLE AREAS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND ASEAN UNDER THE EARLY HARVEST PROGRAMME

No	Areas of Economic Cooperation
A. Trade and investment promotion and facilitation activities
1	Enhancement of India-ASEAN web linkages to enable better exchange of information on: customs procedures, rules and regulations; non-tariff measures (NTMs), including sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT); intellectual property rights (IPR) rules and regulations; investment rules and regulations; and biotechnology. Identification of focal points in India and ASEAN for the areas highlighted above.
2	Trade and investment promotion activities in India and ASEAN via seminars, workshops and trade and investment missions.
3	Facilitation of travel for business people through measures such as simplification of documentation, including visas and fees.
4	Cooperation in the marketing and trading of agro-products.
B. Human Resource Development (HRD), Technical Cooperation & Research and Development (R&D)
5	Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and family-owned businesses, including training in entrepreneurship and information and communications technology (ICT).
6	ICT and e-commerce.
7	Cooperation among intellectual property rights (IPR) agencies in India and ASEAN, including patents and enforcement of IPR rules and regulations.
8	Technical cooperation in areas such as: Standards and quality control in agriculture products and agro-processing; Production of pulp and paper from non-wood materials; and Production of pulses, cotton and sugar cane.
9	Exchange of publications and information on cotton, jute, kenaf and other textile products.
10	Training in lapidary and mine management and safety.
11	Establishment of twinning programmes between educational and research institutes.
C. Other Areas of Cooperation
12	Cooperation between tourism agencies of India and ASEAN to boost travel between the two regions.
13	Business process outsourcing.
14	Media and entertainment services.
15	Environmental services.