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Agreement Between
the United States of
America and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area
Annex 2.1
TARIFF ELIMINATION
1. Except as otherwise provided in a
Party�s Schedule attached to this Annex, the following staging categories apply
to the elimination of customs duties by each Party pursuant to Article 2,
paragraph 1:
(a) duties on goods provided for
in the items in staging category A in a Party�s Schedule shall be removed in
two equal annual stages beginning on January 1 of
year one, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year two;
(b) duties on goods provided for in the items in staging category B in a
Party�s
Schedule shall be removed in four equal annual stages beginning on January 1
of
year one, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year four;
(c) duties on goods provided for in the items in staging category C in a
Party�s
Schedule shall be removed in five equal annual stages beginning on January 1
of
year one, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year five;
(d) duties on goods provided for in the items in staging category D in a
Party�s
Schedule shall be removed in ten equal annual stages beginning on January 1 of
year one, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year ten;
(e) duties on goods provided for in the items in staging category E in a
Party�s
schedule shall be removed in accordance with existing WTO duty-elimination
commitments (WTO Schedule XX for the United States, and WTO Schedule
CXLVII for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan).
2. The base rate of customs duty and
staging category for determining the interim rate
of customs duty at each stage of reduction for an item are indicated for the
item in each
Party�s Schedule attached to this Annex.
3. For the purpose of the
elimination of customs duties in accordance with Article 2,
interim staged rates shall be rounded down, at least to the nearest tenth of a
percentage
point or, if the rate of duty is expressed in monetary units, at least to the
nearest 0.001 of
the official monetary unit of the Party.
Continue on to:
General Notes to the U.S. Tariff Schedule
Continue on to: General Notes to the Jordanian Tariff
Schedule
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