HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2022 EDITION FAO on behalf of

HARMONIZED SYSTEM 2022 EDITION • FAO on behalf of the Intersecretariat Working Group (IWG) on Forest Sector Statistics (Eurostat, FAO, ITTO and UNECE) submitted a proposal for amendments to WCO in April 2017. • Proposal includes: – Proposed Amendments – Justification (rationale): Statistical Data (50 mln threshold for 6 -digit and 100 mln for 4 digit) and Identification criteria (photo, description). • ‘January 2020, 49 new HS codes forest products (11 for edible insects and NWFPs + 38 for wood products), the scope of 9 codes improved (1 for NWFPs and 8 for wood products). WCO 2009 -2020: Harmonized System nomenclature (HS): § HS 2012 edition (1 new code, wood pellets) § HS 2017 edition (31 new codes, coniferous/non-coniferous, species, dimensions, agglomerated/non-agglomerated, prefabricated wooden buildings) § HS 2022 edition (49 new codes, wood and non-wood forest products)

JUSTIFICATIONS • Type I Threshold data: Commodities with world trade value (namely data for either import or export) exceeding US$ 50 million for subheadings and US$ 100 million for headings. • TYPE II Food security data • TYPE III Data on endangered species in need to be monitored • TYPE IV Data on goods of environmental concern including waste management

HS 2022 STRUCTURE: STEPS THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE HARMONIZED COMMODITY DESCRIPTION AND CODING SYSTEM 2022 edition WCO Council Harmonized System Committee HS Review Sub. Committee FAO observer member (no vote) New HS 2022 in force: 1 January 2022 Final approval: January 2020 Completed: June 2019 Insect codes discussed: March 2019 Provisionally approved: September 2018 FAO and UNECE attended: FAO observer member (no vote) June 2018 December 2017 June 2017 Proposal for amendments submitted: April 2017 http: //www. wcoomd. org/en/media/newsroom/2020/january/wco-has-published-accepted-amendments-to-hs-2022. aspx

SUMMARY: IWG’S PROPOSAL FOR HS 2022 (as of 3/2/2020) Wood, paper products, furniture Approved codes by WCO HS Committee 37 NWFPs (and related) 12 (Briquettes, sawdust, charcoal, teak, LVL, EWPs, tropical, wooden furniture & parts) (edible insects, mushrooms, pine nuts, bark of Prunus africana) Improved scope of codes (“Other”) 7 3 Rejected by WCO 13 0 (recovered post-consumer wood; fibreboard; sanitary towels/tampons/napkins of pulp/paper/cellulose)

APPROVED WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS Wood briquettes Laminated veneered lumber (LVL) Sawdust Wooden furniture & parts • of tropical wood • of wood Wood charcoal of shell or nut Teak Engineered structural timber products: Glulam Engineered structural timber products: CLT + coffins

List of changes between HS 2017 and 2022 • See file at http: //www. unece. org/fileadmin/DAM/timber/meetings/202 0/20200326/hs 2022 -final-list-accepted-items. pdf

PLANS FOR HS 2027 • The World Customs Organization will start preparing the HS 2027 starting in 2022, aiming to finish by 2024. • ECE and FAO will prepare a plan for collecting views from our members on what changes they would like to see for HS 2027. We will present this plan at 2021 meeting of the Team and Working Party. • During early 2022, after collecting views, we will prepare a proposal, justifying any changes. • There will be meetings every 6 months of HS Review Subcommittee. We aim to make our proposal at the first or second meeting of the Sub-committee, either in spring or fall of 2022.