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Section 5) Electronics and Electrical Industry

= Zone 1 = Zone 2 = Zone 3
Description Must be located in
5.1 Manufacture of electrical industrial machinery or apparatus (38310) except that manufacture of electric motors below 11 horse-power or transformers must be in Zone 3.
5.2 Manufacture of electrical products
  • Manufacture of household appliances (38291)
  • Manufacture of air conditioners (38292)
  • Manufacture of electrical appliances or housewares (38330)
5.3 Manufacture of electric lamps (38393) Except energy saving electric lamps must be located in Zone 2 or 3.
5.4 Manufacture of batteries or cells (38392) Except dry batteries make by manganese-dioxide size um1, um2, um3, Electric power 1.5 volt and car's batteries must be located in Zone 3.
5.5 Manufacture of electrical equipment (38399)
5.6 Manufacture of electronic products
*Conditions:
  1. Manufacture of office, computing or accounting machinery (38250)
    • Calculators
    • Computers
    • Office automation machines for word processing, desktop publishing, photo copying or electronic typewriters.
    Must be located in Zone 2 or 3.

  2. Manufacture of household machinery and appliances (38291)
    • Microwave ovens
    • Other personal electronic appliances
    Must be located in Zone 3.

  3. Manufacture of industrial automation equipment (38310)
    • Electronic temperature controls
    • Robotics
    • Machine vision devices
    • Material handling equipment
    Must be located in Zone 2 or 3.

  4. Manufacture of radio, television or telecommunication equipment and apparatus (38320)
    • Televisions
    • Video cassette recorders and players
    • Videodisc systems
    • Video text systems
    • Radios
    • Car radios
    • Radio-tape recorders and players
    • Audio systems
    • Compact disc players
    • Digital audio tape players
    • Home intercom systems
    • Radio equipment, including mobile radio equipment, amateur radio equipment, citizens band transceivers, microwave communication equipment, broadcast systems, or paging systems
    • Radar
    • Telecommunications equipment, including voice switching systems, telegraph carrier equipment, telephones, or cellular telephone
    • Fiber-optic communication systems
    • Data-communication equipment
    • Television broadcasting equipment
    • Facsimile machines
    Must be located in Zone 2 or 3 except manufacture of televisions, video cassette recorders and players, radios, car radios, radio-tape recorders and players, audio systems, compact disk players, or digital audio tape players which must be in Zone 3.

  5. Manufacture of professional and scientific measuring and controlling equipment not elsewhere classified, and of photographic and optical goods (38500)
    • Intrusion alarms
    • Emergency alarms
    • Video cameras
    • Electronic cameras
    • Watches and clocks
    • Home lighting and appliance controllers
    • Testing, measuring and analyzing equipment
    • Power supplies for electronics uses
    • Nuclear electronic equipment
    • Medical electronic equipment, including diagnostic equipment, therapeutic equipment, surgical and medical instruments, patient monitoring equipment
    • Lasers
    Must be located in Zone 2 or 3.

  6. Manufacture of electronic musical instruments (39020)
    Must be located in Zone 2 or 3.
Condition 1 :

Condition 2 :

Condition 3 :

Condition 4 :
except manufacture of televisions, video cassette recorders and players, radios, car radios, radio-tape recorders and players, audio systems, compact disk players, or digital audio tape players which must be in Zone 3.

Condition 5 :

Condition 6 :

5.7 Manufacture of parts or supplies used for electronic apparatuses
  • Manufacture of radio, television and telecommunication equipment or supplies (38320)
    • Diodes
    • Transistors
    • Thyristors
    • Integrated circuits
    • Opt o-electronic devices
    • Wafers
    • Resistors
    • Capacitors
    • Relays
    • Switches and keyboards
    • Magnetic components, including telescopic antennas, transformers lower than 1 KVA., coils, and other magnetic components
    • Transducers
    • Quartz crystals
    • Passive filters and networks, including electro-mechanical filters, RFI and EMI filters, RC networks, delay lines, attenuators
    • Connectors
    • Printed circuit boards
    • Plugs and sockets
    • Acoustic parts, including microphones, ear-phones, loudspeakers and accessories, head-phones, cartridges or others
    • Micro-motors
    • Electronic tubes
    • Microwave telecommunication components, including microwave switches and ferrite devices
    • Computer components, including storage equipment, optical discs, terminals, keyboards, printers, computer communication equipment
    • Electronic subassemblies, including printed circuit board assemblies or electro-mechanical subassemblies
except that color television picture tubes of 12 to 27 inches must be wholly exported, This exception is valid until January 21, 1995.
5.8 Manufacture of insulated wires and cables (38391)
5.9 Manufacture of flat, shielded, coaxial or signal cables (38391)

End of Section 5

  1. Agriculture and Agricultural Products
  2. Minerals. Metals, and Ceramics
  3. Light Industry
  4. Manufacture of Metal Products, Machinery, and Transport Equipment
  5. Electronics and Electrical Industry
  6. Chemical Industry, Paper and Plastics
  7. Services and Public Utilities

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