G/MA/QR/8  
 
6 November 2019  
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Committee on Market Access    
 
 STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS UNDER THE  
DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS ( G/L/59/REV.1 ) 
REPORT BY THE SECRET ARIAT1 
1. The Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions2 provides that "Members 
shall make complete notifications of all quantitative restrictions in force by 30  September  2012 and 
at two  yearly intervals thereafter.  They should also notify changes to those quantitative restrictions 
as soon as possible, but no t later than six months from their entry into force".3 This report  has been 
prepared by the Secretariat  pursuant to paragraph 7 of the  Decision4. 
 
2.  As of 30 October  2019, a total  of 40 Members5 have submitted  at least one  notification of QRs in 
force. For each biennial period, the following notifications have been received:  
 
2012 -2014 : 31 notifications from 22 Members.  
2014 -2016 : 39 notifications from 34 Members.  
2016 -2018 : 33 notifications from 31 Members.  
2018 -2020 : 28 notifications from 24 Members . 
 
3. The complete list of notifications received by the Secretariat is provided in the Annex.  
 
                                                
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 Adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22 June 2012 (G/L/59/Rev.1).  
3 G/L/59/Rev.1, paragraph 1.  
4 This provision states: "The Secretariat shall circulate yearly a report listing: i) the WTO Members having 
made a notification; ii) the type of notification made (i.e. whether "complete", "changes" or "reverse"); iii) the date  
of the notification and the period covered by it; iv) the sections of the notification in which information was provided 
(i.e. Sections 1 or 2); and v) whether the Secretariat informed the Member that information was missing."  
5 The European Union is coun ted as one Member throughout this document.   
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- 2 - ANNEX  
QR NOTIFICATIONS SUB MITTED PURSUANT TO G /L/59/REV.1  
Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Afghanistan  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  29/07/2016  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 / 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/ 2 27/09/2019  Complete  x  x 
Albania  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ ALB/1  20/11/2018  Complete  x  x 
Angola  None       
Antigua and Barbuda  None       
Argentina  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1  16/04/2018  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.1  16/04/2018  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.2  18/07/2018  Complete  x x x 
Armenia  None       
Australia  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  16/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3  28/07/2017  Complete  x x  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  None       
Bangladesh  None       
Barbados  None       
Belize  None       
Benin  None       
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  None       
Botswana  None  
 
       
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- 3 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Brazil  2012-2014 / 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  22/08/2016  Complete    
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2  21/09/2018  Complete  x  x 
Brunei Darussalam  None       
Burkina Faso  None       
Burundi  None       
Cabo Verde  None       
Cambodia  None       
Cameroon  None       
Canada  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  29/11/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/2  23/10/2014  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
Central African 
Republic  None       
Chad  None       
Chile  None       
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/ 4 29/01/2019 Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/4/R ev.1 29/01/2019 Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/ 5 29/01/2019 Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5/R ev.1 29/01/2019 Complete  x x  
Colombia  None       
Congo  None       
Costa Rica  
 
 
 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1/Corr.1  23/01/2013  Changes  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  03/10/2014  Complete  x    
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- 4 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Costa Rica (Cont'd)  2016-2018 /  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3  22/10/2018  Complete  x  x 
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  18/08/2014  Complete  x  
x 
Cuba 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  07/01/2013  Complete  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  24/09/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  01/09/2016  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3/Rev.1  14/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/4  04/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo  None       
Djibouti  None       
Dominica  None       
Dominican Republic  None       
Ecuador  None       
Egypt  None       
El Salvador  None       
Eswatini  None       
European Union  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  24/04/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  09/10/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/EU/3  17/01/2017  Complete  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x   
Fiji None       
Georgia  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  25/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
Gabon  None       
The Gambia  None       
Ghana  None       
Grenada  None       
Guatemala  None        
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- 5 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Guinea  None       
Guinea Bissau  None       
Guyana  None       
Haiti  None       
Honduras  None       
Hong Kong, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  28/09/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/3  23/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
Iceland  None       
India 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  16/10/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 /  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2  06/06/2018  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 /  
2016-2018 / 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2 /Add.1  17/04/2019 Complete  x x x 
Indonesia  None       
Israel  None       
Jamaica  None       
Japan  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  22/01/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Jordan  None       
Kazakhstan  
 
 2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1  03/05/2017  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1/Corr.1  14/05/2018  Changes  x    
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- 6 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Kazakhstan (Cont'd)  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2  04/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2/Rev.1  25/12/2018  Complete  x x x 
Kenya  None       
Korea, Rep. of  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/ 2 27/09/2019  Complete  x  x 
Kuwait, the State of  None       
Kyrgyz Republic  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/K GZ/1 22/07/2019  Complete  x  x 
Lao PDR  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  12/10/2014  Complete  x  
  
Lesotho  None       
Liberia  None       
Liechtenstein1 2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1  26/05/2016  Complete     
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/2  18/12/2017  Complete     
Macao, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  17/09/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  17/06/2016  Complete  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/4  14/08/2018  Complete  x x x 
Madagascar  None       
Malawi  None       
Malaysia  None       
Maldives  2014-2016 / 
2016-2018 / 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDV/1  30/10/2019  Complete  x  x 
Mali 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  05/05/2013  Complete  x  
x 
Mauritania  None       
Mauritius  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  30/10/2014  Complete  x x x 
                                                
1 Liechtenstein's communications state that the notifications of Switzerland in G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1 and G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2 should be t aken to cover Liechtenstein 
as well.   
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- 7 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Mauritius (Cont'd)  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/2  16/09/2016  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/3  09/03/2017  Complete  x  
x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/4  03/09/2018  Complete  x  x 
Mexico  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1  22/07/2016  Complete  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  26/07/2016  Complete  x  
x 
Moldova, Republic of  None       
Mongolia  None       
Montenegro  None       
Morocco  None       
Mozambique  None       
Myanmar  None       
Namibia  None       
Nepal  None       
New Zealand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  12/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/3  14/05/2018  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/4  25/10/2019  Complete  x x x 
Nicaragua  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  22/09/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  14/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/ 3 30/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Niger  None       
Nigeria  None       
North Macedonia  None       
Norway  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/N OR/1 06/05/2019  Complete  x x x 
Oman  None       
Pakistan  None        
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- 8 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Panama  None       
Papua New Guinea  None       
Paraguay  None       
Peru 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  28/08/2013  Complete  x  
x 
Philippines  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  19/05/2015  Complete  x x x 
Qatar  None       
Russian Federation  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  14/09/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  21/02/2013  Changes  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  18/09/2014  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  27/09/2016  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3/Corr.1  25/04/2018  Changes  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/ 4 07/05/2019 Complete  x  x 
Rwanda  None       
Saint Kitts and Nevis   None       
Saint Lucia  None       
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  None       
Samoa  None       
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  None       
Senegal  None       
Seychelles  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SYC/1  10/01/2018  Complete  x x x 
Sierra Leone  None       
Singapore  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  06/05/2013  Complete  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  15/04/2015  Complete  x  
x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3  22/05/2017  Complete  x  
x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/ 4 21/11/2018  Complete  x x x  
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- 9 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Solomon Islands  None       
South Africa  None       
Sri Lanka  None       
Suriname  None       
Switzerland  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1  11/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/Add.1  26/05/2014  Changes  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/Add.1/Corr.1  10/06/2014  Changes  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2  10/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
Chinese Taipei  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  29/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  17/11/2014  Changes  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  21/07/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/3  03/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
Tajikistan  None       
Tanzania  None       
Thailand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  22/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  23/11/2012  Changes  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/ 2 28/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 / 
2016-2018 / 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/ 2/Add.1  28/03/2019  Complete  x x x 
Togo  None       
Tonga  None       
Trinidad and Tobago  None       
Tunisia  None       
Turkey  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x  
x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  22/11/2012  Changes  x  
x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/ 2 30/10/2019  Complete  x  x  
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- 10 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Uganda  None  
      
Ukraine  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  28/09/2012  Complete   
x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes   
x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  20/08/2013  Changes   
x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  17/12/2013  Changes   
x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  06/09/2016  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1  16/02/2017  Changes  x  
x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1/Corr.1  16/02/2017  Changes    
x 
2016-2018 / 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4  11/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.1  11/03/2019  Changes  x  x 
United Arab Emirates  None       
United States  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  05/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/USA/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4  30/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Uruguay  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  08/01/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/URY/2  04/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/URY/ 3 21/10/2019  Complete  x x  
Vanuatu  None       
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  None       
Viet Nam  None       
Yemen  None       
Zambia  None        
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- 11 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Zimbabwe  None       
 x: Yes 
 
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