WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/SLV/21 
1 March 2004 
 
 (04-0908) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following communication, dated 23 February 2004, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of El Salvador .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas 
(Table MA.1 ) for the calendar year 2004 . 
  
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Page 2 Table MA.1 
MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2004 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  Tariff and Other Quota Commitments 
 
Description of products Tariff item No(s). encompassed in  
product description  Description of import arrangement applicable 
1 2 3 
 
Other cheese 
  
0406.90  
(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries :  None 
 
Cheddar, in blocks or in bars  0406.90.20 (b) A llocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers :  By public auction by the 
El Salvador Agricultural Commodity and Service Exchange (BOLPROES - Bolsa de 
Productos y Servicios Agropecuarios de El Salv ador).  Award certificates (Certificados de 
Adjudicación) are delivered and subsequently pr esented by the bearer to the Ministry of 
the Economy upon application for a licence to import under the preferential tariff quota, in 
accordance with the Re gulations on the Opening an d Administrati on of Quotas. 
 
  (c) Details of other arrangements :  Resolution No. 1367 of 5 December 2003  
(See Annex 1), published in Official Journal No. 6, Volume No. 362, of 12 January 2004, authorized for the period 1 January – 31 December 2004 the distribution of 59 lots, of 10 
to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "Cheddar cheese in 
blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), with an in-quota preferential tariff of 15 pe r cent and an out-of-quota rate of 40 per cent. 
 
  (d) Any other information
:  None 
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 ANNEX 1 
 
RESOLUTION No. 1367 
 WHEREAS, 
 
I. Through Decree Law No. 292, of 9 March 1995, published in Official Journal No. 78, 
Volume No. 327, of 28 April 1995, El Salva dor ratified the Agreement Establishing the 
World Trade Organization, incorporating the Agreement on Agriculture, and its tariff quota commitments are contained in Schedule No. LXXXVII, Part I, Section IB; 
 
II. Resolution No. 1155 of 16 December 2002, published in Official Journal No. 237, 
Volume No. 357, dated 16 December 2002, authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December 2003 the distribution of 56 lots, of  10 to 20 metric tonnes each, of the annual 
tariff quota of SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY METRIC TONNES (750 MT), for "cheddar 
cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406. 90.20 of the Central American Tariff System 
(SAC); 
 III. The Technical Committee on Quotas has asses sed the performance of the quota during the 
period indicated in the preceding paragraph a nd has recommended the size and number of lots 
of the tariff quota to be distributed for the period 1 January to 31 December 2004, pursuant to 
the instrument mentioned in paragraph 1; 
 IV. The Technical Committee on Quotas has decided to allocate a share for each processing plant, 
in an amount proportionate to each plant's daily purchases of liquid milk over the preceding year, 
 
THE MINISTERS OF THE ECONOMY, AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK, AND FINANCE, ON 5 DECEMBER 2003  THEREFORE:  
 In exercise of the legal powers assigned to them, 
 DECIDE:   Article 1.  To distribute for the period 1 January to 31 December 2004 through the 
El Salvador Agricultural Commodity Exchange  (BOLPROES) an annual tariff quota of SEVEN 
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-FIVE METRIC TONNES (785.0 MT) for "cheddar cheese, in blocks or 
in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), as follows: 
 
Period No. of lots Units Size of lots 
January-December 2004 59 Lots 10 to 20 MT 
 
 The El Salvador Agricultural Commodity Exch ange (BOLPROES) shall determine the size of 
the lots, within the range indicated in the above table, on the basis of the applications received. 
  Article 2.  The Directorate-General of Customs Revenue shall permit the import of the cheese 
mentioned in Article 1 of this Resolution at an  in-quota preferential tariff of 15 per cent, on 
presentation of the licence issued by the Ministry of the Economy, and an out-of-quota rate of 40 per cent.  The licence shall be valid for 90 days as from its date of issue. 
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  Article 3.  The lots shall be allocated to processing plants in a manner proportionate to the 
portion of the national liquid milk supply they ha ve purchased over the preceding year, which must 
reach at least 10,000 bottles a day.  For this purpose,  the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock shall 
certify such purchases and the Technical Committee on Quotas shall establish the list of eligible 
processing plants and the amount allocated to each plant. 
 
 Article 4.  This tariff quota allocation shall not  apply to imports originating in and proceeding 
from other Central American countries.   Article 5.  Imports permitted under Article 2 of  this Resolution shall be subject to compliance 
with the sanitary requirements set by the relevant authorities. 
  Article 6.  This Resolution shall be transm itted to the Auditor-General's Department, the 
Directorate-General of Customs Revenue, the Directorate of the Administration of Trade Treaties of the Ministry of the Economy, the Secretariat of  Central American Economic Integration, the 
El Salvador Agricultural Commodity Exchange and the Secretariat of the World Trade Organization. 
  Article 7.  This Resolution shall enter into fo rce on the day of its publication in the Official 
Journal.  
 
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