WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/ISR/1
20September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3714)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattachednotificationconcerningtheadministrationoftariffquotas(TableMA:1)wasreceived
on18September 1996 from thedelegation ofIsrael .G/AG/N/ISR/1
Page2Table MA: 1
Market Access: Israel
Reporting Period: 1996*
Implementation ofmarket access opportunities: tariff andother quota commitments
*This istheinitial implementation report
Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
1 2 3
Sheep andgoats, fresh chilled orfrozen 02.04 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areissued toallapplicants onapro-rata basis.
Milk andcream; concentrated powder
granules; offatcontents notexceeding 1.5%0402.1000 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areissued :(a)unrestrictedly tomanufacturers
ofchocolate, sweets, babyfood andanimal feed;
(b)theremaining, toothers onafirst-come-
first-served-basis.G/AG/N/ISR/1
Page3Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
1 2 3
Milk andcream; concentrated powder
granules; offatcontents exceeding 1.5%0402.2000 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areissued: (a)unrestrictedly tomanufacturers
ofchocolate, sweets, babyfood andanimal feed;
(b)theremaining, toothers onafirst-come-
first-served-basis.
Processed cheese
Other cheese0406.3000
0406.9000(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
allocation isfirstmade toimports covered by
overlapping freetrade areaagreements
(currently, EC). Thisallocation alsoreflects
pasttrade. Remainder isavailable toall
supplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofAgriculture; (ii)requests for
licences maybesubmitted byretail chains,
pizza chains, dairies, foodbrokers, andothers.
(iii)Each classofimporter isallocated a
percentage ofthetotalquota. Aminimum
allocation quantity isspecified. Incaseof
excess requests, allocations aredetermined by
lottery foreachclassofimporter; (iv)licences
arevalid untiltheendofthecalendar year.G/AG/N/ISR/1
Page4Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
1 2 3
(d)Other information: in1996 thequota is
allocated inthree tranches inthecourse ofthe
year. Licences aretransferable between
importers bypower ofattorney.
Prunes
Walnuts0813.2000
0802.3000(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isallocated totheU.S.under FTA
agreement.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areallocated onalottery basis.
Theapplied MFN dutyisequal tothein-tariff
quota rate,forallquantities. There isnoneed
forallocation ofthequota.
Wheat andmeslin 1001 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
Overlapping FTAimports maybeincluded in
thequota.
(b)TheMinistry ofAgriculture issues licences
forfeedwheat forallimporters, upon request,
without quantitative limit. TheMinistry of
Industry andTrade issues licences fornon-feed
wheat toallimporters whomeetdomestic
purchase requirements.G/AG/N/ISR/1
Page5Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
1 2 3
Edible fatsandoils
Sweet corn
Citrus fruitconcentrated1516
2005.8000
2009.1000
2009.2000
2009.3000Theapplied MFN dutyisequal tothein-tariff
quota rate,forallquantities. There isnoneed
forallocation ofthequota.
(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areallocated onafirst-come-first-served basis.
(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Allocation oflicences orofaccess to
importers: (i)Licences areissued bythe
Ministry ofIndustry andTrade; (ii)Licences
areissued forshipments according topast
performance.
Agglomerated Quota:
Purebreed breeding bovine, live 0102.1000 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Licences arenotrequired. Access isnot
restricted.G/AG/N/ISR/1
Page6Description ofProducts Tariff itemnumber(s) encompassed in
product descriptionDescription ofimport arrangement applicable
1 2 3
Other livebovine 0102.9000 (a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Licences areissued bytheMinistry of
Agriculture, tocattle farmers, forcalves
weighing notmore than295kg.each.
5,250 headareallocated, onafirst-come-first-
served basis; (b)Licences arealsoissued by
theMinistry ofAgriculture, toallapplicants,
forcalves weighing more than295kg.each.
1,250 headareallocated onafirst-come-first-
served basis.
Meat, fresh orchilled, ofbovine 0201 (b)Licences areissued bytheMinistry of
Industry andTrade onafirst-come-first-served
basis.
Meat, frozen, ofbovine
Edible offalofbovine, fresh orchilled
Edible offalofbovine, frozen0202
0206.1000
0206.2000(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Licences arenotrequired. Access isnot
restricted.
Sausages ofbovine
Prepared meatofbovine
Other meatproducts ofbovine1601
1602
1603(a)Allocation ofquotas tosupplying countries:
thequota isavailable toallsupplying countries.
(b)Licences arenotrequired. Access isnot
restricted.