WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/GTM/22
17 October 2001
(01-5098)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning tariff and other quotas ( Table MA.1 ) for the calendar
year 2001 was received from the delegation of Guatemala  on 15 October 2001 .G/AG/N/GTM/22
Page 2Table MA.1
MARKET ACCESS:  Guatemala
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001
Implementation of market access opportunities:  tariff and other quota commitments
Designation of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed
in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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Apples 0808 (a) Allocation by country :  None
(b) Allocation to importers :  The quota is allocated by import
licences on a first-come-first-served basis at the request of
importers, until the authorized volume is used up.
(c) Other arrangements :  Licences are granted to enterprises
legally established in Guatemala and registered with theMinistry of the Economy.
(d) Further information :  An ad hoc commission is responsible
for the allocation of licences, consisting of the Ministries of theEconomy;  Agriculture, Livestock and Food, and PublicFinance;  the Tax Administration Office, Chamber ofCommerce and National Association of Deciduous Fruit
Producers.  The quota and its administration fall under
Government Decision No. 869-2000 and Ministerial DecisionNo. 428-97, published in the Central American OfficialGazette.
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Page 3Designation of products Tariff item number(s) encompassed
in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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Yellow maize 1005.90.20 (a) Allocation by  countries :  None
(b) Allocation to importers :  The quota is distributed in
accordance with importers' applications.  When applications
exceed the authorized volume for importation, the quota is
distributed proportionally among the interested partiesaccording to the volume of each application.
(c) Other arrangements :  The licences are granted to enterprises
legally established in Guatemala and registered with the
Ministry of the Economy.
(d) Further information :  An ad hoc commission is responsible
for the corresponding licences, consisting of the Ministries ofthe Economy;  Agriculture, Livestock and Food;  and Public
Finance;  the Tax Administration Office and representatives of
the economic agents involved in the maize-producing industry.The quota and its administration fall under GovernmentDecision No. 871-2000 and Ministerial Decision No. 425-97,published in the Central American Official Gazette.
Rice 1006 (a) Allocation by  countries :  None
(b) Allocation to importers :  The quota is distributed in
accordance with importers' applications.  When applicationsexceed the authorized volume for importation, the quota is
distributed proportionally between the interested parties
according to the volume of each application.
(c) Other arrangements :  The licences are granted to 
enterprises legally established in Guatemala and registered with the Ministry of the Economy.
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in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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(d) Further information :  An ad hoc commission is responsible
for the corresponding licences:  consisting of the Ministries ofthe Economy;  Agriculture, Livestock and Food;  and Public
Finance;  and the Tax Administration Office and
representatives of the economic agents involved in the rice-producing industry.  The establishment of the quota and itsadministration fall under Government Decision No. 870-2000,published in the Central American Official Gazette.
Cane sugar 1701.11.00 (a) Allocation by countries :  None.
(b) Allocation to importers :  The quota is distributed on a first-
come-first-served basis.  When the amount to be allocated isexceeded, the quota is a llocated proportionally.
(c) Other arrangements :  The licences are granted to enterprises
legally established in Guatemala and registered with theMinistry of the Economy.  In-quota imports are on an annualbasis.
(d) Further information :  The annual limit of the quota is 5,000
metric tonnes.  Its authorization and administration is carried
out by the Ministry of the Economy under GovernmentDecision No. 151-2000, published in the Central AmericanOfficial Gazette.
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in product descriptionDescription of import arrangement applicable
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Wheat or meslin flour 1101.00.00 (a) Allocation by countries :  None.
(b) Allocation to importers :  The quota is distributed in
accordance with the importers' applications.  When
applications exceed the authori zed volume for importation, the
quota is distributed proportionally between the interestedparties according to the volume of each application.
(c) Other arrangements :  The licences are granted to enterprises
legally established in Guatemala and registered with theMinistry of the Economy.  In-quota imports are broken downequally into quarterly periods.
(d) Further information :  An ad-hoc commission is responsible
for the corresponding licences, consisting of the Ministries of
the Economy;  Agriculture, Livestock and Food;  Public Healthand Social Welfare, and Public Finance;  and the TaxAdministration Office.  The quota and its administration fallunder Government Decision No. 169-2001, published in theCentral American Official Gazette.
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