RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
1 November 2004 
 (04-4632) 
Committee on Agriculture 
Special Session  
 
TARIFF AND OTHER INFORMATION ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
 
Note by the Secretariat1 
 
Revision  
 
Introduction 
1. This note provides an up-to-date overview of th e tariff and other information on agricultural 
products available in the Secretariat.  It describ es sources of information of the kind contained in 
Table 1 . The note is intended to serve as an index.  It does not in itself contain the information 
referenced.  
Table 1:  Information relevant to this paper 
 MFN base duties  Tariff quota commitments 
 MFN bound duties Special ag ricultural safeguard (SSG) 
 MFN applied duties Export subsidy commitments 
 Preferential duties Domestic support commitments 
 Other duties and charges (ODC) Imports 
 
 
2. Two main in-house sources are relevant to this  note: the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) 
database and the Integrated Database (IDB).  A vari ety of documents containing tariff information is 
also available, including papers prepared in the context of the Process of Analysis and Information 
Exchange (AIE papers) and the Special Sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (G/AG/NG/S and 
TN/AG/S series).  Background papers prepared by  the Market Access Division, the Economic 
Research and Statistics Division and the Development Division, as well as reports prepared by the Secretariat for the purposes of the Trade Policy Review Mechanism or the Committee on Trade and 
Development, are also of relevance to this note.  While these sources are for the most part not in the 
form of databases, they are, like the CTS and the IDB, accessible electronically. 
The Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database  
3. The CTS database contains Members' commitme nts on goods made in the context of the 
Uruguay Round and previous negotiations.  The database also incorporates post-Uruguay Round 
concessions, such as certified rectifications, the schedules of recently-acceded Members, etc.  The 
purpose of the database is to accurately reflect Me mbers' concessions on goods in a standardized 
format and to serve as a practical working to ol for Members and the Secretariat,  without 
implications as to the legal status of the information contained therein
2. 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO 
2 The CTS database project was approved by the Committee on Market Access at its November 1998 
meeting and started in April 1999 when the Government of the United Kingdom provided the necessary funds. 
In July 2000, the Co mmittee on Market Access agreed on the databa se formats for tari ff quotas and other 
specific commitments in agri culture, such as domestic support and export subsidies (refer to G/MA/110).  The TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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4. The term "consolidated" means that for each Me mber, the database contains all commitments 
to-date in one listing and in the latest nomenclat ure adopted by the Member (for example, HS 1996 
for Members that have had their HS 1996 documentati on circulated and/or certified).  In this regard, 
it should be noted that the database will need to be  updated to reflect changes to schedules resulting 
from the implementation of HS 2002 changes.
3  Table 2  illustrates the elements of information 
included in the CTS database.  Annex A  to this note contains more detailed explanations of these 
elements.  
Table 2: Data elements  in the CTS Database  
Tariff commitments (Source: G/MA/63 ) 
Tariff line  Bound duty First Lega l Instrument (if available) 
Tariff suffix (ex) Special agricultural safeguard Other Duties and Charges 
Source of concession Implementation period from Comments 
Certification indicator Implementation period to  
Product level Present INR (if available)   
Product description Earlier INRs (if available)   
Base duty  Earlier conce ssions (if available)   
Base duty – binding Present Legal Instrument   
Agricultural commitmen ts: Tariff quotas (Source: G/MA/110 ) 
Tariff quota ID Initial in-quota quantity Comments 
Type of access Final in-quota du ty Country allocation - Partner 
Tariff line Final in-quota duty units C ountry allocation – Base quantity 
Tariff suffix (ex) Implementation period from Country allocation – Final quantity 
Source Implementation period to C ountry allocation – quantity units 
Certification indicator Present INR A nnual country allocations -Partner  
Product level Legal Instrument Annual coun try allocations – Quantity year 1 to n 
Product description Type of access 
Base in-quota duty Ot her terms and conditions Concordance – In-quota tariff line and suffix and 
corresponding out-of-quota tariff line and suffix  
Base in-quota duty units Other terms and c onditions - Footer  
Agricultural commitments: Export subsidies  (Source: G/MA/110 ) 
Export subsidy ID Base outlay value Commitments limiting the scope– product 
description 
Tariff line  Outlay value year 1 to n Commitments limiting the scope– commitment 
description 
Tariff suffix (ex) Quantity unit 
Source of commitment Base quantity 
Certification indicator Quantity year 1 to n Concordance – Export subsidy tariff line and 
suffix and corresponding concession tariff line and 
suffix 
Description of commitment Notes   
Currency unit Relevant supporting tables and references  
Agricultural commitments: Domestic support  (Source: G/MA/110 ) 
Source of commitment Base total AMS Notes 
Certification indicator Commitment value year 1 to n  
Currency unit Relevant supporting ta bles and document references 
                                                                                                                                                                     
project was extended from November 2000 to March 2001 to include Members'  specific commitments in 
agriculture in the database. The CTS database and the project itself are described in G/MA/63, dated 18 June 
1999 and in G/MA/110, dated 31 July 2000. 
3 A project to update the CTS database to the HS 2002 nomenclature is currently being examined by the 
Committee on Market Access.  See JOB (04)/95 an d JOB (04)/95/Add.1 fo r more information.  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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5. In 2000 and 2001, the Secretariat completed th e consolidation of the tariff concessions and 
agricultural commitments4 of all developing country Members and sent the files to these Members 
for review and approval.  Eleven Members5 prepared the information themselves for inclusion in the 
CTS database (both tariff concessions and agricu ltural commitments). The CTS files for more 
recently acceded Members have also been prepared  by the Secretariat.  Rectifications and 
modifications that were circulated or certified af ter the CTS files were first prepared in 1999-2001 
have, for the most part, been in corporated in the database.   
6. As concerns the European Communities (EC), it s hould be noted that its CTS file reflects the 
contents of Schedule CXL (EC 15), which was circulated in 1996 as document G/L/65.  The EC, in submitting this schedule, indicated that Article XXI V:6 negotiations had been  concluded with most 
but not all trading partners.  Since 1996, a number of rectifications to Schedule CXL have been 
circulated, some of which have been certified.  Th e Secretariat has included all of these rectifications 
in the EC's CTS file and the CTS certificati on flag has been updated where appropriate.  All 
statistical information relating to the EC in the present note is based on that CTS file, which will 
continue to be updated by the Secretaria t as rectifications are circulated.   
7. Members can, at any time, provide comments on their CTS information directly to the 
Secretariat.  As comments are received, they ar e incorporated into th e CTS database by the 
Secretariat and distributed to Members via the Internet File Transfer Facility (see paragraph 14 below).  All comments received so far have been incorporated in the database.  In June and 
December of each year, the Secretariat issues a CD-ROM containing the latest approved versions of all Members CTS files.   
The Integrated Data Base  (IDB)  
8. The information contained in the IDB covers tari ffs and imports at the tariff line level for each 
Member that has made submissions.
6  With respect to tariffs, Me mbers have committed themselves 
to provide MFN applied and current bound duties on an annual basis.7  Provision of ad valorem  
equivalents (AVEs) of specific, mixed, compound, and other duties, and provision of preferential 
duties are optional.  To-date, only a few Members have provided AVEs for their MFN applied duties 
on a regular basis.8  Furthermore, eight Members have pr ovided GSP duties, eight have provided 
LDC duties and 15 have provided other preferential du ties, for one or more years, as reflected in 
Annex Table B.2 .  With respect to trade information, im ports are notified on a tariff line basis and 
by country of origin. The IDB data elements  to be supplied by Members are shown in Table 3 
below. 
                                                      
4 The database contains proposed rectifications and modifications, which had already been circulated at 
the time the files were under preparation.  For inst ance, if a Member's HS 1996 documentation had been 
circulated but not certified during the preparation of the corresponding file, the propos ed changes were included 
in the database.  The database contains a flag reflecting certification status.    
5 Australia, Canada, the European Communities, H ungary, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, 
Poland, Switzerland and the United States. 
6 The original decision to create the IDB was ta ken by the GATT Council in November 1987 (BISD 
34S, pp. 66-67 refers).  The annual  submission of tariffs and imports became a notification requirement in 
July 1997 (WT/L/225 refers). 
7 Information on current-year tariffs by 30 March, and imports for the previous year by 30 September. 
8 The European Communities have provided AVEs for MFN current bound duties for the years 1996-
2000.  Australia and Jordan have provided AVEs for MFN applied duties for the years 1999-2000 respectively.  
The United States have provided AVEs of MFN applied duties for the years 1996-2003.  However, some of these Members, have not supplied AVEs for so me tariff lines with trade information.  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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 Table 3:  Data elements to be supplied by Members for the IDB  
 Imports  Tariffs  References  
 - Tariff line number 
 
- Partner 
 
- Customs value 
 
- Quantity 1-Unit 1 
 
- Quantity 2-Unit 2  - Tariff line number 
 
- Tariff suffix  
 
- Product description 
 
- MFN duty : current bound and 
applied duties (ad valorem, 
specific, mixed, compound  
or other duty) 
 
- Other (on a voluntary basis): 
preferential duties, etc. 
 
- Partner country 
  
- Binding code, coverage  
 
- Notes 
  - Tariff nomenclature (HS 1992, 
HS 1996, HS 2002) 
- System of trade (general or 
special) 
- Year of imports 
- Imports exchange rate including 
where applicable, the spread over 
the year (if reported in national 
currency) 
- Imports currency unit 
- Imports valuation basis (c.i.f., 
f.o.b., f.a.s.), as applicable 
- National country codes and 
quantity codes 
- Tariff relationship between the 
importing Member and each 
trading partner 
- Year of tariffs 
- Duty averaging method (simple or 
weighted) 
- Calculation method for AVEs, as 
applicable  
- Duty currency unit (for mixed, 
compound duties) 
- Duty assessment (net weight, gross 
weight) 
-  National correlations between 
imports and tariff nomenclatures 
for a given year and between tariff nomenclatures for year n and n-1  
       
Source:  Guidelines for Supplying PC IDB Subm issions, G/MA/IDB/W/6, dated  15 June 2000. 
 
9. A total of 122 Members are currently required to make submissions.9  As of 25 October 2004, 
107 Members had submitted at least one tariff schedule or import file for one year in response to the 
IDB notification requirement, representing around 88  per cent of the WTO membership. The value 
of responding Members' imports accounts for close to  100 per cent of the imports of all Members.  
Annex Table B.1  presents the situation of IDB submissions for more recent years by Member 
(1999-2003 for import data, and 2001-2004 for duties). Fo r information relating to previous years, 
the latest revision of document G/MA/IDB/2 can be consulted. 
10. Following recommendations of the Committee on Ma rket Access, a "Multilateral Appraisal of 
the Operation of the Integrated Data Base and related Technical Assistance Activities" was 
conducted in 2001 and yielded a number of suggesti ons aimed at improving the coverage of the 
IDB.10  Some recommendations stemming from the a ppraisal process, such as the establishment of 
IDB focal points in delegations a nd national capitals and the annual planning of technical assistance 
activities, have already been implemented.  At th e request of the Chair of the Committee on Market 
Access, the Secretariat has actively encouraged subm issions to the IDB either in technical assistance 
activities or directly with Geneva-based delegations.  Furthermore, technical assistance activities for 
                                                      
9The total number of Members is 122 as the EC and its member States (25) and 
Switzerland/Liechtenstein are counted, respectively, as one.  A cceding countries and territories may also provide 
submissions to the IDB.  Currently five accedi ng countries have supplied such information. 
10 See documents G/MA/IDB/4 and G/MA/IDB/W/8-12.  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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the IDB and CTS are carried out on a regular basis, at the national and regional levels, as well as in 
Geneva, in the context of WTO Trade Policy Cours es and in other technical assistance activities.  
11. Table 4 summarizes the market access information included in the CTS and IDB databases.  
It indicates which source contains what information and for how many Members. 
Table 4: Summary of WTO info rmation on tariffs and imports from the CTS and  IDB  
Type of information Number of Members for which 
information is available1 Source 
MFN base duties 122 CTS 
MFN bound duties 122 CTS 
Other duties and charges  122 CTS 
Other commitments in agriculture all relevant Members2 CTS 
Special agricultural safeguard  all relevant Members2 CTS 
MFN applied duties 1053 IDB 
Imports 873 IDB 
1 The EC and its member States and Switzerland /Liechtenstein are, re spectively, counted as 
one.  Notes: 
2 Includes tariff quotas, domes tic support, and export subs idy reduction commitments.  
 3 IDB imports and MFN applied duties reflect information received in at least one of the 
reporting years from 1996.  For imports and applied duties, the number of Members 
presented in this table differs from the total s ubmission counts presented in Annex Table B.1.  
This is because the number of Members in the present table covers all submissions received since 1996, whereas the submission counts repor ted in Annex Table B.1 cover only more 
recent years. 
Source: CTS and IDB administrative records as of 25 October 2004. 
Linking the IDB and the CTS Databases 
12. In order to obtain a fuller picture of relevant  market access information, the CTS and IDB 
databases need to be linked.  For example, shoul d Members wish to make a comparison between the 
MFN final bound duty and the MFN current applied duty for a certain product, both the IDB and the 
CTS may have to be consulted.  The IDB contai ns MFN applied duties, and when supplied, the 
current bound duties (staged reduction).  On the other hand, the final bound duties are recorded in the CTS.  Conversely, the CTS has no informati on on imports, applied duties, current bound duties 
and preferential duties, but these data may be obtained from the IDB.   
13. The Secretariat has developed the link between  the CTS and the IDB for those Members for 
which IDB files are available for a recent year (in general 2001).  The MFN final bound duties from 
the CTS were added to IDB files and the nationa l IDB tariff nomenclature and binding codes were 
adjusted where necessary.  So far, 57 of these linke d files were posted to the IDB/CTS Internet File 
Transfer Facility.  Further files will be posted as s oon as the link has been prepared.   With respect to 
analytical facilities, the IDB/CTS Internet Analysis  Facility (IAF, described below) will be enhanced 
in the near future to operate from the linked fil es to enable Members to extract data and make 
comparisons and other analyses
11 (see document TN/AG/S/3 for report examples, many of which are 
                                                      
11  The Committee on Market Access agr eed that both the "regular" ID B files and the linked IDB files 
are to be retained.  Minor application changes are requ ired to include the linked IDB-CTS files in the IAF, 
because the database will have two file s, one with, and one without, final b ound duties, for the same reporter and 
year.  The IDB CD-ROM will contain only the linked files. TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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currently available in the IAF application).  The linked files will also be included in the IDB CD-
ROM, the "portable" IAF, and will be made availa ble for the other software applications described 
below. 
IDB and CTS Dissemination and Analytical Software
12 
14. The IDB and CTS databases are accessible to all WTO Members via the password-protected 
IDB/CTS Internet File Transfer Facility on the Members web site (or directly at https://sft.wto.org ), 
where users can download IDB and CTS files to their personal computers.  This facility is available 
in English, French and Spanish language versions.  Passwords are issued to Heads of Delegations 
and the web site is updated on a monthly basis.  Twice a year, all Memb ers receive the IDB CD-
ROM, which contains all approved IDB files and an  application (available in English) for their 
analysis.  As noted previously, a CD-ROM contai ning the approved CTS files of all Members is 
distributed at the same time. 
15. The Secretariat has developed analytical softwa re - the IDB/CTS Internet Analysis Facility 
(IAF), which is available in English, French a nd Spanish language versions .  Members have been 
given access to this password-protected13 web application, via the Members web site (or directly at 
http://iaf.wto.org ).  The IAF allows users to prepare da tabase queries, view, export and print the 
results, and define and save queries for future use.   It provides facilities for product selection based 
on the WTO definition of agricultural and other pr oducts, and also on the full HS nomenclature.  
Tariff line selection according to optional tariff and trad e criteria can also be specified (e.g. level of 
duties, trade value threshold for a given supp lier, rank and share of supplier, etc).  Table 5  lists the 
reports currently available in the IAF. 
Table 5: IAF Reports  
1. Tariff Line Report 
2. Tariff Averages and Imports Report 
3. Tariff and Trade Profiles Report 
4. Principal Products Report 
5. Principal Suppliers Report 
6. Status of Bindings Report 
7. Duties Comparison Report 
8. Total AMS Reduction Commitments by Member Report 
  
 
16. The IAF is progressively being enhanced to provi de additional reports and new features.  The 
next release will contain a facility to query the C TS tariff concession information and a report on the 
tariff concessions.  The Secretariat is also wo rking on a report to display the CTS tariff quota 
information.  Once the remaining report on the export subsidy information is developed, most 
information in the IDB and the CTS database14 will be available in the application.  Nevertheless, 
some other features such as multi-market reports and additional selection criteria still need to be 
developed. 
                                                      
12 The analytical software and CD-R OMs described in this section are available free-of-charge to WTO 
Members. 
13 The passwords for the IAF are the same as those us ed for the IDB Internet File Transfer Facility.  
The passwords are issued to Heads of Dele gations and are changed in June, each year. 
14 With the exception of the CTS notes and the linked IDB/CTS files described in paragraph 13.  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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17. Some Members have experienced problem s in using the IAF because of poor 
telecommunications infrastructure.  To address this  issue, the Secretariat has almost completed a 
"portable" version of the IAF, which will operate  from a snapshot of the IDB and CTS databases 
distributed to users on CD-ROMs or DVDs.   The S ecretariat plans to distribute a beta version to 
Members before the end of the year and thereafter twice a year. 
18. Another software application – the Toolkit for Negotiators, has been developed jointly by the 
WTO Secretariat, the Inter-American Devel opment Bank (IADB) and the Central American 
Integration Secretariat (SIECA).  The project is on- going and is scheduled to be completed in 2004.  
The Toolkit was designed to support negotiators  of multilateral, regiona l and bilateral trade 
agreements by providing a set of integrated tools for managing negotiations and the analysis and use 
of large quantitative (tariffs, trade, export subsid ies and other indicators) and qualitative (official 
texts, proposals, working documents, etc) databases,  including the IDB files that can be downloaded 
from the IDB/CTS Internet File Transfer Facilit y.  The Toolkit contains facilities to conduct 
simulations and prepare lists of requests and offers  at the detail of tariff lines, based on formulae 
entered by the user for either the entire tariff or groups of products selected by the user.   Facilities 
for comparison of offers and requests as well as a number of analytical reports are also available. 
The Toolkit is available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. 
19. The World Bank, in collaboration with UNCTAD,  has developed the World Integrated Trade 
Solution (WITS) application that allows users to retrieve and analyse data from the IDB, the CTS, 
UNCTAD's TRAINS database and the United Nati ons' COMTRADE database.  In addition to 
viewing and aggregating tariff and trade information,  WITS offers the possibility to simulate tariff 
cutting proposals using applied and/or bound duties at  the HS 6-digit sub-heading level.  Users can 
analyze the consequences of tariff reductions on pr oducts of interest in a potential request-offer 
context, or construct the tariff base and consider th e impacts of a wide range of potential formulae on 
their own tariff structures or that of trading part ners as well as on trade flows, tariff revenues and 
welfare. The application is availabl e in English.  The WITS web site ( http://wits.worldbank.org ) can 
be consulted for more informati on.  Additional information on the data sources and analytical 
software of other international organizations  can be found in document TN/MA/S/2 "Data 
Availability and Software Tools for Tari ff Negotiations" dated 3 September 2002.  
Other tariff information available in the Secretariat 
 Analysis and Information Exchange (AIE) Papers  
20. Document AIE/S5, entitled " Ad valorem , specific and other tariffs" (dated 6 February 1998) 
summarizes the information on various types of dutie s used to express tariff commitments, and gives 
examples of different tariff binding fo rmulations which appear in schedules ( ad valorem , specific, 
mixed, compound and technical).  This paper also discusses methods of calculating ad valorem  
equivalents.15 
21. Annex 2 of document AIE/S6, entitled "Special and Differential Treatment provisions relating 
to the Agreement on Agriculture" (dated 16 February 1998), and document AIE/S11, entitled 
"Uruguay Round agriculture tariff reductions for selected WTO Members according to stage of 
processing" (23 June 1998) contain information on tariff reductions ach ieved during the Uruguay 
Round. 
                                                      
15 See also TN/AG/MA/S/10 (dated 20 May 2003). TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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 Papers in the G/AG/NG/S series
 
22. Document G/AG/NG/S/9/Rev.1, dated 19 February 2002, entitled "Special agricultural 
safeguard" (SSG), sets out the basic information releva nt to the recourse to Article 5 of the Agreement 
on Agriculture.  It lists the 39 Members that have r eserved the right to take recourse to that provision 
for certain designated products, and contains a comp rehensive listing of the tariff items concerned.  
Furthermore, the document provides informati on on the actual use of the SSG based on the 
notifications received from Members between 1995 and the cut-off date, 11 February 2002. 
23. Document G/AG/NG/S/14, dated 15 September 2000 and entitled "Tariff information on 
agricultural products and markets of interest to developing countries", contains over 1,000 pages of 
tables on market access information for products identified by developing countries as being of 
interest to them.  The information relates, on an  HS 1996 tariff-line basis (6-digit code), to 210 tariff 
items and 51 markets.16  These markets were identified by de veloping countries as potential export 
destinations for their products.  Products include, for example:  flowers, fruit and vegetable products, 
root and tuber products, bananas, nuts, coffee and tea,  seeds, oils (including palm oil), meat and dairy 
products, sugar, cocoa, tobacco and cotton.  The information is presented on a product-by-product 
basis.  For each product, a table specifies the b ase duty, final bound duty, ODCs and a TRQ-indication 
for the 51 developed and developing country markets.  Table 6  provides excerpts of information 
available in this paper fo r illustrative purposes.   
Table 6: Excerpts from G/AG/NG/S/14 
Table: 122 0804.40 Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados , guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried.  – avocados 
  Dattes, figues, ananas, avocats, goyaves, mangues et mangoustans, frais ou secs.  – avocats 
  Dátiles, higos, piñas tropicales (ananás), aguacates (paltas), guayabas, mangos y mangostans, frescos o 
secos. – aguacates (paltas) 
Member HS96 Tariff line Ex Description Base Duty Final Bound 
Duty 
ODC 
TRQ Source 
Brazil 0804.40 0804.400000   55 35   IDB-URMTN 
EC 0804.40 0804.4020  From 1 January 
to 31 May 8.0 4.0   IDB – 96 
Turkey 0804.40 0804.4000   75 58.5 X1  IDB-URMTN/ 
UR 
   
Table: 207 1511.90 Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not re fined, but not chemical ly modified. – other 
(continued)  Huile de palme et se s fractions, même rafinées, mais non chimiquement modifiées. – autres 
  Aceite de palma y sus fracciones, incluso refina da, pero sin modificar químicamente. – los demás 
Norway 1511.90 1511.9010 01  251% OR 6.96 per 
KGM WIG ** 
AVE = 251 176% OR 4.88 per 
KGM WIG ** 
AVE = 176   IDB-URMTN 
South Africa 1511.90 1511.9010  Solidified or 
hardened 163 81  X IDB-URMTN/ 
UR 
Switzerland 1511.90 1511.9010 01 Destinées a  
l'affouragement 123 per CK B 86 per CKB   IDB-URMTN 
Notes: Duties and ODCs are ad valorem  unless otherwise stated.  The source for ODCs and TRQs follow the "/" symbol 
 1 More detail in the original. 
 
24. Document G/AG/NG/S/23, dated 18 May 2001 and entitled "GSP treatment of agricultural 
products", presents a statistical analysis of the pot ential coverage rate, the utilization rate and the 
utility rate of the GSP schemes of Canada, the Eu ropean Communities, Japan and the United States.  
A further description and statistical analysis of these schemes, covering both agricultural and 
industrial products, can be found  in document WT/COMTD/W/93, issued on 5 October 2001 (see also 
paragraph 28 below). 
                                                      
16 The full list of tariff items is presented on pp. 1012-1033 of the document (all descriptions are 
trilingual).  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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 Papers in the TN/AG/S series  
25. Document TN/AG/S/5, entitled "Tariff and othe r quotas" (dated 21 March 2002), contains a 
listing of all scheduled tariff and other quotas, by pr oduct categories and by Member.  It also contains 
information on notified imports within tariff quotas. Document TN/AG/S/6 entitled "Tariff quota 
administration methods and tariff quota fill", (dated  22 March 2002) provides detailed information on 
tariff quota administration methods and tariff quot a fill.  Both papers take into account the 
notifications and comments by Members received by the Secretariat by 8 March 2002.  Revisions of 
these papers are under preparation.   
26. Document TN/AG/S/7 entitled "Changes in tariff quota administration methods and fill rates" 
(dated 11 April 2002) reviews the effects of changes to the principal administration method applied to 
any given tariff quota.  The paper takes into account notifications by Members received by the 
Secretariat by 8 March 2002.   
 Other market access information available in the Secretariat  
27. Documents G/MA/TAR/3/Rev.9, circulated to  Members on 23 March 2004 by the Secretariat 
(Market Access Division), contains revised and up-to- date lists of national applied tariffs and their 
latest modifications available in the Secretar iat.  As evidenced in the example shown in Table 7 , the 
information is drawn from customs tariffs, the publi cations of the International Customs Bureau in 
Brussels and the Bundestelle für Aussenhandelsinfo rmation-GFAI (Germany).  It is updated on a 
yearly basis. 
 
Table 7:  Excerpt from G/MA/TAR/3/Rev.9 
Country National Tariff1 Brussels Bureau BFAI2 
Angola (COMESA)4 1991 - - 
Antigua and Barbuda 
(CARICOM) (1998) 1995 - 
Argentina (MERCOSUR)6  2001 1998 - 
1  The brackets around certain years signify that the tariff schedule of the free trade agreement or  
customs union to which the Member is a party has been used 
2  BFAI Bundestelle für Au ssenshandelsinformation 
4 Tariff not available in HS 
6 Spanish version TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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 Market access for Least-Developed Countries 
 
28. In November 1999, the Secretariat issued a compilation of information on market access 
conditions relating to the expor ts of the 29 least-developed country Members of the WTO.17  T h i s  
paper is wider in scope than document G/AG/NG/S /14 in that it addresses products other than 
agriculture. Unlike G/AG/NG/S/14, which is organized on a product-by-product basis (tariff line 
level), the information is presented on a country-by-country basis.  It contains a series of tables that 
present market access information relating to export s of the 29 LDCs into 23 major markets (7 
developed country markets, including the EC a nd 16 developing or transition economies), which 
collectively account for the destination of 95 pe r cent of all LDCs' exports.  A subsequent note 
summarizes this information by classifying market access data for each LDC into four sector groups, 
including agriculture and fisheries.18 
29. Building on the earlier analytical studies mentioned above, in April 2001, the Secretariat 
issued a study entitled "Market access conditi ons for LDCs" (document WT/LDC/SWG/IF/14, 
14/Rev.1 and Add.1).  Thirty markets, accounting for over 95 percent of LDCs' total exports are 
analyzed. The survey specifically  examines market access improveme nts for LDCs' exports since the 
WTO High Level Meeting on Integrated Initiatives fo r LDCs Trade Development (HLM), in October 
1997, on the basis of Members' notifications to the IDB, and COMTRADE and UNCTAD data.  
30. As part of the annual review of market access for products originating from LDCs, the 
Secretariat has recently issued a note presenting the relevant data on trends in LDC trade and market access conditions in document WT/COMTD/LDC/W/35 (13 October 2004).
 19  The note also surveys 
the issue of preference utilization and reviews the recent initiatives taken by Members to improve 
market access for LDCs. 
 Secretariat Trade Policy Review Reports  
31. Each Trade Policy Review (TPR) report by the Secretariat addresses agriculture.  The reports 
cover the use of specific trade policy instruments re levant to market access for agriculture (tariffs, 
licensing, SPS measures, subsidies) and also contain a sectoral analysis of agriculture.  The text and 
Appendix Tables of the report summarize market acces s information relevant to agriculture on the 
basis of currently applied tariffs and, where releva nt, tariff quotas.  The treatment of agriculture in 
these reports differs from Member to Member in acc ordance with the importance of the market as well 
as the significance of agricultural support policies.  Reports may include specific descriptions of the 
Member's use of an agricultural policy instrument , such as the description of Iceland's tariff rate 
quotas shown in Table 8 .  
                                                      
17 See document WT/COMTD/LDC/W/16 (16 November 1999), which builds on – and updates – work 
undertaken by the Secretariat on ma rket access information in the contex t of the 1997 High Level Meeting on 
LDCs.  This previous work is contained in documents WT/LDC/HL/14 and Add.1 (23 October 1997) and 
further expanded and complemented in WT /COMTD/LDC/W/11/Rev.1 (11 December 1998). 
18 See document WT/COMTD/LDC/W/17 (25 January 2000). 
19 See also the previous studies, in documents WT/COMTD/LDC/W/28 and WT/COMTD/LDC/W/31.  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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Table 8: Excerpt from Trade Policy Review of Iceland 
Table IV.3 - Products subject to tariff quotas in 1999-2000 
Description  Tariff heading Quota 1 July 1999 - 
30 June 2000 (kg.) In-quota   
rate (%)  Out-of-quota 
rate (ISK/kg.) 
Beef meat; offals 0202.3002-04; 0210.2001  87,400 0 503;  306 
Pork; offals 0203.2903-09;  0210.1200; 
0210.1901, 0210.1909  58,800 0 408; 292;       
331 
Poultry 0207.1200; 0207.1401; 0207.1402; 
0207.1409;  0207.2500;  
0207.2701,02.09; 0207.3300; 0208.9006;09. 56,200 0 150; 150; 206; 
150; 206;      
206;  474;      272 
Butter 0405 48,800  0 202 
Cheese 0406.1000;  0406.2000;  0406.3000; 
0406.4000;  0406.9000. 108,800 0 144, 144, 107, 
165, 161 
Live plants, other potted plants not exceeding 1 m in height;  
some fresh flowers 0602.9093; 0603.1009 2,200; 3,300 seasonal; 
applied from 1 May to 
30 September 1999 30 0                   
(out of season 
rate)
 
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood : 
Homogenized preparation: 
1602.10; Of liver of any animal:  
1602.20;  Of turkeys: 1602.31; Of chicken: 1602.32; Of swine: 
Hams and cuts thereof: 1602.41; 
Shoulders and cuts thereof: 1602.42; Other, including 
mixtures: 1602.49; Of bovine 
animals: 1602.50; Of lamb meat: 1602.90. 1602.1001,09
; 1602.2011,12  
1602.2019; 1602.2021; 1602.2022; 
1602.2029; 1602.3101,02; 1602.3109; 1602.3201,02; 1602.3209; 
1602.3901,02;  1602.3909; 
1602.4101; 1602.4102; 1602..4109; 1602.4201; 1602.402; 1602.4209; 1602.4901; 1602.4902; 1602.4909; 
1602.5001; 1602.5002, 1602.5009; 
1602.9011; 1602.9012; 1602.9019; 1602.9021;   1602.9022;    1602.9029. 79,200 0 85;  118;        
44;  118;  78;  26;  206;  115;  
206;  115;    
206;  115;    529;  343;  115,  
412;  247;  83,  
511;  307;  102;  368;  304;  102;  
442;  265;  89;  
442;  265;  89. 
Source: WT/TPR/S/65, Repor t by the Secretariat, 4 January 2000, p. 69. 
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ANNEX 
 
Table of contents
 
 
 
  Page
ANNEX A -  CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULE DATABASE (CTS) 13
Table A.1 Tariff concessions table 13
Table A.2 Overview of tariff quota information (TQ tables) 15
 Table A.2.1 TQ1 - Tariff and other quotas 17
 Table A.2.2 TQ2 - In-quota tariffs 18
 Table A.2.3 TQ3 - Other terms and conditions (OTC) – 
Country allocations 19
 Table A.2.4 TQ4 - OTC – Annual country allocations 20
 Table A.2.5 TQ Concession concordance 21
 Table A.2.6 TQ Initial negotiating rights (INRs) 21
Table A.3 Aggregate measurement of support (AMS table) 22
Table A.4 Overview of information relating to export subsidies (XS tables) 23
 Table A.4.1  XS1 - Notes 25
 Table A.4.2  XS2 - Commitments 25
 Table A.4.3  XS3 - Outlays 26
 Table A.4.4  XS4 - Quantities 27
 Table A.4.5  XS5 – Tariff line items 28
 Table A.4.6  XS6 – Scope 28
Table A.5 Agriculture notes tables (AG) 29
 Table A.5.1  AG Note table 29
 Table A.5.2  AG Concession Note table 29
ANNEX B -  STATUS OF SUBMISSIONS TO THE IDB 30
Table B.1 Imports (1999-2003)  and tariffs (2001-2004) 30
Table B.2 Preferential duties (2001-2004) 33 TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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ANNEX A : CONSOLIDATED TARIFF SCHEDULE DATABASE (CTS) 
 
TABLE A.1:   TARIFF CONCESSIONS TABLE  20 
 
 
                                                      
20 Source: Adapted from Annex 1 of document G/MA/63. DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Tariff line number or HS 
Code The customs tariff line number (or HS code) associated with the product 
for which a concession was offered.  Each entry in the database has a 
number associated with it (including HS and tariff headings). 
Product level This element has been introduced to defi ne the hierarchical structure of the 
schedule's nomenclature in the database.  It is also used in conjunction with 
the [Tariff line number or HS Code] above to uniquely distinguish tariff 
headings (at disaggregated levels) from the tariff lines to which a 
concession is attached.  Values can be: 
-  02 – 06 :   HS 2-digit through HS 6-digit sub-headings; 
-  07 – 98 :   Other headings according to the hierarchy of the schedule; 
-  999 :       Tariff line. 
Suffix (Ex) Indicates that the concession pert ains to part of the tariff line or HS code. 
Product description Tariff line or HS heading description. 
Certification indicator Shows whether the concession has been certified. Values are : C 
(certified); or Null  (not certified). 
Source of the concession This indicates the source of the concession (pre-UR, UR, HS 1996, 
Accession, ITA, rectifications, etc).  This data element is intended to 
facilitate the consolidation of concessions. 
Base duty – ad valorem  Ad valorem  duty rate used as the base rate  in the most recent negotiations. 
Base duty – other Non- ad valorem  duty, where applicable, that wa s used as the base rate in 
the most recent negotiations.   
Base duty binding Binding status of the base duty, coded as:  B (bound), or  U (unbound). 
Bound duty – ad valorem  Ad valorem  duty of the latest concession.  
Bound duty – other Non- ad valorem  duty of the latest concession. 
Bound duty binding Binding status of the final bound duty, coded as:  B (bound), or  U 
(unbound). 
Other duties and charges (ODCs) ODCs applicable to the tariff line - this can consist of ad valorem  and 
specific elements, or textual information. 
ODC – ad valorem  duty ODCs applicable to the tariff line expressed in ad valorem  terms. 
ODC – other duty ODCs applicable to the tariff line expressed in non- ad valorem  terms.  
ODC – textual information Other information on ODCs applicable to the tariff line. 
Special safeguard indicator Indication that Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture  (the special 
agricultural safeguard provision) is applicable to the tariff line or HS code.  
Values are:  SSG (English schedules); SGS (French); SGE (Spanish).   TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Legal instrument containing 
the present concession WTO legal instrument in which the present concession on the product was 
established  (e.g. UR/94). 
INRs on the present concession Member(s) holding Initial Negotiating Rights (INRs) on the present 
concession.   
Legal instrument containing the first concession If available, earlier WTO/GATT legal instrument(s) in which a concession 
on the product was first established, a nd/or, if applicable, modified (e.g. 
G/47, T/51). 
INRs on earlier concessions If available, Member(s) holding INRs on earlier concession(s), and, where 
available, duty level of concessions  granted for each historical INR. 
Implementation period 
(from) Start year of the first reduction. 
Implementation period (to) End year when the final concession is implemented.  
Comments  Comments relating to the individual concessions are recorded here. 
 
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TABLE A.2:   OVERVIEW OF TARIFF QUOTA INFORMATION 21 
 
 Information on tariff quotas is presented in separate but linked tables ( TQ Tables ).  TQ1  sets out 
information applying at the level of the tariff quota itself (description, initial and final quantities, units, implementation dates, etc.).  TQ2  contains the tariff line information for each tariff quota, including base 
and bound in-quota duties.  TQ3  contains information on the initial and final country-specific quantity 
allocations.  It is used to structure reports when such information is presented on a disaggregated, tariff line basis, in certain schedules.  For one Member, a fourth table, TQ4  is required to accommodate the 
presentation of country quota allocations by year as laid out in that Member's Schedule. Table  TQ 
C
ONCESSION CONCORDANCE  contains the relevant information for the four Members that record the in-
quota duties and out-of-quota duties under different tariff lines.  Lastly, the TQ INR  table has been 
included to standardize the recordin g of INRs for tariff quotas, consistently with the recording practice 
followed for tariff concessions, which facilitates the identification of INR holders across the CTS database.   
 
 
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
  
 
                                                      
21 Source: Adapted from Annex to document G/MA/110. TABLE TQ1 
(TARIFF AND OTHER 
QUOTAS ) 
 
Member 
Version 
TQ ID Type of access 
Description 
Certified Source 
Initial quantity 
Final quantity Unit 
IP from 
IP to INR 
OTC  
OTC footer TABLE TQ2 
(IN-QUOTA TARIFFS ) 
 
Member 
Version 
TQ ID 
TL 
TLS Ex 
Description 
Certified Source 
Base duty - ad valorem  
Base duty other Base duty nature 
Bound duty - ad valorem  
Bound duty other Bound duty nature 
IP from 
IP to INR 
OTC  
OTC footer TABLE TQ3 
(OTC  - COUNTRY 
ALLOCATIONS ) 
 
Member 
Version 
TQ ID TL 
TLS 
Ex Description 
Partner 
Quantity Final quantity 
Unit 
Comments 
TABLE TQ4 
(OTC  - ANNUAL COUNTRY 
ALLOCATIONS ) 
 
Member 
Version 
TQ ID 
TL TLS 
Ex 
Description 
Partner 
Quantity Year1 Quantity Year2 
Quantity Year3 
Quantity Year4 Quantity Year5 
Quantity Year6 
Unit Comments TQ INR 
 
Member 
Version TQ ID 
TL 
TLS National INR 
Code (WTO) 
Type TQ CONCESSION 
CONCORDANCE  
 
Member 
Version 
TQ ID TL-TQ 
TLS-TQ 
TL-Concession 
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ABLE A.2 (CONT'D):  EXAMPLES OF TQ TABLES  
 
TABLE TQ1  - TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTAS  
TQ ID Description Initial 
Quantity Final 
Quantitiy Unit OTC 
Mem1Q013 Cheddar cheese and cheese and substitutes for 
cheese containing, or processed from Cheddar 
cheese 7014640 13256306 kilograms See TQ3 
and TQ 4  
 
 
TABLE TQ2  - IN-QUOTA TARIFFS  
TQ ID TL TLS Description Bound 
Duty AV Bound Duty 
Other OTC 
Mem1Q013  04061024  ----Cheddar cheese 10 See TQ3 and TQ4
Mem1Q013  04062031  ---- Cheese and substitutes for cheese 
containing cheddar cheese 16 See TQ3 and TQ4
Mem1Q013  04062065  ---- Cheese and substitutes for cheese 
processed from cheddar cheese 10 See TQ3 and TQ4
 
  
TABLE TQ3  - OTC  COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS  
TQ ID TL TLS Description Partner Quantity Final Quantity Unit 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Any country  100000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Australia  1616667 2450000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Canada  833417 833417 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062031   Chile  36667 220000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062031   Czech Republic  8333 50000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065   European Communities 429667 1263000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065   New Zealand  3950000 8200000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065   Other countries or areas 139889 139889 kilograms 
 
 
TABLE TQ4  - OTC  ANNUAL COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS  
TQ ID TL TLS Description Partner Quantity 
Year1 Quantity 
Year2 Quantity 
Year3-5 Quantity 
Year6 Unit 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Any country  100000 100000 ... 100000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Australia  1408333 1616667 ... 2450000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04061024   Canada  833417 833417 ... 833417 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062031   Chile  36667 73333 ... 220000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062031   Czech 
Republic  50000 50000 ... 50000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065   European 
Communities  429667 596333 ... 1263000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065   New Zealand  3950000 4800000 ... 8200000 kilograms 
Mem1Q013  04062065    Other countries 
or areas  139889 139889 ... 139889  kilograms TQ ID - Link to Table TQ2
TQ ID and TL – Link to Table T Q3
TQ ID and TL – Link to Table T Q4 TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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TABLE A.2.1:   TQ1  – TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTAS  
 
DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. Standard ISO Alpha-3 codes are used.   
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes.  It permits having two versions of 
the concessions (existing and proposed) in one database table, and is also required 
for programming purposes. In addition, proposed new commitments resulting from 
HS changes can be easily distinguished from existing commitments. 
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This 
field identifies the number of tariff quotas fo r each Member.  It provides the link to 
TQ2  (see page 18).  
Type of access  The tariff quota commitments  are sometimes scheduled according to the type of 
access (current, minimum, or non-tariffied).  Some products can be subject to both 
current and minimum access commitments.  
Values are: C for current access, M for minimum access, and N for non-tariffied 
access commitments.  For Members that have not scheduled their tariff quotas by 
type of access, the column cont ains a null value signifying " not applicable ".  
Description Product description of the tariff quota as specified in the schedules. 
Certified Flag indicating whether the concession is certified, and coded as: C (certified); or 
Null  (not certified). 
Source This indicates the source of the concession (UR, HS 1996, rectifications, etc).  
Initial quantity The initial tariff quota quantity  as shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Final quantity The final tariff quota quantity as shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Unit The unit in which the tariff quota is denominated in each Member's schedule.  
IP from22 Start year of the implementation period, as it relates to quantity commitments.  
IP to End year when the final quantity commitment is implemented. 
INR Member(s) holding INRs on all the products covered by the tariff quota.  
Note: When INRs are held only with respect to  specific tariff lines, this is recorded at 
the tariff line level in TQ2  (see page 18).  
Other terms and 
conditions (OTCs) OTCs applicable to each scheduled tari ff quota, including OTCS relating to 
country-specific allocations.  
Note: When country-specific quantity allocations are scheduled at tariff line level, such 
information is structured for printing via Table TQ3 (see page 19).  
OTCs (footer)  This field is used to record the additional information which is sometimes specified 
in certain schedules, after the listing of the country allocations.  
                                                      
22 It should be noted that, for any given tariff quota, the implementation period recorded in the fields 
[IP from] and [IP to] strictly relates to quantity commitm ents.  It may therefore differ from the implementation 
period recorded under similar fields in TQ2  (see page 18). TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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ABLE A.2.2:   TQ2  – IN-QUOTA TARIFFS  
DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code.  
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising th e three-letter WTO Member code, followed by 
“Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the sequential 
order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This field constitutes the link to TQ1
 (see page 17)  and indicates to which specifi c tariff quota each tariff line 
belongs. 
TL The tariff line or heading associated with  the product for which a concession was 
offered. 
TLS Tariff line suffix, where a pplicable.  When combined with  the [TL] field above, this 
data element is used to uniquely identify a tariff concession.  It is used to link the tariff 
quota to the out-of-quota tariffs recorded in the TARIFF CONCESSIONS TABLE  (see page 
13) and TQ CONCESSION CONCORDANCE  (see page 21).   
Ex Indicates that the concession pe rtains to part of the tariff line or heading.  The [Ex] field 
is used for printing purposes. 
Description If applicable, description of the product as recorded in the schedules. 
Certified Flag indicating whether the c oncession is certified. Values are : C (certified); or Null  
(not certified). 
Source This indicates the source of the concession, usually the UR Schedules, but can be 
different from that recorded in TQ1  (see page 17), if amended for example, through the 
HS96 process. 
Base Duty -         
Ad valorem  Ad valorem  duty applying to the initial quota quantity, if applicable. “ Free ” is 
represented as 0 in this field.  
Base Duty - Other  Duty applying to the initial quota quantity , other than ad valorem .   
Base Duty Nature Nature of the base duty, coded as: A (ad valorem ), M (mixed), C (compound), S 
(specific) or O (other). 
Bound Duty - Ad 
valorem  Ad valorem  duty applying to the final quota quantity, if applicable. “ Free ” is 
represented as 0 in this field.  
Bound Duty - 
Other Duty applying to the final quota quantity other than ad valorem .  
Bound Duty 
Nature Nature of the bound duty, coded as: A (ad valorem ), M (mixed), C (compound), S 
(specific) or O (other). 
IP From Start year of the implementation period.  
IP To End year when the final concession is implemented. 
INR Member(s) holding INRs with respect to specifi c tariff lines covered by  the tariff quota.  
Note: When INRs are held at tariff  quota level, this is recorded in TQ1 (see page 17).  
OTCs OTCs applicable to specific tariff lines covered by the tariff quota, including with 
respect to specific quantity allocations.   
OTCs (footer) This field is used to record the additional information, which is sometimes specified in 
certain schedules, after the listing of the country allocations. 
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TABLE A.2.3:   TQ3  - OTC  - COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS  
 
 
DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code.  
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This 
field indicates to which specific tari ff quota each tariff line belongs. 
TL The tariff line or heading associated w ith the product for which a concession was 
offered.  When the country allocation is defined at tariff quota (not tariff line) 
level, this data element is Null. 
TLS Tariff line suffix, if applicable.  
Ex Indicates that the country allocation pertains  to part of the tariff line or heading.   
Description If applicable, descriptio n as specified in the schedules. 
Partner If applicable, the name of the coun try that is accorded a country allocation as 
specified in the Member's schedule. 
Quantity The tariff quota quantity for the partner as specified in each Member’s schedule.   
Final Quantity There are cases wh ere the scheduled initial and final country-specific allocations 
are different.  For these cases, the final tariff quota quantity as specified in each 
schedule is recorded in this field.  In  general, however, this data field is Null.  
Unit The unit in which the tariff quota is denominated in the schedule of the Member 
concerned, if different from that recorded in TQ1  (see page 17).  
Comments Notes or comments, as specified in the schedules, pertaining to the partner 
country allocation, if applicable. 
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ABLE A.2.4:  TQ4  – OTC   ANNUAL COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS  
 
 
DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code.  
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This 
field indicates to which specific tari ff quota each tariff line belongs. 
TL The tariff line or heading associated with  the product for which a concession was 
offered.  When the country allocation is defined at tariff quota (not tariff line) level, this data element is left blank. 
TLS Tariff line suffix, if applicable.  
Ex Indicates that the country allocation pertains  to part of the tariff line or heading.   
Description If applicable, description as recorded in the schedules. 
Partner If applicable, the name of the countr y that is accorded a country allocation as 
specified in the Member's schedule. 
Quantity Year1 The annual tariff quota quantity for the first year (usually 1995, but is different for 
Members that have recently acceded to the WTO) and if applicable, the partner, as 
shown in each Member’s schedule.   
Quantity Year2 The annual tariff quota quantity for the second year and if applicable, the partner, 
as shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Quantity Year3 The annual tariff quota quantity for th e third year and if applicable, the partner, as 
shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Quantity Year4 The annual tariff quota quantity for th e fourth year and if applicable, the partner, 
as shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Quantity Year5 The annual tariff quota quantity for th e fifth year and if applicable, the partner, as 
shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Quantity Year6 The annual tariff quota quantity for th e sixth year and if applicable, the partner, as 
shown in each Member’s schedule. 
Unit The unit in which the tariff quota is denominated in the schedule of the Member 
concerned, if different from that recorded in TQ1  (see page 17). 
Comments Notes or comments, as specified in the schedules, pert aining to the partner country 
allocation, if applicable. 
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TABLE A.2.5:   TQ CONCESSION CONCORDANCE 23 
 
DATA ELEMENTS  DESCRIPTION  
Member Country code of the WTO Member (ISO alpha code).  
Version  The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This 
field indicates to which specific tari ff quota each tariff line belongs. 
TL-TQ The tariff line number for the in-quota duty, as recorded in  TQ2  (see page 18) 
TLS-TQ If applicable, the tariff suffix for the in-quota duty, as recorded in TQ2.  
TL-CONC The tariff line number for the out-of-quota duty, as recorded in the TARIFF 
CONCESSIONS TABLE  (see page 13) 
TLS-CONC If applicable, the tariff suffix for the out-of-quota tariff line, as recorded in the 
TARIFF CONCESSIONS TABLE . 
 
  
T
ABLE A.2.6:   TQ INR 
 
DATA ELEMENTS  DESCRIPTION  
Member Country code of the WTO Member (ISO alpha code).  
Version  The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
TQ ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “Q” for “tariff quota”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant schedule.  This 
field indicates to which specific tari ff quota each tariff line belongs. 
TL If applicable, the tariff line nu mber for each INR recorded in TQ2  (see page 18). 
TLS Tariff line suffix, if applicable. 
National INR INR code as specified in th e schedule of the Member concerned. 
Code Numeric code corresponding to the field [National INR] above. 
INR  Type Coded as: P for present INR. 
 
                                                      
23 This table is only required for the four Member s that record the in-quota duties and out-of-quota 
duties under different tariff lines in Section I Part I of their Schedules. TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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ABLE A.3:   AGGREGATE MEASUREMENT OF SUPPORT (AMS) 
 
 This table contains the AMS commitments spec ified in Section I of Part IV, of Members' 
schedules.    
DATA ELEMENTS  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code.  
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
Certified Flag indicating whether the c oncession is certified. Values are : C (certified); or 
Null  (not certified). 
Source The source of the commitment (s ame coding system as used in the TARIFF 
CONCESSIONS TABLE ,  page 13). 
Currency Currency in which the AMS commitment is  specified in each Member's 
schedule. Some Members have scheduled their AMS in US dollars and have 
included the exchange rate used for the currency conversion in the schedule.  
Such additional information is included in the [Notes] field described below. 
Base Base total AMS. 
Year1 Total bound AMS for Year1 (usually 1995, but different for recently-acceded 
Members). 
Year2 Total bound AMS for Year2. 
Year3 Total bound AMS for Year3. 
Year4 Total bound AMS for Year4. 
Year5 Total bound AMS for Year5. 
Year6 Total bound AMS for Year6 (final bound commitment level for developed 
country Members). 
Year7 Total bound AMS for Year7 (not listed for developed country Members). 
Year8 Total bound AMS for Year8 (not listed for developed country Members). 
Year9 Total bound AMS for Year9 (not listed for developed country Members). 
Year10 Total bound AMS for Year10 (final bound commitment level for developing 
country Members; not listed fo r developed country Members). 
Tables Information relating to the relevant tables and supporting material incorporated 
by reference in Part IV of a Member's schedule. 
Notes Additional notes in Section I of Part IV, specified in Memb ers' schedules.   
 
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TABLE A.4:   OVERVIEW OF INFORMATION ON EXPORT SUBSIDIES 24 
 
 Information on export subsidy commitments as spec ified in Sections II and III of Part IV of 
each Member's schedule.  The information is contained in six separate but linked tables (i.e. XS 
Tables).  XS1 relates to information, or notes, that  apply to each Member’s export subsidy 
commitments in general.  XS2 lists the product categories in respect of which each Member has 
undertaken reduction commitments.  XS3 and XS4 set out the annual ceiling bindings applying at the 
level of each product category.  These bindings rela te to each Member's budgetary outlay and quantity 
reduction commitments, respectively.  XS5 identifies the specific tariff lin es that are covered by each 
scheduled product category.  XS6 presents Members’ commitments limiting the scope of export 
subsidies, as specified in Section III of Part IV in a certain number of schedules. 
    
 
     
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
     
 
    
 
   
                                                     
 
24 Source: Adapted from Annex to document G/MA/110. TABLE XS1   
(NOTES ) 
 
Member 
Version Tables Notes 
Source TABLE XS2 
(COMMITMENTS ) 
 
Member 
Version XS ID Description 
Certified 
Notes Source TABLE XS3 
(OUTLAYS ) 
 
Member 
Version 
XS ID 
Year applied Currency Base Year1 
Year2 
Year3 Year4 Year5 Year6 Year7 
Year8 
Year9 
Year10 
TABLE XS4 
(QUANTITIES ) 
 
Member 
Version XS ID Year applied 
Unit 
Base Year1 Year2 
Year3 
Year4 Year5 Year6 
Year7 
Year8 Year9 Year10 
 TABLE XS5 
(TARIFF LINE ITEMS ) 
 
Member 
Version XS ID TL 
TLS 
Ex Description Certified 
Source TABLE XS 6 
(SCOPE ) 
 
Member 
Version Description Commitments 
Certified 
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ABLE A.4 (CONT'D):  EXAMPLES OF XS TABLES  
 
 
TABLE XS1  - NOTES  
Member  Notes 
Mem1  1/ Budgetary Outlay commitments will be implemented beginning October 1 of each year beginning 
with October 1, 1995 2/ Quantitative commitments will be implemen ted beginning July 1 of each year 
beginning with July 1, 1995 
 
  
 
TABLE XS6  – SCOPE 
Member  Description  Commitments  Certified Source
Mem1  All product sectors as per Part IV Section II of the 
Schedule  Markets of .....  are 
excluded.  C UR/94
 
 
TABLE XS2  - COMMITMENTS  
Member XS ID Description Certified Notes Source Supporting Tables 
Mem1 Mem1X001 Wheat C  UR/94 Supporting table 11, AGST/Mem1  
   
TABLE XS3  - OUTLAYS  
Member XS ID  Year 
Applied  Currency Base Year1  Year2-5  Year6  
Mem1 Mem1X001  Fiscal 1/  USD  568460338.27 765499231.22  ... 363814616.49  
   
TABLE XS4  - QUANTITIES  
Member XS ID  Year 
Applied  Unit Base Year1  Year2-5  Year6  
Mem1 Mem1X001  2/ MT  18382354  20238298  ... 14522060  
 
 
 
TABLE XS5  – TARIFF LINE ITEMS  
Member XS ID TL TLS Description Certified Source 
Mem1 Mem1X001 100110   Durum wheat C UR/94  
 Mem1X001 100190   Other wheat and meslin C UR/94  
 Mem1X001 1101   Wheat or meslin flour C UR/94  
 Mem1X001 110311   Wheat groats and meal (includes 
semolina) C UR/94  
 Member – Link to all XS tables
XS ID –Link to Table XS3
XS ID –Link to Table XS4
XS ID –Link to Table XS5 TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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TABLE A.4.1  -  XS1  NOTES  
 
 
DATA ELEMENT  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
Tables Information relating to the relevant ta bles and supporting mate rial incorporated by 
reference in Part IV of a Member's schedule (e.g., AGST Supporting Tables) 
Notes Notes pertaining to the Member’s export subsidy commitments in general (i.e., not 
relating to any product-specific commitment). 
Source The source of the commitmen t (e.g., UR, Accession, etc.). 
 
 
 
 
TABLE A.4.2  -  XS2  COMMITMENTS  
 
 
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for future HS changes. 
XS ID A seven-character code comprising th e three-letter WTO Member code, followed by 
“X” for “export subsidy”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the export subsidy commitment is listed in the relevant 
schedule.  This field identifies the number of export subsidy commitments by 
product category, for each Member.  It provides the link to Tables XS3,  XS4,  and 
XS5.   
Description Product description of the export subsidy commitment as specified in the schedules. 
Certified Shows whether the commitmen t has been certified. Values are : C (certified); or Null  
(not certified). 
Notes Notes relating to the commitments undertaken on a product-specific basis, as 
specified in Members' schedules. 
Source The source of the commitmen t (e.g., UR, Accession, etc.). 
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ABLE A.4.3  -  XS3  OUTLAYS  
 
 
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
XS ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “X” for “export subsidy”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the export subsidy commitment is listed in the relevant 
schedule.  This field identifies the number of export subsidy commitments by 
product category, for each Member.  It provides the link to Tables XS2,  XS4,  and 
XS5.   
Year applied Specifies the type of implementation year  being applied to each product-specific 
outlay commitment (e.g., calendar, marketing,  fiscal, etc.).  The contents of this 
field may vary between Members.  It may also vary, for a given Member, between 
the scheduled product categories.  Finally, for a given product category, this data 
element can vary between outlay, an d volume, reduction commitments.   
Currency Currency in which the budg etary outlay reductio n commitment is specified in each 
Member's schedule. 
Base Base budgetary outlay level. 
Year1 Annual commitment level for Year1 (usu ally 1995, but different for newly-
acceded Members). 
Year2 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year2. 
Year3 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year3. 
Year4 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year4. 
Year5 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year5. 
Year6 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year6 (final bound commitment 
level for developed country Members). 
Year7 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year7 (not listed for developed 
country Members). 
Year8 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year8 (not listed for developed 
country Members). 
Year9 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year9 (not listed for developed 
country Members). 
Year10 Annual budgetary outlay commitment level for Year10 (final bound commitment 
level for developing country Members; not listed for developed country 
Members). 
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TABLE A.4.4  -  XS4  QUANTITIES  
  
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
XS ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed 
by “X” for “export subsidy”, followed by  a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the export subsidy commitment is listed in the relevant 
schedule.  This field identifies the numb er of export subsidy commitments by 
product category, for each Member.  It provides the link to Tables XS2,  XS3,  and 
XS5.   
Year applied Specifies the type of implementa tion year being applied to each product-specific 
quantity commitment (e.g., calendar, marketing,  fiscal, etc.).  The contents of this 
field may vary between Members.  It may also vary, for a given Member, between 
the scheduled product categories.  Finally, for a given product category, this data 
element can vary between outlay, an d volume, reduction commitments.   
Unit Unit of measurement in which the export subsidy commitment is specified in each 
Member's schedule. 
Base Base quantity level. 
Year1 Annual volume commitm ent level for Year1 (usually 1995, but different for 
newly-acceded Members). 
Year2 Annual volume commi tment level for Year2. 
Year3 Annual volume commi tment level for Year3. 
Year4 Annual volume commi tment level for Year4. 
Year5 Annual volume commi tment level for Year5. 
Year6 Annual volume commitmen t level for Year6 (final bound commitment level for 
developed country Members). 
Year7 Annual volume commitment level for Year7 (not listed for developed country 
Members). 
Year8 Annual volume commitment level for Year8 (not listed for developed country 
Members). 
Year9 Annual volume commitment level for Year9 (not listed for developed country 
Members). 
Year10 Annual volume commitment level for Year10 (final bound commitment level for 
developing country Members; not listed for developed country Members). 
 
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ABLE A.4.5  -  XS5  TARIFF LINE ITEMS  
  
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
XS ID A seven-character code comprising the three-letter WTO Member code, followed by 
“X” for “export subsidy”, followed by a three-digit number representing the 
sequential order in which the export subsidy commitment is listed in the relevant 
schedule.  This field identifies the number of export subsidy commitments by product category, for each Member.  It provides the link to Tables XS3,
 XS4,  and 
XS5.   
TL HS code of the tariff heading(s) falli ng under each scheduled product category 
subject to export subsidy reduction commitments. 
TLS Tariff line suffix, if applicable.    
Ex Indication that the commitment pertains to part of the tariff line or heading. 
Description Product description of the tariff line or heading. 
Certified Flag indicating whether the commitment has been certified. Values are : C (certified); 
or Null  (not certified). 
Notes Notes relating to the commitments underta ken on a product-specific basis, as 
specified in Members' schedules. 
Source The source of the commitmen t (e.g., UR, Accession, etc.). 
 
 
TABLE A.4.6  -  XS6  SCOPE  
  
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
Description Product description of the tariff line or heading. 
Commitments Description of the nature of commitments limiting the scope of export subsidies, as 
specified in Section III of Part  IV of a Member's schedule. 
Certified Flag indicating whether the commitment has been certified. Values are : C (certified); 
or Null  (not certified). 
Source The source of the commitmen t (e.g., UR, Accession, etc.). 
  
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TABLE A.5 - AGRICULTURE NOTES TABLES  
 
 These tables ( AG Tables) are the repositories of all the notes relating to specific commitments 
in agriculture, as well as other document sources and references, which appe ar in schedules.  This 
facilitates the identification of, and access to, the scheduled notes across the CTS database (tariffs, tariff 
quotas, export subsidies, domestic support, as well as notes, documents and references of a general nature).  
 
 
    
 
     
 
 
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ABLE A.5.1  – AG NOTE 
 
DATA ELEMENT  D ESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes.   
Table  The database file that the note refers to (e.g. TQ1 , XS2, AMS , etc). 
Note ID Sequential identifier of the note. It link the note through the AG  CONCESSION 
NOTE  table to the database file  ( TQ1 , AMS , etc) and identifier ([TQ ID], [XS 
ID], [TL], [TLS] and [Partner]).   
Note type Code indicating the type of note : 1 = headnote; 2 = footnote; 9 = endnote). 
Note number Number of the note as specified in the schedule. 
Text Textual body of the note. 
Document Source of the note. 
Reference  Reference to the document (if any). 
TABLE A.5.2  – AG CONCESSION NOTE  
 
DATA ELEMENT  DESCRIPTION  
Member WTO Member code. 
Version The version number is reserved for HS changes. 
Table The database file that the note refers to (e.g. TQ1 , XS2, AMS , etc). 
ID If applicable, the [TQ ID] or [XS ID]. 
TL If applicable, HS code or tariff line that the note refers to. 
TLS Tariff line suffix, if applicable.    
Partner If applicable, the partner that the note refers to. 
Note ID Sequential identifier of the note. AG CONCESSION NOTE  
 
Member 
Version Table  ID 
TL 
TLS Partner Note ID AG NOTE 
 
Member 
Version Table Note ID 
Note type 
Note number (in schedule) Text Document Reference TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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A
NNEX B : STATUS OF SUBMISSIONS TO THE IDB 
 
TABLE B.1:   IMPORTS (1999-2003)  AND TARIFFS (2001-2004)   
 
 
IMPORTS BY YEAR  MFN  APPLIED DUTIES BY YEAR  MEMBER  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2004 
No. of Members25 66 73 69 52 30 70 69 48 31 
Albania  Yes*    Yes    
Angola no submission received      
Antigua and Barbuda      Yes    
Argentina Yes Yes Yes   Yes    
A r m e n i a          Y e s *  
Australia Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes* Yes Yes Yes  
B a h r a i n  Y e s *          
B a n g l a d e s h           
Barbados Yes* Yes* Yes Ye s Yes* Yes Yes Yes* Yes* 
Belize no submission received      
B e n i n         Y e s *   
Bolivia Yes Yes    Yes Yes   
B o t s w a n a        Y e s    
Brazil Yes Yes Yes  Yes* Yes Yes  Yes 
Brunei Darussalam Yes* Yes* Yes*   Yes    
Bulgaria Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
B u r k i n a  F a s o         Y e s   
Burundi       Yes Yes  
Cambodia no submission received      
Cameroon      Yes    
Canada Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Central African Republic no submission received      
Chad no submission received      
Chile Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes* Yes  
China Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes*  
Colombia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Ye s Yes Yes* 
Congo no submission received      
Costa Rica Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   
C ô t e  d ' I v o i r e   Y e s      Y e s    
Croatia  Yes Yes Yes Ye s* Yes Yes Yes* Yes* 
Cuba Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes  
Democratic Rep. of the Congo no submission received      
D j i b o u t i           
Dominica   Yes   Yes    
Dominican Republic Yes* Ye s*  Yes*  Yes Yes   
Ecuador Yes Yes Ye s   Yes Yes   
Egypt  Yes Yes Yes  Yes* Yes* Yes*  
El Salvador Yes Yes Yes* Ye s* Yes* Yes Yes Yes* Yes* 
European Communities Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes 
Fiji   Yes* Yes* Yes*   Yes* Yes* 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia Yes Yes  Yes*  Yes    
                                                      
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IMPORTS BY YEAR  MFN  APPLIED DUTIES BY YEAR  MEMBER  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Gabon Yes* Yes* Yes       
G a m b i a         Y e s *   
Georgia  Yes Yes* Yes*  Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Ghana  Yes* Yes Yes*  Yes Yes*   
G r e n a d a       Y e s *     
Guatemala  Yes Yes* Yes*  Yes  Yes*  
G u i n e a    Y e s        
Guinea Bissau no submission received      
Guyana Yes* Yes* Ye s*   Yes Yes   
Haiti no submission received      
Honduras Yes Yes Yes Yes  Yes Yes Yes  
Hong Kong, China Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Iceland Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes    Yes* 
India Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   
Indonesia Yes* Yes* Yes* Ye s*  Yes* Yes Yes* Yes* 
I s r a e l   Y e s *        Y e s *  
Jamaica Yes* Yes* Yes*   Yes*    
Japan Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Jordan Yes* Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* 
Kenya Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes    
Korea, Republic of Yes Yes Yes Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Kuwait no submission received      
K y r g y z  R e p u b l i c       Y e s   Y e s   
Lesotho no submission received      
Macao, China Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Madagascar  Yes*     Yes   
M a l a w i     Y e s     Y e s   
Malaysia Yes Yes Yes Yes*  Yes    
Maldives Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes*   Yes   
M a l i           
Mauritania Yes*  Yes   Yes    
Mauritius Yes Yes* Ye s Yes  Yes Yes   
Mexico Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Moldova       Yes*   
Mongolia Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes*  
Morocco Yes*      Yes   
Mozambique no submission received      
Myanmar    Yes* Yes*  Yes Yes*  
N a m i b i a        Y e s    
N e p a l        Y e s  Y e s   
New Zealand Yes Yes Yes* Yes*  Yes* Yes*   
Nicaragua Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes Yes*  
N i g e r        Y e s    
Nigeria no submission received      
Norway Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Oman Yes* Yes* Yes*   Yes* Yes    
Pakistan Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes Yes    
Panama Yes Ye s Yes Yes  Yes Yes   
P a p u a  N e w  G u i n e a           
Paraguay Yes Yes Yes Ye s  Yes Yes Yes Yes* TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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IMPORTS BY YEAR  MFN  APPLIED DUTIES BY YEAR  MEMBER  
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Peru Yes* Yes* Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* 
Philippines Yes Yes Yes Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Qatar no submission received      
Romania Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes*      
Rwanda Yes*  Yes* Yes*   Yes Yes  
Saint Kitts and Nevis Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes*  Yes*  Yes*   
Saint Lucia  Yes Yes   Yes Yes   
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines        Y e s *    
Senegal  Yes Yes Yes*   Yes   
Sierra Leone no submission received      
Singapore Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes Ye s Yes Yes* 
S o l o m o n  I s l a n d s           
South Africa Yes Yes    Yes Yes   
Sri Lanka Yes Yes Yes   Yes  Yes* Yes* 
Suriname Yes* Yes* Yes*       
S w a z i l a n d        Y e s    
Switzerland Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
Taipei, Chinese Yes Yes Ye s Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Tanzania  Yes* Yes*  Yes* Yes   Yes  
Thailand Yes Yes Yes* Yes*   Yes* Yes* Yes*  
Togo Yes* Yes Yes Ye s*  Yes Yes   
Trinidad and Tobago Yes* Yes* Yes      Yes 
Tunisia Yes*     Yes* Yes Yes Yes* 
Turkey Yes Yes  Yes*   Yes Yes* Yes*  
U g a n d a       Y e s     
U n i t e d  A r a b  E m i r a t e s        Y e s *    
United States Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes* Yes Yes Yes Yes* 
Uruguay Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes   
Venezuela Yes Yes Yes Yes*  Yes Yes Yes  
Z a m b i a       Y e s  Y e s *    
Zimbabwe Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes* Yes Yes   
 
 
Note: The following symbols are used in the table: 
 
 - Blank cell =  no submission received for that year 
 - Yes  =  submission received and disseminated 
 - Yes*  =  submission recei ved but not yet disseminated 
 
Source:  IDB.  Cut-off date: 25 October 2004  TN/AG/S/2/Rev.1 
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TABLE B.2:   PREFERENTIAL DUTIES (2001-2004)    
 
 
2001 2002 2003 2004 MEMBER  
GSP LDC Oth. GSP LDC Oth. GSP LDC Oth. GSP LDC Oth. 
No. of Members26 8 8 15 7 7 14 7 7 12 8 8 9 
Australia Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes    
B a r b a d o s    Y e s    Y e s        
B o t s w a n a       Y e s        
Bulgaria Yes   Yes Yes  Ye s Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* 
Burundi         Yes    
Canada Yes Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* 
C o s t a  R i c a    Y e s    Y e s *        
C r o a t i a          Y e s *    Y e s *  
D o m i n i c a    Y e s           
E l  S a l v a d o r       Y e s    Y e s *    Y e s *  
Guatemala   Yes   Yes*   Yes    
Japan Yes Yes  Yes Yes  Yes Yes  Yes* Yes*  
Korea, Republic of Yes Yes  Ye s Yes  Yes Yes  Yes Yes Yes 
M e x i c o    Y e s           
N a m i b i a       Y e s        
Nicaragua   Yes   Yes   Yes*    
Norway         Yes* Yes Yes Yes 
S o u t h  A f r i c a    Y e s    Y e s        
Sri Lanka Yes Yes Yes       Yes* Yes* Yes* 
S w a z i l a n d       Y e s        
Switzerland Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 
T a n z a n i a          Y e s     
T u r k e y   Y e s  Y e s           
U g a n d a    Y e s           
United States Yes Yes Ye s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes* Yes* Yes* 
Uruguay   Yes   Yes       
 
 
Note: The following symbols are used in the table: 
  
 - Blank cell =  no submission received for that year 
 - Yes  =  submission received and disseminated 
 - Yes*  =  submission recei ved but not yet disseminated 
 
Source:  IDB.  Cut-off date: 25 October 2004 
 
 
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26 Switzerland/Liechtenstein is counted as one.