WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/ISL/12
6 November 1998
(98-4334)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning imports under tariff quotas during the year 1 July 1997
to 30 June 1998 ( Table MA:2 ) was received from the delegation of  Iceland  on 26 October 1998.
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With reference to G/AG/ISL/1, attention is drawn to the fact a number of products relevant to
Iceland's current access commitments are not subject to any quota system upon import, only appliedrates of duty that are equal to or lower than the corresponding in-quota rates.  These products have
been included in the present notification for transparency purposes and fall under the following tariff
headings:
0506 1003 1102 1201 1212 1508 1514 1520 1902 2005 2301
0710 1004 1103 1202 1501 1509 1515 1521 1904 2102 2302
0711 1005 1104 1204 1502 1510 1516 1701 2001 2103 2304
0712 1006 1105 1206 1505 1511 1517 1702 2002 2104 2306
1001 1008 1106 1207 1506 1512 1518 1703 2003 2106 2309
1002 1101 1108 1208 1507 1513 1519 1806 2004 2202 3501G/AG/N/ISL/12
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MARKET ACCESS:  Iceland
REPORTING PERIOD:  1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed
in product descriptionTariff quota quantity for period in question
(tonnes)In-quota imports during period
(tonnes)
(from section 1-B (or I-A) of Part I of the
Schedule)(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I
of the Schedule)(derived from Section I.B (or I-A) of Part I
of the schedule)
12 3 4
Section I-B Minimum Access
Meat and edible offal of bovine animals: 0201    0206
0202    021072.2 0.0
Meat and edible offal of swine: 0203    0209
0206    021048.1 1.9
Meat and edible offal of sheep: 0204    0210
0206    1502262.2 0.7
Meat and edible offal of poultry: 0207    0210 45.6 28.0
Meat and edible offal of horses: 0205    2309 22.8 0.0
Processed meat and edible offal: 1602 65.9 56.4
Eggs: 0407    0408 44.3 65.9
Butter: 0405 40.5 0.0
Cheese: 0406    1905 86.1 87.8
Section I-B Current Access
Bones and horn-cores, unworked 0506.9000 11.0 0.0
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns
and rhizomes, dormant, in growth, or in flower0601.2002    0601.2009 66.1 81.4
Other live plants (incl. their roots), cuttings and
slips; mushroom spawn unrooted cuttings andslips0602.1000    0602.3000   0602.9100
0602.2000    0602.4000   0602.9900192.5 217.8
Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable
for bouquets or for ornamental purposes0603.1000    0603.9000 41.9 34.3
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Foliage, branches and other parts of plants,
without flowerbuds, and grasses, mosses and
lichens0604.1000    0604.9109
0604.9101    0604.9900299.7 326.9
Potatoes, fresh or chilled 0701.1000    0701.9000 1,575.0 798.4
Tomatoes, fresh or chilled 0702.0000 205.6 408.3
Onions, shallots, garlic, leek and other
alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled0703.9000 55.8 137.9
Cabbages, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale and
similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled0704.1000    0704.2000   0704.9000 1,116.4 1,213.6
Lettuce ( Lactuca satuva ) and chicory
(Cichorium spp .) fresh or chilled0705.1100    0705.2100
0705.1900    0705.2900153.8 593.9
Carrots, turnips salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac,
radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or
chilled0706.1000    0706.9000 467.0 377.0
Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled 0707.0000 158.1 187.1
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled 0709.3000    0709.6001   0709.9009
0709.4000    0709.6009
0709.5100    0709.9001279.5 576.0
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming
or boiling in water), frozen0710.1000    0710.8000
0710.4000    0710.9000530.3 1,087.4
Vegetables provisionally preserved but
unsuitable in that state for immediateconsumption0711.4000    0711.9009 0.7 0.1
Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or
in powder, but not further prepared0712.1000    0712.9001
0712.3000    0712.900934.8 29.0
Wheat and meslin 1001.1000    1001.9000 7,143.8 13,227.3
Rye 1002.0000 401.0 522.6
Barley 1003.0000 519.9 19,427.9
Oats 1004.0000 198.5 248.7
Maize 1005.1000    1005.9000 1,689.6 15,875.8
Rice 1006.1001    1006.2009   1006.4001
1006.1009    1006.3001   1006.4009
1006.2001    1006.3009503.4 935.1
Buckwheat, millet and 1008.1000    1008.2000   1008.9000 1.7 6.8
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Wheat or meslin flour 1101.0001    1101.0009 9,088.5 5,374.7
Cereal flours, other than of wheat or meslin 1102.1001    1102.3001   1102.9009
1102.1009    1102.30091102.2000    1102.9001973.0 522.3
Cereal groats, meal and pellets groats and meal 1103.1100    1103.1309   1103.2100
1103.1200    1103.1400   1103.2900
1103.1301    1103.190012,203.7 2,884.1
Cereal grains otherwise worked (e.g., hulled,
rolled flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled),except rice of heading No. 1006; germ ofcereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground1104.1100    1104.2100   1104.2900
1104.1201    1104.2201   1104.3000
1104.1209    1104.22091104.1900    1104.230010,423.9 701.8
Flour, flake, granules and pellets 1105.1001    1105.2001
1105.1009    1105.200967.5 29.4
Flour and meal of the dried leguminous
vegetables of heading No. 0713; of sago or of
roots or tubers of heading No. 0714; flour,meal and powder of the products of Chapter 81106.1000    1106.2009   1106.3000 0.1 3.5
Starches; inulin 1108.1109    1108.1301   1108.2001
1108.1201    1108.13091108.1209    1108.1909982.8 196.3
Soya beans, whether or not broken 1201.0000 191.4 211.9
Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked,
whether or not shelled or broken1202.1000    1202.2000 22.5 5.5
Linseed, whether or not broken 1204.0000 15.6 45.3
Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken 1206.0000 21.6 39.4
Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether
or not broken1207.4000    1207.9100
1207.5000    1207.990085.9 101.3
Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous
fruits, other than those of mustard1208.1000    1208.9000 0.7 593.4
Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar
beet and sugar cane, fresh or dried, usedprimarily for human consumption1212.2009    1212.9900 0.4 0.2
Lard; other than pig fat and poultry fat,
rendered, whether or not pressed or
solvent-extracted1501.0009 10.0 0.0
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Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, raw or
rendered whether or not pressed or
solvent-extracted1502.0009 6.6 0.0
Wool grease and fatty substances derived
therefrom (including lanolin)1505.1000    1505.9000 1.6 0.6
Other animal fats and oils and their fractions,
whether or not refined, but not chemicallymodified1506.0009 148.1 0.0
Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not
refined but not chemically modified1507.1000    1507.9000 1,153.3 1,345.7
Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not
refined but not chemically modified1508.1000    1508.9000 27.8 13.4
Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified1509.1000    1509.9000 16.4 148.7
Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely
from olives etc.1510.0000 0.4 1.2
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified1511.9000 1.0 43.7
Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil
and fractions thereof1512.1100    1512.1900   1512.2900 156.9 55.1
Coconut (cobra) palm kernel or babassu oil and
fractions thereof whether or not refined, but notchemically modified1513.1100    1513.2100
1513.1900    1513.2900337.6 175.4
Rape, colza or mustard oil and fraction thereof,
whether or not refined, but not chemicallymodified1514.1000    1514.9000 571.7 1,451.8
Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including
jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or notrefined, but not chemically modified1515.1100    1515.2900   1515.9000
1515.1900    1515.30001515.2100    1515.500066.5 160.0
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their
fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated1516.1002    1516.2001   1516.2009
1516.1009    1516.2003852.3 949.4
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of
animal vegetable fats or oils1517.1000    1517.9003   1517.9009
1517.9001    1517.900433.7 324.4
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their
fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated,sulphurised, blown etc.ex.    1518.0000 16.3 17.6
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Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils
from refining; industrial fatty alcohols1519.1100    1519.1900
1519.1200    1519.300030.6 0.0
Glycerol (glycerine), whether or not pure;
glycerol waters and glycerol lyes1520.1000    1520.9000 21.7 18.1
Vegetable waxes, beeswax,other insect waxes
and spermaceti1521.1000    1521.9000 0.6 2.4
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose
in solid form1701.1100    1701.9105   1701.9903
1701.1200    1701.9106   1701.9904
1701.9101    1701.9107   1701.99051701.9102    1701.9109   1701.99061701.9103    1701.9901   1701.9907
1701.9104    1701.9902   1701.990911,815.7 12,356.4
Other sugars, incl. chemically pure lactose,
maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form;sugar syrups not cont. added flavouring or
colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or
not mixed with natural honey; caramel1702.1000    1702.4001   1702.9002
1702.2000    1702.4002   1702.90031702.3001    1702.5000   1702.9004
1702.3002    1702.6000   1702.9009
1702.3009    1702.9001402.7 504.1
Molasses resulting from the extraction or
refining of sugar1703.1009    1703.9009 10.6 67.5
Chocolate and other food preparations
containing cocoa1806.2002    ex.1806.2009
1806.90074.8 129.8
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with
meat or other substances) or otherwiseprepared1902.2009 9.9 63.5
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or
roasting of cereals or cereal productsex.    1904.9000 5.0 89.2
Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of
plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or
acetic acid2001.1000    2001.9009 162.2 485.5
Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than
by vinegar or acetic acid2002.1000    2002.9001   2002.9009 203.1 416.8
Mushrooms and truffles 2003.1000 0.9 216.5
Other vegetables prepared or preserved ex.    2004.9000 228.3 72.7
Other vegetables prepared or preserved 2005.1000    2005.8000   2005.9000 191.0 522.3
Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell
micro-organisms, dead; prepared bakingpowders2102.2001    2102.2009
2102.2002    2102.300045.5 68.3
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Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed
condiments and mixed seasoningsex.    2103.9009 20.0 1,154.9
Soups and broths and preparations therefor;
homogenised composite food preparations2104.1004    2104.1009   2104.2001 243.1 137.3
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or
included2106.9029    2106.9032 163.5 131.4
Waters, incl. mineral waters and aerated
waters, containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter or flavoured, and othernon-alcoholic beverages2202.9001    2202.9009 38.5 46.7
Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat
offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or
other aquatic invertebrates2301.2023 0.1 0.0
Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not
in the form of pellets2302.1000    2302.3000   2302.4000 9,079.0 0.3
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or
not ground or in the form of pellets2304.0000 1,686.1 0.0
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or
not ground or in the form of pellets, other thanthose of heading  No. 2304 or 23052306.9000 16.8 0.0
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 2309.1000    2309.9004
2309.9003    2309.90098,727.8 2,687.9
Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives;
casein glues3501.9000 13.1 15.4
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