RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/219/Corr.1
6 September 2000
(00-3467)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  Spanish
REPLIES BY THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA TO QUESTIONS FROM
CANADA1 REGARDING THE TRIMS EXTENSION REQUEST
MADE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA2
Corrigendum
The following communication, dated 9 August 2000, containing corrections to replies 1, 4
and 7 by Colombia to Canada, has been received from the Permanent Mission of Colombia.
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Replies 1, 4 and 7 in document G/C/W/219 should read as follows:
1. Please provide detail on the measure for which extension is being requested under
Article 5.3 of the TRIMs Agreement and how it is implemented?
The measure for which Colombia is requesting the extension is the requirement that imports
of agricultural products must be subject to proof of the absorption of domestic production.
The programme covers the production chains of cereals, oil-seeds and vegetable oils,
including the raw materials involved in production and the intermediate and end-products obtainedfrom them.
4. Please describe the terms and conditions for access, including the conditions that must
be met to obtain an import licence and whether these imports are subject to a tariff rate quota
and the level of applied tariffs.
The import licence authorizes the entry into the national customs area of a specific volume of
agricultural products.  The document contains a description of the product in accordance with the
nomenclature of the Harmonized System and a statement of the volume that it is wished to import.
The licence is valid for a single operation to import the product described therein, although thisoperation may be carried out in one or more shipments up to the volume stated.
Colombia does not apply the tariff quota system.Annex 1 shows the tariff applied by Colombia to imports of agricultural products subject to
the policy of absorption of domestic production.
                                                     
1 (G/C/W/207).
2 (G/C/W/169 and Add.1).G/C/W/219/Corr.1
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7. What local products must be acquired in order to meet the requirements of this
measure?  Must these be the same products for wh ich an import  licence is sought?  Must local
purchases represent a specified dollar value or percentage of the imports?
In order to be able to import, it is necessary to acquire domestic production of the same
products as those for which the import licence is requested.
A coefficient relating the physical quantities imported to domestic production is established in
agreement with representatives of the private sector, industrialists and producers.  This coefficient is
based on an evaluation of the volumes of internal and external purchases, the estimated quantities of
consumption and production, and the changes occurring in these parameters over each year.G/C/W/219/Corr.1
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ANNEX 1
Product Tariff code Rate of duty (%) Average duty applied
Basic Bound 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Pork 02032900 120 108 38 25 17 55 69
Chicken cuts 02071400 232 209 64 46 83 105 180
Wheat 10011090 138 124 9 2 19 43 48
Barley 10030090 160 144 13 2 17 38 38
Yellow maize 10059011 277 194 24 10 28 48 55
White maize 10059012 277 194 12 2 20 33 49
White rice 10063000 210 189 33 16 21 21 46
Soya 12010090 139 125 20 3 6 25 56
Crude soya oil 15071000 83 75 1 17 20 16 61
Crude palm-oil 15111000 332 199 0 13 19 8 52
Raw sugar 17011190 130 117 25 21 25 55 107
White sugar 17019900 130 117 16 19 33 63 99
Sorghum 10070090 147 132 24 3 27 48 65
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