G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/5  
 
30 September  2022 
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU , KINMEN AND MATSU 
The following communication, dated 13 September  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . 
 
A. Notifying Member : The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen  and 
 Matsu  
B. Date of notification : 13 September  2022 
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/ 4 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (doc symbol)  which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restric tions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 Septem ber 
2022 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
 
  
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR 
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modi fication of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0106.19.40.23  
0301.99.29.48  
0301.99.29.49  High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Wildlife Conservation 
Act (Amended Dat e: 
2013.01.2 3) Council of Agriculture  
2 Import Prohibition  P 0106.39.00.31  
0106.49.00.10  
0106.49.00.20  
0301.99.29.43  
0301.99.29.44  
0301.99.29.45  
0301.99.29.46  
0301.99.29.47  
0306.39.90.11  
0307.60.10.11  High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Wildlife Conservation 
Act (Amended Date:  
2013.01.23 ) Council of Agriculture  
3 Import Prohibition  P 0106.19.40.19  
0106.20.10.11  
0106.20.10.12  
0106.20.10.13  
0106.20.10.14  
0106.20.10.15  
0106.20.20.31  
0106.20.20.32  
0106.20.90.21  
0106.20.90.22  
0106.20.90.23  
0106.20.90.24  
0106.20.90.25  
0106.39.00.32  
0106.39.00.33  
0106.39.00.34  
0106.39.00.35  
0106.39.00.36  
0106.39.00.37  
0106.39.00.38  
0106.39.00.39  
0106.39.00.41  
0106.39.00.42  High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Wildlife Conservation 
Act (Amended Date:  
2013.01.23 ） 
 
2022.05.19 
Amendments to the List 
of Commodities Subject 
to Import Restriction  Council of Agriculture  
 
 
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
  
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- 3 - QR 
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modi fication of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
0106.39.00.43  
0106.39.00.44  
0106.49.00.11  
0106.49.00.30  
0106.49.00.40  
0106.49.00.50  
0106.90.00.11  
0106.90.00.20  
0106.90.00.30  
0106.90.00.40  
0301.11.00.31  
0301.11.00.32  
0301.11.00.33  
0301.11.00.34  
0301.11.00.35  
0301.11.00.36  
0301.11.00.37  
0301.99.10.64  
0301.99.10.65  
0301.99.10.66  
0301.99.29.71  
0301.99.29.72  
0301.99.29.73  
0306.39.90.12  
0307.11.90.10  
0307.31.00.11  
0307.31.00.21  
0307.60.10.13  
0307.60.10.14  
0307.91.90.10  
4 Import Prohibition  P 0106.19.20.11  High-risk invasive 
animals  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  Animal Protection Act  
 
2021.12.08 
Amendments to the List 
of Commodities Subject 
to Import Restriction  Council of Agriculture  
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs   
  G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/5  
 
- 4 - QR 
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modi fication of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
5 Import Prohibition  P 0302.89.89.50  
0303.89.89.20  
0304.49.90.40  
0304.59.90.40  
0304.89.90.50  
0304.99.10.10  
0305.39.90.30  
0305.59.90.30  
1604.19.90.31  
1604.19.90.32  
1604.19.90.39  Puffer fish,  and relevant 
products  Article XX(b) of the  GATT Act Governing Food 
Safety and Sanitation  
 
2009.12.28  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
 
Council of Agriculture  
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
6 Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0208.90.29.20  Meat of dogs, fresh, 
chilled or frozen  Article XX(a) of the  GATT  Animal Protection Act  Council of Agriculture  
7 Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0301.99.29.51  
0302.81.00.10  
0303.81.00.10  
0304.47.00.10  
0304.59.90.20  
0304.88.00.11  
1604.19.90.71  
1604.19.90.72  
1604.19.90.79  Whale shark (Rhincodon 
typus)  and relevant 
products  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT CITES  Protected Marine Wildlife 
List (2020.06.01)  Ocean Conservation 
Administration  
8 Import  and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 0602.90.10.10  
1404.90.99.50  Mushroom spawn  and 
products , containing 
narcotics  Article XX(b) of the  GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2022.05.04 ) Ministry of Justice  
9 Import Prohibition  P 1207.99.20.90  Cannabis fructus  and 
extracted oleoresins of 
opium  Article XX(b) of the  GATT Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date: 
2022.05.04 ) Ministry of Justice   
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- 5 - QR 
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modi fication of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 Export Prohibition  P-X 1211.90.60.00  
1211.90.91.41  
1211.90.91.42  
1211.90.91.43  
1211.90.91.44  Chinese medicine and 
pharmacy containing 
Aristolochic acids  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  2003.11.14 Notice by 
Department of Health, 
Executive Yuan, 
pursuant to 
Pharmaceutical Affairs 
Act Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
11 Import and Export 
Prohibition  P 
P-X 2505.90.00.10  Sand and gravel  Article XX(g) of the  GATT 2013.09.25  
Reviewing Directions of 
Sand and Gravel Export 
Application  
 
2020.12.17 
Amendments to the List 
of Commodities Subject 
to Import Restriction  Ministry of Economic 
Affairs  
 
 
 
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
12 Export  Prohibition  P-X 2505.90.00.90  
2517.10.90.00  Sand and gravel  
 Article XX(g) of the  GATT 2013.09.25  
Reviewing Directions of 
Sand and Gravel Export 
Application  Ministry of Economic 
Affairs  
13 Export  Prohibition  CP-X 8710.00.00.10  
8710.00.00.20  
8906.10.00.00  
9301.10.00.00  
9301.20.00.00  
9301.90.00.00  Military  weapons  
 Article XXI of the  GATT 
 1993.11.29 Regulations 
Governing Export and 
Import Commodities  of 
Military Authority  Ministry of National 
Defense  
14 Export  Prohibition  CP-X 9705.00.00.20  Collections and 
collectors' pieces of 
weapon  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 1983.06.27  
Controlling Guns, 
Ammunition and Knives 
Act Ministry of the Interior  
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs   
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- 6 - QR 
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS( 2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification and 
Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modi fication of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
15 Export Prohibition  CP-X 9705.00.00.90  
9706.00.00.90  Antiquities: any arts, 
utensils of life or civility, 
books or documents and 
audiovisual materials 
having cultural 
significance and of value 
of different eras and 
from different ethnic 
groups.  Article XX(f) of the GATT  
Convention on the 
Means of Prohibiting and 
Preventing the Illicit 
Import, Export and 
Transfer of Ownership of 
Cultural Property 1970 . Cultural Heritage 
Preservation Ac t 
(Amended Date: 
2016.07.27  Ministry of Culture  
16 Import Prohibition  P 1518.00.50.00  Inedible fats or  oils, 
waste in  particular  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  Act Governing Food 
Safety and Sanitation  
 
2014.10.20  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act  
 
Waste Disposal Act  
(Amended Date: 
2017.06.14) Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
 
 
Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
 
 
Environmental 
Protection   
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- 7 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, etc .) contains 
information on a quantitat ive restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agricultur e 
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff lin e 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/AG/N/              
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
WT/BOP/N/              
 
  
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- 8 - 3. Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No  
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/SG/N/              
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/3/TPKM/1 2 
 Restriction on 
importation of 
METHYL 
BROMIDE & 
HCFCS&OTHER 
GOODS  NAL 2903.39.90.21 -5 
3808.99.92.10 -7, 
3824.77.00.10 -4 METHYL BROMIDE  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 
Montreal Protocol  
 1.METHYL BROMIDE: 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS  
(2019/02/18 
Amended ) Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
2903.71.00.00 -8, 
2903.73.00.00 -6, 
2903.74.00.00 -5, 
2903.72.00.00 -7, 
2903.79.00.10 -8, 
2903.75.00.00 -4 HCFCS  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 
Montreal Protocol  2. HCFCs: 
CONSUMPTION 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS 
(2019/02/18 
Amended )  
   2903.79.00.90 -1, 
3824.71.00.00 -2, 
3824.79.00.00 -4, Goods composed of 
chemicals controlled Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 1. METHYL BROMIDE: 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS    
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- 9 - Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(2017)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
3824.99.99.31 -5 under the Montreal 
Protocol  Montreal Protocol  (2019/02/18 
Amended ) 
 
2. HCFCs: 
CONSUMPTION 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS 
(2019/02/18 
Amended ) 
 
5. Other notifications  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev . 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
             
 
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