G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
18 April 2023  
(23-2797) Page: 1/12 
Committee on Market Access    
 
  
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:  
FACTUAL INFORMATION ON NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED  
REPORT  BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  The objective of this report is to  provid e factual information on the notifications received 
pursuant to  the "Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions" (hereinafter "the 
QR Decision ")2 and compiled in the Quantitative Restrictions Database ("QR database") .3 It 
complements  information already provided by the Secretariat in the practical guide on notifications 
of QRs ( JOB/MA/101 /Rev.2 ) and the background note on the previous Decision on notification 
procedures for QRs ( JOB/MA/6 ). 
1.2.  The report  provides factual informat ion on the contents of the QR notifications that have been 
received as of 14 April 2023 , including: i)  an overview of the QRs in  force by notifying Member; 
ii) the trade flows (i.e. imports or exports) affected a nd types of measures used; iii)  the types of  
products affected ; and iv) the legal justification s mentioned by Members.  
2  FACTUAL INFORMATION ON QR NOTIFICATIONS  
2.1.  The QR Decision provides that the notification of quantitative restrictions4 in force shall be 
based on a specific format  contained in its Annex 1 . This Annex requires Member s to provide the 
following information for each QR : i) a gen eral description of the QR; ii)  the type of restriction (based 
on the symbols in Annex 2); iii)  the tariff line codes of the products covered, including the HS version 
used; iv)  the detailed product description for the c orresponding tariff line(s); v)  the legal justification 
for maintaini ng the measure; vi)  the national legal basis for the QR, including its entry into force 
and the date it ceased to be in forc e, if know n; and vii)  Member 's comments, administration of the 
restriction or modification of a previously notified measure.5 
2.1  Notification of QRs   
2.2.  As of 14 April 2023, 59 Members6 have submitted notifications of QRs in force for some or all 
the biennial periods (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020, 2020 -2022 and/or  2022-
2024), which represents  an increase of one Member since the last report . Of the 59 notifying 
Members, 16 have submitted notifications for all biennial periods , whereas  12 Members have 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obl igations under the WTO.  
2 Decision of Council for Trade in Goods of 3 July 2012, G/L/59/Rev.1 .  
3 Paragraph 7 of the QR Decision  G/L/59/Rev.1  provides that "n otificatio ns made pursuant to this 
Decision shall be compiled by the Secretariat in a new database, which shall be made accessible to the public. 
If a notification lacks any of the elements described in paragraph 2, the Secretariat shall include the 
notification in the database and inform the Member concerned of the missing information ". The QR database is 
available at : https://qr.wto.org  . 
4 The term "quantitative restriction" is not clearly defined. Several legal provisions under the WTO 
Agreement deal with such measures, including Article XI:1 of the GATT 1994 (general elimination of 
quantitative restrictions). For an overview of the WTO provisions addressing QRs see document JOB/MA/6 . 
5 Paragraph 2 of G/L/59/Rev.1 . 
6 The European Union member States are counted as one.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  submitted information for one biennial period  only. Thus far, 25 Members have notified information 
for the current  (2022-2024) biennial period. The QR Decision also allows Members to notify changes 
to their measures , which ar e usually  circulated as addenda to the initial notification . To date,  30 
Members have notified changes to their measures , that is almost 50% of those that have at least 
notified once.  It shall be noted t hat many of the se notification s of changes relate to measures 
adopted by Members in response to the COVID -19 pandemic , especially in the biennial period 2020 -
2022.7 No "reverse" notification has been received to date .8 The complete list of notifications  
submitted by Members  until the date of this report  is provi ded in the Annex. Given that not all 
Members notified quantitative restriction s, it should be noted that the summary information provided 
in this report  is not necessarily representat ive of the universe of QRs being implemented by all WTO 
Members.  
2.3.  According to the QR Database, t he 59 notifying Members maintain a total of 1926 QRs that 
account for  2406 measures.  The term s "QR" and "measure" are used to identify two different 
concepts in this report, which is explained by the fact that each notified QR may be enforced through 
more than one measure.  For example, one QR could involve a conditional prohibition that is 
administ ered through  a non -automatic licence procedure . For purposes of this report, this QR will 
be counted as two different measures . 
2.4.  To avoid duplication in the analysis, t he calculations are based on the QRs of the 59 notifying 
Members  that are currently in force  (1246 QRs  resulting in 1702 measures ). In other words,  if for 
example , a Member made a first notification for the biennial period 2012 -2014, and subsequently 
notified the same measures for the other biennial  periods  and th ese measures are still in force, they 
are counted only once . In addition, all QRs whose termination has been notified  are not analysed in 
the report.  Since other variables may also have "one -to-many" relationships , the total number o f 
measures/QRs varies for each of the charts shown below .  
2.2  Type of restriction used and affected trade flows  
2.5.  The QR Decision provides that Members shall notify all QRs in force, irrespective of whether 
they affect imports or exports.  In addition, p aragraph 2(ii) requires Members to provide a "precise 
indication of the type of restriction imposed using the symbols contained in Annex 2". Where the 
restriction cannot be classified under one of th ose symbols, then a full description of the measure 
shall be provided by the Member in the notification.9 
2.6.  Chart 1 shows that  of the 1702 measures currently in force , 59% of them consist of import 
measures while the remaining  41% are export measures . In terms of the specific types of measures 
that have been notified, most of them are:  
• Non-automatic licensing procedures  (NAL) , of which 300 measures apply to exports and 
400 to imports ; 
• Prohibitions (e.g. bans of certain products)  (P), of which 203 apply  to exports and 363 to 
imports; and 
• Prohibitions except under defined conditions (i.e. conditional prohibitions)  (CP), of which 
169 apply to exports and 219 apply to imports.  
2.7.  Quotas10, either global (GQ),  allocated by country  (GQC) or bilateral quotas (BQ) , as well as 
quantitative restriction s made effective through state -trading operations (STR)  represent a small 
percentage of the total nu mber of notified mea sures . 
 
7 See G/MA/W/157  and G/MA/W/168  document series.  
8 Paragraph 5 of the QR Decision states that Members shall be free to make reverse notifications of 
measures maintained by other Members. They shall use the format in Annex 1 and complete all the information 
required. These notifications will be included in  the agenda of the Committee on Market Access and the 
Member subject to reverse notification will have two months to comment in writing. In the absence of such a 
comment within the two months, the Secretariat shall include the reverse information in the da tabase.  
9 Footnote 5 of the G/L/5 9/Rev.1  specifies that such list is "not intended to define or harmonize the 
concept of quantitative restrictions under the WTO".  
10 A quota is a restriction (i.e. an absolute volume) on the amount of a good that may be imported by, 
or exported from, a coun try. It should not be confused with a "tariff quota" or "tariff rate quota" (TRQ), which 
consist in the application of a reduced tariff rate (i.e. in -quota duty) for a specified quantity of imported goods; G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Chart 1: Number of measures  notified,  by type of restriction and affected trade flow  
 
Source:  WTO QR database  based on notifications received.  The abbreviations refer to the symbols used in 
the QR Decision  (Annex 2) . 
 
2.3  Types of products affected  
2.8.  Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of the  QR Decision require Members to provide specific information on 
the tariff line code of the products  affected by the QR, namely: i)  a detailed description of the tariff 
line(s) or parts of the tariff line(s) affected, together with an indication of the Har monised System 
(HS) version on whi ch the codes are based; and ii)  a detailed description of the product(s) covered 
by the QR. It is further specifie d that "Members shall make an effort to be precise in those cases 
where the restriction only covers part of an HS sub -heading, i.e. only part of a six -digit code".  
2.9.  Overall, t he 1246 QRs used in the calculations  relate to the complete universe of  HS Chapters 
in the dataset,  while in several  cases specific information on the relevant HS codes  was not provided . 
These case s make up a pproximately 26% of the notified QR s. 
2.10.  Chart 2 shows the  ten HS Chapters  most frequently referred to in the QR notifications . The 
calculation was b ased on the tariff codes provided in the notification s, including cases with partial 
information.  Chapter 29 (Organic chemicals)  is the one with the highest number of notified QR  
measures , followed by Chapter 38 (M iscellaneous chemical products) and Chapter 30 
(Pharmaceutical prod ucts). 
 
imports above this specified quantity face a highe r tariff rate (i.e. out -of-quota duty). TRQs are commonly used 
for agricultural products. Footnote 1 of the QR Decision explicitly excludes TRQs from its scope.  
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  Chart 2: Top -ten HS Chapters  affected by QR  measures   
 
Source: WTO QR database  based on notifications received . 
2.4  WTO justification  
2.11.  Paragraph 2(v) of the QR Decision requires Members to provide "an indication of the grounds 
and WTO justification for the measures maintained  […] and the precise WTO provisions ", which is 
indicative in nature and provided by Members for transparency purpos es only .11 Although Members 
have most frequently cited at  least one provision  from the GATT 1994 (95% of the justifications  in 
the dataset ), they have also mentioned  other legal instruments such as  waivers , the Agreement on 
Safeguards, provisions in Protocols of Accessions and the TRIPS Agreement . On the other hand, 
there are 45 QRs where no specific provision has been cited . 
2.12.  Chart 3 shows that  the GATT 1994 was the most frequently cited WTO A greement in the 
dataset . Under this Agreement , the "General Exceptions" of Article  XX were the most frequently 
used: 1099 QRs, or 78% of the total . Particularly relevant is the reference to paragraph b of 
Article  XX, which re fers to measures "necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health", 
which was cited for  almost  49% of the QRs in the dataset . The "Security Exceptions"  of Article  XXI 
was referred to  as justification for 193 (or 14%) of the QRs. Besides the GATT 1994, Members have 
also referred to a lesser extent to other legal justifications, such as the "Kimberly Process" Waiver12 
(18 QRs).  
2.13.  There are several  cases where the reference has been  made  to an Article in ge neral without 
providing further details ( e.g. there have been 83 cases  where the Member simply state d 
"Article  XX"), or where the justification closely resembles one of the general exceptions in the GATT , 
but no specific provision was cited (e.g. "protection of ani mal life and the environment "). 
 
11 Footnote 3 of G/L/59/Rev.1  provides inter alia that the "justification is provided for transparency 
purposes only and is there fore indicative.  It shall not prejudice any legal position a Member may take on the 
particular measure that the justification is intended to cover."  
12 Kimberly Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds, see WT/L/1039 . 
173
140
105 104
84
7671
56 56 56
29 38 30 28 85 90 84 39 93 39Number of QRs
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  Chart 3: Number of QRs notified, by WTO provision cited as justification  
 
Source: WTO QR database  based on notifications received.  
 
2.5  Other  justifications  mentioned  
2.14.  Paragraph (v) of the  QR Decision requires  Members to provide an indication of the grounds 
for the measures maintained , including "any  relevant international commitment  where appropriate" . 
Several  notifications have provided information on other agreements , conventions or treatments,  
but Members have taken different approaches.  While some Members have included very detailed 
information, others have not included information about them  despite being parties to those 
international conventions . 
2.15.  Table 1  shows the  number of QRs that have made reference to international  agreements . The 
most frequently cited international conventions in the notifications include CITES, the Montreal 
Protocol on Substances that De plete the Ozone Layer, the Basel Convention on Hazardous  Wastes,  
the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions  as well as  the main three  UN Conventions on narcotics 
and psychotropic substances, among others.   
Table  1: Number of QRs in the top -15 other  justifications  cited in the notifications  
Other j ustification  No. of QRs  
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)   59 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ,1987 54 
Basel Convention  39 
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ,2001 36 
Rotterdam Convention  36 
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
Substances , 1988 26 
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ,1961 25 
Convention on psychotropic substances.  1971 23 
Minamata Convention on Mercury  16 
Chemical Weapons Convention  14 
Wassenaar Arrangement  13 
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer ,1985 12 
UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export 
and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property  6 
UN Security Council Resolutions  5 
UN Convention on Climate Change  5 
Source:  WTO Secretariat based on QR notifications . 
 
452218249756924138336069071836113081
Not indicatedTRIPSProtocol of AccessionKimberley WaiverAgreement on Safeguards Art. XXI(c) Art. XXI(b) Art. XXI (in general) Art. XX other Art. XX(g) Art. XX(f) Art. XX(d) Art. XX(b) Art. XX(a) Art. XX (in general) Art. XII Art. XI other Art. XI:2(a)GATT otherGATT (in general)GATT
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  2.6  Other elements in the notifications  
2.16.  Paragraph 2(vii) of the QR Decision allows Members to provide information on, inter alia , the 
manner in which the restriction is administered , and whether it is applied on a MFN basis or to the 
trade with one  or more trading partners. For example, about two thirds  of the measures  in the 
dataset include information on  how the measure  is administered , or about which are the responsible 
entities,  what is  the expected duration of the measures , etc. It is worth mentioning that since 2020 
there has been an improvement in the quality of the information provided, with more Members 
indicating, for example, the effective duration of certain measures as well as how certain restrictions 
are administered  or providing weblinks to the national legal ba sis. Several notifications  provided 
information on QR measures that impose prohibitions or restrictions on specific partner s, which are 
often related to Resolutions by the UN Security Council , or more recently to COVID -19.  
2.7  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications  
2.17.  Since several measures are already subject to other specific notification requirements under 
different WTO Agreements , and with the goal of avoid ing unnecessary duplication, the QR Decision 
allows Members  to make  cross-references  to notifications  to other Committees .13 In this regard, 
Members can include a  cross-reference to notifications made pursuant to the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, Agreement on Import 
Licensing Procedures (only non -automatic  licensing procedures ), and other agreements .14 For 
example, considering all QR notifications received since 2012, 11% of QRs make reference to 
notifications of the Committee on Import Licensing . Section  2 of the notification format  allows 
Members to include information required by paragraph 2 of the QR notification  that is not included 
in the notification to other Committees.  
 
13 Paragraph 3 of the QR Decision.  
14 Section 2 of Annex1 to the QR Decision.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Annex  
List of QR notifications submitted as of 14 April 2023  
Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
Afghanistan  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  Complete  29/07/2016  
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/2  Complete  27/09/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/3  Complete  15/12/2020  
Albania  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1  Complete  20/11/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.1  Changes  17/03/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.2  Changes  02/11/2021  
Argentina  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1  Complete  16/04/2018  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.1  Complete  16/04/2018  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.2  Complete  18/07/2018  
2018-
2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/2  Complete  21/01/2021  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/ 3 Complete  14/09/2022  
Australia  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  Complete  19/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  Complete  15/01/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3  Complete  28/07/2017  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  09/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4  Complete  07/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.1  Changes  15/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.2  Changes  07/09/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.3  Changes  18/12/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5  Complete  30/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.1  Changes  17/05/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.2  
G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.2/Corr.1  Changes  20/07/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add.3  Changes  17/02/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add. 4 Changes  06/07/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5/Add. 5 Changes  22/02/2023  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/ 6 Complete  28/09/2022  
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of 2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1  
G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1/Corr.1  Complete  24/09/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1/Add.1  Changes  24/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1/Add.2  Changes  19/04/2021  
Bangladesh  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BGD/1  
G/MA/QR/N/BGD/1/Corr.1  Complete  14/04/2020  
Brazil  2012-
2014/ 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  Complete  22/08/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2  Complete  21/09/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2/Add.1  Changes  27/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2/Add.2  Changes  11/01/2021  
Cambodia  2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KHM/1  Complete*  22/07/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KHM/1/Add.1  Changes  30/05/2022  
Canada  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  Complete  07/11/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/2  Complete  23/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-
2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4  Complete  30/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.1  Changes  15/12/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.2  Changes  13/12/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add. 3 Changes  01/04/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/ 5 Complete  30/09/2022  
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  Complete  08/04/2015  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  Complete  08/04/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  Complete  08/04/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/4  Complete  29/01/2019  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/4/Rev.1  Complete  29/01/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  Complete  29/01/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5/Rev.1  Complete  29/01/2019  
 2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/6  Complete  15/10/2021  
Colombia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/COL/1  Complete * 01/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/COL/ 1/Add.1  Changes  03/06/2020  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
2018-
2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/COL/ 1/Add.2  Complete  15/01/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/COL/1/Add.3  Changes  25/01/2022  
Costa Rica  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  
G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1/Corr.1  Complete  30/09/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  Complete  23/10/2014  
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3  Complete  22/10/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3/Add.1  Changes  15/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3/Add.2  Changes  01/07/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/4  Complete  30/09/2020  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/ 5 Complete  31/01/2023  
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  Complete  18/08/2014  
Cuba 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  Complete  07/01/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  Complete  24/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  Complete  01/09/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3/Rev.1  Complete  14/07/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/4  Complete  04/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/5  Complete  12/10/2020  
Ecuador  2018-2020 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ECU/ 1 Complete*  13/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ECU/1/Add.1  Changes  15/06/2021  
Egypt  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1  Complete  13/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1  Complete  22/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1/Add.1  Changes  22/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1/Add.2  Changes  07/12/2020  
El Salvador  2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/SLV/1  Complete*  23/09/2021  
European Union  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  Complete  24/04/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  Complete  09/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/EU/3  Complete  17/01/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.1  Changes  07/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.2  Changes  05/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.3  Changes  10/06/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5  Complete  28/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.1  Changes  04/02/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.2  Changes  16/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.3  Changes  29/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.4  Changes  10/05/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.5  Changes  08/07/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.6  Changes  15/07/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.7  Changes  07/10/2021  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/EU/ 6 Complete  30/09/2022  
The Gambia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GMB/1  Complete*  22/09/2021  
Georgia  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  Complete  25/03/2014  
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2  Complete  20/12/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2/Add.1  Changes  14/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2/Add.2  Changes  14/07/2020  
2020-
2022/  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/ 3 Complete  07/10/2022  
Hong Kong, China   2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  Complete  28/09/2012  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  Changes  30/04/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  Complete  30/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/3  Complete  23/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5  Complete  28/10/20 20 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5 /Add.1  Changes  25/03/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/ 6 Complete  28/09/2022  
India 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  Complete  01/10/2013  
2014-
2016/ 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2/Add.1  Complete  17/04/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/IND/3  Complete  29/09/2021  
Israel  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1  Complete  04/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1/Add.1  Changes  09/06/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1/Add.2  Changes  01/11/2020  
2020-
2022/  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/ 2 Complete  03/10/2022  
Japan  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  Complete  22/01/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  Complete  15/01/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  Complete  15/01/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5  Complete  30/09/2020  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/ 6 Complete  10/01/2023  
Kazakhstan  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1  
G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1/Corr.1  Complete  03/05/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2  Complete  10/12/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2/Rev.1  Complete  21/01/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3  Complete  10/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3/Rev.1  Complete  13/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3/Rev.2  Complete  07/05/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/3/Rev.2 /Add.1  Changes  19/10/2021  
Korea, Rep. of  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  Complete  15/10/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2  Complete  27/09/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  10/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.2  Changes  17/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.3  Changes  10/07/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.4  Changes  20/08/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.5  Changes  15/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3  Complete  09/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3/Add.1  Changes  23/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3/Add.2  Changes  07/12/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3/Add. 3 Changes  29/03/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/ 4 Complete  30/09/2022  
Kyrgyz Republic  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1  Complete * 22/07/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1  Changes  23/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.2  Changes  21/12/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.3  Changes  06/01/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.4  Changes  05/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.5  Changes  23/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.6  Changes  07/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.7  Changes  09/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.8  Changes  24/05/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.9  Changes  05/07/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.10  Changes  20/08/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.11  Changes  01/12/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.12  Changes  10/01/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.13  Changes  14/01/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.14  Changes  26/01/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.15  Changes  22/02/2022  
 2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1 6 Changes  22/03/2022  
 2020-
2022/ 
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1 7 Changes  16/08/2022  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1 8 Changes  27/10/2022  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1 9 Changes  11/11/2022  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 20 Changes  20/01/2023  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 21 Changes  02/02/2023  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 22 Changes  17/02/2023  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 23 Changes  06/03/2023  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add. 24 Changes  24/03/2023  
Lao PDR  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  Complete  12/10/2014  
Macao, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/1  Complete  01/09/2012  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  Complete  01/08/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  Complete  17/06/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/4  Complete  14/08/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/5  Complete  18/06/2020  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/ 6 Complete  28/09/2022  
Malaysia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MYS/1  Complete  30/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MYS/1/Add.1  Changes  21/09/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MYS/ 2 Complete  11/10/2022  
Maldives  2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDV/1  Complete  30/10/2019  
Mali 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  Complete  05/05/2013  
2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-
2020/ 
2020-
2022/  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/ 2 Complete  29/07/2022  
Mauritius  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  Complete  30/10/2014  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/2  Complete  16/09/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/3  Complete  09/03/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/4  Complete  03/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/5  Complete  18/09/2020  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/ 6 Complete  27/09/2022  
Mexico  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1  Complete  22/07/2016  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  Complete  26/07/2016  
Moldova, Republic 
of  2012-
2014/ 
2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1  Complete  26/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1/Add.1  Changes  26/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1/Add.2  Changes  15/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2  Complete  07/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2/Add.1  Changes  22/11/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2/Add.2  Changes  28/02/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2/Add.3  Changes  27/07/2022  
Montenegro  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MNE/1  Complete  05/11/20190  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MNE/2  Complete  23/09/2020  
Nepal  2020-
2022/  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/NPL/1  Complete  30/09/2022  
New Zealand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  Complete  12/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  Complete  01/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/3  Complete  14/05/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/4  Complete  25/10/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/5  Complete  18/03/2021  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/ 6 Complete  22/12/2022  
Nicaragua  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  Complete  22/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  Complete  14/11/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/3  Complete  30/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/4  Complete  03/11/2020  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/ 5 Complete  30/09/2022  
North Macedonia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MKD/1  Complete  31/03/2020  
Norway  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/1  Complete  06/05/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/1/Add.1  Changes  03/06/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/2  Complete  30/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/2/Add.1  Changes  10/05/2021  
Paraguay  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1  
G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1/Corr.1  Complete * 11/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1/Add.1  Changes  26/05/2020  
Peru 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  Complete  28/08/2013  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PER/2  Changes  19/06/2020  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
Philippines  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  Complete  19/05/2015  
2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-
2020/  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/2  
G/MA/QR/N/PHL/2/Corr.1  
 Complete  23/02/2021  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/ 3 Complete  10/02/2023  
Russian Federation  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  
G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  Complete  14/09/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  Complete  18/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  
G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3/Corr.1  Complete  27/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/4  Complete  07/05/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/5  Complete  21/10/2021  
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SAU/1  Complete * 24/04/2020  
Seychelles  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SYC/1  Complete  10/01/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/SYC/2  Complete  08/02/2021  
Singapore  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  Complete  06/05/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  Complete  15/04/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3  Complete  22/05/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/4  Complete  21/11/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/5  Complete  12/10/2020  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/ 6 Complete  11/04/2023  
Switzerland -
Liechtenstein1  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1  Complete  11/03/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2  Complete  10/07/2017  
2018-
2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/3  Complete  13/07/2020  
Chinese Taipei  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  Complete  29/09/2014  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  Changes  18/11/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  Complete  21/07/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/3  Complete  03/10/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/4  Complete  24/09/2020  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/ 5 Complete  13/09/2022  
Thailand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  
G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  Complete  22/10/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2  Complete  06/11/2018  
2014-
2016/ 
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.1  Complete  28/03/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.2  Changes  27/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.3  Changes  02/04/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.4  Changes  18/05/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.5  Changes  05/01/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.6  Changes  08/02/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.7  Changes  28/04/2022  
2020-
2022/  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/THA/ 3 Complete  30/09/2022  
Tonga  2018-
2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TON/1  Complete  22/01/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TON/1/Add.1  Changes  06/08/2021  
Türkiye   2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1  
G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  Complete  30/09/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2  
G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Corr.1  Complete  30/10/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Add.1  Changes  08/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Add.2  Changes  04/10/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Add.3  Complete  16/11/2021  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Add. 4 Changes  03/03/2023  
 
1 Due to the customs union between Liechtenstein and Switzerland , notification s of Switzerland under 
this Decision should be taken to cover also Liechtenstein . See G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1 -3. G/MA/W/114/Rev. 5 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification date  
Ukraine  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  Complete  02/10/2012  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  Changes  30/04/2013  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  Changes  20/08/2013  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  Changes  17/12/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  Complete  16/09/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  Complete  18/11/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  Complete  06/09/2016  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  16/02/2017  
2016-
2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4  Complete  11/10/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.1  Changes  11/03/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.2  Changes  26/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.3  Changes  13/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.4  Changes  15/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.5  Changes  05/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.6  Changes  06/07/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5  Complete  15/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.1  Changes  22/09/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.2  Changes  23/03/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.3  Changes  25/03/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.4  Changes  19/04/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.5  Changes  18/05/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.6  Changes  04/07/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.7  Changes  14/07/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.8  Changes  28/07/2022  
2020-
2022/ 
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5/Add.9  Changes  
26/09/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/ 6 Complete  27/09/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.1  Changes  13/10/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.2  Changes  22/11/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.3  Changes  09/12/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/6/Add.4  Changes  30/01/2023  
United Kingdom  2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1  Complete  14/04/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1/Add.1  Changes  17/02/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1/Add.2  Changes  03/08/2022  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/1/Add.3  Changes  01/09/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/ 2 Complete  30/09/2022  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/GBR/2/Add.1  Changes  03/01/2023  
United States  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  Complete  03/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  Complete  30/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/USA/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4  Complete  30/09/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  Changes  13/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.2  Changes  31/08/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5  Complete  01/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.1  Changes  28/01/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.2  Changes  13/09/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add. 3 Changes  17/03/2023  
2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/USA/ 6 Complete  01/10/2022  
Uruguay  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  Complete  08/01/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/URY/2  Complete  04/11/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/URY/3  Complete  21/10/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/URY/4  Complete  17/07/2020  
 2022-2024 G/MA/QR/N/URY/4 /Add.1  Changes  17/03/2023  
Viet Nam  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/VNM/1  Complete * 03/08/2020  
 
*: Notifications that do not provide a full list of QRs in force.  
Source: WTO  Secretariat  based on notifications received until  14 April  2023. 
 
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