G/MA/QR/N/THA/3/Add.1  
 
7 December  2023 
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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 ) 
THAILAND  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated  30 November  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Thailand . 
 
A. Notifying Member : Thailan d 
B. Date of notification :  30 November 2023  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/THA/ 3 
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 restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provid es information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2022-2024 and relates to restrictions in force as of 
2 November  2023 
F. This notification con tains 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 .  
 
* In English  only. G/MA/QR/N/THA/3/Add.1  
 
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  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.  
 Pursuant Article XI, paragraph 2(a) of GATT 1994 and in accordance with Article 12, 
paragraph 1 of the Agreement on Agriculture, an export restriction was introduced with the 
aim to prevent critical shortage in sudden decline of dom estic sales. In this connection, the 
exportation of sugar over 1,000 kilograms shall have the export license issued by the 
Central Committee of the Price of Goods and Services.  
Thailand welcomes consultation, under Article 12, paragraph 1 of Agreement on A griculture, 
with any Member having a substantial interest as an importer.  This measure has also been 
notified to the Committee on Agriculture in document G/AG/N /THA/134  
The measure is effective from 2 November 2023 to 14 November 2023.  
  
  G/MA/QR/N/THA/3/Add.1  
 
- 3 - 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  (2022 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis and 
entry into force   
(i.e. Law, regulation or 
administrative decision)  Administration, 
modification of previously 
notified measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Export licensing  NAL-X 1701.14.00  
1701.99.10  
1701.99.90  Sugar, raw and refined  GATT Article XI.2 (a)  Notification of the Central 
Committee on the Price of 
Goods and Services 
No. 69, B.E. 2566 dated 
1 November  2023 
 
Notification of the Central 
Committee on the Price of 
Goods and Services 
No. 70, B.E. 2566 dated 
14 November  2023 as the 
amendment of the 
Notification No.  69 
 
The measure is effective 
from 2  November  2023 to 
14 November  2023.  Pursuant Article XI, 
paragraph 2(a) of GATT 
1994 and in accordance 
with Article 12, paragraph 1 
of the Agreement on 
Agriculture, an export 
restriction was introduced 
with the aim to prevent 
critical shortage in sudden 
decline of domestic sales. In 
this connection, the 
exportat ion of sugar over 
1,000 kilograms shall have 
the export license issued by 
the Central Committee of 
the Price of Goods and 
Services.  
 
The measure is effective 
from 2  November  2023 to 
14 November  2023.  
 
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