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Comité de Acceso a los Mercados  Original:  inglés  
 
  
NOTIFICACIÓN DE CONFORMIDAD  CON LA DECISIÓN SOBRE EL  
PROCEDIMIENTO DE NOTIFICACIÓN DE RESTRICCIONES  
CUANTITATIVAS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
AFGANISTÁN  
La siguiente comunicación, de la que se recibió una primera versión el 15 de diciembre de 2020 , se 
distribuye a petición de la delegación del Afganistán . 
 
A. Miembro notificante : República Islámica del  Afganistán  
B. Fecha de la notificación : 15 de diciembre de 2020  
C. Primera notificación:  
 Sí 
 No, la última notificación se presentó con la signatura G/MA/QR/N/AFG/ 2 
D. Tipo de notificación:  
 1. Completa (es decir, notificación de todas las restricciones cuantitativas en vigor)  
 2. Cambios de una notificación presentada anterior mente con la signatura (signatura del 
documento) consistentes en lo siguiente:  
  2.1 Establecimiento de nuevas restricciones, enumeradas en la sección 1.  
  2.2 Eliminación de restricciones, como se describe en la casilla G infra. 
  2.3 Modificación de una restricción notificada anteriormente, como se indica en la 
  sección 1.  
 3. Notificación inversa de restricciones mantenidas por (Miembro):  
E. La notificación proporciona información sobre el siguiente período bienal 
(por ejemplo, 2012 -2014) : 2020-2022 y se refiere a  restricciones en vigor al  
10 de diciembre de 2020  
F. La presente notificación contiene información* relativa a:  
 Sección 1:  Lista de restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor.  
 Sección 2:  Referencia a otras notificaciones presentadas a l a OMC que contengan 
información sobre restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor e 
información adicional.  
G. Observaciones de carácter general, con inclusión de una descripción de la 
eliminación de restricciones notificada en el apartado 2.2 de la c asilla D y la fecha 
en que esas restricciones dejaron de estar en vigor.  
 
 
* En inglés solamente.    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Import 
prohibition of 
swine and pork 
products  P 01.03  
0103.1000  
 
0103.9100  
 
0103.9200  
 
02.03  
 
 
0203.1100  
 
0203.1200  
 
 
0203.1900  
 
0203.2100  
 
0203.2200  
 
0203.2290  
 
02.06 ex 
 Live Swine  
-Pure-breed animals  
-Other  
--Weighing less than 50 
KG 
--Weighing 50 KG or 
more 
Meat of swine, fresh, 
chilled or frozen  
-Fresh or chilled:  
--Carcasses and half -
carcasses  
--Hams, shoulders, and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in  
--Other  
-Frozen:  
--Carcasses and half -
carcasses  
--Hams, shoulders, and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in  
--Other  
Edible offal of bovine 
animals, swine, sheep, 
goats, horses, asses , 
mules or hinnies, fresh, 
chilled or frozen  GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  
 As prescribed in the 
Customs Tariff of 
Afghanistan of 12 
October 2015  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
   02.06.3000  
 -Of swine, fresh or 
chilled  
 
      
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    Of swine, frozen:  
--Livers  
--Other     
   02.09 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0209.1000  
02.10 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0210.1100  
 
 
0210.1200  
 
 
0210.1900  
 
05.02 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
0502.1000  
 Pig fat, free of lean 
meat, and poultry fat, 
not rendered or 
otherwise extracted, 
fresh, chilled, frozen, 
salted, in brine, dried or 
smoked  
---Pig fat  
Meat and edible meat 
offal, salted, in brine, 
dried or smoked; edible 
flours and meals of 
meat or meat offal.  
 
- Meat of swine: -- 
Hams, shoulders and 
cuts thereof, with bone 
in 
-- Bellies (streaky) and 
cuts thereof  
 
-- Other 
 
Pigs', hogs' or boars' 
bristles and hair; badger 
hair and other brush 
making hair; waste of 
such bristles or hair.  
 
-Pigs', hogs' or boars' 
bristles and hair and 
waste thereof  
      
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   15.01 ex 
 
 
 
 
1501.1000  
 
 
15.03 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
1503.0010  
 
16.02 ex 
 
1602.4100  
 
1602.4200  
 
1602.4900  
 Pig fat (including lard) 
and poultry fat, other 
than that of heading 
02.09 or 15.03.  
 
--- Pig fat (including 
lard) and other pig fat  
 
Lard stearin, lard oil, 
oleo stearin, oleo -oil 
and tallow oil, not 
emulsified or mixed or 
otherwise prepared.  
 
--- Lard stearin, lard oil  
 
Other prepared or 
preserved meat, meat 
offal or blood  
 
 
- Of swine:  
-- Hams and cuts 
thereof  
-- Shoulders and cuts 
thereof  
-- Other, including 
mixtures     
2 Import 
prohibition of 
beer and other 
alcoholic 
beverages  P 2203.0000  
 Beer made from malt  
 GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  
 As prescribed in the 
Customs Tariff of 
Afghanistan of 12 
October 2015  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
   22.04  
 Wine of fresh grapes, 
including fortified       
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
    
 
 
 
 
2204.1000  
 
 
 
 
 
2204.2100  
 
2204.2900  
2204.3000  
 
22.05  
 
 
 
 
2205.1000  
 
2205.9000  
 
2206.0000  
 wines; grape must other 
than that of heading 
20.09.  
- Sparkling wine  
- Other wine; grape 
must with fermentation 
prevented or arrested 
by the addition of 
alcohol:  
 
-- In containers holding 
2 l or less  
-- Other  
- other grape must  
 
Vermouth and other 
wine of fresh grapes 
flavoured with plants or 
aromatic substances.  
 
- In containers holding 2 
l or less  
- Other 
 
Other fermented 
beverages (for example, 
cider, Perry, mead); 
mixtures of fermented 
beverages and mixtures 
of fermented beverages     
    and non -alcoholic 
beverages, not 
elsewhere specified or 
included.  
      
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   22.08  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2208.2000  
 
 
 
2208.3000  
2208.4000  
 
 
 
2208.5000  
2208.6000  
2208.7000  
2208.9000  Undenatured ethyl 
alcohol of an alcoholic 
strength by volume of 
less than 80 % vol; 
spirits, liqueurs and 
other spirituous 
beverages.  
 
- Spirits obtained by 
distilling grape wine or 
grape marc 
 
- Whiskies  
- Rum and other spirits 
obtained by distilling 
fermented sugar -cane 
products  
- Gin and Geneva  
-Vodka  
- Liqueurs and cordials  
- Other     
3 Import and 
export  
prohibition, and 
non-automatic 
licensing on 
narcotic drugs, 
psychotropic 
substances and 
related 
chemicals  
 P 
P-X 
NAL-X Various, as 
reflected in 
Tables 1 -4 
annexed to 
the Law on 
Campaign 
against 
Intoxicants, 
Drugs and 
their Control  Narcotic drugs, 
psychotropic substances 
and chemicals used in 
the manufacture, 
produc tion or 
processing of narcotic 
drugs and psychotropic 
substances  GATT 1994 Article XX (b)  Law Against Intoxicating 
Drinks and Drugs as well 
as Controlling Them, OG 
1025 of 14 June 2010, 
entered into force on 14 
June 2010  
 
Single Convention on 
Narcotic Drugs, 1961  
 
Convention on 
psychotropic substances , 
1971 
 
United Nations 
Convention against Illicit Administered by  
the Committee on Drug 
Regulation (CDR) under 
the Ministry of Counter 
Narcotics and Afghanistan 
Customs Department 
(ACD)    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Traffic in Narcotic Drugs 
and Psychotropic 
Substances , 1988  
4 Import 
prohibition of 
certain mineral 
or chemical 
fertilisers  P 
 31.02  
 
 
3102.3000  
 
 
3102.4000  
 
 
 
 
3102.6000  
 
 
 
3102.8000  
 Mineral or chemical 
fertilisers, nitrogenous.  
 
-Ammonium nitrate, 
whether or not in 
aqueous solution  
-Mixtures of ammonium 
nitrate with calcium 
carbonate or other 
inorganic non -fertilising 
substances  
-Double salts and 
mixtures of calcium 
nitrate and ammonium 
nitrate  
-Mixtures of urea and 
ammonium nit rate in 
aqueous or ammoniacal 
solution  GATT 1994 Article XXI  
 Presidential Decree No. 
28 of 21 January 2010 on 
The Prohibition of 
Importing, Producing, 
Purchase and Sale, 
Trafficking, Use and 
Stockpiling of Chemical 
Fertilizers, Ammonium 
Nitrate and Other 
Materials used in the 
Production of Explosives 
Devices, entered into 
force on 21 January 2010  
 Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD) / 
Ministry of Interior Affairs 
(MoIA) / National 
Directorate for Security  
5 Import 
prohibition of 
swine hides, 
skins and 
leathers  P 41.03 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other raw hides and 
skins (fresh, or salted, 
dried, limed, pickled or 
otherwise preserved, 
but not tanned, 
parchment dressed or 
further prepared), 
whether or not dehaired 
or split, other than 
those excluded by  
Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to 
this Chapter  
 
 
 GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  As prescribed in the 
Customs Tariff of 
Afghanistan of 12 
October 2015  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
4103.3000  
 
41.06 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4106.3100  
 
4106.3200  
 
 
41.13 ex 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4113.2000  -Of swine  
 
Tanned or crust hides 
and skins of other 
animals, without wool or 
hair on, whether or not 
split, but not further 
prepared.  
 
-- In the wet state 
(including wet -blue)  
-- In the dry state 
(crust)  
 
Leather further 
prepared after tanning 
or crusting, in cluding 
parchment -dressed 
leather, of other 
animals, without wool or 
hair on, whether or not 
split, other than leather 
of heading  
41.14.  
- Of swine  
6 Import 
prohibition of 
plastic bags  P 3923.21  Plastic Bags (Carry 
bags)  
 
 
--Of polymers of 
ethylene  
 
- Polyethylene plastic 
bags for package of dry 
and fresh fruits, 
vegetable and medical 
plants are exempted GATT 1994 Article XX(b) 
and (g)  Ministerial Cabinet Act No 
1 of 28 March  2011 
(absolute prohibition of 
plastic bags)  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
from the prohibition 
pursuant to Ministerial 
Cabinet Act No 12of 7 
June 2011  
7 Import and 
export  
prohibition, and 
non-automatic 
licensing on 
ozone -depleting 
substances  P 
P-X 
NAL-X Various  Ozone -depleting 
substances  GATT 1994 Article XX(b); 
Montreal Protocol on 
Substances that Deplete the 
Ozone Layer of 16 
September 1987  Regulation on Controlling 
Materials Destructive to 
the Ozone Layer, Official 
Gazette No 894 of 6 
August 2006, entered 
into force on 17 July 
2006 Administered b y Ministry 
of Commerce and 
Industry (MoCI) / National  
Environmental Protection 
Agency (NEPA).  
 
Article 11 of the 
Regulation on Controlling 
Materials Destructive to 
the Ozone Layer (the  
“Regulation”) bans import 
and export of the following 
products:  
(-) An ti fire equipment 
(Halons 121 -1301-2402 
(-) Air conditioning 
system containing CFCs.  
(-) Refrigerator, new and 
old air conditioners 
containing CFCs  
(-) Compressors 
consuming CFCs.  
 
Pursuant to Article 7 of the 
Regulation, a license is 
required for the export of 
the Ozone Depleting 
Substances listed in 
Annex 1 to the Regulation 
(List of Ozone Depleting 
Substances    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
8 Import and 
export 
prohibition on 
arms, 
ammunitions 
and explosives  P 
P-X 
 Chapter 93 Arms and Ammunitions 
and other explosive 
materials, defined 
under Article II of the 
Law, with the exclusion 
of military weapons 
(Article III).  GATT 1994 Article XX(b); 
GATT 1994 Article XXI(b)  Law on Firearms 
Equipment and Explosive 
Materials, published in 
Official Gazette No 855 
on 21 June 2005,  
entered into force on 21 
June 2005  Administered by Ministry 
of Interior Affairs (MoIA).  
 
Pursuant to Article IV of 
the Law, imports and 
exports of firearms, 
ammunitions and other 
explosive materials (as 
defined under Article II) 
are prohibited  
9 Export 
prohibition of 
timber from the 
Kunar Province  P-X Chapter 44  Timber from Kunar 
Province  GATT 1994 XX (g)  Ministerial Cabinet Act 
No 41 of 16 June 2012, 
entered into force on29 
January 2012  Administered by 
Afghanistan Customs 
Department (ACD)  
10 Import and 
export  
prohibition, and 
non-automatic 
licensing on 
endangered 
species  
 P 
P-X 
NAL-X Various  Endangered species 
listed in Appendix I of  
Convention on  
International Trade in  
Endangered Species of  
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES), which includes 
all species threatened 
with extinction which 
are or may be affected 
by trade  Article XX(b) of the GATT; 
Convention on  
International Trade in  
Endangered Species of  
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES)  The Environmental Law 
of Afghanistan published 
in Offic ial Gazette No 912 
on 25 January 2007, 
entered into force on 27 
December 2006  Administered by the 
National Environmental 
Protection Agency (NEPA).  
Import and export of 
animals and plants listed 
in Appendix I to the 
Convention on 
International Trade in 
Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES) is prohibited.  
 
An export license from the 
National Environmental 
Protection Agency (NEPA) 
is necessary for the 
exportation (or re -
exportation) of any   
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
specimen of any species of 
fauna or flora contained in 
the Lists of harvestable 
and protected species 
prepared by the NEPA 
pursuant to Article 47 of 
the Environmental Law of 
Afghanistan  
11 Export 
Prohibition and  
Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing 
on cultural and 
historical relics  
 P-X 
NAL-X Various  Afghanistan's cultural 
and historical relics 
defined in Article 3 of 
the Law as movable and 
immovable relics with 
historical, cultural and 
religious value older 
than 100 years  GATT 1994 Article XX(f)  Law on the Preservation 
of the Historical and 
Cultural H eritage of 
Afghanistan, Official 
Gazette No 828 of 20 
May 2004, entered into 
force on 20 May 2004  Administered by Institute 
for Archaeological Studies 
and Historical Monuments 
under the Ministry of 
Information and Culture 
(MoIc).  
 
Pursuant to Article 64 of  
the Law, the export of 
Afghanistan 's cultural and 
historical relics is 
prohibited. The Institute 
for Archaeological Studies 
and Historical Monuments 
decides whether a 
handicraft is considered as 
historical and cultural 
heritage.    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
12 Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing 
on all minerals  
 NAL-X Various , 
including 
Chapters 25, 
26 and 27  All minerals, defined as 
liquid, solid and gas 
substances found on 
surface or beneath 
surface (excluding 
water, oil, natural gas 
and surface earth soil 
are excl uded from this 
definition).  GATT 1994 Article XX(g)  Minerals Law, Official 
Gazette No 1143 of 16 
August 2014, entered 
into force on 16 August 
2014 Export authorization from 
the Ministry of Mines and 
Petroleum / Cadastre 
Department.  
 
Pursuant to Article 104  of 
the Law, export is subject 
to holding an Exploitation 
Licence, Small -Scale 
Mining Licence or Artisanal 
Mining Licence. For the 
sale or export of restricted 
minerals, a special 
authorization may be 
required.  
13 Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing 
on printed 
books, 
brochures, 
leaflets and 
other printed 
matters  NAL-X Various , 
including 
Chapter 49  Printed books, 
brochures, leaflets, and 
other printed matters  GATT 1994 Article XX(a)  Presidential Decree No 
2342 of 11 Febru ary 
2016, Law on Mass Media 
Official Gazette No 986 of 
6 July 2009 and 
Amendment and Addition 
to the Law on Mass 
Media, published in 
Official Gazette No. 1167 
of 11 March 2015, 
entered into force on 28 
January 2015  Export approval from the 
Ministry of Information 
and Culture (MoIC)    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
14 Non-Automatic 
Export Licensing 
of optical disks  NAL-X Various , 
including 
852340  Optical disks as defined 
in Article 3 of the 
Ministerial Act as any 
medium, regardless of 
format, which may be 
used for the electronic 
storage of data in digital 
form, which is capable 
of being written and/or 
read by means of a laser 
or any other means, 
whether or not any 
readable data has been 
stored on it (including 
CDs, DVDs, laser discs, 
mini discs and video 
compact discs)  GATT 1994 Article XX(d)  
 Ministerial Act on 
Licensing, Manufacture, 
Import and Export of 
Optical Disks, 2012, 
entered into force on 11 
November 2013  Export approval from the 
Ministry of Information 
and Culture (MoIC)  
 
15 Import and 
export 
prohibition on 
chemical 
substances 
covered by the 
Stockholm 
Convention on 
Persistent 
Organic 
Pollutants  P 
P-X 
 Various, as 
reflected 
under annex A 
of the 
Stockholm 
Convention on 
Persistent 
Organic 
Pollutants.   Chemical substances 
stated under article 3(a, 
ii) of the Stockholm 
Convention as 
referenced in the Annex 
A. Article XX(b) of the GATT, 
Stockholm Convention on 
persistent Organic 
Pollutants, amended in 
2009  The Government of 
Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan acceded to 
the Convention on 2013. 
The Conven tion has been 
published in the Official 
Gazette No. 1166, 7 
March 2015.  
 Custom and Revenue 
Department and National 
Environmental Protection 
Agency (NEPA)    
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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 Internation al 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
16 Import 
Prohibition  and  
Non-Automatic 
export licensing  
on agricultural 
pesticides  
 P 
 
NAL-X Various  Agricultural pesticides 
are chemical ingredients 
or substance used to 
control, prevent or 
destroy agricultural -
related plagues  Article XX(b) of the GATT 
and Rotterdam Convention 
on The Prior Informed 
Consent Procedure for 
Certain Hazardous Chemica l 
and Pesticides in 
International Trade  Law on Agricultural 
Pesticides, published on 
Official Gazette No. 
1190, of 19 October 
2015, entered into force 
on 26 August 2015.  Administered by, Ministry 
of Industry and 
Commerce ,Custom and 
Revenue Department and 
Ministry of Agriculture, 
Irrigation and Livestock 
(MAIL).  
 
       Pursuant to article 17 of 
the Law on Agricultural 
Pesticides, import of 
agricultural pesticides that 
are not registered in 
accordance to the law are 
prohibited.  
 
   
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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 Agreemen t on Agriculture, 
Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, etc.) contains i nformation on a quantitative 
restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agric ulture  
 
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:  
 
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:  
 
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:  
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below th e relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
 
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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/LIC/N/1/ AFG/1         
 
    
  G/MA /QR/N/AFG/3  
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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:  
 
 
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