G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
TARIFF QUOTA ADMINISTRA TION METHODS AND FILL RATES  
2014 -2019 
BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1.1.  At the Ninth  Session of the Ministerial Conference, Ministers adopted the D ecision on 
"Understanding o n Tariff Rate Quota Administration Provisions of Agricultural Products, as defined 
in Article 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture" (WT/MIN(13)/39) , hereafter referred to as the 
"Bali TRQ Decision ". Ministers instructed the Committee to review the operation of this Decision, 
commencing no later than 2017, taking into account experience gained up to that time .2 The Review 
discussions commenced at the October 2017 meeting of the Committee.3 After two years of detailed 
deliberations, the Committee adopted the re port4 of the Review and the associated 
recommendations at its 31 October 2019 meeting, for transmission to the General Council. The 
General Council considered the report at its December 2019 meeting and approved the 
recommendations contained in Annex 2 th ereto.5 The agreed recommendations contain several  
measures and processes aimed at enhancing transparency and improving TRQ notification practices.  
1.2.  The original background paper  on "Tariff quota Administration Method s and Fill 
rates, 2007-2016" (document G/AG/W/183 of 31 July 2018 ) was prepared by the Secretariat in 
order to facilitate the Review discussions. This revised  paper  presents information on tariff quota 
administration methods by WTO Members and the associated fill rates  for the period 2 014-2019. As 
in the original background paper , the information has been compiled from various sources, including 
Members' Schedules6, Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications and responses to relevant questions raised 
during the Committee 's review process. The revised background paper  includes additional elements 
in light of the approved recommendations of the Review targeting enhanced transparency and 
improved TRQ notification practices.7 The revision accordingly includes a list of all TRQs where the 
fill rate during the covered period remained below 65%. A separate section of the background paper  
presents information on Members ' TRQ notification practices including in cases where a scheduled 
TRQ was not opened . Additionally, a  tabular summary of questions raise d in the Committee after 
the adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision concerning TRQ fill rates  has been included in a separate annex 
to the revised paper .  
1.3.  The revised paper is organized as follows:  section  2 describes the core data on scheduled 
agricultural tariff quotas. The third section  defines  the various tariff quota administration categories  
and identifies those tariff quotas that were not opened  during the period under review . Section four 
summarizes i nformation on tariff quota imports, administration methods  as well as  country -specific 
quota allocations and fill rates . Section f ive includes information on Members' notification of fill rates 
and their TRQ notification practices especially in cases where  a scheduled tariff quota was not 
opened. Annex A  presents the simple average fill rates by Member and by administr ation method 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility in response to the request 
from Members in the context of the review of the operation of the Bali Decision on TRQ administration and is 
without prejudice to the positions of Members  or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 Paragraph 13 of WT/MIN(13)/39 refers.  
3 Section 2.2.1 of G/AG/R/86 refers.  
4 G/AG/29 refers.  
5 Paragraphs 3.1 to 3.7 of WT/GC/M/181 refer.  
6 Sourced from the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.  
7 Paragraph 2 of Annex 2 to G/AG/29 refers.   G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  for the period 2014 -2019. A list of questions concerning TRQ fill rates raised in Committee meetings 
for the period following th e Bali TRQ Decision is contained in Annex B . Annex  C incorporates specific 
technical notes, organized by Member and tariff quota identifier  (TQ ID). Two A ttachments  (available 
separately in E xcel format  as addenda to this document ) provide respectively : (i) the yearly data for 
notified in-quota imports, administration methods and fill rates disaggregated at the tariff quota 
level, and (ii) a list of all tariff quotas where the fill rate is below 65% ,8 one of the threshold s to be 
satisfied in order to trigger the initiation of the underfill mechanism in Attachment A to the Bali TRQ 
Decision .  
2  DATA  
2.1.  This paper presents data on scheduled agricultural  tariff quotas over a recent six -year period , 
i.e. from 20 14 to 201 9. Each tariff quota is characterized by the scheduled commitment, the notified 
annual  in-quota  imports and the notified  administration method. The tariff quotas set out in Part  I, 
Section I -B of Members' Schedules (or, in the case of Braz il and the United States of America, Part  I, 
Section I -A) are used  as main points of reference . The paper also takes into account the rectifications 
and modifications of Schedules , including through  GATT Article XXVIII or Article  XXIV:6 negotiations.  
2.2.  Table  1 presents the total number of agriculture  tariff quotas included in Members' Schedules 
organized by year and by Member , except where zero tariff quota quantity levels were scheduled.9 
Similarly, tariff quotas that are explicitly indicated to have been eliminated in a Schedule are not 
counted in the totals.10 In the case of the European Union (EU), the EU -25 Schedule  has been 
certified  in WT/LET/1220 . The EU's Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications for the period covered by the 
revised note  include m odified ta riff quota quantities as well as additional tariff quotas pursuant to 
the outcome  of negotiations under GATT Articles XXIV:6 and XXVIII  relating to the accession of 
Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania to the EU. Accordingly,  the revised note uses the draft 
EU-28 Schedule11 as the point of reference. Individual EU member States with scheduled tariff quota 
commitments have not been included in the revision where  the tariff quota administration and fill 
rate information is not relevant to the review period (i.e. 20 14-2019).12 The United Kingdom , which  
ceased to be a member State of the EU on 1 February 2020 , has not been considered separately in 
the background paper  as the annual TRQ notifications by the EU include information in respect of 
the United Kingdom for the  covered period . Finally, in the paper, " Switzerland"  refers 
to "Switzerland -Liechtenstein" .  
Table 1 : Total number of scheduled tariff quotas  by Member , 2014-2019 
MEMBER  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
1. Australia  2 2 2 2 2 2 
2. Barbados  36 36 36 36 36 36 
3. Brazil  2 2 2 2 2 2 
4. Canada  22 22 22 22 22 22 
5. Chile 1 1 1 1 1 1 
6. China  7 7 7 7 7 7 
7. Colombia  67 67 67 67 67 67 
8. Costa Rica  27 27 27 27 27 27 
9. Dominican Republic  8 8 8 8 8 8 
10. Ecuador  14 14 14 14 14 14 
11. El Salvador  11 11 11 11 11 11 
12. European Union  124 124 124 124 124 124 
13. Guatemala  22 22 22 22 22 22 
14. Iceland  90 90 90 90 90 90 
 
8 There is no implication that elements of tariff quota administration are necessarily responsible for 
lower fill rates.  
9 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (VENQ028), Morocco (MARQ011, MARQ013 and MARQ014) and the 
Russian Federation (RUSQ008).  
10 China (CHNQ005, CHNQ006 and CHNQ007), Chinese Taipei (CHTQ001, CHTQ002, CHTQ003, 
CHTQ004, CHTQ019) and Panama (PANQ016).  
11 G/MA/TAR/RS/506. This is without prejudice to the pending certification of the draft  schedule as well 
as the ongoing negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.  
12 Earlier background papers on tariff quota administration and fill rates (e.g. TN/AG/S/26/Rev.1) 
include the relevant information in respect of individual EU member State s and may be consulted.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
15. India 4 4 4 4 4 4 
16. Indonesia  2 2 2 2 2 2 
17. Israel  12 12 12 12 12 12 
18. Japan  20 20 20 20 20 20 
19. Kazakhstan13   3 3 3 3 
20. Korea, Republic of  67 67 67 67 67 67 
21. Malaysia  19 19 19 19 19 19 
22. Mexico  11 11 11 11 11 11 
23. Moldova, Republic of  3 3 3 3 3 3 
24. Morocco  16 16 16 16 16 16 
25. New Zealand  3 3 3 3 3 3 
26. Nicaragua  9 9 9 9 9 9 
27. North Macedonia  1 1 1 1 1 1 
28. Norway  232 232 232 232 232 232 
29. Panama  18 18 18 18 18 18 
30. Philippines  14 14 14 14 14 14 
31. Russian Federation  8 8 8 8 8 8 
32. South Africa  53 53 53 53 53 53 
33. Switzerland14 28 28 28 28 26 26 
34. Chinese Taipei  17 17 17 17 17 17 
35. Thailand  23 23 23 23 23 23 
36. Tunisia  13 13 13 13 13 13 
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 1 1 
38. United States of America  54 54 54 54 54 54 
39. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  61 61 61 61 61 61 
40. Viet Nam  3 3 3 3 3 3 
Total Number of Scheduled Tariff Quotas  1125 1125 1128 1128 1126 1126 
2.3.  Data on tariff quota administration methods and in -quota imports reflect information notified 
by Members until 31 August  2020. Members provide details on administration methods primarily 
through Table MA:1 notifications. However, Table MA:2 notifications a re also used by Members to 
report on tariff quota administration, especially in cases where a tariff quota is not opened and rather 
a tariff is generally applied at or below the level of bound in -quota tariff in the relevant reporting 
year. The information  supplied by Members during the review process undertaken by the Committee 
on Agriculture has also been taken into account, where appropriate.  
2.4.  Throughout the paper (including in tables, annexes and attachments), a blank has been used 
to signify " not avail able", or "not applicable", i.e. (i) no notification was submitted by the cut -off 
date; or (ii) in -quota imports were not notified (e.g. when imports were permitted under a 
generally -applied MFN tariff at or below the bound in -quota rate); or (iii) the dat a relating to a tariff 
quota was aggregated with that of another tariff quota (see Technical Notes in Annex C); or (iv) the 
country concerned was not a Member in the relevant period.  
3  METHOD  
3.1.  In order to enable comparison across various administration method s, the Secretariat coded 
each tariff quota by category of administration method. The categories used in this paper have been 
the basis of earlier background papers by the Secretariat.15 The Secretariat originally derived these 
categories of principal admin istration methods and categories of additional conditions following an 
examination of Members' Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications and the summary reports of  Committee 
meetings .  
 
13 WTO Membership on 30 November 2015.  
14 Three wine TRQs (numbering 23 -25) have been merged into a single TRQ effective 24 January 2018 
(WT/LET/1333 refers).  
15 See, for example, G/AG/NG/S/8/Rev.1, TN/AG/S/22, TN/AG/S/26/Rev.1 and G/A G/W/183.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  3.2.  In line with past practice, a two -step process is used to categorize administra tion methods. 
First, the information reported  in Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications and the record of the discussions 
in the Committee were used to categorise each tariff quota according to the descriptions of principal 
administration method s set out in Tab le 2 below . As a second step, the Secretariat analysed the 
information to determine if the administration of the tariff quota included any of the additional 
conditions or elements as set out in Table 3 . The assigned administration methods and additional 
conditions s hould generally be considered as indicative and may not perfectly match the description 
of the category concerned. In situations where Members did not provide  new information  on 
administration methods, it wa s assumed that their tariff quota administration methods remained  
unchanged.  
Table 2: Categories of Principal Tariff Quota Administration Methods  
CODE  DESCRIPTION  
AT Applied Tariffs : Tariff quota is not opened.  Imports of the product concerned are allowed into the 
territory of the Member in unlimited quantities at the in -quota tariff rate or below.  The On -line 
Agriculture Notification System provides for a 'not opened' box which could be clicked to identify 
such tariff quotas  in both Tables MA:1 and MA:2 notifications.  
AU Auctioning : Importers' shares are allocated, or licences issued, largely on the basis of an auctioning 
or competitive bid system.  
FC First-Come, First -Served  (at the border) : No allocation of  licenc es or of access to quota  to 
importers . Imports are permitted entry at the in -quota tariff rates until such a time as the tariff quota 
is filled, then the higher out -of-quota tariff automatically applies. The physical importation of the 
good determines the order and hence the applicable tariff.  
HI Historical Importers : Importers' shares are allocated, or licences issued, principally in relation to 
past imports of the product concerned.  
LD Licences on Demand : Importers' shares are genera lly allocated, or licences issued, in relation to 
quantities demanded and often prior to the commencement of the period during which the physical 
importation is to take place. This includes methods involving licences issued on a first -come, first 
served ba sis and those systems where licence requests are reduced pro rata where they exceed 
available quantities.  
MX Mixed Allocation Methods : Administration methods involving a combination of the methods as set 
out above with no one method being dominant.  
NS Non-Specified : No administration method has been notified.  
OT Other : Administration methods that do not clearly fall within any other category.  
PG Producer Groups or Associations : Import shares are allocated entirely or mainly to a producer 
group or association that imports (or has direct control of imports undertaken by the relevant 
Member) the product concerned.  
ST Imports Undertaken by State Trading Entities : Import shares are allocated entirely or mainly 
to a state trading entity which imports (o r has direct control of imports undertaken by intermediaries) 
the product concerned.  
3.3.  This paper uses the additional conditions  categories  used in previous tariff quota administration 
papers in order to maintain consistency. The additional conditions or elements outlined in Table  3 
below  relate, inter alia , to the eligib ility requirements that must be met by importers  to apply for 
tariff quo ta shares under the relevant principal allocation methods set out in Table  2. For example, 
the category "Past Trading Performance" refers to the situation where licences are issued on demand 
and only traditional importers of the products concerned are elig ible to apply for licences. The paper 
also monitors the application of other conditions that must be met by the applicants in order to be 
eligible for an import licence. For example, the c ategory "Export Certificate"  refers to situations 
where the exportin g country must submit a certificate of origin in order to be able to secure a share 
of the tariff quota. This list of additional conditions is not exhaustive, nor is it suggested that the  
additional conditions  necessarily impede trade or tariff quota fill.  The additional condition column in 
Attachment  1 has been left blank  where the listed categories of additional conditions are not 
applicable . This includes tariff quotas where  administration methods  are not identified as  includ ing 
additional conditions, as  well as tariff quotas with administration methods that are not listed in 
Table  3. More than one additional condition may also apply to a particular tariff quota. In this case , 
the code is a combination of the letter codes contained in Table  3. G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  Table 3: Ca tegories of Additional Conditions linked to  the Administration of Tariff Quotas  
CODE  DESCRIPTION  
d Domestic Purchase Requirement : An additional condition requiring the purchase or absorption of 
domestic production of the product concerned in order to be eligible to secure a share of the tariff 
quota.  
h Past Trading Performance : An additional condition limiting eligibility to secure a share of the tariff 
quota to established importers of the product concerned although allocations are not made in 
proportion to past trade shares.  
l Limits on Tariff Quota Shares per Allocation : An additional condition involving the specification 
of a maximum share or quantity of the tariff quota for each importer or shipment.  
x Export Certificates : An additional co ndition requiring the submission of an export certificate, 
certificate of authenticity, certificate of origin, or any kind of export documentation issued by the 
exporting country concerned in order to be eligible to secure a share of the tariff quota.  
  Blank: None of the additional conditions , listed above,  were identified.  
3.1  TARIFF QUOTAS SUBJECT TO "APPLIED TARIFFS" (AT)  
3.4.  There are a number of scheduled tariff quotas that are not opened annually. These tariff quotas 
are identified by the principal administration method of "applied tariffs" ("AT") as per the 
classification in Table 2. They invariably correspond to cases where the applied MFN tariff s on the 
tariff lines comprising a  tariff quota are equal to or below the corresponding bound in -quota tariff.  
3.5.  In numerous instances, this situation arises by virtue of scheduled tariff commitment levels, 
i.e., where  at the end of the implementation period, the b ound out -of-quota tariff s specified  in 
Section IA of the concerned Member's Schedule for the tariff li nes comprising a tariff quota are  equal 
to or below the corresponding in -quota tariff. In such cases , the bound in -quota tariff on the relevant 
tariff quota products may not provide any tariff advantage over the corr esponding applied MFN tariff, 
hence generally obviating the need to open those tariff quotas. Attachment 2 to G/AG/W/183 
included an extract of all such scheduled tariff quotas where t he bound in -quota tariff either equals 
or exceeds the corresponding bound out -of-quota tariff. A Member -wise count  of scheduled TRQs, 
where the corresponding  tariff bindings mean that such TRQs no longer offer  a tariff advantage , is 
included below.  
Table 4 : Count of Scheduled Tariff Quotas with n o Tariff Advantage (Derived from 
Attachment 2 to G/AG/W/183)  
MEMBER  NUMBER OF TARIFF QUOTAS  
WITH NO TARIFF ADVANTAGE  
Barbados  33 
Colombia  57 
Costa Rica  15 
El Salvador  1 
European Union16 2 
Iceland  14 
Korea, Republic of  4 
Morocco  10 
Nicaragua  1 
Norway  211 
Philippines  9 
United States of America  1 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  2 
Total  360 
3.6.  These are also cases  where , although bound in -quota tariff on a product is below the 
corresponding bound out -of-quota tariff, a Member in a given implementation year decides to apply 
an MFN tariff on such  product that equal s or falls below the corresponding bound in -quota tariff. 
Here as well, a two -tier tariff quota system may not be administered; the tariff quota commitment 
is rather fulfilled by an 'applied tariff ' regime, i.e., offering  market access opportunity a t 
 
16 The TRQ on 'husked (brown) rice' (number 67 in the EU -25 Schedule) in Attachment 2 to 
G/AG/W/183 no longer forms part of the draft EU -28 Schedule; the TRQ does not contribute to the count in 
column  2. G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  an MFN applied tariff equal to or below the bound in -quota tariff without any quantitative limit on 
permissible imports. Unlike the tariff quotas identified in Table 4 above , these tariff quotas may not 
be deemed as non -operational by virtue of the Scheduled comm itments ( as bound in -quota tariff s 
for some or all of  the tariff lines comprising a  tariff quota remain  below the corresponding bound 
out-of-quota tariff s). Here, the applied tariff on the concerned product may be raised to levels higher 
than the correspon ding bound in -quota tariff which would necessitate the opening of the tariff quota  
in order to fulfil the tariff quota commitment .  
3.7.  An increasing number of scheduled tariff quotas are notified as being subject to the applied 
tariff ("AT")  method . This sign ifies that these tariff quotas are not opened or administered. The 
remaining tariff quotas are opened annually. Table 5 includes the total number of opened tariff 
quotas organized by year and Member based on the ir Table MA:2 notifications . For each Member,  
these annual numbers have been derived by subtracting the number of tariff quotas that are notified 
as being subject to "AT" in the relevant notified year from the respective ly scheduled total17 number 
of tariff quotas . Members employ various import arran gements including licensing requirements, to 
administer these open ed tariff quotas. Attachment 1 includes details regarding  those administration 
methods (as well as fill rates) which are analysed further in Section 4. In the absence of Table  MA:2 
notification s for the relevant year(s), the table below shows the corresponding cell(s) for the 
concerned Member as blank.  
Table 5 : Total number of open ed TRQs by year and Member , 2014-2019 
MEMBER  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
1. Australia  1 1 1 1 1 1 
2. Barbados18       
3. Brazil  0 0 0 0 0 0 
4. Canada  22 22 22 22 1419  
5. Chile 1 1 1 1 1 1 
6. China  7 7 7 7 7 7 
7. Colombia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
8. Costa Rica  8 8 8 8 8 8 
9. Dominican Republic  8 8 8 8 8 8 
10. Ecuador  2 2 2    
11. El Salvador  1 1     
12. European Union  120 124 124 124 124 124 
13. Guatemala  2 2 2 3   
14. Iceland  12 12     
15. India 2 2 2 2 2  
16. Indonesia  0 0 0 0 0  
17. Israel  10 10 10 10 10 10 
18. Japan  20 20 20 20 20  
19. Kazakhstan20   3 3 3  
20. Korea, Republic of  63 63 62 62 62  
21. Malaysia  11 11 11    
22. Mexico  1 1 1 1 1  
23. Moldova, Republic of  3 3 3 3 3 3 
24. Morocco  4 4 4 4   
25. New Zealand  0 0 0 0 0 0 
26. Nicaragua  2 2 2 2 2 2 
27. North Macedonia  1 1 1 1 1 1 
28. Norway  22 22 22 22 21 21 
29. Panama  18 18 18 18 17 17 
30. Philippines  11 11 11 11 11  
31. Russian Federation  8 8 8 8 8 8 
32. South Africa  24 24 24    
 
17 As included in Table 1.  
18 No Table MA:2 no tifications were received for the period under review.  
19 Partial Table MA:2 notification. Please see technical notes.  
20 WTO Membership on 30 November 2015.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
33. Switzerland  28 28 28 28 26  
34. Chinese Taipei  16 16 16 16 16 16 
35. Thailand  23 23 23 23 23  
36. Tunisia  13 13 10 10   
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 1 1 
38. United States of America  43 43 43 43   
39. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of    17 16   
40. Viet Nam  3 3 3 3 3 3 
Total Number of open Tariff Quotas  511 515 518 481 392 226 
4  OVERVIEW OF TARIFF QUOTA DATA ( 2014 -2019) 
4.1.  The following section summar ises the  information supplied on tariff quota administration 
methods, in-quota imports, and fill rates. Attachment 1 includes consolidated information in respect 
of tariff quota administration , including additional conditions and country -specific quota allocations , 
where relevant , and fill -rates reported by Member and by tariff quota for the period 2014 to 201 9.  
4.2.  Annual fill rates are calculated from the data provided in Table MA:2 notifications as the ratio 
of in-quota imports to tariff quota  quantity commitment level  for the year concerned . The fill rate s 
are included only in those cases where a tariff quota is opened. In this paper, the fill rates are 
adjusted for cases where notified imports are greater than scheduled tariff quota quantities by 
setting a maximum of 100% tariff quota fill . In some cases where notified in -quota imports are 
aggregated for more than one tar iff quota, fill rates are calculated based on the aggregated 
scheduled tariff quota quantit ies. 
4.1  TARIFF QUOTA ADMINISTRATION SUMMARY STATISTICS  
4.3.  Table 6 below provides summary information on the principal methods of tariff quota 
administration. Between 2014 and 201 9, most tariff quotas w ere reported to be subject to  the 
"applied tariffs"  method . "Licenc es on demand" and " first-come first -served " are the second and 
third most widely used means of administering tariff quotas, respectively. Due to the number  of 
outstanding Table MA:2 notifications , the table below  reflect s a declining number of reported 
administration methods t owards the later year s.21  
Table 6: Number of Tariff Quotas by Principal Administration Method, 2014-2019 
ADMINISTRATION METHOD  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
Applied Tariffs  486 488 465 413 336 246 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  43 43 41 37 30 22 
First-Come, First-Served  95 99 99 99 62 62 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  8 9 9 9 6 6 
Licences On Demand  191 192 191 164 157 77 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  17 17 17 15 14 7 
Auctioning  64 64 51 51 53 45 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  6 6 5 5 5 4 
Historical Importers  71 71 70 61 48 16 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  6 6 6 5 4 1 
Imports Undertaken By State Trading Entities  11 11 11 11 10 0 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  1 1 1 1 1 0 
Producer Groups Or Associations  5 5 5 4 4 1 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1 
Other  9 9 9 9 7 3 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  1 1 1 1 1 0.3 
Mixed Allocation Methods  65 64 82 81 49 20 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  6 6 7 7 4 2 
 
21 Table MA:2 notification for the implementation year 2019 may not necessarily be due for a Member b y 
the cut -off date of the background document depending on the quota "year" followed by it.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  ADMINISTRATION METHOD  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
Non-Specified  0 0 0 1 2 2 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 
Total Number of Scheduled Tariff Quotas  1125 1125 1128 1128 1126 1126 
4.4.  Table 7  below provides details on the distribution of the additional conditions associated with 
tariff quota administration. Most tariff quotas do not have any of the additional conditions identified 
in Table 3 associated with their principal administration  method . As in Table 6, a lack of 
Table  MA:2 notifications may have impacted the figures  especially towards the later years.  
Table 7: Number of Tariff Quotas with Additional Conditions in Connection with Principal 
Administration Methods, 2014-2019 
ADDITIONAL CONDITION  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
Domestic Purchase Requirement  9 9 9 8 8 1 
Limits On Tariff Quota Shares Per Allocation  37 37 37 37 36 34 
Export Certificates  48 49 49 49 45 43 
Past Trading Performance  64 64 64 53 50 44 
Total Number of Tariff Quotas with Additional Conditions22 113 114 114 102 95 78 
Number of Tariff Quotas with No Identified Additional 
Conditions  884 889 869 792 633 394 
Tariff Quotas with Additional Conditions as a Percentage of 
Scheduled Tariff Quotas (%)  10 10 10 9 8 7 
4.2  TARIFF QUOTAS SUBJECT TO COUNTRY -SPECIFIC QUANTITY (CSQ) ALLOCATIONS  
4.5.  From the perspective of the potential utilization of a tariff quota by exporting countries, there 
are two types of tariff quota allocations. Under a "global" tariff quota allocation syst em, the available 
quota quantity is not assigned to specific supplying countries. Simultaneously , some tariff quotas 
may entail "country -specific allocations". Under this allocation system, a specific country or a group 
of countries is granted access to a specified quantity within the overall  tariff quota quantity. In some 
cases, Part I, Section I of Members' Schedules provide s for such country -specific allocations under 
the column "other terms and conditions ". Members are required to report information wit h regard 
to country -specific allocations or otherwise in their Table MA:1 notifications (entry " (a) allocation of 
quotas to supplying countries " in column 3) and the same has been used in the revised background 
paper.23 Table  8 includes information on the number of tariff quotas with country -specific allocations 
organized by Member and by year. Attachment 1 identifies tariff quotas that are subject to 
country -specific allocation s (using the symbol "CSQ"), broken down  by Member a nd by year.  
Table 8: Number of tariff quotas with country -specific allocation by Member, 2014 -2019 
Country -specific tariff quotas based on MA:1 notifications  
MEMBER  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  
1. Australia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
2. Barbados  0 0 0 0 0 0 
3. Brazil  0 0 0 0 0 0 
4. Canada  5 5 5 5 5 5 
5. Chile 1 1 1 1 0 0 
6. China  0 0 0 0 0 0 
7. Colombia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
8. Costa Rica  0 0 0 0 0 0 
9. Dominican Republic  1 1 1 1 1 1 
10. Ecuador  0 0 0 0 0 0 
11. El Salvador  0 0 0 0 0 0 
12. European Union  41 41 41 41 41 41 
13. Guatemala  0 0 0 0 0 0 
14. Iceland  0 0 0 0 0 0 
 
22 In some cases, a tariff quota has been subject to more than one additional conditions.  
23 In some very limited cases, information with regard to country -specific allocations has been reported 
by Members in Table MA:2 notifications.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  Country -specific tariff quotas based on MA:1 notifications  
15. India 0 0 0 0 0 0 
16. Indonesia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
17. Israel  1 1 1 1 1 1 
18. Japan  1 1 1 1 1 1 
19. Kazakhstan  0 0 0 0 0 0 
20. Korea, Republic of  0 0 0 0 0 0 
21. Malaysia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
22. Mexico  0 0 0 0 0 0 
23. Moldova, Republic of  2 2 2 2 2 2 
24. Morocco  0 0 0 0 0 0 
25. New Zealand  0 0 0 0 0 0 
26. Nicaragua  0 0 0 0 0 0 
27. North Macedonia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
28. Norway  3 3 3 3 3 3 
29. Panama  1 1 1 1 1 1 
30. Philippines  1 1 1 1 1 1 
31. Russian Federation  3 3 3 3 3 3 
32. South Africa  2 2 2 2 2 2 
33. Switzerland  1 1 1 1 1 1 
34. Chinese Taipei  1 1 1 1 1 1 
35. Thailand  0 0 0 0 0 0 
36. Tunisia  0 0 0 0 0 0 
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 1 0 
38. United States of America  29 29 29 29 29 29 
39. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  0 0 0 0 0 0 
40. Viet Nam  0 0 0 0 0 0 
Total  94 94 94 94 93 92 
 
 
4.3  TARIFF QUOTA ADMINISTRATION AND TARIFF QUOTA FILL 
4.6.  Table 9 summarizes simple average fill rates by administration method and  by year. Unopened  
tariff quotas24 (identified by "AT" as the administration method in Attachment 1) have not been 
included in the calculation of f ill rates. During the period 2014 -2019, tariff quotas were 53% filled, 
on average . As previous Secretariat papers have noted , simple average fill rates should be 
understood to be only a broad indicator due to some  inherent shortcomings . For example, fill rates  
do not differentiate tariff quotas based on  size or economic importance. Also, fill rates do not 
distinguish between low - or high -value pr oducts since the ir calculation is based on volume rather 
than value . In some cases, a particular administration method was not identified in Table MA:2 
notifications for a particular year (shown as blank in the table below). In addition, simple average 
annual fill rates are influenced by the changing number of applicable tariff quotas each year.  
Table 9: Simple average fill rates by tariff quota administration method and year (%)  
ADMINISTRATION METHOD  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  Simple  Average  
Fill Rate  
2014 -2019  
First-Come, First -Served  48 45 47 47 44 39 45 
Licences On Demand  50 49 51 51 49 42 49 
Auctioning  55 51 46 49 54 55 52 
Historical Importers  63 59 63 62 65 48 60 
Imports Undertaken By State Trading 
Entities  53 55 47 48 43   49 
Producer Groups Or Associations  87 80 78 54 72 47 70 
Other  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
Mixed Allocation Methods  62 68 66 65 67 49 63 
 
24 Refer to Section 3.1 for additional details.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  ADMINISTRATION METHOD  2014  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  Simple  Average  
Fill Rate  
2014 -2019  
Non-Specified        100 82 63 82 
Annual Simple Average Fill Rate Over 
All Tariff Quotas  54 53 54 54 54 46 53 
5  MEMBERS ' TRQ NOTIFICATION PRACTICES  INCLUDING THE REPORTING OF FILL RATES  
5.1.  The a gricultur e notification obligations set out in G/AG/2 provide  common notification formats 
to be used by Members to submit notifications in various areas , as well as the timeline s to be 
respected in furnishing those notifications . Members with scheduled TRQ commitments are required 
to submit two specific notifications, namely, Tables MA:1 and MA:2 , dealing respectively with tariff 
quota administration and annual in-quota imports. The issue of tariff quota  administration also 
figured  in the General Council discussions in the context of the work programme on implementation 
issues. The General Council Decision in WT/L/384, inter alia , require s Members administering TRQs 
to 'ensure that the notifications they provide to the Committee on Agriculture contain all the relevant 
information including details on guidelines and procedures on the allotment of TRQs '. The Decision, 
adopted with the underst anding that it should not place undue new burdens on developing countries, 
also required Members to submit addenda to their Table MA:1 notifications.25 The Bali TRQ Decision 
of December 2013 added greater specificity to how several  provisions of the Agreem ent on Import 
Licensing Procedures  applied to tariff quota administration and required Members to notify tariff 
quota fill rates.26  
5.2.   During the Review discussions, Members dwelt at length on the issue of enhanced 
transparency of TRQ administration and fil l rates.  The importance of consistency in Members ' 
TRQ notifications was underlined during the Review. It was also acknowledged that the Secretariat 's 
on-line agriculture notification system27 should lead to improved consistency and harmonization. The 
agreed recommendations, inter alia , require the Secretariat to prepare a list of the existing 
TRQ notification practices of Members, including in cases where a scheduled TRQ was not opened. 
The recommendations also emphasize transparency in respect of the reporting of TRQ fill rates. 
Section 5 of the background note looks at the record of Members ' reporting of fill rates in their 
Table  MA:2 notifications and considers some aspects of their TRQ notification practices  especially in 
cases where a TRQ is not opened.   
5.1  NOTIFICATION OF FILL RATES  
5.3.   Paragraph 6 of the Bali TRQ Decision provides that tariff quota fill rates shall be notified. 
TRQ fill rate is also a key component to trigger the initiation of the underfill mech anism in Annex  A 
to the Bali TRQ Decision. In response to the requirement to notify fill rate, and in order to encourage 
consistency  among Members ' notification practices  in so doing , the Chairperson at the 
November  2014 meeting of the Committee advised Me mbers to present information on fill rate by 
adding an extra column in their Table MA:2 notifications.28 At the request of the Chairperson, the 
Secretariat circulated the mo dified MA:2 notification format in document G/AG/W/137.  
5.4.  Pursuant  to the requirement  in the Bali TRQ Decision, Members have generally reported fill 
rates in their Table MA:2 notifications , especially from 2014 and onwards . Considering  the 
discussions in the Committee and the specific suggestion by the Chairperson, the on -line 
AG-IMS notification system launched in October 2019 incorporated the additional column in the 
MA:2 notification format so as to include information on fill rates. The processing of  Members ' 
notifications through the System has accordingly ensured a consisten t presentation of fill rates in 
the additional column in Members ' MA:2 notifications.  Table 10 below includes information on 
 
25 Members' Table MA:1 notifications, included addenda, are searchable on https://agims.wto.org/ . 
26 Paragraph 6 of WT/MIN(13)/39 refers.  
27 Accessible at https://agims.wto.org/ . Login is required for submitting notifications online and can be 
requested through https://agims.wto.org/ . 
28 Paragraph 2.16 of G/AG/R/76 refers.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  Members ' reporting of fill rates in their MA:2 notifications as well their compliance29 with MA:2 
notification obligations for the period 2014 -2019.30 
Table 10 : Members with TRQ commitments  - Notification of fill rates and outstanding 
Table MA:2 notifications  
Member  Whether MA:2 
Notifications 
include fill 
rates31? Implementation  
years with 
outstanding MA:2 
notification  
(2014 -19) Comme nts 
Australia  Yes   
Barbados  No 2014,2015,2016,20
17,2018 ,2019  Latest MA:2 is for 200 0. 
Brazil  No 2019 None of the scheduled TRQs are opened.  
Canada  Yes 2018,2019  2018 MA:2 notification is partial; 
notification in respect of 8 Scheduled 
TRQs implemented on a marketing year 
basis is outstanding  
Chile Yes   
China  Yes 2019  
Colombia  No 2019 None of the scheduled TRQs are opened.  
Costa Rica  Yes   
Dominican  Republic  Yes   
Ecuador  Yes 2017,2018 ,2019  2017 and 2018 MA:2 notifications are 
being processed for distribution . 
El Salvador  Yes 2016,2017,2018, 20
19  
European Union  Yes   
Guatemala  Yes 2018,2019   
Iceland  Yes 2016,2017,2018 ,20
19  
India Yes 2019  
Indonesia  No 2019 None of the scheduled TRQs are opened.  
Israel  Yes   
Japan  Yes 2019  
Kazakhstan  Yes   
Korea, Republic of  Yes 2019  
Malaysia  Yes 2017,2018 ,2019   
Mexico  Yes 2019  
Moldova  Yes   
Morocco  Yes 2018,2019   
New Zealand  No  None of the scheduled TRQs are opened.  
Nicaragua  Yes   
North Macedonia  Yes   
Norway  Yes   
Panama  Yes   
Philippines  Yes 2019  
Russian  Federation  Yes   
South Africa  Yes 2017,2018 ,2019  2017 and 2018 MA:2 notifications are 
being processed for distribution.  
Switzerland  Yes 2019  
Chinese Taipei  Yes   
Thailand  Yes 2019  
Tunisia  Yes 2018,2019  2018 MA:2 notification is being 
processed for distribution.  
Ukraine  Yes   
United States  Yes 2018,2019   
 
29 The Secre tariat regularly produces a document (in the G/AG/GEN/86/ series) that summarizes the 
compliance by Members with their agriculture notification obligations. The document includes details of the 
notification record of individual WTO Members with respect to Table MA:1 and Table MA:2 notifications.  
30 The 2019 implementation year is included for information only and does not necessarily indicate that 
the notification was already due.  
31 "Yes" includes cases where a Table MA:2 notification does not include fill r ates for some of the 
scheduled TRQs that are not opened for the relevant implementation year. Also, in some cases, two or more 
scheduled TRQs are managed together and the corresponding in -quota imports and fill rates are reported 
collectively.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  Member  Whether MA:2 
Notifications 
include fill 
rates31? Implementation  
years with 
outstanding MA:2 
notification  
(2014 -19) Comme nts 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  Yes 2014,2015,2018 ,20
19  
Viet Nam  Yes   
5.5.  The information in Table 10 confirms that all Members with TRQ commitments include fill rates 
in their Table MA:2 notifications except in a few cases where the concerned Members do not open 
any of the scheduled T RQs as they are able to provide equivalent o r better market access conditions 
by way of a single 'applied tariff ' regime. In one case where the fill rate is  not reported in Table  10 
above , the concerned Member has not submitted  Table MA:2 notification s after the adoption of the 
Bali TRQ Decision. The Table also shows Members ' outstanding Table MA:2 notifications for the 
period 2014 -2019 (see footnote 29) . The underfill mechanism of the Bali TRQ Decision may be 
triggered when either the fill rate is belo w 65% or the importing Member subject to 
TRQ commitments does not notify the fill rate . 
5.6.  The matters related to TRQ fill rates have been regularly raised under the Committee 's review 
process. Pursuant to the agreed recommendations of the Review, a list of such matters raised in the 
Committee after the adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision is included in Annex B to the paper . 
5.2  MEMBERS ' TABLE S MA:1 AND MA:2 NOTIFICATIONS  AND ASSOCIAT ED PRACTICES  
5.7.  WTO Members are required to notify their tariff quota administration methods using Table  MA:1 
notifications at the time of the first opening of the scheduled tariff quotas. According to the agreed 
notification requirements and formats (G/AG/2) , Members should notify subsequent changes to the 
notified administration method in an ad hoc  manner when those changes are implemented . In 
situations where Members did not provide  new information o n administration methods, it was  
assumed that their tariff  quota administration methods did not change . In addition to the 
requirement to report tariff quota administration arrangements in Table MA:1 notifications, Members 
are also required to annually report in -quota imports in respect of scheduled tariff quota products in 
the form of a Table MA:2 notification.   
5.8.  A comparison of the count  of scheduled and annually opened tariff quotas respectively in 
Tables  1 and 5 above shows that more than half of the tariff quotas in Members ' schedule s remain  
unopened. These include cases where MFN applied tariff on a tariff quota product already provides 
equivalent or better access conditions compared to the bound in -quota tariff , hence obviating the 
need to administer a two -tier tariff quota regime . Section 3.1 provides a detailed explanation of 
unopened tariff quotas (i.e. subject to an 'applied tariff ' regime) , including when the scheduled tariff 
commitments are such that the concerned tariff quotas do not provide any tariff advantage.32  
5.2.1   ON-LINE AGRICULTUR E NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (AG-IMS)  
5.9.  The On -line Agriculture Notification System  was launched in October 2019 for use by all 
Members. The System, conceived in response to the 2009 work programme of the Committee on 
Agriculture to improve timeliness and complete ness of notifications, replicates the notification 
formats in G/AG/2 and simultaneously provides for the possibility to accommodate the voluntary 
transparency practices and additional information that Members have been providing in their 
notifications.33 The System also seeks to facilitate consistency and comparability of Members' 
notifications by way of an enhanced harmonization of their notification practices . 
5.10.   Tables MA:1 and MA:2 notifications require Members to respectively present information on  
import arrangements and in -quota imports in respect of tariff and other quota commitments 
recorded in Section I -B (or Section I -A) of their Schedules. The System prov ides an automatic  access 
to Members' scheduled commitments sourced from the Consolidated Tariff Schedules  (CTS) 
 
32 Please ref er to Table 4.  
33 Paragraphs 2.48 -2.49 of G/AG/R/93 refer.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  database. This enables Members to consult and suitably reproduce their tariff quota commitments 
while submitting their Table MA:1 and MA:2  notifications.  
5.11.  A significant number of scheduled tariff quotas are not opened annually. Members have had 
disparate reporting practices to identify and deal with those unopened tariff quotas in their 
Tables  MA:1 and MA:2 notifications. In order to assist Members  to easily identify such unopened 
tariff quotas , the System includes a feature where a notifying Member may simply tick a box that 
says, "not opened ". This feature has greatly facilitated consistency in the identification of unopened 
tariff quotas in Membe rs' Table MA:1 and M A:2 notifications . 
5.2.2   TABLES MA:1 AND MA:2 NOTIFICATIONS AND UNOPENED TARIFF QUOTAS  
5.12.  The notification practices of Members regarding  unopened tariff quotas (i.e. subject to 
"applied tariffs" (AT) regime) have been different. This has been t he case for the notification of 
import arrangements as well as of annual in -quota imports. The On-line Notification S ystem has 
facilitated the identification of these quotas through the use of the 'not opened ' box in Members ' 
Tables MA:1 and MA:2 notifications . To demonstrate that a concerned tariff quota is not opened and 
is rather subject to an 'applied tariff ' system, Members in most cases have relied on Table  MA:2 
(rather than Table MA:1)34 notifications. However, in cases  where a tariff quota is not opened in a 
particular year due to a lower applied tariff, the obligation to open that tariff quota in subsequent 
years may arise as soon as the tariff is raised beyond the relevant bound in -quota tariff level. 
Concerning the a dministration method once the tariff quota is reactivated, it is assumed that the 
tariff quota administration method notified prior to the reactivation of tariff quota remains valid,  
unless a change in respect of tariff quota administration is notified thr ough a new Table  MA:1 
notification.   
5.13.  While a Table MA:2 notification may bear the burden of reporting or identifying unopened 
tariff quotas (by clicking 'not opened ' box), c ases also exist when a Table MA:2 notification has been 
used to report new or modif ied import arrangement s. The MA:2 format may not however be 
equipped to accommodate complete details of import arrangement employed.  Reliance on a 
Table  MA:2 notification to report import arrangements might also pose some additional challenges 
especially i n determining the temporal validity of the information contained therein: the information 
contained in a Table MA:2 notification for a particular repor ting year is generally considered 
applicable for that  reporting year only; whereas  an import arrangement system notified in a 
Table MA:1 notification is deemed  valid until it is subsequently modified by way of another 
Table  MA:1 notification.35 
5.14.  The difference in Members ' notification practices for unopened tariff quotas has been most 
noticeable in Table MA:2 notifications for  the reporting of annual in -quota imports.  In the past, some 
Members had included such tariff quotas in their Table MA:2 notifications and reported total quantity 
of imports for the relevant product.36 A number of Members in those cases ca pped the reported 
quantity of imports for such "AT" tariff quotas at the level of tariff quota commitment quantity.  
Simultaneously, there were cases where a notifying Member simply omitted the unopened tariff 
quotas from their Table MA:2 notifications.   
5.15.  With the launch of the On -line Notification System, there has been increased consistency in 
Members ' Table MA:2 notif ications in dealing with unopened tariff quotas. In most cases, unopened 
tariff quotas are listed in the tabular section of the Table MA:2 notification with columns on in -quota 
imports and fill rate left empty. In some cases, the notifying Members have additionally chosen to 
report total imports of the relevant quota products in their Table MA:2 notifications; th is information 
is generally included in the form of specific notes or footnotes.37 There are also examples where 
 
34 In some cases Members did submit a Table MA:1 notification to notify that a particular tariff quota 
had been eliminated and the relevant import arrangement was based on a single MFN applied tariff . This is 
often the case when the decision to lower the applied tariff on the tariff quota product at a level equal to or 
below the bound in -quota tariff is more definitive or long -term.  
35 This may be the case, for example, when a Table MA:2 notification s pecifies that a particular tariff 
quota was implemented with country -specific quota (CSQ) allocations. There have been cases when Table 
MA:2 notifications did include information on CSQ allocations.  
36 As there is no distinction between in -quota and out -of-quota imports for unopened tariff quotas.  
37 Some Members also chose to report total imports in the column on "in -quota imports".  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  notifying Member s decide d not to s pecifically include unopened tariff quotas in the tabular section  
of the notification and rather referred  to them in the cover note of the notification.38  
5.16.  In very limited cases, tariff quotas with no tariff advantage (i.e. whe re the  applied MFN tariff 
is already equal to or below the bound in -quota tariff) have been reported to be opened in Table  MA:2 
notifications with information on in -quota imports and fill rate contained therein .39 Notifications 
covering such tariff quotas seem to broadly c orrespond to  the following situations:  
i. Application of the Special Safeguard provision (Article 5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture -SSG) on a product subject to tariff quota : In such cases, while there may 
not be a general tariff advantage in availing tariff quota access (as the applied 
MFN tariff does not exceed the in -quota tariff), exemption of in -quota imports from 
the application of additional duties under the SSG provides value and incentive to 
importers to apply for acc ess to such  tariff quotas  with otherwise  no tariff advantage . 
ii. Decision to  open an autonomous tariff quota on a scheduled product : This may be for 
assuring domestic supply of the concerned product or for other reasons 
(e.g. establishing a parity of import conditions with another product whose imp ortation 
is subject to a tariff quota).  
iii. Despite the absence of a  tariff advantage, a Member does not wish to declare or 
identify a tariff quota as being 'not opened ' and reports the corresponding in -quota 
imports and fill rates in its Table MA:2 notifications.  
 
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38 This approach is also resorted to for practical reasons when the count of unopened tariff quotas is 
very high.  
39 In some case s, the applied tariff on a product subject to tariff quota commitment depends on import 
prices making it difficult to assess the 'tariff advantage' (i.e. the difference between the applied tariff level and 
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  ANNEX A  
Table A.1: Principal Administration Methods – Simple Average Fill Rates1 by Member, 
2014-2019 (%) 
MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Australia       
             
2014   
100       
100 
2015   
100       
100 
2016   
100       
100 
2017   100       100 
2018   100       100 
2019   100       100 
Barbados                     
2014           
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Brazil                     
2014           
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Canada                     
2014  
62 59 68 70  100  99 74 
2015  
66 61 68 70  100  100 70 
2016  
68 63 68 69  100  100 70 
2017  70 65 67 68  100  100 67 
2018    67 71  100   72 
2019           
Chile                    
2014    
0      0 
2015    
0      0 
2016    
0      0 
2017    0      0 
2018           
2019           
China                     
2014    
100 63     69 
2015    
100 72     77 
2016    
100 69     74 
2017    100 72     77 
2018    100 66     72 
2019           
 
1 Fill rates have been rounded. In some cases, '0' may have resulted from rounding. The "average" fill 
rate figures in the last column represent the simple average of the yearly fill rates in respect of all open tariff 
quotas for the Member concerned.   G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Colombia                     
2014           
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Costa Rica                     
2014     26     26 
2015     26     26 
2016     25     25 
2017     23     23 
2018     23     23 
2019     22     22 
Dominican Republic            
2014    
57      57 
2015    
58      58 
2016    
59      59 
2017    59      59 
2018    58      58 
2019    60      60 
Ecuador                     
2014   0       0 
2015   0       0 
2016   0       0 
2017           
2018           
2019           
El Salvador            
2014 20         20 
2015 34         34 
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
European Union            
2014  43 22 45 40     45 
2015  43 20 44 40     41 
2016  43 14 44 40     45 
2017  43 14 44 40     44 
2018  43 3 44 40     43 
2019  43 5 44 40     39 
Guatemala            
2014    100      100 
2015    100      100 
2016    85      85 
2017    100  100    100 
2018           
2019           G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Iceland            
2014 63         63 
2015 60         60 
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
India            
2014         0 0 
2015         36 36 
2016         0 0 
2017         0 0 
2018         0 0 
2019           
Indonesia            
2014           
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Israel            
2014   100 99 100  100   98 
2015   100 100 100  100   99 
2016   100 100 100  100   100 
2017    100 100  100   100 
2018 100   100  100 100   100 
2019 100   100  100 100   100 
Japan            
2014 99   66     86 67 
2015 99   65     85 65 
2016 99   65     82 63 
2017 99   67     79 66 
2018 99   67     77 63 
2019           
Kazakhstan            
2016   59  11     42 
2017   66  6     46 
2018   70  9     49 
2019   76  0.4     51 
Korea, Republic of            
2014 59  87 34 61    100 54 
2015 58  83 40 79    100 59 
2016 58  85 41 83    100 61 
2017 34  84 38 76    100 57 
2018 62  88 44 66    100 61 
2019           
Malaysia            
2014    25      25 
2015    25      25 
2016    26      26 
2017           
2018           
2019           G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Mexico            
2014   100       100 
2015   100       100 
2016   100       100 
2017   100       100 
2018   100       100 
2019           
Moldova, Republic of            
2014    92      92 
2015    100      100 
2016    100      100 
2017    100      100 
2018    100      100 
2019    100      100 
Morocco            
2014  40        40 
2015  44        44 
2016  47        47 
2017  41        41 
2018           
2019           
New Zealand            
2014           
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Nicaragua            
2014     71     71 
2015     73     73 
2016     76     76 
2017     78     78 
2018     79     79 
2019     81     81 
North Macedonia            
2014  30        30 
2015  28        28 
2016  17        17 
2017  28        28 
2018  10        10 
2019  22        22 
Norway            
2014 58  90 100 100 82  96  65 
2015 58  90 20 100 48  98  58 
2016 58  90 23 100 43  91  63 
2017 57  90 26 100   14  58 
2018 57  84 26 100 64  89  53 
2019 57  84 26 100 27  47  59 G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Panama            
2014 48         48 
2015 48         48 
2016 47         47 
2017 46         46 
2018 47         47 
2019 47         47 
Philippines            
2014   34      100 40 
2015   33      100 40 
2016   47      100 52 
2017   54      100 58 
2018   64      100 68 
2019           
Russian Federation            
2014   25       25 
2015   24       24 
2016   24       24 
2017   24       24 
2018   24       24 
2019   29       29 
South Africa            
2014   65 41      48 
2015   67 43      50 
2016   95 57      68 
2017           
2018           
2019           
Switzerland            
2014 90  100 88 96     88 
2015 90  100 88 96     86 
2016 90  100 88 96     87 
2017 90  100 87 96     92 
2018 90  100 87 96     83 
2019           
Chinese Taipei            
2014 49    72     55 
2015 41    64     47 
2016 38    63     45 
2017 52    67     56 
2018 55    65     58 
2019 55    67     56 
Thailand            
2014    43    84 0 42 
2015    39    75 0 38 
2016    38    75 0 41 
2017    43    67 0 42 
2018    43    67 0 43 
2019           G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Tunisia            
2014   61       61 
2015   59       59 
2016   48       48 
2017   50       50 
2018           
2019           
Ukraine            
2014    0      0 
2015    0      0 
2016    0      0 
2017    0      0 
2018    0      0 
2019    0      0 
United States of America            
2014  49   55     51 
2015  51   64     55 
2016  52   66     57 
2017  50   60     53 
2018           
2019           
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of            
2014           
2015           
2016     54     54 
2017     51     51 
2018           
2019           
Viet Nam            
2014    100      100 
2015    100      100 
2016    33      33 
2017    56      56 
2018    42      42 
2019    31      31 
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  ANNEX B  
 
QUESTIONS RAISED IN COA MEETINGS CONCERNING TRQ FILL RATES  
(JANUARY 2014 – JULY 2020 )1  
ID #  CoA 
Meeting 
Number  COA 
Meeting 
Date  Question 
raised by  Question 
answered by  Broad 
Products  Products  
93046  93 28/07/2020  New Zealand  Canada      
93061  93 28/07/2020  Paraguay  European Union      
93062  93 28/07/2020  Paraguay  Switzerland      
93088  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Brazil  Cereals  Wheat  
93090  93 28/07/2020  Australia  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
93092  93 28/07/2020  Russian 
Federation  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
93093  93 28/07/2020  Australia  European Union      
93095  93 28/07/2020  New Zealand  European  Union      
93096  93 28/07/2020  Russian 
Federation  European Union      
93097  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Korea, Republic 
of     
93098  93 28/07/2020  Brazil  Korea,  Republic
 of Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fresh vegetables  
93099  93 28/07/2020  Russian 
Federation  Korea, Republic 
of     
93100  93 28/07/2020  Russian 
Federation  Morocco  Live 
animals  Sheep and goat  
93103  93 28/07/2020  Thailand  Ukraine  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet 
sugar, Other  
93105  93 28/07/2020  Russian 
Federation  Venezuela,  
Bolivarian  
Republic of      
93181  93 28/07/2020  New Zealand  Norway      
93189  93 28/07/2020  European Union  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine  
93204  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Japan      
93205  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Kazakhstan      
93206  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Nicaragua      
93207  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Norway      
93208  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Panama      
93209  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Russian 
Federation      
93214  93 28/07/2020  Australia  Chinese Taipei      
93237  93 28/07/2020  Paraguay  European Union      
93304  93 28/07/2020  United States 
of America  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
93312  93 28/07/2020  New Zealand  Canada      
92110  92 30/10/2019  Russian 
Federation  Thailand      
92111  92 30/10/2019  Ukraine  Thailand      
92112  92 30/10/2019  Australia  Thailand      
91017  91 25/06/2019  New Zealand  Canada      
91030  91 25/06/2019  European Union  Canada  Dairy  Butter  
91031  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Canada  Meat Bovine, Dairy, Milk, 
Milk powders, 
Butter, Cheese, 
Other, Wheat  
 
1 The complete questions and answers can be accessed by clicking on the ID number. One may also go 
to the Agriculture Information Management System at http://agims.wto.org  and enter the ID numbers in the 
function "Search  Q&A Submitted Since 1995" to access the relevant record of discussions. Alternatively, to obtain 
all records, users may do a search using the keyword "Tariff quota fill" in the available search criteria of the 
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  ID #  CoA 
Meeting 
Number  COA 
Meeting 
Date  Question 
raised by  Question 
answered by  Broad 
Products  Products  
91032  91 25/06/2019  Russian 
Federation  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Coarse grains  
91033  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Costa Rica      
91034  91 25/06/2019  Russian 
Federation  Costa Rica      
91035  91 25/06/2019  Australia  European Union      
91037  91 25/06/2019  Russian 
Federation  European Union      
91038  91 25/06/2019  European Union  India Dairy  Milk powders, 
Vegetable oils and 
fats 
91039  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Japan      
91040  91 25/06/2019  European Union  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
91041  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine, Poultry  
91042  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Norway      
91045  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Panama  Meat Poultry, Dairy, Milk, 
Milk powders, 
Butter, Cheese, 
Other, Fresh 
vegetables  
91046  91 25/06/2019  European Union  Philippines  Live 
animals  Live animals, 
Bovine, Swine, 
Sheep and goat, 
Poultry, Horses, 
Other, Sugar, Cane 
or beet sugar, Other  
91047  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Philippines  Live 
animals  Live animals, 
Bovine, Swine, 
Sheep and goat, 
Poultry, Horses, 
Other, Bovine, 
Sheep and goat  
91048  91 25/06/2019  Australia  Russian 
Federation  Meat Bovine, Swine, 
Poultry, Other  
91049  91 25/06/2019  European Union  Russian 
Federation  Meat Swine  
91050  91 25/06/2019  European Union  United States 
of America  Dairy  Cheese, Fresh 
vegetables  
91081  91 25/06/2019  Canada  European Union  Meat Swine, Wheat  
91082  91 25/06/2019  Canada  Japan  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Processed 
vegetables, Coarse 
grains  
91083  91 25/06/2019  Canada  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine  
91085  91 25/06/2019  Canada  Russian 
Federation  Meat Bovine, Swine  
91128  91 25/06/2019  Indonesia  Thailand  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fruit, Coffee  
90048  90 26/02/2019  Russian 
Federation  North 
Macedonia      
90072  90 26/02/2019  Australia  India Cereals  Corn 
90073  90 26/02/2019  Australia  North 
Macedonia      
90074  90 26/02/2019  Australia  Ukraine  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet 
sugar, Other  
90090  90 26/02/2019  Canada  North 
Macedonia      
89052  89 26/11/2018  Australia  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
89068  89 26/11/2018  Australia  European Union      G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  ID #  CoA 
Meeting 
Number  COA 
Meeting 
Date  Question 
raised by  Question 
answered by  Broad 
Products  Products  
89069  89 26/11/2018  Russian 
Federation  European Union  Meat Poultry, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Eggs 
89070  89 26/11/2018  Thailand  European Union      
89071  89 26/11/2018  Russian 
Federation  Panama  Meat Poultry  
88024  88 25/09/2018  Australia  South Africa  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Eggs, Processed 
fruit or nuts  
88025  88 25/09/2018  Australia  Malaysia      
88057  88 25/09/2018  New Zealand  Norway  Meat Sheep and goat, 
Butter  
87083  87 11/6/2018  Australia  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Wheat 
87084  87 11/6/2018  Australia  Chinese Taipei  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fruit 
87085  87 11/6/2018  Australia  Russian 
Federation  Meat Bovine, Other  
87086  87 11/6/2018  Australia  United States 
of America  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Cotton  
87111  87 11/6/2018  Australia  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
86043  86 21/02/2018  Switzerland  Costa Rica  Dairy  Dairy, Milk,  Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
86072  86 21/02/2018  European Union  El Salvador  Dairy  Cheese  
85014  85 17/10/2017  United States of 
America  Norway  Live 
animals  Swine, Poultry, 
Eggs, Fresh 
vegetables  
85040  85 17/10/2017  European Union  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine, Poultry  
85080  85 17/10/2017  Australia  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine  
85082  85 17/10/2017  Thailand  Malaysia  Live 
animals  Poultry, Swine, 
Eggs 
84053  84 7/6/2017  Canada  European Union      
84100  84 7/6/2017  Guatemala  United States 
of America  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet 
sugar, Other  
84101  84 7/6/2017  Guatemala  European Union      
83015  83 28/03/2017  European Union  Moldova, 
Republic of      
82063  82 9/11/2016  Switzerland  Thailand  Dairy  Milk 
81026  81 14/09/2016  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
81034  81 14/09/2016  European Union  Canada      
81036  81 14/09/2016  European Union  Korea, Republic 
of Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fruit 
81037  81 14/09/2016  European Union  Tunisia  Meat Meat, Bovine, 
Swine, Sheep and 
goat, Poultry, 
Horses, Other, 
Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Fresh vegetables  
81072  81 14/09/2016  Australia  Tunisia  Dairy  Milk powders, 
Butter  
81073  81 14/09/2016  Canada  Tunisia  Meat Bovine, Fresh 
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  ID #  CoA 
Meeting 
Number  COA 
Meeting 
Date  Question 
raised by  Question 
answered by  Broad 
Products  Products  
81099  81 14/09/2016  Switzerland  South Africa  Dairy  Butter, Cheese  
81100  81 14/09/2016  Switzerland  Tunisia  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butt er, 
Cheese, Other  
80018  80 7/6/2016  Australia  Japan  Dairy  Milk powders  
80058  80 7/6/2016  European Union  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
80060  80 7/6/2016  European Union  Norway  Meat Poultry  
80070  80 7/6/2016  Canada  China  Cereals  Wheat  
80093  80 7/6/2016  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
80099  80 7/6/2016  Thailand  Chinese Taipei  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fruit 
80100  80 7/6/2016  Thailand  Russian 
Federation  Meat Poultry  
79006  79 9/3/2016  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
79048  79 9/3/2016  Australia  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn  
79049  79 9/3/2016  Australia  Ukraine  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet 
sugar, Other  
79068  79 9/3/2016  Canada  China  Cereals  Wheat  
79078  79 9/3/2016  Switzerland  Costa Rica  Dairy  Cheese, Other  
78004  78 25/09/2015  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
78043  78 25/09/2015  South Africa  European Union  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fruit, Other  
77036  77 4/6/2015  Switzerland  Canada  Dairy  Milk 
77049  77 4/6/2015  European Union  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, 
Processed 
vegetables, Nuts  
77068  77 4/6/2015  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
76022  76 4/3/2015  Australia  Korea, Republic 
of     
75003  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Chile     
75005  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Iceland      
75006  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Japan      
75007  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Mexico      
75008  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Panama      
75009  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Moldova, 
Republic of      
75010  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Philippines      
75012  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Thailand  Cereals  Rice, Animal feed  
75014  75 13/11/2014  Australia  South Africa      
75015  75 13/11/2014  Australia  Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of      
75034  75 13/11/2014  Canada  Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet 
sugar, Other  
75081  75 13/11/2014  Peru Iceland  Cereals  Cereals, Wheat, 
Corn, Rice, Malt, 
Coarse grains  
74002  74 5/6/2014  Canada  China      
74003  74 5/6/2014  New Zealand  Costa Rica  Dairy  Milk powders  
74004  74 5/6/2014  Canada  Russian 
Federation  Meat Bovine  
74026  74 5/6/2014  European Union  Dominican 
Republic  Meat Poultry, Rice  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  ID #  CoA 
Meeting 
Number  COA 
Meeting 
Date  Question 
raised by  Question 
answered by  Broad 
Products  Products  
74060  74 5/6/2014  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Fresh vegetables, 
Cut flowers  
73057  73 21/03/2014  European Union  Tunisia  Dairy  Cheese  
72013  72 29/01/2014  Australia  European Union  Cereals  Rice 
72014  72 29/01/2014  Australia  Panama  Fruit and 
Vegetables  Processed 
vegetables  
72060  72 29/01/2014  Switzerland  Panama  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk 
powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
 
 
 
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  ANNEX C  
 
TECHNICAL  NOTES  
MEMBER  TQID  NOTE  
Brazil  BRAQ002  Tariff quota not opened  until 2018 . Tariff quota administration 
arrangement notified for the quota year 2019 -20 in 
G/AG/N/BRA/55.  
Canada  CANQ005  Imports of fluid milk by consumers are not counted. By virtue 
of General Import Permit #1, which regulates the importation 
of dairy products for personal use, any resident of Canada may 
import fluid milk. The General Import Permit may be invoked 
an unlimit ed number of times  
CANQ022  Introduced in accordance with WT/LET/819 – New schedule 
effective as of 6 July 2011  
  Table MA:2 notification for 201 8 is partial. 2018 
MA:2 notifications covers o nly tariff quotas implemented on a 
calendar year basis  
China  CHNQ003, 
CHNQ004  Import data for CHNQ003 is reported under CHNQ004  
CHNQ005, 006, 007  Tariff quotas were eliminated in accordance with the Schedule 
CLII on 1 January 2006  
European Union  All For a number of tariff quotas, the in-quota import data reflect 
authorized imports rather than effective imports. Please see the 
MA:2 notifications for further details . 
EU's consolidated Table MA:1 notification in G/AG/N/EU/31 
(and Corr.1) has been used to assign the principal 
administration method as well as additional conditions in 
Attachment 1.  
EU-Q001 -124 TQIDs based on the draft EU -28 Schedule in G/MA/TAR/RS/506  
EU-Q085 -86 Two tariff quotas on manioc starch are managed together  
Iceland  ISLQ057, 083  Import data for ISLQ057 is reported under ISLQ083  
ISLQ085,086  Import data for ISL Q086 is reported under ISLQ085  
Japan  JPNQ002, 004, 008  The tariff quota quantities opened (2012 onwards) and actual 
in-quota imports do not include quantities available in the Hozei 
area (area where collection of customs duties on imports is 
temporarily reserved), as described in the Notes to Section I -B 
of Part I of the Schedule  
JPNQ003, 005  The tariff quota system is not applied, as these products can be 
imported in the Hozei  area (where the collection of customs 
duties is temporarily reserved), provided they are used for 
consumption in the cruise of international maritime vessels and 
international airlines as described in the Notes to Section I -B of 
Part I of Japan's Schedule . Import statistics for products subject 
to the Hozei area system are not available  
Malaysia  MYSQ008, 009, 010  Import data of MYSQ008 and MYSQ009 are reported together 
under MYSQ010  
Morocco  MARQ011, 013, 014  Scheduled tariff quota quantities are zero 
Norway  NORQ091, 092, 093  During 2014 -2015, import data of NORQ091 and NORQ092 are 
reported together under NORQ093.  
Panama  PANQ016  Tariff quota was eliminated through GATT Art XXVIII process 
in 2013 (refer to WT/LET/891).  G/AG/W/183/Rev.1  
 
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  MEMBER  TQID  NOTE  
Russian Federation  RUSQ003, 004  Import data of RUSQ004 is reported under RUSQ003.  
Tariff quotas shall be eliminated on 1 January 2020. Upon 
elimination of TRQs, a flat bound rate of 25% shall apply  
RUSQ005, 006,007  In the case of elimination of the TRQs, a flat bound rate of 
37.5% shall apply  
RUSQ008  Scheduled quota quantity is zero. In the case of elimination of 
the tariff rate quota, a flat bound rate of 37.5% shall apply  
Switzerland  CHEQ023, 024, 025  Import data of CHEQ023, CHEQ024 and CHEQ025 is reported 
together.  The three wine TRQs have been merged  into a single 
TRQ in the Schedule effective 24 January 2018  (refer to 
WT/LET/1333)   
Chinese Taipei  CHTQ001, 002, 
003, 004  Tariff quotas were phased out in accordance with the 
Schedule  CLIII on 1 January 2005   
CHTQ019  Tariff quota was phased out in accordance with the Schedule 
CLIII from 2008  
CHTQ021  Quota has been phased out since 7 February 2005 
(G/AG/N/TPKM/22 refers)  
United States of 
America  USAQ003, 005, 
007, 011, 015, 027, 
029, 031-032, 048  Tariff quotas reserved for Mexico under NAFTA; Table MA:2 
notifications for the period covered by the paper (20 14-2019) 
do not include these tariff quotas.  
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Rep. of  VENQ028  Scheduled tariff quota quantity is zero  
 
 
 
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  ATTACHMENT S 1 and 2  
ADMINISTRAT ION METHODS, FILL RATES, NOTIF IED QUANTITIES  
AND IMPORTS (2014 -2019), AND TARIFF QUOTAS WITH FILL RATES BELOW 65%  
Attachment 1  includes  data on in -quota imports, administration methods , including 
country -specific allocations where relevant , and fill  rates disaggregated at the tariff quota level  by 
Member and by year. The information has been sourced principally from Members' Table MA:1 and 
MA:2 notifications. Tariff quotas where the fill rate during the covered per iod is below 65% have 
been listed out separately in Attachment 2 . The data elements contained in the two Attachment s 
are as follows:  
 
COLUMN HEADING  DESCRIPTION OF DATA ELEMENT  
Member  Member having a tariff quota  commitment specified in its WTO Schedule . 
Implementation Year  Implementation year/Reporting year as notified by the Member concerned .  
TQ ID  Seven -character tariff quota identifier code is comprised of the three -letter 
WTO Member code, followed by "Q" for "quota", followed by the three -digit number 
representing the sequential order in which the tariff quota is listed in the relevant 
schedule . 
Description of 
products  (CTS)  Description of the tariff quota, as specifi ed in the Member's WTO Schedule . 
Admin method  A code indicating th e principal administration method in the relevant 
implementation year (for the code descriptions see Table 2  of this paper) . 
ADC A code indicating any additional condition in the relevant implementation year (for 
the code descriptions see Table 3  of this paper). Blank means no additional 
condition listed in Table 3 applies.  
CSQ allocation  This column indicates whether the tariff quota concerned has country -specific 
allocation arrangements for the relevant implementation year  (information sourced 
from Memb ers' Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications).  
Fill rate  Tariff quota fill rates (in %) are listed for each of the implementation years, 
2014-2019. The fill rates are adjusted for cases where notified imports are greater 
than tariff quota quantities by setting a ma ximum of 100% tariff quota fill . The fill 
rate column is kept empty for tariff quotas subject to 'applied tariff ' (AT) 
administration method ; such tariff quotas have also been excluded from 
Attachment 2.  
Unit Units for each tariff quota as notified  by relevant WTO Member . 
Final Quantity  The scheduled tariff quota quantity for the relevant implementation year. (In the 
case of the European Union, the tariff quota quantit ies are based on the draft EU -28 
Schedule in G/MA/TAR/RS/506 as used by t he EU in its Table MA:2 notifications) . 
In-quota imports 
during period  In-quota imports as notified by relevant WTO Members for the relevant 
implementation year s. 
 
 
Two Excel files in Attachments 1 and 2 are  available in electronic format (Microsoft Excel) from 
Documents On -line. 
 
 
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