G/AG/N/ECU/50  
27 June 2019 
(19-4319) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 14 June 2 019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Ecuador . The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA:1 ) 
for the calendar year 2019 . 
 
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Table  MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS: ECUADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2019  
Implementation of market access opportunities : Tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note 
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule ) 
1 2 3 
ECUQ001  Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled  0207240000  
  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries : Global quota . 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers : 
(i) Quotas will be allocated  by the Under -Secretariat for Marketing of the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) ;.(ii) Trade operators may apply for 
an import licen ce following the registration of their application at the MAG IT 
Platform with the information outlined in Article 5 (2) of Foreign Trade 
Committee Resolution No. 009 - 2019; (iii) Licences will be issued subject to 
compliance with the requirements established by the competent authority 
responsible for the operationalization of quota administration ; and (iv) MAG , by 
means of an  Administrative Resolution, will determine the duration of the 
allocation . Approved, unused volumes will not be cumulative.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences) : 
(i) Each December, MAG will publish the tariff levels and the volume of the WTO 
import quotas to be used  the following year . 
(d) Other information : (i) The opening, as well as the conditions of use for each 
of the groups of WTO import quotas, will be notified on th e MAG website .   
 
 
ECUQ002  Cuts and offal, frozen  0207140000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as th e one  described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ003  Wheat (all headings other than for 
animal consumption)  10010000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ004  Barley, other, except for seed . Malt, not 
roasted  10030090 , 11071000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.  (1) 
ECUQ005  Maize (corn)  - other (flint) 10059000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ006  Grain sorghum - other  10070090  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ007  Wheat starch  11081100  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.     
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TQ ID Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note 
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule ) 
1 2 3 
ECUQ008  Maize (corn) starch  11081200  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ009  Soya-bean oilcake  23040000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ010  Oilcake of colza or rape seeds  23064000  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ011  Milk in powder, granules or other solid 
forms, of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 1.5% . Milk in powder, 
granules or other solid forms, of a fat 
content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% , not 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter s. Other, of a fat 
content, by weight, of not less than 26% 
on dry product . 04021000, 04022100, 04022900  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.  (2) 
ECUQ012  Glucos e 17023090  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ013  Glucose containing fructose  17024010  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
ECUQ014  Glucos e syrup  17024020  
  The administration of this quota is the same as the one described for quota 
ECUQ001.   
 
Note: 
 
(1) ECUQ004 : There is a single, combined quota for subheadings 10030090  and 11071000.  
(2) ECUQ011 : There is a single, combined quota for subheadings 04021000, 04022100  and 04022900.  
 
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