G/MA/QR/N/GMB/1  
 
28 September 2021  
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Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
THE GAMBIA  
The following communication, dated 24 September 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of The Gambia . 
 
A. Notifying Member:  The Gambia  
B. Date of notification:   22 September 2021  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ):  
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (d oc. symbol) which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information  for the following biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2018-2020 and relates to restrictions in force as of 22 September 2021  
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section 2:  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications wi th information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 For transparency purposes, The Gambia would like to notify a previously introduced 
temporary measure that was introduced as a response to COVID -19 and that has since been 
terminated. The Gambia is working on a notification with information on additional 
measures that will be submitted as soon as it is finalized.  
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - 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 Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
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1 
 Temporary e xport 
prohibition  of 
essential 
products as a 
response to the 
COVID -19 
pandemic  P-X 1006.40.00.00  
1701.99.10.00  
1101.00.00.00  
1102.20.00.00  
1008.20.00.00  
0402.91.00.00  
 
 
 
0207.10.00.00  
0207.14.00.00  
0407.11.00.00  
 
 
 
 
 
0201.20.00.00  
0204.50.00.00  
0204.42.00.00  
1508.10.00.00  
 
 
 
 
 
 
1512.11.00.00  
 
 
 
0301.11.00.00  
0305.44.00.00  
 
 
 Broken rice  
Sugar  
Wheat flour  
Maize flour  
Millet  
Concentrated milk 
and cream, 
unsweetened, not 
in solid form  
Whole chicken  
Chicken legs  
Birds eggs, in 
shell, fresh 
preserved or 
cooked - of fowls 
of the species 
Gallus domesticus  
Bovine meat  
Goat meat  
Sheep meat  
Groundnut oil and 
its fractions, 
whether or not 
refined, but not 
chemically 
modified – crude 
oil 
Sunflower – seed 
or safflower oil and 
fractions thereof, 
crude oil  
Fish – Freshwater  
Fish, dried, salted, 
or in brine; 
smoked fish, 
whether or not  GATT Article XI:2(a)  
 Essential Commodities 
Emergency Powers 
Regulations, 2020  (Legal 
Notice No. 10) as 
amended by Legal Notice 
No. 16.  
 
Restriction was in force 
from 31 March 2020 to 
16 July 2020.    
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- 3 - 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 Ground for 
Restriction, e.g. 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force  Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and 
other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
   0701.90.00.00  
0703.10.00.00  
2002.90.00.00  
2523.29.00.00  
3401.19.00.00  
3402.11.10.00  
 cooked before or 
during the smoking 
process; flours, 
meals or pellets of 
fish, fit for human 
consumption – 
tilapias, catfish, 
carp, eels, nile 
perch and snake 
heads  
Potatoes  
Onions  
Tomato paste  
Cement  
Soap 
Hand sanitizers  
    
 
 
 
  
  
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- 4 - 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 information on a 
quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
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 : 
 
Document 
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/AG/N/         
 
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 notificati on: 
 
Document 
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 
WT/BOP/N/         
  
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- 5 - 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 : 
 
Document 
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/SG/N/  
        
 
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 the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2007)  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/         
 
  
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- 6 - 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 : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type of 
restr.  
 Tariff lin e 
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 
             
 
 
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