G/AG/N/UKR/48  
 
 
21 March  2023 
(23-2050) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 21 March  2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Ukraine . The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas (Table MA:1) for the  
Calendar Year  2023 . 
 
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The attached notification is submitted pursuant to the obligation to communicate any changes in the 
administration of tariff quotas,  in accordance with the requirements given in document G/AG/2. This 
notification amends the  document G/ AG/N/UKR/ 34, dated 23 August 2019. The change concerns 
the administration of the tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar and is referred to in item ( b) (i) of the 
notification.  
 
 
  
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- 2 - Table MA: 1  
MARKET ACCESS: UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  FROM 01 -01-2023 TO 31 -12-2023 
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)  
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UKRQ001  Raw cane sugar  170113, 170114   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  
(i) Global quota.  
(ii) The tariff quota is open from 1 January to 31 December.  
 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
(i) Import licence issued by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine is required. 
Licences are issued on the approval of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and 
Food of Ukraine. The approval should be  received by the applicant before 
applying for licence and attached to the application for a licence. Submitting 
the certificate of origin of goods (or its copy) is not required for obtaining an 
import licence.  
(ii) All registered entities engaged in forei gn economic activities, regardless 
of their ownership form, have the right to submit applications to obtain a 
licence (see par.  d on information regarding the relevant procedures).   
(iii) Licences are issued on a first -come, first -served basis.   
(iv) The t erm of the validity of the import licence is 90 days from the date of 
its signing, but shall be valid only until 31  December of the year for which it 
has been issued, within the amount of tariff rate quota. In case of 
exhausting the set quota, acceptance o f requests for delivery of licences is 
halted. Licences are not transferable.  
In case of the increase of the value of imports, the licence holder would be 
required to apply for a new licence. Reducing of the value of imports does 
not require a new licence.  Changing the country of origin does not require a 
new licence.  
In the period not later than 15 days after the date of import licence validity 
expiring, economic operators should submit to the Ministry of Econom y the 
information on factual import of goods under the licence (indicating 
amounts).     
 
  
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- 3 - 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)  
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    (c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences):  
None.  
 
(d) Other information:  
The Procedure for allocating the tariff rate quota on imported raw cane sugar 
into Ukraine is specified in the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine of 12  November  2008 No. 1002  (with amendments) and is available 
on the official site of the Ver khovna Rada of Ukraine: 
https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/1002 -2008-п.  
The Procedure for issuing licences to import raw cane sugar to Ukraine within 
the amount of tariff rate quota is specified in the Order of the Ministry of 
Economy of Ukraine of 20  January 2009 No.  15 (with amendments) and is 
available on the official site of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine 
https://zakon.rada. gov.ua/laws/show/z0117 -09.  
 
 
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