G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
7 September 2022  
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
TARIFF QUOTA S: ADMINISTRATION METHODS , FILL RATES  
AND NOTIFICATION PRACTICES  
2015 -2021  
BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1.1.  At the Ninth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Ministers adopted the Decision on 
"Understanding on 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". Paragraph 13 of the Bali TRQ Decision  mandat ed a review of the operation of 
this Decision  no later than four years following its adoption. The Review discussions commenced at 
the October 2017 meeting of the Committee.2 After two years of detailed deliberations, the 
Committee adopted the report3 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 
thereto.4 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 Methods and Fill 
rates,  2007-2016" (document G/AG/W/18 3 of 31 July 2018) was prepared by the Secretariat in 
order to facilitate the Review discussions. The agreed recommendations5 of the Review require the 
Secretariat to 'regularly update the information on tariff quota administration and fill rates as 
included in the G/AG/W/183 as well as the updated information on which Members have notified fill 
rates and on questions raised in the Committee concerning fill rates' . The agreed recommendations 
also require this Secretariat background note to include 'a list of TRQs where no Table MA:2 
notification has been submitted or where the fill rate is below 65% ' as well as 'a list of existing TRQ 
notification practices of Members including in cases where a scheduled TRQ was not opened' . 
1.3.   The revised note accordingly up dates the information contained in the Secretariat background 
note in G/AG/W/183/Rev.1 dated 15  September 2020. The revision 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  
scheduled TRQ s were not opened. A tabular summary of questions raised in the Committee after the 
adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision concerning TRQ fill rates has bee n included in a separate annex 
to the revis ion. The information in the revised note covers the period 2015 to 2021. As in the original 
background paper  and its first revision , the information in this revised note has been compiled mainly 
 
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 Section 2.2.1 of G/AG/R/86 refers.  
3 G/AG/29 refers.  
4 Paragraphs 3.1 to 3.7 of WT/GC/M/181 refer.  On the mandated issue of the future operation of 
paragraph  4 of the underfill mechanism, Members had not reached an agreement during the 2017 -19 Review. A 
decision on this outstanding issue was adopted later by the General Council on 31 March 2022 (WT/L/1129 
refers) based on the recommendations approved by the Committee on Agriculture in G/AG/32/Add.1.  
5 Paragraph 2 of Annex 2 to G/AG/29 refers.   G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  from Members' Schedules6, Table s MA:1 and MA:2 notifications and the record of the discussions in 
the Committee  on Agriculture.  
1.4.  The revised paper is organized as follows: section 2  describes the core data on scheduled 
agricultural tariff quotas. The third sec tion defines the various tariff quota administration categories 
and identifies those tariff quotas that were not opened during the period under review. Section four  
summarizes information on tariff quota imports, administration methods as well as country -specific 
quota allocations and fill rates. Section five  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 f ill rates by Member and by administration method 
for the period 201 5-2021. A list of questions concerning TRQ fill rates raised in Committee meetings 
for the period following the adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision is contained in Annex B . Annex  C 
incorporat es specific technical notes, organized by Member and tariff quota identifier  (TQ ID). Two 
Attachments  (available separately in Excel 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%,7 one of the thresholds 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 seven -year 
period, i.e. from 2015 to 2021. Each tariff quota is characterized by the scheduled commitment, the 
notified annual in -quota imports and the notified administration m ethod. The tariff quotas set out in 
Part I, Section I -B of Members' Schedules (or, in the case of Brazil and the United States of America, 
Part I, Section I -A) are used as main points of reference.  
2.2.  Table 1 presents the total number of agriculture tariff q uotas included in Members' Schedules 
organized by year and by Member, except where zero tariff quota quantity levels were scheduled.8 
Similarly, tariff quotas that are explicitly indicated to have been eliminated in a Schedule are not 
counted in the total s.9 In the case of the European Union (EU), the EU -25 Schedule has been certified 
in WT/LET/1220. For years 2015 to 2020, t he EU's Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications include 
modified tariff quota quantities as well as additional tariff quotas pursuant to t he 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 for these years uses the draft 
EU-28 Schedule10 as the point of reference. The United Kingd om (UK) ceased to be a member State 
of the European Union on  1 February 2020. Following the end of the transition period under the 
EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement, the information in the note for the period starting 1  January  2021 
concerning the European Union covers its current 27 member States and the United Kingdom is 
treated separately . Finally, in the paper, " Switzerland" refers to  "Switzerland -Liechtenstein".  
Table 1: Total number of scheduled tariff quotas by Member, 2015 -2021  
MEMBER  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
1. Australia  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
2. Barbados  36 36 36 36 36 36 36 
3. Brazil  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
4. Canada  22 22 22 22 22 22 22 
5. Chile 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
6. China  7 7 7 7 7 7 7 
7. Colombia  67 67 67 67 67 67 67 
8. Costa Rica  27 27 27 27 27 27 27 
 
6 Sourced fr om the Consolidated Tariff Schedules (CTS) database.  
7 There is no implication that elements of tariff quota administration are necessarily responsible for 
lower fill rates.  
8 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (VENQ028), Morocco (MARQ011, MARQ013 and MARQ0 14) and the 
Russian Federation (RUSQ008).  
9 China (CHNQ005, CHNQ006 and CHNQ007), Chinese Taipei (CHTQ001, CHTQ002, CHTQ003, 
CHTQ004, CHTQ019) and Panama (PANQ016).  
10 G/MA/TAR/RS/506. This is without prejudice to the pending certification of the draft sche dule as well 
as the ongoing negotiations under Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
9. Dominican Republic  8 8 8 8 8 8 8 
10. Ecuador  14 14 14 14 14 14 14 
11. El Salvador  11 11 11 11 11 11 11 
12. European Union  124 124 124 124 124 124 124 
13. Guatemala  22 22 22 22 22 22 22 
14. Iceland  90 90 90 90 90 90 90 
15. India 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 
16. Indonesia  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
17. Israel  12 12 12 12 12 12 12 
18. Japan  20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
19. Kazakhstan11  3 3 3 3 3 3 
20. Korea, Republic of  67 67 67 67 67 67 67 
21. Malaysia  19 19 19 19 19 19 19 
22. Mexico  11 11 11 11 11 11 11 
23. Moldova, Republic of  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
24. Morocco  16 16 16 16 16 16 16 
25. New Zealand  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
26. Nicaragua  9 9 9 9 9 9 9 
27. North Macedonia  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
28. Norway  232 232 232 232 232 232 232 
29. Panama  18 18 18 18 18 18 18 
30. Philippines  14 14 14 14 14 14 14 
31. Russian Federation  8 8 8 8 8 8 8 
32. South Africa  53 53 53 53 53 53 53 
33. Switzerland12 28 28 28 26 26 26 26 
34. Chinese Taipei  17 17 17 17 17 17 17 
35. Thailand  23 23 23 23 23 23 23 
36. Tunisia  13 13 13 13 13 13 13 
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
38. United Kingdom        8813 
39. United States of America  54 54 54 54 54 54 54 
40. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  61 61 61 61 61 61 61 
41. Viet Nam  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
Total Number of Scheduled Tariff Quotas  1125 1128 1128 1126 1126 1126 1214 
2.3.  Data on tariff quota administration methods and in -quota imports reflect information notified 
by Members until 5 September 2022. Members provide details on administration methods primarily 
through Table MA:1 notifications. However, Table MA:2 notifications  are 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 informati on 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 ava ilable", 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 d ata relating to a tariff 
quota was aggregated with that of another tariff quota (see Technical Notes in Annex C); (iv) the 
country concerned was not a Member in the relevant period; or, (v) in the case of the 
 
11 WTO Membership on 30 November 2015.  
12 Three wine TRQs (numbering 23 -25) have been merged into a single TRQ effective 24 January 2018 
(WT/LET/1333 refers).  
13 The number of sch eduled tariff quota s is based on the United Kingdom's draft schedule in 
G/MA/TAR/RS/570  (and addendums 1 and 2) . This is without prejudice to the pending certification of the draft 
goods schedule of the United Kingdom as well as the ongoing negotiations un der Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994  
(WT/GC/226 also refers).  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  United  Kingdom, for the period until 31  Decembe r 2020, agriculture notifications by the 
European  Union also include information in respect of the United Kingdom .  
3  METHOD  
3.1.  In order to enable comparison across various administration methods, the Secretariat coded 
each tariff quota by category of administr ation method. The categories used in this paper have been 
the basis of earlier background papers by the Secretariat.14 The Secretariat originally derived these 
categories of principal administration 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.  
3.2.  In line with past practice, a two -step process is used to categorize administration 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 methods set out in Table 2 below. As a second step, the Secretariat analysed the 
informat ion 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 should generally be considered as indicative and may not p erfectly match the description 
of the category concerned. In situations where Members did not provide new information on 
administration methods, it was assumed that their tariff quota administration methods remained 
unchanged.  
Table 2: Categories of Princ ipal Tariff Quota Administration Methods  
CODE  DESCRIPTION  
AT Applied Tariffs : Tariff quota is not opened. No shares are allocated to importers.  An applied MFN 
tariff equal to or below the bound in-quota tariff rate is maintained for the concerned product. 
Imports of the product concerned are allowed into the territory of the Member at that tariff without 
any quantitative limit.  
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 licences 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 rela tion to 
past imports of the product concerned.  
LD Licences on Demand : Importers' shares are generally 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 basis and those systems where licence requests are reduced pro rata where they exceed 
available quantities.  
MX Mixed Allocation Methods : Administration method s 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 Trad ing Entities : Import shares are allocated entirely or mainly 
to a state trading entity which imports (or has direct control of imports undertaken by intermediaries) 
the product concerned.  
3.3.  This paper uses the additional conditions categories used in Secretariat's 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 eligibility requirements that must be met by 
 
14 See, for example, G/AG/NG/S/8/Rev.1, TN/AG/S/22, TN/AG/S/26/Rev.1 , G/AG/W/183  (and Rev.1 ). G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  importers to apply for tariff quota 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 eligible 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 category "Export Certificate" 
refers to situations where the exporting 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 including additional conditions, as well as tariff quotas with additional conditions  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. 
Table 3: Categories 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 condition 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. For these TRQs, the applied MFN tariff on the concerned product (i.e. all 
tariff lines comprising a tariff quota ) is equal to or below the corresponding bound in -quota tariff.  
3.5.  In numerous instances, this situation arises by virtue of scheduled ta riff commitment levels, 
i.e., where at the end of the implementation period, the bound out -of-quota tariff specified in 
Section  IA of the concerned Member's Schedule for all tariff lines comprising a tariff quota is equal 
to or below the corresponding bound in-quota tariff  in Section IB of the Schedule. In such cases, the 
bound in -quota tariff on the relevant tariff quota products may not provide any tariff advantage over 
the corresponding MFN out-of-quota tariff (as the latter cannot exceed the bound tariff on the 
product) , 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 the 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.   G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Table 4: Count of Scheduled Tariff Quotas with no Tariff Advantage (Derived from 
Attachment 2 to G/AG/W/183)  
MEMBER  NUMBER OF TARIFF QUOTA S 
WITH NO TARIFF ADVANTAGE  
Barbados  33 
Colombia  57 
Costa Rica  15 
El Salvador  1 
European Union15 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 equals or falls below the correspondin g 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 at 
an MFN applied tariff equal to or belo w 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 commitments (as bound in -quota tari ffs 
for some or all of the tariff lines comprising a tariff quota remain below the corresponding bound 
out-of-quota tariffs). Here, the applied tariff on the concerned product may be raised to levels higher 
than the corresponding bound in -quota tariff whic h would necessitate the opening of the tariff quota 
in order to fulfil the tariff quota commitment.  
3.7.  Table 5 includes the total number of opened tariff quotas organized by year and Member based 
on their MA:2 notifications.16 For each Member, these annual n umbers 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 scheduled total17 number of tariff quotas. Members employ various 
import arrangements including  licensing requirements to administer these opened 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 notifications for the relev ant year(s), 
the table below shows the corresponding cell(s) for the concerned Member as blank. The number of 
scheduled tariff quotas notified as being subject to the applied tariff ("AT") method has generally 
remained unchanged during the period of 2015 -2021; the decreasing total number of open tariff 
quota s in Table 5 below is mainly result ing from outstanding MA:2 notifications in later years.  
 
15 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. 
16 This count is based on the data in Attachment 1.  
17 As included in Table 1.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Table 5: Total number of opened TRQs by year and Member, 2015 -2021  
MEMBER  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
1. Australia  1 1 1 1 1 1   
2. Barbados18               
3. Brazil  0 0 0 0 1 1 1 
4. Canada  22 22 22 22 22 22 22 
5. Chile 1 1 1 0 0 0   
6. China  7 7 7 7 7 7   
7. Colombia  0 0 0 0 0     
8. Costa Rica  8 8 8 8 8 8 8 
9. Dominican Republic  8 8 8 8 8 8 8 
10. Ecuador  2 2 3 3       
11. El Salvador  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
12. European Union  124 124 124 124 124 123 123 
13. Guatemala  2 2 3 3 3 3   
14. Iceland  23 11 11 11 11     
15. India 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
16. Indonesia  0 0 0 0       
17. Israel  10 10 10 10 10 10   
18. Japan  20 20 18 18 18 18 18 
19. Kazakhstan19   3 3 3 3 3   
20. Korea, Republic of  63 62 62 62 63 63 63 
21. Malaysia  11 11           
22. Mexico  1 1 1 1 1 1   
23. Moldova, Republic of  3 3 3 3 3 3 3 
24. Morocco  4 4 4 4 4     
25. New Zealand  0 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  21 22 22 21 21 22 22 
29. Panama  18 18 18 17 17 18 18 
30. Philippines  14 14 14 14 14 14 14 
31. Russian Federation  8 8 8 8 8 6   
32. South Africa  24 24 23 25 25 25   
33. Switzerland  28 28 28 28 28 28   
34. Chinese Taipei  16 16 16 16 16 16 16 
35. Thailand  23 23 23 23 23 23 23 
36. Tunisia  13 10 10         
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
38. United Kingdom20             87 
39. United States of America  43 43 43 43 43 43 43 
40. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of    17 16         
41. Viet Nam  3 3 3 3 3     
Total Number of open Tariff Quotas  528 533 520 493 492 473 473 
 
18 No Table MA:2 notifications were received for the period under review.  
19 WTO Membership on 30 November 2015.  
20 G/AG/N/GBR/6/Rev. 1 refers. Until 2020, the agriculture notifications by the European Union include 
information in respect of the United Kingdom .  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  4  OVERVIEW OF TARIFF QUOTA DATA (2015 -2021)  
4.1.  The following section summarises the information supplied on tariff quota administration 
methods, in -quota imports, and fill rates. Attachment 1 includes consolidated information in respect 
of tariff quota administ ration, including additional conditions and country -specific quota allocations, 
where relevant, and fill -rates reported by Member and by tariff quota for the period 2015 to 2021.  
4.2.  Annual fill rates are calculated from the data provided in Table MA:2 notifi cations as the ratio 
of in-quota imports to tariff quota quantity commitment level for the year concerned. The fill rates 
are included only in those cases where a tariff quota is opened. In this paper, the fill rates are 
adjusted for cases where notified i mports 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 tariff quota, fill rates are calculated based on the aggregated 
schedul ed tariff quota quantities.  
4.1  TARIFF QUOTA ADMINISTRATION SUMMARY STATISTICS  
4.3.  Table 6 below provides summary information on the principal methods of tariff quota 
administration. Between 2015 and 2021, most tariff quotas were reported to be subject to the 
"applied tariffs" method. "Licences 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 reflects a dec lining number of reported 
administration methods towards the later years.21  
Table 6: Number of Tariff Quotas by Principal Administration Method, 2015 -2021  
ADMINISTRATION METHOD  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
Applied Tariffs  487 550 541 493 491 321 254 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  43 49 48 44 44 29 21 
First-Come, First -Served  99 99 99 99 99 95 153 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  9 9 9 9 9 8 13 
Licences On Demand  191 190 179 179 179 175 163 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  17 17 16 16 16 16 13 
Auctioning  74 62 62 64 64 54 47 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  6.6 5.5 5.5 5.7 5.7 4.8 3.9 
Historical Importers  73 73 73 60 59 57 38 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  6.5 6.5 6.5 5.3 5.2 5.1 3.1 
Imports Undertaken By State Trading Entities  13 13 13 13 13 13 13 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1 
Producer Groups Or Associations  5 5 4 4 4 4 4 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 
Other  9 9 7 5 5 5 2 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 
Mixed Allocation Methods  64 82 81 64 64 64 51 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  5.7 7.3 7.2 5.7 5.7 5.7 4.2 
Non-Specified  0 0 2 5 5 6 2 
% of total scheduled tariff quotas  0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 
Total Number of Scheduled Tariff Quotas  1125 1128 1128 1126 1126 1126 1214 
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.  
 
21 Table MA:2 notification for the implementation year 2021 may not necessarily be due for a Member by 
the cut -off date of the background document depending on the quota "year" followed by it.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Table 7: Number of Tariff Quotas with Add itional Conditions in Connection with Principal 
Administration Methods, 2015 -2021  
ADDITIONAL CONDITION  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
Domestic Purchase Requirement  9 9 8 8 8 8 8 
Limits On Tariff Quota Shares Per Allocation  37 37 37 36 36 36 24 
Export Certificates  49 49 49 48 48 47 77 
Past Trading Performance  67 67 66 64 64 61 81 
Total Number of Tariff Quotas with Additional Conditions22 117 117 115 112 112 108 122 
Number of Tariff Quotas with No Identified Additional 
Conditions  894 962 942 870 867 682 601 
Tariff Quotas with Additional Conditions as a Percentage 
of Scheduled Tariff Quotas (%)  10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
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 provides 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. In the absence of Table  MA:2 notifications for the relevant 
year(s), the table below shows the corresponding cell(s) for the concerned Member as blank. 
Attachment 1 identifies tariff quotas that are subject to country -specific allocations (using the 
symbol  "CSQ"), broken down by Member and by year.  
Table 8: Number of tariff quotas with country -specific allocation by Member, 2015 -2021  
Country -specific tariff quotas based on MA:1 notifications  
MEMBER  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
1. Australia  0 0 0 0 0 0  
2. Barbados24        
3. Brazil  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
4. Canada  5 5 5 5 5 5 5 
5. Chile 1 1 1 0 0 0  
6. China  0 0 0 0 0 0  
7. Colombia  0 0 0 0 0   
8. Costa Rica  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
9. Dominican Republic  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
10. Ecuador  0 0 0 0    
11. El Salvador  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
12. European Union  41 41 41 41 41 41 43 
13. Guatemala  0 0 0 0 0 0  
14. Iceland  0 0 0 0 0   
15. India 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
16. Indonesia  0 0 0 0    
17. Israel  1 1 1 1 1 1  
18. Japan  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
19. Kazakhstan25  0 0 0 0 0  
 
22 In some cases, a tariff quota has been subject to more than on e 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.  
24 No Table MA:2 notifications were received for the period under review.  
25 WTO Membersh ip on 30 November 2015.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Country -specific tariff quotas based on MA:1 notifications  
MEMBER  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  
20. Korea, Republic of  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
21. Malaysia  0 0      
22. Mexico  0 0 0 0 0 0  
23. Moldova, Republic of  2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
24. Morocco  0 0 0 0 0   
25. New Zealand  0 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 3 
29. Panama  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 
30. Philippines  1 1 1 0 0 0 0 
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 1 
35. Thailand  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
36. Tunisia  0 0 0     
37. Ukraine  1 1 1 1 0 0 0 
38. United Kingdom26       35 
39. United States of America  29 29 29 29 29 29 29 
40. Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of   0 0     
41. Viet Nam  0 0 0 0 0   
Total  94 94 94 92 91 91 121 
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 quotas27 (identified by "AT" as the administration method in Attachment 1) have not been 
included in the calculation of fill rates. During the period 2015 -2021, tariff quotas were 52% 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 importanc e. Also, fill rates do not 
distinguish between low - or high -value products since their calculation is based on volume rather 
than value. In some cases, a particular administration method was not identified or applicable in a 
year covered by the note (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 M ETHOD  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  Simple  Average  
Fill Rate  
2015 -2021  
First-Come, First -Served  45 47 47 46 46 48 39 45 
Licences On Demand  49 50 48 47 45 44 42 46 
Auctioning  56 48 52 55 59 50 49 53 
Historical Importers  58 62 56 57 58 57 66 59 
Imports Undertaken By State 
Trading Entities  62 55 56 56 55 52 53 55 
Producer Groups Or 
Associations  80 78 54 72 62 53 75 68 
Other  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
Mixed Allocation Methods  69 67 65 64 62 61 51 63 
Non-Specified      50 44 33 56 75 49 
 
26 G/AG/N/GBR/2 (and Corr.1) refers. Until 2020, the agriculture notifications by the European Union 
include information in respect of the United Kingdom .  
27 Refer to Section 3.1 for additional details.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  ADMINISTRATION M ETHOD  2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  Simple  Average  
Fill Rate  
2015 -2021  
Annual Simple Average Fill 
Rate Over All Tariff Quotas  54 55 53 52 51 50 45 52 
5  TARIFF QUOTA ADMINISTRATION AND MEMBERS' TRQ NOTIFICATION PRACTICES  
5.1.  The issue of tariff quota administration and their utilization has formed an important part of 
Members' discussions almost since the inception of the Committee's work on the follow -up to the 
agriculture reform process under the Agreement on Agriculture. Availability of timely and adequate 
information on how tariff quotas are administered has remaine d a key component of this discussion. 
This information has been considered critical to verify that Members adhere to their tariff quota 
commitments and that the administration procedures employed do not hinder the utilization of 
such TRQs. The Working Proc edures28 of the Committee also provide that a Member may request 
another Member to provide information to the Committee on the 'functioning of a specific quota, 
including the quantity of imports effected or authorized under that quota' .  
5.2.  The agriculture no tification obligations set out in G/AG/2 provide for the common notification 
formats to be used by Members to submit notifications in various areas, as well as the timelines to 
be respected in furnishing those notifications. Members with scheduled TRQ comm itments 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  
5.3.  In the course of several formal and informal meetings during 1998 -1999, Members delib erated 
on notification issues in all three pillars, including the pillar of market access, based on Members' 
written submissions and suggestions pertaining to notification practices, including in respect of the 
implementation of TRQs.29 The Secretariat was asked to prepare a note with its comments on the 
specific suggestions made by Members in their written submissions relative to the Committee's 
notification requirements in G/AG/2.30 The Secretariat presented a detailed background note31 on 
notification is sues containing its comments on Members' notification -related suggestions. At the 
September  1999 meeting, the committee agreed that Members should give consideration to 
following the practical suggestions in the Secretariat's note with a view to improving the quality of 
notifications and the efficiency of the Committee's review process.32 Concerning the administration 
of TRQs, notified under the Table MA:1 notifications, the Secretariat's comments and 
recommendations, inter alia,  dealt with suggestions related to tariff quotas where the in -quota, or a 
lower rate, is applied without limitation on the quantity of imports that may enter at that rate ; the 
inclusion of an explanation where tariff quotas are implemented for a different set of products than 
those covered by a specific tariff quota commitment as scheduled ; and the consistency of reporting 
periods with scheduled commitments.  
5.4.  Discussions on transparent administration of TRQs also formed part of the work programme on 
'implem entation -related issues and concerns' and the subsequent decisions by the General Council 
and the fourth Ministerial Conference of the WTO. The General Council Decision in WT/L/384, inter 
alia, requires Members administering TRQs to ' ensure that the notifi cations 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 understanding that it should 
not place undue new burdens on d eveloping countries, also required Members to submit addenda to 
their Table MA:1 notifications.33 The issue of administration of tariff rate quotas has since remained 
under the review of the Committee on Agriculture pursuant to the Doha Ministerial Decisio n on 
Implementation -related Issues and Concerns.34  
 
28 Paragraph 15 of G/AG/1 refers.  
29 G/AG/W/34, G/AG/W/35, G/AG/W/37, G/AG/W/39, G/AG/W/43, G/AG/W/44  refer. 
30 Paragraph 19 of G/AG/R/18 refers.  
31 G/AG/W/45  refers . 
32 G/AG/R/20, para. 14 (the paragraph in the Sum mary Report, however, erroneously identified the 
Secretariat document as G/AG/W/42 instead of G/AG/W/45).  
33 Members' Table MA:1 notifications, included addenda, are searchable on https://agims.wto.org/ . 
34 Paragraph 2. 4 of WT/MIN(01)/17 refers.  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  5.5.  During the Committee's 2009 -2011 work programme which had been launched in response to 
a communication35 by the Chairman of the General Council to the Chairs of all WTO Councils and 
Committees to examine ways to improve transparency and notification compliance in their respective 
bodies, Members dwelt on 'best practices' for the preparation and review of agriculture notifications . 
Several specific suggestions were considered, including in respect of tariff quota notifications and 
notification practices. The Secretariat prepared compilations of Members' suggestions on those best 
practices along with comments a nd suggested follow -ups.36  
5.1  ON-LINE AGRICULTURE NOTIFICATION SYSTEM (AG -IMS)  
5.6.  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 completeness 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 h ave been providing in their 
notifications.37 The System also seeks to facilitate consistency and comparability of Members' 
notifications by way of an enhanced harmonization of their notification practices . 
5.7.   Tables MA:1 and MA:2 notifications require Member s 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 provides an automatic  access 
to Members' scheduled commitments sourced from the Consolidated Tariff Schedules  (CTS) 
database. This enables Members to consult and suitably reproduce their tariff quota commitments 
while submitting their Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications.  As will  be elaborated in the subsequent 
sections below, the System has also played an important role to improve harmonization of Members' 
TRQ notification practices.  
5.2  BALI TRQ DECISION AND ITS FOLLOW -UP  
5.8.  The Bali TRQ Decision clarified that the  tariff quota admini stration of scheduled tariff quotas 
shall be deemed to be an instance of "import licensing" within the meaning of the Uruguay Round 
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures . The Decision also added greater specificity to a number 
of provisions of the Agree ment on Important Licensing Procedures in their application to tariff quota 
administration. Several provisions in paragraphs 1 to 10 of the Bali TRQ Decision dealing, inter alia , 
with advance publication requirements, number of agencies to be approached fo r the application of 
licences/quota allocations, time period for the processing of applications, method for allocation (or 
reallocation) of licences,  have a bearing on Members' TRQ administration arrangements and hence 
to their Table MA:1 notifications.  
5.9.  During the 2017-2019 Review discussions, Members dwelt at length on the issue of enhanced 
transparency of TRQ administration and fill rates.  During the review, several Members had pointed 
out that the changes to Members' TRQ administration arrangements nece ssitated  by the Bali TRQ 
Decision should be notified via Table MA:1 notifications.38  
5.10.   Since the adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision, a total of 68 Table MA:1 notifications (including 
addenda and corrigenda) were submitted by Members (Table 10).  Of these, onl y one notification 
made a specific reference to the change in the TRQ administration methods effected pursuant to the 
Bali TRQ Decision.39 In the context of the Committee's review process, 23 of these 68  notifications 
were subject to questions.40 In genera l, the questions covered topics such as request for information 
on country allocations and eligibility, reallocation, fill -rates, underfill mechanism, clarification on 
license requirements and the period of validity of licenses, as well as other transparen cy-related 
matters.  None of the questions made specific reference to the provisions of the Bali TRQ Decision 
and to the more specific requirements concerning TRQ administration emanating from that Decision.  
 
35 Paragraph 72 of G/AG/R/54 refers.  
36 G/AG/W/73/Rev.2 and G/AG/W/73/Rev.2/ Add.1  refer.  
37 Paragraphs 2.48 -2.49 of G/AG/R/93 refer.  
38 G/AG/W/179  refers . 
39 G/AG/N/CRI/61  refers . 
40 The content of the Questions, and respective answers, can be accessed via the question ID number 
provided in column "Q&A in connecting with the notification".  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Table 10: Table MA:1 notifications issued since the Bali TRQ Decision  
Member  Implementation 
Year  Document Symbol  Issued 
Date  Q&A in connection with the 
notification  
Brazil  2019 G/AG/N/BRA/55  12-02-2020 93088  
Canada  2018 G/AG/N/CAN/116  14-03-2018 89009 , 88001 , 87107 , 87108 , 
87109   
Canada  2021 G/AG/N/CAN/141  19-04-2021  
Costa Rica  2016 G/AG/N/CRI/61  05-10-2017  
Ecuador  2019 G/AG/N/ECU/50  27-06-2019 92016 , 92104 , 92105  
Ecuador  2019 G/AG/N/ECU/50/Corr.1  03-07-2019  
El Salvador  2014,  2015 G/AG/N/SLV/44  28-01-2016  
El Salvador  2016 G/AG/N/SLV/48  24-11-2017 86072  
El Salvador  2017 G/AG/N/SLV/69  25-01-2021  
El Salvador  2018 G/AG/N/SLV/70  25-01-2021  
El Salvador  2019 G/AG/N/SLV/71  25-01-2021 100075  
El Salvador  2020 G/AG/N/SLV/72  25-01-2021  
European Union  2016 G/AG/N/EU/31  02-09-2016 82034  
European Union  2021 G/AG/N/EU/65  04-02-2021  
European Union  2022 G/AG/N/EU/72  07-02-2022 101062 , 100066  
European Union  2021 G/AG/N/EU/65/Add.1  26-03-2021 98075 , 98076 , 98077 , 98078  
European Union  2021 G/AG/N/EU/65/Add.2  02-07-2021  
European Union  2016 G/AG/N/EU/31/Corr.1  13-01-2017  
European Union  2022 G/AG/N/EU/72/Corr.2  21-06-2022  
Israel  2018 G/AG/N/ISR/65  25-07-2018  
Japan  2019 G/AG/N/JPN/247  08-01-2020 93089  
Japan  2021 G/AG/N/JPN/262  27-04-2021  
Kazakhstan  2016 G/AG/N/KAZ/1  29-03-2016 80079  
Kazakhstan  2018 G/AG/N/KAZ/4  28-03-2018  
Korea, Republic of  2014 G/AG/N/KOR/51  09-01-2015 76055  
Korea, Republic of  2015 G/AG/N/KOR/56  20-07-2016  
Moldova, Republic of  2009 G/AG/N/MDA/1  09-09-2014  
Moldova, Republic of  2016 G/AG/N/MDA/9  29-09-2017  
Moldova, Republic of  2017 G/AG/N/MDA/14  11-08-2020  
North Macedonia  2017 G/AG/N/MKD/23  18-01-2018  
Norway  2001 G/AG/N/NOR/1/Add.2  22-06-2020  
Russian Federation  2014 G/AG/N/RUS/2  05-02-2014 3005  
Russian Federation  2020 G/AG/N/RUS/31  21-05-2021  
Russian Federation  2016 G/AG/N/RUS/2/Rev.1  01-09-2016  
Russian Federation  2014 G/AG/N/RUS/2/Corr.1  17-03-2014  
Switzerland  2021 G/AG/N/CHE/108  06-05-2021  
Switzerland  2014 G/AG/N/CHE/13/Add.16  12-08-2014  
Switzerland  2015 G/AG/N/CHE/13/Add.17  27-02-2015 80030 , 78027 , 77033 , 77072  
Switzerland  2016 G/AG/N/CHE/13/Add.18  16-03-2016  
Chinese Taipei  2019 G/AG/N/TPKM/165  22-08-2018 89003  
Chinese Taipei  2020 G/AG/N/TPKM/179  23-08-2019  
Chinese Taipei  2021 G/AG/N/TPKM/192  15-05-2020  
Thailand  2012,  2013 G/AG/N/THA/79  19-05-2014 75038  
Thailand  2014 G/AG/N/THA/80  07-09-2016  
Thailand  2015 G/AG/N/THA/82  16-02-2017 84102  
Thailand  2016 G/AG/N/THA/84  17-02-2017 84102  
Thailand  2017 G/AG/N/THA/101  26-06-2019 92021  
Thailand  2018 G/AG/N/THA/102  26-06-2019 92021  
Thailand  2019 G/AG/N/THA/103  26-06-2019 92021 , 92106  
Thailand  2020 G/AG/N/THA/109  30-10-2020  
Thailand  2021 G/AG/N/THA/114  08-03-2021  
Thailand  2022 G/AG/N/THA/120  12-04-2022  
Ukraine  2019 G/AG/N/UKR/34  23-08-2019  
United Kingdom  2021 G/AG/N/GBR/2  19-01-2021 98079  
United Kingdom  2021 G/AG/N/GBR/2/Corr.1  31-03-2021  
United States  2014 G/AG/N/USA/96  21-07-2014  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  Member  Implementation 
Year  Document Symbol  Issued 
Date  Q&A in connection with the 
notification  
United States  2015 G/AG/N/USA/101  28-04-2015  
United States  2016 G/AG/N/USA/106  25-04-2016  
United States  2017 G/AG/N/USA/114  30-03-2017  
United States  2018 G/AG/N/USA/117  04-10-2017  
United States  2019 G/AG/N/USA/122  15-10-2018 89067  
United States  2019 G/AG/N/USA/149  02-03-2021  
United States  2020 G/AG/N/USA/155  31-08-2021  
United States  2021 G/AG/N/USA/158  01-10-2021  
United States  2015 G/AG/N/USA/101/Add.1  31-07-2015 78074  
United States  2016 G/AG/N/USA/106/Add.1  27-04-2016  
United States  2017 G/AG/N/USA/114/Add.1  30-03-2017  
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of 2013 G/AG/N/VEN/27  09-10-2014  
5.11.   The importance of consistency in Members' TRQ  notifications and notification practices was 
underlined during the Review. The agreed recommendations41 of the Review, 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. The agreed recommendations acknowledged that the 
Secretariat's on -line agriculture notification system42 should lead to improved consistency and 
harmonization. The subsequent paragraphs of this note look at the Members' TRQ notification 
practices. Special attention in this regard has been given to the reporting of fill rates and the 
treatment of cases where a scheduled TRQ is not opened.  
5.3  MEMBERS' TABLE S MA:1 AND MA:2 NOTIFICATIONS  AND ASSOCIATED PRACTICES  
5.12.   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 schedul ed 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 on administration 
methods, it is normally 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, Mem bers 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.  
5.3.1   NOTIFICATION OF FILL RATES  
5.13.    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 mechanism 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' notificat ion practices in so doing, the Chairperson at the 
November  2014 meeting of the Committee advised Members to present information on fill rate by 
adding an extra column in their Table MA:2 notifications.43 At the request of the Chairperson, the 
Secretariat c irculated the modified MA:2 notification format in document G/AG/W/137.  
5.14.   The agreed recommendations of the Review provide that:  
"The Secretariat will regularly update the information on TRQ administration and fill 
rates as included in G/AG/W/18344 as well the updated information on which Members 
have notified fill rates and on questions raised in the Committee concerning fill rates. " 
(Paragraph 2(d) of Annex 2 to G/AG/29 refers)  
 
41 Annex 2 to G/AG/29 and paragraph 3.6 of WT/GC/M/181 refer.  
42 Accessible at https://agims.wto.org/ . Login is required for submitting notifications online and can be 
requested through https://agims.wto.org/ . 
43 Paragraph 2.16 of G/AG/R/76 refers.  
44 The Secretariat background  note may specifically include a list of TRQs  where no Table MA:2 notification 
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  5.15.   Pursuant to the requirement in the Bali TRQ Decision, Members have gen erally 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 inc orporated 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 consistent presentation of fill rates in 
the additional column  in Members' MA:2 notifications. Table 11 below includes information on 
Members' reporting of fill rates in their MA:2 notifications as well their compliance45 with 
MA:2 notification obligations for the period 2014 -2021.46 
Table 1 1: Members with TRQ commit ments - Notification of fill rates and outstanding 
Table  MA:2 notifications  
Member  Whether MA:2 notifications 
include fill rates47? Implementation 
years with 
outstanding 
MA:2 
notification  
(2014 -21) Comments  
Australia  Yes 2021  
Barbados  No All years from 
2014 to 2021  Latest MA:2 notification is for 2000.  
Brazil  Yes   
Canada  Yes   
Chile Yes 2021  
China  Yes 2021  
Colombia  No 2020, 2021  None of the scheduled TRQs are 
opened.  
Costa Rica  Yes   
Dominican  Republic  Yes   
Ecuador  Yes 2019, 2020, 2021  
El Salvador  Yes   
European Union  Yes   
Guatemala  Yes 2021 MA:2 Notification for 2021 is being 
processed.  
Iceland  Yes 2020, 2021   
India Yes   
Indonesia  No 2019,  2020,  2021 None of the scheduled TRQs are 
opened.  
Israel  Yes 2021  
Japan  Yes   
Kazakhstan  Yes 2021  
Korea, Republic of  Yes   
Malaysia  Yes 2017,  2018,  
2019,  2020,  2021 MA:2 Notifications for 2017 and 2018 
are being processed.  
Mexico  Yes 2021  
Moldova  Yes   
Morocco  Yes 2020,2021   
New Zealand  No  None of the scheduled TRQs are 
opened.  
Nicaragua  Yes 2021  
North Macedonia  Yes 2021  
Norway  Yes   
Panama  Yes   
Philippines  Yes   
Russian Federation  Yes 2021  
South Africa  Yes 2021  
 
45 The Secretariat regularly produces a document (in the G/AG/GEN/86/ series) that summarizes the 
compliance by Members wi th 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.  
46 The record of compliance for other reporting years may be consulted  in document 
G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.46.  The 20 21 implementation year is included for information only and does not necessarily 
indicate that the notification was already due.  
47 "Yes" includes cases where a Table MA:2 notification does not include fill rates for s ome 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.2  
 
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  Member  Whether MA:2 notifications 
include fill rates47? Implementation 
years with 
outstanding 
MA:2 
notification  
(2014 -21) Comments  
Switzerland  Yes 2021  
Chinese Taipei  Yes   
Thailand  Yes   
Tunisia  Yes 2018,  2019, 
2020, 2021 MA:2 Notifications for 2018 and 2019 
are being processed.  
Ukraine  Yes   
United Kingdom  Yes   
United States  Yes   
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  Yes 2014, 2015,  
2018,  2019,  
2020,  2021   
Viet Nam  Yes 2020,  2021  
5.16.   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 TRQs 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 notifications for the period 
after the adoption of the Bali T RQ Decision. The Table also shows Members' outstanding Table MA:2 
notifications for the period 2015 -2021 (see footnote 45). The underfill mechanism of the Bali TRQ 
Decision may be triggered when either the fill rate is below 65% or the importing Member sub ject 
to TRQ  commitments does not notify the fill rate.  
5.17.   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 
Committ ee after the adoption of the Bali TRQ Decision is included in Annex B to the paper. Table 1 2 
below shows the number of such questions raised each year between 2015 and 2022. Similarly, and 
as required by the agreed recommendations48, tariff quotas where th e fill rate during the covered 
period is below 65% have been listed out separately in Attachment 2.  
Table 1 2: Number of questions raised in CoA meetings concerning TRQ fill rate, 
2015 -2022  
2015  2016  2017  2018  2019  2020  2021  2022*  
6 21 8 15 32 36 35 39 
* As of 5 September 2022 ; the questions raised for the 14 -15 September 2022 CoA meeting have 
been taken into account.  
5.3.2   FILL RATES EXCEEDING 100%  
5.18.   Sometimes, with a view to addressing supply needs, Members allow a larger volume of 
imports than the scheduled quota quantity. There are also certain cases reported in Members' Table 
MA:2 notifications when in -quota tariff is made applicable to all imports of that products entering its 
market without any quantity limitations.49 In such cases, actual in -quota imports in a given year 
might also exceed the scheduled TRQ quantity leading to a fill rate exceeding 100%.  
5.19.   During the 2017 -19 Review discussions, the need for some guidelines aimed at harmonising 
notifications in the event of 'autonomous' quota increases was highlighted so as to facilitate 
 
48 Footnote 1 of Annex 2 to G/AG/29.  
49 The situation of permitting unlimited imports at in -quota tariff within a TRQ should be distinguished 
from cases of 'un -opened' TRQs which are shown in this note as being subject to an applied -tariff (AT) regime.  
In the former case, a two -tariffs regime (i.e. an in -quota and an out -of-quota tariff) is maintained for the 
concerned product and the right to access the TRQ has accordingly to be allocated even if there is no quantity 
limitation for imports under that  TRQ. On the other hand, under  an applied -tariff regime, there is only one tariff 
applicable for the import of the concerned product at a level equal to or below the scheduled in -quota tariff and 
hence obviating the need to open such tariff quotas.   G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  comparison across notifications.50 The Online notification facility unde r the AG -IMS currently contains 
a feature whereby the fill rates are capped at 100%. All TRQs in a Table MA:2 notifications where 
actual imports are more than the scheduled in -quota quantity (hence technically the fill rate 
exceeding 100%) are highlighted in the notification with an identifier "*" stating:  
"In cases where in -quota imports exceed the TRQ quantities, fill rates are capped at 100%. "  
5.3.3   UNOPENED TARIFF QUOTAS  
5.20.   A significant number of scheduled tariff quotas are not opened annually. 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' schedules remain unopened. These include cases 
where MFN applied tariff on a tariff quota product alre ady 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 'app lied tariff' regime), including when the scheduled tariff commitments are such 
that the concerned tariff quotas do not provide any tariff advantage.51  
5.21.   The issue of un -opened TRQs formed an important part of the debate among Members during 
the 2017 -2019 Re view discussions. The agreed recommendations of the Review encourage Members 
to " include an explanation in their Table MA:2 notifications in cases where scheduled TRQs are not 
opened " and requires the Secretariat to " prepare a list of the existing TRQ not ification practices of 
Members including in cases where a scheduled TRQ was not opened ".  
5.22.   The notification practices of Members regarding unopened tariff quotas (i.e. subject to 
"applied tariffs" (AT) regime) have been different. This has been the case for  the notification of 
import arrangements as well as of annual in -quota imports. 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 Tab le MA:1)52 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 applied tariff on the concerned product  is raised 
beyond the relevant bound in -quota tariff level. Concerning the administration 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 vali d, unless a change in respect of tariff quota administration is 
notified through a new Table  MA:1 notification. There are some cases included in Attachment  1 
where a scheduled tariff quota had consistently remained subject to an 'applied tariff' regime and  
later when the TRQ was activated and hence included in Table MA:2 notifications, there was no 
information available on the applicable import arrangement for that TRQ; the principal tariff quota 
administration method is such cases has been indicated as "no n-specified" or "NS".  
5.23.   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(s).53 A number of Members in those cases capped 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.  
5.24.   In most cases, unopened tariff quotas are listed in the tabular section of the Table  MA:2 
notification with columns o n 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; this information is generally included in the form of speci fic notes or 
footnotes.54 There are also examples where notifying Members decided not to specifically include 
 
50 Paragraph 6 of G/AG/W/175 refers.  
51 Please refer to Table 4.  
52 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 in future would be 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.  
53 As there is no distinction between in -quota and out -of-quota imports for unopened tariff quotas.  
54 Some Members also chose to report total imports in the column on "in -quota imports".  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  unopened tariff quotas in the tabular section of the notification and rather referred to them in the 
cover note of the notification.55  
5.25.   While Memb ers have had disparate reporting practices in respect of unopened tariff quotas in 
their Tables  MA:1 and MA:2 notifications , the On -line Notification System has facilitated the 
identification of these quotas  through the use of a pre -created box in the web version of Tables MA:1 
and MA:2 notification formats  that says, " not opened ". A notifying Member may simply tick that box  
in the case of scheduled tariff quotas which are not opened. This feature has also facilitated an 
enhanced consistency in Members' Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications  in respect of unopened TRQs.  
5.26.   In very limited cases, tariff quotas with no tariff advantage (i.e. where 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 .56 Notifications 
covering such tariff quotas seem to broadly correspond 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 importation 
is subject to a tariff quota).  
iii. Despite the absence of a tariff advantage, a Memb er 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.  
5.3.4   NOTIFICATION OF IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS VIA TABLE MA:2 NOTIFIICATIONS  
5.27.   The agreed notif ication requirements require that import arrangements applicable for a 
scheduled TRQ should be reported in the form of a Table MA:1 notification. In some cases, the 
information prescribed in the Table MA:1 format (e.g. allocation to supplying countries) is  notified 
via the annual Table MA:2 notifications. While a Table MA:2 notification may possibly be used to 
report or identify unopened tariff quotas, cases also exist when a Table MA:2 notification has been 
used to notify new or modified import arrangement s. The MA:2 format may not however be equipped 
to accommodate complete details of the import arrangement employed.  Reliance on Table  MA:2 
notifications to report import arrangements might also pose some additional challenges especially 
in determining the t emporal validity of the information notified: the information contained in a Table 
MA:2 notification for a particular reporting 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.57 
 
 
55 This approach is also resorted to in few cases for practical reasons when the count of unopened tariff 
quotas is very high.  
56 In some cases, the actual applied tariff on a product subject to tariff quota commitment , being in 
non-ad valorem  form, depends on import prices making it difficult to assess the 'tariff advantage' (i.e. the 
difference between the applied tariff level and the corresponding bound in -quota tariff).  
57 This may be the case, for example, when a Table MA:2 notification specifies that a particular tariff quota 
was implemented with country -specific quota (CSQ) allocations. There have been cases when Table MA:2 
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  ANNEX A1 
Table A.1: Principal Administration Methods – Simple Average Fill Rates2 by Member, 
2015 -2021 (%)  
MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Australia       
             
2015   
100       
100 
2016   
100       
100 
2017   
100       
100 
2018   100       100 
2019   100       100 
2020   100       100 
2021           
Barbados                     
Brazil                     
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019   6       6 
2020   100       100 
2021   23       23 
Canada                     
2015  
70 48 77 89  100  99 73 
2016  
73 54 70 84  100  100 72 
2017  
66 51 61 80  100  100 67 
2018  68 50 68 77  100  100 68 
2019  68 47 59 76  100  100 65 
2020  79 53 63 73  100  100 69 
2021  85 51 59 74  100  100 69 
Chile             
2015  
  0      0 
2016    0      0 
2017  
  0      0 
2018  
         
2019           
2020           
2021           
China             
 2015       100 72     77 
2016       100 69     74 
2017       100 72     77 
2018       100 66     72 
2019       96 78     81 
2020       77 97     94 
Colombia             
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
Costa Rica            
   2015         26     26 
2016       28     28 
2017       26     26 
2018       26     26 
2019       20     20 
2020       8     8 
2021       13     13 
 
1 For each Member, only the years for which Table MA:2 notifications are available are included.  
2 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.2  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
Dominican Republic            
   2015      61      61 
2016       55           55 
2017       57           57 
2018       45           45 
2019       49           49 
2020       55           55 
2021       63           63 
Ecuador             
2015   0       0 
2016   0       0 
2017   0 0      0 
2018   0 0      0 
El Salvador            
2015 34         34 
2016 12         12 
2017 14         14 
2018 22         22 
2019 23         23 
2020 19         19 
2021 40         40 
European Union            
 2015   41 20 41 52         41 
2016   43 14 47 57         45 
2017   44 14 43 70         44 
2018   44 3 40 77         43 
2019   39 5 37 76         39 
2020   43 7 34 50         39 
2021   37   43 27         39 
Guatemala            
2015       100           100 
2016       85           85 
2017       100   100       100 
2018       70   57       66 
2019       100   37       79 
2020       100   100       100 
2021           
Iceland            
2015 77         77 
2016 71         71 
2017 70         70 
2018 71         71 
2019 72         72 
India            
2015         18 18 
2016         0 0 
2017         0 0 
2018         0 0 
2019         5 5 
2020         0 0 
2021         0 0 
Indonesia            
 2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
Israel            
 2015     100 98 100   100     99 
2016     100 100 100   100     100 
2017     100 100 100   100     100 
2018 100     100   100 100     100 
2019 98     100   100 100     99 
2020 90     100   100 100     97 
2021           
Japan            
 2015       55 99       91 65 
2016       55 100       80 63 
2017       58 100       81 66 
2018       54 98       84 63 G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
2019       49 98       77 58 
2020       41 88       74 51 
2021       44 88       73 53 
Kazakhstan            
2016     59   10         42 
2017     66   6         46 
2018     70   9         49 
2019     76   0         51 
2020     65   1         43 
Korea, Republic of            
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 67  90 42 60    100 59 
2020 67  79 42 68    100 58 
2021 66  81 41 69    100 58 
Malaysia            
2015    23      23 
2016    19      19 
Mexico            
2015   100       100 
2016   100       100 
2017   100       100 
2018   100       100 
2019   100       100 
2020   100       100 
Moldova, Republic of            
2015    100      100 
2016    100      100 
2017    100      100 
2018    100      100 
2019    100      100 
2020    100      100 
2021    100      100 
Morocco            
2015  45        45 
2016  52        52 
2017  52        52 
2018  52        52 
2019  60        60 
New Zealand            
2015           
2016           
2017           
2018           
2019           
2020           
2021           
Nicaragua            
2015     80     80 
2016     78     78 
2017     89     89 
2018     85     85 
2019     75     75 
2020     59     59 
North Macedonia            
2015  28         
2016  17         
2017  28         
2018  10         
2019  22         
2020  28         
Norway            
2015 43   95 20 100     98   58 
2016 51   85 23 100     91   63 
2017 46   88 26 100     14   58 
2018 41   79 26 100 64   89   53 
2019 51   96 26 100 27   47   59 G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
2020 48   79 17 100 68   12   55 
2021 56   78 9 100 75   100   64 
Panama            
2015 49         49 
2016 35         35 
2017 39         39 
2018 46         46 
2019 52         52 
2020 37         37 
2021 42         42 
Philippines            
2015     34           100 38 
2016     47           100 51 
2017     47           100 51 
2018     59           100 62 
2019     58           100 61 
2020     54           100 57 
2021     55           100 58 
Russian Federation            
2015   25       25 
2016   20       20 
2017   14       14 
2018   10       10 
2019   12       12 
2020   9       9 
South Africa            
2015   67 43      50 
2016   95 57      68 
2017   36 22  0    25 
2018   27 20  0    21 
2019   14 24  0    19 
2020   25 20  0    20 
Switzerland            
2015 76   100 83 94         86 
2016 75   100 82 98         86 
2017 98   100 85 98         92 
2018 72   100 78 95         83 
2019 75   100 75 92         81 
2020 73   100 74 96         81 
Chinese Taipei            
2015 41       52       100 47 
2016 38       51       98 45 
2017 52       56       100 56 
2018 55       56       90 58 
2019 53       59       91 56 
2020 50       54       83 53 
2021 49       44       94 51 
Thailand            
2015       36       75 0 38 
2016       38       75 0 39 
2017       43       67 0 40 
2018       43       67 0 41 
2019       44       67 0 41 
2020       43       67 0 41 
2021       50       67 0 45 
Tunisia            
2015   59       59 
2016   48       48 
2017   50       50 
Ukraine            
2015    0      0 
2016    0      0 
2017    0      0 
2018    0      0 
2019    0      0 
2020    0      0 
2021    46      46 
United Kingdom            
2021  29  24 48     28 G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  AU FC HI LD MX NS OT PG ST AVERAGE  
United States of America            
2015   51     64         55 
2016   52     66         57 
2017   50     60         53 
2018   49     56         52 
2019   55     55         55 
2020   55     55         55 
2021   55     53         55 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of            
2016     54     54 
2017     51     51 
Viet Nam            
2015    100      100 
2016    33      33 
2017    56      56 
2018    42      42 
2019    31      31  
  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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QUESTIONS RAISED IN COA MEETINGS CONCERNING TRQ FILL RATES  
(JANUARY 2015 –SEPTEMBER 2022)60  
ID #  CoA Meeting 
Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
102002  102 14/09/2022  European Union  Brazil      
102003  102 14/09/2022  European Union  Dominican Republic      
102098  102 14/09/2022  India European Union  Cereals  Rice 
102110  102 14/09/2022  Brazil  India Cereals  Corn 
102111  102 14/09/2022  Australia  Japan  Dairy  Milk, Milk powders, Butter, Other  
102084  102 14/09/2022  New Zealand  Korea, Republic of  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, Other  
102112  102 14/09/2022  United Kingdom  Norway      
102113  102 14/09/2022  Australia  Panama      
102005  102 14/09/2022  European Union  Panama  Dairy  Milk, Cheese  
102114  102 14/09/2022  Brazil  Philippines  Meat Bovine  
102099  102 14/09/2022  New Zealand  Philippines  Meat Bovine  
102115  102 14/09/2022  Australia  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine  
102116  102 14/09/2022  Brazil  United Kingdom      
102066  102 14/09/2022  Paraguay  United Kingdom      
102117  102 14/09/2022  Thailand  United Kingdom  Meat Poultry, Rice  
102104  102 14/09/2022  India United States of America  Dairy  Milk powders, Cheese, Cocoa 
beans/p owder/butter, Cotton  
102001  102 14/09/2022  Switzerland  United States of America  Dairy  Cheese  
101005  101 27/06/2022  European Union  Panama  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
101018  101 27/06/2022  Paraguay, Brazil  El Salvador      
101020  101 27/06/2022  Australia  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
101021  101 27/06/2022  Australia  Panama      
101022  101 27/06/2022  Australia  Thailand      
101026  101 27/06/2022  Australia  United States of America      
101036  101 27/06/2022  Brazil  Canada  Live animals  Bovine  
101045  101 27/06/2022  Brazil  European Union  Live animals  Other  
101046  101 27/06/2022  Brazil  Thailand  Coffee  Coffee, Wheat, Oil seeds, fats and 
oils, Seeds, V egetable oils and fats, 
 
60 The complete questions and answers can be accessed by clicking on the ID number. One may also go to the Ag riculture 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 reco rds, 
users may do a search using the keyword "Tariff quota fill" in the available search criteria of the function "Search Q&A Subm itted Since 1995".   
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
Fats/Oils of animal origin, Other fats 
and oils, Cane or beet sugar  
101048  101 27/06/2022  Brazil  United States of America  Fibres  Cotton  
101064  101 27/06/2022  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Rice 
101065  101 27/06/2022  United States of 
America  Kazakhstan  Meat Bovine, Poultry  
101079  101 27/06/2022  New Zealand  United States of America  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
101085  101 27/06/2022  Paraguay, Brazil  European Union      
100012  100 15/03/2022  United States of 
America  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine, Cheese, Alcoholic  
100042  100 15/03/2022  Brazil  South Africa  Meat Bovine, Corn, Tobacco, Cotton  
100043  100 15/03/2022  Brazil  United Kingdom  Fruit and Vegetables  Roots and tubers  
100053  100 15/03/2022  European Union  Iceland  Dairy  Butter  
100060  100 15/03/2022  Australia  India Dairy  Milk powders, Corn, Vegetable oils 
and fats  
100061  100 15/03/2022  Canada  South Africa  Meat Bovine, Swine, Processed vegetables  
100067  100 15/03/2022  Paraguay  Korea, Republic of  Residues of processing 
industry  Other residu es, Animal feed, Seeds  
100069  100 15/03/2022  Paraguay  South Africa  Meat Bovine, Wheat, Corn, Coarse grains  
100074  100 15/03/2022  Paraguay  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine, Wheat, Corn, Rice, Roots and 
tubers , Cane or beet sugar  
100076  100 15/03/2022  Paraguay  South Africa  Meat Bovine, Corn, Coarse grains, Cane or 
beet sug ar 
100077  100 15/03/2022  Paraguay  Switzerland  Meat Bovine, Cereals, Wheat, Corn, Rice, 
Malt, Coarse grains  
100089  100 15/03/2022  Australia  Switzerland  Cereals  Wheat, Coarse grains  
100090  100 15/03/2022  Australia  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine, Sheep and goat, Dairy, Milk, 
Milk powders, Butter, Cheese, Other, 
Fruit and Vegetables, Fresh 
vegetables, Processed vegetables, 
Roots and tubers, Fruit, Nuts, 
Processed fruit or nuts, Fruit and 
vegetable beverages, Wheat, Malt, 
Cane or beet sugar, Alcoholic  
100091  100 15/03/2022  Canada  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine  
99003  99 23/09/2021  Thailand  Japan  Cereals  Rice 
99009  99 23/09/2021  Paraguay  United Kingdom  Meat Bovine  
99019  99 23/09/2021  India Russian Federation      
99020  99 23/09/2021  India United States of America  Dairy  Milk, Milk powders, Cheese, Other , 
Cotton 
99027  99 23/09/2021  Brazil  China  Cereals  Rice 
99030  99 23/09/2021  Australia  India      
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
99048  99 23/09/2021  Brazil  India Cereals  Corn 
99049  99 23/09/2021  Australia  Japan      
99050  99 23/09/2021  New Zealand  Japan      
99051  99 23/09/2021  New Zealand  Russian Federation  Meat Bovine, Poultry, Other  
99052  99 23/09/2021  Brazil  United Kingdom      
99053  99 23/09/2021  Thailand  United Kingdom  Meat Poultry  
98007  98 17/06/2021  India Brazil  Fruit and Vegetables  Fruit, Wheat  
98008  98 17/06/2021  India Russian Federation      
98009  98 17/06/2021  India United States of America  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
98034  98 17/06/2021  Australia  India Dairy  Milk, Corn  
98035  98 17/06/2021  United States of 
America  India Dairy  Milk, Corn  
98082  98 17/06/2021  Australia  Japan  Dairy  Milk powders, Butter, Other, 
Processed vegetables, Nuts, Coarse 
grains, Silk  
98083  98 17/06/2021  New Zealand  Japan  Dairy  Milk powde rs, Butter, Other  
98102  98 17/06/2021  Australia  Morocco  Meat Sheep and goat  
98104  98 17/06/2021  Australia  Nicaragua  Dairy  Milk 
98106  98 17/06/2021  Australia  Norway  Meat Bovine, Swine, Sheep and goat, 
Poultry, Eggs, Fresh v egetables, Fruit  
98110  98 17/06/2021  Brazil  Russian Federation      
98150  98 17/06/2021  Paraguay  Norway  Meat Bovine  
97040  97 29/03/2021  United States of 
America  India Dairy  Milk powders  
97066  97 29/03/2021  European Union  China  Cereals  Wheat  
97067  97 29/03/2021  European Union  South Africa      
97123  97 29/03/2021  Australia  China  Cereals  Wheat, Rice  
97124  97 29/03/2021  Canada  China  Cereals  Wheat  
97125  97 29/03/2021  Thailand  China  Cereals  Rice 
97126  97 29/03/2021  Canada  European Union  Meat Swine  
97127  97 29/03/2021  Australia  India Oil seeds  Vegetable oils and fats  
97128  97 29/03/2021  Brazil  India Cereals  Corn 
97129  97 29/03/2021  Australia  North Macedonia  Cereals  Coarse grains  
97133  97 29/03/2021  Paraguay  European Union      
96006  96 30/11/2020  Paraguay  Korea, Republic of      
96032  96 30/11/2020  China  Japan      
96041  96 30/11/2020  New Zealand  Canada      
96067  96 30/11/2020  Australia  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, Coarse grains  
96068  96 30/11/2020  Australia  Korea, Republic of  Dairy  Milk, Fresh vegetables  
96069  96 30/11/2020  Australia  Switzerland      
96070  96 30/11/2020  European Union  Thailand  Cereals  Corn, Tobacco  
95077  95 22/09/2020  Australia  Dominican Republic       
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
95078  95 22/09/2020  China  Japan  Fruit and Vegetables  Nuts 
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  
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   
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
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, O ther, 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      
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, Oth er, 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 11/06/2018  Australia  Canada  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other, Wh eat 
87084  87 11/06/2018  Australia  Chinese Taipei  Fruit and Vegetables  Fruit 
87085  87 11/06/2018  Australia  Russian Federation  Meat Bovine, Other  
87086  87 11/06/2018  Australia  United States of America  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter,  
Cheese, Other, Cotton   
  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
87111  87 11/06/2018  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 07/06/2017  Canada  European Union      
84100  84 07/06/2017  Guatemala  United States of America  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet sugar, Other  
84101  84 07/06/2017  Guatemala  European Union      
83015  83 28/03/2017  European Union  Moldova, Republic of      
82063  82 09/11/2016  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, H orses, 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 vegetables  
81099  81 14/09/2016  Switzerland  South Africa  Dairy  Butter, Cheese  
81100  81 14/09/2016  Switzerland  Tunisia  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
80018  80 07/06/2016  Australia  Japan  Dairy  Milk powders  
80058  80 07/06/2016  European Union  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other  
80060  80 07/06/2016  European Union  Norway  Meat Poultry  
80070  80 07/06/2016  Canada  China  Cereals  Wheat  
80093  80 07/06/2016  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
80099  80 07/06/2016  Thailand  Chinese Taipei  Fruit and Vegetables  Fruit 
80100  80 07/06/2016  Thailand  Russian Federation  Meat Poultry  
79006  79 09/03/2016  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
79048  79 09/03/2016  Australia  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn  
79049  79 09/03/2016  Australia  Ukraine  Sugar  Sugar, Cane or beet sugar, Other  
79068  79 09/03/2016  Canada  China  Cereals  Wheat  
79078  79 09/03/2016  Switzerland  Costa Rica  Dairy  Cheese, Other   
  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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Number  COA Meeting 
Date  Question by  Answer by  Broad product category  Products  
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 04/06/2015  Switzerland  Canada  Dairy  Milk 
77049  77 04/06/2015  European Union  Japan  Dairy  Dairy, Milk, Milk powders, Butter, 
Cheese, Other , Processed vegetables, 
Nuts 
77068  77 04/06/2015  United States of 
America  China  Cereals  Wheat, Corn, Rice  
76022  76 04/03/2015  Australia  Korea, Republic of      G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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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 th e importation 
of dairy products for personal use, any resident of Canada may 
import fluid milk. The General Import Permit may be invoked 
an unlimited number of times  
CANQ022  Introduced in accordance with WT/LET/819 – New schedule 
effective as of 6 July 2 011 
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 for the 
period 2015 -2020. The corresponding information in 
Attachment 1 for the year 2021 has been sourced from 
G/AG/N/EU/65 (and Addendums 1 & 2).  
EU-Q001 -124 TQIDs based on the draft EU -28 Schedule in 
G/MA/TAR/RS/506 . 
 
The EU's tariff quota quantities for 2021 are the EU -27 
apportioned quantities that apply as of 1 January 2021. The 
EU's Table MA:2 notification in G/AG/N/EU/76 refers . 
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 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). Please consult the relevant Table MA:2 notifications 
by Japan .  
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 v essels 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  
Korea, Republic of  KORQ004, 005, 
006, 060  KORQ005, KORQ006 and KORQ060 were abolished in 1997 and 
KORQ004 was abolished in 2001. A tariff -only regime applies to 
these TRQs since then.  
Malaysia  MYSQ008, 009, 010  Import data of MYSQ008 and MYSQ009 are reported together 
under MYSQ010  
Morocco  MARQ011, 013, 014  Schedule d tariff quota quantities are zero  
Norway  NORQ091, 092, 093   Import data of NORQ091 and NORQ092 are reported together 
under NORQ093 for the year 2015.  
Panama  PANQ016  Tariff quota was eliminated through GATT Art XXVIII process 
in 2013 (refer to WT/LET/891).  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  TQID  NOTE  
Russian Federation  RUSQ003, 004  For 2015 -2019, the import data of RUSQ004 is reported under 
RUSQ003.  
Both tariff quotas were eliminated on 1 January 2020 in 
accordance with the Notes 3(c) &(d) in Part I, Section I -A of the 
Russian Federation's goods Schedule(G/AG/N/RUS/31 refers)  
RUSQ008  Scheduled tariff quota quantity is zero.  
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 Kingdom  GBRQ001 -088 TQIDs are based on the draft UK Schedule in G/MA/TAR/RS/570 
(and Addendums 1 & 2).  
GBRQ068  Tariff quota is not opened.  
All Information on tariff quota administration methods (as well as 
additional conditions) in Attachment 1 has been sourced from 
the Table MA:1 notification in G/AG/N/GBR/2 (and Corr.1).  
 
Import data covered is for the reporting year 2021 (calendar 
year 2021 and the six -months marketing year period after the 
end of post -Brexit 'transition period' from 1 January to 30 Ju ne 
2021). G/AG/N/GBR/2/Rev.1 refers. Import data for the 
marketing year 2021/22 (not included in this background note) 
may be consulted in G/AG/N/GBR/13.  
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 (2014 -2019) 
do not include these tariff quotas.  
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Rep. of  VENQ028  Scheduled tariff quota quantity is zero  G/AG/W/183/Rev.2  
 
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  ATTACHMENTS 1 and 2  
ADMINISTRATION METHODS, FILL RATES, NOTIFIED QUANTITIES  
AND IMPORTS (2015 -2021), AND TARIFF QUOTAS WITH FILL RATES BELOW 65%  
Attachment 1  includes data on in -quota imports, admini stration 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 quot as where the fill rate during the covered period is below 65% have 
been listed out separately in Attachment 2 . The data elements contained in the two Attachments 
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 specified in the Member's WTO  Schedule.  
Admin method  A code indicating the 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 (informati on sourced 
from Members' Table MA:1 and MA:2 notifications).  
Fill rate  Tariff quota fill rates (in %) are listed for each of the implementation years, 
2015-2021. The fill rates are adjusted for cases where notified imports are greater 
than tariff quota q uantities by setting a maximum 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-quota imports 
during period  In-quota imports as notified by relevant WTO Members for the relevant 
implementation years.  
 
 
Two Excel files in Attachments 1 and 2 are available in electronic format (Microsoft Excel) from 
Documents On -line. 
 
 
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 In original language only.