G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/4  
 
1 October  2020 
(20-6659) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Market Access  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION  PROCEDURE S 
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/REV.1)  
 THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN , PENGHU , KINMEN AND MATSU 
The following communication, dated 24 September 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . 
 
 
A. Notifying Member : The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinme n and 
 Matsu  
B. Date of notification :   30 September 2020  
C. First time notification:  
 Yes 
 No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol ): G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/ 3 
D. Type of notification:  
 1. Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force ) 
 2. Changes to a notification previously made in (doc symbol)  which are of the following 
nature : 
  2.1 Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1. 
  2.2 Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below . 
  2.3 Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1. 
 3. Reverse notification of restric tions maintained by (Member ):  
E. The notification provides information for the follo wing biennial period 
(e.g.  2012 -2014): 2020-2022 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 Septem ber 
2020 
F. This notification contains information* relating to:  
 Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force . 
 Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative 
restrictions that are currently in force and additional information . 
G. Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of 
restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.  
 
 
 
* In English  only.  
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- 2 - Section  1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Import and Export 
Prohibition  
 P 
P-X 0301.99.29.48  
0301.99.29.49  
0106.19.40.23  
 High-risk invasive 
animals  
 Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  
 Wildlife Conservation 
Law (Amended Date :  
2013.01.23 ） Council of Agriculture  
 
2 Import Prohibition  
 P 0106.20.90.10  
0106.39.00.31  
0106.49.00.10  
0106.49.00.20  
0301.99.29.43  
0301.99.29.44  
0301.99.29.45  
0301.99.29.46  
0301.99.29.47  
0306.39.90.11  
0307.60.10.11  High-risk invasive 
animals  
 Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  
 Wildlife Conservation 
Law (Amended Date :  
2013.01.23 ） 
 Council of Agriculture  
 
3 Import Prohibition  
 P 0302.89.89.50  
0303.89.89.20  
0304.49.90.40  
0304.59.90.40  
0304.89.90.50  
0304.99.10.10  
0305.39.90.30  
0305.59.90.30  
1604.19.90.31  
1604.19.90.32  
1604.19.90.39  Puffer fish,  and  
relevant products  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 2009.12.28  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act 
 Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
 
Council of Agriculture  
  
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- 3 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
4 Import and Export 
Prohibition   
 P 
P-X 0208.90.29.20  Meat of dogs, fresh, 
chilled or frozen  
 Article XX(a) of the  
GATT 
 Animal Protection Act  
(Amended 
Date : 2011.6.29 ） Council of Agriculture  
 
5 Import and Export 
Prohibition   
 P 
P-X 0301.99.29.51  
0302.81.00.10  
0303.81.00.10  
0304.47.00.10  
0304.59.90.20  
0304.88.00.11  
1604.19.90.71  
1604.19.90.72  
1604.19.90.79  Whale shark 
(Rhincodon typus)  and  
relevant products.  
 Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  
CITES  
 2016.4.18  
Notice by Fisheries 
Agency,  Council of 
Agriculture, pursuant 
to The Fisheries Act  Council of Agriculture  
 
6 Import and Export 
Prohibition  
 P 
P-X 0602.90.10.10  
1404.90.99.50  
 Mushroom spawn  and 
products , containing 
narcotics  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date : 
2016.2.4 ) Ministry of Justice  
 
2914.39.00.10  Isomers and salts of 
Phenyl -2-propanone, 
P2P 
2914.79.00.20  
 
 
 
 Isomers and salts of 
o-Chlorphenyl 
cyclopentyl  ketone, 2 -
Chlorophenylcyclopent
yl ketone, o -
Chlorobenzoylcyclopen
tane 
 
  
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- 4 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
2926.90.90.30  Isomers and salts of 
alpha -
Acetylphenylacetonitril
e, APAAN  
2925.29.00.10  Hydroxylimine HCL  
7 Import Prohibition  
 P 1207.99.20.90  
3301.90.11.00  Cannabis fructus  and 
extracted oleoresins of 
opium  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 Narcotics Hazard 
Prevention Act  
(Amended Date : 
2016.2.4 ) Ministry of Justice  
 
2914.31.00  Phenylacetone (1 -
phenylpropan -2-one) 
8 Import and Export 
Prohibition  
 CP 
CP-X 
 2903.81.00.00  Certain toxic chemical 
substances  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 Toxic and Concerned 
Chemical Substances 
Control Act (Amended 
Date: 2019.1.16)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
 
9 Import and Export 
Prohibition  
 CP 
CP-X 
 2921.45.00.60  
2921.45.00.71  
2921.45.00.72  
2921.49.00.10  
2921.49.00.20  Certain toxic chemical 
substances  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
Stockholm 
Convention, OSPAR 
Convention and 
Rotterdam Convention  Toxic and Concerned 
Chemical Substances 
Control Act   (Amended 
Date : 2019.1.16)  
 Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
 
10 Export Prohibition  
 P-X 1211.90.60.00  
1211.90.91.41  
1211.90.91.42  
1211.90.91.43  
1211.90.91.44  Chinese medicine and 
pharmacy containing 
Aristolochic acids  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
 2003.11.14 Notice by 
Department of Health, 
Executive Yuan, 
pursuant to 
Pharmaceutical Affairs 
Act Ministry of Health and 
Welfare  
  
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- 5 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
11 Export  Prohibition  
 P-X 2505.90.00.10  
2505.90.00.90  
2517.10.90.00  Sand and gravel  
 Article XX(g) of the  
GATT 
 2013.09.25  
Reviewing Directions of 
Sand and Gravel Export 
Application  Ministry of Economic 
Affairs  
 
12 Export  Prohibition  
 CP-X 8710.00.00.10  
8710.00.00.20  
8906.10.00.00  
9301.10.00.00  
9301.20.00.00  
9301.90.00.00  Military  weapons  
 Article XXI of the  
GATT 
 1993.11.29 
Regulations Governing 
Export and Import 
Commodities  of 
Military Authority  Ministry of National 
Defense  
 
13 Export  Prohibition  
 CP-X 9705.00.00.20  
 Collections and 
collectors' pieces of 
weapon  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 1983.06.27  
Controlling Guns,  
Ammunition and Knives 
Act Ministry of the Interior  
 
14 Export Prohibition  
 CP-X 9705.00.00.90  
9706.00.00.90  Antiquities: any arts, 
utensils of life or 
civility, books or 
documents and 
audiovisual materials 
having cultural 
significance and of 
value of different eras 
and from different 
ethnic groups.  Article XX(f) of the 
GATT  
Convention on the 
Means of Prohibiting 
and Preventing the 
Illicit Import, Export 
and Transfer of 
Ownership of Cultural 
Property 1970 . Cultural Heritage 
Preservation Act
（Amended Date : 
2016.07.27 ） 
 Ministry of Culture  
 
15 Import Prohibition  
 P 1518.00.50.00  Inedible fats or  
oils, waste in  
particular  Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
 2014.10.20  
Notice, pursuant to the 
Foreign Trade Act  Ministry of Economic  
Affairs  
  
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- 6 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
16 Import Prohibition  
 CP 2852.90.00.00  
2908.11.00.00  Certain toxic chemical 
substances  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
Stockholm 
Convention, 
Rotterdam Convention  Toxic and Concerned 
Chemical Substances 
Control Act   (Amended 
Date : 2019.1.16)  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
 
17 Import Prohibition  
 
 CP 2830.90.90.10  
2903.79.00.20  
2903.92.10.00  
2903.92.20.00  
2904.20.00.14  
2908.19.10.00  
2908.19.90.20  
2909.19.90.10  
2909.19.90.30  
2929.90.00.10  
3403.19.90.10  
3404.90.90.10  
8424.10.00.19  Certain toxic chemical 
substances  
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT 
 Toxic and Concerned 
Chemical Substances 
Control Act   (Amended 
Date : 2019.1.16)  
 Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
 
18 Import Prohibition  
 P 2903.76.00.00  
3813.00.00.10  
2903.14.00.00  
2903.19.10.10  
2903.77.00.10  
2903.77.00.20  
2903.77.00.30  
2903.77.00.40  
2903.77.00.51  
2903.77.00.61  
2903.77.00.62  
2903.77.00.71  Ozone-depleting 
substances  
 Article XX(b) of the 
GATT  
The Vienna 
Convention for the 
protection of the 
Ozone Layer and its 
Montreal Protocol on 
substances that 
deplete the Ozone 
Layer  
 2007.5.4  
Regulation for 
Management of 
Controlled Chemicals 
Under the Montreal 
Protocol  
 Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
  
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- 7 - QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification  
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   Administration, 
modificatio n of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
2903.77.00.72  
2903.77.00.73  
2903.77.00.74  
2903.77.00.75  
2903.77.00.76  
2903.77.00.77  
19 Import Prohibition  
 P 2710.19.51.21  
2710.91.10.00  
2710.91.20.00  
2710.91.90.00  
3824.99.23.10  
3824.99.99.11  
8548.10.10.00  Hazardous industrial 
waste  
 
 Article XX(b) of the  
GATT  
Basel Convention  
 2014.12.05  Types of 
Industrial and General 
Wastes Banned from 
Importation  
Notice by 
Environmental 
Protection 
Administration , 
pursuant to Waste 
Disposal Act  Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
  
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- 8 - Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in  the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing  Procedures, etc.) contains 
information on a quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff lin e 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entr y into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/AG/N/              
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with  information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev . 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
WT/BOP/N/              
 
 
  
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- 9 - 3. Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with  information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff lin e 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/SG/N/              
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol  and include any information element missing in the notification : 
 
Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/3/TPKM/10  
 Restriction on 
importation of 
METHYL  
BROMIDE & 
HCFCS&OTHER 
GOODS  NAL 2903.39.90.21 -5 
3808.99.92.10 -7, 
3824.77.00.10 -4 METHYL BROMIDE  
 
 Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 
Montreal Protocol  
 1.METHYL BROMIDE: 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS  
﹙2019/02/18 
Amended ﹚ Environmental 
Protection 
Administration  
2903.71.00.00 -8, 
2903.73.00.00 -6, 
2903.74.00.00 -5, 
2903.72.00.00 -7, HCFCS  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 
Montreal Protocol  2. HCFCs : 
CONSUMPTION 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS   
  G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/4  
 
- 10 - Document symbol 
of notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS (2017 ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
2903.79.00.10 -8, 
2903.75.00.00 -4 (2019/02/18 
Amended ﹚ 
   2903.79.00.90 -1, 
3824.71.00.00 -2, 
3824.79.00.00 -4, 
3824.99.99.31 -5 Goods composed of 
chemicals controlled 
under the Montreal 
Protocol  Article XX(b) of the 
GATT 
 
Montreal Protocol  1.METHYL BROMIDE: 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS  
﹙2019/02/18 
Amended ﹚ 
 
2. HCFCs: 
CONSUMPTION 
MANAGEMENT 
REGULATIONS 
(2019/02/18 
Amende d)  
 
5. Other notifications  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction  in other notifications ?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notificati on: 
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type 
of 
restr.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, based 
on HS(      ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of prev. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
             
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