G/AG/N/CRI/66  
27 April 2018 
(18-2640) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication , dated  23 April 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Costa Rica . The notification concerns imports subject to tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) 
for the calendar year 2017 . 
 
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Table  MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS : COSTA RICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Lists Relating to Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
open1 Reporting period  Unit Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question  In-quota 
imports 
during 
period  Tariff quota 
fill rate  
((4/3)*100)  Note 
(derived from 
Section I -B (or I-A) 
of Part I  of the 
Schedule)   (derived from Section I -B (or I-A) of Part I  of the Schedule)  Type From To 
1 2   3 4 5 
CRIQ001  Pork 02031100,  02031200,  
02031900,  02032100,  
02032200,  02032900,  
02063010,  02063090,  
02064100,  02064900,  
02090010,  02090020,  
02101100,  02101200,  
02101900   
 
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 613.44    
CRIQ002  Poultry and poultry products ; Cuts 
and offal of poultry  02071392,  02071393,  
02071394,  02071399,  
02071492,  02071493,  
02071494,  02071499,  
02072690,  02074490,  
02075490,  02076049  
 
 
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 1,284.1 719.8 56%  
CRIQ003  Poultry, not cut in pieces, and 
poultry fat  02071100,  02071200,  
02072400,  02072500,  
02072790,  02073200,  
02073300,  02090030,  
02109910   
 
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 642.05    
CRIQ004  Milk and cream, not concentrated 
nor containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter  0401 
  
 
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 405 0 0%  
CRIQ005  Milk and cream, concentrated or 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter (excluding 
condensed and evaporated milk)  0402 
  
 
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 344.2 0 0%    
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
open1 Reporting period  Unit Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question  In-quota 
imports 
during 
period  Tariff quota 
fill rate  
((4/3)*100)  Note 
(derived from 
Section I -B (or I-A) 
of Part I  of the 
Schedule)   (derived from Section I -B (or I-A) of Part I  of the Schedule)  Type From To 
1 2   3 4 5 
CRIQ006  Evaporated milk  04029110   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 1,124.52    
CRIQ007  Condensed milk  04029910   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 2,563.13    
CRIQ008  Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, 
yogurt, kephir  and other fermented 
or acidified milk and cream, whether 
or not concentrated or containing 
added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured or containing 
added fruit, nuts or cocoa  0403 
  Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 50 48.2 96%  
CRIQ009  Whey, whether or not concentrated 
or containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter ; products 
consisting of natural milk 
constituents, whether or not 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter, not elsewhere 
specified or included  0404  
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 253    
CRIQ010  Butter and other fats and oils 
derived from milk  0405 
  Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 45 19.5 43%  
CRIQ011  Cheese and curd (excluding headings 
for cheddar -type, dehydrated, 
green - or blue -veined and other 
cheese)  04061000,  04063000  
  Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 375 26.5 7%  
CRIQ012  Cheddar -type cheese, d ried 04062010   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 55    
CRIQ013  Other  04062090   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 50    
CRIQ014  Blue-veined cheese  04064000   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 0.06    
CRIQ015  Other cheese  04069000   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 50    
CRIQ016  Fertile eggs for reproduction ; 
Ostrich  eggs; Other; Dried; Other 04070010,  04070020,  
04070090,  04081100,  
04081900,  04089100,  
04089900   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 938.83    
CRIQ017  White pea beans ( Phaseolus 
vulgaris ): 07133310,  07133320,  
07133390   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 1,465    
CRIQ018  Yellow maize (corn)  10059020   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 62,956      
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
open1 Reporting period  Unit Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question  In-quota 
imports 
during 
period  Tariff quota 
fill rate  
((4/3)*100)  Note 
(derived from 
Section I -B (or I-A) 
of Part I  of the 
Schedule)   (derived from Section I -B (or I-A) of Part I  of the Schedule)  Type From To 
1 2   3 4 5 
CRIQ019  White maize (corn)  10059021   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 5,761    
CRIQ020  For sowing ; Other; Rice in the husk 
(paddy or rough) ; Husked (brown) 
rice; Semi-milled or wholly milled 
rice, whether or not polished ; or 
glazed broken rice  10061010,  10061090,  
10062000,  10063000,  
10064000   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 9,067.36    
CRIQ021  Pig fat (including lard) and poultry 
fat, other than that of heading 
Nos. 02.09 or 15.03 ; Lard stearin, 
lard oil ; Other 15010000,  15030010,  
15030090   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 75    
CRIQ022  Sausages and similar products, of 
meat, meat offal or blood ; food 
preparations based on these 
products ; of poultry of heading 
No. 01.05 ; Other 16010020,  16021020,  
16023210,  16023290  
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 150 0 0%  
CRIQ023  Swine ; Of meat or meat offal of 
swine ; Hams and cuts thereof ; 
Shoulders and cuts thereof ; Pigskin, 
dried, cooked and pressed ; Other 16010030,  16021030,  
16024100,  16024200,  
16024900,  16024910   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 596.88    
CRIQ024  SUGAR : Cane; Beet; Containing 
added flavouring or colouring 
matter ; Other 17011100,  17011200,  
17019100,  17019900   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 7,698.61    
CRIQ025  Ice cream and other edible ice, 
whether or not containing cocoa  21050000  
  Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 725 21.9 3%  
CRIQ026  Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped ; 
Tobacco, partly or wholly 
stemmed/stripped ; Tobacco refuse ; 
Smoking tobacco, whether or not 
containing tobacco substitutes in any 
proportion ; "Homogeni zed" or 
"reconstituted" tobacco ; Other 24011010,  24011020,  
24011030,  24011090,  
24012010,  24012020,  
24012030,  24012090,  
24013010,  24013020,  
24013030,  24013090,  
24031000,  24039100,  
24039900   
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 82.19    
CRIQ027  Woven fabrics of jute or of other 
textile bast fibres of heading 
No. 53.03  5310  
 Calendar 
year 01-01-17 31-12-17 MT 53.63    
1 The tariff rate quota included in this column has not been opened, as the applied tariff is equal to or lower than the bound in-quota tariff. 
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