G/AG/N/GTM/63  
22 August  2018 
(18-5295) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 2 1 August 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Guatemala . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) in 
the calendar year 2017. 
 
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Table MA: 2 
MARKET ACCESS : GUATEMALA  
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 
opened* 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)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type from to 
1 2   3 4 5 
GTMQ001  Meat of bovine animals, fresh 
or chilled ; Meat of bovine 
animals, frozen  0201, 0202   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes     
GTMQ002  Meat of swine, fresh, chilled 
or frozen  0203  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes     
GTMQ003  Meat and edible offal of 
poultry falling under heading 
0105, fresh, chilled or frozen  0207  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes       
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item  
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened* 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)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type from to 
1 2   3 4 5 
GTMQ004  Milk and milk products, 
including powdered milk , not 
concentrated or sweetened ; 
Other; 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 ; 
Whey, whether or not 
concentrated or containing 
added sugar or other 
sweetening matter ; products 
consisting of natural milk 
constituent s, whether or not 
containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, not 
elsewhere specified or 
included ; Butter and other 
fats and oils derived from 
milk; dairy spreads ; Cheese 
and curd  0401, 04029,  0403, 
0404,  0405, 0406   Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes       
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item  
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened* 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)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type from to 
1 2   3 4 5 
GTMQ005  Dried leguminous vegetables, 
shelled, whether or not 
skinned or split  0713  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes 4,550  5,000  110%  (1) 
GTMQ006  Grapes, fresh or dried  080610, 080620   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ007  Apples, pears and quinces, 
fresh 0808  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ008  Wheat and meslin : 
durum wheat  10011000   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ009  Other wheat  10019000   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ010  Maize (corn)  1005  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes  88,670 178,814  202% (2) 
GTMQ011  Rice 1006  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes  14,015 24,163  172% (3) 
GTMQ012  Grain sorghum  10070010, 10070090   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ013  Wheat or meslin  flour 110100   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ014  Soya beans, whether or  
not broken  12010010, 12010090   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ015  Flours and meals of oil seeds 
or oleaginous fruits, other 
than those of mustard  1208  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ016  Soya-bean oil and its 
fractions, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  1507  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes        
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item  
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened* 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)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type from to 
1 2   3 4 5 
GTMQ017  Palm oil and its fractions, 
whether or not  refined, but 
not chemically modified  1511  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ018  Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or  
not refined, but not 
chemically modified  15121, 15122   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ019  Maize (corn) oil and  
its fractions  15152   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ020  Cane or beet sugar and 
chemically pure sucrose,  
in solid form  1701  
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
GTMQ021  Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form  
of pellets,  
resulting from the extraction 
of soya -bean oil  23040010, 23040090   
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes        
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item  
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description  Not 
opened* 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)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type from to 
1 2   3 4 5 
GTMQ022  Unmanufactured tobacco ; 
tobacco refuse ; Cigars, 
cheroots, cigarillos and 
cigarettes, of tobacco or of 
tobacco substitutes ; Other 
manufactured tobacco and 
manufactured tobacco 
substitutes   2401, 2402,  2403  
 
 Calendar  01-01-17 31-12-17 tonnes      
 
Note: 
* The tariff quotas included in this column were  not activated during the period in question because better access conditions than those established by Guatemala in 
Schedul e LXXXVIII were applied to them . 
 
(1) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment : 450 tonnes . 
(2) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment : 116,330  tonnes. 
(3) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment : 10,985 tonnes . 
 
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