G/AG/N/NOR/86  
 
17 May 2016  
(16-2708)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 13 May 2016, is bein g circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Norway . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) for 2015 . 
 
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The import data in this document provides th e Table MA:2 notification for 2015. Both minimum 
access quotas and current access quotas for cheese, sheep meat, meat to promotional fairs, meat of game, apples, pears, hay and turkey roll are included in the notification. For other current 
access quotas included in Norway's Schedule, as of 2000 the bound MFN tariff has been at the 
level of the in-quota tariff. A tariff-only regi me applies to these TRQs from 2000 and onwards. 
Since Norway has fulfilled its commitments, for the current access quotas with a tariff-only regime, 
these will not be a part of the notification. 
   
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- 2 - Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS: NORWAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2015 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitment. 
Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports 
during period Fill rate 
  (tonnes)  (tonnes)  (%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedu le) (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)   
1 2 3 4 5 
Meat to promotional fairs and product testing Chapters 02 and 16 35 7 20 
Meat of bovine animal, frozen 02.02.1000 
02.02.2001 02.02.2002 02.02.2003 
02.02.2004 
02.02.2008 02.02.3001 02.02.3009 1,084 1,075 99 
Meat of swine, frozen 02.03.2101 1,381 51 4 
Meat of sheep and goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 02.04.1000 
02.04.2100 02.04.2200 
02.04.3000 
02.04.4100 02.04.4200 02.04.4300 02.04.5000 206 187 91 
Meat of sheep and goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 02.04 600 590 98 
Meat of fowls of the species Gallus  domesticus  02.07.1200 221 10 5  
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- 3 - Description of Products Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for period in 
question In-quota imports 
during period Fill rate 
  (tonnes)  (tonnes)  (%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedu le) (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)   
1 2 3 4 5 
Meat of turkeys 02.07.2500 221 0 0 
Meat of poultry ducks, geese and guinea fowl 02.07.3300 221 182 82 
Meat of deer 02.08.9046/47/48 25 198 100 
Meat of elk 02.08.9043/44/45 100 97 97 
Meat of game 02.03.1109/1209/1909/2109/2209/2909 
02.08.1000/9030/9094/9099/9046/9047/9048 250 179 72 
Butter 04.05.1000 
04.05.2000 04.05.9000 575 340 59 
Cheese and curd1 04.06 2,494 7,319 100 
Hens eggs 04.07.0019 1,295 63 5 
White cabbage 07.04.9013 
07.04.9020 134 133 99 
Red cabbage 07.04.9040 134 51 38 
Apples 08.08.1011 8,000 6,741 84 
Pears 08.08.2021 250 249 100 
Hay 12.14.9091 25,500 12,322 48 
Turkey roll 16.02.3101 20 4 20 
 
 
 
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1 The import quota for cheese from the European Union was at 7, 200 tonnes. In addition, a quota of 200 tonnes for the import of cheese from Switzerland and Iceland was 
maintained.