G/AG/N/TPKM/135  
 
29 March 2016  
(16-1739)  Page: 1/6  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 17 March 2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . The 
notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) during the calendar year 2015 . 
 
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The bound tariff quotas not shown in the attached  table are those that were not activated during 
the reporting period.  
 
  
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MARKET ACCESS: THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITO RY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitment 
Description of product Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question 
 
(MT) In-quota imports 
during period 
 
(MT) Fill 
rate 
 
(%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of th e Schedule) (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 
Deer Velvet     
Deer velvet, fresh, chilled, chilled or frozen 05079020 5 4.97 99.40 
Bananas     
Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried 08030000 13,338 0 0.00 
Fresh Pears (excluding Eu ropean Pears)     
other pear, fresh 08082019 9,800 6,188.34 63.15 
Liquid Milk     
Milk (excluding milk of goat and sheep),  not concentrated and unsweetened     
     
-- fresh milk 04011010    
  04012010    
  04014010    
  4015010    
-- long-life milk 04011020    
  04012020    
  04014020    
  4015020     
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- 3 - Description of product Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question 
 
(MT) In-quota imports 
during period 
 
(MT) Fill 
rate 
 
(%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of th e Schedule) (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 
Milk (excluding milk of goat and sh eep), containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter 04029910    
  04029920    
  04029992    
  04039059    
Buttermilk (excluding fresh, dry, concentrated) 04039029    
Flavoured, modified, or fermented milk (excluding sour)     
Cream (excluding sour) 04039090    
Curdled milk 04039040    
Prepared milk, evaporated, containing  added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 18069053    
  19019025    
Flavoured milk 18069055    
  19019027    
  Total  21,298 18,308.36 85.96 
Peanuts     
Ground-nuts     
-- in shell 12023010    
  20081111    
  20081191    
  12024100    
-- shelled 12023020    
  12024200    
  20081112    
  20081192    
  20081942    
-- mixtures(containing ground-nuts exceeding 20%)     
     
Flours and meals of ground-nuts     
-- edible 12089011    
-- inedible 12089021    
       
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- 4 - Description of product Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question 
 
(MT) In-quota imports 
during period 
 
(MT) Fill 
rate 
 
(%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of th e Schedule) (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 
Ground-nuts oil     
-- crude 15081000    
-- refined 15089000    
  Total 5,235 5,231.31 99.93 
Red Bean     
Red beans     
-- frozen 07102910    
-- dried 07133200    
Flour and meal of red bean 11061010    
Prepared or preserved red bean     
-- frozen 20049010    
  20060011    
-- not frozen     
---- shelled 20055110    
  20060025    
---- not shelled 20055910    
  20060025    
  Total 2,500 2,461.04 98.44 
Garlic Bulbs     
Garlic bulbs, for planting 07032010    
Other garlic, fresh or chilled 07032090    
Dried garlic bulb, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder 07129040    
  Total 3,520 189.12 5.37 
Dried Shiitake (Forest Mushroom)     
Shiitake (forest mushroom),dried 07123920 288 70.32 24.42 
Dried Day Lily     
Day lily, dried 07129050 101 0 0.00 
Young Coconut     
other coconuts, fresh or dried 08011900 10,000 6,433.4 64.33 
  08011200     
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- 5 - Description of product Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question 
 
(MT) In-quota imports 
during period 
 
(MT) Fill 
rate 
 
(%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of th e Schedule) (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 
Betel Nuts     
Areca (betel) nuts, fresh or dried 08028000 8,824 11.59 0.13 
Pineapples     
Pineapples, fresh or dried 08043000 23,870 3,110.63 13.03 
Mangoes     
Mangoes, fresh or dried 08045020 12,755 0 0.00 
Shaddocks     
Shaddocks, fresh or dried 08054020 4,300 0 0.00 
Dried Longans and Longan Pulp     
Lungngans, dried and lungngan pulp 08134010 330 329.99 99.99 
Rice     
-- in the husk 10061000    
-- husked 10062000    
-- semi-milled or wholly milled 10063000    
-- broken 10064000    
     
Rice flour     
-- glutinous rice flour 11029011    
-- other rice flour 11029019    
Rice groats, meal and pellets 11031930    
  11032010    
Rolled or flaked rice 11041910    
Other worked rice 11042920    
Rice starch 11081910    
Prepared food by the swelling or roasting of rice     
-- rice threads, puffed or roasted 18069071    
  19023020    
  19041020    
  19042011    
  19042021     
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- 6 - Description of product Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question 
 
(MT) In-quota imports 
during period 
 
(MT) Fill 
rate 
 
(%) 
(from section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of th e Schedule) (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 
-- others 19021110    
  19021910    
  19022010    
Rice products 18069061    
-- in grain form, precooked or otherwise prepared 19049010    
-- others, containing not less than 30% of rice 18069092    
  19019091    
  21069098    
  Total 144,720 144,612.9 99.93 
Notes: 
1. The tariff item numbers ar e based on HS 2012 version. 
2. MT: Metric Tonne 
 
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