G/AG/N/VEN/27  
9 October 2014  
(14-5747)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas (Table MA:1)  for 2013  
was received from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 
on 2 October 2014. 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013* 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities: Tariff and Other Quota Commitments 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
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Cane sugar 1701 (a)  Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: Not applicable. 
(b) Allocation of licences to importers: 
(i) Import licences are issued by the Ministry of Food in accordance with Decree No. 5.246 
of 20 March 2007, published in Official Journal No. 38.654 of 28 March 2007. 
(ii) Pursuant to the Joint Reso lution of 12 December 2012 published in Official Journal 
No. 39.570 of 19 December 2012, applicants must submit the following documents: 
 Completed import licence a pplication form, as issued by the Ministry of Food; 
 Copy of their registered company charter (up-to-date information); 
 Copy of their Tax Information Registry (RIF) certificate; 
 Copy of their industry, busine ss, services or other similar licence (industry or business 
licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registra tion certificate issued by the Ministry of Health for the 
trademarked product(s) that the applicant envisages placing on the domestic market, 
where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Ministry of Health indicating 
the trademark of the product to be manu factured under the import licence, where 
applicable; 
                                               
* December 2012 - November 2013.   
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encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
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   Income tax declaration, corresponding to the last two (2) fiscal years; 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last  three (3) years, indicating the import 
volume and value of each product as well as its tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to  be manufactured from the imported raw 
materials, using Form 1 as required for the import licence application. 
  (iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of  automatic and non-automatic import licences 
among competing firms that guarantee th e importation of th e product and its 
distribution on the domestic market; a sh are of the quota is ensured for first-time 
importers in all cases. 
(iv) Import licences are valid for a no n-extendable period of six (6) months. 
(c) Details of other arrangements : Not applicable.  
 
Source: Directorate-General of Marketing. Ministry of Food / ASYCUDA (Automat ed System for Customs Data) - SENIAT (Integrated N ational Tax Administration Service), 
National Statistics Institute. 
 
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