WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/VEN/26 
19 November 2012 
 (12-6327) 
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following notification concerning the administration of tariff quotas (Table MA:1)  
for 2005 , 2006  and 2008 was received from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela on 2 October 2012. 
 
   
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Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Venezuela 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2005 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  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)  
1 2 3 
Cereals 
 
Yellow maize  Sorghum  
 
1005.90.11 
 
1007 (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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 10 May 2005 published in  Official Journal No. 38.123 of 10 May 2005, applicants must s ubmit 
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence register entry; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) for the 
trademarked product(s) that the applicant envisage s placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health and Social De velopment (MSDS) indicating the 
trademark of the product to be manufactured  under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.   
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Milk products 
 
Milk and cream, not concentrated  
Milk in powder, of a fat content 
not exceeding 1.5%  Milk and cream, concentrated, in powder, granules or other 
solid forms, of a fat content, 
by weight, exceeding 1.5%, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter  
Cheese  
 
0401 
  
0402.10 
  
0402.21 
 
 
    
0406 (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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 10 May 2005 published in  Official Journal No. 38.123 of 10 May 2005, applicants must s ubmit 
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence register entry; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mi nistry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) for the 
trademarked product(s) that the applicant envisage s placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) indicating the 
trademark of the product to be manufactured  under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last three (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in all 
cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.  
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Page 4 1 2 3 
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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 18 November 2005 publis hed in Official Journal No. 38. 317 of 18 November 2005, applica nts 
must submit the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence register entry; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Ministry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) for the 
trademarked product(s) that the applicant envisage s placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health and Social De velopment (MSDS) indicating the 
trademark of the product to be manufactured  under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.  
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Oilseeds 
 
Soya beans  Palm nuts and kernels 
 
Soya-bean oil  Other oils  
Palm oil 
 Sunflower-seed oil  Coconut oil 
 
Other vegetable fats and oils  Animal or vegetable fats and oils 
Soya-bean cake  
 
1201 
 
1207 
 
1507 
 
1510 
 
1511 
 
1512 
 
1513 
 
1515 
 
1518 
 
2304 (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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 10 May 2005 published in O fficial Journal No. 38.123 of 10 May 2005, applicants must submit  
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence register entry; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mi nistry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) for the 
trademarked product(s) that the applicant envisage s placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health and Social Development (MSDS) indicating the 
trademark of the product to be manufactured  under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last three (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements
:  Not applicable. 
  
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Page 6 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Venezuela 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2006  
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  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)  
1 2 3 
Cereals 
 
Yellow maize  Sorghum  
 
1005.90.11 
 
1007 (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. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 5 June 2006 published in  Official Journal No. 38.452 of 6 June 2006, applicants must s ubmit the 
following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificat e issued by the Ministry of Health for the trademarked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certifi cate issued by the Ministry of Health indi cating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 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 i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non-au tomatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic ma rket;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.   
 
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Milk products 
 
Milk and cream, 
not concentrated  Milk in powder, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5% 
 
Milk and cream, concentrated, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5%, 
not containing added sugar 
or other sweetening matter  Cheese  
 
0401 
  
0402.10 
 
 
0402.21 
   
 
  
0406 (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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 
(ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 5 June 2006 published in  Official Journal No. 38.452 of 6 June 2006, applicants must s ubmit the 
following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificat e issued by the Ministry of Health for the trademarked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certifi cate issued by the Ministry of Health indi cating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 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 i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 (c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.  
 
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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 acc ordance with Decree No. 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 
(ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 17 November 2006 publis hed in Official Journal No. 38. 753 of 28 November 2006, applica nts 
must submit the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health for the trademar ked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health indicating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 (c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.  
 
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Oilseeds 
 
Soya beans 
 Palm nuts and kernels  Soya-bean oil 
 
Other oils  Palm oil  
Sunflower-seed oil 
 Coconut oil  Other vegetable fats and oils 
 
Animal or vegetable fats and oils Soya-bean cake  
 
1201 
 
1207 
 
1507 
 
1510 
 
1511 
 
1512 
 
1513 
 
1515 
 
1518 
 
2304 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries :  Not applicable. 
 
(b) Allocation of licences to importers : 
 
(i) Import licences are issued by the Mini stry of Food in accordance with Decree No . 3.125 of 15 September 2004, published in 
Official Journal No. 38.027 of 21 September 2004. 
 
(ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 5 June 2006 published in Offi cial Journal No. 38.452 of 6 June 2006, applicants must submit  the 
following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health for the trademar ked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health indicating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration, corresponding to the last two (2) fiscal years; 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non-auto matic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the 
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe
rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of four (4) months. 
 (c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable. 
 
 
  
 
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Page 10 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Venezuela 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008  
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  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)  
1 2 3 
Cereals 
 
Yellow maize 
 Sorghum  
 
1005.90.11 
 
1007 (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 exer cise of the powers conferred under Decree No. 5.246 of 20 March 2 007, 
published in Official Journal No. 38.654 of 28 March 2007. 
 
(ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 23 June 2008 published in Official Journal No. 38.988 of 6 August 2008, applicants mus t submit 
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificat e issued by the Ministry of Health for the trademarked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certifi cate issued by the Ministry of Health indi cating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 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 i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 (iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendabl e period of six (6) months to one (1) year. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.   
 
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 Page 11Milk products 
 
Milk and cream, not concentrated 
 
Milk in powder, of a fat content not exceeding 1.5%  Milk and cream, concentrated, 
in powder, granules or other 
solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5%, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
 
Cheese  
 
0401 
 
 
0402.10 
  
0402.21 
 
    
 
0406 (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 exer cise of the powers conferred under Decree No. 5.246 of 20 March 2 007, 
published in Official Journal No. 38.654 of 28 March 2007. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 23 June 2008 published in Official Journal No. 38.988 of 6 August 2008, applicants mus t submit 
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificat e issued by the Ministry of Health for the trademarked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certifi cate issued by the Ministry of Health indi cating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 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 i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non-auto matic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the 
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 
(iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendabl e period of six (6) months to one (1) year. 
 (c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.   
 
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Page 12 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 exerci se of the powers conferred under Decree No. 5.246 of 20 March 2007,  
published in Official Journal No. 38.654 of 28 March 2007. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 10 December 2008 published in  Official Journal No. 39.098 of 14 January 2009, applicants mu st 
submit the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry and business licence; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health for the trademar ked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health indicating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration (last two years); 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 
(iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable period of six (6) months. 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable.  
 
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 Page 13Oilseeds 
 
Soya beans  
Palm nuts and kernels 
 Soya-bean oil  Other oils 
 
Palm oil  Sunflower-seed oil  
Coconut oil 
 Other vegetable fats and oils  Animal or vegetable fats and oils 
 
Soya-bean cake  
 
1201 
 
1207 
 
1507 
 
1510 
 
1511 
 
1512 
 
1513 
 
1515 
 
1518 
 
2304 (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 exer cise of the powers conferred under el Decree No. 5.246 of 20 Marc h 2007, 
published in Official Journal No. 38.654 of 28 March 2007. 
 (ii) Pursuant to the Joint Resolution of 23 June 2008 published in O fficial Journal No. 38.988 of 6 August 2008, applicants must sub mit 
the following documents: 
 
 Completed import licence application 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 and Tax Information Number (NIT); 
 Copy of their industry, business, services or other similar licence (industry and business licence); 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health for the trademar ked product(s) that the applican t 
envisages placing on the domestic market, where applicable; 
 Copy of the sanitary registration certificate issued by the Mini stry of Health indicating the trademark of the product to be 
manufactured under the import licence, where applicable; 
 Income tax declaration, corresponding to the last two (2) fiscal years; 
 Sworn import declaration covering the last th ree (3) years, indicating the import volume and value of each product as well as i ts 
tariff item number at the most disaggregated level; 
 Notarized description of the products to be manufactured using the imported raw materials. 
 
(iii) Quotas will be allocated by means of automatic and non- automatic import licences among competing firms that guarantee the  
importation of the product and its distribution on the domestic market;  a share of the quota is ensured for first-time importe rs in 
all cases. 
 
(iv) Import licences are valid for a non-extendable pe riod of six (6) months to one (1) year. 
 (c) Details of other arrangements :  Not applicable. 
 
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