G/AG/N/GTM/50  
25 September 2015  
(15-4968)  Page: 1/7  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 23 September 2015, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Guatemala . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) 
for the calendar years 2008-2013 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2008 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Apples 0808 (a) 
(b) 246 
12,554 4,323.92 1,757.69 
Yellow maize 1005.90.20 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
141,33
0 80,295.55 90.56 
Rice in the husk 1006 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
11,185 25,182.57 179.68 
Wheat or meslin flour 1101.00.00 (a) 
(b) 6,690 
3,310 10,000.00 149.48 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them.   
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2009 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Apples 0808 (a) 
(b) 246 
11,754 3,589.44 1,459.12 
Yellow maize 1005.90.20 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
141,330 108,870.00 122.78 
Rice in the husk 1006 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
7,835 14,502.69 103.47 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them.   
  G/AG/N/GTM/50  
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Yellow maize 1005.90.20 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
91,330 123,625 139.42 
Rice in the husk 1006 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
-------  10,889.41 77.69 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them. 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Maize 1005.90 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
199,330 185,842.11 209.59 
Rice in the husk 1006.10.90 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
--------- 8,880.23 63.36 
Wheat or meslin flour 1101.00.00 (a) 
(b) 6,690 
18,310 19,479.49 291.17 
Refined sugar cane  1701 (a) 
(c) 14,367 
35,633 0 0 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them.   
  G/AG/N/GTM/50  
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2012 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Maize 1005.90 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
293,330 303,686.60 342.49 
Rice in the husk 1006.10.90 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
1,985 15,698.65 112.01 
Grain sorghum 1007.90.00 (a) 
(b) 4,590 
20,410 0 0 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them. 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: GUATEMALA 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Implementation of market access opportunities: tariff and other quota commitments 
Description of products Tariff  item number(s) encompassed 
in product description Tariff quota quantity for period 
in question 
(tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(tonnes) Fill rate 
(%) 
(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) (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) 
of Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3a)*100) 
Maize 1005.90 (a) 
(b) 88,670 
506,330 332,958.48 375.50 
Rice in the husk 1006.10.90 (a) 
(b) 14,015 
1,985 14,984.63 106.92 
Grain sorghum 1007.90.00 (a) 
(b) 4,590 
75,410 0 0 
(a) Schedule LXXXVIII commitment. 
(b) Autonomous increase for this period not covered by commitment. 
Note: The bound tariff quotas not included in this table were no t activated during the period in  question becaus e better access  conditions than those es tablished by Guatemala in 
Schedule LXXXVIII were applied to them. 
 
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