G/MA/QR/7  
 
17 January 2019 
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Committee on Market Access    
 
 STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS UNDER THE  
DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS ( G/L/59/REV.1 ) 
REPORT BY THE SECRET ARIAT1 
1. The Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions2 provides that "Members 
shall make complete notifications of all quantitative restrictions in force by 30  September  2012 and 
at two  yearly intervals thereafter.  They should also notify changes to those quantitative restrictions 
as soon as possible, but no t later than six months from their entry into force".3 This report  has been 
prepared by the Secretariat  pursuant to paragraph 7 of the  Decision4. 
 
2.  As of 15 January 2019, a total of 37 Members have submitted notifications of QRs in force . For 
each bienn ial period, the following notifications have been received:  
 
2012 -2014 : 27 notifications from 22 Members.  
2014 -2016 : 32 notifications from 28 Members.  
2016 -2018 : 24 notifications from 24 Members.  
2018 -2020 : 15 notifications from 15 Members . 
 
3. The complete list of notifications received by the Secretariat is provided in the Annex.  
 
                                                
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 Adopted by the Council for Trade in Goods on 22 June 2012 (G/L/59/Rev.1).  
3 G/L/59/Rev.1, paragraph 1.  
4 This provision states: "The Secretariat shall circulate yearly a report listing: i) the WTO Members having 
made a notification; ii) the type of notification made (i.e. whether "complete", "changes" or "reverse"); iii) the date  
of the notification and the period covered by it; iv) the sections of the notification in which information was provided 
(i.e. Sections 1 or 2); and v) whether the Secretariat informed the Member that information was missing."   
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- 2 - ANNEX  
QR NOTIFICATIONS SUB MITTED PURSUANT TO G /L/59/REV.1  
Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Afghanistan  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  29/07/2016  Complete  x  x 
Albania  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ ALB/1  20/11/2018  Complete  x  x 
Argentina  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1  16/04/2018  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.1  16/04/2018  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.2  18/07/2018  Complete  x x x 
Australia  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  16/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3  28/07/2017  Complete  x x  
Brazil  2012-2014 / 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  22/08/2016  Complete    x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2  21/09/2018  Complete  x  x 
Canada  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  29/11/2012  Complete  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/2  23/10/2014  Complete  x  x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
Costa Rica  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x  x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1/Corr.1  23/01/2013  Changes  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  03/10/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3  22/10/2018  Complete  x  x 
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  18/08/2014  Complete  x  
x  
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- 3 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Cuba 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  07/01/2013  Complete  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  24/09/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  01/09/2016  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3/Rev.1  14/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
 2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/4  04/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
European Union  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  24/04/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  09/10/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/EU/3  17/01/2017  Complete  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x   
Georgia  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  25/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
Hong Kong, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  28/09/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/3  23/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
India 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  16/10/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016/  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2  06/06/2018  Complete  x x x 
Japan  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  22/01/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/4  28/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Kazakhstan  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1  03/05/2017  Complete  x  x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1/Corr.1  14/05/2018  Changes  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2  04/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
Korea, Rep. of  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x  x  
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- 4 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Lao PDR  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  12/10/2014  Complete  x   
 
Liechtenstein1 2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1  26/05/2016  Complete     
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/2  18/12/2017  Complete     
Macao, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  17/09/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  17/06/2016  Complete  x   
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/4  14/08/2018  Complete  x x x 
Mali 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  05/05/2013  Complete  x  x 
Mauritius  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  30/10/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/2  16/09/2016  Complete  x  x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/3  09/03/2017  Complete  x  x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/4  03/09/2018  Complete  x  x 
Mexico  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1  22/07/2016  Complete  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  26/07/2016  Complete  x  x 
New Zealand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  12/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/3  14/05/2018  Complete  x x x 
Nicaragua  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  22/09/2014  Complete  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  14/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  30/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Peru 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  28/08/2013  Complete  x  x 
Philippines  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  19/05/2015  Complete  x x x 
Russian Federation  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  14/09/2012  Complete  x  x  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  21/02/2013  Changes  x  x 
                                                
1 Liechtenstein's communicat ions state that the notifications of Switzerland in G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1 and G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2 should be taken to cover Liechtenstei n 
as well.   
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- 5 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Russian Federation  
(Cont'd.)  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  18/09/2014  Complete  x  x 
 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  27/09/2016  Complete  x  x 
 2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3/Corr.1  25/04/2018  Changes  x   
Seychelles  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SYC/1  10/01/2018  Complete  x x x 
Singapore  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  06/05/2013  Complete  x  x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  15/04/2015  Complete  x  x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3  22/05/2017  Complete  x  x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/ 4 21/11/2018  Complete  x x x 
Switzerland  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1  11/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/Add.1  26/05/2014  Changes  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/Add.1/Corr.1  10/06/2014  Changes  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2  10/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
Chinese Taipei  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  29/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  17/11/2014  Changes  x   
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  21/07/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/3  03/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
Thailand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  22/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  23/11/2012  Changes  x x x 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/ 2 28/09/2018  Complete  x x x 
Turkey  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x  x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  22/11/2012  Changes  x  x 
Ukraine  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  28/09/2012  Complete   x x  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes   x x  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  20/08/2013  Changes   x x  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  17/12/2013  Changes   x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x  
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- 6 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification 
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 1  QRs in 
section 2  Member contacted by the 
Secretariat in case of 
missing information?  
Ukraine (Cont'd.)  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  06/09/2016  Complete  x x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1  16/02/2017  Changes  x  x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1/Corr.1  16/02/2017  Changes    x 
 2016-2018/  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4  11/10/2018  Complete  x x x 
United States  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  05/10/2012  Complete  x x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/USA/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4  30/09/2018  Complete  x x  
Uruguay  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  08/01/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/URY/2  04/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
 X: Yes  
 
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