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Reference:   WLI/100              11 December 2014  
 
 
 
  
 
 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATION S AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY 
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified true copy of the modifications and 
rectifications to Schedule LXXV – Philippines , effective 22 November 2014 .  
 
 
   
 
  
 
            R o b e r t o  A z e v ê d o  
         D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
  
14-7216                   WT/Let/1024 
  
  
 
 
  
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICA TIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
 
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Proced ures for Modification and Rectification of 
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25); 
  WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above-mentioned Decision, a draft containing modifications and rectifications to Schedule LXXV – Philippines  was communicated to 
all Members of the World Trade Organization in  document G/MA/TAR/RS/395 on 22 August 2014, 
and no objections to the proposed modifications and rectifications were received within three months from the date of issue of the aforementioned document; 
 
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modifications and rectifications to Schedule LXXV – 
Philippines  are established in conformity with the above-mentioned Decision. 
 
 The annexed Schedule is effective as of 22 November 2014 . 
  I hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above-mentioned modifications and rectifications 
to each Member of the World Trade Organization . This certification shall be registered in 
accordance with the provisions of Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
 
 DONE at Geneva this eighth day of December, two thousand and fourteen. 
  
 
   
 
  
 
         R o b e r t o  A z e v ê d o           D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
 
   
 
  
Certified true copy: 
  
 
   
 
Director-General  
 
 
   
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SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
   
 
 
               
22 November 2014 
  
  
   
SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES  Page 7 WT/Let/1024 SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
 
This schedule is authentic on ly in the English language 
 
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION I Agricultural Products 
SECTION I-B Tariff Quotas 
 
Rice Quotas1 and In-Quota Duties2 
 
Description 
of 
Products Tariff 
item 
Number Initial 
quota 
quantity 
and In-
quota 
tariff rate Final Quota 
Quantity 
and In-
quota tariff 
rate Implementation 
period    
from/to Initial 
negotiating 
right Other Terms 
and 
Conditions 
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 
 
Rice  
10.061 
*ST Annex 5  
59,730 MT 
50% 
 
119,460 MT 
50% 
 
350,000 MT 
40% 
 
350,000 MT 
40% 
 
645,134 MT 
40% 
 
805,200 MT 
40% 
 
805,200 MT 
35%  
119,460 MT 
50% 
 
238,940 MT 
50% 
 
350,000 MT 
40% 
 
350,000 MT 
40% 
 
645,134 MT 
40% 
 
805,200 MT 
35% 
 
805,200 MT 
35%  
1995 / 1999 
  
2000 / June 2005 
  
July 2005 / 
30 June 2012 
 
1 July 2012 – 
30 June 2013 
 
1 July 2013 – 
30 June 2014 
 
1 July 2014 – 
30 June 2015 
 
1 July 2015 – 
30 June 2017 
    
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
  
NFA* 
 
 
* - National Food Authority (NFA) has the first right to import minimum market access (MMA) volumes 
in accordance with the food security policies of the Philippines, taking into account increased private sector participation. 
                                               
1 Based on the tariff lines stipulated in Schedule LXXV – Philippines, cove ring tariff item numbers 
(HS Code) 1006.10 00 (Rice in the husk, paddy and rough), 1006.20 00 (Husked (brown) rice)), 1006.30 00 (Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed), and 1006.40 00 (Broken rice). 
2  If the rate scheduled under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) for the Philippines is lower 
than the rate specified in this Annex, the ATIGA rate shall constitute the in-quota rate for imports from any WTO Member.   
SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES Page 8  WT/Let/1024 
 SCHEDULE LXXV – PHILIPPINES 
 
This schedule is authentic on ly in the English language 
 
PART I MOST-FAVOURED-NATION TARIFF 
SECTION I Agricultural Products 
SECTION I-B Tariff Quotas 
  
 1.  This schedule incorporates modifications pursuant to the Decision on Waiver Relating to Special Treatment for Rice of the Philippines under WT/L/932 adopted by the General Council on 
24 July 2014, under the terms and conditions of which the obligations of the Philippines under 
Article 4.2 and paragraphs 8 and 10 of Annex 5, Section B, of the Agreement on Agriculture, and under the Extension Agreement
3  are waived until 30 June 2017. The modifications in the schedule 
shall cease to exist upon the termination or expiration of the waiver, and no later than 
30 June 2017.  
2.  The minimum market access ("MMA") for rice as specified in columns (3) and (4) above shall 
be increased to 805,200 MT in the first quota year under the waiver (01 July 2014 to 30 June 2015),  which shall be maintained thereafter annually until the expiration or termination of the waiver.  
  
3.  The 40% in-quota tariff on rice on the MMA shall be applied at the first quota year under the waiver and shall be reduced to 35% thereafter or at the rate resulting from the condition in 
footnote 4 until the termination or expiration of the waiver. 
 4. Within the MMA, the following country-specific quotas (CSQ) shall be allocated from the first 
quota year under the waiver until the expiration or termination of the waiver. 
  
WTO Member Annual CSQ 
(in MT milled basis) 
Australia 15,000 
China 50,000 
El Salvador 4,000 
India 50,000 
Pakistan 50,000 
Thailand 293,100 
Viet Nam 293,100 
  
 
   
5.   At the expiration of the waiver as referred to  in paragraph 1, and no later than 30 June 2017, the 
importation of rice shall be subject to ordinary custom s duties in accordance with paragraph 10 of Annex 5, 
Section B, of the Agreement on Agriculture.  
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3 G/MA/TAR/RS/99/Rev.1 or WT/Let/562.