G/MA/QR/6  
 
28 September 2018  
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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/RE V.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 28  September 2018, a total of 36 Members have submitted notifications of QRs in force . 
For each bie nnial period, the following notifications have been received:  
 
2012 -2014 : 27 notifications from 22 Members.  
2014 -2016 : 31 notifications from 28 Members.  
2016 -2018 : 22 notifications from 22 Members.  
2018 -2020 : 3 notifications from 3 Members . 
 
3. The complet e 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", "change s" 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 
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   
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  18/08/2014  Complete  x  x 
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  
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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?  
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  
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  
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   
Korea, Rep. of  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x  x 
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     
                                                
1 Liechtenstein's communication states that the notification of Switzerland in G/MA/QR/N7CHE/1 and G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2 should be ta ken to cover Liechtenstein as 
well.  
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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?  
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   
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 
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 
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  
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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?  
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  
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 
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 
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 
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  
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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