G/AG/N/TPKM/165  
 
22 August 2018  
(18-5293) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 8 August  2018, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the Separate  Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . The notification 
concerns the administration of tariff quotas (Table MA :1) for the calendar year  2019 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: THE SEPARATE  CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF  TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINM EN AND MATSU  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  2019 
Implementation of market access opportunities: Tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
CHTQ007  Peanuts  
Groundnuts  
 
-- in shell  
 
 
 
-- shelled  
 
 
 
-- mixtures (containing groundnuts exceeding 20%)  
 
Flours and meals of groundnuts  
 
-- edible  
-- inedible  
Groundnuts oil  
-- crude  
-- refined  12023010, 12024100,   
20081111, 20081191,  
12023020, 12024200,  
20081112, 20081192  
12089011, 12089021,  
15081000, 15089000  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: None. 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
(i) Tariff quota certificates are issued by the Ministry of Finance.  
(ii) Any enterprise registered as an importer/exporter at the Bureau of 
Foreign Trade (under the Ministry of Economic Affairs) would be eligible 
to apply for tariff quota certificates.  
(iii) The method of allocation is conducted on the basis of bidding price 
per unit amount offered by the bidders (starting from the highest 
bid).  If there are two or more bidders offering identical bid prices and 
the quota available for allocation is less than the total amount in the 
bid, allocation will be made on a pro -rata basis.  
(iv) Tariff quota certificates are valid from 1 January to 31 May and 
from 1 August   to 31 October.   
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences): None 
applicab le. 
(d) Other information: See Customs Import Tariff (the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu), published 
by both the Customs Administration (under the Ministry of Finance) 
and the Bureau of Foreign Trade (under the Ministry of E conomic 
Affairs).    
 
  
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in product description  Description of import arrangement applicable  Note  
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
CHTQ008  Red bean  
 
Red beans  
-- frozen  
-- dried 
Flour and meal of red bean  
Prepared or preserved red bean  
-- frozen  
 
 
-- not frozen  
---- shelled  
 
 
---- not shelled  07102910, 07133200,   
11061010, 20049010,  
20055110, 20055910,  
20060011, 20060025  (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: None.  
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
(i) Tariff quota certificates are issued by the Ministry of Finance  
(ii) Any enterprise registered as an importer/expo rter at the Bureau of 
Foreign Trade (under the Ministry of Economic Affairs) would be eligible 
to apply for tariff quota certificates.  
(iii) The method of allocation is conducted on the basis of bidding price 
per unit amount offered by the bidders (startin g from the highest bid). 
If there are two or more bidders offering identical bid prices and the 
quota available for allocation is less than the total amount in the bid, 
allocation will be made on a pro -rata basis.  
(iv) Tariff quota certificates are valid f rom 1 April to 1 December.  
(c) Details of other arrangements (not involving import licences): none 
applicable.  
(d) Other information: See Customs Import Tariff (the Separate 
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu), published 
by both the Cus toms Administration (under the Ministry of Finance) 
and the Bureau of Foreign Trade (under the Ministry of Economic 
Affairs).   
 
 
1 The tariff item numbers are based on HS2017 version.  
 
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