G/AG/N/CRI/62  
11 October  2017 
(17-5469) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 20 September 2017, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of  Costa Rica . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) 
for 2016 . 
 
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Pursuant to paragraph 6 of the "Understanding on Tariff Rate Quota Administration Provisions of 
Agricultural Products, as Defined in Article 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture" (documents 
WT/MIN(13)/39 and WT/L/914 of 1 1 December 2 013), this notification includes the tariff quot a 
"fill rates".  
 
The bound tariff quotas, which were not activated during the reporting period because they 
enjoyed better access conditions than those established by Costa Rica in it s Schedule LXXXV, are 
shown at the end of the attached table.  
 
 
   
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Table  MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS : COSTA RICA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
Lists Relating to Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
TQ ID  Description of Products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description (HS  2012) Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question (MT)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(MT)  Tariff quota fill rate 
((4/3)*100)  
(derived 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 52 
CRIQ0021 POULTRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS ; CUTS AND OFFAL OF POULTRY:  02071392, 02071393,  
02071394, 02071399,  
02071492, 02071493,  
02071494, 02071499,  
02072690, 02074490,  
02075490, 02076049  1,284.1 910.1 71% 
CRIQ0041 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter  0401 405 0 0% 
CRIQ0051 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter  (excluding condensed and evaporated milk)  0402 (except 0402.91.10 and 
0402.99.10)  344.2 53.5 16% 
CRIQ0081 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir  and other 
fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated 
or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured 
or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa.  0403 50 39.6 79% 
CRIQ0101 BUTTER AND OTHER FATS AND OILS DERIVED FROM  MILK 0405 45 17.9 40% 
CRIQ0111 Cheese and curd (excluding headings for cheddar -type cheese, 
dehydrated, green - or blue -veined and other cheese)  04061000, 04063000  375 60.1 16% 
CRIQ0221 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood ; food 
preparations based on these products ; Of poultry of heading 
No. 01.05 ; Other 16010020, 16021020,  
16023210, 16023290  150 0 0% 
CRIQ0251 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa . 2105 725.0 43.9 6% 
    
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description  Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question (MT)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(MT)  Tariff quota fill rate 
((4/3)*100)  
 (derived 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 
The following tariff quotas were not opened during the period covered by this notification1 (tariff headings based on HS  1996)  
CRIQ001  PORK : 02031100, 02031200,  
02031900, 02032100,  
02032200, 02032900,  
02063010, 02063090,  
02064100, 02064900,  
02090010, 02090020,  
02101100, 02101200,  
02101900     
CRIQ003  POULTRY, NOT CUT IN PIECES, AND POULTRY FAT  02071100, 02071200,  
02072400, 02072500,  
02072790, 02073200,  
02073300, 02090030,  
02109910     
CRIQ006  Evaporated milk  04029110     
CRIQ007  Condensed milk  04029910     
CRIQ009  Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter ; products consisting of natural milk 
constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included.  0404    
CRIQ012  Type 04062010     
CRIQ013  Other  04062090     
CRIQ014  Blue-veined cheese  04064000     
CRIQ015  Other cheese  04069000     
CRIQ016  Fertile eggs for reproduction ; Ostrich eggs; Other; Dried; Other 04070010, 04070020,  
04070090, 04081100,  
04081900, 04089100,  
04089900     
CRIQ017  White pea beans  (Phaseolus vulgaris ): 07133310, 07133320,  
07133390     
CRIQ018  Yellow maize (corn)  10059020     
CRIQ019  White maize (corn)  10059021     
CRIQ020  For sowing ; Other; Rice in the husk (paddy or rough) ; Husked 
(brown) rice ; Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not 
polished ; or glazed broken rice.  10061010, 10061090,  
10062000, 10063000,  
10064000     
CRIQ021  Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 
Nos. 02.09 or 15.03 ; Lard stearin, lard oil ; Other 15010000, 15030010,  
15030090       
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TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description  Tariff quota 
quantity for period 
in question (MT)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(MT)  Tariff quota fill rate 
((4/3)*100)  
 (derived 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 
CRIQ023  Swine ; Of meat or meat offal of swine ; Hams and cuts thereof ; 
Shoulders and cuts thereof ; Pigskin, dried, cooked and pressed ; 
Other 16010030, 16021030,  
16024100, 16024200,  
16024900, 16024910     
CRIQ024  SUGAR : Cane; Beet; Containing added flavouring or colouring 
matter ; Other 17011100, 17011200,  
17019100, 17019900     
CRIQ026  Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped ; Tobacco, partly or wholly 
stemmed/stripped ; Tobacco refuse ; Smoking tobacco, whether or 
not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion ; Tobacco 24011010, 24011020,  
24011030, 24011090,  
24012010, 24012020,  
24012030, 24012090,  
24013010, 24013020,  
24013030, 24013090,  
24031000, 24039100,  
24039900     
CRIQ027  Woven fabrics of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading 
No. 53.03.  5310    
1 The quota is implemented only for tariff lines (as included in column 2) where the applied tariff exceeds the in -quota tariff . In-quota imports in column 4 correspond only to 
products falling under the tariff headings in column 2 . Imports corresponding to the remaining tariff lines which are otherwise part of the tariff quota, where the applied 
tariff is lower than the in -quota tariff rate, are not included.  
2 Pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Bali Ministerial Decision (WT/MIN(13)/39).  
 
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