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Comité de Acceso a los Mercados  Original:  inglés  
 
  
NOTIFICACIÓN DE CONF ORMIDAD CON LA DECIS IÓN SOBRE EL  
PROCEDIMIENTO DE NOT IFICACIÓN DE RESTRIC CIONES  
CUANTITATIVAS (G/L/5 9/REV.1)  
INDIA 
La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 6 de junio , se distribuye a petición de la delegación de 
la India. 
 
A. Miembro notificante : India 
B. Fecha de la notificación : 6 de junio de 2018  
C. Primera notificación : 
 Sí 
 No, la última notificación se presentó con la signatura (signatura del documento):  
 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  
D. Tipo de notificación : 
 1. Completa (es decir, notificación de todas las restricciones cuantitativas en vigor)  
 2. Cambios de una no tificación presentada anteriormente con la signatura (signatura del 
documento)  consistentes en lo siguiente : 
  2.1 Establecimiento de nuevas restricciones, enumeradas en la sección 1.  
  2.2 Eliminación de restricciones, como se describe en la casilla G infra. 
 2.3 Modificación de una restricción notificada ant eriormente, como se indica en la 
sección 1.  
 3. Notificación inversa de restricciones mantenidas por (Miembro):  
E. La notificación proporciona información sobre el siguiente período bi enal (por 
ejemplo, 2012 -2014) : 2014-2016 / 2016 -2018 y se refiere a restricciones en vigor al 
(fecha ) 1º de abril de 2018  
F. La presente notificación contiene información* relativa a:  
 Sección  1: Lista de restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor.  
 Sección  2: Referencia a otras notificaciones presentadas a la OMC que contengan 
información sobre restricciones cuantitativas actualmente en vigor e 
información adicional.  
G. Observaciones de carácter general, con inclusión de una descripción de la 
eliminación de restricciones notificada en el apartado 2.2 de la casilla D y la fecha 
en que esas restricciones dejaron de estar en vigor.  
 N.A. 
 
                                                
* En inglés solamente.    
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Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
1 Import Prohibition  P 0207 43 00  Fatty livers, fresh or 
chilled  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy  DGFT Notification No. 
87(RE -2013)/ 2009 -
2014 dated 
03.07.2014; available 
at http://dgft.gov.in  
2 Import  Prohibition  P 0208 90 10  Other meat and edible 
meat offal, fresh, 
chilled or frozen of 
wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
3 Import Prohibition  P 0209 10 00  Of pigs  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
4 Import Prohibition  P 0209 90 00  Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
5 Import Prohibition  P 0305 71 00  Shark fins  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy  DGFT Notification No. 
111(RE -2013) / 2009 -
2014 dated 
06.02.2015; available 
at http://dgft.gov.in  
6 Import Prohibition  P 0410 00 10  Edible products of 
animal origin, not 
elsewhere specified or 
included of Wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
7 Import Prohibition  P 0504 00 31  Guts of other animals 
for natural food 
casings of wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
8 Import Prohibition  P 0504 00 41  Guts other than for 
natural food castings 
of wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
9 Import Prohibition  P 0504 00 51  Bladders & stomachs 
of Wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
10 Import Prohibition  P 0505 10 10  Feathers of a kind 
used for stuffing; 
down of wild birds  
 Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy      
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
11 Import Prohibition  P 0505 90 21  Other feather 
(excluding for stuffing 
purpose): of wild birds  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
12 Import Prohibition  P 0505 90 31  Powder and waste of 
feathers or parts of 
feathers: of wild birds  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
13 Import Prohibition  P 0505 90 91 Skins and other parts: 
of wild birds  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
14 Import Prohibition  P 0506 10 11  Bones, including horn -
cores, crushed: of wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
15 Import Prohibition  P 0506 10 21  Bone grist: of wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
16 Import Prohibition  P 0506 10 31  Ossein: of wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
17 Import Prohibition  P 0506 10 41  Bones, horn cones & 
parts thereof, not 
crushed: of wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
18 Import Prohibition  P 0506 90 11  Bone meal: of wild 
animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
19 Import Prohibition  P 0506 90 91  Other: of wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
20 Import Prohibition  P 0507 10 10  Ivory Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
21 Import Prohibition  P 0507 10 20  Ivory powder and 
waste  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
22 Import Prohibition  P 0510 00 91  Ambergris, castoreum, 
civet and musk; 
cantharides; bile, 
whether or not dried; 
glands of wild animals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
23 Import Prohibition  P 0511 91 10  Fish nails  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
24 Import Prohibition  P 0511 91 20  Fish tails Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
25 Import Prohibition  P 0511 91 30  Other fish waste  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
26 Import Prohibition  P 0511 99 21  Sinews and tendons of 
wild life  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy      
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
27 Import Prohibition  P 0511 99 92  Bovine embryo - of 
wild life  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
28 Import Prohibition  P 1501 10 10  Lard Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
29 Import Prohibition  P 1501 20 00  Other pig fat  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
30 Import Prohibition  P 1501 90 00  Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
31 Import Prohibition  P 1502 10 10  Mutton Tallow  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
32 Import Prohibition  P 1502 10 90  Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
33 Import Prohibition  P 1502 90 10  Unrendered fats  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
34 Import Prohibition  P 1502 90 20  Rendered fats or 
solvent extraction fats  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
35 Import Prohibition  P 1502 90 90  Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
36 Import Prohibition  P 1502 00 30  Rendered or solvent 
extraction fats  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
37 Import Prohibition  P 1502 00 90  Other Fats of Bovine 
animals, Sheep or 
Goats, other than 
those of Heading 1503  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
38 Import Prohibition  P 1503 00 00  Lard Stearin, Lard Oil, 
Oleostearin, Oleo -Oil 
and Tallow Oil, not 
emulsified or mixed or 
otherwise prepared  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
39 Import Prohibition  P 1504 10 99  Other Fats and Oils 
and their fractions, of 
fish or marine 
mammals, whether or 
not refined, but not 
chemically modified  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
40 Import Prohibition  P 1504 20 30  Sperm Oil  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
41 Import Prohibition  P 1504 20 90  Other fats and oils and 
their fractions of fish, 
other than liver oils  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
42 Import Prohibition  P 1504 30 00  Fats and Oils and their 
fractions of marine 
mammals  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy      
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
43 Import Prohibition  P 1506 00 10  Neats Foot Oil and fats 
from bone or waste  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
44 Import Prohibition  P 1506 00 90  Other animal fats and 
oils and their 
fractions, whether or 
not refined, but not 
chemically modified  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
45 Import Prohibition  P 1516 10 00  Animal fats and oils 
and their fractions  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
46 Import Prohibition  P 1517 10 10  Margarine of Animal 
Origin  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
47 Import Prohibition  P 1517 90 30  Imitation lard of 
animal origin  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
48 Import Prohibition  P 1518 00 40  Animal or Vegetable 
fats and oils and their 
fractions, boiled, 
oxidised, dehydrated, 
sulphurised, blown, 
polymerised by heat in 
Vacuum or in inert gas 
or otherwise 
chemically modified, 
excluding those of 
heading 1516: inedible 
mixtures or 
preparations of animal 
or vegetable fats or 
oils of this Chapter, 
not elsewhere 
specified or included   
-Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
49 Import Prohibition  P 1522 00 10  Degras  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
50 Import Prohibition  P 1522 00 20  Soap Stocks  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
51 Import Prohibition  P 1522 00 90  Other  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
52 Import Prohibition  P 3507 10 11  Microbial rennet: Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy      
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QR
No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Animal rennet  
53 Import Prohibition  P 3507 10 19  Other enzymes; 
prepared enzymes not 
elsewhere specified or 
included  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
54 Import Prohibition  P 3507 10 91  Animal rennet  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
55 Import Prohibition  P 3507 10 99  Other animal rennet  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
56 Import Prohibition  P 4113 30 00  Of reptiles  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy   
57 Import Prohibition  P 4301 10 00  Of mink, whole, with 
or without head, tail or 
paws Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy   
58 Import Prohibition  P 4301 60 00  Of fox, whole, with or 
without head, tail or 
paws Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy   
59 Import Prohibition  P 4301 80 00  Other furskins, whole, 
with or without head, 
tail or paws  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy  DGFT Notification No.  
33/2015 -2020 dated 
3.01.2017; available 
at http://dgft.gov.in   
60 Import Prohibition  P 4302 11 00  Of mink  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy   
61 Import  Prohibition  P 4302 19 40  Tiger-Cat skins  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
62 Import Prohibition  P 4303 10 10  Articles of apparel and 
clothing accessories of 
wild animals covered 
under Wild Life 
Protection Act,1972  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
63 Import Prohibition  P 4303 90 10  Other articles of fur 
skin of wild animals 
covered under Wild 
Life Protection Act, 
1972 Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
64 Import Prohibition  P 4403 99 18  Red Sanders (Pterocar 
pus Sautatinus)  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
65 Import Prohibition  P 8517 Telephone sets, 
including telephones 
for cellular networks Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy  DGFT Notification 
No.107/(RE -2013)/ 
2009-2014 dated   
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No. General description 
of the restriction  Type of 
restriction  
(Symbol in 
Annex 2 of 
the 
Decision)  Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(2012)  Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration, 
modification of 
previously notified 
measures, and other 
comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
or for other wireless 
networks; other 
apparatus for the 
transmission or 
reception of voice, 
images or other data, 
including apparatus 
for communication in 
a wired or wireless 
network (such as a 
local or wide area 
network), other than 
transmission or 
reception apparatus of 
heading 8443, 8525, 
8527 or 8528.  16.01.2015;  Available 
at http://dgft.gov.in  
66 Import Prohibition  P 9601 10 00  Worked ivory and 
articles of ivory  Article XX of GATT  Foreign Trade Policy    
   
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Country Specific Prohibitions  
 
S. No.  Tariff Code(s) affected, 
based on HS 2012  Detailed Product Description  Type of Restriction  
01 0401  Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter  The prohibition on import of milk and milk 
products (including chocolates and chocolate 
products and candies/ confectionary/ food 
preparations with milk or milk solids as an 
ingredient) from China is effective from 
24.6.2017 till 23.6.2018 or until further orders.  02 0402  Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter  
03 0403  Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, 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  
04 0405  Butter an d other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads  
05 0406  Cheese and curd  
06 1704  Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa  
07 1901 Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, 
not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated 
on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food 
preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted 
basis not elsewhere specified or included  
08 1905  Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers wares, whether or not 
containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for 
pharmaceutical use , sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.  
09 7113  Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with 
precious metal  Restriction on import of these products from 
South Korea is effective from 25.08.2017 until 
further orders.  10 7114 Articles of Goldsmiths or silversmiths wares and parts thereof, f precious metal 
or of metal clad with precious metal  
11 7115 Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal  
12 7118 Coins  
   
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Section  2: Cross -reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force  
 
This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in  the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Pro cedures, etc.) contains 
information on a quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1.   
 
1.  Agreement on Agriculture  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
2.  Agreement on Balance of Payments  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
3. Agreement on Safeguards  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
 
4.  Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non -automatic licences)  
 
A.  Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No   
B.  If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing  in the notification:  
 
Document 
symbol of 
notification  General 
description  Type of 
restrictio
n.  
 Tariff line 
code(s) 
affected, 
based on 
HS(     ) Detailed Product 
Description  WTO Justification 
and Grounds for 
Restriction, e.g., 
Other International 
Commitments  National legal basis 
and entry into force   
 Administration; 
modification of pre v. 
notified measures; 
and other comments  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
G/LIC/N/1/IND/14  
G/LIC/N/3/IND/17  
and  
the addendums 
thereof.  Import licencing 
procedures, the 
amendments 
thereof and the 
replies to the 
Standardized 
questionnaire.  NAL As per the 
Foreign Trade 
Policy 2015 -20 
and the 
amendments 
thereof  As per the Foreign 
Trade Policy 2015 -
20 and the 
amendments 
thereof  GATT 1994 Foreign Trade Policy, 
2015-20, issued 
under Section 5 of 
the Foreign Trade 
(Development & 
Regulation) Act, 
1992, as amended.                   ----- 
   
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5. Other notifications  
 
A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction in other notifications?   Yes     No   
B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:  
 
 
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