TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2  
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
19 November 2018  
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Committee on Agriculture  
Special Session  
Sub-Committee on Cotton    
  
COTTON  
BACKGROUND PAPER BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Addendum  
This addendum refers to and must be read in conjunction with document  
TN/AG/GEN/34/ Rev.9 - TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 9. It provides information on market access data 
for relevant cotton -related products2 as described in Part Three (p aragraph 3.5 ) of document 
TN/AG/GEN/34/ Rev.9 - TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 9. 
 
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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. It has been prepared for 
information only and is not intended t o provide any authoritative or official legal interpretation of the provisions 
of the WTO Agreements in general on in relation to any measure listed in this document.  
2 In this addendum , relevant cotton -related products refer to those products listed in the annex to the 
Nairobi Decision on Cotton (Document WT/MIN(15)/46 and  WT/L/981), excluding tariff lines 5201, 5202, 
and 5203.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  1  TARIFFS  
1.1.  This section lists bound and applied duties for relevant cotton -related products listed for the 
32 Members identified in paragraphs  12 and 13  of document TN/AG/GEN/34/ Rev.9 - 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 9, using the same methodology and presentation  as in Part 3.1 of th at 
document . 
Australia  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720  - Cotton seeds  1%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
140420  - Cotton linters  0%  14042000  0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  8%  15122100  5% 0% 
151229  -- Other  8%  15122900  5% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes  0%  15211000  0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
230610  - Of cotton seeds  0%  23061000  0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
293624  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  0%  29362400  0% 0% 
293628  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%  29362800  0% 0% 
1 Seed.  
2 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Bahrain, Kingdom of  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year  2016 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff 
Line (HS 
2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
       
12072100  -- Seed  35%   5%  
12072900  -- Other   35%   5%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  35%  14042000  5%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  35%  15122100  5%  
15122900  -- Other  35%  15122900  5%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  35%  15211000  5%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  35%  23061000  5%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  Unbound   29362400  0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  Unbound   29362800  0%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Bangladesh  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720  - Cotton seeds  50% 2.5%     
      12072110¹  0%  
      12072190²  0%  
      12072910³  0%  
      12072990⁴  0%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
140420  - Cotton linters  200%  2.5%     
      14042010⁵  10%  
      14042090 ⁶ 10%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  200%  2.5%  15122100  10%  
151229  -- Other  200%  2.5%  15122900  10%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes  200%  2.5%  15211000  10%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
230610  - Of cotton seeds  200%  2.5%  23061000  0%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  Unbound   29362400  0%  
29362810  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  30%  29362810  0%  
1 Cotton Seeds Wrapped/canned up to 2.5 kg.  
2 Cotton Seeds EXCL. Wrapped/canned up  to 2.5 kg.  
3 Cotton other than Seeds Wrapped/canned up  to 2.5 kg.  
4 Cotton other than Seeds EXCL. Wrapped/canned up  to 2.5 kg.  
5 Cotton Linters, Wrapped/Canned up  to 2.5 kg.  
6 Cotton Linters, Nes.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Brazil  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Las demás semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso 
quebrantados  
- Semillas de algodón:       
12072010  Para siembra  35%     
12072090  Las demás  35%     
      12072100¹  0%  
      12072900²  8%  
1404 Productos vegetales no 
expresados ni comprendidos en 
otra parte       
140420  Linters de coton:       
14042010  En bruto  35%   6%  
14042090  Los demás  35%   6%  
1512 Aceites de girasol, cártamo o 
algodón, y sus fracciones, 
incluso refinados, pero sin 
modificar químicamente  
- Aceite de algodón y sus 
fracciones:       
15122100  Aceite en bruto, incluso sin 
gosipol  35%   10%  
15122910  Refinado  35%   10%  
15122990  Los demás  35%   10%  
1521 Ceras vegetales (excepto los 
triglicéridos), cera de abejas o 
de otros insectos y esperma de 
ballena o de otros cetáceos 
(espermaceti), incluso refinadas 
o coloreadas       
15211000  Ceras vegetales  35%   10%  
2306 Tortas y demás residuos sólidos 
de la extracción de grasas o 
aceites vegetales, incluso 
molidos o en "pellets", excepto 
los de las partidas 23.04 o 23.05       
23061000  De semillas de algodón  35%   6%  
2936 Provitaminas y vitaminas, 
naturales o reproducidas por 
síntesis (incluidos los 
concentrados naturales) y sus 
derivados utilizados 
principalmente como vitaminas, 
mezclados o no entre sí o en 
disoluciones de cualquier clase  
- Vitaminas y sus derivados, sin 
mezclar       
29362410  D-Pantotenato de calcio  20%   2%  
29362490  Los demás  20%   2%  
29362811  D- o DL-alfa-Tocoferol  0%   0%  
29362812  Acetato de D - o de DL -alfa-
tocoferol  0%   0%  
29362819  Los demás  0%   0%  
29362890  Los demás  0%   2%  
1 Cotton seeds for sowing.  
2 Cotton seeds, except for sowing.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Canada  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  0%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  4.6%    4.5%  0% 
15122900  -- Other  9.6%    9.5%  0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes    15211000  0% 0% 
15211010  --- Carnauba, sugar cane and 
ouricury  0%     
15211090  --- Other  0%     
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  0%   0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives  
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  China  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 1996)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
  - Cotton seeds:       
12072010  --- Seeds for cultivation  0%     
12072090  --- Other  15%     
      12072100 ¹ 0% 0% 
      12072900 ² 15% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  4%  14042000  4% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  10%   10% 10% 
15122900  -- Other  10%   10% 10% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  20%   20% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not ground 
or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of 
vegetable fats or oils, other than 
those of heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  5%   5% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  4%   4% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  4%   4% 0% 
1 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,  whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Seed.  
2 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits,  whether or not broken: Cotton seeds: Other . 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Colombia  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 201 8) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Las demás semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso 
quebrantados  
- Semillas de algodón:       
1207201000  -- Para siembra  142%   1207210000  5%  
1207209000  -- Las demás  142%   1207290000  10%  
1404 Productos vegetales no 
expresados ni comprendidos en 
otra parte       
1404200000  - Línteres de algodón  70%   10%  
1512 Aceites de girasol, cártamo o 
algodón, y sus fracciones, incluso 
refinados, pero sin modificar 
químicamente  
- Aceite de algodón y sus 
fracciones:       
1512210000  -- Aceite en bruto, incluso sin 
gosipol  169%    20%+SAFP   
1512290000  -- Los demás  169%    20%+ SAFP  
1521 Ceras vegetales (excepto los 
triglicéridos), cera de abejas o de 
otros insectos y esperma de 
ballena o de otros cetáceos 
(espermaceti), incluso refinadas 
o coloreadas       
1521100000  - Ceras vegetales  90%     
      1521101000¹  5%  
      1521102000²  5%  
      1521109000³  10%  
2306 Tortas y demás residuos sólidos 
de la extracción de grasas o 
aceites vegetales, incluso 
molidos o en "pellets", excepto 
los de las partidas 23.04 o 23.05       
2306100000  - De semillas de algodón  130%    15%+SAFP  
2936 Provitaminas y vitaminas, 
naturales o reproducidas por 
síntesis (incluidos los 
concentrados naturales) y sus 
derivados utilizados 
principalmente como vitaminas, 
mezclados o no entre sí o en 
disoluciones de cualquier clase  
- Vitaminas y sus derivados, sin 
mezclar       
2936240000  -- Ácido D - o DL-pantoténico 
(vitamina B3 o vitamina B5) y 
sus derivados  35%   0%  
2936280000  -- Vitamina E y sus derivados  35%   0%  
1 Cera de carnauba.  
2 Cera de candelilla.  
3 Las demás.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Egypt  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  10%     
      1207210000¹  2%  
      1207290000²  2%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  20%  1404200000  2%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof,  whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  20%  1512210000  0%  
15122900  -- Other  20%  1512290000  0%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  10%  1521100000 5%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  10%  2306100000  2%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  3%  2936240000 2%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  3%  2936280000 2%  
1 Cotton seeds, for sowing.  
2 Cotton seeds, not for sowing, whether or not broken.  
 
 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  European Union  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720  - Cotton seeds:       
12072010  -- For sowing  0%     
12072090  -- Other  0%     
     12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
151221  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed:       
15122110  --- For technical or industrial 
uses other than the manufacture 
of foodstuffs for human 
consumption  3.2%    3.2%  0% 
15122190  --- Other  6.4%    6.4%  0% 
151229  -- Other:       
15122910  --- For technical or industrial 
uses other than the manufacture 
of foodstuffs for human 
consumption  5.1%    5.1%  0% 
15122990  --- Other  9.6%    9.6%  0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax,  other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes:  0%  15211000  0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, 
whether or not ground or in the 
form of pellets, resulting from 
the extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  0%   0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Hong Kong, China  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  0%     
      12072100¹  0%  
      12072900²  0%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  0%  151221003 0%  
15122900  -- Other  0%  151229004 0%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  0%  152110005 0%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  0%  230610006 0%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  Unbound   293624007 0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  Unbound   293628008 0%  
1 Cotton seed s, seed. 
2 Cotton seeds, other t han seed, whether or not broken . 
3 Cotton -seed oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not gossypol has been removed, not chemically 
modified . 
4 Cotton -seed oil and its fractions, refined but not chemically modified . 
5 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), whether or not refined or coloured . 
6 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of cotton seed fats or oils . 
7 D- or Dl-pantothenic acid (vitamin b3 or vitamin b5) and its derivatives, unmixed . 
8 Vitamin e and its derivatives, unmixed . 
 
 
 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Iceland  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED D UTIES  
(Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, whether or 
not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds       
1207200001  -- For feed purposes  175%      
1207200002  -- Other  0%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined,  but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122101  --- For food preparations  107%    0% 0% 
15122109  --- Other  107%    0% 0% 
15122901  --- For food preparations  107%    0% 0% 
15122909  --- Other  107%    0% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, 
other insect waxes and 
spermaceti, whether or not 
refined or coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  107%    0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds     55% 55% 
2306100001  -- For feed purposes  175%      
2306100002  -- Other  0%     
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures 
of the foregoing, whether or 
not in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  India  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  100%      
    12072100¹  30% 0% 
    12072900²  30% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  100%    30% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  300%    100%  0% 
15122900  -- Other  300%      
    15122910³  15% 0% 
    15122990⁴  100%  0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  150%      
    15211011⁵  30% 0% 
    15211019 ⁶ 30% 0% 
    15211090⁷  30% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  100%      
    23061010⁸  15% 0% 
    230610209 15% 0% 
    2306103010 15% 0% 
    2306104011 15% 0% 
    2306109012 15% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its derivatives  40%   7.5%  0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  40%   7.5%  0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
3 Edible grade.  
4 Other.  
5 Edible wax for waxing fresh fruits and vegetables.  
6 Other.  
7 Other.  
8 Oil-cake and oil -cake meal, decorticated expeller variety.  
9 Oil-cake and oil -cake meal, decorticated, solvent extract (defatted)variety.  
10 Oil-cake and oil -cake meal, undecorticated, expeller variety.  
11 Oil-cake and oil -cake meal, undecorticated, solvent extracted (defatted) varie ty. 
12 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Indonesia  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720000  - Cotton seeds  40%     
      1207210000¹  5%  
      1207290000²  5%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
140420000  - Cotton linters  40%  1404200000  0%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221000  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  40%  1512210000  5%  
151229000  -- Other  40%     
      1512291000³  5%  
      1512299000⁴  5%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110000  - Vegetable waxes  40%  1521100000  5%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of 
vegetable fats or oils, other 
than those of heading 23.04 or 
23.05       
230610000  - Of cotton seeds  40%  2306100000  5%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
293624000  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  30%  2936240000  0%  
293628000  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  30%  2936280000  0%  
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
3 Fractions of unrefined cotton -seed oil.  
4 Fractions of refined cotton seed oil . TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Japan  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Yea r 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720  - Cotton seeds  0%     
      120721000¹  0% 0% 
      120729000²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
140420  - Cotton linters  0%  140420000  0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed       
15122101  --- Used for the manufacture 
of canned fish or shellfish for 
export  0%  151221010  0% 0% 
15122102  --- Other  8.5 yen/kg   151221090  8.5 
yen/kg  0% 
151229  -- Other       
15122901  --- Used for the manufacture 
of canned fish or shellfish for 
export  0%  151229010  0% 0% 
15122902  --- Other  8.5 yen/kg   151229090  8.5 
yen/kg  0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes       
15211001  -- Carnauba wax  0%  152110010  0% 0% 
15211002  -- Other  0%  152110090  0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
230610  - Of cotton seeds  0%  230610000  0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
293624  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) 
and its  derivatives  0%  293624000  0% 0% 
293628  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%  293628000  0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Kenya  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
       
12072100  -- Seed 100%    10%  
12072900  -- Other   100%    10%  
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere 
specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  100%    10%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  100%    10%  
15122900  -- Other  100%    25%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  100%    10%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, 
whether or not ground or in the 
form of pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or oils, 
other than those of heading 23.04 
or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  100%    10%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural 
or reproduced by synthesis 
(including natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used primarily 
as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3  or Vitamin B5) and its 
derivatives  Unbound    0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  Unbound    0%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Korea, Republic of  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line (HS 
2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
1207200000  --- Cotton seeds  6.6%      
      1207210000¹  3% 0% 
      1207291000²  2% 0% 
      1207299000³  3% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
1404200000  --- Cotton linters  6.6%    3% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
1512210000  --- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  5.4%    5% 0% 
1512291000  --- Refined oil  5.4%    5% 0% 
1512299000  --- Other  27%   5% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined  or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes       
1521101000  --- Carnauba wax  31.5%    8% 0% 
1521102000  --- Palm wax  16.4%    8% 0% 
1521109000  --- Other  16.4%    8% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of 
vegetable fats or oils, other 
than those of heading 23.04 or 
23.05       
2306100000  --- Of cotton seeds  6.6%    2% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
2936240000  --- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  6.5%    6.5%  0% 
293628  Vitamin E and its derivatives       
2936281000  --- Alpha -tocoperol acetate  6.5%    6.5%  0% 
2936289000  --- Other  6.5%    6.5%  0% 
1 Seed. 
2 For feeding.  
3 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Malaysia  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120720000  - Cotton seeds  5%     
      120721000¹  0%  
      120729000²  0%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
140420000  - Cotton linters  2%   0%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221000  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  5%   0%  
151229000  -- Other  5%     
      151229100³  0%  
      151229900⁴  0%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110000  - Vegetable waxes  5%   0%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not ground 
or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of 
vegetable fats or oils, other 
than those of heading 23.04 or 
23.05       
230610000  - Of cotton seeds  10%   0%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
293624000  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  5%   0%  
293628000  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  5%   0%  
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
3 Fractions of unrefined cotton -seed oil.  
4 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Mauritius  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or  not broken:       
 12072100  -- Seed  122%  17%  0%  
 12072900  -- Other   122%  17%  0%  
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere 
specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  122%  17%  0%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  122%  17%  0%  
15122900  -- Other  122%  17%  10%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  122%  17%  0%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, 
whether or not ground or in the 
form of pellets, resulting from the  
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of heading 
23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  122%  17%  0%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural 
or reproduced by synthesis 
(including natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used primarily 
as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  Unbound    0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  Unbound    0%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Mexico  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Las demás semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso quebrantados       
120720  Semilla de algodón  45%     
      12072101¹  0%  
      12072999²  0%  
1404 Productos vegetales no expresados 
ni comprendidos en otra parte       
140420  Linteres de algodón.  45%  14042001  10%  
1512 Aceites de girasol, cártamo o 
algodón, y sus fracciones, incluso 
refinados, pero sin modificar 
químicamente  
- Aceite de algodón y sus 
fracciones:       
151221  Aceite en bruto, incluso sin gosipol  45%  15122101  0%  
151229  Demás  45%  15122999  0%  
1521 Ceras vegetales (excepto  los 
triglicéridos), cera de abejas o de 
otros insectos y esperma de 
ballena o de otros cetáceos 
(espermaceti), incluso refinadas o 
coloreadas       
152110  Ceras vegetales       
15211001  Carnauba  45%   0%  
15211099  Demás  36%   10%  
2306 Tortas y demás residuos sólidos de 
la extracción de grasas o aceites 
vegetales, incluso molidos o en 
"pellets", excepto los de las 
partidas 23.04 o 23.05       
230610  De semillas de algodón  22.5%   23061001  15%  
2936 Provitaminas y vitaminas, 
naturales o reproducidas por  
síntesis (incluidos los concentrados 
naturales) y sus derivados 
utilizados principalmente como 
vitaminas, mezclados o no entre sí 
o en disoluciones de cualquier 
clase 
- Vitaminas y sus derivados, sin 
mezclar       
293624  Ácido D - o DL-pantoténico 
(vitamina B3 o vitamina B5) y sus 
derivados  35%     
      29362401³  0%  
      29362402⁴  0%  
      29362499⁵  0%  
293628  Vitamina E y sus derivados  35%     
      29362802 ⁶ 0%  
      29362899⁷  0%  
1 Para siembra.  
2 Las demás.  
3 Alcohol pantotenílico o sus éteres.  
4 Pantotenato de calico.  
5 Los demás.  
6 Vitamina E y sus derivados, en concentraci ón mayor al 96%, en aceite.  
7 Los demás.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Morocco  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Ye ar 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Autres graines et fruits 
oléagineux, même concassés  
- Graines de coton       
1207201000  Meme concassees, de semence  34% 15%    
1207209000  Meme concassees, autres  127%  15%    
      12072100001 2.5%  2.5%  
      12072900002 2.5%  2.5%  
1404 Produits végétaux non 
dénommés ni compris ailleurs       
140420  - Linters de coton       
1404200010  --- bruts 34% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
1404200091  ---- en masse  34% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
1404200099  ---- autres (en plaques, feuilles 
etc…)  34% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
1512 Huiles de tournesol, de 
carthame ou de coton et leurs 
fractions, même raffinées, mais 
non chimiquement modifiées  
- Huile de coton et ses fractions       
151221  -- Huile brute, même 
dépourvue de gossypol    1512210000  2.5%  2.5%  
151221000001  --- destinée à des usages 
techniques ou industriels 
autres que la fabrication de 
produits alimentaires  34% 15%    
151221000002  --- autres  215%  15%    
151229  -- Autres    1512290000  25% 25% 
151229000001  --- non durcies ni solidifiées : 
(---- destinées à des usages 
techniques ou industriels 
autres que la fabrication de 
produits alimentaires)  34% 15%    
151229000002  --- non durcies ni solidifiées : 
(---- autres, en emballages 
d’une contenance inférieure ou 
égale à 20 kgs net de produits)  236%  15%    
151229000003  --- non durcies ni solidifiées : 
(---- autres)  236%  15%    
151229000004  --- autres : ( ---- en emballages 
immédiats d’un contenu net 
inférieur ou égal à 20 kgs)  236%  15%    
151229000005  --- autres : ( ---- autres, 
destinées à la fabrication de 
produits alimentaires et 
présentées sous des 
emballages contenant plus de 
20 kgs net de produits)  236%  15%    
151229000006  --- autres : ( ---- autres)  34% 15%    
1521 Cires végétales (autres que les 
triglycérides), cires d'abeilles 
ou d'autres insectes et 
spermaceti, même raffinés ou 
colorés       
152110  - Cires végétales       
1521100010  --- brutes  34% 15%  10% 10% 
1521100090  --- autres  34% 15%  10% 10% 
2306 Tourteaux et autres résidus 
solides, même broyés ou 
agglomérés sous forme de 
pellets, de l'extraction de 
graisses ou huiles végétales, 
autres que ceux des n° 23.04 
ou 23.05.       TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Ye ar 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
2306100  - De graines de coton       
2306100010  --- farines  55% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
2306100090  --- autres  55% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
2936 Provitamines et vitamines, 
naturelles ou reproduites par 
synthèse (y compris les 
concentrats naturels), ainsi que 
leurs dérivés utilisés 
principalement en tant que 
vitamines, mélangés ou non 
entre eux, même en solutions 
quelconques  
 - Vitamines et leurs dérivés, 
non mélangés       
293624  -- Acide D  ou DL pantothénique 
(vitamine B3 ou vitamine B5) 
et ses dérivés       
2936240010  --- vitamine B3  40% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
2936240090  --- autres  40% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
2936280000  -- Vitamine E et ses dérivés  40% 15%  2.5%  2.5%  
1 De semence.  
2 Autres.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  New Zealand  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED  DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  0%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere 
specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  0%   0% 0% 
15122900  -- Other  0%   0% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  0%   0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, 
whether or not ground or in the 
form of pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats or 
oils, other than those of heading 
23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  0%   0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural 
or reproduced by synthesis 
(including natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used primarily 
as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Norway  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil 
seeds and 
oleaginous 
fruits, 
whether or 
not broken:       
120720  - Cotton 
seeds       
1207201  -- For feed 
purpose  268% or 
3.41 NOK/kg 
whichever is the 
highest      
1207209  -- Other  0%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072910²  3.41 NOK per 
kg 0% 
      12072990³  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable 
products not 
elsewhere 
specified or 
included:       
1404200  - Cotton 
linters  0%  14042000  0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -
seed, 
safflower or 
cotton -seed 
oil and 
fractions 
thereof, 
whether or 
not refined, 
but not 
chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed 
oil and its 
fractions       
1512211  --- For feed 
purpose  176% or 
4.88 NOK/kg 
whichever is the 
highest   15122110  4.88 NOK per 
kg 0% 
1512219  --- Other  0.05 NOK/kg   15122190  0% 0% 
1512291  --- For feed 
purpose  176% or 
4.88 NOK/kg 
whichever is the 
highest   15122911  4.88 NOK per 
kg 0% 
1512292  ---- Solid 
fractions  14.4%   15122920  14.4%  0% 
1512299  ---- Other  12.7%   15122999  12.7%  0% 
1521 Vegetable 
waxes (other 
than 
triglycerides), 
beeswax, 
other insect 
waxes and 
spermaceti, 
whether or 
not refined or 
coloured:       
1521100  - Vegetable 
waxes  0%  15211000  0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and 
other solid 
residues,      TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
whether or 
not ground or 
in the form of 
pellets, 
resulting from 
the extraction 
of vegetable 
fats or oils, 
other than 
those of 
heading 23.04 
or 23.05  
230610  - Of cotton 
seeds       
2306101  -- For feed 
purposes  183% or 
2.34 NOK/kg 
whichever is the 
highest   23061010  2.34 NOK per 
kg 0% 
2306109  -- Other  0%  23061090  0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins 
and vitamins, 
natural or 
reproduced by 
synthesis 
(including 
natural 
concentrates), 
derivatives 
thereof used 
primarily as 
vitamins, and 
intermixtures 
of the 
foregoing, 
whether or 
not in any 
solvent  
- Vitamins 
and their 
derivatives, 
unmixed       
293624  -- D- or DL -
Pantothenic 
acid (Vitamin 
B3 or Vitamin 
B5) and its 
derivatives    29362400  0% 0% 
293624001  --- Products 
of this 
subheading 
covered by 
the Pharma -
agreement  0%     
293624002  --- Other  0%     
293628  -- Vitamin E 
and its 
derivatives    29362800  0% 0% 
293628001  --- Products 
of this 
subheading 
covered by 
the Pharma -
agreement  0%     
293628002  --- Other  0%     
1 Seed. 
2 For feed purpose.  
3 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Pakistan  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
120721 00 -- Seeds 100%    3%  
12072900  -- Other  100%    3%  
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  100%    16%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its  
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  100%    Rs.15000/MT   
15122900  -- Other  100%    Rs.16800/MT   
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined  or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  100%    11%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not ground 
or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of 
vegetable fats or oils, other 
than those of heading 23.04 or 
23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  100%    11%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  50%   3%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  50%   3%  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Peru  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Las demás semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso 
quebrantados       
1207200000  - Semillas de algodón:  30%     
      1207210000¹  0%  
      1207290000²  0%  
1404 Productos vegetales no 
expresados ni comprendidos en 
otra parte       
1404200000  - Línteres de algodón  30%   0%  
1512 Aceites de girasol, cártamo o 
algodón, y sus fracciones, 
incluso refinados, pero sin 
modificar químicamente  
- Aceite de algodón y sus 
fracciones:       
1512210000  -- Aceite en bruto, incluso sin 
gosipol  30%   0%  
1512290000  -- Los demás  30%   0%  
1521 Ceras vegetales (excepto los 
triglicéridos), cera de abejas o 
de otros insectos y esperma de 
ballena o de otros cetáceos 
(espermaceti), incluso 
refinadas o coloreadas       
1521100000  - Ceras vegetales  30%     
      1521101000³  0%  
      1521102000⁴  0%  
      1521109000⁵  0%  
2306 Tortas y demás residuos 
sólidos de la extracción de 
grasas o aceites vegetales, 
incluso molidos o en "pellets", 
excepto los de las partidas 
23.04 o 23.05       
2306100000  - De semillas de algodón  30%   0%  
2936 Provitaminas y vitaminas, 
naturales o reproducidas por 
síntesis (incluidos los 
concentrados naturales) y sus 
derivados utilizados 
principalmente como 
vitaminas, mezclados o no 
entre sí o en disoluciones de 
cualquier clase  
- Vitaminas y sus derivados, 
sin mezclar       
2936240000  -- Ácido D - o DL-pantoténico 
(vitamina B3 o vitamina B5) y 
sus derivados  30%   0%  
2936280000  -- Vitamina E y sus derivados  30%   0%  
1 Para siembra.  
2 Las demás.  
3 Cera de carnauba.  
4 Cera de candelilla.  
5 Las demás.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Russian Federation  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2016 ) 
Tarif f Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
duty at 
date of 
accession  Final 
bound 
duty Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, whether 
or not broken:        
120720  - cotton seeds:        
1207201000  -- for sowing  5%      
1207209000  -- other  5%      
       1207210000¹  5% 0% 
       1207290000²  5% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:        
1404200000  - cotton linters  5%    5% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically 
modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions        
151221  -- crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed:        
1512211000  --- for technical or industrial 
uses other than the 
manufacture of foodstuffs 
for human consumption  15% 10%   12% 0% 
1512219000  --- other  15% 10%   12% 0% 
151229  -- other:        
1512291000  --- for technical or industrial 
uses other than the 
manufacture of foodstuffs 
for human consumption  15% 13%   13% 0% 
1512299000  --- Other  15% 13%   13% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other 
than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect waxes 
and spermaceti, whether or 
not refined or coloured:        
1521100000  - Vegetable waxes  15% 12%   12% 12% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05        
2306100000  - of cotton seeds  5%    5% 5% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures 
of the foregoing, whether or 
not in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed        
2936240000  --- D- or DL -Pantothenic 
acid (Vitamin B3 or Vitamin 
B5) and its derivatives  5%    5% 5% 
2936280000  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  5% 3%   3% 3% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  South Africa  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2012 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous 
fruits, whether or not broken:       
12072100  -- Seeds  47%   9.4%   
12072900  -- Other  47%   9.4%   
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or included:       
14042010  -- Unprocessed  51%   0%  
14042090  -- Other  51%   15%  
         
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  61%     
    151221101 10%  
    151221902 10%  
15122900  -- Other  61%     
      151229103 10%  
      151229904 10%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes       
15211010  -- Carnauba wax  0%   0%  
15211090  -- Other  12%   10%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, 
whether or not ground or in the 
form of pellets, resulting from 
the extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  33%   6.6%   
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural 
or reproduced by synthesis 
(including natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used primarily 
as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in 
any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, 
unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid 
(Vitamin B3 or Vitamin B5) and 
its derivatives  10%   0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  10%   0%  
 
1 Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food.  
2 Other.  
3 Marketed and supplied for use in the process of cooking food.  
4 Other.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Switzerland  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Autres graines et 
fruits oléagineux, 
même concassés  
 - Graines de coton       
    12072100¹  0.1 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072010  --- pour 
l'alimentation des 
animaux, autres que 
celles pour la 
fabrication d'huile  43.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072910  3.7 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072021  ---- pour 
l'alimentation des 
animaux  43.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072921  0.1 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072023  ---- par extraction  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072923  28.65 Fr./100 kg 
brut 0% 
12072024  ---- par pressage  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072924  21.5 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072026  ---- par extraction  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072926  0.1 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072027  ---- par pressage  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072927  0.1 Fr./  100 kg brut  0% 
12072091  ---- pour 
l'alimentation 
humaine  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072991  0.1 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
12072099  ---- autres  58.00 Fr./100 kg brut   12072999  0.1 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
1404 Produits végétaux 
non dénommés ni 
compris ailleurs       
140420  - Linters de coton       
14042010  --- bruts 0%   0% 0% 
14042090  --- autres  5.00 Fr./100 kg brut    5 Fr./ 100 kg brut  0% 
1512 Huiles de tournesol, 
de carthame ou de 
coton et leurs 
fractions,  
même raffinées, 
mais non 
chimiquement 
modifiées  
- Huile de  coton et 
ses fractions       
151221  -- Huile brute, même 
dépourvue de 
gossypol       
15122110  --- pour 
l'alimentation des 
animaux  79.00 Fr./100 kg brut    0% 0% 
15122190  --- autres  159.00 Fr./100 kg brut    127.2  Fr./100 kg 
brut 0% 
151229  -- Autres       
15122910  --- pour 
l'alimentation des 
animaux  81.00 Fr./100 kg brut    0% 0% 
15122991  ---- en citernes ou 
fûts métalliques  184.00 Fr./100 kg brut    138.25  Fr./100 kg 
brut 0% 
15122999  ---- autres  184.00 Fr./100 kg brut    149.1  Fr./100 kg 
brut 0% 
1521 Cires végétales 
(autres que les 
triglycérides), cires 
d'abeilles ou d'autres 
insectes et 
spermaceti, même 
raffinés ou colorés       
152110  - Cires végétales       
15211010  --- cire de carnauba  0%   0% 0% TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line  
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
15211091  ---- non travaillés  0%   0% 0% 
15211092  ---- travaillés 
(blanchis, colorés, 
etc.) 0%   0% 0% 
2306 Tourteaux et autres 
résidus solides, 
même broyés ou 
agglomérés sous 
forme de pellets, de 
l'extraction de 
graisses ou huiles 
végétales, autres que 
ceux des n°  23.04 ou 
23.05.       
230610  - De graines de coton       
23061010  --- pour 
l'alimentation des 
animaux  39.00 Fr./100 kg brut    0% 0% 
23061090  --- autres  0%   0% 0% 
2936 Provitamines et 
vitamines, naturelles 
ou reproduites par 
synthèse (y compris 
les concentrats 
naturels), ainsi que 
leurs dérivés utilisés 
principalement en 
tant que vitamines, 
mélangés ou non 
entre eux, même en 
solutions 
quelconques  
- Vitamines et leurs 
dérivés, non 
mélangés       
29362400  -- acide D - ou DL - 
pantothénique 
(vitamine B3 ou 
vitamine B5) et ses 
dérivés  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- vitamine E et ses 
dérivés  0%   0% 0% 
1 De semence.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Chinese Taipei  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2018 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties 
and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, whether 
or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  0%     
      12072100¹  0% 0% 
      12072900²  0% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower 
or cotton -seed oil and 
fractions thereof, whether 
or not refined, but not 
chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not 
gossypol has been removed  0%   0% 0% 
15122900  -- Refined cotton -seed oil 
and its fractions  0%   0% 0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other 
than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect 
waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes, whether 
or not refined or coloured  2.5%    2.5%  2.5%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Oil-cake and solid 
residues of cotton seeds  0%   0% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures 
of the foregoing, whether or 
not in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic 
acid (Vitamin B3 or Vitamin 
B5) and its derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  0%   0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Thailand  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2002)  Designation  Bound Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, whether 
or not broken:       
120720  - Cotton seeds  30%     
      12072100¹  10% 0% 
      12072900²  20% 0% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:       
140420  - Cotton linters  4.5%   14042000  3% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower 
or cotton -seed oil and 
fractions thereof, whether 
or not refined, but not 
chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions       
151221  -- Crude oil, whether or 
not gossypol has been 
removed  27%, 0.77 B/Lt   15122100  27% or 0.75 
Bath/Litre whichever 
is higher   
151229  -- Other       
1512291  --- Edible  27%, 5 B/Lt   15122910³  27% or 0.75 
Bath/Litre whichever 
is higher   
1512299  --- Other  27%, 0.77 B/Lt   15122990  27% or 5 Bath/Litre 
whichever is higher   
1521 Vegetable waxes (other 
than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect 
waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
152110  - Vegetable waxes  27%, 1.26 B/Kg   15211000  5% or 0.25 Bath/KG 
whichever is higher  0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets, resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable fats 
or oils, other than those of 
heading 23.04 or 23.05       
230610  - Of cotton seeds  9%  23061000  9% 0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including 
natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used 
primarily as vitamins, and 
intermixtures of the 
foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed       
293624  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic 
acid (Vitamin B3 or 
Vitamin B5) and its 
derivatives  30%  29362400  0%  
293628  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  30%  29362800  0%  
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
3 Fractions of unrefined cotton -seed oil.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Turkey  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and 
oleaginous fruits, whether 
or not broken: -Cotton 
seeds   
    
1207201000  -- For sowing  23.4%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.     
1207209000  -- Other  23.4%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.     
     
 120721000000¹  4% 4% 
     
 120729000000²  10% 10% 
1404 Vegetable products not 
elsewhere specified or 
included:   
    
1404200000  - Cotton linters  5% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  140420000000  0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower 
or cotton -seed oil and 
fractions thereof, whether 
or not refined, but not 
chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its 
fractions   
    
1512211000  --- For technical or 
industrial uses other than 
the manufacture of 
foodstuffs for human 
consumption  19.5%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  151221100000  10% 10% 
1512219000  --- Other  31.2%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  151221900000  31.2%  31.2%  
1512291000  --- For technical or 
industrial uses other than 
the manufacture of 
foodstuffs for human 
consumption  19.5%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  151229100000  19.5%  19.5%  
1512299000  --- Other  31.2%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  151229900000  31.2%  31.2%  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2016 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other Duties and Charges  Tariff Line  
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other 
than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect 
waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured:   
    
1521100010  -- Vegetable waxes, crude  9% - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  152110001000  0% 0% 
1521100090  -- Other  10.6%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  152110009000  0% 0% 
2306 Oil-cake and other solid 
residues, whether or not 
ground or in the form of 
pellets,  resulting from the 
extraction of vegetable 
fats or oils, other than 
those of heading 23.04 or 
23.05   
    
2306100000  - Of cotton seeds  13.5%  - Municipality share: 15% of 
customs duty, - Transportation 
infrastructure fee: 3% (in case 
of road, rail or air Transport) 
or 4% (in case of maritime 
transport) of the sum of CIF 
value, customs duty and other 
charges mentioned above.  230610000000  13.5%  13.5%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, 
natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including 
natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used 
primarily as vitamins, and 
intermixtures of the 
foregoing, whether or not 
in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their 
derivatives, unmixed   
    
2936240000  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic 
acid (vitamin B3 or 
vitamin B5) and its 
derivatives  5% 
 293624000011  0% 0% 
    293624000012  0% 0% 
    293624000013  0% 0% 
    293624000013  0% 0% 
2936280000  -- Vitamin E and its 
derivatives  5% 
 293628000011  0% 0% 
    293628000012  0% 0% 
    293628000013  0% 0% 
    293628000019  0% 0% 
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  United States  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES (Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007)  Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2017 ) MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, 
whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  0.47¢/kg      
      12072100¹  0.47¢/kg  0% 
      12072900²  0.47¢/kg  0% 
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere 
specified or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  0%   0% 0% 
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or cotton -seed 
oil and fractions thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has 
been removed  5.6¢/kg    5.6¢/kg  0% 
15122900  -- Other  5.6¢/kg    5.6¢/kg  0% 
1521 Vegetable waxes (other  than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other insect 
waxes and spermaceti, whether or not 
refined or coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes     0% 0% 
1521100001  -- Candelilla  0%     
1521100002  -- Other  0%     
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether 
or not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of vegetable 
fats or oils, other than those of heading 
23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  0.56¢/kg    0.56¢/kg  0% 
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or 
reproduced by synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives thereof used 
primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in any 
solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B3  
or Vitamin B5) and its derivatives  0%  29362400³  0% 0% 
29362800  -- Vitamin E (Tocopherols and related 
compounds with Vitamin E activity) and its 
derivatives  0%  29362800⁴  0% 0% 
Note: "¢/kg" stands for US$ cent per kilo.  
1 Seed for sowing.  
2 Other than seed for sowing.  
3 Vitamin B3 or B5 (d - or dl-Pantothenic acid) and its derivatives, unmixed, natural or synthesized.  
4 Vitamin E (Tocopherols and related compounds with Vitamin E activity) and its derivatives, unmixed, 
natural or synthesized.  
 
 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Viet Nam  
BOUND DUTIES  APPLIED DUTIES ( Year 2017 ) 
Tariff Line 
(HS 2007 ) Designation  Bound 
Duty  Other 
Duties 
and 
Charges  Tariff Line 
(HS 2012)  MFN LDC 
PREFERENTIAL  
1207 Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, 
whether or not broken:       
12072000  - Cotton seeds  5%     
      1207210000¹  5%  
      1207290000²  5%  
1404 Vegetable products not elsewhere specified 
or included:       
14042000  - Cotton linters  5%  1404200000  5%  
1512 Sunflower -seed, safflower or cotton -seed oil 
and fractions thereof, whether or not 
refined, but not chemically modified  
- Cotton -seed oil and its fractions       
15122100  -- Crude oil, whether or not gossypol has 
been removed  10%  1512210000  5%  
15122910  --- Refined oil  25%  1512291000  5%  
15122920  --- Fractions of unrefined cotton -seed oil  10%     
15122990  --- Other  25%  1512299000  25%  
1521 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect waxes and 
spermaceti, whether or not refined or 
coloured:       
15211000  - Vegetable waxes  5%  1521100000  5%  
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether 
or not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of vegetable 
fats or oils, other than those of heading 
23.04 or 23.05       
23061000  - Of cotton seeds  5%  2306100000  0%  
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or 
reproduced by synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives thereof used 
primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent  
- Vitamins and their derivatives, unmixed       
29362400  -- D- or DL -Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B3 or 
Vitamin B5) and its derivatives  0%  2936240000  0%  
29362800  -- Vitamin E and its derivatives  0%  2936280000  0%  
1 Seed. 
2 Other. 
 
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  2  SPECIAL SAFEGUARD PR OVISIONS  
2.1.  This section provides information on scheduled special safeguard (SSG) provisions for the 
relevant  cotton -related products and on the use of those provisions by Member, using the same 
methodology and presentation as in Part 3.2 of document TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev .9 - 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 9. 
2.2.  Of the 32 Members covered by this Market Access Part, seven have scheduled SSG provisions 
for the relevant  cotton -related products, namely, Colombia, Iceland, Mexico, Morocco, Norway, 
South Africa, and Switzerland -Liechtenstein . 
2.1  Scheduled SSG provisions for relevant cotton -related products  
Member  Tariff Line  
Colombia  1207 
 1512 
 2306 
Iceland  12072000  
 14042000  
 15122100  
 15122900  
 15211000  
 23061000  
Mexico  15122101  
 15122999  
 15211001  
Morocco  1207209000  
 1512210090  
 15122910  
 1512299110  
 1512299910  
 23061000  
Norway  12072000  
 15122100  
 15122910  
 15122990  
 23061000  
South Africa  15120000  
 23060000  
Switzerland -Liechtenstein  12072000 Ex  
 15122100 Ex  
 15122900 Ex  
 23061000 Ex  
 
2.3.  Based on Table MA:3 and MA:4 notifications circulated up to 31 October  2018, none of those 
seven Members have notified trigger levels for the volume -based and price -based  SSG concerning 
those  relevant  cotton -related products.  
2.4.  Based on Table MA:5 notifications circulated up to 31 October 2018 , none  of those seven 
Members have invoked volume -based and price -based  SSG actions on those relevant cotton -
related products.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  3  TARIFF RATE QUOTAS  
3.1.  Of the 32 Members covered by the Market Access Part of this background paper, Colombia, 
Iceland, Morocco, Norway and South Africa have scheduled tariff rate quotas3 for the relevant  
cotton -related products.  
3.2.  This section is organized in the same manner as in Part 3.3 of 
document  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev. 9 - TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev. 9: Sub -section 3.1 provides 
information regarding the tariff rate quota commitments for relevant cotton -related products as 
specified in those five Members' schedules; Sub -section 3 .2 presents the most recent 
TRQ administration met hods notified by those five Members in Table MA:1 notifications up to 
31 October 2018 ; and Sub -section 3.3 provides, for each of those f ive Members, up to 
31 October  2018, the TRQ quantities and the notified in -quota imports from Table  MA:2 
notifications and the corresponding fill rates further to the request made at the 
third dedicated  discussion. All these sub -sections are presented using the same 
methodology  as in the corresponding sub -sections of Part  3.3 of document  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev. 9 - 
TN/AG/SCC/GEN/ 13/Rev. 9.  
3.1  Tariff rate quota commitments for relevant cotton -related products  
Colombia  
TQID  Product  Tariff 
line(s)  Unit Initial 
quota  Final 
quota  In-quota 
tariff rate  
COLQ028  Las demas semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso quebrantados  1207 Metric tonnes  35 35 142%  
COLQ038  Aceites de girasol, cártamo o 
algodón, y sus fracciones,incluso 
refinados, pero sin modificar 
químicamente  1512 Metric tonnes  1,703  1,703  169%  
COLQ052  Tortas y demás residuos solidos de la 
extracción de grasas o aceites 
vegetales, incluso molidos o en 
«pellets», excepto los de las partidas 
23.04 ó 23.05  2306 Metric tonnes  59 59 130%  
COLQ065  Las demas semillas y frutos 
oleaginosos, incluso quebrantados  1207 Metric tonnes  35,558  59,593  80% 
Iceland  
TQID  Product  Tariff 
line(s)  Unit Initial 
quota  Final 
quota  In-quota 
tariff rate1 
ISLQ047  Sunflower -seed, safflower or 
cotton -seed oil and fractions 
thereof, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  15121101  
Metric tonnes  156.9  156.9  15122901 
and 
15122909 
(7%) 15121109  
15121901  
15121909  
15122901  
15122909  
ISLQ056  Vegetable waxes (other than 
triglycerides), beeswax, other 
insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or 
coloured  15211000  
15219000  Metric tonnes  0.6 0.6 15211000 
(0%) 
1 In-quota tariff rates are listed only for those tariff lines which are relevant cotton -related products.  
Morocco  
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial 
quota  Final 
quota  In-quota 
tariff rate  
MARQ014  Graine de coton  1207 Thousand Metric 
tonnes  0 0 127%  
MARQ015  Huile 1507, 1508, 1509, 1510, 
1512, 1513, 1514, 1515, 
1516, 1517, 1518  Thousand  Metric 
tonnes  196.11  196.11  215%  
MARQ018  Tourteau de coton  230610  Thousand  Metric 
tonnes  0.2 0.4 55% 
 
                                                
3 Also referred to as TRQ or tariff quota.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Norway  
TQID  Product  Tariff line(s)  Unit Initial 
quota  Final quota  In-quota tariff 
rate1 
NORQ222  Protein feeds  12010010, 12021010, 12022010, 
12030010, 12040010, 12060010, 
12071010, 12072010, 12073010, 
12074010, 12075010, 12076010, 
12079110, 12079910, 12081010, 
12089010, 12121010, 12122010, 
12123000, 12129110, 12129 910, 
12129990, 15020011, 15041011, 
15042011, 15043011, 15060011, 
15071010, 15079010, 15081010, 
15089010, 15091010, 15099010, 
15100010, 15111010, 15119011, 
15121110, 15121910, 15122110, 
15122911, 15131110, 15131911, 
15132110, 15132911, 15141110, 
15141910, 1 5149110, 15149910, 
15151110, 15151910, 15152110, 
15152910, 15153010, 15154010, 
15155011, 15159011, 15161011, 
15162011, 15171010, 15179011, 
15180011, 15200010, 15220011, 
23012010, 23022010, 23025010, 
23031010, 23032010, 23033010, 
23040010, 23050010, 2306101 0, 
23062010, 23063010, 23064110, 
23064910, 23065010, 23066010, 
23067010, 23069010, 23070010, 
23080000, 38231110, 38231210, 
38231310, 38231910, 38237010  Metric 
tonnes  162.235  162.235  12072010  
(3.41 NOK/kg or 
268% whichever is 
the highest);  
 
15122110 and 
15122911  
(4.88 NOK/kg or 
176% whichever is 
the highest);  
 
23061010  
(2.34 NOK/kg or 
183% whichever is 
the highest);  
1 In-quota tariff rates are listed only for those tariff lines which are relevant cotton -related products.  
 
South Africa  
TQID  Product  Tariff  line(s)  Unit Initial 
quota  Final 
quota  In-quota 
tariff rate1 
ZAFQ039  Vegetable oils  1507, 1508, 1510, 1511, 
1512, 1513, 1514, 1515  Metric tonnes  61,083  61,083  1512 ( 12.2% ) 
ZAFQ051  Oilcake  2304, 2305, 2306  Metric tonnes  120,667  120,667  2306 ( 6.6% ) 
1 In-quota tariff rates are listed only for those tariff lines which are relevant cotton -related products.  
 
3.2  Most recent Tariff Rate Quota administration method notified for relevant cotton -
related products  
Colombia  
COLQ028, COLQ038, COLQ052 and COLQ065 ( Calendar year 2005)  
G/AG/N/COL/35  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
No quota administration.  
 
Iceland  
ISLQ047 and ISLQ056 (1 July - 30 June)  
G/AG/N/ISL/1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
Not subject to quota. Applied rates of duty are equal to or lower than the corresponding in -quota 
tariff rates.  
 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Morocco  
MARQ014 (Calendar year 1995)  
G/AG/N/MAR/1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: Global quota  
(b) Allocation to importers: No licence is required, allocations are granted on a first -come first -
served basis  
(c) Other access arrangements: Not applicable  
(d) Other information: Not applicable  
MARQ015 (Calendar year 1995)  
G/AG/N/MAR/1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: Global quota  
(b) Allocation to importers: No licence is required, allocations are granted on a first -come first -
served basis  
(c) Other access arrangements: Not applicable  
(d) Other information: Not applicable  
MARQ018 (Calendar year 1995)  
G/AG/N/MAR/1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: Global quota  
(b) Allocation to importers: No licence is required, allocations are granted on a first -come first -
served basis  
(c) Other access arrangements: Not applicable  
(d) Other information: Not applicable  
 
Norway  
NORQ222 (Calendar year)  
G/AG/N/NOR/1/Add.1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
Tariff-only regime.  
 
South Africa  
ZAFQ039 (Calendar year 1995)  
G/AG/N/ZAF/1/Rev.1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
The applied rate of duty is lower than the IQTR. Therefore, no import arrangement is necessary at 
this stage.  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  ZAFQ051 (Calendar year 1995)  
G/AG/N/ZAF/1/Rev.1  
Description of import arrangement applicable  
(A) Country allocations: Global.  
(B) Import allocations: (i) Department of Agriculture will allocate and issue permits quarterly; 
(ii) permits will be allocated to historical importers of oil -cake; (iii) permits will be allocated on a pro 
rata basis; (iv) permits will be valid for three months.   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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Colombia¹  
COLQ038 (metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
TRQ Quantity  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  1,703  
In-quota 
Imports  23,907  27,119  31,117  32,243  18,116  33,186  33,403  28,385  34,836  40,911  37,990  36,302  43,894  37,768  32,187  41,899  40,301  46,187  40,132  48,306  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
COLQ052 (metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
TRQ Quantity  59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 59 
In-quota 
Imports  217 544 6,551  10,230  24,262  47,669  40,469  37,683  39,620  29,255  34,160  58,615  65,241  51,664  97,288  58,976  54,714  68,841  60,050  99,829  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
COLQ065 (metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  
TRQ Quantity  35,558  37,997  40,400  43,650  46,275  48,946  51,616  54,287  56,957  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  59,628  
In-quota 
Imports  754 3,356  2,911  4,350  1,047  1,258  660 743 1,090  1,810  654 1,216  1,148  1,937  967 1,001  1,589  1,541  1,115  1,552  
Fill rates (%)  2 9 7 10 2 3 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 
1 Import data of COLQ065 covers imports under COLQ028.  
Iceland  
ISLQ047 (metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013 2014 2015 
TRQ Quantity  156.9  156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 156.9 
In-quota Imports  88.2 75.3 55.1 93.9 64.8 120.1  98.7 191.9  184.6  281.9  254.3  270.1  301.5  322.8  334.3  330.2  383.8  443 530.1  546.1  595.0  
Fill rates (%)  56 48 35 60 41 77 63 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
  
                                                
4 Norway is not listed. No import data is available for NORQ222 as a tariff -only regi me is applied.    
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013 2014 2015 
TRQ Quantity  0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 
In-quota Imports  0.2 3.9 2.4 1.5 0.8 3.4 0.8 0.7 1.0 4.5 3.3 4.8 4.5 4.2 5.6 5.9 7.7 6.0 6.8 5.1 5.0 
Fill rates (%)  33 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
Morocco1 
MARQ015 (thousand metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  
TRQ Quantity  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  
In-quota Imports  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  196.11  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
MARQ019 (thousand metric tonnes)2 
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  
TRQ Quantity  0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 
In-quota Imports  0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 
Fill rates (%)  100 90 91 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
1 MARQ014 is not used.   
2 Import data of MARQ019 (Tourteau de tournesol) covers imports under MARQ017 (Tourteau de colza) and MARQ018 (Tour teau de cot on). 
South Africa  
ZAFQ039 (metric tonnes)  
  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
TRQ Quantity  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  
In-quota 
Imports  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  61,083  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 
ZAFQ051 (metric tonnes)  
 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016  
TRQ Quantity  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  
In-quota Imports  301,308  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  120,667  
Fill rates (%)  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  3.3.  Based on the informa tion presented in section 3.3 above, the following charts show, by 
Member and by year, notified in -quota imports compared to the scheduled quantity, as well as the 
corresponding fill rates, under each TRQ.  
Charts on notified in -quota imports compared to t he scheduled quantity  
Chart 3.1: Colombia (COLQ038)  
 
 
Chart 3.2: Colombia  (COLQ052 ) 
 
 
  
100%100%100%100%
100%100% 100%
100%100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%100%
100%100%
05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,00045,00050,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
100% 100%100%100%100%100%
100%100%100%
100%100%100%100%
100%100%
100%
100%100%
100%100%
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,00090,000100,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity Fill rates (%)TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Chart 3.3: Colombia ( COLQ065 ) 
 
 
Chart 3.4: Iceland (ISLQ047)  
 
 
  
2%9% 7%10%
2% 3%1% 1% 2%3%1% 2% 2%3%2% 2% 3% 3% 2% 3%
010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate
56%48%
35%60%
41%77%63%100%100%100%
100%100%100%100% 100% 100%100%100%100% 100%100%
0100200300400500600
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In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Chart 3.5: Iceland ( ISLQ056 ) 
 
Chart 3.6: Morocco ( MARQ015 ) 
 
 
  
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015metric tonnes
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012thousand metric tonnes
In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rateTN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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  Chart 3.7: Morocco ( MARQ019 ) 
 
Chart 3.8: South Africa ( ZAFQ039 ) 
 
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012thousand metric tonnes
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010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,000metric tonnes
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  Chart 3.9: South Africa ( ZAFQ051 ) 
 
 
 
4  OTHER NON TARIFF MEASURES  
4.1.  This section contains information on other non -tariff measures applicable to relevant cotton -
related products. The information is presented using the same methodology and presentation as in 
Part 3.4 of document TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev. 9 - TN/AG/SCC/GEN/1 3/Rev. 9. 
 
100%
100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%
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In-quota Imports TRQ Quantity %: Fill rate 
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All Members  SPS 24-May-18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...;- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 
12.02, 12.04, 12.07 and 12.12);…  G/SPS/N/JPN/576  
United States  All Members  SPS 2-Aug-18  Flonicamid; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule  ... Cottonseed subgroup 20C …  G/SPS/N/USA/3015  
Canada  All Members  SPS 22/08/2018   Proposed Maximum Residue Limit: 2,4 -D (PMRL2018 -30) Pesticide 2,4 -D in or on undelinted cotton 
seeds (ICS Codes: 65.020, 65.100, 67.040, 
67.200)  G/SPS/N/CAN/1195  
United States  All Members  SPS 20/09/2018   Afidopyropen; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule  ... Cotton undelinted seed …  G/SPS/N/USA/3023  
United States  All Members  SPS 02/07/2018   Tolfenpyrad; Pesticide Tolerances. Final Rule  ...; Cotton, gin byproducts;  Cotton, 
undelinted seed; …  G/SPS/N/USA/3009  
Japan  All Members  SPS 24/05/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02,  
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12); …  G/SPS/N/JPN/577  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... -Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/589  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)...  G/SPS/N/JPN/590  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 
12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 
and 12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/588  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultural Chemical Residue Standards)  ... -Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/587  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... -Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/584  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS C odes: 12.04, 
12.05, 12.06 and 12.07) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/583  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... -Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/582  
Japan  All Members  SPS 30/07/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.07 and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/591  
Japan  All Members  SPS 10/09/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01 and 
12.07).  G/SPS/N/JPN/599  
Japan  All Members  SPS 10/09/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Code s: 12.01 and 
12.07).  G/SPS/N/JPN/598   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 51 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All Members  SPS 10/09/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01 and 
12.07).  G/SPS/N/JPN/596  
Japan  All Members  SPS 4/08/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical  residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/526  
Japan  All Members  SPS 4/08/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01 
and 12.07)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/525  
Japan  All Members  SPS 7/08/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12. 05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/529  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/09/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/532  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/09/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12) …  G/SPS/N/JPN/531  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/09/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06 and 12.07)  G/SPS/N/JPN/530  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/09/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)   ...- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)...     G/SPS/N/JPN/534  
Japan  All Members  SPS 16/11/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.07 
and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/538  
Japan  India / 
Chinese 
Taipei / 
Greece  SPS 4/12/20 17  Proposed designation of organisms that need notification 
prior to its importation in Japan  Papaya seed and seedling, cotton seed 
(for cultivation)  G/SPS/N/JPN/540  
Japan  All Members  SPS 18/12/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/542  
Japan All Members  SPS 18/12/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  - Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06 and 12.07)  G/SPS/N/JPN/544  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/01/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07,12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/547   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 52 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All Members  SPS 15/01/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07,12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/550  
Japan  All Members  SPS 15/01/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07,12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/549  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/02/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/553  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/02/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/561  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/02/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/563  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/02/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/558  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/02/2018   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.07 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/559  
Japan  All Members  SPS 20/02/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07,  12.10 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/565  
Japan  All Members  SPS 13/03/20 18  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)  ...Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.04, 
12.05, 12.06 and 12.07)…  G/SPS/N/JPN/568  
China  All Members  TBT 9/01/20 18  Measures for the Inspection and Supervision of Import and 
Export Prepackaged Food Labeling  Food (HS Code: 0201 -0210; 0302-0308; 
0401-0410; 0504, 0507-0508, 0510-
0511; 0602; 0702-0714; 0801-0806, 
0811-0814; 0901-0910; 1002, 1004, 
1006-1008; 1101-1109; 1202-1212; 
1301-1302; 1501-1504,1506-1518,1521; 
1601-1605; 1701-1704; 1801, 1803-
1806; 1901-1905; 2001-2009; 2101-
2106; 2201-2209; 2501; 2853; 2923; 
2936; 3004; 3501; 3502; 3504; 3505; 
7116) G/TBT/N/CHN/124
6  
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 53 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Brazil  All Members  SPS 30/08/20 17  Draft resolution (Consulta Publica) number  380, 
22 August  2017, regarding the active ingredient D11 - 
DICAMBA  of the monograph list of active ingredients for 
pesticides, household cleaning products and wood 
preservers, published by Resolution – RE n° 165 o f 29 
August 2003, on the Brazilian Official Gazette (DOU - Diário 
Oficial da União) of 2 September 2003 Inclusion of cotton 
culture with MRL of 0.04 mg/kg  and safety security period 
"not determined due to the mode of use", inclusion of 
Genetically Modified  Cotton with MRL of 0.04 mg/kg and 
safety security period of 113 days and inclusion of 
Genetically Modified Soybean with MRL of 4.0 mg/kg and 
safety security period of 70 days, all for post emergency use 
(application) for the active ingredient D11 - DICAMB A in the 
Relation of Monographies of Active Ingredients of Pesticides, 
Household Cleani ng Products and Wood Preservers  HS codes 52, 12  G/SPS/N/BRA/128
9 
Japan  All SPS 20/12/20 16  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Profenof os … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/495  
Japan  All SPS 19/12/20 16  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultura l chemical:  
Pesticide: Bromacil  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 1 2.05, 
12.06 and 12.07)  G/SPS/N/JPN/491  
Japan  All SPS 20/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural  chemical:  
Pesticide: Prometryn  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.06, 12.07 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/485  
Japan  All SPS 19/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Hex aconazole  … Oleaginous fruits, misc ellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/484  
Japan  All SPS 20/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultur al chemical:  
Pesticide: Isouron  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06 , 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/494  
Japan  All SPS 20/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide/Veterinary drug: Etoxazole  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.07 and 
12.10)  G/SPS/N/JPN/497   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 54 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All SPS 19/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Spirotetr amat … Oleaginous fruits, mis cellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.07 
and 12.10)  G/SPS/N/JPN/487  
Japan  All SPS 19/12/2016   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Thifensulfuron methyl  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.07 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/J PN/488  
Japan  All SPS 27/01/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticides: Dazomet, Metam and Methyl isothiocyanate  
 
Dazomet, Metam and Metyl isothiocyanate are used as 
pesticide respectively. Dazomet and Metyl isothiocyanate can 
be readily metabolized to Metyl isothiocyanate in plants. 
Therefore, Japan is considering the MRL  as a group of these 
substances  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06, 12.07 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/500, 
G/SPS/N/JPN/500/  
Corr.1  
Japan  All SPS 13/04/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide: Imidaclo prid ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/502  
Japan  All SPS 13/04/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide: Prohexad ione-calcium  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/505  
Japan  All SPS 13/04/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide/Veterinary drug: Abamectin  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.07 and 12.10)  G/SPS/N/JPN/506  
Japan  All SPS 16/05/20 17  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards). Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide: Nitenp yram … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/510  
Japan  All SPS 16/05/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultur al 
chemical:Pesticide: Boscalid  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12. 01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/512   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
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affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All SPS 16/05/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards). Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide: Glypho sate … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/514  
Japan  All SPS 16/05/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards). Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural  chemical: 
Pesticide: Clethodim  … Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes:  12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/515  
Japan  All SPS 16/05/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards). Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural chemical: 
Pesticide: Isoxathion  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 
and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/513  
Japan  All SPS 13/04/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural ch emical: 
Pesticide: Clofentezine  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Cod es: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/503  
Japan  All SPS 13/04/2017   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards)Proposed maximum 
residue limits (MRLs) for the following agricultural c hemical: 
Pesticide: Fludioxonil  ... Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous 
grains, seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 
12.01, 12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06 and 
12.07)  G/SPS/N/JPN/504  
Switzerland   LIC 30/09/20 16  In general terms, Switzerland's import licensing regime, 
notified in document G/LIC/N/3/CHE/8, remains valid for 
2016. Switzerland hereby submits the full responses 
including the amendments noti fied in the years 2013 to 2015  Sugar, edible oils and fats. Tariff headings 
(oils and fats for human consumption in 
Chapter 15 and germ of cereals for the 
manufacture of fats or oils in Chapter 
11): … 1512.21.90; 1512.29.91; 
1512.29.99 …  G/LIC/N/3/CHE/12  
Liechtenstein   LIC 20/10/20 16  Liechtenstein wishes to inform that due to the customs union 
between Liechtenstein and Switzerland the notification 
submitted by Switzerland contained in document 
G/LIC/N/3/CHE/12 should be ta ken to cover also 
Liechtenstein  Sugar, edible oils and fats. Tar iff headings 
(oils and fats for human consumption in 
Chapter 15 and germ of cereals for the 
manufacture of fats or oils in Chapter 
11): … 1512.21.90; 1512.29.91; 
1512.29.99 …  G/LIC/N/3/LIE/9   
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Egypt  All Members  SPS 4/12/20 15  Ministerial Decree No. 693 for the year 2015 mandating the 
application of Egyptian Standard ES 7985/2013 "Edible 
Vegetable oils"   
The Ministerial Decree mandates that the producers and 
importers must comply with the Egyptian Standard ES 
7985/2013 "Edible Vegetable oils". Producers and i mporters 
are given a transitional period of six months to abide by the 
standard. This standard supersedes the following Egyptian 
Standards (ES no.):  
(…) 
6. ES no. 49 -8/2005 "Vegetable Edible Oils - Part 8: 
Cottonseed Oil  
(…) 
16. ES no. 1672/2007 "Cottonsee d Oil Second Grade"  
(…) Edible fats and oil  G/SPS/N/EGY/65/  
Rev.1  
China  All Members  TBT 27/07/20 15 26/04/20 16 National Standard of the People's Republic of China: Feed 
Additive Nicotinamide (10 pages, in Chinese). This standard 
specifies the product requirements, test methods, inspection 
rules, labelling, packaging, transportation, storage and shelf 
life of Nicotinamide. This standard is applicable to the 
Nicotinamide ma de of chemical synthesis method  Feed additive Nicotinamide . Provitamins 
and vitami ns, natural or reproduced by 
synthesis (including natural concentrates), 
derivatives thereof used primarily as 
vitamins, and intermixtures of the 
foregoing, whether or not in any solvent 
(HS: 2936) . Animal feeding stuffs 
(ICS:  65.120)  G/TBT/N/CHN/112
7 
China  All Members  TBT 24/07/20 15 25/04/20 16 National Standard of the People's Republic of China: Feed 
Additive - DL-A-Tocopheryl Acetate (11 pages, in Chinese). 
This Standard provides:  1. Scope; 2. Normative references; 
3. Requirements; 4. Test methods; 5.  Inspection rules; 6. 
Labelling, packaging, transportation and storage; 7. Shelf 
life. Chapters 1, 3 and 5 of the Standard are man datory, the 
rest is recommended  Feed additive DL -A-Tocopheryl Acetate . 
Vitamin E and its derivatives 
(HS: 293628) . Animal feed ing stuffs 
(ICS:  65.120)  G/TBT/N/CHN/110
4 
China  All Members  TBT 23/07/20 15 24/04/20 16 National Standard of the People's Republic of China: Feed 
Additive - DL-A-Tocopheryl Acetate (Powder Form) (9 pages, 
in Chinese). This standard provides:  1. Scope; 2. Normative 
references; 3. Requirements; 4. Test methods; 5. Inspection 
rules;  6. Label, package, transportation and storage; 7. Shelf 
life. Chapters 1, 3 and 5 are man datory, the rest  is 
recommended  Feed additive DL -A-Tocopheryl Acetate 
(powder form) . Vitam in E and its 
derivatives (HS:  293628) . Animal feeding 
stuffs (ICS:  65.120)  G/TBT/N/CHN/109
9 
China  All Members  TBT 23/07/2015  25/04/2016  National Standard of the People's Republic of China: Feed 
Additive L -Sodium Ascorbate (11 pages, in Chinese). This 
standard specifies the product requirements, test methods, 
inspection rules, labelling, packaging, transportation, storage 
and shelf life of L -Sodium Ascorbate. This standard is 
applicable to the L -Sodium Ascorbate made of L-Ascorbic 
Acid as raw mater ial Feed additive L -Sodium Ascorbate . 
Provitamins and vitamins, natural or 
reproduced by synthesis (including natural 
concentrates), derivatives thereof used 
primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of 
the foregoing, whether or not in any 
solvent. (HS:  2936). Animal feeding stuffs 
(ICS:  65.120)  G/TBT/N/CHN/110
6 
Japan  All Members  SPS 1/07/20 15  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical. Pesticide: Quinclorac  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.07 and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/423   
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Japan  All Members  SPS 2/06/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Fenothiocarb  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06 and 12.07)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/416  
Japan  All Members  SPS 2/06/20 15  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural  chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Cymoxanil  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes : 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/415  
Japan  All Members  SPS 20/05/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural c hemicals - Pesticide: Phosalone  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06, 12.07 and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/387/  
Rev.1  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/05/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical – Pesticide/Veterinary drug:  
Teflubenzuron  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/410  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/05/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical – Pesticide: Quizal ofop-ethyl, 
Quizalofop -P-tefuryl  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/409  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/05/20 15  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical – Pesticide: Be nzyladenine 
(Benzylaminopurine)  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/407  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/05/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultur al chemical – Pesticide: Asulam  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits ( HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/406   
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Turkey  All Members  SPS 23/04/20 15 1/01/20 16 Turkish Food Codex Communiqué Amending Com muniqué on 
Named Vegetable Oils  
The purpose of this amendment is to determine the criteria 
for named vegetable oils in line with Codex Alimentarius 
Standards, and revis e the criteria for hazelnut oil  Named vegetable oils (arachis oil, 
babassu oil, coconut oil, cottonseed oil, 
grapeseed oil, hazelnut oil, maize oil, 
palm kernel oil, palm kernel olein, palm 
kernel stearin, palm oil, palm olein, palm 
stearin, palm suprolein, rapeseed oil -low 
erucic acid, safflower seed oil, sesame 
seed oil, soya bean oil, sunflower seed 
oil) G/SPS/N/TUR/57  
Japan  All Members  SPS 27/02/20 15  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical: Pesticide – Malathion  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/399  
Japan  All Members  SPS 3/02/20 15  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultura l Chemical Residue Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical: Pesticide/ Veterinary drug – 
Teflubenzuron  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds  and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/395  
Japan  All Members  SPS 3/02/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultu ral Chemical Residue Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural ch emical: Pesticide – Fluoroimide  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/394  
Japan  All Members  SPS 3/02/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultu ral Chemical Residue Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs)  for the following 
agricultural chemical: Pest icide – Flumioxazin  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/393  
Japan  All Members  SPS 3/02/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultu ral Chemical Residue Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural ch emical: Pesticide – Dichlobenil  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06 and 12.07)  
 (…) G/SPS/N/JPN/392  
Japan  All Members  SPS 2/02/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultural Chemical Resi due Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural che mical: Pesticide – Clothianidin  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05 , 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/391   
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Japan  All Members  SPS 2/02/2015   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (Revision of 
Agricultu ral Chemical Residue Standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical: Pesticide – Chlorantraniliprole  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/39 0 
Japan  All Members  SPS 18/12/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Diflufenican  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/384  
Japan  All Members  SPS 28/11/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural che mical - Pesticide: Triflumizole  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/381  
Japan  All Members  SPS 28/11/2014   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chem ical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural che mical - Pesticide: Flufenoxuron  (…) 
Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Code: 12.01 , 12.07 
and 12.12)  G/SPS/N/JPN/379  
Japan  All Members  SPS 27/10/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Propyzamide  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/375  
Japan  All Members  SPS 27/10/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Propiconazole  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…)  
 G/SPS/N/JPN/373  
Japan  All Members  SPS 23/05/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: Fenpyroximate  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/348  
Japan  All Members  SPS 5/05/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue st andards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: propargite  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/342   
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Japan  All Members  SPS 2/04/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultural chemical residue standards).  
The MHLW will withdraw all the provisional maximum residue 
limits (MRLs) set at the time of introduction of the positive 
list system for the following 29 agricultural chemicals. (…)  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds a nd fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/339  
Japan  All Members  SPS 2/04/2014   Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemical:  
Pesticide: oxine copper  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.04, 12.05, 
12.06, 12.07 and 12.10 ) G/SPS/N/JPN/338  
Japan  All Members  SPS 13/02/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticide: Dicamba.  
Veterinary dru g/feed additive: Narasin  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.07 
and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/325/  
Rev.1  
Japan  All Members  SPS 13/01/20 14  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticide: Molinate  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05,12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/328  
European 
Union  Afghanistan, 
Azerbaijan, 
Brazil, 
China, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Egypt, India, 
Indonesia, 
Kenya, 
Morocco, 
Nigeria, 
Sierra  Leone , 
Thailand, 
Turkey, 
Uzbekistan, 
Viet Nam SPS 13/01/2014  1/01/2014  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No  1355/2013 of 
17 December 2013 amending Annex I to Regulation 
(EC)No  669/2009 implementing Regulation (EC) No 
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards the increased level of official controls on imports of 
certain fee d and food of non -animal origin  
The Regu lation reviews the list of imports of feed and food of 
non-animal origin, which are subject to an increased level of 
official controls. The changes concern the removal from the 
list of hazelnuts from Azerbaijan, mace, ginger and curcuma 
from India, mace fr om Indonesia and br assica vegetables 
from Thailand  HS Codes: ex 07049090, 070810, 
070820, 0709, 07093000, 070960, 
070990, 07102, 071022, 071080, 
071339, 080510, ex 08054000, 080620, 
0810, 081110, 0902, 090420, 090810, 
091050, 110630, 12024100, 12024200, 
1207, 121190, ex 19021100, ex 
19021910, ex 19021990, ex 19022010, 
ex 19022030, ex 19022091, ex 
19022099, ex 19023010, 20081110, 
20081191, 20081196, 20081198, 200899  G/SPS/N/EU/65  
Japan  All Members  SPS 3/12/20 13  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals: Pest icide/feed additive: Ethoxyquin  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/326   
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Russian 
Federation  Pakistan  SPS 7/10/20 13  Letter of the Federal Service for Veterinary and 
Phytosanitary Supervision No.  FS-AS-3/12671 as of 
23 September  2013 
This letter introduces a temporary restriction on the import 
of regulated products with a high pest risk from Pakistan to 
Russian Federation, due to repeated cases of the detection of 
Capra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium  Ev.). This pest, which 
is absent in the territory of Russia, is of quarantine con cern 
for the Russian Federation  HS Codes: (…), 1201, 1202, 1203  00 000 
0, 1204 00, 1205, 1206 00, 1207, 1208, 
1209, 1211 (…)  G/SPS/N/RUS/34 
and 
G/SPS/N/RUS/34/  
Add.1  
Japan  All Members  SPS 12/09/20 13  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticide s: Difenoconazole, Tebuconazole  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/322  
Japan  All Members  SPS 23/07/20 13  Revision of the  Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticides: Pyraclostrobin.  
Veterinary drug/feed additive: Tylosin  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10 and 
12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/319  
Japan  All Members  SPS 28/06/20 13  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
The MHLW will withdraw all the maximum residue limits 
(MRLs) for the following seven agricultural chemicals, since 
these agricul tural chemicals are not registered by the 
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery in Japan. In 
addition, at present, no MRLs and actual uses for these 
chemicals exist in most countries.  
Pesticides: Anilofos, Dichlofenthion, Methazole, Milneb, 
Pyridaf enthion and Vamidothion.  
Veterinary drug: Aklomide  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10, 12.11 
and 12.12)  
 
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/318  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/03/20 13  Revision  of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
agricultural chemical residue sta ndards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals.  
Pesticides: Formetanate  hydrochloride and pyrimethanil  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 12.10)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/311  
Japan  All Members  SPS 28/01/20 13  Revision of the Standards and Specifications  for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals.  
Pesticide s: Phenthoate and Spirodiclofen  (…) 
- Oleaginous fru its, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 
12.02, 12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 
12.10)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/310   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 62 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All Members  SPS 10/01/20 13  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals.  
Pesticides: Alachlor and Norflurazon  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.07, 12.10 and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/307  
Japan  All Members  SPS 29/08/20 12  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
- Pesticide/veterinary drug: Abamectin;  
- Pesticides: Cyflumetofen, Flutriafol, Kresoxim -methyl, and 
Trifluralin;  
- Feed additive: Sedecamycin  (…) 
- Oleaginous fru its, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.01, 12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07, 12.10, 12.11 
and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/303  
Japan  All Members  SPS 13/06/20 12  Revision of the Standards and Specifications for Foods and 
Food Additives under the Food Sanitation Law (Revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
Pesticides: TCMTB, Fluridone  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS  Codes: 12.02, 12.07, 
12.10 and 12.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/301  
Canada  All Members  SPS 29/05/20 12 30/08/20 12 New Canadian phytosanitary requirements for imports of: 
dried and shelled leguminous vegetables, cereals; oilseeds; 
and seeds of a kind used for sowing;  to prevent the 
introduction of khapra beetle ( Trogoderma granarium  Everts)  The following commodities which are 
recognized to present a risk of introducing 
Trogoderma granarium  (Khapra beetle):  
dried and shelled leguminous vegetables 
(HS Code: 0713);  
cereals (HS  Codes: 1001 -1008);  
oilseeds (HS  Codes: 1201, 1202, 1204, 
1205, 1206, 1207);  
and seeds of a kind used for sowing 
(HS Codes: 1209.10 -29) G/SPS/N/CAN/609, 
G/SPS/N/CAN/609/  
Add.1 and 
G/SPS/N/CAN/609/  
Add.2  
Japan  All Members  SPS 23/05/20 12  Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and 
food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for the following 
agricultural chemicals:  
- Pesticides: 2,6 -Difluorobenzoic acid, N -(2-Ethylhexyl) -
8,9,10 -trinorborn -5-ene-2,3-dicarboximide, XMC, Allidochlor, 
Azafenidin, Bromochloromethane, Chlorefenson (CPCBS), 
Cinosulfuron, Cloprop, Copper terephthalate, Dichlone, 
Dimepiperate, Dimethametryn, Ethiofencarb, Etr imfos, 
Furametpyr, Halfenprox, Hexaflumuron, Isazofos, 
Naproanilide, Piperophos, Propaphos, Pyrifenox and 
Trichlamide  
- Veterinary drugs: Nalidixic acid,  Parbendazole and 
Thiamphenicol  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Co des: 12.01,12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 12.10)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/298   
  TN/AG/GEN/34/Rev.9/Add.2 • TN/AG/SCC/GEN/13/Rev.9/Add.2  
 
- 63 - Member  Partner  
affected  Notif.  
req. Initiation/  
Notification  In force  Measure description  Product description  Source  
Japan  All Members  SPS 10/02/20 12  Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and 
food additives under the Food Sanitation Act (revision of 
agricultu ral chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural 
chemicals. Pesticides: "Aldicarb and Aldoxycarb", 
"Benflur alin" and "Chlorantraniliprole"  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous grains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01,12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 12.10)  
- Animal or vegetable fats and oils (HS 
Codes: 15.01, 15.02, 15.06, 15.08 and 
15.12)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/293  
Japan  All Members  SPS 19/01/20 12  Revision of the standards and specifications for foods and 
food additives under the Food Sanitation Law (revision of 
agricultur al chemical residue standards)  
Proposed maximum residue limits (MRLs) for agricultural 
chemicals. Pesticides: Carboxin, Primisulfuron -methyl, 
Pyridaben and Thidiazuron  (…) 
- Oleaginous fruits, miscellaneous gr ains, 
seeds and fruits (HS Codes: 12.01,12.02, 
12.04, 12.05, 12.06, 12.07 and 12.10)  
(…) G/SPS/N/JPN/289  
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