G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
20 December  2018 
(18-8064) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLES 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 AND 12.2.2  
OF THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM CHILE  
The following communication, dated 1 8 December 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the  
delegation of Chile for Members' information.  
 
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Chile hereby makes the following notifications in accordance with Articles 1.4, 10.4.3, 10.6.2 and 
12.2.2 of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation  (WT/L/931).  
 
ARTICLE 1 : PUBLICATION AND AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION  
 
Paragraphs 4 (a) and (b)  
 
Official place(s) where the items in subparagraphs 1.1 (a) to (j) have been published:  
 
 
Library of the 
National Congress  https://www.leychile.cl/Consulta/homebasico  Contains all national 
regulations  
 
1.1 (a ) Procedures for importation, exportation, and transit (including port, airport, and other 
entry -point procedure s), and required forms and documents:  
 
 
National Customs 
Service – Ministry of 
Finance  https://www.aduana.cl/importaciones -de-
productos/aduana/2007 -02-28/161116. html 
 
https://www.aduana.cl/capitulo -3-ingreso -de-
mercancias/aduana/2007 -02-16/135454.html  
 
https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/edic/base/
port/formularios.html  
 Importation  
 
Regulations : Entry of 
goods  
 
Entry declaration form 
(DIN)  
https://www.aduana.cl/capitulo -4-salida -de-
mercancias/aduana/2007 -02-16/180251.html  
 
https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/artic/2007
0221/pags/20070221134024.html  
 
https://www.aduana.cl/preguntas -
exportacion -de-servicios/adua na/2013 -05-
14/114321.html  
 
https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/edic/base/
port/inf_exportacion.html  
 Regulations : Exit of 
goods  
 
Exit declaration form 
(DUS)  
 
Exportation of services  
 
Regulations : 
Classification of service 
exports  G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
- 2 - 
  Agriculture and 
Livestock Service  – 
Ministry of 
Agriculture  
 http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/exportaciones -1 
 General background for 
the exportation of 
livestock  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/exportaciones  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/aspectos -basicos -para-exportar -
productos -agricolas  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/productos -vegetales -diferentes -paises  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/productos -vegetales -estados -unidos  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/material -de-propagacion  
 
http://www.sag.gob. cl/ambitos -de-
accion/frambuesas  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/incumplimientos -0 
 General background for 
the exportation of 
agricultural products  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/importaciones -0 
 Importation of 
livestock  
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/importaciones -y-transitos -0 
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/productos -agricolas  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/puertos -habilitados  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/productos -agricolas -en-transito  
 Importation and transit 
of agricultural products  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/exportaciones -de-vinos-y-bebidas -
alcoholicas  
 Exportation of wine and 
alcoholic beverages  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/importacion -de-bebidas -alcoholicas  
 Importation of alcoholic 
beverages  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/autorizacion -de-plaguicidas -para-
tratamientos -en-material -de-propag acion-
solo-para-exportacion  
 Authorization of 
pesticides for the 
treatment of 
propagation materials 
solely for export  
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/importacion  
 Application for  the 
importation of 
pesticides  
 G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
- 3 - 
  http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/importacion -de-ogm 
 Importation of GMOs  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/requisitos -importacion -de-semillas  Requirements for the 
importation of seeds  
Ministry of Health  
 
Public Health 
Institute  http://www.minsal.cl  
 
 
http://www.ispch.cl/anamed/importaciones -
uso-comercial  
 
http://www. ispch.cl/anamed_/an_exportacion  
 Establishes 
requirements for:  
 
- Foodstuffs  
- Pharmaceuticals and 
foodstuffs for medical 
or cosmetic use  
- Narcotics and 
psychotropic 
substances that 
cause addiction  
- Food control  
- Toxic substances or 
substances that are 
dangerous to health  
- Foreign trade : 
regulation of products 
subject to export and 
import controls  
Undersecretariat of 
Fisheries – Ministry 
of the Economy  
 http://www.subpesca.cl  
 
 
http://www.subpesca.cl/portal/619/w3 -article -
12194.html  
 
 Establishes 
requirements for:  
 
- Hydrobiological 
resources in any state 
of growth, including 
ornamental species  
- Fishery products  
 National Fisheries 
Service  
(SERNAPESCA) – 
Ministry of the 
Economy  Exports  
http://www.sernapesca.cl/area -
trabajo/exportacion  
 
Importation  
http://www.sernapesca.cl/area -
trabajo/importacion  Establishes 
requirements for:  
 
- Accreditation of the 
legality and sanitary 
quality of fishery 
products  
Chilean Nuclear 
Energy Commission  http://www.cchen.cl  
 
http://www.cchen.cl/index.php?option=com_c
ontent&view=article&id=860:circular -02-
13&catid=382&Itemid=136  Establishes 
requirements for:  
 
- Fertile, fissionable or 
radioactive elements 
or materials, 
radioactive 
substances, devices 
or tools that emit 
ionizing radiation  
Directorate -General 
of Mobilization of 
the Armed Forces  http://www.dgmn.cl  
 
 
 
 Establishes 
requirements for:  
 
Firearms, ammunition, 
explosives and 
inflammable or 
asphyxiating chemical 
substances  G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
- 4 - 
  - Department of International Control 
Conventions and Regimes:  
 
http://www.dgmn.cl/convenciones  
 Processes export and 
import applications, 
certificates, 
declarations and forms, 
within the framework of 
the Chemical Weapons 
Convention and the 
Biological Weapons 
Convention  
SAG (Wild fauna)  
 
 
 
 
CONAF (Wild flora)  
 
 
 
SERNAPESCA 
(Hydrobiological 
fauna)  http://www.sag.cl  
 
http://www.sag.gob.cl/ambitos -de-
accion/convencion -cites 
 
http://www.conaf.cl  
 
http://oficinavirtual.conaf.cl/recursos/cites.ph
p 
 
http://www.sernapesca.cl  
 
http://www.sernapesca.cl/busqueda?search=c
ites 
 Requirements for 
species of wild fauna 
and flora protected by 
the Convention of  
International Trade in 
Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna and Flora 
(CITES)  
Ministry of the 
Economy and 
Ministry of Housing 
and Urban Planning  https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=24
7341 
 
https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/artic/2007
0227/asocfile/20070227201457/asocfile12006
0721113339.pdf  
 Requirements for the 
importation of cement  
 
 
1.1 (b) Applied rates of duties and taxes of any kind imposed on or in connection with importation 
or exportation:  
 
National Customs 
Service  
 https://www .aduana.cl/arancel -aduanero -
vigente/aduana/2016 -12-30/090118.html  
 Chile's current tariff  
 
1.1 (c) Fees and charges imposed by or for governmental agencies on or in connection with 
importation, exportation or transit:  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/capitulo -3-ingreso -de-
mercancias/aduana/2007 -02-16/135454.html  Importation  
 
 
1.1 (d) Rules for the classification or valuation of products for customs purposes:  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/compendio -de-normas -
aduaneras/aduana/2007 -04-23/125943.html  
 
https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/artic/200702
15/pags/20070215153316.html  Customs valuation  
 G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
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  1.1 (e) Laws, regulations and administrative rulings of general application relating to rules of origin:  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/tratados -y-acuerdos -de-
libre-comercio/aduana/2007 -02-28/122217.html  
 Rules of origin within 
the framework of 
trade agreements  
Directorate -General 
of International 
Economic Relations 
(DIRECON)  https://www.direcon.gob.cl/certificacion -de-
origen   
 
1.1 (f) Import, export or  transit restrictions or prohibitions:  
 
National 
Customs Service  https://www.aduana.cl/importaciones -de-
productos/aduana/2007 -02-28/161116.html  Prohibited and restricted 
imports and exports  
 
1.1 (g) Penalty provisions for breaches of import, export or transit formalities:  
 
National Customs 
Service  http://normativa.adu ana.cl/aduana/site/artic/20
070705/pags/20070705155434.html  
  
Agriculture and 
Livestock Service 
– Ministry of 
Agriculture  https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=30135  
 Law No. 18755 
establishes rules 
relating to the 
Agriculture and 
Livestock Service and 
repeals Law No. 16640 
and other provisions.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=29859  
 Law No. 18455 
establishes rules for the 
production, processing 
and marketing of ethyl 
alcohol, alcoholic 
beverages and vinegar 
and repeals Book i of 
Law No. 17105.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=28794  
 Law No. 17105 
establishes the 
consolidated text of law 
on alcohol, alcoholic 
beverages and vinegar.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=7178  
 Decree -Law No. 3557 
establishes provisions 
for agricultural 
protection.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=3954  
 Decree No. 16 of 1963 
on animal health and 
protection.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=1006858  
 
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=30529  Law No. 20380 on the 
protection of animals.  G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
- 6 - 
  http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=1096714  
 Law No. 19162 
establishes the 
compulsory system for 
the classification of 
livestock and the 
grading and 
classification of meat 
and regulates the 
operation of 
slaughterhouses, 
cold-storage chambers 
and other meat industry 
facilities.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=24766  
 Law No. 20962 
implements the 
Convention on 
International Trade in 
Endangered Species of 
Wild Fauna an d Flora.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=246460  
 Law No. 4601 
establishes the 
provisions that regulate 
hunting in Chilean 
territory.  
http://normativa.sag.gob.cl/Publico/Normas/Det
alleNorma.aspx?id=30709   Law No. 20089 
establishes the national 
system for the 
certification of organic 
agricultural product s. 
 
1.1 (h) Procedures for appeal or review:  
 
National 
Customs 
Service  https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=238919
&idVersion=2017 -09-14 
(Article 121)  
 Administrative review  
Tax and 
Customs 
Courts  http://www.tta.cl   Complaints procedure  
Agriculture and 
Livestock 
Service – 
Ministry of 
Agriculture  https://www.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=30135  
 Law No. 18755 
establishes rules 
relating to the 
Agriculture and 
Livestock Service and 
repeals Law No. 16640 
and other provisions.  
 
1.1 (i) Agreements or parts thereof with any country or countries relating t o importation, 
exportation, or transit:  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/edic/base/po
rt/inicio.html  International trade 
agreements  
Directorate -General 
of International 
Economic Relations 
(DIRECON)  https://www.direcon.gob.cl/acuerdos -comerciales  International trade 
agreements  
 G/TFA/N/CHL/2  
- 7 - 
  1.1 (j) Procedures relating to the administration of tariff quotas.  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/aduana/site/edic/base/port
/contingente.html  
 
https://ww w.leychile.cl/Navegar?idNorma=216484  Sugar quota  
 
Paragraph (c)  
 
Contact information of the enquiry points referred to in paragraph 3.1  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/oirs -oficina -de-
informaciones -reclamos -y-
sugerencias/aduana/2013 -03-08/164407.html  
 Information, Complaints 
and Sug gestions Office  
Ministry of 
Finance  https://www.sicexchile.cl/portal/web/sicex/conta
ctomas  
 Help desk  
Agriculture and 
Livestock Service 
– Ministry of 
Agriculture  http://www.sag.gob.cl/contacto  
 Contact form  
 
 
 
ARTICLE 10 : FORMALITIES CONNECTED WITH IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND 
TRANSIT  
 
Article 10, paragraph 4.3  
 
Notification concerning the operation of the single window  
 
Ministry of Finance  https://www.sicexchile.cl/portal/web/sicex/inicio  
 Single window for 
foreign trade  
 
 
Article 10, paragraph 6.2  
 
Notification on the use of customs brokers  
 
National Customs 
Service  https://www.aduana.cl/agentes -de-
aduana/aduana/2012 -04-27/094321.html  
 Requirements, 
accountability and 
obligations for customs 
brokers  
 
 
ARTICLE 12:  CUSTOMS COOPERATION  
 
Article 12, paragraph 2.2  
 
Notification on contact points for the exchange of customs information  
 
National Customs 
Service  Daniela Veas  
Head of International Affairs, 
National  Customs Service  dveas@aduana.cl  
 
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