G/MA/QR/5  
 
12 September 2017  
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Committee on Market Access   
 
  
STATUS OF NOTIFICATI ONS UNDER THE  
DECISION ON NOTIFICA TION PROCEDURES  
FOR QUANTITATIVE RES TRICTIONS (G/L/59/RE V.1) 
REPORT  BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
1.  The Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions2 provides that "Members 
shall make complete notifications of all quantitative restrictions in force by 30  September  2012 
and at two  yearly intervals thereafter.  They should also notify changes to those quantitative  
restrictions as soon as possible, but not later than six months from their entry into force".3 This 
report  has been prepared by the Secretariat  pursuant to paragraph 7 of the  Decision4. 
 
2.  As of 11 September 2017, a total of 33 Members have submitted notifications of QRs in force . 
For each biennial period , the following notifications have been  received:  
 
2012 -2014 : 27 notifications from 22 Members.  
2014 -2016 : 30 notifications from 27 Members.  
2016 -2018 : 16 notifications from 16 Members.  
 
3. The complete list of notifications  received by the Secretariat is provided in the Annex.  
 
                                                 
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.  
2 Adopted by the Council for Trade in G oods on 22 June 2012 (G/L/59/Rev.1).  
3 G/L/59/Rev.1, paragraph 1.  
4 This provision states: "The Secretariat shall circulate yearly a report listing: i) the WTO Members having 
made a notification; ii) the type of notification made (i.e. whether "complete", "changes" or "reverse"); iii) the 
date of the notification and the period covered by it; iv) the sections of the notification in which information was 
provided (i.e. Sections 1 or 2); and v) whether the Secretariat informed the Member that information was 
missing."   
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- 2 - ANNEX  
 
QR NOTIFICATIONS SUB MITTED  PURSUANT TO G/L/59/REV.1  
Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification  
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Membe r contacted by 
the Secretariat in 
case of missing 
information?  
Afghanistan  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  29/07/2016  Complete  x   x 
Australia  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  16/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3  28/07/2017  Complete  x x  
Brazil  2012-2014  /  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  22/08/2016  Complete      x 
Canada  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  29/11/2012  Complete  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/2  23/10/2014  Complete  x   x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  08/04/2015  Complete  x x x 
Costa Rica  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x   x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1/Corr.1  23/01/2013  Changes  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  03/10/2014  Complete  x    
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  18/08/2014  Complete  x   x 
Cuba 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  07/01/2013  Complete  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  24/09/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  01/09/2016  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3/Rev.1  14/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
European Union  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  24/04/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  09/10/2014  Complete  x     
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- 3 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification  
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Membe r contacted by 
the Secretariat in 
case of missing 
information?  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/EU/3  17/01/2017  Complete  x    
Georgia  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  25/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
Hong Kong, 
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  28/09/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/3  23/09/2016  Complete  x x  
India 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  16/10/2013  Complete  x x x 
Japan  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  22/01/2013  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  15/01/2015  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
Kazakhstan  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1  03/05/2017  Complete  x   x 
Korea, Rep.  of 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x   x 
Lao PDR  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  12/10/2014  Complete  x    
Liechtenstein5 2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1  26/05/2016  Complete     
Macao, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/1  15/10/2012  Complete  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  17/09/2014  Complete  x    
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  17/06/2016  Complete  x    
Mali 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  05/05/2013  Complete  x   x 
Mauritius  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  30/10/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/2  16/09/2016  Complete  x   x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/3  09/03/2017  Complete  x   x 
Mexico  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1  22/07/2016  Complete  x   x 
2014-2016 
 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  26/07/2016  Complete  x   x 
                                                 
5 Liechtenstein's communication states that the notification of Switzerland in G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1 should be taken to cover Liechtenstein  as well .  
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- 4 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification  
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Membe r contacted by 
the Secretariat in 
case of missing 
information?  
New Zealand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  12/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
Nicaragua  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  22/09/2014  Complete  x    
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  14/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
Peru 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  28/08/2013  Complete  x   x 
Philippines  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  19/05/2015  Complete  x x x 
Russian 
Federation  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  14/09/2012  Complete  x   x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  21/02/2013  Changes  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  18/09/2014  Complete  x   x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  27/09/2016  Complete  x   x 
Singapore  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  06/05/2013  Complete  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  15/04/2015  Complete  x   x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3  22/05/2017  Complete  x   x 
Switzerland  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1  11/03/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/Add.1  26/05/2014  Changes  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LIE/1  26/05/2014  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/1/ Add.1/Corr.1  10/06/2014  Changes  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2  10/07/2017  Complete  x x x 
Chinese Taipei  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  29/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  17/11/2014  Changes  x    
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  21/07/2016  Complete  x x  
Thailand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  22/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  23/11/2012  Changes  x x x 
Turkey  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1  30/09/2012  Complete  x   x 
2012-2014 
 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  22/11/2012  Changes  x   x  
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- 5 - Member  Biennial 
period  Document Symbol  Notification  
Date  Notification 
Type  QRs in 
section 
1 QRs in 
section 
2 Membe r contacted by 
the Secretariat in 
case of missing 
information?  
Ukraine  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  28/09/2012  Complete    x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  30/04/2013  Changes    x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  20/08/2013  Changes    x x 
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  17/12/2013  Changes    x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  16/09/2015  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  06/09/2016  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1  16/02/2017  Changes  x   x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/ Add.1/Corr.1  16/02/2017  Changes      x 
United States  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  05/10/2012  Complete  x x x 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  30/09/2014  Complete  x x  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/USA/3  30/09/2016  Complete  x x  
Uruguay  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  08/01/2014  Complete  x x x 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/URY/2  04/11/2016  Complete  x x x 
 
X:  Yes  
 
 
 
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