G/LIC/N/3/TTO/11  
 
20 January 2014  
(14-0278)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Import Licensing  Original: English  
 
  REPLIES TO QUESTIONNAIRE ON  IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 7.3 OF THE AGREEMENT ON  
IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  
 
The following notification, dated 10 January 2013, has been received from the Permanent Mission 
of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.  
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Trinidad and Tobago’s import licencing regime, as notified in documents G/LIC/N/3/TTO/9 
submitted in 2010 and G/LIC/N/3/TTO/10 submitte d in 2012, has not been modified and still 
remains valid for 2013, except for the changes introduced with regards to the Questionnaire on Import Licencing Procedures responses to Questions 2, 5 and 6 as provided below.  
 
Purpose and Coverage of Licensing 
2.  A licencing system is maintained for the following: 
 
a.  Ozone depleting substances; b.  Ozone depleting substances and mixtures co ntaining Ozone depleting substances excluding 
asthma inhalers; and 
c.  Equipment requiring the use of Ozone depleting substances.  Additionally, as per Legal Notice 69 of 1999 which outlines the Import Negative List, Trinidad and 
Tobago wishes to clarify that the following Oil and Fats of both CARICOM and Non-CARICOM origin 
require a licence for importation:  
 Subject to Reason 
Coconuts in all forms including coconut Seedlings, 
copra, desiccated coconut, coconut milk and coconut 
cream, but excluding coconut oil. Non-automatic 
Licencing Regional Trade 
Agreements 
Oilseed cake, meal and other vegetable oil residues  
-do-  
-do- 
Copra -do- -do- 
Oilseed, beans. Nuts etc. -do- -do- 
Animal oils, fats and greases, unrefined -do- -do- 
Fatty acids and solid residues from the treatment of oils 
and fats  
-do-  
-do- 
Vegetable fats -do- -do- 
 
5.  The licencing system is a statutory requirem ent, published as Legal Notice 69 of 1999 and has 
been updated as at Legal Notice 151 of 2013. Legal Notice 151 amends the Import Negative list to 
include all Ozone depleting substances, Mixtures containing Ozone depleting substances excluding 
                                               
1 See document G/LIC/3, An nex for the Questionnaire. G/LIC/N/3/TTO/11 
 
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  asthma inhalers and equipment requiring the use of Ozone depleting substances. A copy of the 
Legal Notice is attached at Appendix I . As reported in 2012, a phase out of imports of 
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s) commenced on December 31, 2007 and the country continues to monitor the imports of CFC’s using the Licencing regime in conjunction with the Customs and 
Excise Division through the National Ozone Unit. Additionally, using the existing licencing system, 
Trinidad and Tobago commenced the phase out of Hydro Chlorofluorocarbons (HCFC’s) in 2013.   
Procedures 
6.  Trinidad and Tobago has begun the phase out of  HCFC’s, as a result this item has been placed 
under import quota restriction. The procedures outlined under Item 6, as notified in G/LIC/N/3/TTO/10 for the phase out of Methyl Brom ide are directly applicable to HCFC’s. With 
respect to Item (XI), licences issued for HCFC ’s for use on ships are granted based on the 
stipulation that these  are not to be used domestically. 
 
 
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