WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/VEN/25 
22 October 2012 
 (12-5735) 
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following notification concerning imports subject to tariff quotas (Table MA:2)  for 
2005 , 2006 , 2007  and 2008 was received from the Permanent Mission of the Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela on 2 October 2012.  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Venezuela 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Years  2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 
 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments  
 
Description of products Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question In-quota imports during period 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule) (from Section I-B 
(or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule) (Final amount, tonnes) 2005 
(tonnes) 2006 
(tonnes) 2007 
(tonnes) 2008 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Meat of swine 0203 877 49.27 0.00 0.00 2,348.00 
Edible offal 0206 3,937 269.00 356.03 906.53 124.97 
Meat of poultry not cut in 
pieces 0207 3,426 0.00 0.00 24,915.79 8,168.92 
Meat and meat offal 0210 9,154  15.15 79.47 61.04 47.17 
Milk and cream, not 
concentrated* 0401 18,342 5,864.00 6,964. 16 5,530.00 28,226.71 
Milk in powder, of a fat 
content not exceeding 1.5%* 0402.10 145 2,615.00 6,115.16 1,743.50 7,610.80 
Whole milk 26%* 0402.21 76,037 36,473.00 60,833.00 48,841.21 91,272.24 
Whey 0404 1,745 9,216.00 9, 337.98 7,494.94 12,018.48 
Butter and other fats and 
oils derived from milk 0405 2,015 12,841.00 1,186. 33 770.62 1,036.13 
Cheese* 0406 3,686 4,021.00 11,879.27 12,793.08 16,433.31 
Seed wheat 1001.10.10 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Other 1001.10.90 1,314,643 458,324.00  567,543.63 505,063.62 576,899.24 
Barley 1003 779 0.00 0.00 0.00 145.80 Seed maize 1005.10.00 626 8,836.00  12,273.06 7,753.35 11,033.31 
Maize hybrids for delicacies 1005.90.20 1,914 4,855.00 6,617.15  7,236.48 5,332.72 
Yellow maize
* 1005.90.11 583,459 89,459.00 25,000.00 528,623.60 1,064,248.16 
Other 1005.90.90 49,711 5. 20 15.70 24.03 15.15 
Rice  1006 30,197 443.00 804.47 567.87 507.63  
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 Page 3Description of products Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question In-quota imports during period 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule) (from Section I-B 
(or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule) (Final amount, tonnes) 2005 
(tonnes) 2006 
(tonnes) 2007 
(tonnes) 2008 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Sorghum* 1007 1,114,290 460.00 396.46 485.21 313.56 
Millet 1008 719 6,955.00 4,920. 41 5,665.96 7,443.46 
Wheat flour 1101 39,813 4,296.00 920.65 24.13 82.00 
Cereal flours 1102 29,694 759. 00 1,846.24 588.32 832.31 
Cereal groats and meal 1103 3,030 18,109.00 19,182.27 5,609.38 5,233.23 
Hulled grains 1104 3,083 21,271.00  26,053.07 15,333.05 27,240.20 
Malt 1107 203,526 303,445.00 295, 246.66 317,742.00 293,604.77 
Starches 1108 25 6,693.00 7, 113.55 8,799.50 7,535.03 
Wheat gluten 1109 0 649.00 502.27 502.17 615.99 Soya beans
* 1201 168,963 14,052.00 40,917.02 0.00 16,914.52 
Groundnuts 1202 755 4,595.00 5,568. 79 4,760.11 4,121.61 
Linseed  1204 69 1,156.00 222.38 92.31 424.64 Rape or colza seeds 1205 44 10.80 52.39 11.34 54.46 Sunflower seeds 1206 622 1,736.00  2,741.12 2,372.75 1,489.63 
Palm nuts and kernels
* 1207 4,619 314.00 984.13 976.28 600.98 
Lard 1501 180 9.00 28.15 0.00 0.00 Animal fats 1502 77,226 10,278.00  12,699.00 17,398.20 15,797.91 
Lard stearin 1503 19 0.00 2.34 2.35 0.00 Wool grease 1505 40 44.00 50.80 67.99 70.18 Other animal fats and oils 1506 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Soya-bean oil
* 1507 130,040 163,703.00 326,795.00 306,600.00 273,843.50 
Groundnut oil 1508 3 3.00 1.91 2.85 0.00 Olive oil 1509 778 2,861.00 4, 167.17 4,521.95 5,380.04 
Other oils
* 1510 55 26.00 0.00 0.00 0.87 
Palm oil* 1511 224 32,322.00 72,160.00 55,899.00 59,750.00 
Sunflower-seed or 
safflower oil* 1512 151,612 19,465.00 33,615.91 12,034.20 7,142.85  
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Page 4 Description of products Tariff item 
number(s) 
encompassed in 
product description Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question In-quota imports during period 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule) (from Section I-B 
(or I-A) of Part I of 
the Schedule) (Final amount, tonnes) 2005 
(tonnes) 2006 
(tonnes) 2007 
(tonnes) 2008 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Coconut (copra) oil* 1513 536 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Other vegetable fats and oils* 1515 1,795 13,518.00 15,713.61 11,166.07 45.22 
Margarine 1517 2,457 8,177.00  670.11 1,371.96 467.41 
Animal or vegetable fats 
and oils* 1518 84,326 75,470.00 82,212.27 94,098.00 99,812.74 
Stearic acid 1519 43 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 
Cane sugar* 1701 132,013 122,178.00 157,330.12 333,564.00 388,315.00 
Other sugars 1702 1,062 12,802.00  11,497.92 12,823.00 6,304.76 
Molasses 1703 17,541 3.37 10.22 8.14 0.00 Pasta 1902 12,641 3,042.00 4, 583.43 2,792.16 3,029.99 
Preparations for sauces 2103 111 8, 839.00 11,550.20 10,532.12 10,951.79 
Bran, sharps, etc. 2302 1,363 12, 827.00 16,850.00 4,196.77 1,798.46 
Soya-bean cake
* 2304 696,880 645,941.00 788,843.00 823,822.00 901,406.11 
Groundnut cake 2305 224 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Oilcake of other oilseeds 2306 21,421  5,000.00 1,000.00 0.00 1.02 
Vegetable materials and 
other waste 2308 37 9.60  8.05 1.52 6.60 
Preparations of a kind used in 
animal-feeding 2309 2,254 82,848.00 92,066. 00 38,873.00 33,330.00 
Dextrins and other starches 3505 1,396 35.31 168.27 211.68 315.82 
 
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* During the calendar years 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Venezuela implem ented tariff quotas for milk and cream, not concentrated ( 0401), milk in powder, of a fat content 
not exceeding 1.5 per cent (0402.10), milk and cream, concentrated, in  powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content,  by weight, exceeding 1.5 per cent, not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter (0402.21), cheese (0406), yellow maize (1005. 90.11), sorghum (1007.00.90), soya beans (1201), palm nuts and k ernels (1207), soya-bean oil (1507), other oils (1510), 
palm oil (1511), sunflower-seed or safflower oil (1512), coconut (copra) oil (1513), other vegeta ble fats and oils (1515), anim al or vegetable fats and oils ( 1518), cane sugar (1701) and soya-bean 
cake (2304).  Imports of all other products were without quantit ative restrictions. 
Sources :  Directorate-General of Internal and External Marketing.  Mi nistry of Food / ASYCUDA (Automat ed SYstem for CUstoms Data) - SE NIAT (National Integrated Customs and 
Tax Administration Service), National Statistics Institute.