G/AG/N/SLV/44  
28 January 2016  
(16-0607)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 15 January 2016,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas 
(Table MA:1 ) for the calendar years 2014 and 2015 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: EL SALVADOR 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities: Tariff and Other Quota Commitments 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
1 2 3 
- Other cheese 
- - Cheddar, in blocks or in bars 0406.90 
0406.90.20 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: None 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quot as to importers: By public auction by the 
El Salvador Commodity and Service Exchange ( Bolsa de Productos y Servicios de El Salvador  
- BOLPROS). Award certificates ( Certificados de Adjudicación ) are delivered and subsequently 
presented by the bearer to the Ministry of the Economy upon application for a licence to 
import under the preferential tariff quota, in accordance with the Regulations on the opening and administration of quotas ( Reglamento sobre la Apertura y Administración de 
Contingentes ). 
  (c) Details of other arrangements: Executive Decision No. 156 of 20 February 2014, 
published in Official Journal No. 38, Volume No. 402, of 26 February 2014, authorized for the 
period 26 February to 31 December 2014 the distribution of the annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "Cheddar cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of  the Central American 
T a r i f f  S y s t e m  ( S A C ) ,  w i t h  a  p r e f e r e n t i a l  i n - q u o t a  t a r i f f  o f  0 %  a n d  a n  o u t - o f - q u o t a  r a t e  of 40%.  
  (d) Any other information: None  
   
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MARKET ACCESS: EL SALVADOR 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities: Tariff and Other Quota Commitments 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
1 2 3 
- Other cheese 
- - Cheddar, in blocks or in bars 0406.90 
0406.90.20 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries: None 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quot as to importers: By public auction by the 
El Salvador Commodity and Service Exchange ( Bolsa de Productos y Servicios de El Salvador  
- BOLPROS). Award certificates ( Certificados de Adjudicación ) are delivered and subsequently 
presented by the bearer to the Ministry of the Economy upon application for a licence to 
import under the preferential tariff quota, in accordance with the Regulations on the opening and administration of quotas ( Reglamento sobre la Apertura y Administración de 
Contingentes ). 
  (c) Details of other arrangements: Executive Decision No. 1618 of 16 December 2014, 
published in Official Journal No. 238, Volume No. 405, of 19 December 2014, authorized for 
the period 1 January to 31 December 2015 the distribution of the annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "Cheddar cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), with a preferenti al in-quota tariff of 0% and an out-of-quota 
rate of 40%. 
  (d) Any other information: None 
 
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