G/TBT/ N/CHL/400  
19 April 2017  
(17-2134) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero , SAG (Ag riculture and Livestock 
Service)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : Dirección 
General de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  (Directorate -General of International 
Economic Relations), Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Fertilizers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Establece 
disposicione s para declaración de composición fisico química de los fertilizantes y deroga 
resolución que indica  (Provisions concerning the declaration of the physico -chemical 
composition of fertilizers, and repeal of the Resolution indicated) (4 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the requirement to declare the 
physico -chemical composition of fertilizers that are imported into and marketed in Chile.  
Under this text, fertilizer manufacturers, importers and distributors are requ ired to declare , 
on product containers or labels, or in the relevant descriptive and dispatch documents or 
invoices in the case of solid fertilizers in bulk, the physico -chemical composition of the 
product as regards  fertilizing elements and accompanying e lements such as heavy metals . 
They must also declare other specific physico -chemical parameters according to the type 
and nature of the fertilizer, including solubility, granulometry and pH value.  
By establishing stricter requirements regarding the physico -chemical composition of 
fertilizers imported into and manufactured and marketed in the country, Chile is improving 
the information available to agricultural producers using  these inputs . This requirement will 
also optimize fertilizer quality, which will b e checked  during Agriculture and Livestock 
Service inspections.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection ; protection of 
human health and safety ; protect ion of animal and plant life and health ; protection of the 
environment ; and quality requirements.  G/TBT/N/CHL/400  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Decreto Ley N° 3.557 de 1980, sobre Protección Agrícola  (Decree Law No. 3.557 of 
1980 on agricultural protection)  
 Ley N°  18.755 Orgáni ca del Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero  (Organic Law No. 18.755 
on the Agriculture  and Livestock Service)  
The notified text repeals Agriculture and Livestock Service Resolution No. 5306 of 
20 September 2 016.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of e ntry into force : -  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification.  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección Gen eral de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-22827 -5250 
Fax: (+56)-2-22380 -9494 
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://www2.sag.gob.cl/sag_al_dia/consultas_publicas/exigencias_fertilizantes_fisicoquimi
ca.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/TBT/CHL/17_1918_00_s.pdf