G/AG/N/EU/37  
 
17 March 2017  
(17-1505) Page: 1/11 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 9  March  2017, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of the European Union . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table  MA:2 ) 
during the calendar  year 2016. 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:2  
MARKET ACCESS: EUROPEAN UNION  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
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  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Live sheep, other than pure -bred breeding animals  ex 0104 10  
ex 0104 20  196 t  (1) 
(live weight)  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t* 0 
Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen:  
- Fresh or chilled:  
-- of domestic swine  
--- loins and cuts thereof, bone -in 
- Frozen:  
-- of domestic swine  
--- bellies, streaky and cuts thereof   
 
 
0203 19 13  
 
 
0203 29 15  7 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  4 t* 0,1 
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen  0204 280 340 t  (2) 
(carcass weight)  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  197 101 t*  70,4 
- Poultry cuts and offal other than liver, frozen:  
-- Of fowls of the species Gallus  domesticus : 
--- Cuts:  
---- Boneless  
---- With bone in:  
---- Breasts and cuts thereof  
---- Other (than halves and qu arters; whole wings 
with or without tips; backs, necks, backs with necks 
attached, rumps and wing tips; legs and cuts 
thereof)   
 
0207 14 10  
 
0207 14 50  
0207 14 70  20 332 t 
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  20 332 t 100  
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- 3 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Poultry cuts and offal other than livers, frozen:  
- Of turkeys:  
-- Cuts:  
--- Boneless  
--- With bone in:  
---- Halves or quarters  
---- Other (than whole wings, with or without tips; 
backs, necks, backs with necks attached, rumps and 
wing tips, breasts and cuts thereof; legs and cuts 
thereof)   
 
 
 
0207 27 10  
 
0207 27 20  
0207 27 80  7 485 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  6 940 t  92,7 
Butter  ex 0405 10  74 693 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  204 t  0,3 
Cheese for processing  ex 0406 90 01  4 500 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t 0 
Cheddar  ex 0406 90 21  10 711 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  180 t  1,7 
Cheddar  ex 0406 90 21  4 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  473 t  11,8 
Potatoes, fresh or chilled, new,  
1.01-15.05  0701 90 50  4 295 t  
(01.01.16 -15.05.16)  4 295 t*  100 
Tomatoes  0702 00 00  472 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  472 t*  100 
Carrots and turnips, fresh or chilled  0706 10 00  1 244 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  1 244 t*  100 
Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled  0709 60 10  500 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  500 t *  100 
Dried onions  0712 20 00  12 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  10 549 t*  87,9 
Manioc (cassava)  0714 10  5 750 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12 .16) 1 590 t*  0  
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- 4 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Manioc (cassava), other than pellets of flour and 
meal 
Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with a 
high starch content  ex 0714 10  
 
ex 0714 90  1 352 590 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  3 075 t*  0,2 
Sweet potatoes  
- Other than for human cons umption   
0714 20 90  5 000 t  
 (01.01.16 -31.12.16)  274 t*  5,5 
Sweet potatoes  
- Other than for human consumption   
0714 20 90  600 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  10 794 t*  1,8 
Almonds, other than bitter  0802 11 90  
0802 12 90  90 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  90 000 t*  100  
Oranges  
- Sweet oranges   
ex 0805 10  20 000 t  
(01.02.16 -30.04.16)  0 t* 0  
Other citrus fruit hybrids  ex 0805 20  15 000 t  
(01.02.16 -30.04.16)  3 897 t*  26,0  
Lemons  0805 50 10  10 000 t  
(15.01.16 -14.06.16)  10 000 t*  100  
Table grapes, fresh  
21.07 -31.10 ex 0806 10 10  1 500 t  
(21.07.16 -31.10.16)  1 500 t*  100  
Apples, fresh  
1.04-31.07  0808 10 80  696 t  
(01.04.16 -31.07.16)  696 t*  100  
Pears, fresh, other than perry pears in bulk  
1.08-31.12  ex 0808 30 90  1 000 t  
(01.08.16 -31.12.16)  1 000 t*  100  
Apricots,  fresh 
1.06-31.07  ex 0809 10 00  2 500 t  
(01.06.16 -31.07.16)  0 t* 0  
Cherries, fresh, other than sour cherries  
21.05 -15.07  ex 0809 29 00  800 t  
(21.05.16 -15.07.16)  46 t*  5,7  
Wheat  ex 1001 91 20  
ex 1001 91 90  300 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  10 165 t*  3,4  
Common wheat  
(medium and low quality)  ex 1001 91 20  3 112 030 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  490 088 t  15,8   
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- 5 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Malting barley  1003 00  50 890 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t* 0  
Barley  1003 00  307 105 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  5 800 t  1,9  
Maize  1005 10 90  
1005 90 00  277 988  t 
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  277 988 t  100 
Maize  1005 90 00  2 000 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16) ( 3) 2 000 000 t ( 3) 100 
Maize  1005 90 00  500 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16) ( 3) 500 000 t ( 3) 100 
Paddy rice  1006 10  7 t 
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  7 t* 100 
Husked (brown) rice  1006 20  1 634 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  1 056 t  64,6 
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice  1006 30  63 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  63 000 t  100  
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice  1006 30 13 500 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  13 500 t  100 
Semi-milled or wholly milled rice  1006 30  26 716 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  26 716 t  100 
Broken rice, intended for the production of 
foodstuffs of tariff heading 1901 10  1006 40  1 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t 0 
Broken rice  1006 40  100 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  17 540 t  17,5 
Broken rice  1006 40 31 788 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  31 788  t 100 
Grain sorghum  1007 90 00  300 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16) ( 3) 82 000 t  (3) 27,3 
Manioc starch  ex 1108 14 00  8 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  8 000 t*  (4) 100 (4)  
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- 6 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Manioc starch  ex 1108 14 00  2 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.1 6) 2 000 t* (4) 100 (4) 
Chemically pure fructose  1702 50 00  1 253 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t* 0 
Chocolate  1806 107 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 t* 0 
Pasta  ex 19 02  532 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  532 t* 100 
Food preparations of cereals  1901 90 99  
1904 30 00  
1904 9 0 80 
1905 90 20  191 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  191 t* 100 
Mushrooms, prepared or preserved otherwise than 
by vinegar or acetic acid:  
- Of the species Agaricus : 
-- Provisionally preserved, completely cooked  
-- Other  
Vegetables provisionally preserved but unsuit able in 
that state for immediate consumption:  
Mushrooms of the species Agaricus   
 
 
2003 10 20  
 
2003 10 30  
 
0711 51 00  33 980 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  4 881  14,4  
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- 7 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Preserved fruit  2008 20 11  
2008 20 19  
2008 20 31  
2008 20 39  
2008 20 71  
2008 30 11  
2008 30 19  
2008 30 31  
2008 3 0 39 
2008 30 79  
2008 40 11  
2008 40 19  
2008 40 21  
2008 40 29  
2008 40 31  
2008 40 39  
2008 50 11  
2008 50 19  
2008 50 31  
2008 50 39  2008 50 51  
2008 50 59  
2008 50 71  
2008 60 11  
2008 60 19  
2008 60 31  
2008 60 39  
2008 60 60  
2008 70 11  
2008 70 19  
2008 7 0 31 
2008 70 39  
2008 70 51  
2008 70 59  
2008 80 11  
2008 80 19  
2008 80 31  
2008 80 39  
2008 80 70  2 838 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  2 838 t* 100 
Orange juice  
- Frozen  
-- Of a density not exceeding 1.33 g/cm3 at 20°C  
--- Other   
 
 
ex 2009 11 99  1 500 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12 .16) 0 t* 0  
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- 8 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Fruit juices  2009 11 11  
2009 11 19  
2009 19 11  
2009 19 19  
2009 29 11  
2009 29 19  
2009 31 11  
2009 31 19  
2009 49 11  
2009 49 19  
2009 79 11  
2009 79 19  
2009 81 11  
2009 81 19  
2009 89 34  
2009 89 35  
2009 89 36  
2009 89 38  
2009 90 11  
2009 90 19  
2009 90 21  
2009 90 29  7 044 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  7 044 t*  100 
Food preparations - others  2106 90 98  921 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  918 t* 99,7 
Wine of fresh grapes  2204 21 93  
2204 21 95  
2204 21 97  
2204 21 94  
2204 21 96  
2204 21 98  40 000 hl  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  40 000 hl* 100 
Wine of fresh grapes  2204 29 93  
2204 29 95  
2204 29 97  
2204 29 94  
2204 29 96  
2204 29 98  20 000 hl  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  20 000 hl*  100  
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- 9 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Vermouth  2205 90 10  13 810 hl  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  0 hl* 0 
Bran, sharps and other residues whether or not in 
the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling 
or other working of cereals:  
- Of wheat:  
-- Of which the starch content does not exceed 28 % 
by weight, and of which the proportion that passes 
through a sieve with an aperture of 0.2  mm does 
not exceed 10 % by weight or alternatively the 
proportion that passes through the sieve has an ash 
content, calculated on the dry product, equal to or 
more than 1.5 % by weight  
-- Other  
- Of other cereals (than maize or rice):  
-- Of which the starch content does not exceed 28% 
by weight, and of which the proportion that passes 
through a sieve with an aperture of 0.2  mm does 
not exceed 10 % by weight or alternatively the 
proportion that passes through the sieve has an ash 
content, calculated on the dry product, equal to or 
more than 1.5 % by weight  
-- Other   
 
 
 
2302 30 10  
 
 
 
 
 
2302 30 90  
 
2302 40 10  
 
 
 
 
 
 
2302 40 90  475 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  1 859 t* 0,4 
Corn gluten  2303 10 11  10 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  3 021 t* 30,2 
Dog and cat food  2309 10 13  
2309 10 15  
2309 10 19  
2309 10 33  
2309 10 39  
2309 10 51  
2309 10 53  
2309 10 59  
2309 10 70  2 058 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  400 t* 19,4  
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- 10 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding  
- Other:  
-- Containing no milk products or containing less 
than 10 % by weight of such products  
-- Containi ng no or less than 10 % by weight of 
starch  
-- Containing more than 10 % but not more than 
30% by weight of starch  
-- Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch  
-- Other   
 
2309 90 31  
 
2309 90 41  
 
2309 90 51  
 
2309 90 96  2 700 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  2 700 t* 100 
Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts 
and of barley screenings before the malting process 
(possibly including other seeds) with barley 
cleanings after the malting process, and containing 
by weight 15.5 % or more of protein  
Preparation con sisting of a mixture of malt sprouts 
and of barley screenings before the malting process 
(possibly including other seeds) with barley 
cleanings after the malting process, and containing 
by weight 15.5 % or more of protein and not more 
than 23 % of starch  ex 2309 90 31  
 
 
 
 
 
ex 2309 90 41  100 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  79 t* 0,1 
Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts 
and of barley screenings before the malting process 
(possibly including other seeds) with barley 
cleanings after the malting process,  and containing 
by weight 12.5 % or more of protein  
Preparation consisting of a mixture of malt sprouts 
and of barley screenings before the malting process 
(possibly including other seeds) with barley 
cleanings after the malting process, and containing 
by weight 12.5 % or more of protein and not more 
than 28 % of starch  ex 2309 90 31  
 
 
 
 
ex 2309 90 41  20 000 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16)  422 t*  2,1  
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- 11 - Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description(**)  Tariff quota quantity for 
period in question  In-quota imports 
during period  Fill rate  
(%) 
1 2 3 4 5 
((4/3)*100)  
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding  
- Other:  
-- Containing no milk products or containing less 
than 10 % by wei ght of such products  
-- Containing no or less than 10 % by weight of 
starch  
-- Containing more than 10 % but not more than 
30% by weight of starch  
-- Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch   
 
2309 90 31  
 
2309 90 41  
 
2309 90 51  2 800 t  
(01.01.16 -31.12.16 ) 2 603 t* 93 
Notes:  
 
* The figures represent effective imports.  For cases not marked, the quantity indicated is based on authorizations to import.  
** In Combined nomenclature CN2016  
 
(1) 215 t (live weight) for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has not been opened due to better conditions offered under the Stabilisation and Association 
Agreement.  
(2) 1 750 t for the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and 850 t for Bosnia and Herzegovina have not been opened due to better c onditions offered und er the 
Stabilisation and Association Agreement.  
(3) The quota quantity is reduced by imports of maize gluten feed, brewers' grains and citrus pulp as stipulated in the commitmen ts.  
(4) The figure shown represents the imports under the two tariff quotas to gether for the calendar year 2016 (quotas are managed together since manufacturing 
requirements have been lifted on an autonomous basis).  
 
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