WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION         G/AG/N/UKR/3/Rev.1 
24 March 2010 
 (10-1602) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
 The following submission, dated 3 March 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine .  The revised notification concerns the administration of tariff and other quota 
commitments ( Table MA:1) for the calendar year 2010. 
 
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 The attached notification is submitted pursuan t to the obligation to communicate any changes 
in the administration of tariff quotas, in accordance  with the notification requirements and formats 
given in document G/AG/2.  It indicates the modi fications made to document G/AG/N/UKR/3, dated 
2 February 2010.  The changes concern the admi nistration of the following tariff quota and parts: 
(b)(i), (b)(iv), (c) and (d).   
  G/AG/N/UKR/3/Rev.1 
Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Implementation of market access opportun ities: 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)  
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Raw cane sugar 1701.11 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  See Annex for 2010 Quota Year allocations. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: 
(i) Import licence issued by the Ministry of Economy  of Ukraine is required;  to obtain an import 
licence the applicant should not submit certificate of origin of goods (or its copy) issued by the 
authorized bodies of the country of origin. 
(ii), (iii) A total quota of 267,800 tonnes will be allocated pro rata at the proportion as: 
- 260 tonnes - to any subject of foreign ec onomic activities from Paraguay; 
- 214,032 tonnes (80 per cent) - to any subject of foreign ec onomic activities  from supplying 
countries with historical import performance during 2001, 2003 and 2004; 
- 53,508 tonnes (20 per cent) - to any subject of foreign economic activities from the new 
supplying countries; 
(iv) The term of the validity of the import licence is 60 days from the date of its signing but shall 
be valid only until 31 December of the year for which it has been issued, within the amount 
of tariff rate quota.  In the case of exhaus ting of the set, quota acceptance of requests on 
delivery of licences is halted.  Licences are not transferable. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENTS :  In the period not later than 15 da ys of the date of import licence 
validity expiring, the subjects of foreign economic activity should s ubmit to the Ministry of Economy 
the information on factual import of goods  under the licence (indicating amounts).  
   G/AG/N/UKR/3/Rev.1
 Page 3Description 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)  
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  (d) OTHER INFORMATION:   
 Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1002 "On Approving the Procedure for 
Allocating the Tariff Rate Quota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar into Ukraine" of 12 November 2008 
(with amendments) approves the procedure for TRQ allocation.   
 Order of the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine "On the Procedure for Issuing Licences to Import Raw 
Cane Sugar to Ukraine Within the Amount of Tariff Quota" No. 15 of 20 January 2009 (with 
amendments)  contains more detailed information on such provisions.  
 The unofficial translations of the above Resolu tion and Order, as ame nded, are available at: 
http://www.me.gov.ua/c ontrol/uk/publish/category/main?cat_id=119225  
 The Ministry of Economy considers licence applicat ions for import of raw cane sugar to Ukraine from 
11 January 2010.  
Further information is available on  www.me.gov.ua  
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  Annex:  Allocation of the Tariff Rate Quota on  Imported Raw Cane Sugar to Ukraine in 2010 
 
 (tonnes) 
Total amount of annual tariff rate quota 267,800 
including:  for Paraguay  260 
Section 1:  80 percent of the tariff rate quota - for countries with historical 
import performance during 2001, 2003 and 2004  214,032 
No. Country of origin Specific weight in imports (per cent) 1 Tariff rate quota amount in 
proportion 
1 Brazil 73.5812 157,487.306 
2 Columbia 3.00598 6,433.756 
3 Cuba 7.79284 16,679.164 
4 El Salvador 2.72187 5,825.663 
5 Guatemala 3.87746 8,299.011 
6 Guyana 0.53726 1,149.899 
7 Latvia 1.14655 2,453.982 
8 Nicaragua 0.82523 1,766.266 
9 Peru 0.97319 2,082.929 
10 South Africa 1.00897 2,159.522 
11 Switzerland 0.05385 115.251 
12 Thailand 4.23053 9,054.695 
13 United States 0.24482 523.991 
14 Denmark 0.00001 0.015 
15 Netherlands 0.00026 0.550 
 Total 100 214,032 
Section 2:  20 per cent of the tariff rate quota – for new supplying countries 53,508 
 
1  For the relevant import period, refer to column 3,  item (b) (ii),(iii), second tiret, of Table MA:1. 
 
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