WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/LIC/N/2/HND/4 
18 January 2010 
 (10-0238) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original:   Spanish 
  
 
AGREEMENT ON IMPORT LICENSING PROCEDURES 
 
Notification Under Article 5
 
 
HONDURAS 
 
  The following notification, dated 14 January 2010,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Republic of Honduras.  
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Institution of Import Licensing Procedures or Changes to Existing Import
 
Licensing Procedures and Reverse Notifications  
 
(a) List and description of products subject to licensing procedures  
 04.01  Milk and cream, not concentrated nor cont aining added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
 04.02  Milk and cream, concentrated or contai ning added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
 
04.03 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghur t, kephir and other fermented or acidified 
milk and cream, whether or not concentr ated or containing a dded sugar or other 
sweetening matter, or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa. 
 04.04 Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter, products consisting of natural milk c onstituents, whether or not containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included. 
 04.05 Butter and other fats a nd oils derived from milk. 
 
04.06 Cheese and curd. 
 1901.10  Food preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale.  1901.10.1  Preparations of goods of headings 04.01 to  04.04 in which none of the constituents have 
been replaced wholly or partially by other substances. 
 1901.90.20 Modified dried milk other than that of subheadings 1901.10.11 and 1901.10.19.  1901.90.90 Other.  
2106.90.60 Substitutes of dairy pr oducts (such as imitation processed cheese, coffee creamer, dried 
soy milk). G/LIC/N/2/HND/4 
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(b) Contact point for information on eligibility
 
 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Trade and Industry) 
 
Address: Secretaría de Industria y Comercio 
 Cuarto piso, Edificio San José, Boulevard Kuwait, Tegucigalpa M.D.C. Tel.:   (+) 504 235 3082 / (+) 504 235 5047 Fax:   (+) 504 235 5047 Website: www.sic.gob.hn 
E-mail: wduque@sic.gob.hn 
 (c) Administrative body(ies) for submission of applications
 
 
Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Trade and Industry) 
 
Address: Secretaría de Industria y Comercio  Cuarto piso, Edificio San José, Boulevard Kuwait, Tegucigalpa M.D.C. Tel.:   (+) 504 235 3082 / (+) 504 235 5047 Fax:   (+) 504 235 5047 Website: www.sic.gob.hn 
E-mail: wduque@sic.gob.hn 
 (d) Date and name of publication where the licensing procedures are published
 
 - Official Journal La Gaceta  of 19 November 2009.  Contains Executive Decision 
No. A-024-2009. 
 - Publication in the Official Journal La Gaceta  is under way of Executive Decision 
No. 41-2009 issuing amendments to the automa tic import licensing procedure established in 
Executive Decision No. A-024-2009. 
 
(e) Indication of whether the licensing procedure is automatic or non-automatic
 
  Procedure for the issuing of automatic import licences.  (f) In the case of automatic import licensing procedures, their administrative purpose
 
 
 The aim of the measure is to improve sta tistical records, the description and customs 
classification of products being imported.  Since th e range of dairy products and by-products currently 
imported is fairly wide, the description of the pro duct being applied for is of help to the customs 
authority in its task of import classification a nd makes for better statistical records of imports. 
 
 In the case of non-automatic import licensing pr ocedures, indication of the measures being 
implemented through the licensing procedure.   Not applicable.   G/LIC/N/2/HND/4 
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  (g) Expected duration of the licensing procedure  
  Executive Decision No. A-024-2009 of 24 September 2009 established a maximum period of ten working days from the receipt of the application at the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Trade and Industry for the issuing of th e license.  Executive Decision No. 41-2009 of 
18 November 2009 altered this pe riod, reducing it to five official working days from the day 
following the filing of the application.  Execu tive Decision No. 41-2009 also established that 
applications are to be filed not w ith the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Trade and Industry as 
previously, but with the Directorate-General of  Economic Integration and Trade Policy of the 
aforementioned Ministry. 
 
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