WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/TPKM/22 
29 March 2005 
 (05-1277) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 15 March 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Ta iwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu .  The 
notification concerns the administration of tariff and other quota commitments ( Table MA:1 ) for the 
calendar year  2005.  
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Page 2 Table MA:1 MARKET ACCESS:  The Separate Customs Territo ry of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2005 
 
  Implementation of market access opportun ities: tariff  and other quota commitments 
 
Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 1 Description of import arrangement applicable 
1 2 3 
Pork belly 
 
Pork belly (including spare ribs) whether or not cut  
-- fresh or chilled 
--- boneless --- with bone in 
 
-- frozen ---- boneless 
---- with bone in   
 
  
 
02031911 02031991 
 
 
02032911 
02032991 TRQ has been phased out since 1 January 2005. 
 
Chicken 
 
Meat of chicken (including capon)  
-- not cut in pieces 
--- fresh or chilled --- frozen 
 
-- cut in pieces ---- drum sticks and wings (inc luding legs and leg quarters) 
------- fresh or chilled 
------- frozen ------- salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
---- others 
------- fresh or chilled ------- frozen 
------- salted, in brine, dried or smoked 
-- prepared or preserved ---- drum sticks and wings (inc luding legs and leg quarters) 
---- others  
 
  
 
02071100 02071200 
 
  
02071311 
02071411 02109012 
 
02071319 02071419 
02109019 
 
16023210 
16023220 TRQ has been phased out since 1 January 2005. 
 
 
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Pork meat offals 
 Hocks, feet, and skirt of swine 
-- fresh or chilled 
-- frozen  
Guts (including intestines and rectum) and stomach of swine, 
whole and pieces thereof  
Other prepared or preserved hocks, feet, stomach, skirt, 
intestine and rectum  
  
02063020 
02064930 
 
05040021 
  
16024930 TRQ has been phased out since 1 January 2005. 
 
Poultry offals 
Poultry offals other than livers  
-- guts, bladders and stomachs of poultry 
-- others ---- fresh or chilled (excluding hear t, feet, neck of chicken;  
heart of ducks and geese) 
  
 
---- frozen ------ of chicken (excluding heart, feet and neck) 
------ of other poultry 
  
 
---- salted, in brine, dried or smoked (excluding heart and feet 
of chicken) 
---- prepared or preserved (excluding heart and feet of 
chicken)   
  
05040022 
 
02071399 
02072690 
02073599 02089030 
 
 
02071429 
02072729 
02073699 02089030 
 
02109029 
 
16023120 
16023290 16023920 
16029040 
 TRQ has been phased out since 1 January 2005. 
 
 
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Persimmons 
Persimmons, fresh 08109030 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries :   None 
(b) Allocation of licences or of  access to quotas  to importers : 
 (i) Tariff quota certificates are i ssued by the Ministry of Finance 
 (ii) Any enterprise registered as an im porter/exporter at the Board of Foreign Trade 
(under the Ministry of Economic Affairs) w ould be eligible to apply for tariff quota 
certificates. 
 (iii) The method of allocation is conducted on the basis of bidding price per unit amount 
offered by the bidders (starting from the highest bid).  If there are two or more 
bidders offering identical bid prices and the quota available for allocation is less 
than the total amount in the bid, allocation will be made on a pro rata basis. 
 (iv) Tariff quota certificates are valid from 1 January to 31 July . 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  None applicable. 
(d) Other information :  See Customs Import Tariff (Chinese Taipei), published by both the 
Directorate-General of Customs (under the Mini stry of Finance) and the Board of Foreign 
Trade (under the Ministry of Economic Affairs).  
Sugar  
Raw sugar not containing adde d flavouring or colouring 
matter -- cane sugar 
-- beet sugar 
 Containing added flavouring or colouring matter 
-- raw sugar 
-- refined sugar  
Other 
-- cube and loaf sugar -- rock sugar 
-- other refined sugar  
 
 
 
17011100 
17011200 
  
17019110 
17019120 
 
 
17019910 17019920 
17019990 TRQ has been phased out since 7 February 2005. 
 
 
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Rice 
-- in the husk -- husked 
-- semi-milled or wholly milled 
-- broken Rice flour 
-- glutinous rice flour 
-- other rice flour Rice groats, meal and pellets  
Rolled or flaked rice 
Other worked rice Rice starch 
Prepared food by the swelling or roasting of rice 
-- rice threads, puffed or roasted  
 
  
-- others 
  
Rice products 
-- in grain form, precooked or otherwise prepared  
-- others, containing not less than 30 % of rice  
10061000 10062000 
10063000 
10064000 
 
11023010 
11023090 11031400 11032910 
11041910 
11042920 11081910 
 
18069071 19023020 
19041020 
19042011 19042021 
19021110 
19021910 19022010 
 
18069061 19049010 
18069092 
19019091 21069098 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries
:  
 (i) Global quota.  (ii) WTO Members base. 
(b) Allocation of licences to importers
:  
 Private sector trade:  (i) Market access for private sector trade would be 35% of the total in-quota quantity 
allocated.  Tariff quota certificates are i ssued by the Ministry of Finance. 
 (ii) Any trader registered as a food d ealer can apply for tariff quota certificates. 
 (iii) The method of allocation is conducted on the basis of bidding price per unit amount 
offered by the bidders, which shall not exceed NT$23.26/kg.  If there are two or 
more bidders offering identical bid prices  and the quota available for allocation is 
less than the total amount in the bid, allocation will be made on a pro rata basis. 
 (iv) Tariff quota certificates are va lid from 1 January to 15 September
, from 1 April to 
15 September , and from 1 June to 15 September , respectively.  If  the quantity of 
quota cannot be imported entir ely before 15 September , the importers can apply to 
the Ministry of Finance for extension befo re the expiration of the validity period. 
 Centralized imports: 
 Market access for government trade would be 65% of the total in-quota qua ntity allocated.  The 
quota imported by the central authorities shall be  tendered to meet internationally recognized 
standards for trade in rice. 
(c) Details of other arrangements :  None applicable. 
(d) Other information :  Further information on the tariff quota allocation is published in the official 
journal. 
 
1 The tariff item numbers are based on HS 1996 version. 
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