WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/UKR/3 
2 February 2010 
 (10-0531) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 18 November 2009,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff and other quota 
commitments ( Table MA:1) for the calendar year 2010.  
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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)  
1 2 3 
Raw cane sugar 
 
 
 
 1701.11 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS:  See A nnex for 2010 Quota Year allocations. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: 
(i) Import licence issued by the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine is required; 
(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) Import licences are issued for the term not longer than 31 December 2010 and valid within 
the framework of tariff quota.  In the case of exhausting of the set, quota acceptance of 
requests on delivery of licences is halted.  Licences are not transferable. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGE MENTS:  None applicable. 
(d) OTHER INFORMATION:  Resolution of the Ca binet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1002 "On 
Approving the Procedure for Allocating the Tariff Rate Q uota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar into Ukraine" of 
12 November 2008 (with amendments) approves the procedur e 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. (unofficial translation of Resolution and Order into English has been provided with notification 
G/AG/N/UKR/1). 
The Ministry of Economy considers licence applications 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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