WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/ECU/24 
8 February 2010 
 (10-0711) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following submission, dated 3 February 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Ecuador .  The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) for the 
years 2006 , 2007 , 2008  and 2009 . 
  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ecuador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2006 
 
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 tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(in tonnes) (c) 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Sectio n I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (derived from Secti on I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled 02072200 250 0 
Cuts and offal of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus , frozen 02071400 2,500 0 
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat 
content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5% 04021000 (a)   
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, not 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of 
a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% 04022100 (a) 1,250 0 
Other, of a fat content of 26% or more by weight of the 
dry product 04022900 (a)   
Glucose 17023090 1,500 0 
Glucose containing fructose 17024010 200 0 
Glucose syrup 17024020 100 0 
Flint maize – other 10059000 19,678 0 
Grain sorghum – other 10070090 12,300 0 
Maize (corn) starch 11081200 137 0 
Soya-bean oil-cake 23040000 17,000 0 
Oil-cake of colza or rape seeds 23064000 6,000 0 
Wheat, all headings (other than for animal 
consumption) 10010000 480,000 0  
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Barley, other, except for seed 10030090 (b) 
Malt, not roasted 11071000 (b) 16,000 0 
Wheat starch 11081100 120 0 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Ecuador and Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP ). 
Prepared by :  Directorate of Trade of MAGAP and Department for the Strategic Management of Agricultural Production. 
 
Notes : 
 
(a) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 04021000, 04022100 and 04022900. 
(b) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 10030090 and 11071000. (c) No in-quota imports were recorded for many products given that the tariff in force was below the in-quota rate.  The except ion is subheading 02071400, the tariff level 
of which was higher than that of the quota, but no imports were requested. 
  
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Page 4 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ecuador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007 
 
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 tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
(in tonnes) (c) 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Sectio n I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (derived from Secti on I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled 02072200 250 0 
Cuts and offal of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus , frozen 02071400 2,500 0 
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat 
content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5% 04021000 (a)   
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, not 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of 
a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% 04022100 (a) 1,250 0 
Other, of a fat content of 26% or more by weight of the 
dry product 04022900 (a)   
Glucose 17023090 1,500 0 
Glucose containing fructose 17024010 200 0 
Glucose syrup 17024020 100 0 
Flint maize – other 10059000 19,678 0 
Grain sorghum – other 10070090 12,300 0 
Maize (corn) starch 11081200 137 0 
Soya-bean oil-cake 23040000 17,000 0 
Oil-cake of colza or rape seeds 23064000 6,000 0 
Wheat, all headings (other than for animal 
consumption) 10010000 480,000 0  
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Barley, other, except for seed 10030090 (b) 
Malt, not roasted 11071000 (b) 16,000 0 
Wheat starch 11081100 120 0 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Ecuador and Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP ) 
Prepared by :  Directorate of Trade of MAGAP and Department for the Strategic Management of Agricultural Production 
 
Notes : 
 
(a) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 04021000, 04022100 and 04022900. 
(b) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 10030090 and 11071000. (c) No in-quota imports were recorded for many products given that the tariff in force was below the in-quota rate.  The except ion is subheading 02071400, the tariff level 
of which was higher than that of the quota, but no imports were requested. 
  
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Page 6 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ecuador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
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 tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
 
 
(in tonnes) (c) 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Sectio n I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (derived from Secti on I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled 02072200 250 0 
Cuts and offal of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus , frozen 02071400 2,500 0 
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat 
content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5% 04021000 (a)   
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, not 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of 
a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% 04022100 (a) 1,250 0 
Other, of a fat content of 26% or more by weight of the 
dry product 04022900 (a)   
Glucose 17023090 1,500 0 
Glucose containing fructose 17024010 200 0 
Glucose syrup 17024020 100 0 
Flint maize – other 10059000 19,678 0 
Grain sorghum – other 10070090 12,300 0 
Maize (corn) starch 11081200 137 0 
Soya-bean oil-cake 23040000 17,000 0 
Oil-cake of colza or rape seeds 23064000 6,000 0 
Wheat, all headings (other than for animal 
consumption) 10010000 480,000 0  
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Barley, other, except for seed 10030090 (b) 
Malt, not roasted 11071000 (b) 16,000 0 
Wheat starch 11081100 120 0 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Ecuador and Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP ). 
Prepared by :  Directorate of Trade of MAGAP and Department for the Strategic Management of Agricultural Production. 
 
Notes : 
 
(a) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 04021000, 04022100 and 04022900. 
(b) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 10030090 and 11071000. (c) No in-quota imports were recorded for many products given that the tariff in force was below the in-quota rate.  The except ion is subheading 02071400, the tariff level 
of which was higher than that of the quota, but no imports were requested. 
 
  
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Page 8 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ecuador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
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 tonnes) In-quota imports during period 
(in tonnes) (c) 
(from Section I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (from Sectio n I-B (or I-A) of Part I of the Schedule) (derived from Secti on I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 
Whole turkeys, fresh or chilled 02072200 250 0 
Cuts and offal of fowls of the species Gallus 
domesticus , frozen 02071400 2,500 0 
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat 
content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5% 04021000 (a)   
Milk in powder, granules or other solid forms, not 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, of 
a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% 04022100 (a) 1,250 0 
Other, of a fat content of 26% or more by weight of the 
dry product 04022900 (a)   
Glucose 17023090 1,500 0 
Glucose containing fructose 17024010 200 0 
Glucose syrup 17024020 100 0 
Flint maize – other 10059000 19,678 0 
Grain sorghum – other 10070090 12,300 0 
Maize (corn) starch 11081200 137 0 
Soya-bean oil-cake 23040000 17,000 0 
Oil-cake of colza or rape seeds 23064000 6,000 0 
Wheat, all headings (other than for animal 
consumption) 10010000 480,000 0  
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Barley, other, except for seed 10030090 (b) 
Malt, not roasted 11071000 (b) 16,000 0 
Wheat starch 11081100 120 0 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Ecuador and Directorate of Trade of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP ) 
Prepared by :  Directorate of Trade of MAGAP and Department for the Strategic Management of Agricultural Production 
 
Notes : 
 
(a) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 04021000, 04022100 and 04022900. 
(b) There is a single, combined, quota for subheadings 10030090 and 11071000. (c) No in-quota imports were recorded for many products given that the tariff in force was below the in-quota rate.  The except ion is subheading 02071400, the tariff level 
of which was higher than that of the quota, but no imports were requested. 
 
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