. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/LIC/N/3/NIC/2 
19 July 2010 
 (10-3918) 
Committee on Import Licensing Original:   Spanish 
  
 
REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON IMPORT 
LICENSING PROCEDURES
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Notification under Article 7.3 of the Agreement on  
Import Licensing Procedures  
 
NICARAGUA 
   The following communication, dated 14 July 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Nicaragua. 
 
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  Pursuant to Article 7.3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures and with reference 
to its notification published on 13 October 2009 in  document G/LIC/N/3/NIC/1 containing the replies 
to the annual questionnaire, the Government of Nica ragua hereby notifies that those replies should be 
taken as fully valid for the 2010 annual period, with  the exception of the numbers of the Ministerial 
Decisions establishing the regul ations governing the administration of the tariff quotas bound by 
Nicaragua under the World Trade Organization (WTO ) and the tariff quotas introduced as a result of 
lack of supply for this year.  Furthermore, during this period, the regulations governing the 
administration of the import tariff quotas granted by Nicaragua in the frame work of the Free Trade 
Agreement between Central America and Panama a nd the Bilateral Protocol between Nicaragua and 
Panama were established, and the Regulations governing the administration of import tariff quotas for 
pork established under the CAFTA-DR were amended.  Moreover, th e sugar tariff-rate quotas granted 
by China (Chinese Taipei) under the FTA in force be tween the two countries are allocated as of this 
year. 
 
Accordingly, replies 5 and 6.IX should read as follows: 
 5. The licensing system is governed by Law No. 290 (Law on the Organization, Powers and 
Procedures of the Executive), its implementing regula tions, and amendments thereto;  Article 138 of 
Law No. 453 (Law on Fiscal Equity);  Article 26 of the Convention on the Central American Tariff 
and Customs Regime and its Protocols;  the provisi ons of international trade and regional integration 
treaties, conventions and agreements;  the provi sions of the WTO Agreements on Agriculture and 
Import Licensing Procedures, and Nicaragua's Sche dule XXIX (Part I - Section I-B, Tariff quotas);  
and the relevant provisions of the FTAs in force.  The Ministerial Decisions in effect for the current 
year are as follows:  MIFIC Ministerial Decision No. 001-2010;  MIFIC Ministerial Decision No. 002-2010;  Ministerial Decision No. 041-2007;  Ministerial Decision No. 039-2007;  Ministerial Decision No. 038-2007;  Ministerial Decision No. 040-2007;  Ministerial Decision No. 045-2009;  
Ministerial Decision No. 059-2007;  Ministerial Decision No. 047-2009;  MIFIC Ministerial Decision 
                                                     
 
1 See document G/LIC/3, Annex, for the Questionnaire. G/LIC/N/3/NIC/2 
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  No. 003-2010;  MIFIC Ministerial Decision No. 038-2009;  and MIFIC Ministerial Decision 
No. 011-2010.  6.IX.  With regard to bilateral export quotas or  export restraint arrangements, Nicaragua does not 
currently issue export licences.  Countries which grant bilateral export quotas are responsible for 
administering them in accordance with the co mmitments negotiated under the respective FTAs.  
Nicaragua only sets aside a volume of sugar for export under the quota granted to it by the United States within the WTO framework, and on th is basis the United States issues licences for use 
of the quota.  The same procedure is applied w ith regard to the sugar quota granted by China 
(Chinese Taipei). 
 
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