WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/PAN/14 
18 October 2007 
 (07-4511) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 7 September 2005,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Panama .  The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) for the 
calendar year 1998 .  
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Page 2 Table MA:2 MARKET ACCESS:  Panama  
 
 REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1998 
 
 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 
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(tonnes) 
(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)  (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine (20)  0203.11.10 0203.11.20 
0203.12.00 
0203.13.00 
0203.19.00 
0203.21.10 
0203.21.20 
0203.22.00 
0203.23.00 
0203.29.00 
0210.11.10 
0210.11.90 
0210.19.10 
0210.19.20 
0210.19.90 
1602.41.10 
1602.42.10 
1602.42.90 
1602.49.13 
1602.49.19 560.0 The tariff-rate quota was not im plemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.  In the year in 
question, Panama imported a to tal of 1,387.2 metric tonnes.
1 
Meat of poultry (2)  0207.39.11 
0207.41.30 372.0 The tariff-rate quota was not im plemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.1  
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 Page 3Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Tariff quota quantity 
for period in question 
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(tonnes) 
(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)  (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 
Dairy products (25)  0401.10.00 
 
0401.20.10 
 
0401.20.90 
 
0402.10.20 
0402.10.91 
0402.10.99 
0403.90.22 
 
0402.21.90 
0402.29.90 
0403.90.23 
 
0402.91.91 0402.91.92 
0402.91.99 1,500.0 
 
116.4 
 
1,099.7 
 
995.1 
 
 
 
 
1,977.2 
 
 
 
547.1  None
2 
 
 None2 
 
 None2 
 
 995.1 
 
 
 
 
 1,522.7 
 
 
 
 None2 
 0402.99.91 
0402.99.92 
0402.99.99 22.0  None2 
 0403.90.13 
0406.90.11 2,537.4  1,314.59 
 0403.90.90 
0404.90.10 
0404.90.19 
0404.90.90 
0404.90.99 
 
0406.10.90 
 
0406.30.00 186.4 
 
 
 
 
 
34.2 
 
121.8  None2 
 
 
 
 
 
 None2 
 
 None2 
Potatoes (1)  0701.90.00 
 397.6 The tariff-rate quota was not im plemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.  In the year in 
question, Panama imported a to tal of 4,571.4 metric tonnes.1  
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Page 4 Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed in 
product description  Tariff quota quantity 
for period in question 
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period 
(tonnes) 
(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)  (derived from Section I-B (or I-A) of 
Part I of the Schedule)   
1 2 3 4 
Tomatoes (3)  2002.90.11 2002.90.12 
 
2002.90.19 1,010.3 
 
 
4.1 The tariff-rate quota was not implemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.  In the year in 
question, Panama imported a to tal of 1,984.9 metric tonnes.
1 
Beans (1)  0713.33.30 277.8 The tariff-rate quota was not implemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.  In the year in 
question, Panama imported a to tal of 881.5 metric tonnes.1 
Maize / corn (3)  1005.90.90 
1104.23.20 
1104.23.90 124,679.1 The tariff-rate quota was not im plemented, as the applied tariff 
was equal to the quota rate of 15 per cent.  In the year in 
question, Panama imported a tota l of 206,928.6 metric tonnes.3 
Rice (4)  1006.10.90 
1006.20.00 
1006.30.00 
1006.40.00 5,531.6  5,531.6 
 
 
  1 Explanatory note :  Tariffs were reduced pursuant to Cabinet Decree No. 68 of 12 November 1997, Official Journal No. 23,423. 
 2 Explanatory note :  "None" means that there were  no in-quota imports, given that, in certain cases , even though a quota is opened, there are eit her no buyers or 
no sellers or neither buyers nor sellers;  consequently  the quota is declared invalid and is not allocated.  
  3 Explanatory note :  Tariffs were reduced pursuant to Cabinet Decree No. 57 of 19 September 1997, Official Journal No. 23,383.  
  
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