WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG164/6 
2 October 2006 
 (06-4701) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   Spanish 
  
 
ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND CHILE 
 
Questions and Replies
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 28 September 2006, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Chile.  
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  As requested at the 43
rd session of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, 
information on tariff line coverage (Table:  Overa ll Evaluation of Chilean Offer) and tariff-rate quotas 
(Table:  Liberalization through Preferential Ta riff-Rate Quotas:  Chile) is provided below.  
Information concerning products subject to tari ff-rate quotas can be found in Annex II of the 
Agreement. 
 
II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
1. Import restrictions 
Overall Evaluation of Chilean Offer  
(in Thousands of 2005 Dollars ) 
 
              
  Category No of 
items % Chilean imports from the 
European Union %   
         
  Immediate 
elimination 7,206 91.2% 4,579,733 91.5%   
  Quotas 32 0.4% 5,742 0.1%   
  Elimination over 
5 years        275 3.5%                                 240,556  4.8%   
  Elimination over 
7 years        206 2.6%                                 163,440  3.3%   
  Elimination over 
10 years          82 1.0%                                       696  0.01%   
  Review clause        101 1.3%                                  14,280  0.3%   
         
  Total  7,902 100% 5,004,447 100%   
       
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  Sectoral Evaluation of the Chilean Proposal
 
(in Thousands of 2005 Dollars ) 
 
              
  Fisheries Sector   
         
  Category No. of 
items % Chilean imports from the 
European Union %   
         
  Immediate 
elimination 427 96.0% 2,727 99.1%   
  Quotas 17 3.8% 24 0.9%   
  Review clause 1 0.2% 0 0%   
         
  Total sector 445 100% 2,751 100%   
         
  Primary Agriculture and Processe d Agricultural Goods Sector   
         
  Category No. of 
items % Chilean imports from the 
European Union %   
         
  Immediate 
elimination        803 74.9%                                 110,187  72.1%   
  Quotas          15 1.4%                                    5,718  3.7%   
  Elimination over 
5 years          72 6.7%                                  21,897  14.3%   
  Elimination over 
10 years          82 7.6%                                       696  0.5%   
  Review clause        100 9.3%                                  14,280  9.3%   
         
  Total sector     1,072 100%                                 152,778  100%   
         
  Industrial Sector   
         
  Category No. of 
items % Chilean imports from the 
European Union %   
         
 Immediate 
elimination     5,976 93.6%                              4,466,819  92.1%   
 Elimination over 
5 years        203 3.2%                                 218,659  4.5%   
 Elimination over 
7 years        206 3.2%                                 163,440  3.4%   
         
  Total sector     6,385 100%                              4,848,918  100%   
       
 
 Source:  Market Access Department, DIRECON  
   WT/REG164/6
 Page 3Liberalization through Preferential Tariff-Rate Quotas:  Chile  
 
Category Number of lines % of 
total lines Value of Chile's imports from 
EU (2004) % of total 
imports 
from EU  Initial in-
quota 
tariff 
rates  Reduction of in-
quota tariff 
rate/time-frame, 
if any Expansion of initial TRQ 
quantities during 
implementation period 
(yes/no) Schedule of 
elimination of 
TRQ, if any 
         
TQ 1 (a)                          12 0.2%                                         1,257 0.04% 0%  -- Yes No 
TQ 2 (a)                            3 0.0%                                         4,106 0.1% 0%  -- Yes Yes, 10 years 
TQ 3 (a)                            5 0.1%                                              -   0% 5.4% 10 years No No 
TQ 3 (b)                            8 0.1%                                               2 0.0% 5.4% 10 years No No 
TQ 4                            4 0.1%                                             60 0.0% 4%  -- No No 
         
Sub-Total                          32 0.4%                                         5,425 0.2%     
 
Source:  Market Access Department, DIRECON 
 
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