WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/COL/37 
9 October 2009 
 (09-4912) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION  
 
  The following submission, dated 16 September 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Colombia .  The notification concerns imports subject to tariff quotas ( Table MA:2 ) for 
the calendar years 2005, 2006 and 2007 . 
  
  G/AG/N/COL/37 
Page 2 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2005 
 
Lists Relating to Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
 
Tariff quota quantity 
for period in question In-quota imports 
during period Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description (Tonnes) (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 bovine animals, fresh 0201 28,973 95 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 0202 4 105 
Meat of swine 0203 4,838 2,380 
Meat of poultry not cut in pieces 0207(a) 10,561 535 
Poultry cuts 0207(b) 7 200 
Meat and meat offal 0210 126 176 
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor co ntaining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0401 24 103 
Milk and cream, concentrated or cont aining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0402 4,529 604 
Whey 0404 771 9,113 
Butter 0405 122 1 
Cheese 0406 90 138 
Dried beans 071330(c) 4,852 30,921 
Wheat and meslin 1001 692,118 1,261,872 
Barley 1003 90,050 207,303 
Maize (corn) 1005 41,843 2,465,423 
Rice 1006 88,799 56,334 
Grain sorghum 1007 32,438 452 
Wheat or meslin flour 1101 796 1 Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin 1102 3 646 Cereal groats and meal 1103 0.01 667 Malt, whether or not roasted 1107 49,583 149  
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Starches;  inulin 1108 1,013 9,152 
Soya beans, whether or not broken 1201 145,704 356,150 
Groundnuts 1202 4 4,929 
Linseed 1204 42 2,030 
Rape or colza seeds 1205 340 91 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken 1206 3 459 Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits , whether or not broken 1207 59,628 654 
Flours and meals of oilseeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard 1208 100 2 
Lard 1501 1,488 84 
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats 1502 49,421 24,728 
Lard stearin 1503 90 22 
Fats and oils of fish 1504 13,353 450 Other animal fats and oils 1506 13,906 0 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1507 48,677 157,041 Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1508 44 1 
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1511 336 15,738 
Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton-seed  oil and fractions thereof 1512 1,703 37,990 
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu  oil and fractions thereof 1513 4,161 2,248 
Rape oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1514 15 1,386 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils and thei r fractions, whether or not refined 1515 1,509 3,198 
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly 
hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterifie d or elaidinized, whether or not refined 1516 28 3,085 
Margarine;  edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils  1517 70 8,188 
Other animal or vegetable fats and oils  1518 5 2,441 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pur e sucrose, in solid form 1701 57,364 56,037 
Other sugars, including chemically pure lact ose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in 
solid form 1702 3,249 17,508 
Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar 1703 50 0 
Orange juice 2009 462 944 
Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or me at offal, of fish or of crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebra tes, unfit for human consumption 2301 31,978 28,187 
Bran and sharps of maize or wheat 2302 100 528 
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil 2304 3,653 582,341  
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Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats  or oils, other than those of heading 
2304 or 2305 2306 59 34,160 
Vegetable materials and vege table waste, vegetable re sidues and by-products of 
vegetable fats or oils, whether or not gr ound or in the form of pellets, of a kind 
used in animal feeding 2308 179 24 
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 2309 59 125,997 
Dextrins and other modified starches;  gl ues based on starches, or on dextrins or 
other modified starches 3505 402 5,468 
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids 3823(d) 2,433 2,972 
Cotton, not carded or combed 5201 2,886 39,525 
 
Source : Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales , DIAN (National Customs and Excise Directorate). 
(a) Tariff items 020711, 020712, 020724, 020725, 020732 and 020733. 
(b) Tariff items 020713, 020714, 020726, 020727, 020734, 020735 and 020736. 
(c) 071330 equivalent to 071331 to 071339 under G/HS/96. 
(d) 1519 equivalent to 3823 under G/HS/96.  
   G/AG/N/COL/37
 Page 5Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2006 
 
Lists Relating to Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
 
Tariff quota quantity 
for period in question In-quota imports 
during period Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description (Tonnes) (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 bovine animals, fresh 0201 28,973 59 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 0202 4 110 
Meat of swine 0203 4,838 3,142 
Meat of poultry not cut in pieces 0207(a) 10,561 844 
Poultry cuts 0207(b) 7 197 
Meat and meat offal 0210 126 289 
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor co ntaining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0401 24 32 
Milk and cream, concentrated or cont aining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0402 4,529 640 
Whey 0404 771 8,431 
Butter 0405 122 5 
Cheese 0406 90 250 
Dried beans 071330(c) 4,852 28,273 
Wheat and meslin 1001 692,118 1,342,012 
Barley 1003 90,050 217,811 
Maize (corn) 1005 41,843 3,244,368 
Rice 1006 88,799 197,027 
Grain sorghum 1007 32,438 388 
Wheat or meslin flour 1101 796 5 Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin 1102 3 1,254 Cereal groats and meal 1103 0.01 1,092 Malt, whether or not roasted 1107 49,583 260  
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Starches;  inulin 1108 1,013 15,529 
Soya beans, whether or not broken 1201 145,704 370,070 
Groundnuts 1202 4 5,371 
Linseed 1204 42 1,528 
Rape or colza seeds 1205 340 145 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken 1206 3 685 Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits , whether or not broken 1207 59,628 1,216 
Flours and meals of oilseeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard 1208 100 0 
Lard 1501 1,488 108 
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats 1502 49,421 22,399 
Lard stearin 1503 90 25 
Fats and oils of fish 1504 13,353 833 Other animal fats and oils 1506 13,906 0 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1507 48,677 175,379 Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1508 44 2 
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1511 336 10,717 
Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton-seed  oil and fractions thereof 1512 1,703 36,302 
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or baba ssu oil and fractions thereof 1513 4,161 151 
Rape oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1514 15 2,478 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils and thei r fractions, whether or not refined 1515 1,509 2,447 
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly 
hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterifie d or elaidinized, whether or not refined 1516 28 2,917 
Margarine;  edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils 1517 70 7,543 
Other animal or vegetable fats and oils 1518 5 1,772 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pur e sucrose, in solid form 1701 57,364 118,296 
Other sugars, including chemically pure lact ose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in 
solid form 1702 3,249 22,924 
Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar 1703 50 2,060 
Orange juice 2009 462 841 
Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or me at offal, of fish or of crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebra tes, unfit for human consumption 2301 31,978 22,195 
Bran and sharps of maize or wheat 2302 100 1,387 
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil 2304 3,653 704,184  
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Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats  or oils, other than those of heading 
2304 or 2305 2306 59 58,615 
Vegetable materials and vege table waste, vegetable re sidues and by-products of 
vegetable fats or oils, whether or not gr ound or in the form of pellets, of a kind 
used in animal feeding 2308 179 13 
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 2309 59 178,444 
Dextrins and other modified starches;  gl ues based on starches, or on dextrins or 
other modified starches 3505 402 6,919 
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids 3823(d) 2,433 3,587 
Cotton, not carded or combed 5201 2,886 61,904 
 
Source : Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales , DIAN (National Customs a nd Excise Directorate).  
(a) Tariff items 020711, 020712, 020724, 020725, 020732 and 020733. 
(b) Tariff items 020713, 020714, 020726, 020727, 020734, 020735 and 020736. 
(c) 071330 equivalent to 071331 to 071339 under G/HS/96. 
(d) 1519 equivalent to 3823 under G/HS/96.  
  G/AG/N/COL/37 
Page 8 Table MA:2 
MARKET ACCESS:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
 
Lists Relating to Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
 
Tariff quota quantity 
for period in question In-quota imports 
during period Description of products Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description (Tonnes) (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 bovine animals, fresh 0201 28,973 285 
Meat of bovine animals, frozen 0202 4 2,369 
Meat of swine 0203 4,838 6,307 
Meat of poultry not cut in pieces 0207(a) 10,561 955 
Poultry cuts 0207(b) 7 188 
Meat and meat offal 0210 126 143 
Milk and cream, not concentrated nor co ntaining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0401 24 16 
Milk and cream, concentrated or cont aining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter 0402 4,529 454 
Whey 0404 771 8,178 
Butter 0405 122 57 
Cheese 0406 90 353 
Dried beans 071330(c) 4,852 32,364 
Wheat and meslin 1001 692,118 1,285,969 
Barley 1003 90,050 248,605 
Maize (corn) 1005 41,843 3,322,832 
Rice 1006 88,799 122,915 
Grain sorghum 1007 32,438 67,280 
Wheat or meslin flour 1101 796 171 Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin 1102 3 7,491 Cereal groats and meal 1103 0.01 2,611 Malt, whether or not roasted 1107 49,583 29,546  
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Starches;  inulin 1108 1,013 21,341 
Soya beans, whether or not broken 1201 145,704 332,064 
Groundnuts 1202 4 5,921 
Linseed 1204 42 1,561 
Rape or colza seeds 1205 340 959 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken 1206 3 1,048 Other oilseeds and oleaginous fruits , whether or not broken 1207 59,628 1,148 
Flours and meals of oilseeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard 1208 100 23 
Lard 1501 1,488 73 
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats 1502 49,421 24,863 
Lard stearin 1503 90 15 
Fats and oils of fish 1504 13,353 1,264 Other animal fats and oils 1506 13,906 0 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1507 48,677 163,844 Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1508 44 3 
Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1511 336 14,679 
Sunflower seed, safflower or cotton-seed  oil and fractions thereof 1512 1,703 43,894 
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or baba ssu oil and fractions thereof 1513 4,161 142 
Rape oil and its fractions, whether or not refined 1514 15 3,013 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils and thei r fractions, whether or not refined 1515 1,509 1,386 
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly 
hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterifie d or elaidinized, whether or not refined 1516 28 3,537 
Margarine;  edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils 1517 70 11,745 
Other animal or vegetable fats and oils 1518 5 2,699 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pur e sucrose, in solid form 1701 57,364 150,841 
Other sugars, including chemically pure lact ose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in 
solid form 1702 3,249 30,570 
Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar 1703 50 0 
Orange juice 2009 462 964 
Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or me at offal, of fish or of crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebra tes, unfit for human consumption 2301 31,978 17,976 
Bran and sharps of maize or wheat 2302 100 573 
Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil 2304 3,653 810,605  
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Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or  not ground or in the form of pellets, 
resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats  or oils, other than those of heading 
2304 or 2305 2306 59 65,241 
Vegetable materials and vege table waste, vegetable re sidues and by-products of 
vegetable fats or oils, whether or not gr ound or in the form of pellets, of a kind 
used in animal feeding 2308 179 17 
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding 2309 59 236,089 
Dextrins and other modified starches;  gl ues based on starches, or on dextrins or 
other modified starches 3505 402 8,320 
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids 3823(d) 2,433 4,774 
Cotton, not carded or combed 5201 2,886 53,307 
 
Source : Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales , DIAN (National Customs a nd Excise Directorate).  
(a) Tariff items 020711, 020712, 020724, 020725, 020732 and 020733. 
(b) Tariff items 020713, 020714, 020726, 020727, 020734, 020735 and 020736. 
(c) 071330 equivalent to 071331 to 071339 under G/HS/96. 
(d) 1519 equivalent to 3823 under G/HS/96. 
 
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