WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHL/17 
13 May 2005 
 (05-1960) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following communication, dated 10 May 2005, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Chile .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas ( Table MA:1 ) for 
the years 2001  to 2004 .  
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Table MA.1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  Tariff and other Quota Commitments 
 
Description of products 
 
 Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Description of import arrangement applicable  
(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)  
1 2 3 
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure 
sucrose, in solid form:  
-  Other:   
 
1701.9900 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries : 
Argentina:  2,474 tonnes 
Guatemala:  1,967 tonnes 
Brazil:  1,143 tonnes 
Others:  1,484 tonnes 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers : 
(i)  The National Customs Service requires the corres ponding certificate of origin;  (ii)  Licences are 
allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis;  (iii )  No importer may use more than 20% of the annual 
quota. 
   
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  Tariff and other Quota Commitments 
 
Description of products 
 
 Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Description of import arrangement applicable  
(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)  
1 2 3 
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure 
sucrose, in solid form:  
- Other 
   - - Cane sugar, refined 
   - - Beet sugar, refined 
   - - Other  
 
 
1701.9910 
1701.9920 
1701.9990 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries :  
Argentina:  21,000 tonnes 
Guatemala:  16,700 tonnes 
Brazil:  9,700 tonnes 
Others:  12,600 tonnes 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers :   
(i)  The National Customs Service requires the corres ponding certificate of origin;  (ii)  Licences are 
allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis;  (iii )  No importer may use more than 20 per cent of the 
annual quota. 
   
  
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Table MA.1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  Tariff and other Quota Commitments 
 
Description of products 
 
 Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
1 2 3 
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure 
sucrose, in solid form:  
- Other 
   - - Cane sugar, refined 
   - - Beet sugar, refined 
   - - Other  
 
 
 
1701.9910 
1701.9920 
1701.9990 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries : 
Argentina:  21,000 tonnes 
Guatemala:  16,700 tonnes 
Brazil:  9,700 tonnes 
Others:  12,600 tonnes 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers : 
(i) The National Customs Service re quires the corresponding certificate of origin;  (ii) Licences are 
allocated on a "first-come, first-served" basis;  (iii) No importer may use more than 20 per cent of the 
annual quota. 
   
  
  G/AG/N/CHL/17
 Page 5Table MA.1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Implementation of Market Access Opportunitie s:  Tariff and other Quota Commitments 
 
Description of products 
 
 Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description 
 Description of import arrangement applicable 
(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)  
1 2 3 
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure 
sucrose, in solid form:  
- Other 
   - - Cane sugar, refined 
   - - Beet sugar, refined 
   - - Other  
 
 
 
1701.9910 
1701.9920 
1701.9990 (a) Allocation of quota to supplying countries : 
Argentina:  21,000 tonnes 
Guatemala:  16,700 tonnes 
Brazil:  9,700 tonnes 
Others:  12,600 tonnes 
  (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers : 
(i) Quotas are allocated for the im portation of inputs for the food industry;  (ii) The National Customs 
Service requires the corresponding certificate of origin ;  (iii) The National Customs Service allocates 
quotas proportionally to each applicant's share of total sugar processing;  (iv) No importer may use 
more than 20 per cent of the annual quota. 
   
 
 
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