WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/SLV/35 
13 September 2011 
 (11-4408) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 7 September 2011,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff quotas 
(Table MA:1 ) for the calendar years 2010  and 2011 . 
     
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Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2010 
 
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 a rrangement applicable 
1 2 3 
- Other cheese 
- - Cheddar, in blocks or in bars  0406.90 
 0406.90.20 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None 
 (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  By public auc tion by the El Salvador Agricultural 
Commodity and Service Exchange ( Bolsa de Productos y Servicios Agropecuarios de El Salvador  - 
BOLPROES).  Award certificates ( Certificados de Adjudicación ) are delivered and subs equently presented by 
the bearer to the Ministry of the Economy upon applicat ion for a licence to import under the preferential tariff 
quota, in accordance with th e Regulations on the opening and administration of quotas ( Reglamento sobre la 
Apertura y Administración de Contingentes ). 
 (c) Details of other arrangements:  Executive Decisi on No. 273 of 6 April 2010, published in Official Journal 
No. 273, Volume No. 387, of 16 April 2010, authorized  for the period 16 April to 31 December 2010 the 
distribution of the annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "C heddar cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 
0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), with a preferential in-quota tariff of 0% and an 
out-of-quota rate of 40%. 
 (d) Any other information:  None 
   
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 Page 3Table MA:1 
 
MARKET ACCESS:  El Salvador 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011 
 
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 a rrangement applicable 
1 2 3 
- Other cheese 
- - Cheddar, in blocks or in bars  0406.90 
 0406.90.20 (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries:  None 
 (b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  By public auc tion by the El Salvador Agricultural 
Commodity and Service Exchange ( Bolsa de Productos y Servicios Agropecuarios de El Salvador  - 
BOLPROES).  Award certificates ( Certificados de Adjudicación ) are delivered and subs equently presented by 
the bearer to the Ministry of the Economy upon applicat ion for a licence to import under the preferential tariff 
quota, in accordance with th e Regulations on the opening and administration of quotas ( Reglamento sobre la 
Apertura y Administración de Contingentes ). 
 (c) Details of other arrangements:  Executive Decision No. 99 of 19 January 2011, published in Official Journal 
No. 19, Volume No. 390, of 27 January 2011, authoriz ed for the period 27 January to 31 December 2011 the 
distribution of the annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "C heddar cheese in blocks or in bars", tariff item 
0406.90.20 of the Central American Tariff System (SAC), with a preferential in-quota tariff of 0% and an 
out-of-quota rate of 40%. 
 (d) Any other information:  None 
 
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