WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/UKR/8 
25 March 2011 
 (11-1502) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 11 March 2011, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine .  The notification concerns the administration of tariff and other quota 
commitments ( Table MA:1) for the calendar year 2011 . 
 
 
   
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Page 2 Table MA:1 
MARKET ACCESS:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 
Implementation of market access opportun ities: 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 
Raw cane sugar 1701.11 (a) COUNTRY ALLOCATIONS :  Please refer to (b)(ii),(iii) below. 
(b) IMPORTER ALLOCATIONS: 
(i) Import licence issued by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ukraine is 
required. 
Licences are issued on the approval of the State Agency on Material Reserve of Ukraine and 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Uk raine.  The approvals of both the authorities 
should be enclosed by the a pplicants with the applications for obt aining licences.  
Submitting the certificate of origin of goods (or its copy) is not required for obtaining an 
import licence. 
(ii), (iii) A total quota of  267,800 tonnes will be allo cated as follows: 
- 260 tonnes - to any subject of fore ign economic activities from Paraguay; 
- as of 1 January 2011, the rest of the tariff rate quota for raw cane sugar will be allocated 
by the first-come, first-served method. 
(iv) Licence applications within the quotas  are reviewed in order of their receipt. 
The term of the validity of the import licence is 60 days from the date of its signing, but 
shall be valid only until 31 December of the year for which it has been issued, within the 
amount of tariff rate quota.  In the case of ex hausting of the set quota, acceptance of requests 
for delivery of licences is halted.  Licences are not transferable. 
(c) OTHER ARRANGEMENT S:  In the period not later than 15 da ys after the date of import licence 
validity expiring, the subjects of foreign economic activity should subm it to the Ministry of Economic 
Development and Trade the information on fact ual import of goods under the licence (indicating 
amounts).  
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 Page 3Description 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 
  (d) OTHER INFORMATION:   
 The Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine "On amendments to the Procedure for 
Allocating the Tariff Rate Quota on Imported Raw Ca ne Sugar" of 28 February 2011 No. 204 amends 
the Procedure for Allocating the Tariff Rate Q uota on Imported Raw Cane Sugar into Ukraine 
approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1002 of 12 November 2008 
(with amendments).  
 The mentioned Resolution No. 204 of 28 February 2011 enters into force from the date of publication  
(11 March 2011)  and is available in Ukrainian on the official site of the Cabinet of Ministers of 
Ukraine:   http://www.kmu.gov.ua/contro l/uk/newsnpd?npdList_stind=61  
The unofficial translation of the Resolution of th e Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1002 of  
12 November 2008 (with the amendm ents, including those made by the Resolution No. 204 of  
28 February 2011)  is available in English on the official site of the WTO Enquiry Point and Information 
Processing Centre of Ukraine: 
http://www.nepu.com.ua/ua/ publication/cont ent/747.htm  
 
 
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