INDIA - QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILES AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Document: Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution
Date: 3 April 1998
Document codes: WT/DS92/8; WT/DS92/1; G/L/231; G/AG/GEN/21; G/LIC/D/19
Complainant: Canada
Respondent: India
Dispute stage: Consultation
Agreements cited: Art. 4  AgricultureArt. XI, XVIII:11  GATT 1994Art. 3  Import Licensing

INDIA - QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF
AGRICULTURAL, TEXTILES AND INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
Notification of Mutually Agreed Solution
The following communication, dated 18 March 1998, from the Permanent Missions of India
and Canada, is circulated pursuant to Article 3.6 of the DSU.
In accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 3 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes, the Governments of India and Canada hereby notify the Dispute
Settlement Body that, with respect to the matter raised by the Government of Canada in its request
for consultations with India dated 16 July 1997 (; 22 July 1997), concerning quantitative
restrictions maintained by India on the importation of a large number of agricultural and industrial
products, the parties have reached a mutually agreed solution as set forth in the attached exchange
of letters together with the two attached Annexes.
We would ask you to circulate this notification and the attachments to the Dispute Settlement
Body and any other relevant Councils and Committees.

Permanent Mission of India
to the
S. Narayanan
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
No. GEN/PMI/WTO/204/45/96

Dear Ambassador,
I would be grateful if you would confirm that your Government agrees with the following:
Further to a request made by the Government of Canada on 16 July 1997, for WTO consultations
with the Government of India pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on the Rules and Procedures
Governing the Settlement of Disputes and Article XXII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) concerning quantitative restrictions maintained by India on the importation
of a large number of agricultural and industrial products (; 22 July 1997), the Government
of Canada and the Government of India have reached a mutually agreed solution.
The Government of Canada and the Government of India have agreed as follows:
- The quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII on products not identified in Annex 1 to this exchange of letters but
identified in WTO document WT/BOP/N/24 Annex III will be removed according
to the phases identified in that Annex. However, the time-periods for those phases
are not those referred to in the above-mentioned WTO document but are as follows:
Phase I covers 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000; Phase II covers 1 April 2000 to
31 March 2002; and Phase III covers 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003. If India
advances the removal of the quantitative restrictions on imports on any soya product.
India agrees to advance the removal of the quantitative restrictions in an identical manner
for any corresponding rapeseed/canola product, as identified in Annex 2.
- The quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII for the products identified in Annex 1 to this letter will be removed
according to the phases identified in Annex 1. In this connection, it is agreed that
the time-periods for the three Phases will be those identified in the previous paragraph.
- If in the context of other settlements, agreements or resolutions of disputes with regard
to this matter, India agrees to advance the removal of the quantitative restrictions on
imports from the Phases identified above, it will do so on an MFN basis. In any case,
if India initiates for any reason any legislative, regulatory or other measures advancing
the removal of any of the quantitative restrictions on imports which are the subject
of this dispute, such removal will also be implemented on an MFN basis.
- All quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII on any products currently covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade
in Information Technology Products ("Information Technology Agreement"/ITA) will
be removed during Phase I.
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

- In respect of the products included in Phase I and Phase II, the liberalization within
each Phase will be done in annual tranches in a balanced manner.
- In the interest of transparency and to ensure that importers and exporters may be aware
of the various changes being implemented, the removal of the quantitative restrictions
on imports of the products identified in WT/BOP/N/24 Annex I, Part B will be published
in a timely manner and notified to the WTO. In particular, in accordance with the
notification requirements of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
- Where imports are channelled through a state trading enterprise or an enterprise enjoying
exclusive or special rights the elimination of quantitative restrictions on imports will
be without prejudice to India's rights under Article XVII and the Understanding on
the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994 as well as India's obligations
to comply with the requirements of Articles II:4 and XVII of the GATT 1994 and with
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994.
- The Government of Canada understands that if the Government of India reaches a
bilateral settlement with the complaining parties of the other WTO disputes regarding
thissame matter (WT/DS90,WT/DS91, WT/DS93, WT/DS94, WT/DS96), thenIndia
will seek to have its plan for the removal of the quantitative restrictions on imports
of the products identIfied in WT/BOP/N/24 Annex I, Part B agreed to by the Members
of the WTO. In that context, Canada will support that objective.
- Providing that India duly implements the provision of this exchange of letters, Canada
will not take any action during the phasing-out period pursuant to Articles XXII or
XXIII of GATT 1994 with regard to the quantitative restrictions for the products
identified above. This letter together with its attached Annexes and your letter in reply
are without prejudice to the rights and obligations of either Member under the
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. The implementation of this
exchange of letters shall be reviewed annually upon the request of either Canada or
India.
- The Government of Canada and the Government of India will notify the relevant bodies
of the WTO that they have reached a mutually agreed solution based on the fulfilment
of the undertakings set out in this document with regard to the matter raised on
16 July 1997 (WT/DS92/1; 22 July 1997).
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) S. Narayanan
H.E. Mr. John Weekes
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of Canada to the WTO
Geneva
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

ANNEX 1
Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000
SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
1 020311.00 Carcasses and half carcasses, as meat of swine, fresh or chilled
2 020312.00 Hams, shoulders and cuts with bone in, as meat of swine, fresh
or chilled
3 020319.00 Other meat of swine, fresh or chilled
4 020321.00 Carcasses and half carcasses, as meat of swine, frozen
5 020322.00 Hams, shoulders and cuts with bone in, as meat of swine, frozen
6 020329.00 Other meat of swine, frozen
16 020630.00 Edible offal of swine, fresh or chilled
17 020641.00 Livers, as edible offal of swine, frozen
18 020649.00 Other edible offal of swine, frozen
41 030212.00 Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, and Danube salmon, fresh or
chilled
42 030219.00 Other Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes, fresh or chilled
57 030265.00 Dogfish and other sharks, fresh or chilled
58 030266.00 Eels, fresh or chilled
63 030310.00 Pacific salmon, excluding livers and roes, frozen
65 030322.00 Atlantic salmon and Danube salmon, excluding livers and roes,
frozen
66 030229.00 Other Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes, frozen
81 030375.00 Dogfish and other sharks, excluding livers and roes, frozen
82 030376.00 Eels, excluding livers and roes, frozen
92 030379.12 Croacker, grouper, hounder, excluding livers and roes, frozen
97 030420.04 Shark, frozen fillet
100 030420.07 Cuttle fish, frozen fillet
106 030541.00 Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon and Danube salmon, smoked,
including fillet
120 030619.00 Other crustaceans, frozen
121 030629.00 Other crustaceans, not frozen
122 030710.00 Oysters
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
123 030721.00 Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten,
Chlamys or Placopecten, live, fresh or chilled
124 030729.00 Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten,
Chlamys or Placopecten, other
125 030739.01 Clams, clam meat
126 030739.09 Other mussels, other than fresh or chilled
127 030741.01 Cuttlefish, live, fresh or chilled
128 030741.09 Other cuttlefish and squid, live, fresh or chilled
129 030749.01 Squid tubes, frozen
130 030749.02 Whole squids, frozen
131 030749.03 Squids, dried
132 030749.09 Squids, other
133 030759.00 Octopus, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
134 030760.00 Snails, other than sea snails
135 030791.00 Other molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh or chilled
136 030799.09 Other molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, frozen, dried, salted or
in brine
153 040410.01 Whey, concentrated, evaporated or condensed
154 040410.02 Whey, dry, blocks and powdered
160 040620.00 Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds
271 081040.00 Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium,
fresh
285 081190.01 Other fruits and nuts, cooked or uncooked, not containing added
sugar, frozen
476 120890.00 Flours and meals of other oil seeds or oleaginous fruits
495 121410.00 Lucerne meal and pellets
602 170220.00 Maple sugar and maple syrup
642 200410.01 Potato chips, fried, frozen
701 210390.01 Curry paste
702 210390.02 Chili sauce
703 210390.09 Other sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and
mixed seasonings
706 210690.01 Soft drink concentrates
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
709 210690.04 Compound preparations for making beverages (non-alcoholic)
711 210690.07 Custard powder
712 Ex 210690.09 Other food preparations, n.e.s., other than diabetic food
preparations
713 220110.00 Mineral waters and aerated waters
715 220210.01 Lemonade
716 220210.09 Other waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters,
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter not flavoured,
other than lemonade
739 220900.01 Brewed vinegar
1000 392520.00 Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors of
plastics
1072 Ex 430310.00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of fur skin, of other
than protected species
1073 Ex 430390.00 Other articles of fur skin, of other than protected species
1166 Ex 491199.09 Other printed matter, other than trade advertising material,
commercial catalogues and the like
2040 761010.00 Doors, windows and their frames and threshold for doors of
aluminium
2041 761090.01 Finished aluminium structures
2090 820559.02 Metal working hand tools
2091 820559.03 Hand tools for specified uses such as watchmaking tools,
goldsmith tools
2092 820559.09 Other hand tools, n.e.s.
2219 846911.00 Word-processing machines, automatic
2222 847010.00 Electronic calculators capable of operation without an external
source of electric power and pocket size data recording,
reproducing and displaying machines with calculating function
2223 847021.00 Other electronic calculating machines, incorporating a printing
device
2224 847029.00 Other electronic calculating machines, other
2225 847030.01 Electrically operated calculating machines
2226 847040.01 Electrically operated accounting machines
2227 847050.01 Electrically operated cash registers
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
2228 847090.01 Postage franking, ticket issuing and similar machines, electrically
operated
2229 Ex 847110.00 Electronic diaries
2230 Ex 847130.01 Personal computer, weighing not more than 10 kg., consisting of
at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display -
computer systems below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2231 Ex 847141.01 Microcomputer or processor - computer systems below a c.i.f.
value of Re 1.5 lakh
2232 Ex 847149.00 Other digital automatic data processing machines, presented in
the form of systems - computer systems below a c.i.f. value of
Re 1.5 lakh
2233 Ex 847150.00 Digital processing units other than those of subheadings
No. 8471.41 or 8471.49 which may contain in the same housing
one or two of either storage units, input or output units -
computer system of below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2234 Ex 847160.19 Keyboards and monitors of c.i.f. value of less than Re 7,500/-
per piece
2235 Ex 847180.00 Other units of automatic data processing machines - computer
systems below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2236 Ex 847330.09 Parts and accessories of machines of heading No. 84.71, other -
reconditioned components of computers
2280 851711.01 Line telephone sets with cordless push button type handsets
2281 851711.02 Line telephone sets with cordless rotary dial type handsets
2282 851711.03 Line telephone cordless sets
2283 Ex 851711.09 Other telephone sets, other than video telephones or door phones
2284 Ex 851719.00 Other videophones, other than video telephones or door phones
2285 Ex 851730.00 Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus, other than
electronic public switching, including SPC type, but excluding
EPABX, EPAX or key telephone systems - to the extent the
products are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2286 Ex 851750.03 Modems, units below 9600 bauds per second
2287 Ex 851750.09 Subscriber end equipment and other products, other than ISDN
terminals
2288 Ex 851780.00 Other apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, other than
facsimile machines
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
2289 Ex 851790.00 Populated, loaded or stuffed PCBs - to the extent the products
are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2307 852020.00 Telephone answering machines
2325 Ex 852520.01 Cordless telephones, car telephones and transportable telephones
2343 853110.00 Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus
2346 Ex 853400.00 Populated, loaded, or stuffed printed circuit boards, except
electronic circuit boards used in quartz analogue watches
2362 853641.00 Relays, for a voltage not exceeding 60 V. - to the extent the
products are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2364 853650.01 Other switches of plastics
2368 853669.01 Plugs and sockets of plastics
2369 853669.09 Plugs and sockets of other materials
2569 940330.01 Wooden cabinet ware of a kind used in offices
2574 940360.00 Other wooden furniture
2598 Ex 940600.09 Other prefabricated buildings, other than for cold storage
2607 950330.00 Other construction sets and constructional toys
2641 950800.00 Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground
amusements; travelling circuses, travelling menageries and
travelling theatres
Phase II: 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2002
SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
25 020724.00 Meat and edible offal, of turkeys, not cut in pieces, fresh or
chilled
26 020725.00 Meat and edible offal, of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen
27 020726.00 Cuts and edible offal, of turkeys, fresh or chilled
28 020727.00 Cuts and edible offal, of turkeys, frozen
29 020732.00 Meat and edible offal, not cut in pieces, of ducks, geese and
guinea fowls, fresh or chilled
30 020733.00 Meat and edible offal, not cut in pieces, of ducks, geese and
guinea fowls, frozen
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
161 040630.00 Processed cheese, not grated or powdered
263 080810.00 Apples, fresh
643 200410.09 Other potato preparations, frozen
655 200710.00 Homogenized preparations of fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut
paste, being cooked preparations
657 200799.01 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of mango
658 200799.02 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of guava
659 200799.03 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of pineapple
660 200799.04 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of apple
661 200799.09 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of other fruit
662 200811.00 Ground nuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, n.e.s.
708 210690.03 Sugar syrup containing flavouring or colouring material, n.e.s.
710 210690.06 Churna for paan
740 220900.02 Synthetic vinegar
762 230640.01 Oilcake and oilcake meal expeller variety of rape or colza seeds
763 230640.02 Oilcake and oilcake meal solvent extracted (defatted) variety of
rape or colza seeds
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
SI No ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
142 040221.00 Milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid form
of a fat content, by weight exceeding 1.5%
146 040291.00 Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter, other
156 040510.00 Butter derived from milk
208 071010.00 Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water,
frozen
403 Ex 100110.00 Durum wheat, other than seed quality
404 100190.02 Wheat (not seed) for human consumption
405 Ex 100190.03 Meslin, other than seed quality
407 Ex 100300.00 Barley, other than seed quality
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
408 Ex 100400.00 Oats, other than seed quality
423 110100.00 Wheat or meslin flour
453 Ex 120100.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than seed quality
459 Ex 120400.00 Linseed, whether or not broken, other than seed quality
460 Ex 120500.00 Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than seed
quality
467 Ex 120750.00 Mustard seeds, other than seed quality
532 151410.01 Crude colza oil
534 151410.03 Crude rapeseed oil
537 Ex 151490.03 Rapeseed oil, refined, other than edible grades
612 190110.01 Malted milk (including powder for infant use, put up for retail
sale)
613 190110.09 Malt extract for infants, put up for retail sale
733 220830.00 Whiskeys
786 230910.00 Dog or cat food, for retail sale
Other products restricted for balance-of-payments purposes and notified by India in Annex I,
Part B, of WTO document No. WT/BOP/N/24 dated 22 May 1997.
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

Soya Product(s) Corresponding Rapeseed/Colza
(Canola Product(s)
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
453 Ex 120100.00 Soya beans, whether
or not broken, other
than seed quality
460 Ex 120500.00 Rape or colza seeds,
whether or not broken,
other than seed quality
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI
No

ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000 Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000
475 Ex 120810.00 Flours and meals of
soya beans
476 Ex 120890.00 Flours and meals of rape
or colza seeds
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
513 150710.00 Soya bean crude oil,
whether or not
degummed
532 151410.01 Crude colza oil
514 Ex 150790.00 Other soya bean oil,
other than edible
grades
534 151410.03 Crude rapeseed oil
535 Ex 151490.01 Colza oil, refined
other than
edible grades
537 Ex 151490.03 Rapeseed oil,
refined, other than
edible grades
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

Soya Product(s) Corresponding Rapeseed/Colza
(Canola Product(s)
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
749 230400.01 Oilcake and oilcake
meal of soya bean,
expeller variety
762 230640.01 Oilcake and
oilcake meal
expeller variety of
rape or colza
seeds
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
750 230400.02 Soya oilcake solvent
extracted (defatted)
variety
763 230640.02 Oilcake and
oilcake meal
solvent extracted
(defatted) variety
of rape or colza
seeds
751 230400.03 Meal of soyabean
solvent extracted
(defatted)
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

Permanent Mission of Canada
to the United Nations
1202 Geneva
19 November 1997
Dear Ambassador,
I acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date and the attached Annexes. The letter reads
as follows:
"I would be grateful if you would confirm that your Government agrees with the following:
Further to a request made by the Government of Canada on 16 July 1997 for WTO consultations
with the Government of India pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on the Rules and
Procedures Governing the settlement of Disputes and Article XXII of the General Agreement
on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) concerning quantitative restrictions maintained by
India on the importation of a large number of agricultural and industrial products (WT/DS92/1;
22 July 1997), the Government of Canada and the Government of India have reached a mutually
agreed solution.
The Government of Canada and the Government of India have agreed as follows:
- The quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII on products not identified in Annex 1 to this exchange of letters but
identified in WTO document WT/BOP/N/24 Annex III will be removed according to
the phases identified in that Annex. However, the time-periods for those phases are
not those referred to in the above-mentioned WTO document but are as follows: Phase
I covers 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000; Phase II covers 1 April 2000 to 31 March
2002; and Phase III covers 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003. If India advances the
removal of the quantitative restrictions on imports on any soya product, India agrees
to advance the removal of the quantitative restrictions in an identical manner for any
corresponding rapeseed/canola product, as identified in Annex 2.
- The quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII for the products identified in Annex 1 to this letter will be removed
according to the phases identified in Annex 1. In this connection, it is agreed that
the time-periods for the three Phases will be those identified in the previous paragraph.
- If in the context of other settlements, agreements or resolutions of disputes with regard
to this matter, India agrees to advance the removal of the quantitative restrictions on
imports from the phases identified above, it will do so on an MFN basis. In any case,
if India initiates for any reason any legislative, regulatory or other measures advancing
the removal of any of the quantitative restrictions on imports which are the subject
of this dispute, such removal will also be implemented on an MFN basis.
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

- All quantitative restrictions on imports maintained by India by reference to GATT
Article XVIII on any products currently covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade
in Information Technology Products ("Information Technology Agreement"/ITA) will
be removed during Phase I.
- In respect of the products included in Phase I and Phase II, the liberalization within
each phase will be done in annual tranches in a balanced manner.
- In the interest of transparency and to ensure that importers and exporters may be aware
of the various changes being implemented, the removal of the quantitative restrictions
on imports of the products identified in WT/BOP/N/24 Annex I, Part B will be published
in a timely manner and notified to the WTO, in particular, in accordance with the
notification requirements of the WTO Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
- Where imports are channelled through a state trading enterprise or an enterprise enjoying
exclusive or special rights the elimination of quantitative restrictions on imports will
be without prejudice to India's rights under Article XVII and the Understanding on
the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994 as well as India's obligations
to comply with the requirements of Articles II:4 and XVII of the GATT 1994 and with
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XVII of the GATT 1994.
- The Government of Canada understands that if the Government of India reaches a
bilateral settlement with the complaining parties of the other WTO disputes regarding
thissame matter (WT/DS90,WT/DS91, WT/DS93, WT/DS94, WT/DS96), thenIndia
will seek to have its plan for the removal of the quantitative restrictions on imports
of the products identified in WT/BOP/N/24 Annex I, Part B agreed to by the Members
of the WTO. In that context, Canada will support that objective.
- Providing that India duly implements the provisions of this exchange of letters, Canada
will not take any action during the phasing-out period pursuant to Articles XXII or
XXIII of GATT 1994 with regard to the quantitative restrictions for the products
identified above. This letter together with its attached annexes and your letter in reply
are without prejudice to the rights and obligations of either Member under the
Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. The implementation of this
exchange of letters shall be reviewed annually upon the request of either Canada or
India.
- The Government of Canada and the Government of India will notify the relevant bodies
of the WTO that they have reached a mutually agreed solution based on the fulfilment
of the undertakings set out in this document with regard to the matter raised on
16 July 1997 (WT/DS92/1; 22 July 1997)."
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

I am pleased to confirm that the contents of your letter and of the two attached annexes are
acceptable to the Government of Canada and to confirm that your letter and this reply will constitute
a mutually agreed solution between India and Canada with regard to the dispute entitled "India -
Quantitative Restrictions on Imports of Agricultural, Textile and Industrial Products (WT/DS92/1;
22 July 1997).
Yours sincerely,
Mr. John M. Weekes
Ambassador
Permanent Representative
H.E. Mr. Srinivasan Narayanan
Ambassador and Permanent Representative
of India to the WTO
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

ANNEX 1
Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000
SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
1 020311.00 Carcasses and half carcasses, as meat of swine, fresh or chilled
2 020312.00 Hams, shoulders and cuts with bone in, as meat of swine, fresh
or chilled
3 020319.00 Other meat of swine, fresh or chilled
4 020321.00 Carcasses and half carcasses, as meat of swine, frozen
5 020322.00 Hams, shoulders and cuts with bone in, as meat of swine, frozen
6 020329.00 Other meat of swine, frozen
16 020630.00 Edible offal of swine, fresh or chilled
17 020641.00 Livers, as edible offal of swine, frozen
18 020649.00 Other edible offal of swine, frozen
41 030212.00 Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon, and Danube salmon, fresh or
chilled
42 030219.00 Other Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes, fresh or chilled
57 030265.00 Dogfish and other sharks, fresh or chilled
58 030266.00 Eels, fresh or chilled
63 030310.00 Pacific salmon, excluding livers and roes, frozen
65 030322.00 Atlantic salmon and Danube salmon, excluding livers and roes,
frozen
66 030229.00 Other Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes, frozen
81 030375.00 Dogfish and other sharks, excluding livers and roes, frozen
82 030376.00 Eels, excluding livers and roes, frozen
92 030379.12 Croacker, grouper, hounder, excluding livers and roes, frozen
97 030420.04 Shark, frozen fillet
100 030420.07 Cuttle fish, frozen fillet
106 030541.00 Pacific salmon, Atlantic salmon and Danube salmon, smoked,
including fillet
120 030619.00 Other crustaceans, frozen
121 030629.00 Other crustaceans, not frozen
122 030710.00 Oysters
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
123 030721.00 Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten,
Chlamys or Placopecten, live, fresh or chilled
124 030729.00 Scallops, including queen scallops, of the genera Pecten,
Chlamys or Placopecten, other
125 030739.01 Clams, clam meat
126 030739.09 Other mussels, other than fresh or chilled
127 030741.01 Cuttlefish, live, fresh or chilled
128 030741.09 Other cuttlefish and squid, live, fresh or chilled
129 030749.01 Squid tubes, frozen
130 030749.02 Whole squids, frozen
131 030749.03 Squids, dried
132 030749.09 Squids, other
133 030759.00 Octopus, frozen, dried, salted or in brine
134 030760.00 Snails, other than sea snails
135 030791.00 Other molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, live, fresh or chilled
136 030799.09 Other molluscs and aquatic invertebrates, frozen, dried, salted or
in brine
153 040410.01 Whey, concentrate, evaporated or condensed
154 040410.02 Whey, dry, blocks and powdered
160 040620.00 Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds
271 081040.00 Cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium,
fresh
285 081190.01 Other fruits and nuts, cooked or uncooked, not containing added
sugar, frozen
476 120890.00 Flours and meals of other oil seeds or oleaginous fruits
495 121410.00 Lucerne meal and pellets
602 170220.00 Maple sugar and maple syrup
642 200410.01 Potato chips, fried, frozen
701 210390.01 Curry paste
702 210390.02 Chili sauce
703 210390.09 Other sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and
mixed seasonings
706 210690.01 Soft drink concentrates
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
709 210690.04 Compound preparations for making beverages (non-alcoholic)
711 210690.07 Custard powder
712 Ex 210690.09 Other food preparations, n.e.s., other than diabetic food
preparations
713 220110.00 Mineral waters and aerated waters
715 220210.01 Lemonade
716 220210.09 Other waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters,
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter not flavoured,
other than lemonade
739 220900.01 Brewed vinegar
1000 392520.00 Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors of
plastics
1072 Ex 430310.00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of fur skin, of other
than protected species
1073 Ex 430390.00 Other articles of fur skin, of other than protected species
1166 Ex 491199.09 Other printed matter, other than trade advertising material,
commercial catalogues and the like
2040 761010.00 Doors, windows and their frames and threshold for doors of
aluminium
2041 761090.01 Finished aluminium structures
2090 820559.02 Metal working hand tools
2091 820559.03 Hand tools for specified uses such as watchmaking tools,
goldsmith tools
2092 820559.09 Other hand tools, n.e.s.
2219 846911.00 Word-processing machines, automatic
2222 847010.00 Electronic calculators capable of operation without an external
source of electric power and pocket size data recording,
reproducing and displaying machines with calculating function
2223 847021.00 Other electronic calculating machines, incorporating a printing
device
2224 847029.00 Other electronic calculating machines, other
2225 847030.01 Electrically operated calculating machines
2226 847040.01 Electrically operated accounting machines
2227 847050.01 Electrically operated cash registers
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
2228 847090.01 Postage franking, ticket issuing and similar machines, electrically
operated
2229 Ex 847110.00 Electronic diaries
2230 Ex 847130.01 Personal computer, weighing not more than 10 kg., consisting of
at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display -
computer systems below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2231 Ex 847141.01 Microcomputer or processor - computer systems below a c.i.f.
value of Re 1.5 lakh
2232 Ex 847149.00 Other digital automatic data processing machines, presented in
the form of systems - computer systems below a c.i.f. value of
Re 1.5 lakh
2233 Ex 847150.00 Digital processing units other than those of subheadings
No. 8471.41 or 8471.49 which may contain in the same housing
one or two of either storage units, input or output units -
computer system below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2234 Ex 847160.19 Keyboards and monitors of c.i.f. value of less than Re 7,500/-
per piece
2235 Ex 847180.00 Other units of automatic data processing machines - computer
systems below a c.i.f. value of Re 1.5 lakh
2236 Ex 847330.09 Parts and accessories of machines of heading No. 84.71, other -
reconditioned components of computers
2280 851711.01 Line telephone sets with cordless push button type handsets
2281 851711.02 Line telephone sets with cordless rotary dial type handsets
2282 851711.03 Line telephone cordless sets
2283 Ex 851711.09 Other telephone sets, other than video telephones or door phones
2284 Ex 851719.00 Other videophones, other than video telephones or door phones
2285 Ex 851730.00 Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus, other than
electronic public switching including SPC type, but excluding
EPABX, EPAX or key telephone systems - to the extent the
products are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2286 Ex 851750.03 Modems, units below 9600 bauds per second
2287 Ex 851750.09 Subscriber end equipment and other products, other than ISDN
terminals
2288 Ex 851780.00 Other apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, other than
facsimile machines
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
2289 Ex 851790.00 Populated, loaded or stuffed PCBs - to the extent the products
are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2307 852020.01 Telephone answering machines
2325 Ex 852520.01 Cordless telephones, car telephones and transportable telephones
2343 853110.00 Burglar or fire alarms and similar apparatus
2346 Ex 853400.00 Populated, loaded, or stuffed printed circuit boards, except
electronic boards used in quartz analogue watches
2362 853641.00 Relays, for a voltage not exceeding 60 V. - to the extent the
products are covered by the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in
Information Technology Products
2364 853650.01 Other switches of plastics
2368 853669.01 Plugs and sockets of plastics
2569 940330.01 Wooden cabinet ware of a kind used in offices
2574 940360.00 Other wooden furniture
2598 Ex 940600.09 Other prefabricated buildings, other than for cold storage
2607 950330.00 Other construction sets and constructional toys
2641 950800.00 Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground
amusements; travelling circuses, travelling menageries and
travelling theatres
Phase II: 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2002
SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
25 020724.00 Meat and edible offal, of turkeys, not cut in pieces, fresh or
chilled
26 020725.00 Meat and edible offal, of turkeys, not cut in pieces, frozen
27 020726.00 Cuts and edible offal, of turkeys, fresh or chilled
28 020727.00 Cuts and edible offal, of turkeys, frozen
29 020732.00 Meat and edible offal, not cut in pieces, of ducks, geese and
guinea fowls, fresh or chilled
30 020733.00 Meat and edible offal, not cut in pieces, of ducks, geese and
guinea fowls, frozen
161 040630.00 Processed cheese, not grated or powdered
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No. ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
263 080810.00 Apples, fresh
643 200410.09 Other potato preparations, frozen
655 200710.00 Homogenized preparations of fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut
paste, being cooked preparations
657 200799.01 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of mango
658 200799.02 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of guava
659 200799.03 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of pineapple
660 200799.04 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of apple
661 200799.09 Jams, jellies, marmalades, etc. of other fruit
662 200811.00 Ground nuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, n.e.s.
708 210690.03 Sugar syrup containing flavouring or colouring material, n.e.s.
710 210690.06 Churna for paan
740 220900.02 Synthetic vinegar
762 230640.01 Oilcake and oilcake meal expeller variety of rape or colza seeds
763 230640.02 Oilcake and oilcake meal solvent extracted (defatted) variety of
rape or colza seeds
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
SI No ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
142 040221.00 Milk and cream, concentrated, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid form
of a fat content, by weight exceeding 1.5%
146 040291.00 Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening
matter, other
156 040510.00 Butter derived from milk
208 071010.00 Potatoes, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water,
frozen
403 Ex 100110.00 Durum wheat, other than seed quality
404 100190.02 Wheat (not seed) for human consumption
405 Ex 100190.03 Meslin, other than seed quality
407 Ex 100300.00 Barley, other than seed quality
408 Ex 100400.00 Oats, other than seed quality
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

SI No ITC (HS) Code Description of the products
423 110100.00 Wheat or meslin flour
453 Ex 120100.00 Soya beans, whether or not broken, other than seed quality
459 Ex 120400.00 Linseed, whether or not broken, other than seed quality
460 Ex 120500.00 Rape or colza seeds, whether or not broken, other than seed
quality
467 Ex 120750.00 Mustard seeds, other than seed quality
532 151410.01 Crude colza oil
534 151410.03 Crude rapeseed oil
537 Ex 151490.03 Rapeseed oil, refined, other than edible grades
612 190110.01 Malted milk (including powder for infant use, put up for retail
sale)
613 190110.09 Malt extract for infants, put up for retail sale
733 220830.00 Whiskeys
786 230910.00 Dog or cat food, for retail sale
Other products restricted for balance-of-payments purposes and notified by India in Annex I,
Part B, of WTO document No. WT/BOP/N/24 dated 22 May 1997.
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

Soya Product(s) Corresponding Rapeseed/Colza
(Canola Product(s)
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
453 Ex 120100.00 Soya beans, whether
or not broken, other
than seed quality
460 Ex 120500.00 Rape or colza seeds,
whether or not broken,
other than seed quality
SI
No.
ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI
No

ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000 Phase I: 1 April 1997 to 31 March 2000
475 Ex 120810.00 Flours and meals of
soya beans
476 Ex 120890.00 Flours and meals of rape
or colza seeds
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
513 150710.00 Soya bean crude oil,
whether or not
degummed
532 151410.01 Crude colza oil
514 Ex 150790.00 Other soya bean oil,
other than edible
grades
534 151410.03 Crude rapeseed oil
535 Ex 151490.01 Colza oil, refined
other than
edible grades
537 Ex 151490.03 Rapeseed oil,
refined, other than
edible grades
WT/DS92/8, G/L/231,
G/AG/GEN/21, G/LIC/D/19

Soya Product(s) Corresponding Rapeseed/Colza
(Canola Product(s)
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
749 230400.01 Oilcake and oilcake
meal of soya bean,
expeller variety
762 230640.01 Oilcake and
oilcake meal
expeller variety of
rape or colza
seeds
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
SI No. ITC (HS)
Code
Description of the
products
Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003 Phase III: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003
750 230400.02 Soya oilcake solvent
extracted (defatted)
variety
763 230640.02 Oilcake and
oilcake meal
solvent extracted
(defatted) variety
of rape or colza
seeds
751 230400.03 Meal of soyabean
solvent extracted
(defatted)