COLOMBIA – MEASURES RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF TEXTILES, APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR COMMUNICATION FROM COLOMBIA
Document: COMMUNICATION FROM
Date: 15 December 2016
Document codes: WT/DS461/15
Complainant: Panama
Respondent: Colombia
Third parties: Ecuador, El Salvador, EU, China, Guatemala, Honduras, U.S., Philippines
Dispute stage: Implementation & Compliance
Agreements cited: Art. II:1(b), II:1(a), VIII:1, X:3(a)  GATT 1994

COLOMBIA – MEASURES RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION
OF TEXTILES, APPAREL AND FOOTWEAR
COMMUNICATION FROM COLOMBIA
The following communication, dated 13 December 2016, was received from the delegation of
Colombia with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

In accordance with Article 21.6 of the Underst anding on Rules and Procedures G overning the
Settlement of Disputes, Colombia wishes to inform Members that on 2 November 2016, the
Colombian Government issued De cree 1744 of 2016 modifying the tariffs applicable to imports of
products classified in Chapters 61, 62 and 63 of the Customs Tariff, and certain items in
Chapter 64.

Decree 1744 sets a n ad valorem MFN tariff of 40 % for imports of products classified in
Chapters 61 and 62 when the declared FOB import price is less than or equal to
ten (10) US dollars per gross kilogram . T his tariff is equal to the bound tariff in Colombia's
Schedule LXXVI, Part I – Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff, Section II – Other products, annexed to the
GATT 1994. In cases where the import price for these products exceeds ten (10) US dollars, the
MFN tariff will be as provided in Decree 4927 of 2011 or any amending decree, containing the
Customs Tariff of the Republic of Colombia, and as such it will not exceed Colombia's bound tariffs.

As regards imports of products classified under tariff headings 6401, 6402, 6403, 6404 and 6405
of the Customs Tariff of the Republic of Colombia, an MFN tariff of 35 % ad valorem is applied
when the declared FOB import price is less than or equal to prices that vary between
six (6) US dollars and ten (10) US dollars per pair, in accordance with the said Decree. For imports
of products classified under subheading 6406.10.00.00, an MFN tariff of 35 % ad valorem will be
applied when the declared FOB price is less than or equal to five (5) US dollars per gross kilogram .
These tariffs are equal to the tariff bound in Colombia's S chedule LXXVI, Part I –
Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff, Section II – Other products, annexe d to the GATT 1994 . In cases
where the import price for these products exceeds the above -mentioned prices, the MFN tariff will
be as provided in Decree 4927 of 2011 or any amending decree, and as such it will not exceed
Colombia's bound tariffs.

For impor ts of the other products that were covered by the compound tariff s introduced by
Decree 456 of 2014, including the products classified in Chapter 63 of the Customs Tariff and
those classified under the headings of Chapter 64 not mentioned above, the applic able tariff, as
from 2 November, is the MFN ad valorem tariff set forth in Decree 4927 of 2011 or any amending
decree, and as such it will not exceed Colombia's bound tariffs.

Thus, Colombia has fully complied with the DSB's recommendations and rulings ad opted on
22 June 2016 in Colombia – Textiles (DS461).