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25 January  2021 
(21-0697) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 20 January 2 021, 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 year 2018. 
 
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Table MA: 1 
MARKET ACCESS : EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018 (1 JANUARY - 31 DECEMBER 2018)  
Implementation of Market Access Opportunities : Tariff and Other Quota Commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  Not 
opened Description of import arrangement applicable  Note 
(from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 
SLVQ007  - Other cheese  
 - - Cheddar, in blocks or in bars  0406.90 , 0406.90.20.00   (a) Allocation of quotas to supplying countries : None 
 
(b) Allocation of licences or of access to quotas to importers:  
By public auction by the El Salvador Commodity and Service 
Exchange ( Bolsa de Productos y Servicios de El Salvador  - 
BOLPROS) . Award certificates ( Certificados de Adjudicación ) are 
delivered and subsequently presented by the bearer to the Ministry 
of the Economy upon application for a licence to import under the 
preferential tariff quota, in accordance with the Regulations on the 
opening and administration of quotas (Reglamento sobre la 
Apertura y Administración de Contingentes) . 
 
(c) Details of other arrangements  (not involving import licences) : 
Executive Decision No. 420 of 19 March 2 018, published in Official 
Journal No. 58, Volume No. 418, of 2 3 March 2 018, authorized for 
the period 2 3 March  to 31 December 2 018 the distribution of the 
annual tariff quota of 785 MT for "Cheddar cheese in blocks or in 
bars", tariff item 0406.90.20 .00 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 oth er information : None  
 
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