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ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/207
17 May 2000
(00-2024)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  English
QUESTIONS BY CANADA CONCERNING THE
REQUEST OF COLOMBIA FOR EXTENSION PURSUANT TO THE
WTO AGREEMENT ON TRADE RELATED INVESTMENT MEASURES (TRIMS)   
The following communication, dated 12 May 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Canada.
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1. Please provide detail on the measure for which extension is being requested and how it is
implemented.
2. Can agricultural goods be imported in the absence of an import license?3. Are all importers required to purchase local agricultural products prior to obtaining an import
license?
4. Please describe the terms and conditions for access, including the conditions that must be met
to obtain an import license and whether these imports are subject to a tariff rate quota and the
level of applied tariffs.
5. Are imports subject to Colombia’s WTO tariff rate quotas treated differently from imports not
subject to these commitments?
6. To what agricultural products are these measures applicable ?7. What local products must be acquired in order to meet the requirements of this measure?
Must these be the same products for which an import  license is sought?  Must local purchasesrepresent a specified dollar value or percentage of the imports?
8. Please provide statistics on a country-by-country basis of the products which have been
impacted by this measure.
9. What are the current applied tariffs for whea t, barley and malt, with an import permit and
without an import permit?
10. Could you please provide statistics on domestic production for the products to which these
measures are applied, for the following years: 1991, 1995 and 1998.
11. The TRIMS Agreement required that developing countries eliminate all relevant measures by
prior to January 1, 2000.  What steps has Colombia taken to achieve this objective?  What
further steps are envisaged to eliminate this measure?G/C/W/207
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12. Have any changes been made to the nature and operation of this TRIM which differ from the
information provided in the official Notifi cation (G/TRIMS/N/1/COL/2) of September 1995?
Has the scope of products covered by these measures changed ?  If so, please specify.
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