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23 April 2021  
(21-3472) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Market Access    
 
  
QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS:  
FACTUAL INFORMATION ON NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED   
REPORT  BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  The objective of this report is to  provid e factual information on the notifications received 
pursuant to  the "Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions" (hereinafter "the 
QR Decision ").2 It complements information already provided by the Secretariat in the practical guide 
on notifications of QRs (JOB/MA/101 /Rev.2 ) and the background note on the previous Decision on 
notification procedures for QRs (JOB/MA/6).  
1.2.  The report  provides factual information on the contents of the QR notifications that have been 
received as of 3 April 2021 , including: i)  an overview of the QRs in  force by notifying Member; ii)  the 
trade flows (i.e. imports or exports) affected a nd types of measures used; iii)  the types of products 
affected ; and iv) the legal justification mentioned by Members.  
2  FACTUAL INFORMATION ON QR NOTIFICATIONS  
2.1.  The QR Decision provides that the notification of quantitative restrictions3 in force shall be 
based on a specific format  contained in its Annex 1 . This Annex requires Member s to provide the 
following information for each QR : i) a gen eral description of the QR; ii)  the type of restriction (based 
on the symbols in Annex 2); iii)  the tariff line codes of the products covered, including the HS version 
used; iv)  the detailed product description for the c orresponding tariff line(s); v)  the legal justification 
for maintaini ng the measure; vi)  the national legal basis for the QR, including its entry into force 
and the date it ceased to be in force, if know n; and vii)  Member 's comments, administration of the 
restriction or modification of a previously notified measure.4 
2.1  Notification of QRs   
2.2.  As of 3 April 2021 , 51 Members5 have submitted notifications of QRs in force for some or all 
the biennial periods (2012-2014, 2014-2016, 2016-2018, 2018-2020 and/or  2020-2022), which 
represents  an increase of 12 Members since the last report . Of the 51 notifying Members, 15 have 
submitted notifications for all biennial  periods , whereas  12 Members have submitted information for 
one biennial period  only. Thus far, 29 Members have notified information for the 2020-2022 biennial 
period. The QR Decision also allows Members to notify changes to their measures , which ar e usually  
circulated as addenda to the initial notification . To date,  20 Members have notified changes to their 
measures . It shall be noted that many of the se notification s of changes relate to measures adopted 
by Members in response to the COVID -19 pandemic .6 No "reverse" notification has been received to 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 Decision of Council for Trade in Goods of 3 July 2012, G/L/59/ Rev.1.  
3 The term "quantitative restriction" is not cle arly defined. Several legal provisions under the WTO 
Agreement deal with such measures, including Article XI:1 of the GATT 1994 (general elimination of 
quantitative restrictions). For an overview of the WTO provisions addressing QRs see document JOB/MA/6.  
4 Paragraph 2 of the QR Decision.  
5 The European Union member States are counted as one.  
6 See G/MA/W/157 and G/MA/W/168 document series.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 3 
 
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  date.7 The complete list of notifications  submitted by Members  until the date of this report  is provi ded 
in the Annex. Given that not all Members notified quantitative restriction s, it should be noted that 
the summary information provided in this report  is not necessarily representat ive of the universe of 
QRs being implemented by all 164 WTO Members.   
2.3.  According to the QR Database8, the 51 notifying Members maintain a total of 1622 QRs that 
account for  2098 measures . The term s "QR" and "measure" are used to identify two different 
concepts which is explained by the fact that each notified QR may be enforced through more than 
one measure. For example, one QR could involve a conditional prohibition that is administered 
through  a non-automatic licence procedure . For purposes of this report, this QR will be counted as 
two different measures .  
2.4.  To avoid duplication in the analysis, t he calculations are based on the information contained in 
the latest notification submitted  by each of t hose 51 Members . In other words,  if a Member made a 
first notification for the biennial period 2012 -2014, and subsequently notified the same measures 
for the other biennial periods , only the latest one has been taken into account .9 Since other variables 
may also have "one -to-many" relationships , the total number of measures/QRs varies for each of 
the charts shown below .  
2.2  Type of restriction used and affected trade flows  
2.5.  The QR Decision provides that Members shall notify all QRs in force, irrespective of whether 
they affect imports or exports.  In addition, p aragraph 2(ii) requires Members to provide a "precise 
indication of the type of restriction imposed using the symbols contained in Annex 2". Where the 
restriction cannot be classified un der one of th ose symbols, then a full description of the measure 
shall be provided by the Member in the notification.10 
2.6.  Chart 1 shows that  almost two thirds  of the 2098 measures notified by Members consist of 
import measures ( 64% of the total)  while the re maining  36% are export measures . In terms of the 
specific types of measures that have been notified, most of them are:  
• Prohibitions (e.g. bans of certain products)  (P), of which 365 apply to  exports and 576 to 
imports;  
• Non-automatic licensing procedures  (NAL) , of which 204 measures apply to exports and 
479 to imports;  and 
• Prohibitions except under defined conditions (i.e. conditional prohibitions)  (CP), of which 
168 apply to exports and 247 apply to imports.  
2.7.  Quotas11, either global (GQ),  alloca ted by country  (GQC) or bilateral quotas (BQ) , as well as 
quantitative restriction s made effective through state -trading operations (STR)  represent a small 
percentage of the total nu mber of notified mea sures . 
 
7 Paragraph 5 of the QR Decision states that Members shall be free to make reverse notifications of 
measures maintained by other Members. They shall use the format in Annex 1 and complete all the information 
required. These notifications will be included in  the agenda of the Committee on Market Access and the 
Member subject to reverse notification will have two months to comment in writing. In the absence of such a 
comment within the two months, the Secretariat shall include the reverse information in the da tabase.  
8 https://qr.wto.org/   
9 See Annex 1 for a complete list of notifications submitted by Members.  
10 Footnote 5 of the QR Decision specifies that such list is "not intended to define or harmonize the 
concept of quantitative restrictions under the WTO".  
11 A quota is a restriction (i.e. an absolute volume) on the amount of a good that may be imported by, 
or exported from, a country. It should not be confused with a "tariff quota" or "tariff rate quota" (TRQ), which 
consist in the application of a reduced tariff rate (i.e. in -quota duty) for a specified quantity of imported goods; 
imports above this specifie d quantity face a higher tariff rate (i.e. out -of-quota duty). TRQs are commonly used 
for agricultural products. Footnote 1 of the QR Decision explicitly excludes TRQs from its scope.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 3 
 
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  Chart 1: Number of measures  notified, by type of restriction and affected trade flow  
 
Source:  WTO QR database  based on notifications received.  The abbreviations refer to the symbols used in 
the QR Decision . 
 
2.3  Types of products affected  
2.8.  Paragraphs (iii) and (iv) of the  QR Decision require Members to provide specific information on 
the tariff line code of the products  affected by the QR, namely: i)  a detailed description of the tariff 
line(s) or parts of the tariff line(s) affected, together with an indication of the Harmonised System 
(HS) version on whi ch the codes are based; and ii)  a detailed description of the product(s) covered 
by the QR. It is further specifie d that "Members shall make an effort to be precise in those cases 
where the restriction only covers part of an HS sub -heading, i.e. only part of a six -digit code".  
2.9.  Overall, t he 1622 QRs used in the calculations  relate to the complete unive rse of  HS Chapters 
in the dataset, while in several  cases the Member did not provide specific information on the relevant 
HS codes. These case s make up a pproximately 11% of the notified QR s.  
2.10.   Chart 2 shows the  ten HS Chapters  most frequently referred to in  the QR notifications . The 
calculation was b ased on the tariff codes provided in the notification s, including cases with partial 
information.  Chapter 29 (Organic chemicals)  is the one with the highest number of notified QR  
measures , followed by Chapter 38 (M iscellaneous chemical products) and Chapter 28 (Inorganic 
chemicals ).  
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  Chart 2: Top -ten HS Chapters  affected by QRs  
 
Source: WTO QR database  based on notifications received . 
2.4  WTO justification  
2.11.   Paragraph 2(v) of the QR Decision requires Members to provide "an indication of the grounds 
and WTO justification for the measures maintained  […] and the precise WTO provisions ", which is 
indicative in nature and provided by Members for transparency purpos es only .12 Although Members 
have most frequently cited at  least one provision  from the GATT 1994 for 96% of the justifications  
in the dataset , they have also mentioned waivers , the Agreement on Safeguards, provisions in 
Protocols of Accessions and the TRIP S Agreement . On the other hand, there are 39 QRs that did not 
include  a WTO justification .  
2.12.   Chart 3 shows that  the GATT 1994 was the most frequently cited WTO A greement in the 
dataset . Under this agreement , the "General Exceptions" of Article  XX were the most frequently 
used: 1363 QRs, or 76% of the total . Particularly relevant is the reference to paragraph b of 
Article  XX, which refers to measures "necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health", 
which was cited for  almost  50% of the QRs in the dataset . The "national security" exception of 
Article  XXI was referred to  as justification for 15% of the QRs. Besides the GATT 1994, Me mbers 
have also referred to a lesser extent  to other legal justifications, such as the " Kimberly Process " 
Waiver13 (21 QRs).  
2.13.   There are several  cases where the reference has been  made  to an Article in ge neral without 
providing further details (e.g. there have been 113 cases  where the Member simply state d 
"Article  XX"), or where the justification closely resembles one of the general exceptions in the GATT , 
but no specific provision was cited (e.g. "protection of ani mal life and t he environment ").  
 
12 Footnote 3 of the QR Decision provides inter alia that the "justificat ion is provided for transparency 
purposes only and is therefore indicative.  It shall not prejudice any legal position a Member may take on the 
particular measure that the justification is intended to cover."  
13 Kimberly Process  Certification Scheme for Roug h Diamonds, see WT/L/1039  
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  Chart 3: Number of QRs notified, by WTO provision cited as justification  
  
Source: WTO QR database  based on notifications received.  
 
2.5  Other  justifications  mentioned  
2.14.   Paragraph (v) of the  QR Decision requires  Members to provide an indication of the grounds 
for the measures maintained , including "any  relevant international commitment  where appropriate" . 
Several  notifications have provided information on other  agreements , conventions or treatments,  
but Members h ave taken different approaches.  While some Members have included very detailed 
information, others have not included information about them  despite being parties to those 
international conventions . 
2.15.   Table 1  shows the number of QRs that have made reference t o international  agreements . The 
most frequently cited international conventions in the notifications include CITES, the Montreal 
Protocol on Substances that De plete the Ozone Layer, the Rotterdam Convention, and the Basel 
Convention on Hazardous Wastes, as well as UN Conventions on drugs and psychotropic substances, 
among others.   
Table  1: Number of QRs in the top -15 other  justifications  cited in the notifications  
Other j ustification  No. of QRs  
Convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora 
(CITES) , 1973 66 
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer ,1987 65 
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and 
their Disposal , 1989 47 
Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous 
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade ,1998 46 
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants ,2001 44 
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic 
Substances , 1988 35 
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs ,1961 34 
Convention on psychotropic substances.  1971 31 
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpilin g and Use of 
Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction ,1992 22 
Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual -Use Goods 
and Technologies ,1995  18 
Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer ,1985 18 
Minamata Convention on Mercury ,2013 14 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ,992 8 
Convention on the means of prohibiting and preventing the illicit import, export and 
transfer of ownership of cultural property ,1970 8 
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  Other j ustification  No. of QRs  
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of 
Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction , 1972 6 
Source:  WTO Secretariat based on QR notifications . 
 
2.6  Other elements in the notifications  
2.16.   Paragraph 2(vii) of the QR Decision allows Members to provide information on, inter alia , the 
manner in which the restriction is administered , and whether it is applied on a MFN basis or to the 
trade with one  or more trading partners. For example, about two thirds  of the measures  in the 
dataset include information on  how the measure  is administered . The Secretariat could prepare a 
more detailed assessment on this information  in future versions of the report should Members 
consider it appropriate. Several notifications  provided information on QR measures that impose 
prohibitions or restrictions on specific partner s, which are often related to Resolutions by the UN 
Security Council , or more recently to COVID -19.  
2.7  Cross -reference to other WTO notifications  
2.17.   Since several measures are already subject to other specific notification requirements under 
different WTO Agreements , and with the goal of avoid ing unnecessary duplication, the QR Decision 
allows Memb ers to make cross -references  to notifications  to other Committees .14 In this regard, 
Members can include a  cross-reference to notifications made pursuant to the Agreement on 
Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, Agreement on Import 
Licensing Procedures (only non -automatic  licensing procedures ), and other agreements .15 Section  2 
of the notification format  allows Members to include information required by paragraph 2 of the QR 
notification  that is not included in the notification to other Committees.  
 
14 Paragraph 3 of the QR Decision.  
15 Section 2 of Annex1 to the QR Decision.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 3 
 
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  Annex  
List of QR notifications submitted as of 3 April 2021  
 
Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification 
date 
Afghanistan  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/1  Complete  29/07/2016  
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/2  Complete  27/09/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AFG/3  Complete  15/12/2020  
Albania  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1  Complete  20/11/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ALB/1/Add.1  Changes  17/03/2020  
Argentina  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1  Complete  16/04/2018  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.1  Complete  16/04/2018  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/1/Rev.2  Complete  18/07/2018  
2018-2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ARG/2  Complete  21/01/2021  
Australia  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/1  Complete  19/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/2  Complete  15/01/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3  Complete  28/07/2017  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/AUS/3/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  09/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4  Complete  07/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.1  Changes  15/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.2  Changes  07/09/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/4/Add.3  Changes  18/12/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/AUS/5  Complete  30/09/2020  
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of 2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1  Complete  24/09/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/BHR/1/Rev.1/Add.1  Changes  24/03/2021  
Bangladesh  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BGD/1  
G/MA/QR/N/BGD/1/Corr.1  
 Complete  14/04/2020  
Brazil  2012-2014/ 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/1  Complete  22/08/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2  Complete  21/09/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2/Add.1  Changes  27/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/BRA/2/Add.2  Changes  11/01/2021  
Canada  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/1  Complete  07/11/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/2  Complete  23/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4  Complete  30/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CAN/4/Add.1  Changes  15/12/2020  
China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/1  Complete  08/04/2015  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/2  Complete  08/04/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/3  Complete  08/04/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/4  Complete  29/01/2019  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/4/Rev.1  Complete  29/01/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5  Complete  29/01/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CHN/5/Rev.1  Complete  29/01/2019  
Colombia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/COL/1  Complete  01/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/COL/Add.1  Changes  03/06/2020  
2018-2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/COL/Add.2  Complete  15/01/2021  
Costa Rica  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1  
G/MA/QR/N/CRI/1/Corr.1  Complete  30/09/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/2  Complete  23/10/2014  
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3  Complete  22/10/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3/Add.1  Changes  15/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/3/Add.2  Changes  01/07/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CRI/4  Complete  30/09/2020  
Côte d'Ivoire  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CIV/1  Complete  18/08/2014  
Cuba 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/1  Complete  07/01/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/2  Complete  24/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3  Complete  01/09/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/3/Rev.1  Complete  14/07/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/4  Complete  04/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CUB/5  Complete  12/10/2020  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 3 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification 
date 
Egypt  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1  Complete  13/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1  Complete  22/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1/Add.1  Changes  22/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EGY/1/Rev.1/Add.2  Changes  07/12/2020  
European Union  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/EU/1  Complete  24/04/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/EU/2  Complete  09/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/EU/3  Complete  17/01/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2018-20201 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.1  Changes  07/04/2020  
2018-20202 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.2  Changes  05/05/2020  
2018-20202 G/MA/QR/N/EU/4/Add.3  Changes  10/06/2020  
2020-20222 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5  Complete  28/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.1  Changes  04/02/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.2  Changes  16/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/EU/5/Add.3  Changes  29/03/2021  
Georgia  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/1  Complete  25/03/2014  
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2  Complete  20/12/2019 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2/Add.1  Changes  14/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/GEO/2/Add.2  Changes  14/07/2020  
Hong Kong, China   2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1  Complete  28/09/2012  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/1/Add.1  Changes  30/04/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/2  Complete  30/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/3  Complete  23/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/HKG/5  Complete  28/10/2018  
India 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/IND/1  Complete  01/10/2013  
2014-2016/ 
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2  Complete  06/06/2018  
2014-2016/ 
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/IND/2/Add.1  Complete  17/04/2019  
Israel  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1  Complete  04/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1/Add.1  Changes  09/06/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/ISR/1/Add.2  Changes  01/11/2020  
Japan  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/1  Complete  22/01/2013 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2  Complete  15/01/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/2/Rev.1  Complete  15/01/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/4  Complete  28/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/JPN/5  Complete  30/09/2020  
Kazakhstan  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1  
G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/1/Corr.1  Complete  03/05/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2  Complete  10/12/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KAZ/2/Rev.1  Complete  21/01/2019  
Korea, Rep. of  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/1  Complete  15/10/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2  Complete  27/09/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  10/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.2  Changes  17/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.3  Changes  10/07/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.4  Changes  20/08/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/2/Add.5  Changes  15/09/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3  Complete  09/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KOR/3/Add.1  Changes  23/10/2020  
Kyrgyz Republic  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1  Complete  22/07/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.1  Changes  23/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.2  Changes  21/12/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.3  Changes  06/01/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.4  Changes  05/03/2021  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/KGZ/1/Add.5  Changes  23/03/2021  
Lao PDR  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/LAO/1  Complete  12/10/2014 
Macao, China  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/1  Complete  01/09/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/2  Complete  01/08/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/3  Complete  17/06/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/4  Complete  14/08/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MAC/5  Complete  18/06/2020  
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification 
date 
Malaysia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MYS/1  Complete  30/09/2020  
Maldives  2014-2016/ 
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDV/1  Complete  30/10/2019  
Mali 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MLI/1  Complete  05/05/2013  
Mauritius  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/1  Complete  30/10/2014 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/2  Complete  16/09/2016  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/3  Complete  09/03/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/4  Complete  03/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MUS/5  Complete  18/09/2020  
Mexico  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1  Complete  22/07/2016  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/MEX/1/Rev.1  Complete  26/07/2016  
Moldova, Republic 
of  2012-2014/ 
2014-2016/ 
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1  Complete  26/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1/Add.1  Changes  26/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/1/Add.2  Changes  15/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MDA/2  Complete  07/09/2020  
Montenegro  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MNE/1  Complete  05/11/20190 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/MNE/2  Complete  23/09/2020  
New Zealand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/1  Complete  12/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/2  Complete  01/10/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/3  Complete  14/05/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/4  Complete  25/10/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NZL/5  Complete  18/03/2021  
Nicaragua  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/1  Complete  22/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/2  Complete  14/11/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/3  Complete  30/09/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/NIC/4  Complete  03/11/2020  
North Macedonia  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/MKD/1  Complete  31/03/2020  
Norway  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/1  Complete  06/05/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/NOR/1/Add.1  Changes  03/06/2020  
Paraguay  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1  
G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1/Corr.1  Complete  11/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PRY/1/Add.1  Changes  26/05/2020  
Peru 2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/PER/1  Complete  28/08/2013  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/PER/2  Changes  19/06/2020  
Philippines  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/1  Complete  19/05/2015  
2014-2016/ 
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020/  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/PHL/2  Complete  23/02/2021  
Russian Federation  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1  
G/MA/QR/N/RUS/1/Corr.1  Complete  14/09/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/2  Complete  18/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3  
G/MA/QR/N/RUS/3/Corr.1  Complete  27/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/RUS/4  Complete  07/05/2019  
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SAU/1  Complete  24/04/2020  
Seychelles  2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SYC/1  Complete  10/01/2018  
Singapore  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/1  Complete  06/05/2013  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/2  Complete  15/04/2015  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/3  Complete  22/05/2017  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/4  Complete  21/11/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/SGP/5  Complete  12/10/2020  
Switzerland  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/12 Complete  11/03/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/2  Complete  10/07/2017  
2018-2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/CHE/3  Complete  13/07/2020  
Chinese Taipei  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1  Complete  29/09/2014  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/1/Add.1  Changes  18/11/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/2  Complete  21/07/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/3  Complete  03/10/2018  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TPKM/4  Complete  24/09/2020  
 
2 This notification also covers Lichtenstein.  G/MA/W/114/Rev. 3 
 
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  Member  Biennial 
period  Document symbol  Type  Notification 
date 
Thailand  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/THA/1  
G/MA/QR/N/THA/1/Corr.1  Complete  22/10/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2  Complete  06/11/2018  
2014-2016/ 
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.1  Complete  28/03/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.2  Changes  27/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/THA/2/Add.3  Changes  02/04/2020  
Tonga  2018-2020/ 
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/TON/1  Complete  22/01/2021  
Turkey  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1  
G/MA/QR/N/TUR/1/Corr.1  Complete  30/09/2012  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2  
G/MA/QR/N/TUR/2/Corr.1  Complete  30/10/2019  
Ukraine  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1  Complete  02/10/2012  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.1  Changes  30/04/2013  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.2  Changes  20/08/2013  
2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/1/Add.3  Changes  17/12/2013 
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2  Complete  16/09/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/2/Rev.1  Complete  18/11/2015  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3  Complete  06/09/2016  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1  
G/MA/QR/N/UKR/3/Add.1/Corr.1  Changes  16/02/2017  
2016-2018/ 
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4  Complete  11/10/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.1  Changes  11/03/2019  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.2  Changes  26/03/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.3  Changes  13/04/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.4  Changes  15/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.5  Changes  05/06/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/4/Add.6  Changes  06/07/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/UKR/5  Complete  15/10/2020  
United States  2012-2014 G/MA/QR/N/USA/1  Complete  03/10/2012  
2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/USA/2  Complete  30/09/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/USA/3  Complete  30/09/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4  Complete  30/09/2018  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.1  Changes  13/05/2020  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/USA/4/Add.2  Changes  31/08/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5  Complete  01/10/2020  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/USA/5/Add.1  Changes  28/01/2021  
Uruguay  2014-2016 G/MA/QR/N/URY/1  Complete  08/01/2014  
2016-2018 G/MA/QR/N/URY/2  Complete  04/11/2016  
2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/URY/3  Complete  21/10/2019  
2020-2022 G/MA/QR/N/URY/4  Complete  17/07/2020  
Viet Nam  2018-2020 G/MA/QR/N/VNM/1  Complete  03/08/2020  
Source: WTO  Secretariat  based on notifications received until  3 April 2021 . 
 
 
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