GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTARIFFS AND TRADE

RESTRICTED

COM. AG/W/79/Add. 178 December 1972Special Distribution

AgricultureCommittee -

IMPORT MEASUSE

Quantitative Restrictions Applied byCountries other than those Covered by the

Joint Working Group

Addendum

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Note: This document replaces pages 357 to 401 ofdocument COM. AG/W/68/Add. 2/Part 2.

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EXPLANATORY NOTES

1. The products subject to the various kinds of restrictions are listed andclassified in the order of the BTN headings under which they fall.

2. Canada has indicated an interest in BTN items 10.05, 20.02, 20.04, 20.06,21.04, 21.05 and 21.07; the United States has indicated an interest in all theproducts listed.

3. Type of restriction:

The entry on Open General Licence of all goods other thar those on theINegative List is permitted from all countries of the world, except the followingcountries, all imports from which are subject to licensing:

Albania, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia,Democratic Republic of Germany, Hungary,North Korea, Poland, Romania, USSR andYugoslavia.

Although all imports from Czechoslovakia, Poland and Yugoslavia are subject tolicence, in practice licences are granted freely for imports of goods not on theNegative List as it applies to other countries.

The following symbols are used in the list:

P: Prohibition

L: Licensing

GQ: Global quota

BQ: Products subject to bilateral or regional agreements

A There are certain items not on the Negative List imports of which are not freelyallowed on grounds of health or public safety and welfare. Products containingsaccharine or other artificial sweetening agents may not be imported without arecommendation by the Ministry of Health.

5. Trinidad and Tobago is a party to the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA),The Agreement provides that "Subject to anything to the contrary in any agriculturalmarketing arrangements made pursuant to paragraph 6 of Annex A and laid down in aProtocol between the Parties to this Agreement, a member Territory shall not applyany quantitative restrictions on imports of goods from any other part of the Area"(Article 13, paragraph 1).

.Annex A, paragraph 6 states:

"Marketing agreements for an agreed list of agricultural commoditiesshould be sought to come into effect at the same time as the commencement offree trade and the territories in the region should examine the possibility ofrestricting imports from extra-regional sources of agricultural products thatare produced within the region and are available for satisfying regional demand."

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The Protocol laying down marketing arrangements for sugar states that anymember Territory in which sugar is produced may apply quantitative restrictionson imports into that Territory of sugar from any other part of the area.The Protocol laying down agricultural marketing arrangements1 states:

"Para. 3: Subject to paragraphs 4 and 5, importsof any commodity into amember Territory shall be from within the Area,

Provided that, during a period of three years commencing with the dateof the coming into operation of this Protocol, imports of any commodity intoa member Territory from outside the Area may, in the aggregate for each ofthose years, amount to not more than 30 per cent of the imports ofsuchcommodity into that member Territory from outside the Area during theyear 1966,

Para. 4: (1) Imports of any commodity into a member Territory from outsidethe Area, not being allowed under the proviso to paragraph 3, are permissibleby prior sanction of the secretariat at the member Territory's request madethrough notification thereof by its Government to the secretariat.

(2) The secretariat shall give such sanction only when a deficit inreference to the commodity in question has been declared to exist in thesaid member Territory under sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 6."

6. Comments: Except where otherwise stated, the comments in this column aretaken from document L/2749/Add.7.

7. References: L/2749/Add. 7; L/3074.

The commodities in question are: pork (ex 02.01), pork products (02.05,ex 02.06, ex 16.01, ex 16.02), poultry meat (02.02), eggs (04.05). potatoes,cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, red kidney beans, garlic, onions, string beans, okra,pigeon (Congo) peas (ex 07.01), sweet potatoes (ex 07.06), pineapples andplantains (ex 08.01),fresh oranges (ex 08.02), pepper (ex 09.04), cinnamon (09.06),cloves (09.07), groundnuts (ex 12.01).

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Type ofProduct restriction Comments

01.05 Live poultry

Meat of bovine animals ,

sheep, lambs and pigsfresh, chilled or fro-.

zen

P Imports not normally allowed exceptfor a certain number of day-old chicksfor laying

L Import quota of 75 per cent of 1965imports

Meat of animalswithin headings01.03 and 01.04

falling BQ

Pig offals, fresh, R

chilled or frozen

02.02 Dead poultry and edible P, BQ

offals thereof (exceptliver) fresh, chilled'or frozen

ex 02.04 Other meat and edible P

meat offals, fresh,chilled or frozen;

kangaroo meat

United States: The meat of animais

falling within headings 01.03 and

01.04 is included in the agricultur-al marketing Protocol of CARIFTACaribbean Free Trade Association.

Member countries are prohibitedfrom importing commodities covered

in the Protocol until they have

bought all supplies available in

the CARIFTAregion. During the

first three years this Agreement wasin effect, however, CARIFTA countries

were allowed to impart up to 30 per

cent of their total imports(in 1966)oaf a lsited cmmomdity foam outsideCARIFTA . Apparently it has not

been implemented. (Applies also to,

:02.02, 04.05, 07.01, 07.06, 08.01,.08.02, 09.04, 09.06e 09.07, 12.01,

12.08.)

Quotas have been established.

Imports not normally allowed exceptfor offals.

United States: See item 02.01.

Only canned kangaroo, meat allowed.

ex 02.0-1

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TN , . , , e. o ,BTN Product restriction Comments

t,,,r.i,. ,.. ,.,i.,o..j

02.05

03.01

Unrendered pig fat freeof lean meat and unren-dered poultry fat, fresh,chilled, frozen, salted,in brine, dried or smoked

Pig meat, in brine

Fish, fresh (live or dead)chilled or frozen

Crustaceans and molluscs,whether in shell or not,fresh (live or dead),chilled, frozen, salted,in brine or dried;crustaceans, in shell,simply boiled in water

04.02 Milk and cream, condensed,sweetened

04.05 Birds' eggs and egg yolks,fresh, drïed or otherwisepreserved, sweetened or notEggs in shell

07.01 Vegetables, fresh or chilled: BQpotatoes; tomatoes, carrots,red kidney beans, garlic,onions, cabbages, string beans,pigeon peas and okra

Potatoes (excluding sweet*potatoes)

BQ, L Quotas have been established

BQ,L

GQ, L

BQ

Quotas have been established

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidadand Tobago

Import quota of 20 per cent of1964 importsUnited States: see item 02.01

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidadand TobagoUnited States: See item 02.01Potatoes: see also item 15.02

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidadand Tobago

02.

2.06

03

03.03

l

11

1

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Type ofProduct restriction Commentsrestriction......

Split peas; dried pigeon peas

Sweet potatoesPumpkins

Plantains and pineapplesBananas , plantains, guavas

Coconuts, fresh, whole, dried

Citrus fruit, fresh

Fresh oranges

Fruit (whether or not cooked),.preserved by freezing, notcontaining added sugar:

Oranges, grapefruit

Othor

Fruit provisionally preserved(for example, by sulpherdioxide gas, in brine, insulphur water or other pre-servative solutions) butunsuitable in that state forimmediate consumption:Oranges, grapefruitOther

P Imports of split peas not normallyallowod; imports of dried pigeonpeas allowed

BQ United Stats: sec item 02.01

L Imports allowed according to thesupply situation in Trinidad andTobago

BQ United States: see item 02.01

L Imports allowed according to thesupply situation in Trinidad andTobago

L Limited quantities allowed

P lmports not normally allowed

BQ United States: see item 02.01

P Imports not allowaed

L Import licences grantedreasonably freely

pL

lmports not allowedImport licences granted reasonablyffeely

1An Oils and Fats Agrteement has been concluded betwen the Governments of Barbados,

Guyana, Grenada , St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica fo , the purposeof extending and supporting tho coconut industry in the area, including the manufactureof fats and oils. Consequently special arrangements are in force affecting imports ofcertain products (this also affects items 12.01, 15.01 to 15.07, 15.09, 15.10, 15.12,15.13, 15.17 and 23.04).

BTN

ex 07.05

ex 07.06

08.01

08.02

08. 10

...o

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z-1 J[S-BTN Product Type ofXi

ex 09.01 Coffee, whether or not roastedor freed of caffeine; coffeesubstitutes containing coffeein any proportion

ex 09,04 Pepporex 09.06 Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree

flowers

09.07 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and

10.05 Maizee

10.06 Rice

ex 11.01 Wheat flourex 11.08 Liquid starches

ex 12.01 Ground-nuts, linseed

0 .1 seeds and oleaginousfruit, excluding castor oilseeds

L

BQBQ

BQ

P, BQ

L

P

BQ

L

United States:United States:

United States:

see item 02.01see itc-m 02.01

see item 02.01

United States: Imports fromCARTFTA (Caribbean Free TradeAssociation), with a few excep-tions, are no longer subject tolicensing requirements. (Appliesalso to 20.02, 20.04, 20.06, 21.04:.21.05, 21.07)Imports allowed only from Guyanaand Surinam, in accordance withagreements with the Governmentsof these countries.

Quotas have been establishedImports not allowed

United States: see item 02.01.As regards linseed, see alsoIitem 15.02.

Imports of copra not normallyallowed from outside the area ofthe Agreement. Imports allowedfreely for uses other thanextracting oil.

1.

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BTN Product restriction Comments

ex 12.03 Coconut seeds for

ex 12.07 Tonka beans

ex 12.08 Locust beans, freshwhether or not kibbledground

15.01 Lard and other refats rendered po

15.02 Unrendered fats ocattle sheep or(including "premiproduced from tho

15.03 Lard stearin, oleand tallow starin;oleo-oil and talIowerulsified or Mixedprepared in any way

See note 1, item 08.01

pIanting

or dried,or

rendered pigpoultry fat

bovinegoats; tallower jue)tse fats

ostearinlard-oil,

oil, not: or

L Imports freely licensed

L

BQ

L

BQ, L

L

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidad andTobago

United States: see item 02.01

imports not normally allowed fromoutside the area of the, agreement

Limited quantities allowed foruse in manufacture of copraproducts Licensed freely foruse other than manufacture ofcopra productsUnited States: These items appearon the Basic Materials List ofCARIFTA Imports of these productsfrom non-members, consequently, areto receive, the same treatmentgranted members This may includethe removal of quantitativerestrictions in some cases.(Applies also to potatoes (07.01),linseed (12.01) and items 15.06,15.07 and 15.15).

Imports not normally allowed fromoutside the area of the Agreement

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Type of mj entBTN Product restrictios Comments

Fats and oils, of fish andmarine mammals, whether ornot refined:

Cod liver oil

Other fats and oils1

Wool grease and fatty substancesderived therefrom (includinglanolin)

Other animal oils and fats

(including neat's-foot oiland fats from bones or waste)

Fixed vegetable oils, fluid,or solid, crude, refined orpurified:

Linseed oil

Olive oil and castor oilTung oil and other paint oil;Mustard oil

Other oils1

L

L

L

BQ, L

BQ, L

L

L

L

Imports freely licensedLimited quantities allowed for usein manufacture of copra products

Licensed frecly for uses otherthan manufacture of copra products

Imports not normally allowed fromoutside the area of the agreement

United States: sec item 15.02Limited quantities allowed for usein manufacture of copra products.Licensed freely for uses otherthan manufacture of copra products

United States: see item 15.02Imports freely licensed

Imports freely licensed

Import licences granted reasonablyfreely

Soyabean oil, cotton-seed oil andground-nut oil: limited quantitiessallowed under the Agreement for usein manufacture of copra productsor in case of shortage of copra orcoconut oil in the area of theAgreement .

1See note 1, item 08.01.

15.04

15.05

15.06

15.07

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BTN Product Type of Commentsrestrictionscont'd)

15.08 Animal and vegetableoils,boiled, oxidized or blown

Degras

15.10 Fatty acids; acid oils1

15.12 Animal or vegetable oils

and fats, wholly or partiallyhydrogented solid fish oil

15.13 Margarin o cf animal,egetctableor mixed origin; substitutes ofanimalor vegetable criginal1

15.15 Beeswaxand other insectwaxes, whether or notcoloured

15.16 Vegetable waxes, whether or notcolouredd

15.17 Residues resulting from thetreatment of fatty substances oranimal or vergetable waxes 1

1See note 1, item 08.01

L

L

L

L

L

BQ, L

L

L

Palm oil and palm kernel oil:Limited quantities allowed to beimported under the Agreement forpharmaceutical use and manu-facture of paints, etc.

Coconut oil: Imports not normallyallowed from outside the area ofthe Agreementnt.

Other oils: Limited quantitiesallowed under the Agreement.

Imports freely licensed.

Imports not normally allowedfrom outside the area of theAgreement.

Limited quantities allowed underthe Agreement for use in manu-facture of copra and other pro-ducts.

Limited quantities allowed underthe Agreement, for the manufactureof copra and other products.Imports not normally allowedfrom outside the area of the:Agreement .

United States: see item 15.02Imports allowed accord ing tosupply situation in Trinidad andTobago.

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidad andTobago.

Limited quantities allowed underthe Agreement for use in manu-facture of copra and otherproducts.

:

1x.

'i)

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BTN Product~~~.1,,,... .. . ..S..

Sausages and the like, of meat,meat offal or animal blood:"snack foods"Other prepared or preservedmoat or meat offal:Canned chickenSnack foods

Beet sugar and cane sugar,solid

Malt extract

Macaroni, spaghetti andsimilar productsVegetables prepared orpreserved otherwise thanby vinegar or acetic acid:(i.e. canned vegetables):Canned peas and beans

Canned olives, canned peasand canned tomatoesFruit preserved by freezing,containing added sugar:

Oranges and grapefruitOther

Fruit, fruit-peel and parts ofplants, preserved by sugar(drained, glacé or crystallized)Lemon peelGlacé cherriesOther

p

p

GQ, L

L

L, BQ

P

L

p

L, BQ

L

Comments

Quotas have been established.

Imports not normally allowed

Quotas have been established

Imports not normally allowed

Imports not allowed

Quota of 50 per cent of 1962imports

Imports allowed according tosupply situation in Trinidad andTobago

United States: see item 10.05

Imports not allowedImport licences granted reasonablyfreely

Imports not normally allowed

United States: see item 10.05Import licences granted reasonablyfreely

x 16.01

ex 16.02

17.01

19.0119.03

20.02

20.03

20.04

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BTN product Type of CommentsrestrictionProduct ---1~~~~~

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades,fruit purée and fruit pastes,being cooked preparations,whether or not containing addedSugarFruit otherwise prepared orprserved, whether or notcontaining added sugar orspirit .

Canned fruit

Oranges and grapefruitOther

Fruit juices (includinggrape must) and vegetablejuices, whether or not con-taining addled sugar, butunfermented and notcontaining spirit:

Of citrus fruit, excludinglemon juiceOther

extracts, essences or con-centrates of coffee; preparations with a basis ofthose extracts, cssunces orconcentratesTomato ketchup

Soups and broths, in liquid,solid or powder formFood preparations not also-where specified or included

Condensed or dehydrated " beer

L Licencus normally issued formarmalades and citrus fruit pulp;for other products, licences are

1 - 2__ > A

L ,BQ,P

L

L

L

L, BQ

L, BQ

issued for types not manufacturedin Trinidad and Tobago

United States: see- item 10.05Imports not allowed

Import licences granted reasonablyfreely

Imports not allowed

United States:

United States:see

see

L, BQ "Snack' foods": quofixed

P Imports not allowed

item 10.05

e item 10.05

tas have been

20.05

20.06

| 20.07

ex 21.02

ex 21.0421.05 riI

21.07

e.x 22.03

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1Coconut cake and meal are covered by the Agreement. See note 1, item 08.01.

BTN Product Type of comments

23.04 Oilcake and other residues L Imports of all kinds of oilcake,(except dregs) resulting from except coconut cake in meal,the extraction of vegetable allowed reasonably freelyoils-

24.01 Unmanufactured tobacco; L Licences granted for alltobacco refuse requirements except small

percentage produced in Trinidadand Tobago