WTO Ag Committee Adopt Decisions on Transparency and Notifications

The World Trade Organization members adopted a decision on the transparency of tariff rate quotas and completed the third triennial review of the Nairobi Decision on Export Competition during the March 24-25 meeting of the Committee on Agriculture. The Nairobi Decision review included a review report and a "decision on comprehensive export competition notification requirements and formats," which will streamline the notification requirements and integrate the export competition questionnaire from the Nairobi Decision, the WTO said. The decision adopted regarding TRQ administration says that members agreed to use a "modified format" for making notifications and that members with TRQ commitments should make a one-off notification with key information and subsequent notifications based on any changes to their TRQs.