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Tariff-rate quotas (TRQ, Trade) Import licenses (Non-tariff Measures)

Non-tariff Measures to Trade, AI

  1. Tariff-rate Quotas (TRQ) in Foreign Trade
  2. Import licenses
  3. Restrictions
  4. Other prohibitions or import restrictions

Sample - Import licenses, Tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) and prohibitions (Non-tariff Measures):
Import license, Quotas, restrictions (Non-tariff Measures)


The educational aims of the Subject “Import licenses, quotas and prohibitions (Non-tariff Measures)” are the following:

  1. To understand Tariff-rate Quotas and import licensing (non-automatic) concepts
  2. To study what types of Tariff-rate Quotas and licenses exist and how they can affect an exporter
  3. To analyze the other types of prohibitions or import restrictions

Continuing education (International Trade & Business)

The Subject “Import licenses, quotas and prohibitions (Non-tariff Measures)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade, International Transport.

Masters in International Business and Foreign Trade (MIB AI)

Doctorate: World Trade.

Doctorate in International Business (DIB AI) Online

Languages Masters, Doctorate, International Business, English Study Master Doctorate in International Business in Spanish Licencias de importación Study Doctorate in International Business in French licenses d'importation, contingents Masters Foreign Trade in Portuguese Licenças de importação.

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When a government wishes to restrain the quantity of products to be imported, it implements this type of non-tariff technical measures of control and / or prohibitions. These measures are usually implemented through import licenses (not-automatic), quotas or prohibitions.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) (GATT, WTO Agreement on Safeguards) prohibits, except in exceptional cases, this type of non-tariff measures.

Foreign Trade (Importing, Exporting)
Foreign Trade

Import licenses, quotas and prohibitions.

The granting of an import license is not automatic, it may be discretionary or through a requirement by which certain criteria are met.

Licenses can be based on:

  1. Economic reasons
  2. Without specific ex ante criteria (discretionary license)
  3. Specific use
  4. Licensing linked with local production
  5. Political, religious-moral, cultural reasons

Tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) / Contingents

Import licenses for non-economic reasons are generally implemented through quotas (contingents).

A quota (tariff) is a restriction on the importation of a series of goods imposed by a Government. They are usually based on quantities or the establishment of a maximum value.

A contingent (quota) can be of indefinite duration (permanent contingent, which can be allocated by countries or global) or temporary.

  1. Customs and World Trade Organization (WTO)
  2. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS Agreement)
  3. Technical barriers to Foreign Trade (TBT Agreement)
  4. Pre-shipment Inspection (Agreement on Preshipment Inspection)
  5. Anti-dumping Measures and safeguards

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