Division 1.1

At the Ninth Session of the Ministerial Conference, Ministers adopted the Decision on ‘Understanding of Tariff Rate Quota Administration Provisions of Agricultural Products, as defined in Article 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture’ (WT/MIN(13)/39) (‘Bali TRQ Decision’). Ministers instructed the Committee to review and monitor the implementation of Members’ obligations established under the Bali TRQ Decision with the objective that the review will promote a continuing process of improvement in the utilization of tariff rate quotas, commencing no later than 2017, taking into account experience gained up to that time.^f1 The Review discussions commenced at the October 2017 meeting of the Committee.^f2 At the February 2018 meeting, the Committee agreed to the process and timelines to conduct the Review in document G/AG/W/171.^f3 As per the agreed procedure, the review has been conducted through open-ended informal meetings of the Committee scheduled back-to-back with the regular meetings of the Committee.^f4