About Quantitative Restrictions

The Quantitative Restrictions (QR) Database provides a platform to search and retrieve information concerning trade prohibitions and other restrictions that have been notified by WTO Members. Although quantitative restrictions are generally prohibited in the WTO context, Members are allowed to introduce or maintain them as exceptions in a limited number of circumstances. These include, for example, measures which are necessary to protect human, plant and animal health or to protect public morals, measures relating to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources, and others. The QR notifications seek to provide transparency on the prohibitions and other restrictions imposed by Members on imports and exports, as well as their legal justification under WTO rules.

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Number of Members that have notified at least once

88
54 %
0
166
EU Members are counted individually

Number of members that have notified in the last biennial period (2024-2026)

52
32 %
0
166
EU Members are counted individually

Notified measures

All biennial periods and all notifications

Top 10 HS chapters notified

All biennial periods and all notifications

Top 10 WTO justifications notified

All biennial periods and all notifications

Top 10 Non-WTO commitments notified

All biennial periods and all notifications

Latest 10 notification in the database

Mauritius
16/04/2025
2024-2026
Israel
10/04/2025
2024-2026
Kyrgyz Republic
10/04/2025
2024-2026
Mongolia
07/04/2025
2024-2026
Cambodia
27/03/2025
2024-2026
United Kingdom
27/03/2025
2024-2026
Kyrgyz Republic
18/03/2025
2024-2026
Kyrgyz Republic
18/03/2025
2024-2026
Norway
13/03/2025
2024-2026, 2022-2024
Kyrgyz Republic
12/03/2025
2024-2026