Committee on Import Licensing
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The Committee on Import Licensing is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and administration of rules governing import licensing procedures among member countries.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Committee on Import Licensing canonical | 4 |
| Committee on Import Licensing (GATT Code Committee) | 1 |
| WTO Committee on Import Licensing | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1298010 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Committee on Import Licensing Context triple: [Council for Trade in Goods, hasSubsidiaryBody, Committee on Import Licensing]
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A.
Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
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B.
Harmonized System Committee
The Harmonized System Committee is a key technical body within the World Customs Organization responsible for overseeing the interpretation, amendment, and uniform application of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used for international trade classification.
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C.
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
The Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets transparent, fair, and predictable rules for how countries administer import licensing systems.
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D.
International Trade Commission
The International Trade Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that investigates and adjudicates matters involving international trade, including unfair trade practices and import injury to domestic industries.
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E.
Committee on Trade and Investment
The Committee on Trade and Investment is an APEC body responsible for advancing regional trade and investment liberalization and facilitating economic integration among member economies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Committee on Import Licensing Target entity description: The Committee on Import Licensing is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and administration of rules governing import licensing procedures among member countries.
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A.
Council for Trade in Goods
The Council for Trade in Goods is a key World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and functioning of multilateral agreements governing international trade in goods.
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B.
Harmonized System Committee
The Harmonized System Committee is a key technical body within the World Customs Organization responsible for overseeing the interpretation, amendment, and uniform application of the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System used for international trade classification.
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C.
Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures
The Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures is a World Trade Organization treaty that sets transparent, fair, and predictable rules for how countries administer import licensing systems.
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D.
International Trade Commission
The International Trade Commission is an independent U.S. federal agency that investigates and adjudicates matters involving international trade, including unfair trade practices and import injury to domestic industries.
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E.
Committee on Trade and Investment
The Committee on Trade and Investment is an APEC body responsible for advancing regional trade and investment liberalization and facilitating economic integration among member economies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WTO body
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international organization committee ⓘ |
| aimsAt | ensuring that import licensing does not create unnecessary barriers to trade ⓘ |
| allowsParticipationOf | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures ⓘ |
| canInvite | observers from other international organizations ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
predictability of market access conditions
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transparency of trade regimes ⓘ |
| convenes | regular meetings of WTO Members ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith | WTO Secretariat ⓘ |
| encourages | transparency in import licensing procedures ⓘ |
| ensures |
that import licensing is administered in a neutral and fair manner
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that import licensing is consistent with WTO obligations ⓘ |
| examines |
consistency of Members’ import licensing procedures with WTO rules
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specific trade concerns related to import licensing ⓘ |
| facilitates | exchange of information on import licensing practices ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
import licensing procedures
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non-tariff measures related to import licensing ⓘ |
| governedBy | WTO rules and procedures ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | CIL ⓘ |
| hasJurisdiction | WTO Members ⓘ |
| hasMandate |
monitor administration of import licensing rules by WTO Members
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oversee implementation of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures ⓘ provide a forum for consultation on import licensing procedures ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfMembership | representatives of WTO Members ⓘ |
| isBasedIn |
Geneva
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Switzerland ⓘ |
| locatedInOrganization | World Trade Organization institutional structure ⓘ |
| maintains | a record of Members’ import licensing notifications ⓘ |
| meetsAt | WTO headquarters in Geneva ⓘ |
| monitors | use of import licensing measures by WTO Members ⓘ |
| operatesUnder | Council for Trade in Goods ⓘ |
| oversees | implementation of import licensing disciplines under the WTO ⓘ |
| partOf | World Trade Organization ⓘ |
| receives | notifications of import licensing laws and regulations ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Committee on Agriculture
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Committee on Market Access ⓘ
linked to:
WTO Committee on Market Access
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures ⓘ Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Council for Trade in Goods ⓘ |
| reviews | notifications on import licensing procedures submitted by Members ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
import regulation
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international trade law ⓘ trade policy ⓘ |
| subjectOf | WTO official documents ⓘ |
| supports | implementation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in the area of import licensing ⓘ |
| usesLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Committee on Import Licensing Description of subject: The Committee on Import Licensing is a World Trade Organization body that oversees the implementation and administration of rules governing import licensing procedures among member countries.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Committee on Import Licensing
GATT subsidiary bodies and committees
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includes
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Committee on Import Licensing (GATT Code Committee)
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linked to: Committee on Import Licensing