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27 October 2023  
(23-7280) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 27 October 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . The notification 
concerns the volume -based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ). 
 
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  Table MA:3  
MARKET ACCESS - THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN 
AND MATSU  
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement: Special safeguard: Volume -based  
1. Description of product:  Garlic (Dried garlic bulb, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder)  
 
2. Tariff item number:  07129040  
 
3. Trigger level:  520.4 tonnes  
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
 
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  521.1 tonnes  
 
5. Period of application:  04-10-2023 - 31-12-2023  G/AG/N/TPKM/229  
 
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  SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME -BASED: ANNEX 1 TO MA:3  
Information required for the calculation of the trigger level  
Domestic consumption  is taken into account  
           
Imports in the 3 preceding years for 
which data are available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2019   390.9    Tonne     
Year 2  2020   391.3    Tonne     
Year 3  2021   466.6    Tonne     
Average:      416.3    Tonne      
    
Domestic consumption in the 
3 preceding years for which data are 
available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2019   26,929    Tonne     
Year 2  2020   31,186.2    Tonne     
Year 3  2021   34,617.7    Tonne     
Average:      30,911    Tonne      
    
Calculation of base trigger level             
 Average 
Imports    Average 
domestic 
consumption         
Import penetration (MAO) :  416.3  / 30,911  = 1%    
    
X Base 
Trigger 
Level             
if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%  125%  x 416.3  = 520.4     
if import penetration (MAO) > 10% but < or = 30%  110%  x  =     
if import penetration (MAO) >30%  105%  x  =     
    
Y              
Change in domestic consumption  34,617.7  - 31,186.2  = 3,431.5     
              
X + Y   = 3,951.9     
    
Trigger cap  125%  x 416.3  = 520.4     
    
Trigger threshold  105%  x 416.3  = 437.1     
    
Trigger level taking domestic consumption into 
account           520.4     
    
Method of allocation of change in consumption to the 
tariff line concerned:      
 
 
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