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15 December  2022 
(22-9363) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  15 December  2022, is being circulated at th e 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:  446.8  tonnes 
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
   
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  449 tonnes  
   
5. Period of application:  01-12-2022 - 31-12-2022  G/AG/N/TPKM/218  
 
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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  2018   289.9    Tonne     
Year 2  2019   390.9    Tonne     
Year 3  2020   391.3    Tonne     
Average:      357.4    Tonne      
    
Domestic consumption in the 
3 preceding years for which data are 
available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2018   36,583   Tonne     
Year 2  2019   26,929   Tonne     
Year 3  2020   31,186.2    Tonne     
Average:      31,566.1    Tonne      
    
Calculation of base trigger level             
 Average 
Imports    Average 
domestic 
consumption         
Import penetration (MAO) :  357.4  / 31,566.1  = 1%    
    
X Base 
Trigger 
Level             
if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%  125%  x 357.4  = 446.8     
if import penetration (MAO) > 10 % but < or = 30%  110%  x  =     
if import penetration (MAO) >30%  105%  x  =     
    
Y              
Change in domestic consumption  31,186.2  - 26,929 = 4,257.2     
              
X + Y   = 4,704    
    
Trigger cap  125%  x 357.4  = 446.8     
    
Trigger threshold  105%  x 357.4  = 375.3     
    
Trigger level taking domestic consumption into 
account           446.8     
    
Method of allocation of change in consumption to the 
tariff line concerned:      
 
 
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