 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/TPKM/15 
13 April 2004 
 (04-1648) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 7 April 2004, 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 ). 
  G/AG/N/TPKM/15 
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 Table MA:3 
 
MARKET ACCESS – The Separate Customs Territo ry of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 
 
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreemen t:  special safeguard: volume-based 
 
1. Description of product:  Garlic bulb 
2. Tariff item number: 07032010, 07032090 and 07129040 
3. Trigger level: 
 (as calculated in Annex 1)   1,348 tonnes 
4. Volume of imports entering 
 territory in current period  1,395 tonnes 
5. Period of application:  from 11 February 2004 to 31 December 2004 
 
 
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to MA:3 
 
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level 
 
 Imports in the 3 preceding years: 2000: 675 tonnes 
  2001: 227 tonnes 
  2002: 2,950 tonnes   Average: 1,284 tonnes 
  
And if import penetration is taken into account: 
 Consumption in the 3 preceding years: 2000: 63,099 tonnes   2001: 54,216 tonnes   2002: 52,017 tonnes   Average: 56,444 tonnes 
 
Calculation of trigger level (pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture): 
 Import penetration = 1,284/56,444   = 2.3% (base trigger therefore equals 125%) 
 
Trigger level = (125% x 1,284 tonnes) + (52,017 tonnes – 54,216 tonnes)   = 0 tonnes < 105% of the average imports = 1,348 tonnes  Therefore, the trigger level is 1,348 tonnes.  
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