__________WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/PHL/30
9 October 2002
(02-5425)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of the Philippines  on 3 October 2002.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS:  The Philippines
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  Special Safeguard:  Volume-based
1. Description of product: Meat and offal of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus,
prepared or preserved in airtight containers.
2. Tariff item number: 1602.32.10
3. Trigger level: 25,672 kilograms
(as calculated in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 83,160 kilograms (January to July 2002)
5. Period of application: 25 September 2002 to 31 December 2002.
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:3
(Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level)
Imports in the reference period: 1999: 20,591 kilograms
2000: 34,751 kilograms2001:   6,271 kilograms
Average: 20,538 kilograms
Note: Since domestic consumption is not taken into account, the trigger level is set at 125 per cent
of the average quantity of imports mentioned above, in accordance with paragraph 4 of
Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  Its calculation is as follows:
Trigger level: 125% x 20,538 kgs. = 25,672 kgs.
Source of information:  National Stat istics Office and Bureau of Customs.