WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/56
7 July 2000
(00-2796)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the price-based special safeguard ( Table MA:4 ) was
received from the delegation of Japan  on 26 June 2000.
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Table MA:4
MARKET ACCESS:  Japan
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  price-based
B. AD HOC NOTIFICATION
(1) Description of product: Wheat flour
(2) Tariff item number: 1101.00.099
(3) Trigger price: 46.63 yen/kg.
(as calculated in Annex 1)
(4) Date of application: 14 June 2000
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  PRICE-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:4
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Price
Prices in the reference period: 1986:    * '000 yen/tonne
1987:    * '000 yen/tonne
1988:    * '000 yen/tonne
Average: 46.63 '000 yen/tonne
* The c.i.f. prices for the product in question are not available because of no imports implemented
during the base period.  The trigger price is calculated based on the import price of wheat using the
conversion ratio and then adding the reference milling cost in the base period.
Source of price information:  Average c.i.f. unit value (MOF "Japan's Trade Statistics")
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