  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/TPKM/12 
8 March 2004 
 (04-1002) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 4 March 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 ). 
 
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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 & 07129040 
3. Trigger level: 
 (as calculated in Annex 1)   695 tonnes 
4. Volume of imports entering 
 territory in current period  697 tonnes 
5. Period of application:  from 11 December 2003 to 31 December 2003 
 
 
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to MA:3 
 
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level 
 
 Imports in the 3 preceding years: 1999: 1,696 tonnes 
  2000: 290 tonnes 
  2001: 0 tonnes   Average: 662 tonnes 
  
And if import penetration is taken into account: 
 Consumption in the 3 preceding years: 1999:  53,963 tonnes   2000:  55,101 tonnes   2001:  53,989 tonnes   Average:  54,351 tonnes 
 
Calculation of trigger level (pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture): 
 Import penetration = 662/54,351   = 1.2% (base trigger therefore equals 125%) 
 
Trigger level = (125% x 662 tonnes) + (53,989 tonnes – 55,101 tonnes)   = 0 tonnes < 105% of the average imports = 695 tonnes  Therefore, the trigger level is 695 tonnes. 
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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:  Oriental pears 
2. Tariff item number: 08082019 
3. Trigger level: 
 (as calculated in Annex 1)   2,792 tonnes 
4. Volume of imports entering 
 territory in current period  2,798 tonnes 
5. Period of application:  from 19 January 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: 353 tonnes 
  2001: 550 tonnes 
  2002: 5,799 tonnes   Average: 2,234 tonnes  And import penetration is  not taken into account. 
 
Calculation of trigger level (pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture): 
  Trigger level = 125% x 2,234 tonnes   = 2,792 tonnes 
 
 
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