WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/JPN/27
14January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0107)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification inthecontext ofaction taken within theframework oftheDecision
onMeasures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme onLeast-Developed
andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries forthecalendar year1996(Table NF:1) wasreceived
from thedelegation ofJapan on7January 1998.G/AG/N/JPN/27
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Table NF:1 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2OFTHE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OFTHE FOLLOW-UP TOTHE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ONLEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Japan
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
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(1) Quantity offood aidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries:
TheGovernment ofJapan grants funds tobeusedtopurchase grain andtotalamount offunds
granted inthecalendar year1996wasUS$20.22 million (formore detailed information, please
refertotheattachment).
(2)Indication oftheproportion infully grant form orappropriate concessional terms:
Allofthefunds were granted infullygrant form.
(3)Technical andfinancial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) oftheDecision:
Intheagricultural sector1,Japan provided technical andfinancial assistance asfollows:
(i)Fully grant form:
Grant aid US$ 202.06 million
Technical cooperation US$ 129.71 million
(ii)Appropriate concessional terms:
ODA loans (grant element2more than25%) US$ 356.47 million
(4)Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework oftheDecision:
ODA disbursement in1996 US$ 9608 million3
(i)Bilateral ODA US$ 8356 million
Grant aid US$ 2396 million
Technical cooperation US$ 3181 million
ODA loans US$ 2780 million
(ii)Through International Organizations US$ 1252 million
1and2According totheclassification byDAC.
3Including aidgiven toEastEurope andtheEuropean Bank forReconstruction andDevelopment.G/AG/N/JPN/27
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ATTACHMENT
Table NF:1 FOOD AIDunder theFOOD AIDCONVENTION
REPORTING PERIOD: July1996 -June1997
Destination Quantity offood aidtoalldestinations
Angola 7,760M/T rice (US$2,917,760)
Ghana 4,137M/T rice (US$1,473,101)
Guinea 2,779M/T rice (US$1,097,342)
Djibouti 3,269M/T rice (US$1,375,949)
Sudan (through WFP) 2,911M/T wheat (US$582,185)
Swaziland 1,438M/T beans (US$1,295,931)
Togo 1,643M/T rice (US$717,911)
Niger 1,366M/T rice (US$564,980)
Burkina Faso 1,775M/T rice (US$588,286)
Benin 1,583M/T rice (US$752,846)
Malawi 3,223M/T wheat (US$1,437,440)
Lesotho 2,795M/T wheat (US$740,673)
Cambodia (through WFP) 11,810M/T rice (US$3,365,916)
Maldives 2,560M/T flour (US$999,662)
Mongolia 5,263M/T flour (US$2,236,839)
Haiti 4,163M/T rice (US$2,003,655)
Bangladesh 31,106M/T flour (US$8,633,502)
Palestine Refugees (through UNRWA) 13,381M/T flour,rice (US$5,119,553)
Afgan Refugees (through WFP) 8,056M/T wheat (US$1,530,707)
Afgan Displaced (through WFP) 15,871M/T wheat (US$3,174,183)
Former Yugoslav Refugees (through WFP) 17,967M/T flour (US$5,839,275)
Myanmar Refugees inBangladesh 4,694M/T rice (US$1,337,853)
Rwanda, Burundi Refugees (through WFP) 19,094M/T maize (US$3,436,991)
Sierra Leone Refugees (through WFP) 9,302M/T maize meal (US$2,511,650)
Liberian Refugees (through EFP) 9,881M/T maize meal (US$2,667,790)
Somalian Displaced (through WFP) 3,695M/T wheat (US$739,098)
Somalia, Sudan Refugees (through WFP) 7,554M/T wheat,
flour, pulse(US$1,660,081)
Armenia Refugees andDisplaced (through WFP) 2,935M/T flour (US$763,186)
Azerbaijan Displaced (through WFP) 3,006M/T flour (US$781,592)
Georgia Displaced (through WFP) 3,060M/T flour (US$795,702)
General Notes: TheGovernment ofJapan grants torecipient countries funds tobeused topurchase grain.
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