. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/TPKM/7
9 May 2003
(03-2483)
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 Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and
Matsu  on 25 April 2003.G/AG/N/TPKM/7
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS – The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard: volume-based
1. Description of product: Chicken legs and wings
2. Tariff item number: 02071311, 02071411, 02109012 and
16023210
3. Trigger level:
(as calculated in Annex 1) 12,492 tonnes
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period 12,536 tonnes
5. Period of application: from 17 March 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: 14,128 tonnes
2000: 12,278 tonnes
2001: 9,287 tonnes
Average: 11,898 tonnes
And if import penetration is taken into account:Consumption in the 3 preceding years: 1999: 187,329 tonnes
2000: 187,054 tonnes
2001: 177,506 tonnes
Average: 183,963 tonnes
Calculation of trigger level (pursuant to Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture):Import penetration = 11,898 / 183,963
= 6.5% (base trigger therefore equals 125%)
Trigger level = (125% x 11,898 tonnes)  + (177,506 tonnes – 187,054 tonnes)
= 5,325 tonnes < 105% of the average imports = 12,492 tonnes
Therefore, the trigger level is 12,492 tonnes.
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