WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/JPN/11
22October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4407)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning thevolume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3) was
received from thedelegation ofJapan on11October 1996.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS -JAPAN
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: volume-based
1. Description ofproduct:
Milk andcream, notconcentrated norcontaining added sugar orother sweetening
matter.
-Ofafatcontent, byweight exceeding 1%butnotexceeding 6%:Sterilized,
frozen orpreserved. (Referred tointhisnotification as"Milk andcream
(1<Fat<=6%)").
-Ofafatcontent, byweight, exceeding 6%:Sterilized, frozen orpreserved.
Other cream offatcontent, byweight of13%ormore (other thansterilized,
frozen orpreserved). (Referred tointhisnotification as"Milk andcream
(6<Fat %)").
2. Tariff itemnumbers:
Milk andcream (1<Fat<=6%) :0401.20-110, 0401.20-190
Milkandcream (6<Fat %):0401.30-111, 0401.30-119, 0401.30-121, 0401.30-129
3. Trigger level(ascalculated inAnnex 1):
Milk andcream (1<Fat<=6%) :0tonnes
Milk andcream (6<Fat %):0.2tonnes
4. Volume ofimports entering territory incurrent period:
Milk andcream (1<Fat<=6%) :1.2tonnes
Milk andcream (6<Fat %):0.4tonnes
5. Period ofapplication: from October 1,1996 toMarch 31,1997
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: Annex 1toTable MA:3
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Level
(1)Milk andcream (1<Fat<=6%)
Imports inthe3preceding years: 1993: 0 tonnes
1994: 0 tonnes
1995: 0 tonnes
Average: 0 tonnes
Note: Since domestic consumption oftheproduct isnottaken intoaccount, thetrigger level
issetat125percentoftheaverage quantity ofimports mentioned above, inaccordance with
paragraph 4ofArticle 5oftheAgreement onAgriculture. Itscalculation isasfollows:
0tonnes= 125% *0tonnes
(2)Milk andcream (6<Fat %)
Imports inthe3preceding years: 1993: 0.48 tonnes
1994: 0 tonnes
1995: 0 tonnes
Average: 0.16 tonnes
Note: Since domestic consumption oftheproduct isnottaken intoaccount, thetrigger level
issetat125percentoftheaverage quantity ofimports mentioned above, inaccordance with
paragraph 4ofArticle 5oftheAgreement onAgriculture. Itscalculation isasfollows:
0.2tonnes= 125% *0.16tonnes