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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/44
16 November 1999
(99-4923)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3)  was
received from the delegation of Japan  on 9 November 1999.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS:  Japan
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  volume-based
1. Description of product:
Inulin
2. Tariff item number:
1108.20
3. Trigger level:
(as calculated in Annex 1)
109 tonnes
4. Volume of imports entering territory in cu rrent period (from 1 April 1999 to 30 April 1999):
141 tonnes
5. Period of application:  from 1 November 1999 to 31 March 2000.G/AG/N/JPN/44
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:3
Information Required for the Calc ulation of the Trigger Level
Imports in the 3 preceding years:
1996
1997
1998
Average36.8
48.2
177.0
87.3tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
tonnes
Note: Since domestic consumption of the product is not taken into account, the trigger level is set
at 125 per cent of the average quantity of imports mentioned above, in accordance with paragraph 4
of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agricu lture.  Its calculation is as follows:
109 tonnes = 125 per cent x 87.3 tonnes.
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