RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/JPN/2
31May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1435)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning theprice-based special safeguard (Table MA:4) hasbeen
received from thedelegation ofJapan.
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MARKET ACCESS -JAPAN
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: price-based
B: ADHOC NOTIFICATION
1. Fulldescription ofproduct: Other starches (excluding Sago starches)
2. Tariff line: 1108.19.099
3. Trigger price: 202.76 yen/kg
(ascalculated inAnnex 1)
4. Dateofapplication: May18,1995
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: PRICE BASED: Annex 1toSection BofTable MA:4
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Price
Prices inthereference period: 1986: 211.61 1,000 yen/tonne
1987: 222.77 1,000 yen/tonne
1988: 180.61 1,000 yen/tonne
Average: 202.76 1,000 yen/tonne
(Note) "Average" isweighted average byimport volume.
Source ofprice information: Averagec.i.f.unitvalue(MOF"Japan'sTradeStatistics")