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30 January 2024  
(24-0700) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
  
THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I TO THE GPA 2012 AS EXPRESSED   
IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES FOR  2024-2025 
JAPAN 
Pursuant to the agreed procedures ( GPA/1 , Annex 3 ), delegations have been invited to notify their 
respective threshold values in national currencies.  
The information notified by Japan  for the period 202 4-2025 is reproduced below.  
 
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1  THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I TO THE GPA  2012  AS EXPRESSED IN  NATIONAL 
CURRENCIES  
1.1  Central Government Entities (Annex  1) 
 Threshold Value in Special 
Drawing Right (SDR)  Threshold Value in Japanese 
YEN (JPY)  
Goods  100,000  18,000,000  
Construction Services   4,500,000   810,000,000  
Architectural, Engineering and 
Other Technical Services covered 
by the Agreement  450,000  81,000,000  
Other services  100,000  18,000,000  
1.2  Sub-central Government Entities (Annex 2)  
 Threshold Value in SDR  Threshold Value in JPY  
Goods  200,000  36,000,000  
Construction Services   15,000,000   2,720,000,000  
Architectural, Engineering and 
Other Technical Services covered 
by the Agreement   1,500,000   270,000,000  
Other services  200,000  36,000,000  
1.3  Other Entities (Annex 3)  
 Threshold Value in SDR  Threshold Value in JPY  
Goods  130,000  23,000,000  
Construction Services for  
Japan Post  in Group A   4,500,000   810,000,000  
Construction Services for all other 
Entities in Group A    15,000,000   2,720,000,000  
Construction Services for Entities 
in Group B   4,500,000   810,000,000  
Architectural, Engineering and 
Other Technical Services covered 
by the Agreement  450,000  81,000,000  
Other services  130,000  23,000,000  GPA/THR/JPN/4  
 
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  2  PERIOD OF VALIDITY FOR THE THRESHOLD  
The threshold levels provided above will apply to the period  starting on  1 April 2024 (the beginning 
of the fiscal year for 2024) and ending on  31 March 2026 (the end of the fiscal year for 2025). 
3  METHOD OF CALCULATION  
The calculation of the thresholds in national currencies is based on the daily average exchange rates 
of Japanese YEN (JPY) in terms of the Special Drawing Right (SDR) over the two -year period from 
January  2022 to December 2023 (SDR 1 = JPY 181.502). 
 
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