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28 September  2023 
(23-6503) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  28 September  2023, is being circulated at th e request of the 
delegation of The Separate  Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu . The 
notification concerns the volume -based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ). 
 
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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:  Pork belly  
   
2. Tariff item number:  02031911, 02031991, 02032911, 02032991  
   
3. Trigger level:  15,159.3 tonnes  
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
   
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  15,160 tonnes  
   
5. Period of application:  11-09-2023 - 31-12-2023  G/AG/N/TPKM/228  
 
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  SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME -BASED: ANNEX 1 TO MA:3  
Information required for the calculation of the trigger level  
 
Domestic consumption  is taken into account  
           
Imports in the 3 preceding years for 
which data are available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2019   17,052.3    Tonne     
Year 2  2020   11,295.6    Tonne     
Year 3  2021   12,644.1    Tonne     
Average:      13,664    Tonne      
    
Domestic consumption in the 3 
preceding years for which data are 
available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2019   74,424.5    Tonne     
Year 2  2020   70,243.1    Tonne     
Year 3  2021   70,372    Tonne     
Average:      71,679.9    Tonne      
    
Calculation of base trigger level             
 Average 
Imports    Average 
domestic 
consumption         
Import penetration (MAO) :  13,664  / 71,679.9  = 19%    
    
X Base 
Trigger 
Level             
if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%  125%  x  =     
if import penetration (MAO) > 10% but < or = 30%  110%  x 13,664  = 15,030.4     
if import penetration (MAO) >30%  105%  x  =     
    
Y              
Change in domestic consumption  70,372  - 70,243.1  = 128.9     
              
X + Y   = 15,159.3     
    
Trigger cap  125%  x 13,664  = 17,080     
    
Trigger threshold  105%  x 13,664  = 14,347.2     
    
Trigger level taking domestic consumption into 
account           15,159.3     
    
Method of allocation of change in consumption to the 
tariff line concerned:      
 
 
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