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9 January  2020 
(20-0265) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  9 January  2020, is being circulated at th e request of the delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns the volume -based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ). 
 
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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:  Butter  and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy 
spreads  
 
2. Tariff item number:  040510 ex 01, 040510 ex 02, 040520, 040590 ex 01, 
040590 ex 02  
 
3. Trigger level:  15,407.1 Tonne s  
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
   
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  16,488 Tonne s  
   
5. Period of application:  01-01-2020 to 31-03-2020  
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: V OLUME -BASED: ANNEX 1  TO MA:3  
Information required for the calculation of the trigger level  
 
Domestic consumption  is not  taken into account  
Imports in the 3 preceding years 
for which data are available:   Year  Quantity   Unit   
Year 1  2016   12,837.878   Tonne    
Year 2  2017  8,278.186   Tonne    
Year 3  2018  15,860.973   Tonne    
Average:    12,325.7   Tonne    
  Base Trigger 
Level       
Calculation of trigger level:    125%  x 12,325.7  = 15,407.1    
  As domestic consumption is not taken into account, 
in accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture, the base trigger level is 
calculated as 125% of the three -year average 
imports.   
 
In the relevant publication on the website of Ministry of Finance, trigger level of this product is 
described as 15,408 ton nes as a result of rounding to integer.  
 
 
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