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18 February  2022 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  18 February  2022, 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:  Peanuts  
  
2. Tariff item number:  12023010, 12024100, 20081111, 20081191, 12023020, 
12024200, 12089011, 12089021, 20081112, 20081192, 
15081000, 15089000, 20081942  
  
3. Trigger level:  9,042.8 tonnes  
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
  
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  9,150.5 tonnes  
  
5. Period of application:  16-12-2021 - 31-12-2021  G/AG/N/TPKM/209  
 
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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  2017   10,761.5    Tonne     
Year 2  2018   8,403.2    Tonne     
Year 3  2019   6,672    Tonne     
Average:      8,612.2    Tonne      
    
Domestic consumption in the 3 
preceding years for which data are 
available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2017   73,451.5    Tonne     
Year 2  2018   67,280.2    Tonne     
Year 3  2019   59,282.2    Tonne     
Average:      66,671.3    Tonne      
    
Calculation of base trigger level             
 Average 
Imports    Average 
domestic 
consumption         
Import penetration (MAO) :  8,612.2  / 66,671.3  = 13%    
    
X Base 
Trigger 
Level             
if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%  125%  x  =     
if import penetration (MAO) > 10 % but < or = 30%  110%  x 8,612.2  = 9,473.4     
if import penetration (MAO) >30%  105%  x  =     
    
Y              
Change in domestic consumption  59,282.2  - 67,280.2  = -7,998     
              
X + Y   = 1,475.4     
    
Trigger cap  125%  x 8,612.2  = 10,765.3     
    
Trigger threshold  105%  x 8,612.2  = 9,042.8     
    
Trigger level taking domestic consumption into 
account           9,042.8     
    
Method of allocation of change in consumption to the 
tariff line concerned:      
 
 
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