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7 December 2022  
(22-9099) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 7 December 2022, is being circulated at the 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:  Red beans  
 
2. Tariff  item number:  07102910, 07133200, 11061010, 20049010, 20055110, 
20055910, 20060011, 20060025  
 
3. Trigger level:  2,370 tonnes  
(as calculated in Annex 1)  
 
4. Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  2,470.8 tonnes  
 
5. Period of application:  04-11-2022 - 31-12-2022  G/AG/N/TPKM/217  
 
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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  2018   2,959.8    Tonne     
Year 2  2019   2,782.6    Tonne     
Year 3  2020   1,029    Tonne     
Average:      2,257.1    Tonne      
    
Domestic consumption in the 
3 preceding years for which data are 
available:    Year   Quantity    Unit    
Year 1  2018   14,379.6    Tonne     
Year 2  2019   13,093.9    Tonne     
Year 3  2020   12,483.7    Tonne     
Average:      13,319.1    Tonne      
    
Calculation of base trigger level             
 Average 
Imports    Average 
domestic 
consumption         
Import penetration (MAO) :  2,257.1  / 13,319.1  = 17%    
    
X Base 
Trigger 
Level             
if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%  125%  x  =     
if import penetration (MAO) > 10 % but < or = 30%  110%  x 2,257.1  = 2,482.8     
if import penetration (MAO) >30%  105%  x  =     
    
Y              
Change in domestic consumption  12,483.7  - 13,093.9  = -610.2     
              
X + Y   = 1,872.6     
    
Trigger cap  125%  x 2,257.1  = 2,821.4     
    
Trigger threshold  105%  x 2,257.1  = 2,370     
    
Trigger level taking domestic consumption into 
account           2,370     
    
Method of allocation of change in consumption to the 
tariff line concerned:      
 
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