The import quota system of marine products in Japan did not exist in the other countries and there was a high possibility that the WTO's dispute-settlement panel would hand down a ruling that Japan was guilty.
日本における水産物輸入枠割当制度は他国にない制度であり、WTOの紛争処理小委員会（パネル）が「クロ」と裁定する可能性は高かった。