G/AG/N/USA/130  
 
15 May 2020 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  13 May  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
the United States  of America . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table  MA:5 ) during the calendar year  2016 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2016 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken  
Tariff item 
number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
02023080  Bovine meat cuts, boneless, frozen     
 11,670   
04015025  Milk and cream, not concentrated, not sweetened, fat 
content o/10% but not o/45%     
 34  
04021050  Milk & cream in powder granules/other solid forms fat 
content by weight not exceeding 1.5% whether/not 
sweetened     
 36  
04022950  Milk & cream, concentrate, sweetened, in powder, 
granules or other solid forms, w/fat  content o/1.5%     
 83  
04029945  Condensed milk, sweetened, in airtight containers     
 49,258   
04029990  Milk & cream (except condensed milk), concentrated 
in non -solid forms, sweetened     
 34  
04031050  Yogurt, in dry form, whether or not flavored or 
containing add fruit or cocoa     
 384  
04039055  Sour cream, dried, o/6% but n/o 35% by wt. butterfat     
 27  
04051020  Butter, Nesoi     
 4  
04059020  Fats and oils derived from milk, other than butter or 
dairy spreads     
 17,910   
04061028  Fresh Cheddar cheese     
 15,375   
04061058  Fresh Italian -type cheese     
 1,060   
04061088  Fresh Cheese, NSPF     
 9,818    
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number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04062033  Cheddar cheese, grated or powdered     
 8  
04062039  Colby cheese, grated or powdered     
 4  
04062053  Romano, reggiano, provolone, provoletti, sbrinz and 
goya, made from cow's milk, grated or powdered     
 31  
04062067  Processed mixtures of Cheddar cheese     
 3  
04062079  Cheese containing or processed from cheddar cheese, 
grated or powdered     
 1  
04062087  Cheese (including mixtures), nesoi, n/o 0.5% by wt. 
of butterfat, grated or powdered     
 1,470   
04062091  Cheese (including mixtures), nesoi, o/0.5% by wt of 
butterfat, w/cow's milk, grated or powdered     
 16  
04063028  Cheddar cheese, processed, not grated or powdered     
 179  
04063053  Gruyere -process cheese, processed, not grated or 
powdered     
 4  
04063071  Processed cheese procured from american -type 
cheese (ex cheddar), not grated/powdered     
 6  
04063075  Processed cheese procured from edam or gouda, not 
grated/powdered     
 622  
04063083  Processed cheese procured from 
swiss/emmentaler/gruyere -process, 
n/grated/powdered     
 7  
04063091  Processed cheese (incl. mixtures), nesoi, w/cow's 
milk, not grated or powdered     
 28  
04064070  Blue-veined cheese, nesoi     
 18,251   
04069012  Cheddar cheese, nesoi     
 16,454   
04069018  Edam and gouda cheese, nesoi     
 4,733   
04069032  Goya cheese from cow's milk, not in original loaves, 
nesoi    
 24  
04069042  Romano, Reggiano, Parmesan, Provolone, and 
Provoletti cheese, nesoi, from cow's milk     
 2,163   
04069048  Swiss or Emmentaler cheese with eye formation, nesoi     
 179   
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number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04069054  Colby cheese, nesoi     
 21  
04069092  Cheeses & subst. for cheese (incl. mixt.), nesoi, w/ or 
from swiss, emmentaler or gruyere     
 46  
04069097  Cheeses & subst. for cheese (incl. mixt.), nesoi, 
w/cows milk, w/butterfat o/0.5% by wt     
 13,835   
17011 450 Beet sugar, raw, in solid form, w/o added flavoring or 
coloring, nesoi     
 30  
17019130  Cane/beet sugar & pure sucrose, refined, solid, 
w/added coloring but not flav.     
 3  
17019158  Cane/beet sugar & pure sucrose, refined, solid, 
w/added flavoring, o/10% by wt. sugar     
 40  
17019950  Cane/beet sugar & pure sucrose, refined, solid, w/o 
added coloring or flavoring     
 194,906   
17049058  Sugar confectionery nesoi, w/o cocoa, dairy products     
 7,000   
18063216  Chocolate, not filled, less than 21% milk solids, <= 
5.5% butterfat, in blocks/slabs/bars 2kg or less     
 29  
18063280  Cocoa preps, (dairy prod. of Ch4 US note 1), 21% or 
more milk solids, not filled, in blocks/slabs/bars, 2 kg 
or less     
 15  
18069018  Cocoa preps, o/5.5% butterfat by wt, w/less than 
21% milk solids, not in blocks/slabs/bars     
 25  
18069059  Chocolate and preps w/cocoa, nesoi, o/10% by dry wt 
of sugar     
 115  
19012070  Mixes for bakers wares, n/o 25% bf, not retail     
 3,475   
19019043  Dairy preps o/10% by wt of milk solids , neosi,     
 177,522   
19019047  Dairy preps n/o 10% by wt of milk solids, neosi     
 45  
19019058  Food preps of flour, etc., nesoi, o/10% by dry wt of 
sugar     
 1  
20081160  Peanuts, otherwise prepared or preserved, nesoi     
 150  
21039078  Mixed condiments and mixed seasonings     
 3  
21050020  Ice cream, whether or not containing cocoa     
 37   
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number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
21050040  Edible ice except ice cream     
 9,728   
21069009  Food preps, nesoi, n/o 5.5% b'fat, mixed w/other 
ingredi., if o/16% milk solids by wt, capable of being 
further proc, bulk, nesoi     
 98,442   
21069097  Food preps, nesoi, n/o 10% milk solids, o/10% sugar     
 200  
22029028  Non-alcoholic milk -based drinks (except chocolate)     
 881,152   
Figures  in column 4 correspond  to affec ted quantities. Unit of measure is KG except for 21050020 Ice cream, whether or not containing cocoa (liters) . 
 
 
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