WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/2
G/SG/N/11/USA/2
8 June 1998
(98-2308)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
UNITED STATES
The following communication, dated 4 June 1998, has been received from the Permanent Mission
of the United States.
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Pursuant to the above-referenced provisions of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in light of the
agreed format for notifications (G/SG/1, 1 July 1996), the United States provides the following
notifications to the Committee on Safeguards.
A. Notification under Article 12.1(c) upon taking a decision to apply a safeguard measure
1.-2.   This information was provided in previous notifications.  See G/SG/N/8/USA/2
(12 February 1998) and G/SG/N/8/USA/2/Rev.1 (27 March 1998).
3.  Provide a precise description of the product involved.  Wheat gluten, provided for in subheadings
1109.00.10 and 1109.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
4.  Provide a precise description of the proposed measure.   The measure is a quantitative limitation
on imports of wheat gluten, for a period of just over three years.  The amount of the limitation represents
the average of total imports for crop years ending 30 June 1993, 30 June 1994, and 30 June 1995
(including imports from countries, listed below, that are excluded from the limitation).  Shares of thequantitative limitation are allocated based on relative import shares during the same 3-year period, and are
as follows:
Country or countries YEAR 1:
1 June 1998 to 31 May1999YEAR 2:
1 June 1999 to 31 May2000YEAR 3:
1 June 2000 to 1 June2001
Australia 28,315,000 kg 30,014,000 kg 31,814,000 kg
European Community 24,513,000 kg 25,983,000 kg 27,543,000 kg
Other countries 4,693,000 kg 4,975,000 kg 5,273,000 kg
Total 57,521,000 kg 60,972,000 kg 64,630,000 kgG/SG/N/10/USA/2
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The measure does not apply to imports from Canada, Mexico, Israel, beneficiary countries under
the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act or the Andean Trade Preference Act, or developing
countries described in the notification under Article 9, footnote 2, provided below.
5.  Provide the proposed date of introduction of the measure.   The measure was introduced on
1 June 1998.
6.  Provide expected duration of the measure.   The measure is expected to last through 1 June 2001.
7.  Not applicable.
8.  If the expected duration is over one year, provide expected timetable for progressive
liberalization of the measure.   The quantitative limitation will be expanded by 6 per cent in year 2 and an
additional 6 per cent in year 3, as set out in the table above under item (4).
9.  Not applicable.B. Notification under Article 9, footnote 2 of the non-application of a safeguard measure to
developing countries under Article 9.1
1.  Specify the measure.   The measure is a temporary quantitative limitation described in the above
notification under Article 12.1(c).
2.  Specify the product subject to the measure.   Wheat gluten, provided for in subheadings
1109.00.10 and 1109.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
3.  Specify the developing countries to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of the
Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries individually and collectively.
The developing countries to which the measure does not  apply are those listed in general note 4(a) to the
HTSUS, as that note existed on 1 June 1998.  A list of the countries in general note 4(a) is attached to this
notification.  Each listed country accounts for less than 2 per cent of wheat gluten imports.  Collectively,
the listed countries account for less than 3 per cent of wheat gluten imports.
4.  Not applicable.G/SG/N/10/USA/2
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ANNEX
LIST OF COUNTRIES PROVIDED IN GENERAL NOTE 4(A)
OF THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES (1998)
(Designated Beneficiary Developing Countries for Purposes of
the Generalized System of Preferences  (GSP)).
Independent Countries
Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
BahrainBangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
BeninBhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Hercegovina
Botswana
BrazilBulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African RepublicChad
Chile
Colombia
Comoros
CongoCosta Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Czech Republic
DjiboutiDominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El SalvadorEquatorial Guinea
Estonia
Ethiopia
FijiGambia, The
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-BissauGuyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
IndiaIndonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
KenyaKiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Lithuania
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
MaltaMauritius
Moldova
Morocco
Mozambique
NamibiaNepal
Niger
Oman
Pakistan
PanamaPapua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
PhilippinesG/SG/N/10/USA/2
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Poland
Romania
Russia
RwandaSt. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra LeoneSlovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South AfricaSri Lanka
Suriname
SwazilandTanzania
Thailand
Togo
TongaTrinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
UruguayUzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Western Samoa
Republic of YemenZaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Non-Independent Countries and Territories
Anguilla
British Indian Ocean
  TerritoryChristmas Island
  (Australia)
Cocos (Keeling)
  Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
  (Islas Malvinas)French Polynesia
Gibraltar
Heard Island and
  McDonald IslandsMontserrat
New Caledonia
NiueNorfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Tokelau
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Wallis and FutunaWest Bank and Gaza Strip
Western Sahara
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