G/AG/N/JPN/274  
 
28 April 2022 
(22-3361) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  27 April  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions (Table  MA:5) during 
the Fiscal Year  2021/2022 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD : FISCAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2021 TO 31-03-2022 
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  
040140190,040150119,  
040150129  Milk and cream, not 
concentrated nor 
containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter.  
- Of a fat content, by 
weight, exceeding 6%: 
Sterilized, frozen or 
preserved; other cream of 
a fat content, by weight, of 
13% or more (other than 
sterilized, frozen or  
preserved)   01-10-21 31-03-22    
071310229  Peas (Pisum sativum)     
 19-04-2021  
071332090  Small red (Adzuki) beans 
(Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis)     
 19-04-2021  
071333229  Kidney beans, including 
white pea beans (Phaseolus 
vulgaris)     
 11-10-2021   
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- 3 - 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  
071339227  Beans (Vigna spp., 
Phaseolus spp.) other than 
beans of the species Vigna 
mungo (L.) Hepper or 
Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek, 
small red (Adzuki) beans 
and kidney beans, Bambara 
beans (Vinga subterranea 
or Voandzeia 
subterranean), Cow peas 
(Vinga unguiculata)     
 08-07-2021, 18 -08-2021, 19 -08-2021,  
19-08-2021  
071390229  Beans other than Peas 
(Pisum sativum), Chickpeas 
(garbanzos), beans of the 
species Vigna spp., 
Phaseolus spp., Lentils, 
Broad beans (Vicia faba 
var. major) and horse 
beans (Vicia faba var. 
equina, Vicia faba var. 
minor), Pigeon peas 
(Cajanus cajan ）    
 19-04-2021  
100630090  Rice (semi -milled or wholly 
milled rice, whether or not 
polished or glazed)     
 05-04-2021  
110100200  Wheat or meslin flour     
 11-10-2021  
110819098  Other starches (excluding 
Sago starch)     
 24-05-2021, 07 -10-2021, 20 -10-2021, 22 -12-
2021, 09 -02-2022  
110820090  Inulin     
 06-05-2021, 25 -01-2022, 25 -01-2022   
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- 4 - 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  
190190179  Food preparations of flour, 
meal, or starch, which 
contain more than 85% by 
weight of flour, groats, 
meal and pellets of rice, 
wheat, triticale or barley, 
starch, or any combination 
thereof, excluding cake -
mixes and a kind used as 
infant food or dietetic 
purpose  
- Mostly containing starch 
(excluding wheat starch)     
 28-01-2022, 23 -03-2022  
210690119  Food preparations 
containing not less than 
30% of natural milk 
constituents by weight, 
calculated on the dry 
matter  
 - Of a milkfat content, by 
weight, not exceeding 30%     
 19-07-2021  
 
 
 
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