WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/JPN/15
13January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0085)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification inthecontext ofaction taken within theframework oftheDecision
onMeasures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme onLeast-Developed
andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries (Table NF:1) wasreceived fromthedelegation ofJapan
on2December 1996.G/AG/N/JPN/15
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Table NF:1 NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2OFTHE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OFTHE FOLLOW-UP TOTHE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ONLEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Japan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1995 Calendar Year
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(1) Quantity offood aidprovided toleast-developed andnetfood-importing developing
countries:
TheGovernment ofJapan grants funds tobeusedtopurchase grain andtotalamount offunds
granted inthecalendar year1995 wasUS$70.27 million (thequantity offoodaidisnotavailable;
formore detailed information, please refertotheattachment).
(2)Indication oftheproportion infully grant form orappropriate concessional terms:
Allofthefunds were granted infullygrant form.
(3)Technical andfinancial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) oftheDecision:
Intheagricultural sector1,Japan provided technical andfinancial assistance asfollows:
(i)Fully grant form:
Grant aid US$ 268.07 million
Technical cooperation US$ 107.13 million
(ii)Appropriate concessional terms:
ODA loans (grant element2more than25%) US$ 59.08 million
(4)Other relevant information withrespect toactions taken within theframework oftheDecision:
ODA disbursement in1995 US$ 14722 million3
(i)Bilateral ODA US$ 10551 million
Grant aid US$ 2973 million
Technical cooperation US$ 3456 million
ODA loans US$ 4123 million
(ii)Through International Organizations US$ 4170 million
1and2According totheclassification byDAC.
3Including aidgiven toEastEurope andtheEuropean Bank ofRecovery andDevelopment.G/AG/N/JPN/15
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ATTACHMENT
Table NF:1 FOOD AIDunder theFOOD AIDCONVENTION
REPORTING PERIOD: July1995 -June1996
Destination Quantity offood aidtoalldestinations
Angola *M/T rice (400,000,000Yen)
Ethiopia 9,139M/T wheat (650,000,000Yen)
Eritrea (through WFP) 5,283M/T wheat (200,000,000Yen)
Ghana *M/T rice (200,000,000Yen)
Cape Verde 2,209M/T rice (150,000,000Yen)
Guinea 2,778M/T rice (150,000,000Yen)
SaoTome andPrincipe 1,538M/T rice (100,000,000Yen)
Djibouti *M/T rice (150,000,000Yen)
Swaziland *M/T beans (150,000,000Yen)
Senegal 3,687M/T rice (200,000,000Yen)
Tanzania 8,858M/T rice (500,000,000Yen)
Togo *M/T rice (100,000,000Yen)
Niger *M/T rice (100,000,000Yen)
Burkina Faso *M/T rice (150,000,000Yen)
Burundi (through WFP) 8,899M/T rice (500,000,000Yen)
Benin *M/T rice (100,000,000Yen)
Malawi *M/T wheat (400,000,000Yen)
Madagascar 5,771M/T rice (250,000,000Yen)
Mozambique 11,117M/T rice (500,000,000Yen)
Mauritania 3,789M/T rice (200,000,000Yen)
Rwanda (through WFP) 8,899M/T rice (500,000,000Yen)
Lesotho *M/T wheat (160,000,000Yen)
Cambodia (through WFP) 19,054M/T rice (600,000,000Yen)
Bangladesh 31,344M/T wheat (850,000,000Yen)
Maldives 2,560M/T flour (150,000,000Yen)
Mongolia *M/T flour (250,000,000Yen)
Haiti *M/T rice (300,000,000Yen)
Palestine Refugees (through UNRWA) 22,300M/T flour (800,000,000Yen)
Afgan Refugees (through WFP) 10,000M/T flour (750,000,000Yen)
Afgan Displaced (through WFP) 8,550M/T wheat (400,000,000Yen)
Former Yugoslav Refugees (through WFP) 31,100M/T wheat (1,000,000,000Yen)G/AG/N/JPN/15
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Destination Quantity offood aidtoalldestinations
Former Yugoslav Refugees (through WFP) 14,215M/T wheat (975,000,000Yen)
Myanmar Refugees inBangladesh (through WFP) 4,650M/T rice (200,000,000Yen)
Burundi Refugees inZaire, Rwanda (through WFP) 8,300M/T maize (400,000,000Yen)
Burundi Refugees inTanzania, Rwanda (through 12,311M/T maize (400,000,000Yen)
Sierra Leone Refugees inRepublic ofCôte d'Ivoire
(through WFP)11,000M/T bulgur (400,000,000Yen)
Liberian Refugees inRepublic ofCôte d'Ivoire
(through EFP)8,255M/T bulgur (300,000,000Yen)
Somalian Refugees (through WFP) 6,974M/T wheat (300,000,000Yen)
Somalian andSudanese Refugees inKenya, Ethiopia
(through WFP)7,965M/T maize-meal (300,000,000Yen)
Eritrean Refugees inSudan, Ethiopia (through WFP) 8,600M/T wheat (300,000,000Yen)
Rwandan andBurundian Refugees (through WFP) *M/T maize (400,000,000Yen)
Liberian andSierra Leonean Refugees (through WFP) *M/T maize-meal (400,000,000Yen)
Sudanese Refugees inEthiopia, Somalia (through
WFP)7,320M/T wheat (400,000,000Yen)
General Notes:
TheGovernment ofJapan grants torecipient countries funds tobeused topurchase grain.
*Figure notavailable duetoadelay ofprocurement bytherecipient countries.