WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/GEN/378
31 March 2003
(03-1808)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
REPORT OF THE ANALYSIS ON SPS NOTIFICATIONS IN 2002
Submission by China
Background
1. At the WTO/SPS Committee meeting in November 2002, the delegation of China offered to
carry out an analysis on the implementation of the notification obligation under the SPS Agreement
by WTO Members throughout the year of 2002 and to submit a proposal for amending the SPS
notification procedures to the 26th Committee meeting in April 2003.
2. During the past few months, China collected, summarized and analyzed all SPS notifications
submitted in 2002 and analyzed the issues raised by the statistical figures.  Based on this work, China
submitted a proposal for amending the SPS notification procedures (G/SPS/W/131).
General Introduction
3. There were 145 Members of the WTO up to 31 December 2002.  In 2002, 47 of these
Members submitted a total of 663 SPS notifications.1  The top ten Members in terms of the number of
notifications submitted were:  United States (222), Canada (53), European Communities (47), New
Zealand (41), Korea (25), Colombia (21), Chile (21), Brazil (20), Mexico (19) and El Salvador (17).
(See Annex - Table 1.)
4. As a new member of WTO, China fulfilled the transparency obligations well.  China notified
15 new SPS measures in 2002 and ranked twelfth in terms of the number of notifications.  In addition,
China also notified 140 existing SPS measures according to its commitments under the Protocol ofAccession.
5. Of a total 673 notifications distributed in 2002, there were 374 routine notifications (55.6 per
cent of the total number), 96 notifications of emergency measures (14.3 per cent), 162 addenda
(24.1 per cent), 13 revisions (1.9 per cent), and 28 corrigenda (4.2 per cent).
6. Analysis of the items "Products covered" (Item 3) and "Description of content" (Item 6) in the
notification format showed that the most popular issues covered by the notifications during 2002
included:   
• MRLs, accounting for 127 notifications (83 from the United States, 25 from Canada and
10 from the European Communities);
• Food additives, accounting for 29 notifications (7 from the Separate Customs Territory of
Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (TPKM), 7 from the United States, 4 from the
European Communities and 4 from Japan);
                                                     
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• BSE, accounting for 27 notifications (5 from the United States, 4 from China and 3 from
Cuba);
• Foot-and-Mouth Disease, accounting for 21 notifications (3 from Peru);
• GMOs, accounting for 12 notifications (4 from New Zealand);
• Avian Influenza, accounting for 12 notifications (4 from Colombia); and
• New Castle Disease, 10 notifications.
7. Analysis of the item "Objective and rationale" (Item 7) indicated that, of all the notifications
in 2002, the area of food safety, with 284 notifications, was the most serious problem;  animal health,
took second place with 130 notifications;  plant protection was 116 notifications;  protection of human
health from animal- or plant-carried diseases was 64 notifications;  and there were 39 notificationsdealing with the protection of a country against othe r damages resulting from pests.   (See Annex -
Table 2.)
8. The analysis showed a great difference in Members understanding and filling-in of Item 8
"Existence of international standard, guideline or recommendation".  Some of the main problems can
be summarized as:
(a) According to the provisions in Annex B of the SPS Agreement and the
Recommended Transparency Procedures (G/SPS/7/Rev.2), choosing any
international organization in this item means that a relevant international standard
exists and the SPS measure notified is inconsistent with it.  But in fact, some
Members also notified SPS measures that were based on relevant international
standards only for transparency.  Although this practice was encouraged by the
Committee, the present notification format does not take this situation intoconsideration and therefore it results in some misunderstanding.
(b) Most of the notifications did not reflect the difference between the notified measure
and the international standard even if a relevant international standard did exist.
(c) EC Directives, US EPA regulations etc. were identified as "international standards" in
some notifications.
(d) This item was not filled in.
Considering the above, China made some suggestions  for this item in its proposal for amending the
SPS notification procedure (G/SPS/W/131).
Comment Period and Adapting Period
9. The following definitions will make the analysis easier to comprehend (see Chart 1):
- Date of notification:   the date that WTO distributes the notification, i.e., the date at
the top right corner of the notification format.
- Final date for comments:   the deadline before which the notifying Member accepts
comments submitted by other Members, see item 12 of the notification format.
- Proposed date of adoption:   the proposed date on which the notifying Member
adopts the notified SPS measure, see item 10 of the notification format.G/SPS/GEN/378
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- Proposed date of entry into force:   the proposed date on which the notified SPS
measure will take effect, see item 11 of the notification format.
- Comment Period:   an interval from the date of issuance of the notification to the
final date for comments.  According to the Recommended Transparency Procedures,
the comment period should be normally at least 60 days.
- Comment-consideration period:    an interval between the final date for comments
and the proposed date of adoption.
- Adapting period:   an interval between the date of publication of the notified SPS
measure and the date of entry into force, which normally should be not less than 6
months according to the Doha Ministerial Decision (WT/MIN(01)/17, para. 3.2).
Chart 1 Four Time Points and Three Intervals
10. The statistics showed that only 79 out of 374 routine notifications (i.e. 21.1 per cent) allowed
at least 60 days for comments, and 230 notifications (61.5 per cent) allowed a comment period of less
than 60 days.  The final dates for comments for 11 notifications (2.9 per cent) were earlier than the
corresponding dates of notification.  Under these circumstances, other Members could not enjoy their
right to comment on notifications.  Furthermore, there were no final dates for comments identified in
54 notifications (14.5 per cent).  (See Annex - Table 3.)
11. According to Paragraph 2, Annex B of the SPS Agreement:
"Except in urgent circumstance, Members shall allow a reasonable interval between
the publication of a SPS regulation and its entry into force in order to allow time for
producers in exporting Members, and particularly in developing country Members, to
adapt their products and methods of production to the requirements of the importingMember".  
Article 3.2 of the Doha Ministerial Decision further clarified:  " Subject to the conditions specified in
paragraph 2 of Annex B to the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary
Measures, the phrase "reasonable interval" shall be understood to mean normally a period of not less
than 6 months".
12. However, the notification format provides boxes only for the proposed date of adoption
(Item 10) and proposed date of entry into force (Item 11);  no box for the date of publication isDate of
notificationPeriod for Comments
(60 Days)Period for Considering
the Comments
(Not Stated)Adapting
(6 Months)
The end date forcommentsProposed
date of
adoptionProposed date
of entry into
forceG/SPS/GEN/378
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available.  Generally speaking, the date of publication should not be earlier than the date of adoption.
For the sake of our analysis, we assumed that all Members published their SPS measures on the same
day as the measures were adopted.  In other words, the date of adoption was regarded as the start of
the adapting period when we conducted the analysis on the implementation of this 6-month period by
notifying Members.
13. The statistics showed that only 14 notifications (3.7 per cent of routine notifications) provided
at least 6 months for adapting, 128 notifications ( 34.2 per cent) provided an adapting period of less
than 6 months and 232 notifications (62.1 per cent) did not state the date of adoption and/or the date
of entry into force.  (See Annex - Table 4.)
14. Annex B of the SPS Agreement stipulates th at comments from other Members should be
considered seriously.  Referring to the statistics, only 67 notifications (17.9 per cent) provided at least
one day between the final date for comments and the date of adoption for considering comments fromother Members.  The remaining 307 notifications did not provide any interval for the consideration of
comments, or the final date for comments and/or the proposed date of adoption was not available.  In
38 of these notifications, the date of adoption was earlier than the final date for comments.  (See
Annex - Table 5.)
Proposal
15. Based on the analysis of the notifications in 2002, the delegation of China has submitted a
proposal for amending the SPS notification procedures (G/SPS/W/131).G/SPS/GEN/378
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ANNEX
TABLE 1 - NOTIFICATIONS IN GENERAL
Routine EmergencyMember TotalRate in
Total Num. Rate Num. RateStart
Num.End Num.
1U S A 225 33.43% 117 52.00% 10 4.44% 527 653
2 Canada 58 8.62% 32 55.17% 2 3.45% 124 157
3E U 47 6.98% 27 57.45% 8 17.02% 147 181
4 New Zealand 41 6.09% 33 80.49% 3 7.32% 162 197
5K o r e a 25 3.71% 14 56.00% 2 8.00% 107 122
6 Columbia 22 3.27% 11 50.00% 8 36.36% 50 68
7 Chile 22 3.27% 16 72.73% 0 0.00% 105 120
8B r a z i l 20 2.97% 11 55.00% 2 10.00% 61 73
9M e x i c o 19 2.82% 8 42.11% 7 36.84% 176 190
10 Salvador 17 2.53% 9 52.94% 1 5.88% 36 45
11 Philippine 16 2.38% 4 25.00% 6 37.50% 36 45
12 China 15 2.23% 4 26.67% 11 73.33% 1 15
13 Japan 15 2.23% 10 66.67% 4 26.67% 78 91
14 TPKM 14 2.08% 13 92.86% 1 7.14% 1 14
15 Australia 12 1.78% 10 83.33% 0 0.00% 135 144
16 Thailand 11 1.63% 11 100.00% 0 0.00% 82 92
17 Argentina 10 1.49% 3 30.00% 4 40.00% 64 70
18 Cuba 6 0.89% 6 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 6
19 Latvia 5 0.74% 1 20.00% 4 80.00% 42 46
20 Slovenia 6 0.89% 2 33.33% 3 50.00% 13 17
21 Peru 5 0.74% 2 40.00% 3 60.00% 39 43
22 South Africa 5 0.74% 5 100.00% 0 0.00% 10 14
23 Bolivia 4 0.59% 0 0.00% 3 75.00% 1 3
24 Costa Rica 4 0.59% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 25 28
25 Netherlands 4 0.59% 2 50.00% 1 25.00% 56 58
26 Switzerland 4 0.59% 3 75.00% 1 25.00% 28 31
27 Uruguay 4 0.59% 0 0.00% 1 25.00% 5 5
28 Singapore 4 0.59% 1 25.00% 0 0.00% 22 22
29 Belarus 3 0.45% 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 3
30 HK, China 3 0.45% 1 33.33% 1 33.33% 18 19
31 India 3 0.45% 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 9 11
32 Panama 2 0.30% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 39 40
33 Belgium 3 0.45% 2 66.67% 0 0.00% 6 7
34 Mauritius 2 0.30% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 8 9
35 Hungary 2 0.30% 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 14 15
36 Indonesia 2 0.30% 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 17 18G/SPS/GEN/378
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Routine EmergencyMember TotalRate in
Total Num. Rate Num. RateStart
Num.End Num.
37 UK 2 0.30% 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 2 3
38 Jordan 2 0.30% 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 1 2
39 Denmark 1 0.15% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 3 3
40 Malaysia 1 0.15% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 12 12
41 Slovak 1 0.15% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 21 21
42 Bahrain 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 4 4
43 Austria 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
44 Czech 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
45 Germany 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
46 Poland 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
47 Romania 1 0.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TABLE 2 - NOTIFICATIONS BY OBJECTIVES
Food Safety Animal Health Plant ProtectionHuman
ProtectionTerritory
Protection Member
Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate
1USA 104 81.89% 15 11.81% 12 9.45% 4 3.15% 0 0.00%
2New Zealand 8 22.22% 8 22.22% 22 61.11% 3 8.33% 2 5.56%
3EU 29 82.86% 10 28.57% 9 25.71% 1 2.86% 0 0.00%
4Canada 24 70.59% 1 2.94% 13 38.24% 2 5.88% 3 8.82%
5Columbia 1 5.26% 15 78.95% 3 15.79% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
6Chile 0 0.00% 4 25.00% 12 75.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
7Korea 9 56.25% 1 6.25% 6 37.50% 1 6.25% 0 0.00%
8China 7 46.67% 3 26.67% 3 20.00% 7 46.67% 1 6.67%
9Mexico 2 13.33% 3 20.00% 5 33.33% 0 0.00% 6 40.00%
10 Japan 12 85.71% 3 21.43% 2 14.29% 2 14.29% 0 0.00%
11 TPKM 11 78.57% 3 21.43% 0 0.00% 1 7.14% 0 0.00%
12 Brazil 5 38.46% 4 30.77% 4 30.77% 4 30.77% 4 30.77%
13 Thailand 10 90.91% 3 27.27% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
14 Australia 7 70.00% 0 0.00% 3 30.00% 2 20.00% 2 20.00%
15 Philippine 9 90.00% 9 90.00% 1 10.00% 8 80.00% 7 70.00%
16 Salvador 3 30.00% 6 60.00% 6 60.00% 6 60.00% 6 60.00%
17 Argentina 3 42.86% 6 85.71% 3 42.86% 4 57.14% 2 28.57%
18 Cuba 0 0.00% 2 33.33% 3 50.00% 1 16.67% 2 33.33%
19 Latvia 3 60.00% 4 80.00% 1 20.00% 5 100.00% 0 0.00%
20 Peru 1 20.00% 4 80.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
21 Slovenia 3 60.00% 3 60.00% 2 40.00% 1 20.00% 0 0.00%
22 South Africa 5 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
23 Switzerland 2 50.00% 1 25.00% 1 25.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%G/SPS/GEN/378
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Food Safety Animal Health Plant ProtectionHuman
ProtectionTerritory
Protection Member
Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate
24 Costa Rica 0 0.00% 1 25.00% 3 75.00% 1 25.00% 0 0.00%
25 Belarus 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
26 Bolivia 1 33.33% 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 33.33% 1 33.33%
27 India 3 100.00% 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 2 66.67% 0 0.00%
28 Netherlands 2 66.67% 2 66.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
29 Belgium 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 50.00% 0 0.00%
30 UK 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
31 HK, China 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
32 Hungary 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 1 50.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
33 Indonesia 2 100.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 50.00% 1 50.00%
34 Jordan 2 100.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%
35 Mauritius 2 100.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
36 Panama 2 100.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%
37 Bahrain 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
38 Denmark 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
39 Malaysia 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
40 Singapore 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
41 Slovak 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
42 Uruguay 1 100.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 1 100.00%
Total 284 60.43% 130 27.66% 116 24.68% 64 13.62% 39 8.30%
*This table is based on multi-selection
TABLE 3 - NOTIFICATIONS BY COMMENT PERIOD
<=0Day 1~15Day 16~30Day 31~45Day 46~59Day >=60Day N.A.MemberNum Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate
1 Belgium 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 100.0% 00 . 0 %
2 Denmark 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 00 . 0 %
3 Canada 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 3.1% 0 0.0% 5 15.6% 23 71.9% 39 . 4 %
4 EU 0 0.0% 4 14.8% 1 3.7% 1 3.7% 1 3.7% 18 66.7% 27 . 4 %
5 Thailand 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 54.5% 5 45.5%
6 Japan 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 40.0% 1 10.0% 4 40.0% 1 10.0%
7 New Zealand 0 0.0% 2 6.1% 3 9.1% 3 9.1% 16 48.5% 9 27.3% 00 . 0 %
8 Philippine 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 3 75.0%
9 Korea 0 0.0% 1 7.1% 2 14.3% 2 14.3% 6 42.9% 3 21.4% 00 . 0 %
10 South Africa 3 60.0% 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 00 . 0 %
11 Columbia 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 9.1% 2 18.2% 2 18.2% 2 18.2% 4 36.4%
12 US 2 1.7% 11 9.4% 54 46.2% 6 5.1% 28 23.9% 9 7.7% 76 . 0 %
13 Chile 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 9 56.3% 7 43.8% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
14 TPKM 2 15.4% 1 7.7% 2 15.4% 6 46.2% 2 15.4% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %G/SPS/GEN/378
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<=0Day 1~15Day 16~30Day 31~45Day 46~59Day >=60Day N.A.MemberNum Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate Num Rate
15 Brazil 2 18.2% 1 9.1% 2 18.2% 1 9.1% 1 9.1% 0 0.0% 4 36.4%
16 Australia 0 0.0% 1 10.0% 0 0.0% 3 30.0% 6 60.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
17 Salvador 0 0.0% 3 33.3% 6 66.7% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
18 Mexico 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 75.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 25.0%
19 Cuba 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 100.0%
20 China 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 25.0%
21 Argentina 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 0 0.0% 1 33.3%
22 Belarus 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 100% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
23 Switzerland 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 2 66.7% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
24 India 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 100.0%
25 Mauritius 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 100.0%
26 Netherlands 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 100.0%
27 Panama 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 100.0%
28 Peru 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 50.0%
29 Slovenia 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
30 Costa Rica 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
31 HK, China 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
32 Hungary 0 0.0% 1 100.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
33 Indonesia 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
34 Latvia 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
35 Malaysia 1 100% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
36 Singapore 1 100% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 00 . 0 %
37 Slovak 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 1 100.0%
Total 11 2.9% 28 7.5% 89 23.8% 38 10.1% 75 20.1% 79 21.1% 54 14.4%G/SPS/GEN/378
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TABLE 4 - NOTIFICATIONS BY ADAPTING PERIOD
>=6months <6months N.A.MemberLongest
(Days)Shortest
(Days) Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate
1 Hungary 720 720 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
2 EU 720 0 7 25.93% 14 51.85% 6 22.22%
3 Brazil 180 0 2 18.18% 5 45.45% 4 36.36%
4 Thailand 186 0 1 9.09% 10 90.91% 0 0.00%
5 Columbia 252 7 1 9.09% 5 45.45% 5 45.45%
6 Korea 225 0 1 7.14% 2 14.29% 11 78.57%
7 USA 180 0 1 0.85% 11 9.40% 105 89.74%
8 India 0 0 0 0.00% 3 100.00% 0 0.00%
9S l o v a k 4 5 4 5 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
10 Singapore 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
11 Malaysia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
12 Latvia 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
13 Indonesia 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
14 Hong Kong 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
15 Denmark 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
16 Costa Rica 0 0 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00%
17 Slovenia 30 30 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%
18 Peru 1 1 0 0.00% 1 50.00% 1 50.00%
19 Panama 106 0 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%
20 Netherlands 1 1 0 0.00% 1 50.00% 1 50.00%
21 Mauritius 0 0 0 0.00% 2 100.00% 0 0.00%
22 Belgium 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%
23 Swiss 120 30 0 0.00% 2 66.67% 1 33.33%
24 Belarus 60 60 0 0.00% 3 100.00% 0 0.00%
25 Argentina 0 0 0 0.00% 3 100.00% 0 0.00%
26 Philippine 0 0 0 0.00% 1 25.00% 3 75.00%
27 China 93 83 0 0.00% 3 75.00% 1 25.00%
28 South Africa 0 0 0 0.00% 5 100.00% 0 0.00%
29 Cuba 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 100.00%
30 Mexico 0 0 0 0.00% 2 25.00% 6 75.00%
31 Salvador 109 7 0 0.00% 9 100.00% 0 0.00%
32 Japan 0 -30 0 0.00% 3 30.00% 7 70.00%
33 Australia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 10 100.00%
34 Taiwan 0 0 0 0.00% 2 15.38% 11 84.62%
35 Chile 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 16 100.00%
36 Canada 65 0 0 0.00% 3 9.38% 29 90.63%
37 New Zealand 90 0 0 0.00% 27 81.82% 6 18.18%
Total 14 3.80% 128 34.22% 232 62.03%G/SPS/GEN/378
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TABLE 5 - NOTIFICATIONS BY COMMENT CONSIDERATION PERIOD
>0Day =0Day <0Day N.A.MemberLongest
(Days)Shortest
(Days) Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate Num. Rate
1 Belarus 26 26 3 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
2 Slovenia 30 15 2 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
3 Denmark 20 20 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
4 Hungary 25 25 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
5 Singapore 1 1 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
6 Salvador 9 -109 7 77.78% 0 0.00% 2 22.22% 0 0.00%
7 EU 273 -3 20 74.07% 0 0.00% 1 3.70% 6 22.22%
8 New Zealand 180 -94 17 51.52% 0 0.00% 11 33.33% 5 15.15%
9P e r u 1 5 1 5 1 50.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 50.00%
10 Argentina 7 0 1 33.33% 1 33.33% 0 0.00% 1 33.33%
11 Switzerland 75 -15 1 33.33% 0 0.00% 1 33.33% 1 33.33%
12 China 12 -92 1 25.00% 0 0.00% 2 50.00% 1 25.00%
13 Philippine 3 3 1 25.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 75.00%
14 Brazil 228 -90 2 18.18% 0 0.00% 2 18.18% 7 63.64%
15 TPKM 140 1 2 15.38% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 11 84.62%
16 Korea 17 15 2 14.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 12 85.71%
17 Japan 1 1 1 10.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 9 90.00%
18 Canada 15 -77 1 3.13% 0 0.00% 2 6.25% 29 90.63%
19 US 1353 -57 2 1.71% 2 1.71% 4 3.42% 109 93.16%
20 Brazil 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 16 100.00%
21 Columbia -66 -163 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 54.55% 5 45.45%
22 Thailand -184 -259 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 54.55% 5 45.45%
23 Australia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 10 100.00%
24 Mexico 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 8 100.00%
25 Cuba 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 100.00%
26 South Africa -90 -90 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 20.00% 4 80.00%
27 India 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3 100.00%
28 Belgium 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%
29 Mauritius 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%
30 Netherlands 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%
31 Panama 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2 100.00%
32 Costa Rica 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
33 HK, China 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
34 Indonesia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
35 Latvia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
36 Malaysia 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
37 Slovak 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1 100.00%
Total 　　 67 17.91% 3 0.80% 38 10.16% 266 71.12%
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