RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/TPKM/9/Rev.1  
29 July 1999 
 (99-3213) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Chinese Taipei Original:   English 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CHINESE TAIPEI  
 
Special Safeguard  
 
Revision  
 
 The following proposals concerning a special safeguard scheme have been received from the 
Representation of the Separate Customs Territory of  Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (hereinafter 
referred to as "Chinese Taipei").  
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Plan on Special Safeguard (SSG)
 
  Chinese Taipei’s SSG measures are structured according to Article 5 of Agreement on Agriculture, using either volume or price trigge rs for invoking the measures. The measures will be 
implemented according to the Article. The level of  additional duty will be adjusted in conjunction 
with the annual adjustment in the quota rates.   Items Applied SSG
 
 
Chinese Taipei intends to apply SSG mechanis m to the following items: peanuts, oriental 
pears, sugar, garlic bulb, betel nuts, meat of fo wls, liquid milk, animal offal (pork offal and poultry 
offal), red beans, dried shiitake, shaddock, persimmon, dried day lilies, and pork belly. 
Trigger Level and Duty Calculation  
 1. Trigger Volume
 
 
(a) The trigger level will be set according to Artic le 5, paragraph 4, of the Agreement on 
Agriculture. 
 (b) Additional duty to be imposed: One third of the level of the ordinary customs duty in 
effect in the year which the action is taken. 
 2. Trigger Price
 
 
(a) The trigger level will be the average of CI F prices in the years 1990-1992. As there 
is no import record for the products concerne d, the CIF prices are determined in the 
same manner as that for the external pri ces for the purposes of determining tariff 
equivalent. 
 (b) Additional duty will be levied at any time th e price difference is greater than 10% of 
the trigger price. 
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 (c)  Additional duty to be imposed: Additi onal duty is to be calculated according to 
Article 5, paragraph 5 (b) (c) (d) and (e). 
  
List of Items Applied Special Safeguard by Chinese Taipei (using price trigger)
 
 
 
Tariff Item Number (HS 96) Product 
12021000 20081110A                 20081190B Peanuts (in shell)  
12022000 12089010A 12089020A 
20081110B 20081190C 20081990B Peanuts (shelled) 
15081000 15089000 Peanut Oil 
08082019 Oriental Pears 
17011100 17011200 17019110 
17019120 17019910 17019920 17019990 Sugar 
07032000A 07032000B 07129090A Garlic Bulb 
08029090A Betel Nuts 
02071310A 02071410A 02109090 A 
16023200A Chicken Legs and Wings 
02071100 02071200 02071310B 
02071410B 02109090B                 16023200B Other Chicken Cuts 
04011000A 04011000B  04012000A 
04012000B 04013000A 04013000B 
04029910A 04029920 19019023A 19019029A 04029990B 04039090C 
04039090E 04039090G 04039090I 
18069059A                      18069059C Liquid Milk 
07102900A 07133200 11061000A 
20049000A 20055100A 20055900A 
20060010A                      20060021A                  21069099A Red Beans 
07123030 Dried Shiitake 
08059000A Shaddock 
08109099B Persimmon 
07129090B Dried Day Lilies 
02031910A                      02031990A                  02032910A 
02032990A Pork Belly  WT/ACC/SPEC/TPKM/9/Rev.1 
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 List of Items Applied Special Safeguard by Chinese Taipei (using volume trigger)  
 
Tariff Item Number (HS 96) Product 
12021000 20081110A                 20081190B Peanuts (in shell)  
12022000 12089010A 12089020A 
20081110B 20081190C 20081990B Peanuts (shelled) 
15081000 15089000 Peanut Oil 
08082019 Oriental Pears 
17011100 17011200 17019110 
17019120 17019910 17019920 
17019990 Sugar 
07032000A 07032000B 07129090A Garlic Bulb 
08029090A Betel Nuts 
02071310A 02071410A 02109090 A 
16023200A Chicken Legs and Wings 
02071100 02071200 02071310B 
02071410B 02109090B                 16023200B Other Chicken Cuts 
04011000A 04011000B  04012000A 
04012000B 04013000A 04013000B 
04029910A 04029920 19019023A 19019029A 04029990B 04039090C 
04039090E 04039090G 04039090I 
18069059A                      18069059C Liquid Milk 
02063000B                      02064990B                   05040020A 
16024900C Pork offal 
02071390C                      02071420C                   02072720B 
02073690B                      02073590B                   02089000C  
02072690                         02109090D                   05040020B  
16023100B                      16023200D                   16023900D 16029090C Poultry offal 
07102900A 07133200 11061000A 
20049000A 20055100A 20055900A 
20060010A                      20060021A                  21069099A Red Beans 
07123030 Dried Shiitake 
08059000A Shaddock 
08109099B Persimmon 
07129090B Dried Day Lilies 
02031910A                      02031990A                  02032910A 
02032990A Pork Belly 
 
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