WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/26
9 June 1999
(99-2317)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 )
for calendar year 1998  was received from the delegation of the United States  on
4 June 1999.
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United States price-based safeguards are invoked automatically on a shipment-by-shipment
basis.  Importers who enter goods in an over-quota tariff line are required to declare which pre-
established price range is applicable to their product.  If there is a safeguard duty associated with thatprice range, the additional charge is assessed.  Entries where the safeguard duties were assessed
during the reporting period are summarized in this notification.  Information on affected quantities,
while not required by the format, is provided for i llustrative purposes.  Multiple transactions involving
the same product have been aggregated for the purposes of this notification.
United States volume-based safeguards may be invoked when the U.S. Department of
Agriculture determines that imports of a product subject to the volume safeguard exceed a pre-
determined trigger level.G/AG/N/USA/26
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MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during
periodWhether price-based action taken during period
Affected quantities
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0402105000 Milk powder under 1.5% fat, over-quota None 75,700 kg.
0402215000 Dried milk 3-35% fat, over-quota None 175,497 kg.
0402219000 Dried milk over 35% fat, over-quota None 126 kg.0402295000 Sweetened milk powder, over-quota None 2,475 kg.
0402917000 Evaporated milk, airtight cont., over-quota None 120 kg.
0402994500 Sweetened condensed milk, airtight cont., over-quota None 36,123 kg.0402995500 Other sweetened condensed milk, over-quota None 20 kg.
0402999000 Sweetened evaporated milk, over-quota None 2,264 kg.
0404101500 Modified whey, over-quota None 6,750 kg.0404109000 Dried whey, over-quota None 25 kg.
0406100800 Changos, over-quota None 319 kg.
0406102800 Fresh Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 19,063 kg.0406104800 Fresh Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 26 kg.
0406105800 Fresh Italian type cheese, over-quota None 1,267 kg.
0406106800 Fresh Gruyere process cheese, over-quota None 20 kg.0406107800 Fresh lowfat cheese, over-quota None 3,678 kg.
0406108800 Fresh cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 10 kg.
0406205300 Grated or powdered Italian type cheese, over-quota None 34 kg.0406207500 Powdered mixtures of Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 95 kg.
0406207900 Powdered mixtures of Italian type cheese, over-quota None 20 kg.
0406209100 Powdered cheese NSPF, over-quota None 14 kg.0406303800 Processed Colby, over-quota None 10,484 kg.
0406305300 Processed Gruyere, over-quota None 840 kg.
0406307900 Processed mixtures of Italian type cheese, over-quota None 108 kg.G/AG/N/USA/26
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0406309100 Processed cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 64 kg.
0406407000 Other blue cheese, over-quota None 3,683 kg.
0406901200 Other Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 5,132,744 kg.
0406901800 Other Edam/Gouda, over-quota None 16 kg.0406904200 Other Italian type cheese, over-quota None 103,708 kg.
0406906800 Other mixtures of Italian type cheese, over-quota None 9 kg.
0406907800 Other mixtures of Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 572 kg.0406908400 Other mixtures of American-type cheese, over-quota None 1,881,823 kg.
0406908800 Other mixtures of Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 135 kg.
0406909200 Other mixtures of Gruyere, over-quota None 46 kg.0406909700 Other mixtures of cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 382,982 kg.
1701115000 Raw cane sugar, over-quota None 90,707 kg.
1701913000 Colored sugar, over-quota None 16,367 kg.1701914800 Flavored sugar over 65% sugar, over-quota None 431 kg.
1701915800 Flavored sugar over 10% sugar, over-quota None 591 kg.
1701995000 Refined sugar,over-quota None 160,916 kg.1702302800 Glucose, blended, over-quota None 210 kg.
1702902000 Sugar syrup, over-quota None 23,058 kg.
1702906800 Other sugars over 65% sugar, over-quota None 2,828 kg.1704905800 Dairy confectionery, over-quota None 12,512 kg.
1704906800 Sugar confectionery over 65% sugar, over-quota None 36,117 kg.
1704907800 Sugar confectionery over 10% sugar, over-quota None 1,398 kg.1806101500 Cocoa powder, over 10% sugar, over-quota None 100 kg.
1806107500 Cocoa powder, over 90% sugar, retail, over-quota None 603 kg.
1806203600 Bulk lowfat chocolate under 21% milk ,over-quota None 396 kg.1806208200 Bulk cocoa preparations under 21% milk, over-quota None 2,786 kg.
1806209800 Bulk cocoa preps over 10% sugar, over-quota None 96 kg.
1806900800 Other cocoa preparations under 21% milk, over-quota None 2,498 kg.1806901000 Other cocoa preparations over 21% milk, over-quota None 972 kg.
1806901800 Other chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 612 kg.
1806902800 Other lowfat chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 896 kg.1806905900 Other cocoa preps over 10% sugar, over-quota None 119 kg.G/AG/N/USA/26
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1901104000 Other infant preparations, over 10% milk, over-quota None 120,162 kg.
1901206000 Doughs over 65% sugar,under 25% milkfat, over-quota None 63 kg.
1901904300 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 44,609 kg.
1901904700 Other dairy preparations under 10% milk, over-quota None 366 kg.1901905800 Starch preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 14,258 kg.
2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 33,000 kg.
2008116000 Otherwise prepared peanuts, over-quota None 15,050 kg.2101205800 Tea preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 1,659 kg.
2105002000 Ice cream, over-quota None 14 l.
2105004000 Edible ice containing milk, over-quota None 59,765 kg.2106906600 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 202 kg.
2106907200 Other syrups over 10% milk, over-quota None 570 kg.
2106907600 Other food preps  >65% sugar over 10% milk, over-quota None 45 kg.2106908000 Other food preps  >10% sugar over 10% milk, over-quota None 48 kg.
2106909100 Other syrups under 10% milk, over-quota None 51 kg.
2106909400 Other food preps >65% sugar under 10% milk, over-quota None 8,098 kg.2106909700 Other food preps  >10% sugar under 10% milk, over-quota None 130,454 kg.
2202902800 Milk based drinks, over-quota None 4,247 kg.
Sheep meat* 3,709 tonnes N/A
*Notes on sheep meat safeguard action (volume-based):
- Tariff items subject to the safeguard include:  02042100, 02042240, 02042340, 02044100, 02044240, 02044340.- Safeguard applied to imports from 10 Augu st 1998 to 31 December 1998 (see G/AG/N/USA/18).
- Sheep meat is not subject to a price-based safeguard.
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