WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/96
18 May 2004
(04-2187)
Committee on Agriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 6 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of the
Delegation of Japan . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions
(Table MA:5) for the fiscal year 2003.G/AG/N/JPN/96
Page2Table MA:5
MARKET ACCESS: Japan
REPORTING PERIOD: Fiscal year 2003 (from 1 April 2003 to 31 March 2004)
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period
1 2 3 4
0402.21.119 Milk powder, not containing added sugar or
other sweetening matter, of a fat content, by
weight, exceeding 5% but not exceeding 30%None Date of application:
16 January 2004
0402.99.129 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 8%None Date of application:
11 March 2004
0405.10, 0405.20, 0405.90 Butter and other fats and oils derived from
milk; dairy spreadsDate of application:
from 1 January 2004 to 31 March 2004None
0405.90.229 Other fats and oils derived from milk:
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 85%None Date of application:
4 July 2003, 8 October 2003, 26 November 2003
0713.32.090 Small red (ADZUKI) beans None Date of application:
11 July 2003
0713.33.229 Kidney beans, including white pea beans
(Phaseolus vulgaris), excluding rendered
suitable solely for sowing by chemical
treatment and certified as seeds for sowing
vegetables in accordance with the provisions of
a Cabinet Order, shelled, dried.NoneDate of application:
11 March 2004
0713.39.227 Beans other than beans of species Vigna mungo
(L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek,
small red (Adzuki) beans and kidney beansNone Date of application:
11 July 2003
1101.00.200 Wheat flour None Date of application:
4 September 2003, 24 October 2003, 15 March
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1102.30.090 Rice flour None Date of application:
12 August 2003, 19 September 2003, 26 January
2004, 29 January 2004
1108.12 Maize (corn) starch Date of application:
from 1 March 2004 to 31 March 2004None
1108.14.090 Manioc (cassava) starch None Date of application:
5 September 2003, 19 January 2004, 18 February
2004
1108.19.099 Other starches (excluding Sago starches) None Date of application:
12 August 2003, 25 August 2003, 19 December
2003
1108.20.090 Inulin Date of application:
from 1 February 2004 to 31 March 2004None
1212.99.190Tubers of konnyaku (Amorphophalus), whether
or not cut, dried or powdered.NoneDate of application:
17 March 2004
1901.90.179 Food preparations, containing groats, meal,
pellets or starch of rice, wheat, triticale, barley,
which total weight is more than 85% of the
articles and mostly containing starchNone Date of application:
7 July 2003
1901.20, 1901.90 Food preparations of flour, meal or starch,
containing one or more of those groats, meal,
pellets of rice, wheat, triticale, barley or starch,
which total weight is more than 85% of the
articles and mostly containing starch.Date of application:
from 1 October 2003 to 31 March 2004None
2106.90.129 Food preparations containing by weight not less
than 30% natural milk constituents on the dry
matterNone Date of application:
27 November 2003, 16 March 2004
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