WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/24
10 March 1999
(99-0954)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 )
for calendar years 1996 and 1997  was received from the delegation of the United States  on
4 March 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 that
price range, the additional charge is assessed.  Entries where the safeguard duties were assessedduring 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.
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Page 2Table MA:5
MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1996
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
Affected quantities (kg.)
12 3 4
0402105000 Milk powder under 1.5% fat, over-quota None 10,200  
0402215000 Dried milk 3-35% fat over-quota None 795  
0402295000 Sweetened milk powder, over-quota None 28  0402999000 Sweetened evaporated milk, over-quota None 708  
0403909500 Dried fermented milk, over-quota None 25  
0404109000 Dried whey, over-quota None 50  0406102800 Fresh Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 148  
0406103800 Fresh American-type cheese, over-quota None 14  
0406104800 Fresh Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 19  0406106800 Fresh Gruyere processed cheese, over-quota None 12  
0406203300 Grated or powdered Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 310  
0406205300 Grated or powdered Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 293  0406207900 Powdered mixtures of Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 7  
0406209100 Powdered cheese NSPF, over-quota None 134  
0406307100 Processed mixtures of American-type cheese,
over-quotaNone 23  
0406307900 Processed mixtures of Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 650  
0406309100 Processed cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 69  0406407000 Other blue cheese, over-quota None 62  
0406901200 Other Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 128  
0406904200 Other Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 30,395  0406906800 Other mixtures of Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 139  
0406908400 Other mixtures of American-type cheese, over-quota None 777,647  
0406909200 Other mixtures of Gruyere, over-quota None 13  
0406909700 Other mixtures of cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 4,400  G/AG/N/USA/24
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1701115000 Raw cane sugar, over-quota None 267,798  
1701913000 Coloured sugar, over-quota None 90,309  
1701914800 Flavoured sugar over 65% sugar, over-quota None 414  
1701995000 Refined sugar, over-quota None 2,776,290  1702902000 Sugar syrup, over-quota None 16,517  
1704905800 Dairy confectionery, over-quota None 3,237  
1704906800 Sugar confectionery over 65% sugar, over-quota None 7,034  1806900800 Other cocoa preparations under 21% milk, over-quota None 1,827  
1806901000 Other cocoa preparations over 21% milk, over-quota None 300  
1806902000 Other chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 15  1806902800 Other lowfat chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 30  
1806905900 Other cocoa preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 1,496  
1901206000 Doughs over 65% sugar, under 25% milkfat, over-quot
a None 50  
1901904300 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 12,701  
1901904700 Other dairy preparations under 10% milk, over-quota None 2,317  
1901905800 Starch preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 350  2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 67,438  
2008116000 Otherwise prepared peanuts, over-quota None 320,098  
2101204800 Tea preparations over 65% sugar, over-quota None 976  2105004000 Edible ice containing milk, over-quota None 24,457  
2106907600 Other food >65% sugar over 10% milk, over-quota None 7,960  
2106909100 Other syrups under 10% milk, over-quota None 42  2106909400 Other food preparations >65% sugar under 10% milk,
over-quotaNone 66,634  
2106909700 Other food preparations >10% sugar under 10% milk,
over-quotaNone 222,063  
5201001800 Short staple cotton, over-quota None 150  G/AG/N/USA/24
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MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
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
Affected quantities (kg.)
12 3 4
0401307500 Cream over 45% fat, over-quota None 60  
0402105000 Milk powder under 1.5% fat, over-quota None 309  
0402215000 Dried milk 3-35% fat, over-quota None 360  0402219000 Dried milk over 35% fat, over-quota None 100  
0402295000 Sweetened milk powder, over-quota None 101  
0402994500 Sweetened condensed milk, airtight cont., over-quota None 3,597  0402995500 Other sweetened condensed milk, over-quota None 12,820  
0402999000 Sweetened evaporated milk, over-quota None 849  
0403905500 Dried sour cream 6-35% fat, over-quota None 34  0404101500 Modified whey, over-quota None 25  
0406101800 Fresh blue cheese, over-quota None 20  
0406104800 Fresh Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 41  0406105800 Fresh Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 8  
0406106800 Fresh Gruyere processed cheese, over-quota None 48  
0406107800 Fresh lowfat cheese, over-quota None 11,933  0406108800 Fresh cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 2,277  
0406203300 Grated or powdered Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 40  
0406205300 Grated or powdered Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 77  0406207100 Powdered mixtures of American-type cheese,
over-quotaNone 4  
0406207500 Powdered mixtures of Edam/Gouda cheese,
over-quotaNone 210  
0406209100 Powdered cheese NSPF, over-quota None 103  
0406307100 Processed mixtures of American-type cheese,
over-quotaNone 39  G/AG/N/USA/24
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0406307500 Processed mixtures of Edam/Gouda cheese,
over-quotaNone 8  
0406307900 Processed mixtures of Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 114  
0406308300 Processed mixtures of Gruyere, over-quota None 13  0406309100 Processed cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 292  
0406407000 Other blue cheese, over-quota None 924  
0406901200 Other Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 213  0406901800 Other Edam/Gouda, over-quota None 3,280  
0406904200 Other Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 38,234  
0406906800 Other mixtures of Italian-type cheese, over-quota None 24  0406908400 Other mixtures of American-type cheese, over-quota None 34  
0406909200 Other mixtures of Gruyere, over-quota None 7  
0406909700 Other mixtures of cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 24,383  1202208040 Other shelled peanuts, over-quota None 647  
1701115000 Raw cane sugar, over-quota None 214,915  
1701913000 Coloured sugar, over-quota None 114,761  1701914800 Flavoured sugar over 65% sugar, over-quota None 225  
1701915800 Flavoured sugar over 10% sugar, over-quota None 3,274  
1701995000 Refined sugar, over-quota None 388,196  1702902000 Sugar syrup, over-quota None 22,852  
1702905800 Other blended syrups, over-quota None 6,145  
1702906800 Other sugars over 65% sugar, over-quota None 1,860  1704905800 Dairy confectionery, over-quota None 1,198  
1704906800 Sugar confectionery over 65% sugar, over-quota None 6,617  
1704907800 Sugar  confectionery over 10% sugar, over-quota None 36,517  1806101500 Cocoa powder, over 10% sugar, over-quota None 1,487  
1806102800 Bulk cocoa powder over 65% sugar, over-quota None 600  
1806203600 Bulk lowfat chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 200  1806203800 Bulk lowfat chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 1,000  
1806208200 Bulk cocoa preparations under 21% milk, over-quota None 840  
1806209800 Bulk cocoa preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 1,150  1806900800 Other cocoa preparations under 21% milk, over-quota None 298  G/AG/N/USA/24
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1806901000 Other  cocoa preparations over 21% milk, over-quota None 300  
1806901800 Other chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 31  
1806902000 Other chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 42  
1806902800 Other lowfat chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 126  1806903000 Other lowfat chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 50  
1806905900 Other cocoa preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 3,064  
1901904300 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 13,962  1901904700 Other dairy preparations under 10% milk, over-quota None 1,428  
1901905800 Starch preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 14,453  
2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 35,711  2008116000 Otherwise prepared peanuts, over-quota None 30,521  
2101203800 Tea syrups, over-quota None 10  
2101205800 Tea preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 234  2105002000 Ice cream, over-quota None 10 liters
2105004000 Edible ice containing milk, over-quota None 34,124  
2106904600 Coloured syrup, over-quota None 545  2106907200 Other syrups over 10% milk, over-quota None 1,184  
2106908000 Other food preparations >10% sugar over 10% milk,
over-quotaNone 107  
2106909100 Other syrups under 10% milk, over-quota None 14  
2106909400 Other food preparations >65% sugar under 10% milk,
over-quotaNone 16,376  
2106909700 Other food preparations >10% sugar under 10% milk,
over-quotaNone 24,041  
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