WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/USA/49 
23 January 2004 
 (04-0244) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 13 January 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table MA:5)  for the calendar year 2002 . 
 
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 United States price-based safeguards are invoke d automatically on a shipment-by-shipment 
basis.  Importers who enter goods under an ove r-quota tariff line are required to declare which 
pre-established price range is applicable to their pr oduct.  If there is a safeguard duty associated with 
that price range, the additional charge is assessed .  Entries where the safeguard duties were assessed 
during the reporting period are summarized in this notification.  While not required by the format, 
information on affected quantities is provided for illustrative purposes.  Multiple transactions 
involving the same product have been aggregated for the purposes of this notification.  
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MARKET ACCESS:  United States  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2002 
 
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 
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0202308000 Meat of bovine animals, frozen, b oneless, over-quota None 4,357,950 kg. 
0401307500 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing  added sugar or other sweetening matter: Of fat 
content, by weight, exceeding 6 per cent, over-quota None 136 kg. 
0402215000 Milk and cream, concentrated or containing adde d sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, 
granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 3 per cent but not exceeding 
35 per cent, over-quota None 317 kg. 
0402295000 Milk and cream, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other 
solid forms, of a fat content, by wei ght, exceeding 1.5 pe r cent, over-quota  None 6,412 kg. 
0402994500 Milk and cream, not in powder, containing adde d sugar or other sweetening matter, condensed 
milk, in airtight containers, over-quota None 110,515 kg. 
0402999000 Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, over-quota None 2,957 kg. 
0403105000 Yogurt, in dry form, over-quota None 2,000 kg. 
0403909500 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and ot her fermented or acidifi ed milk and cream, 
whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or 
containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa, dried ferm ented milk or dried milk with added lactic 
ferments, over-quota None 79 kg. 
0405102000 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, butter, over-quota None 55,364 kg. 
0405207000 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, dairy spreads, not butter substitutes containing 
over 45 per cent by weight butterfat, over-quota None 1,338,650 kg. 
0405902020 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, anhydrous milk  fat, over-quota None 158,694 kg. 
0405902040 Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk, dairy spreads, over-quota None 3,334 kg. 
0406100800 Cheese and curd:  fresh (unripened and uncu red) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd, 
Chongos, over-quota None 145 kg.  
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0406102800 Fresh Cheddar cheese and substitutes for cheese containing, or processe d from, Cheddar cheese, 
over-quota None 60 kg. 
0406105800 Cheese and curd, fresh (unripened or uncured) ch eese, including whey cheese, and curd, Italian-
type cheeses, made from cow's milk, in original loaves (Romano made from cow's milk, Reggiano, 
Parmesan, Provolone, Provoletti and Sbrinz); Italian-type cheeses, made from cow's milk, not in 
original loaves (Romano made from cow's mi lk, Reggiano, Parmesan , Provolone, Provoletti, 
Sbrinz and Goya), and cheese and substitutes fo r cheese containing, or processed from, such 
Italian-type cheeses, whether or not in original loaves, over-quota None 45 kg. 
0406107800 Cheese and curd, fresh (unripened or uncured) ch eese, including whey cheese, and curd, other 
cheese, and substitutes for cheese, containing 0.5 per cent or less by weight of butterfat, over-
quota None 403 kg. 
0406108800 Cheese and curd, fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd, other 
cheese, and substitutes for cheese (except cheese not containing cow' s milk, and soft ripened cow's 
milk cheese), over-quota None 22,596 kg. 
0406304800 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, no t grated or powdered, Edam and Gouda cheeses, 
over-quota None 300 kg. 
0406305300 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, no t grated or powdered, Gruyere-process cheese, 
over-quota None 50 kg. 
0406307100 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, not grated or powdered, including mixtures, 
containing, or processed from, American-type cheese (including Colby, washed curd and granular 
cheese, but not including Cheddar), over-quota 1,666 kg. 1 12,738 kg. 2 
0406307500 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, no t grated or powdered, including mixtures, not 
made from sheep's milk, containing, or proce ssed from, Edam or Gouda cheeses, over-quota None 2,020 kg. 
0406307900 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, not grated or powdered, including mixtures, 
containing or processed from It alian-type cheeses, over-quota None 595 kg. 
0406308300 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, not grated or powdered, including mixtures, 
containing, or processed from, Swiss, Emmentaler or Gruyer e-process cheeses, over-quota None 360 kg. 
0406308700 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, not grated or powdered, including mixtures, other, 
containing 0.5 per cent or less, by  weight of butterfat, over-quota None 61 kg. 
0406309100 Cheese and curd, processed (process) cheese, no t grated or powdered, including mixtures, not 
made from sheep's milk, other, containing cow's milk, over-quota None 15,931 kg. 
0406407000 Cheese and curd, Blue-veined cheese, ot her Stilton cheese, over-quota None 151 kg. 
0406901200 Cheese and curd, Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 7,662 kg. 0406901800 Cheese and curd, Edam and Gouda  cheeses, over-quota None 9,935 kg. 
0406904200 Cheese and curd, Romano made from cow's milk , Reggiano, Parmesan, Provolone and Provoletti 
cheeses, made from cow's milk, over-quota None 1,307 kg.  
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0406904800 Cheese and curd, Swiss or Emmentaler chees e with eye formation, over-quota None 708 kg. 
0406906800 Cheese and curd, other cheeses, and substitute s for cheese, including mixtures, containing 
Romano, Reggiano, Parmesan, Pr ovolone, Provoletti, Sbrinz or Go ya, from cow's milk, over-quotaNone 11,638 kg. 
0406907800 Cheese and curd, other cheeses, and substitutes for cheese, including mixtures, containing, or 
processed from, Che ddar cheese, over-quota None 24 kg. 
0406908400 Cheese and curd, other cheeses, and substitutes for cheese, including mixtures, containing, or 
processed from, American-type cheese (including Colby, washed curd and granular cheese, but not 
including Cheddar), over-quota 405 kg. 1 None2 
0406909400 Cheese and curd, other cheeses, and substitutes fo r cheese, including mixtures, other, containing 
0.5 per cent or less, by we ight of butterfat, over-quota None 255 kg. 
0406909700 Cheese and curd, other cheeses, and substitutes for cheese, including mixtures, not made from 
sheep's milk (excluding goods containing mixt ures of subheadings 0406.90.61 or 0406.90.63), 
other, containing cow's milk (except so ft-ripened cow's milk cheese), over-quota None 33,764 kg. 
1202208040 Peanuts (ground nuts), not roasted or otherwis e cooked, whether or not shelled or broken, 
over-quota None 412 kg. 
1701115000 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucros e, in solid form, raw sugar not containing added 
flavouring or colouring matter, over-quota None 244,575 kg. 
1701995000 Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, refined sugar, not containing added 
flavouring or colouring matter, over-quota None 16,731 kg. 
1806101500 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa, cocoa powder containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, containing less than 65  per cent by weight of sugar, over-quota None 7,197 kg. 
1901104000 Malt extract;  food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 40 per cent by weight of coco a, calculated on a totall y defatted basis, not 
elsewhere specified or included;  food preparatio ns, not containing cocoa or containing less than 
5 per cent by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, preparati ons for infant use, put 
up for retail sale, containing over 10 per cent by weight milk solids, over-quota None 1,845 kg. 
1901205000 Malt extract;  food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 40 per cent by weight of coco a, calculated on a totall y defatted basis, not 
elsewhere specified or included;  food preparatio ns, not containing cocoa or containing less than 
5 per cent by weight of cocoa calculated on a to tally defatted basis, mixes and doughs for the 
preparation of bakers' wares, containing 25 per cent or less by weight of butterfat, over-quota None 29,000 kg. 
1901207000 Malt extract;  food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 40 per cent by weight of coco a, calculated on a totall y defatted basis, not 
elsewhere specified or included;  food preparatio ns, not containing cocoa or containing less than 
5 per cent by weight of cocoa calculated on a to tally defatted basis, mixes and doughs for the 
preparation of bakers' wares, containing 65 per cent by dry weight sugar, over-quota None 346 kg. 
1901904300 Dairy preparations containing over 10 per cent by weight of milk solids, over-quota None 141,086 kg.  
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1901905800 Malt extract;  food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or 
containing less than 40 per cent by weight of coco a, calculated on a totall y defatted basis, not 
elsewhere specified or included;  food preparatio ns, not containing cocoa or containing less than
5 per cent by weight of cocoa calculated on a tota lly defatted basis, artic les containing over 10 per 
cent by dry weight of sugar, over-quota None 1,070 kg. 
2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 237,736 kg. 
2008116000 Prepared peanuts, not peanut butter and past e or blanched peanuts, over-quota None 87,065 kg. 
2101125800 Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or c oncentrates with a basis of coffee, over-quota None 446 kg. 
2105002000 Ice cream, whether or not contai ning cocoa, over-quota None 75 l. 
2106906600 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or in cluded, containing over 10 per cent by weight of 
milk solids, over-quota None 148,630 kg. 
2106909400 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or incl uded, articles containing over 65 per cent by dry 
weight of sugar, over-quota None 80 kg. 
2106909700 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or incl uded, articles containing over 10 per cent by dry 
weight of sugar, over-quota None 2,050 kg. 
2202902800 Milk-based drinks, not chocolat e milk, over-quota None 43,727 kg. 
 
1 Volume-based safeguard applied to imports from 21 November through 31 Decembe r 2002 (see G/AG/N/USA/44). 
2 Price-based safeguard discontinued 21  November through 31 December 2002. 
 
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