WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/11/KOR/1
21February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0734)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE 9,FOOTNOTE 2
OFTHE AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS
KOREA
Thefollowing communication, dated 31January 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofKorea.
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Further tomyletter of21January 1997, andpursuant tofootnote 2ofArticle 9,paragraph 1,
oftheAgreement onSafeguards, regarding thenon-application ofsafeguard measures todeveloping
countries, Ihereby forward anotification concerning Korea 'sdecision toapply asafeguard measure
oncertain dairy products.
1. Description ofthemeasure
TheKorean Government isconsidering relief todomestic industry experiencing serious injury,
orthethreat thereof, intheformoftheimposition ofquantitative restrictions ofimports foraperiod
offouryears asof1March 1997. Thequantitative restriction tobeimposed onimports inthefirst
yearwillbebased ontheaverage ofthequantity imported from1993to1995. Thequantity ofimports
insubsequent years willbeincreased by888.9 tons. Thequantity tobeimported shallbedistributed
toactual users onaproratabasis.
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
15,595 tons 16,483.9 tons 17,372.8 tons 18,261.7 tons
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2. Theproduct subject tothemeasure
Theimported goods inquestion fallunder thesubheadings 0404.90.00001(products consisting
ofnatural milkconstituents, whether ornotcontaining added sugar orother sweetening matter, except
whey) and1901.90.2000 (food preparations ofgoods ofheadings 0401to0404, notcontaining cocoa
powder ofmore than10%) oftheHarmonized Tariff Schedule ofKorea. Among theproducts which
come under theabove subheadings, thefollowing articles willbeexempted fromthesafeguard measures:
milkmineral (calcium) concentrated product (limited totheuseasanadditive fortheproduction of
mineralfortifiedfood),wheyproteinconcentratedproductandmilkproteinconcentratedproduct(limited
totheuseasanadditive forproduction ofprotein fortified food), Chilean special products andraw
material forproduction ofCerelac ofNestle which isnota"mixture mainly consisting ofmilkpowder".
3. Developing countries towhich themeasure isnotapplied under Article 9.1oftheAgreement
onSafeguards, andtheimport shares ofthese countries individually andcollectively
Thissafeguard measure shallnotbeapplied against aproduct originating inadeveloping country
Member aslongasitsshare ofimports oftheproduct concerned intheimporting Member doesnot
exceed 3%,provided thatdeveloping country Members withlessthan3%import share collectively
account fornotmore than9%oftotalimports oftheproduct concerned.
In1995, duetothefactthatimports oftheproducts originating inadeveloping country Member
oftheWTO withlessthan3%import share ofthetotalimports oftheproduct concerned, account
for0.6% interms ofvalue and0.7% interms ofquantity respectively, thissafeguard measure will
notbeapplied against products originating from thefollowing countries:
Value (US$) Quantity (M/T)
% %
Singapore 360 0.60 197 0.70
Chile - 0.00 - 0.00
1Heading number 0404.90.0000 hadbeenclassified intooneitembytheKorean HSCode when thedecision
onwhether there wasaserious injury inthedomestic industry wastaken. Since 1January 1997, however, as
theitems containing modified whey liketheHeading Number 0404.90.0000 havebeengiven separate HSCodes,
theHeading Number 0404.90.0000 wassubdivided intothefollowing codes:
(a) 0404.10.2109 Modified whey/whey from which allorpartoftheLactose, proteins or
minerals havebeenremoved/other thanLactose removed, demineralized and
whey protein concentrates.
(b) 0404.10.2900 Modifiedwhey/otherthanwheyfromwhichallorpartoftheLactose,proteins
orminerals have been removed.
(c) 0404.90.0000 Other thanwhey andmodified whey.