G/AG/N/JPN/269  
 
13 April 2022  
(22-3036) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  11 April  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns actions taken within the framework of the Decision on Measures 
Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least -Developed and Net 
Food-Importing Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) during the Calendar Year 2020 . 
 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MONITORING OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DECISION ON MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE  
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR  2020 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
1.1.  The Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase food. The total amount 
of the funds that GOJ granted was USD 22.6  million in the calendar year 2020 (Refer to the annex 
for details on shipments made in 2020).  
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
2.1.   All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
 
3.1.   In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to the 
countries listed as Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries 
in G/AG/5/Rev.10.  
i. Fully grant form:  
 Grant aid  USD 37.95  million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 79.93  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 105.07  million  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
4.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries2. 
i. Fully grant form:  
 Grant aid  USD 119.52  million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 122.90  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 313.43  million  
  
 
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry).  
2 Including aid given to Eastern Europe and graduated countries.  G/AG/N/JPN/269  
 
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  ANNEX  
Food Assistance Convention, 2020: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount 
(MT)  FOB Value 
(USD)  
Mauritania  Rice 11,759  4,827,811  
Senegal  Rice 5,339  2,329,693  
The Gambia  Rice 3,479  1,429,927  
Burkina Faso  Rice 4,558  1,837,308  
Mali Rice 4,333  1,777,571  
Niger  Rice 4,203  1,723,345  
Togo Rice 4,792  1,964,822  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice 3,769  1,545,216  
Afghanistan  Wheat and Wheat flour  1,389  562,343  
Coarse grains  136 62,288  
Vegetable oils  157 122,540  
Chad Coarse grains  200 79,600  
Vegetable oils  100 68,394  
Central African Republic  Rice 300 92,550  
Coarse grains  236 71,232  
Eswatini  Rice 560 191,276  
Coarse grains  1,260  435,393  
Vegetable oils  135 129,697  
Guinea  Rice 1,212  513,039  
Vegetable oils  39 27,001  
Guinea -Bissau  Coarse grains  359 359,889  
Vegetables  1,036  865,241  
Mozambique  Coarse grains  571 233,026  
Vegetable oils  31 45,167  
Sierra Leone  Rice 2,767  1,147,624  
Coarse grains  216 71,518  
Vegetable oils  70 49,522  
 
 
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