G/AG/N/USA/142  
 
20 August  2020 
(20-5702) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  17 August  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States  of America . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table  MA:5)  during the calendar year  2019 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:5  
MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2019 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken  
Tariff item number(s)  Description of 
product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04029945  Condensed milk, 
sweetened, in airtight 
containers     
 17,712   
04039078  Sour cream, o/45% by wt. 
butterfat     
 96  
04051020  Butter, Nesoi     
 490,314   
04059020  Fats and oils derived from 
milk, other than butter or 
dairy spreads     
 3,301   
04061028  Fresh Cheddar cheese     
 10,731   
04061048  Fresh (unripened/uncured) 
edam and gouda cheeses, 
cheese/subs for cheese 
cont or processed 
therefrom     
 16  
04061088  Fresh Cheese, NSPF     
 6,915   
04063028  Cheddar cheese, 
processed, not grated or 
powdered     
 96  
04063053  Gruyere -process cheese, 
processed, not grated or 
powdered     
 57   
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- 3 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of 
product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04063067  Processed cheese 
cont/procd fr cheddar 
cheese, not 
grated/powdered     
 75  
04063075  Processed cheese procured 
from edam or gouda, not 
grated/powdered     
 16  
04063091  Processed cheese (incl. 
mixtures), nesoi, w/cow's 
milk, not grated or 
powdered     
 816  
04064070  Blue-veined cheese, nesoi     
 4,423   
04069012  Cheddar cheese, nesoi     
 207  
04069018  Edam and gouda cheese, 
nesoi    
 4,826   
04069042  Romano, Reggiano, 
Parmesan, Provolone, and 
Provoletti cheese, nesoi, 
from cow's milk     
 629  
04069048  Swiss or Emmentaler 
cheese with eye formation, 
nesoi    
 82  
04069054  Colby cheese, nesoi     
 2  
04069068  Cheeses & subst. for 
cheese(incl. mixt.), nesoi, 
w/romano/reggiano/parme
san/provolone/etc, f/cow 
milk    
 998  
04069074  Cheeses & subst. for 
cheese (incl. mixt.), nesoi, 
w/ or from blue -veined 
cheese     
 1  
04069078  Cheeses & subst. for 
cheese (incl. mixt.), nesoi, 
w/ or from cheddar chees     
 1   
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- 4 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of 
product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04069097  Cheeses & subst. for 
cheese (incl. mixt.), nesoi, 
w/cows milk, w/butterfat 
o/0.5% by wt     
 9,026   
17011450  Beet sugar, raw, in solid 
form, w/o added flavoring 
or coloring, nesoi     
 26,194   
17019950  Cane/beet sugar & pure 
sucrose, refined, solid, w/o 
added coloring or flavoring     
 387,221   
17029020  Cane/beet sugars & syrups 
(incl. invert sugar); nesoi, 
w/soluble non -sugar solids 
6% or less soluble solids     
 1,480   
18061015  Cocoa powder, sweetened, 
w/less than 65% by dry wt. 
sugar     
 1,648   
18069059  Chocolate and preps 
w/cocoa, nesoi, o/10% by 
dry wt of sugar     
 970  
19019036  Margarine cheese     
 59,760   
19019071  Malt Extract; Food Products 
Of Flour, Meal, Etc. With 
Cocoa (if Any) Under 40% 
And Milk Or Cream 
Products With Cocoa (if 
Any) Under 50%, Others     
 19,616   
20081115  Peanut butter and paste     
 187  
20081160  Peanuts, otherwise 
prepared or preserved, 
nesoi    
 1,200   
21011258  Preparation ov  10% sugar 
w/ basis of extract, essence 
or concentrate or w/ basis 
of coffee     
 18,240   
21012058  Preparation ov  10% sugar 
w/basis of 
extract/essence/concentrate 
or w/basis of tea or mate     
 11,736    
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- 5 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of 
product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
21050020  Ice cream, whether or not 
containing cocoa     
 1,394   
21069097  Food preps, nesoi, n/o 10% 
milk solids, o/10% sugar     
 19,381   
22029928  Nonalcoholic Beverages, 
Others (including Milk -
based Drinks)     
 1,720,440   
Tariff item numbers in column 1 correspond to HS 2017 Nomenclature.  
Figures in column 4 correspond to affected quantities. Unit of measure is KG except for 21050020 Ice cream, whether or not containing cocoa (liters).  
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