G/AG/N/JPN/268  
 
13 April 2022  
(22-3035) 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 2019 . 
 
 
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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  2019 
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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 45.5  million in the calendar year 2019 (Refer to the 
annex   for details on shipments made in 2019).  
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 
count ries listed as Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries 
in G/AG/5/Rev.10.  
i. Fully grant form:  
  Grant aid  USD 92.52  million  
  Technical cooperation  USD 103.04  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 33.00  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 132.30  million  
  Technical cooperation  USD 173.68  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 338.14  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/268  
 
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  ANNEX  
Food Assistance Convention, 2019: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2019  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount 
(MT)  FOB Value  
(USD)  
Senegal  Rice 5,634  2,312,516  
Côte d'Ivoire  Wheat and Wheat flour  2,854  1,281,112  
Mauritania  Rice 7,752  3,018,851  
Burundi  Rice 200 83,710  
Lesotho  Wheat and Wheat flour  3,953  2,030,066  
Eritrea  Wheat and Wheat flour  9,253  1,820,799  
Burkina Faso  Rice 7,150  3,007,577  
Comoros  Rice 5,216  2,145,146  
Uganda  Rice 4,758  1,980,770  
Benin  Rice 5,148  2,165,525  
Liberia  Rice 6,194  2,471,071  
Madagascar  Rice 6,711  2,793,707  
Niger  Rice 7,311  3,005,331  
Mali Rice 4,327  1,889,107  
Nepal  Rice 5,311  2,183,602  
Togo Rice 6,090  2,503,322  
Haiti Rice 6,374  2,620,001  
Afghanistan  Wheat and Wheat flour  1,389  562,343  
Coarse grains  195 77,415  
Central African Republic  Rice 1,023  347,113  
Vegetable oils  73 46,273  
Chad Coarse grains  2,100  762,585  
Vegetable oils  103 64,874  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice 1,196  390,531  
Eswatini  Rice 1,874  604,418  
Coarse grains  302 102,443  
Vegetable oils  32 20,931  
Guinea  Rice 2,273  864,088  
Coarse grains  398 119,400  
Vegetable oils  271 184,658  
Guinea -Bissau  Coarse grains  374 392,405  
Vegetables  696 607,392  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Rice 205  69,007  
South Sudan  Coarse grains  824 184,949  
Yemen  Coarse grains  1,534  718,978  
Vegetable oils  2,219  2,034,024  
 
 
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