G/AG/N/JPN/238  
 
15 May 2019 
(19-3383) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 9 May  2019, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of 
Japan . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table  MA:2 ) during the fiscal  year 
from 1  April 2017  to 31  March 2018 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:2  
MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR  FROM 1  APRIL 2017 TO 31  MARCH 2018 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  Description of 
products  Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description  Not 
opened  Reporting Year  Unit Tariff quota quantity 
for period  In-quota  
imports during 
period  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -B 
(or I-A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type  From  To 
1 2   3 4 5 
JPNQ001  Skimmed milk powder 
(For school lunch)  040210, 040221   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 7,264 1,701 23.4%  (1) 
JPNQ002  Skimmed milk powder 
(For other purposes)  040210, 040221,  
040229   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 74,973 28,817 38.4%  (2) 
JPNQ003  Milk powder  040221, 040229   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT    (3) 
JPNQ004  Evaporated milk  040291   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 1,500 1,445 96.3%  (4) 
JPNQ005  Condensed milk  040299   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT    (5) 
JPNQ006  Whey and modified whey 
(For feeding purposes)  040410   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 45,000 36,675 81.5%  (6) 
JPNQ007  Prepared whey (For 
infant formula)  040410, 040490   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 25,000 7,507 30% (7) 
JPNQ008  Butter and butteroil  040510, 040590   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 581 191 32.9%  (8) 
JPNQ009  Mineral concentrated 
whey  040410   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 14,000 10,104 72.2%  (9) 
JPNQ010  Prepared edible fat  210690   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 18,977 16,946 89.3%  (10) 
JPNQ011  Other dairy products for 
general use  040110, 040120,   
040130, 040291,  
040310, 040390,  
040490, 180620,  
180690, 190110,  
190120, 190190,  
210112, 210120,  
210610, 210690   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 133,940 133,402 99.6%  (11) 
JPNQ012  Designated dairy 
products for general use  040210, 040221,   
040229, 040299,  
040390, 040410,  
040510, 040520,  
040590   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 137,202 419,234 305.6%  (12)  
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- 3 - TQ ID  Description of 
products  Tariff item number(s) 
encompassed in product 
description  Not 
opened  Reporting Year  Unit Tariff quota quantity 
for period  In-quota  
imports during 
period  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -B 
(or I-A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  Type  From  To 
1 2   3 4 5 
JPNQ013  Dried leguminous 
vegetables  071310, 071332,   
071333, 071339,  
071350, 071390   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 120,000 73,605 61.3%  (13) 
JPNQ014  Wheat, meslin, triticale 
and their processed 
products  100110, 100190,   
100890, 110100,  
110290, 110311,  
110319, 110320,  
110419, 110429,  
110811, 190120,  
190190, 190410,  
190420, 190430,  
190490, 210690   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 5,740,000 5,761,674 100.4% (14) 
JPNQ015  Barley and its processed 
products  100300, 110290,   
110319, 110320,  
110419, 110429,  
190120, 190190,  
190410, 190420,  
190490, 210690   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 1,369,000 349,350 25.5%  (15) 
JPNQ016  Rice and its worked 
and/or prepared products  100610, 100620,   
100630, 100640,  
110230, 110319,  
110320, 110419,  
110429, 190120,  
190190, 190410,  
190420, 190490,  
210690   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 682,200 676,997 99.2%  (16) 
JPNQ017  Starches, inulin, and their 
preparations  110812, 110813,   
110814, 110819,  
110820, 190120,  
190190   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 157,000 157,825 100.5% (17) 
JPNQ018  Ground -nuts 120210, 120220   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 75,000 36,946 49.3%  (18) 
JPNQ019  Tubers of konnyaku  121299   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 267 68 25.5%  (19) 
JPNQ020  Silk-worm cocoons and 
raw silk  500100, 500200   
 Fiscal  01-04-17 31-03-18 MT 798 445 55.8%  (20) 
Notes : 
Tariff item numbers in column 2 as of 1 April 2017, based on HS2017.  
(a) JPNQ001, JPNQ002, JPNQ004, JPNQ006, JPNQ007, JPNQ008, JPNQ009, JPNQ010, JPNQ011, JPNQ013, JPNQ014, JPNQ015, JPNQ017, JPN018 a nd JPNQ020: Data source 
in column 4: "Japan's Trade Statistics".  
(b) JPNQ012: Data source in column 4: "Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation".  
(c) JPNQ016:Data source in column 4: "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries" and "Japan's Trade Statistics".  
(d) JPNQ019: Data source in column 4: "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries".   
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- 4 - (e) JPNQ003 and JPNQ 005: listed in the Schedule, are not included in the notification, because tariff quota systems are not applied to them. Thes e products can be 
introduced into Japan under the Hozei  area (note)  system, without imposed customs duties and required quota certi fications, provided that they are used for 
consumption in the cruise of international maritime vessels and international airlines as described in the Notes to Section I  B of Part I of the Schedule. The statistics of 
imports for these products under the Hozei area system are not available.  
(f) JPNQ002, JPNQ004 and JPNQ008: The quota quantities and actual in -quota imports in column 3 and 4 " do not include quantities available under the Hozei  area system 
as described in the Notes to Section I -B of Part I of t he Schedule.  
(g) JPNQ014 and JPNQ015: The In -Quota quantities in column 4 for do not include quantities imported from Australia under the Japan -Australia Economic Partnership 
Agreement.  
(Note)       Hozei  area is the area where collection of customs dutie s on imports is temporarily reserved.  
 
(1)  JPNQ001 - (a) 
(2)  JPNQ002 - (a) (f)  
(3)  JPNQ003 - (e) 
(4)  JPNQ004 - (a) (f)  
(5)  JPNQ005 - (e) 
(6)  JPNQ006 - (a) 
(7)  JPNQ007 - (a) 
(8)  JPNQ008 - (a) (f)  
(9)  JPNQ009 - (a) 
(10)  JPNQ010 - (a) 
(11)  JPNQ011 - (a) 
(12)  JPNQ012 - (b) 
(13)  JPNQ013 - (a) 
(14)  JPNQ014 - (a) (g)  
(15)  JPNQ015 - (a) (g)  
(16)  JPNQ016 - (c) 
(17)  JPNQ017 - (a) 
(18)  JPNQ018 - (a) 
(19)  JPNQ019 - (d) 
(20)  JPNQ020 - (a) 
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