G/AG/N/JPN/266  
 
13 April 2022  
(22-3031) 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 2017 . 
 
 
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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  2017 
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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 38.0  million in the calendar year 2017 (Refer to the 
annex   for details on shipments made in 2017).  
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 92.86 million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 125.68 million  
ii Appropriate concessional terms:  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than  25%)  USD 288.45 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 150.47 million  
 Technical cooperation  USD 205.05 million  
ii Appropriate concessional terms  
 ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%)  USD 1,826.02 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/266  
 
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  ANNEX  
Food Assistance Convention, 2017: Report of Transaction (Term s = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2017 - 31 December 2017  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount  
(MT)  FOB Value  
(USD)  
Mauritania  Rice 14,251  5,638,862  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice 10,899  4,248,268  
Comoros  Rice 2,860  1,185,079  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice 3,106  1,286,844  
Eritrea  Wheat and Wheat flour  9,133  2,241,785  
Togo Rice 1,479  612,839  
Wheat and Wheat flour  4,302  1,067,437  
Haiti Rice 5,772  2,326,737  
Burkina Faso  Rice 5,242  2,172,055  
Nepal  Rice 5,174  2,085,561  
Niger  Rice 4,570  1,893,600  
Mali Rice 4,711  1,952,045  
Senegal  Rice 7,166  2,888,500  
Central African Republic  Coarse grains  100 38,150  
Vegetable oils  80 66,539  
Chad Coarse grains  989 393,008  
Vegetable oils  766 636,844  
Djibouti  Wheat and Wheat flour  125 38,750  
Coarse grains  462 230,569  
Sugar  92 51,603  
The Gambia  Coarse grains  573 493,383  
Guinea  Coarse grains  282 112,176  
Vegetable oils  475 406,702  
Kenya  Rice 3,182  1,049,224  
Madagascar  Coarse grains  600 228,900  
Vegetable oils  91 67,406  
Myanmar  Coarse grains  245 113,408  
Vegetable oils  79 71,744  
Sierra Leone  Coarse grains  141 56,118  
Vegetable oils  52 43,146  
Uganda  Sugar  19 10,405  
Yemen  Wheat and Wheat flour  3,910  694,018  
Coarse grains  144 44,496  
Vegetable oils  3,574  2,903,455  
Sugar  1,104  668,693  
 
 
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