G/AG/N/JPN/211  
 
22 April 2016  
(16-2266)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 19 April 2016, is be ing circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 ) during 
the fiscal  year 2015 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN 
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR 2015 (FROM 1 APRIL 2015 TO 31 MARCH 2016) 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
Tariff item 
number Description of product Whethe r volume-based action taken 
during period Whether price-based action taken 
during period 
1 2 3 4 
0401.20.190 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not exceeding 6%: sterilized, frozen or preserved Period of application: 
from 1 December 2015 to 31 March 2016 Date of application: 
31 August 2015 
0401.40.190, 0401.50.119, 
0401.50.129 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%: steril ized, frozen or preserved; other cream of a fat 
content, by weight, of 13% or more (other than sterilized, frozen or preserved) Period of application: 
from 1 October 2015 to 31 March 2016 None 
0402.21.119 Milk powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 5% but not exceeding 30% None Date of application: 
13 April 2015, 22 October 2015, 
27 January 2016 
0402.91.129 Milk and cream, concentrated, not contai ning added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 7.5% None Date of application: 
2 October 2015 
0402.99.129, 
0402.99.290 Condensed milk Period of application: 
from 1 August 2015 to 31 March 2016 None 
0403.90.113, 
0403.90.118, 0403.90.123, 0403.90.128, 
0403.90.133, 
0403.90.138 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, 
sterilized, frozen, preserved, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, flavoring, fruits or nuts Period of application: 
from 1 November 2015 to 31 March 2016 None 
0405.10.129 Butter 
- of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 85% None Date of application: 
15 October 2015 
0713.33.229 Kidney beans, including white pea beans ( Phaseolus  vulgaris ) None Date of application: 
20 May 2015 
0713.35.299 Cow peas ( Vigna  unguiculata ) None Date of application: 
13 April 2015  
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number Description of product Whethe r volume-based action taken 
during period Whether price-based action taken 
during period 
1 2 3 4 
1102.90.190 Barley flour None Date of application: 
14 December 2015 
1108.12.090 Maize (corn) starch Period of application:  
from 1 February 2016 to 31 March 2016 None 
1108.14.090 Manioc (cassava) starch None Date of application: 
24 September 2015 
1108.19.099 Other starches (excluding Sago starch) None Date of application: 
1 May 2015, 10 June 2015, 18 December 2015 
1108.20.090 Inulin None Date of application: 
13 May 2015, 7 August 2015, 
30 October 2015, 8 December 2015, 10 March 2016 
1901.20.159, 
1901.90.179 Food preparations of flour, meal, or starch, which contain more than 85% by weight of flour, 
groats, meal and pellets of rice, wheat, triticale or barley, starch, or any combination thereof, 
excluding cake-mixes and a kind used as infant food or dietetic purpose 
- mostly containing starch (excluding wheat starch) Period of application:  
from 1 December 2015 to 31 March 2016 None 
1901.90.179 Food preparations of flour, meal, or starch, which contain more than 85% by weight of flour, 
groats, meal and pellets of rice, wheat, triticale or barley, starch, or any combination thereof, excluding cake-mixes and a kind used as infant food or dietetic purpose 
- mostly containing starch (excluding wheat starch) None Date of application: 
1 July 2015 (three cases of application), 30 July 2015 
1904.10.212 Prepared foods containing not less than 50% by weight of those obtained by merely swelling or 
roasting of rice, wheat, triticale or barley, of rice None Date of application: 
2 December 2015 
 
 
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