G/AG/N/JPN/199
20 October 2014
(14-6013)  Page: 1/4
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 7 October 2014, 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-Imp orting Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the calendar 
year 2011 . G/AG/N/JPN/199 
 
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  Table NF:1 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT: MO NITORING OF THE 
FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON ME ASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED 
AND NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVE LOPING COUNTRIES: JAPAN 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE PROV IDED TO LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD-
IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
1.1.  The Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase grain. The total amount 
of the funds that GOJ granted in calendar year 2011 was US$206.66 million. (Refer to the 
attachment for details on shipments made during July 2011 to June 2012). 
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS 
2.1.  All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form. 
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE 
DECISION 
3.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
countries listed as Least-Developed and Ne t Food-Importing Developing Countries 
in G/AG/5/Rev.8. 
i. Fully grant form: 
Grant aid US$ 52.99 million 
Technical cooperation US$ 137.91 million 
 
ii. Appropriate concessional terms: 
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$ 53.56 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 countries.2 
i. Fully grant form: 
Grant aid US$ 87.28 million 
Technical cooperation US$ 255.34 million 
ii. Appropriate concessional terms: 
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$ 313.89 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/199 
 
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  ATTACHMENT 
Table NF:1 
Food Aid Convention, 1999: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount 
(MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)    
Mongolia Rice 16,171 7,389,779  
Nepal Rice 19,021 8,692,169 
    
(Africa)    
Benin Rice 8,301 3,793,404 
Burkina Faso Rice 12,251  5,877,727 
Cabo Verde Rice 6,376  2,913,690  
Comoros Rice 1,745 797,430 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo Rice 16,830 7,690,940 
Eritrea Wheat 13,001 3,798,045 
Ethiopia Wheat 14,444 4,223,653 
The Gambia Rice 12,609 6,049,491 
Ghana Rice 19,195 9,209,296 
Liberia Rice 19,101 9,164,288 
Mauritania Rice 10,641 4,862,506 
Mozambique Rice 19,611 9,408,883 
Sao Tome and Principe Rice 3,612 1,650,583 
Senegal Rice 17,566 8,427,742 
Togo Wheat 16,207 3,642,022 
    
(Through WFP)    
Afghanistan Supplementary Food, High 
Energy Biscuits (HEB), Vegetable Oil, Iodised Salt, Wheat, Split Peas  26,736 18,459,504 
Bangladesh Rice, Wheat, Wheat Soya 
Blend (WSB) 16,301 5,108,477 
Bolivia Wheat Flour, Vegetable Oil 285 209,837 
Burundi Maize, Beans, Iodized salt  1,112 572,807 
Cambodia Rice, Split Peas, Vegetable Oil, 
Canned Fish 743 880,147 
Cameroon Maize, Vegetable Oil, Split 
Peas, Rice 1,032 402,399 
Central African Republic Ma ize Meal, Vegetable Oil, 
Split Peas, Supplementary Food, Corn Soya Blend(CSB) 2,541 1,361,848 
Chad Sorghum/Millet, Maize Meal, 
Sugar, Split Peas, Vegetable 
Oil  7,550 3,534,357 
Congo, Republic of Rice, Split Peas, 
Supplementary Food 918 747,372 
Congo, Democratic Republic 
of Vegetable Oil, Maize Meal, 
Iodized salt 4,256 1,973,577 
Côte d'Ivoire Beans, Rice, Vegetable Oil  4,089 2,283,482 
Djibouti Sugar, WSB, Sorghum/Millet, 
Vegetable Oil,  Split Peas, 
Wheat Flour 5,593 2,489,055 
Egypt HEB 7 8,690 
Ethiopia Beans, Iodised Salt, Maize, 
Sugar, CSB, wheat 15,923 5,151,547 
Guinea CSB, Vegetable Oil, Split Peas, 
Iodised Salt, Rice 998 582,520 
Guinea-Bissau CSB, Sugar, Vegetable Oil, 
Rice  1,021 702,391 
Jordan Lentils, Rice, Sugar, Vegetable 
Oil 450 417,733 G/AG/N/JPN/199 
 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount 
(MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Kenya Iodised Salt, Maize Meal, 
Wheat, Wheat Flour, CSB, 
Maize, Beans 19,452 6,373,648 
Laos Rice 176 92,390 
Lebanon Rations 56 119,405 
Lesotho Maize Meal, CSB 2,825 1,307,215 
Liberia Rice 1,479 931,770 
Madagascar Rice, Split Peas, HEB 2,151 1,042,320 
Mauritania Rice 145 58,145 
Mozambique Vegetable oil 31 58,758 
Myanmar Chickpeas, Peas, Rice, Soya 
Blend, Vegetable oil, WSB  3,652 3,554,065 
Niger CSB 813 942,647 
Pakistan Beans, HEB, Iodised Salt, 
Supplementary Food, Split 
Peas, Wheat, Vegetable Oil 39,031 17,895,060 
Palestinian Territory Wheat Flour, Canned Fish 4,451 2,529,358 
Philippines Rice 1,235 711,921 
Rwanda Beans, Maize 1,220 510,251 
Senegal Rice  845 408,425 
Sierra Leone Vegetable Oil, CSB, Bulgur 
Wheat, Super Cereal with Sugar 973 480,944 
Somalia Supplementary Food, Rice, 
Maize 1,885 636,877 
South Sudan CSB 3,980 2,797,276 
Sudan Iodised Salt, Sugar, Beans, 
Wheat, Split Peas 16,829 6,902,781 
Swaziland CSB 110 66,000 
Tajikistan Wheat Flour 1,045 360,979 
Tanzania Maize, CSB 765 380,702 
Timor-Leste CSB 647 802,193 
Tunisia Vegetable Oil 182 322,872 
Uganda CSB, Maize, Maize, Sugar, 
Vegetable oil 13,617 5,872,099 
Yemen Wheat Flour 25 11,938 
Zimbabwe Vegetable Oil, CSB, Maize 1,621 793,632 
    
(Through UNRWA)    
Palestinian Refugees Wheat flour, white beans, red 
lentils 9,605 8,218,297 
 
 
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