G/AG/N/JPN/186  
 
26 April 2013  
(13-2216)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 24 April 2013, 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 2012. 
   
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MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN 
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR 2012 (1 APRIL 2012 TO 31 MARCH 2013) 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken 
during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0401.40.190, 
0401.50.119, 129 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter  Of a fat content, by weight, 
exceeding 6%:  Sterilized, 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 June 2012 to 31 March 2013 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: 
4 September 2012 
0402.91.129 Milk and cream, concentrated, not 
containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter 
 Of a fat content, by weight, 
exceeding 7.5% None Date of application: 
6 December 2012, 20 December 2012  
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- 3 - Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken 
during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0403.90.113, 118, 
123, 128, 133, 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 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 None 
0405.10.129, 229, 
0405.20.090,   0405.90.190, 229 Butter and other fats and oils derived 
from milk; dairy spreads  Period of application: 
From 1 January 2013 to 31 March 2013 None 
0405.10.129 Butter 
 Of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 85% None Date of application: 
14 November 2012 
1101.00.200 Wheat or meslin flour None Date of application: 
13 December 2012, 20 December 2012, 
21 January 2013 
1102.90.390 Rice flour None Date of application: 
23 August 2012, 7 January 2013 
1108.11.090 Wheat starch None Date of application: 
27 December 2012 
1108.14.090 Manioc (cassava) starch None Date of application: 
15 November 2012 
1108.19.099 Other starches (excluding Sago 
starches) None Date of application: 
29 June 2012 (two cases of application) 
1108.20.090 Inulin None Date of application: 
27 July 2012 
1212.99.190 Tubers of konnyaku ( Amorphophalus ), 
whether or not cut, dried or powdered Period of application: 
From 1 December 2012 to 31 March 2013 None  
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during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
1901.20.139 Mostly containing wheat and triticale 
preparation None Date of application: 
18 July 2012 
1901.90.132 Food preparations of goods of heading 
04.01 to 04.04, containing not less 
than 30% natural milk constituents, of the articles in dry weight, excluding whipped cream in pressurized 
containers 
 Containing not more than 30% milk 
fat by weight None 
 Date of application: 
17 October 2012 
1901.90.179 Food preparations of flour, meal, or 
starch, containing groats, meal, pellets 
or starch of rice, wheat, triticale, 
barley, which total weight is more than 85% of the articles  Mostly containing starch (excluding 
wheat starch) None 
 Date of application: 
30 July 2012, 31 August 2012, 26 October 2012, 
6 December 2012, 21 February 2013, 4 March 
2013 
1904.90.130 Cereals, other than maize (corn), in 
grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise 
prepared, of rice  Containing more than 30% by weight 
of rice None Date of application: 
16 October 2012 
1904.90.290 Cereals, other than maize (corn), in 
grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise 
prepared, of wheat or triticale None Date of application: 
16 October 2012 
 
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