G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
15 November 2018  
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 1 3 November 2018, 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 years 2012, 2013, 
2014, 2015 and 2016 . 
 
 
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  Table NF:1  
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 16.2 OF THE A GREEMENT: MONITORING  OF THE  
FOLLOW -UP TO THE DEC ISION ON MEASURES CO NCERNING THE POSSIBL E 
NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF THE REFORM PROGRAMME  ON LEAST -DEVELOPED  
AND NET FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR S 2012-2016 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED A ND NET 
FOOD -IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTR IES 
 
1.1.  The Government of Jap an (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase food. The total amount 
of the funds that GOJ granted during 1 July 2012 – 31 December 2012 was US$80.72  million, in 
calendar year 2013 was US$141.48  million , in calendar year 2014 was US$89.77  million , in calendar 
year 2015 was US$84.81 million  and in calendar year 2016 was US$38.13 million . (Refer to 
attachment s 1 to 5 for details on shipments made in each year during 2012 -2016).   
2  INDICATION OF THE PR OPORTION IN FULLY GR ANT FORM OR APPROPRI ATE 
CONCESSIONAL  TERMS  
 
2.1.  All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANC IAL ASSISTANCE UNDER  PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF  THE DECISION  
 
3.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
countries li sted as Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries in  G/AG/5/Rev.8.  
a. Calendar Year 2012  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$150.48 million  
Technical cooperation US$175.67 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$55.20 million  
b. Calendar Year 2013  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$90.71 million  
Technical cooperation US$173.04 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$35.28 million  
c. Calendar Year 2014  
i. Fully grant fo rm: 
Grant aid US$70.07 million  
Technical cooperation US$143.53 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$287.26 million  
d. Calendar year 2015  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$50.88 million  
Technical cooperation US$117.05 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
                                                
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry).  G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
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  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$48.38 million  
e. Calendar year 2016  
i. i) Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$106.19 million  
Technical cooperation US$134.59 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$150.24 million  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFOR MATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WIT HIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DEC ISION  
 
4.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries.2 
a. Calendar Year 2012  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$181.81 million  
Technical cooperation US$298.12 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$345.05 million  
b. Calendar Year 2013  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$137.85 million  
Technical cooperation  US$268.23 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$249.66 million  
c. Calendar Year 2014  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid  US$107.16  million  
Technical cooperation  US$217.39  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$394.87 million  
d. Calendar year 2015  
i. i) Fully grant form:  
Grant aid US$92.18 million  
Technical cooperation US$179.54 million  
ii. Appropriate concessional te rms: 
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$427.14 million  
e. Calendar year 2016  
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid  US$151.38 million  
Technical cooperation US$211.92  million  
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) 
US$321.67 million  
 
 
                                                
2 Including aid given to Eastern Europe and graduated countries.  G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
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  ATTACHMENT  1 
TABLE NF:1  
Food Assistance Convention, 2012: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 July 2012 -31 December 2012  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Benin  Rice  5,932  3,201,704  
Burkina Faso  Rice  7,664  4,136,523  
Burundi  Wheat  7,788  2,931,493  
Cabo Verde  Rice  3,652  1,971,110  
The Gambia  Rice  4,503  2,430,423  
Comoros  Rice  1,183  638,506  
Haiti  Rice  8,640  5,043,646  
Kenya  Corn  16,440  8,250,941  
Liberia  Rice  10,015  5,405,439  
Mauritania  Rice  7,653  4,130,586  
Mozambique  Rice  11,895  6,420,139  
Niger  Rice  7,664  4,136,523  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice  3,674  1,982,984  
Sierra Leone  Rice  4,075  2,199,417  
Togo  Rice, Wheat  1,606 / 11,002  6,804,970  
(Through WFP)  
Bangladesh   Rice  75 27,181  
   Processed Foods   1,807  1,720,827  
Bhutan   Rice 46 16,998  
Cambodia   Processed Foods  400 2,272,839  
Central African Republic   Maize Meal   682 375,259  
   Processed Foods  32 92,830  
Djibouti  Wheat Flour  87 39,122 
Ethiopia   Maize 374 134,235  
Guinea   Processed Foods  140 139,347  
   Rice 400 169,211  
   Oil  73 87,688  
Guinea -Bissau  Rice 68 37,392  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Processed Foods  59 194,118  
   Rice 181 73,617  
   Oil  29 42,693  
Liberia  Rice 375 180,994  
Myanmar  Rice 11,472  4,736,082  
   Processed Foods  613 679,630  
   Oil  1,362  1,443,494  
Pakistan  Processed Foods  85 77,626  
Senegal   Processed Foods  355 2,043,790  
South Sudan  Pulses   96 40,320  
Sri Lanka   Processed Foods  232 1,316,897  
Sudan  Pulses  312 131,040  
Eswatini  Maize 104 18,200  
Uganda   Maize 778 355,954  
Yemen   Wheat Flour  11,305  4,587,496  
 
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  ATTACHMENT  2 
TABLE NF:1  
Food Assistance Convention, 2012: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2013 -31 December 2013  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Benin  Rice  6,654  3,094,001  
Burundi  Wheat  9,337  4,341,552  
Comoros  Rice  3,763  1,749,733  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice  13,095  6,088,960  
Côte d'Ivoire  Rice  9,624  4,475,002  
The Gambia  Rice  5,049  2,347,702  
Haiti  Rice  9,216  4,352,682  
Liberia  Rice  12,270  5,705,349  
Mauritania  Rice  8,225  3,824,490  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice  3,185  1,480,973  
Sierra Leone  Rice  5,825  2,708,530  
Togo  Rice, Wheat  1,688 / 10,712  5,765,797  
(Through WFP)  
Afghanistan  Processed Foods   2,476  3,105,845  
   Pulses   2,254  1,147,286  
   Oil 1,474  1,369,532  
   Wheat 13,331  3,999,285  
Bangladesh  Processed  Foods  412  1,560,718  
   Rice 346  175,177  
   Wheat 9,249  2,955,121  
Bhutan  Rice 616  292,083  
   Pulses  17  10,929  
Burundi  Rice 156  71,304  
Cambodia  Processed  Foods  126  457,349  
Central African Republic  Processed  Foods  262  133,489  
   Maize Meal   1,892  702,878  
Chad Processed  Foods  2,318  1,435,460  
   Maize Meal   3,032  1,234,831  
Djibouti  Pulses   506  255,985  
   Wheat Flour  3,268  1,649,686  
Ethiopia  Processed  Foods  3,220  1,790,298  
   Rice 1,025  522,627  
   Pulses   644  405,076  
   Sugar  1,112  637,502  
   Oil  491  502,211  
The Gambia  Processed  Foods  2,166  2,131,715  
Guinea  Processed  Foods  132  104,900  
   Rice  2,443  1,098,498  
   Pulses   349  206,747  
   Oil  367  359,666  
Jordan  Processed  Foods  717  541,771  
   Pulses   230  238,694  
   Oil  143  259,381  
Kenya  Rice  4,484  1,597,049  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Processed  Foods  10  37,544  
   Rice  237  132,304  
Lesotho  Processed  Foods  993  1,230,176  
Mali Pulses   816  702,008  
   Processed  Foods  1,895  947,661  
   Rice  8,468  4,560,657  
   Sorghum /Millet  1,260  432,709  
Myanmar  Pulses   2,723  2,013,568  
   Processed  Foods  192  220,800  
   Rice  24,586  10,895,266  
   Oil  986  933,071  G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
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  Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Nepal  Rice  476  235,699  
Niger  Pulses   157  123,878  
   Processed  Foods  1,617  2,146,619  
   Rice  3,225  1,151,325  
   Sorghum /Millet  2,402  636,023  
   Oil  146  129,002  
Pakistan  Processed  Foods  800  615,339  
   Oil  167  142,665  
Rwanda  Processed  Foods  168  96,000  
   Maize  1,446  605,582  
   Maize Meal   112  73,141  
Sao Tome & Principe  Oil  36  43,898  
Senegal  Pulses   7,161  3,997,136  
   Processed  Foods  898  1,161,367  
   Rice  6,161  2,890,202  
   Oil  373  497,274  
Somalia  Processed  Foods  485  268,205  
   Sorghum /Millet  1,954  517,353  
South Sudan  Sorghum /Millet  1,071  282,873  
   Pulses   360  156,960  
Sri Lanka  Processed Foods   112  661,191  
   Pulses   207  113,850  
   Oil  130  111,611  
Sudan  Sorghum /Millet  3,538  1,202,061  
   Pulses   3,024  1,318,464  
Tanzania  Pulses   835  646,024  
   Processed Foods  203  94,446  
   Maize 3,622  1,569,414  
   Rice 969  439,963  
   Oil  90  79,739  
Uganda  Pulses   1,150  690,000  
   Maize Meal  3,502  1,946,851  
Yemen  Pulses   1,446  1,006,312  
   Oil  1,131  1,012,191  
   Wheat  23,417  9,239,440  
   Wheat Flour  13,215  6,587,725  
 
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  ATTACHMENT  3 
TABLE NF:1  
Food Assistance Convention, 2012: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2014 -31 December 2014  
Recipient Country  Type  of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Benin  Rice  7,040  3,180,404  
Burkina Faso  Rice  6,990  3,157,816  
Comoros  Rice  3,903  1,655,927  
Democratic Republic of the Congo   Rice  12,777  5,772,162  
Côte d'Ivoire  Rice  10,306  4,655,858  
Djibouti  Rice  4,095  1,849,965  
Liberia  Rice  8,060  3,641,201  
Mauritania  Rice  8,558  3,866,179  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice  2,575  1,163,287  
Sierra Leone  Rice  6,658  3,007,831  
Togo  Rice / Wheat  1,539 / 11,153  5,384,837  
(Through WFP)  
Afghanistan   Processed Foods   102  240,531  
   Oil  1,110  1,160,159  
   Wheat  7,150  2,454,330  
Cambodia   Processed Foods   486  2,150,094  
Central African Republic   Maize  960  438,902  
   Processed Foods  179  556,140  
   Rice  1,249  567,807  
   Pulses   336  148,176  
Chad  Pulses   210  102,109  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Processed Foods  649  712,345  
   Oil  103  92,255  
Côte d'Ivoire   Rice  740  240,242  
Ethiopia  Rice  105  36,130  
   Oil  595  511,419  
   Wheat  5,048  1,457,513  
The Gambia   Processed Foods  109  84,239  
Guinea   Processed Foods  431  199,343  
   Rice 1,295  590,719  
   Pulses  651  276,066  
   Oil 125  123,799  
Guinea -Bissau   Processed Foods  1,758  2,901,270  
   Pulses  312  165,672  
Honduras   Rice 28  17,366  
   Oil 56  60,316  
Kenya  Maiza 3,500  1,424,500  
   Pulses  545  239,552  
   Oil 1,035  889,534  
Lesotho   Processed Foods  803  958,763  
   Maize Meal  2,212  922,443  
   Pulses   386  191,592  
Liberia   Rice  974  511,757  
   Oil 49  64,798  
Madagascar   Maize  535  235,788  
   Rice 475  183,469  
   Pulses   159  84,531  
Malawi  Processed Foods  233  201,426  
   Maize 3,229  626,413  
   Pulses  358  939,649  
Mali  Pulses  1,263  818,803  
   Processed Foods   253  136,658  
   Rice  3,721  1,896,103  
   Sorghum /Millet  343  154,481  
Mauritania   Processed Foods   48  91,769  
   Rice  1,324  542,185  
   Pulses   168  74,256  G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
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  Recipient Country  Type  of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Myanmar   Pulses   1,106  659,159  
   Processed Foods   665  798,564  
   Rice  9,625  3,913,577  
   Oil  476  530,287  
Nepal  Rice  150  51,185  
Niger  Pulses   333  222,263  
   Maize  1,089  497,926  
   Sorghum /Millet  643  278,715  
   Oil  61  57,177  
Rwanda   Pulses   238  145,411  
   Processed Foods   74  55,861  
   Maize  1,058  365,363  
   Oil  45  40,189  
Sao Tome & Principe   Pulses   13  7,995  
   Rice  68  23,470  
Senegal   Rice  780  253,551  
Sierra Leone  Processed Foods   521  419,288  
   Rice 590  281,664  
   Oil  37  31,477  
Somalia   Sorghum /Millet  1,915  677,875  
   Pulses   893  473,290  
   Oil  120  103,797  
South Sudan   Processed Foods   759  959,942  
   Sorghum /Millet  2,217  743,689  
   Pulses   267  121,032  
   Oil  172  150,711  
Sri Lanka   Processed Foods  595  2,831,009  
Tanzania   Pulses   400  289,866  
   Processed Foods  367  258,803  
   Maize  502  170,051  
   Oil  91  90,454  
Uganda   Pulses   266  199,915  
   Processed Foods  210  100,380  
   Maize  1,911  678,780  
   Sorghum /Millet  1,209  447,294  
   Oil  130  112,447  
Yemen   Pulses   3,479  2,227,736  
   Processed Foods  669  902,570  
   Oil  946  1,026,262  
   Wheat  2,646  961,777  
   Wheat Flour  8,419  3,795,092  
 
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  ATTACHMENT  4 
TABLE NF:1  
Food Assistance Convention, 2012: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2015 -31 December 2015  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Benin  Rice  6,327  2,181,629  
Burkina Faso  Rice  6,515  2,246,453  
Cavo Verde  Rice  3,143  1,083,746  
Comoros  Rice  3,078  1,061,333  
Democratic Republic of the Congo   Rice  10,189  3,513,294  
Cote d'Ivoire  Rice  9,548  3,292,270  
Eritrea  Wheat  6,894  1,423,674  
The Gambia  Rice  134  46,204  
Haiti  Rice  6,705  2,311,968  
Mauritania  Rice  7,853  2,707,812  
Mozambique  Rice  11,158  3,847,418  
Niger  Rice  6,409  2,209,903  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice  1,800  620,662  
Senegal  Rice  8,751  3,017,454  
Togo  Rice / Wheat  1,574/ 5,222  1,534,573  
(Through WFP)  
Afghanistan   Wheat  4,639  1,712,088  
Burkina Faso   Pulses   100  53,765  
   Processed Foods  790  1,407,393  
   Maize Meal   40  24,400  
   Rice  428  241,938  
   Oil  83  70,392  
Burundi   Maize  187  55,018  
Cambodia   Processed Foods  138  673,242  
   Rice  260  83,522  
Central African Republic   Processed Foods   253  107,858  
   Maize  897  258,157  
   Rice  3,287  1,360,818  
   Pulses   653  283,915  
   Oil  220  178,310  
Chad  Processed Foods   108  131,365  
   Sorghum /Millet  719  343,693  
   Pulses   2,710  1,166,851  
   Oil  37  29,956  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Processed Foods  1,221  1,398,875  
   Oil  106  82,052  
Djibouti   Sorghum/Millet  80  22,991  
   Pulses   263  1,116,618  
   Oil 148  120,880  
   Processed Foods  265  188,750  
Ethiopia   Processed Foods   1,000  415,000  
   Pulses   1,000  424,000  
   Oil  600  451,527  
   Wheat  4,326  987,366  
Guinea   Processed Foods  212  91,157  
   Rice  3,814  1,159,221  
   Pulses 553  205,954  
   Oil 109  88,780  
Honduras   Pulses 104  132,842  
   Processed Foods 33  23,696  
   Maize  206  75,321  
   Rice 115  77,373  
Kenya  Pulses 700 
   404,600  
   Maize  2,995  921,707  
Lao People's Democratic Republic  Processed Foods 446  2,162,413  
Liberia   Rice 55  38,500  
   Pulses  408  176,424  G/AG/N/JPN/229  
 
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  Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Malawi  Processed Foods   1,344  7,996,331  
   Maize  841  248,095  
   Pulses  830  549,421  
Mali  Processed Foods   1,838  1,938,899  
   Sorghum /Millet  3,467  1,161,155  
   Pulses  120  49,200  
   Oil  100  80,599  
Mauritania   Processed Foods   2,031  937,288  
   Rice  1,200  438,459  
   Pulses  263  112,308  
   Oil  91  73,983  
   Wheat  145  43,691  
Mozambique   Maize  107  31,882  
Myanmar   Pulses  1,326  825,048  
   Rice 11,308  3,822,996  
   Oil 532  427,066  
   Processed Foods   610  434,292  
Niger  Pulses  364  173,944  
   Processed Foods   323  542,352  
   Sorghum /Millet 2193  502,585  
   Oil 91  72,709  
Pakistan   Pulses  1,475  693,686  
   Oil  855  652,670  
Senegal   Rice 69  28,825  
Sierra Leone   Processed Foods   1,625  1,091,664  
   Rice  1,887  992,399  
   Pulses  625  273,125  
   Oil  237  174,966  
Somalia   Processed Foods   331  144,934  
   Sorghum/Millet  2113  550,437  
   Pulses  452  180,574  
   Oil  156  128,317  
South Sudan   Processed Foods   1,331  1,114,552  
   Sorghum /Millet  556  142,764  
   Pulses  94  37,095  
Sri Lanka   Processed Foods   11  9,868  
Sudan  Pulses  1,032  473,568  
   Wheat  2,183  577,337  
Yemen  Processed Foods   2,251  3,345,557  
   Oil  855  632,568  
   Wheat Flour   10,922  3,059,815  
 
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  ATTACHMENT  5 
TABLE NF:1  
Food Assistance Convention, 2012: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2016 -31 December 2016  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount (MT)  FOB Value (US$)  
Benin  Rice  7,188  3,250,018  
Burkina Faso  Rice  7,460  3,261,706  
Cavo Verde  Rice  3,703  1,702,335  
Comoros  Rice  3,380  1,467,569  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice  10,899  4,846,856  
Haiti  Rice  8,510  3,409,574  
Mauritania  Rice  7,935  3,536,529  
Niger  Rice  6,772  2,945,040  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice  2,570  1,070,799  
(Through WFP)  
Central African Republic  Beans  40  20,190  
Chad  Sorghum /Millet 2,620  799,146  
Djibouti   Rice  94  35,087  
   Pulses  911  395,537  
   Wheat Flour   666  189,144  
   Processed Foods   38  34,675  
The Gambia   Pulses  312  132,340  
Guinea   Rice 2,200  825,876  
   Pulses 72  27,468  
Guinea -Bissau  Processed Foods   270  1130,004  
Lesotho   Processed Foods   959  613,265  
   Maize Meal   616  232,848  
   Pulses  188   73,761  
Liberia   Rice  1,548  578,914  
Mali  Processed Foods   1,326  1,173,339  
Senegal   Processed Foods   350  1,465,490  
Sierra Leone   Rice  4,400  1,643,816  
   Pulses  576  282,055  
   Processed Foods   518  293,671  
Southe  Sudan  Sorghum /Millet  61  15,052  
Sri Lanka   Processed Foods   330  1,380,614  
Yemen   Wheat  6,934  1,299,696  
  
 
 
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