G/AG/N/JPN/217  
 
11 May 2017 
(17-2523) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 28 April  2017, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns imports under tariff quotas ( Table  MA:2 ) during the fiscal 
year 2015. 
 
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  G/AG/N/JPN/217  
 
- 2 - Table MA:2  
MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: FISCAL YEAR  2015 
Lists relating to tariff and other quota commitments  
TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  
(as of 1 April 2012 ) Tariff quota quantity 
for period  
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period  
(tonnes)  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -
B(or I -A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 5 
JPNQ001  Skimmed milk powder (For school 
lunch) 040210211,040221211  7,264 1,814  25% (1)  
JPNQ002  Skimmed milk powder (For other 
purposes)  040210121,040210216,  
040210222,040221216,  
040221222,040229220  74,973 25,725  34% (1) (6) 
JPNQ004  Evaporated milk  040291121,040291210  1,500 1,248 83% (1) (6)  
JPNQ006  Whey and modified wh ey (For 
feeding purposes)  040410131,040410141,  
040410171,040410181  45,000 31,192 69% (1) 
JPNQ007  Prepared whey (For infant formula)  040410142,040410182,  
040490116,040490126,  
040490136  25,000 7,223 29% (1) 
JPNQ008  Butter and butte r oil 040510121,040510221,  
040590221  581 170 29% (1) (6) 
JPNQ009  Mineral concentrated whey  040410121,040410122,  
040410161,040410162  14,000 7,913 57% (1) 
JPNQ010  Prepared edible fat  210690121,210690122  18,977 18,407 97% (1)  
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- 3 - TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  
(as of 1 April 2012 ) Tariff quota quantity 
for period  
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period  
(tonnes)  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -
B(or I -A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 5 
JPNQ011  Other dairy products f or general 
use 040110110,040120110,  
040140110,040150111,  
040150121,040310110,  
040310120,040390116,  
040390117,040390126,  
040390127,040390136,  
040390137,040490111,  
040490117,040490121,  
040490127,040490131,  
040490137,180620311,  
180690311,190110111,  
190110121, 190120111,  
190120116,190190131,  
190190136,210112231,  
210112236,210120231,  
210120236,210610120,  
210610130,210690111,  
210690112,210690124,  
210690125  133,940 
(whole milk equivalent ) 133,230 
(whole milk equivalent ) 99% (1) 
JPNQ012  Designated dairy products fo r 
general use  040210110,040210221,  
040221111,040221121,  
040221221,040229111,  
040229121,040229211,  
040299121,040299210,  
040390111,040390112,  
040390121,040390122,  
040390131,040390132,  
040410111,040410119,  
040410151,040410159,  
040510110,040510210,  
040520010,0 40590110,  
040590210  137,202 
(whole milk equivalent ) 290,812 
(whole milk equivalent ) 212%  (2) 
JPNQ013  Dried leguminous vegetables  071310221,071332010,  
071333221,071334291,  
071335291,071339221,  
071339226,071350221,  
071360291,071390221  120,000 64,532 54% (1)  
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- 4 - TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  
(as of 1 April 2012 ) Tariff quota quantity 
for period  
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period  
(tonnes)  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -
B(or I -A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 5 
JPNQ014  Wheat, meslin, triticale and their 
processed products  100111010,100119010,  
100191011,100191019,  
100199011,100199016,  
100199019,100860210,  
110100011,110100091,  
110290210,110311010,  
110319210,110320110,  
110320510,110419111,  
110419121,110429111,  
110429121,110811010,  
190120131,190120151,  
190190151,190190171,  
190410221,190420221,  
190430010,190490210,  
210690214  5,740,000 
(wheat basis ) 5,477,710 
(wheat basis ) 95% (1) (7)  
JPNQ015  Barley and its processed products  100310010,100390011,  
100390019,110290110,  
110319110,110320410,  
110419410,110429410,  
190120141,190190161,  
190410231,190420231,  
190490310,210690216  1,369,000 
(barley  basis) 975,030 
(barley  basis) 71% (1) (7)  
JPNQ016  Rice and its worked and/or 
prepared products  100610010,100620010,  
100630010,100640 010, 
110290310,110319510,  
110320350,110419250,  
110429250,190120122,  
190120162,190190142,  
190190587,190410211,  
190420211,190490120,  
210690517  682,200 
(milled rice  basis) 676,245 
(milled rice  basis) 99% (3) 
JPNQ017  Starches, inulin, and their 
preparations  110812010,110812020,  
110813010,110813020,  
110814010,110814020,  
110819011,110819012,  
110819091,110819092,  
110820010,190120156,  
190120157,190190176,  
190190177  157,000 133,943 85% (1) 
JPNQ018  Ground -nuts 120230011,120230019,  
120241091,120242091  75,000 30,984 41% (1) 
JPNQ019  Tubers of konnyaku  121299110  267 
(dried slice basis ) 174 
(dried slice basis ) 65% (4)  
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- 5 - TQ ID  Description of products  Tariff item number(s) encompassed 
in product description  
(as of 1 April 2012 ) Tariff quota quantity 
for period  
(tonnes)  In-quota imports 
during period  
(tonnes)  Fill rate  
 
((4/3)*100)  Note  
(derived from Section I -
B(or I -A) of Part 1 of the 
Schedule)  (from Section I -B (or I -A) of Part I of the Schedule)  
1 2 3 4 5 
JPNQ020  Silk-worm cocoons and raw silk  500100010,500200211,  
500200212,500200213,  
500200216,500200217  798 
(raw silk basis ) 336 
(raw silk basis ) 42% (1) 
The following TRQs were not opened during the reporting period:  
JPNQ003  Milk powder  040221,040229     (5) 
JPNQ005  Condensed milk  040299     (5) 
(1) JPNQ001, JPNQ002, JPNQ004, JPNQ006, JPNQ007, JPNQ008, JPNQ009, JPNQ010, JPNQ011, JPNQ013, JPNQ014, JPNQ015, JPNQ 017, JPNQ018 and JPNQ020: Data 
source in column 4: "Japan's  Trade Statistics".  
(2) JPNQ012: Data source in column 4 : "Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation" . 
(3) JPNQ016: Data source in column 4: "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries" and "Ja pan's Trade Statistics".  
(4) JPNQ019: Data source in column 4 : "Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries" . 
(5) JPNQ003 and JPNQ005: listed in the Schedule, are included at the end of the table, because tariff quota systems are not applied to them. These pro ducts can be 
introduced into Japan under the Hozei  area (area where collection of customs duties on imports is temporarily reserved) system, without imposed customs duties and 
required quota certifications, provided that they are used for consumption in th e cruise of international maritime vessels and international airlines as described in the 
Notes to Section I -B of Part I of the Schedule. The statistics of imports for these products under the Hozei  area system are not available.  
(6) JPNQ002, JPNQ004 and JPNQ0 08: The quota quantities and actual in -quota imports in column  3 and  4 do not include quantities available under the Hozei  area (area 
where collection of customs duties on imports is temporarily reserved)  system as described in the Notes to Section I -B of Part I of the Schedule.  
(7) JPNQ014 and JPNQ015: The in -quota imports in column 4  do not include quantities imported from Australia under the Japan -Australia Economic Partnership Agreement.  
 
 
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