WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/USA/81 
29 August 2011 
 (11-4234) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 24 August 2011, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the United States .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table MA:5)  for the calendar year 2010 . 
 
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 United States price based safeguards are invoke d automatically on a shipment-by-shipment 
basis.  Importers who enter goods under an ove r-quota tariff line are required to declare which 
pre-established price range is applicable to their pr oduct.  If there is a safeguard duty associated with 
that price range, the additional charge is assessed .  Entries where the safeguard duties were assessed 
during the reporting period are summarized in this notification.  While not required by the format, 
information on affected quantities is provided for illustrative purposes.  Multiple transactions 
involving the same product have been aggregat ed for the purposes of this notification.  
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MARKET ACCESS:  United States  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of  product Whether vol ume-based action 
taken during period Whether price-based action 
taken during period 
 
Affected quantities 
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0201308090 Bovine meat cuts, boneless, fresh or chld., over-quota None 14 kg. 
0202308000  Frozen beef, boneless, over-quota None 96 kg. 
          0402105000 Milk powder under 1.5% fat, over-quota None 956 kg. 
0402219000 Dried milk over 35% fat, over-quota None 8 kg. 
0402995500 Other sweetened conde nsed milk, over-quota  None  25 kg. 
0402999000 Sweetened evaporated milk, over quota None 640 kg. 0403909500 Dried fermented milk, over-quota  None 198 kg. 
0405102000 Butter, Nesoi, over-quota None 2,941 kg. 
0405902020 Anhydrous Milk Fat, Nesoi, over-quota None 1,006 kg. 0406102800 Fresh Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 4 kg. 0406105800 Fresh Italian type cheese, over-quota None 62 kg. 0406302800 Processed Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 857 kg. 0406305300 Processed Gruyere cheese, over-quota None 1,879 kg. 0406306300 Processed mixtures of blue cheese, over-quota None 12 kg. 
0406309100 Processed cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 41 kg. 0406407000 Other blue cheese, over-quota None 456 kg. 
0406901200 Other Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 1,025 kg. 0406901800 Other Edam/Gouda, over-quota None 55 kg. 
0406904200 Other Italian type chees e, over-quota None 795 kg. 
0406904800 Swiss/Emmenthaler cheese with eye form ation, Nesoi, over-quota None 3,471 kg. 
0406909200 Other mixtures of Gruyere, over-quota None 8 kg.  
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0406909700  Other mixtures of cheese, NSPF, over-quota  None 2,554 kg. 
1701115000  Raw cane sugar, over-quota None 4,024 kg. 
1701995020  Refined cane or beet sugar, not flavored or colored, over-quota None 393 kg. 
1701995030  Cane or beet sugar, not raw, not flavored or colored, over-quota None 251 kg. 
1704905800  Dairy confectionery, over-quota None 10kg. 
1806101500  Cocoa powder over 10% sugar, over-quota  None                             3 kg. 
1806103800  Cocoa powder over 65% sugar, over-quota None 5kg. 
1806203800  Bulk lowfat chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 23kg. 
1806209400  Bulk chocolate syrups, over-quota None 3 kg. 
1806320600  Chocolate bars under 21% milk, over-quota None 3 kg. 
1806901000  Other cocoa preps over 21% milk, over-quota None 33 kg. 
1806901800  Other chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 8 kg. 
1806902000  Other chocolate over 21% milk, over-quota None 4 kg. 
1806902800  Other lowfat chocolate under 21% milk, over-quota None 8 kg. 
1806905900  Other cocoa preps over 10% sugar, over-quota None 40 kg. 
1901104000  Other infant preparations, over 10% milk, over-quota None 216kg. 
1901207000  Doughs over 10% sugar, under 25% milkfat, over-quota None 8 kg. 
1901904300 Other dairy preparations  over 10% milk, over-quota None 6,624 kg. 
2008111500 Peanut butter/paste, over-quota None 93 kg. 
2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 51 kg. 
2008116000 Otherwise prepared peanuts, over-quota None 135 kg. 
2101125800 Coffee preps, >10% sugar, over-quota None 2,035 kg. 
2105004000 Edible ice containing milk, over-quota None 15,143 kg.
2106900900 Lowfat dairy mixtures, over-quota None 300 kg.
2106906600 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 408,000 kg.
2106908700 Other food prep over 10% sugar, under 10% milk, over-quota None 4,012 kg. 
2202902800 Milk based drinks, over-quota None 628,197 kg.
 
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