WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION           G/AG/N/JPN/107 
18 January 2005 
 (05-0200) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 17 December 2004,  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 ) for the calendar year 2002 .  
 G/AG/N/JPN/107 
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 Table NF:1  
  
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT:  
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON  
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF  
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET  
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:    
 
JAPAN  
 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 2002  
 
 
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing 
countries:  
 
 The Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to  be used to purchase grain.  The total amount 
of funds which GOJ granted in calendar year 2002 was US$91.33 million.  (Refer to the attachment 
for details on shipments made during the period July 2002 to June 2003). 
 (2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:  
 
 All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.  
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 
 In the agricultural sector
1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance 
(provided to countries listed as Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries in 
G/AG/5/Rev.4).   (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid  US$ 85.59 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 109.46 million   (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element:
1 more than 25%) US$ 0.00 million 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 
 ODA net disbursement2 in 2002  US$ 9,359.21 million 
 
 (i) Bilateral ODA    US$ 6,725.91 million 
  Grant aid    US$ 1,718.26 million   Technical Cooperation   US$ 2,754.49 million   ODA Loans    US$ 2,253.17 million  
 (ii) ODA through international or ganizations  US$ 2,633.29 million 
                                                     
 
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector in cludes agriculture, fishery and forestry). 
2 Including aid given to East European countries and the EBRD.  G/AG/N/JPN/107 
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 ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during period 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Disbursed from FY2001/FY2002 Budget 
(Asia) 
Lao Rice 15,000  3,114,754  
Maldives Wheat Flour 4,927  1,229,508  
Mongolia Rice 14,406  3,225,885  
(Africa) 
Angola Rice 20,002  4,508,156  
Benin Rice 4,366  1,065,574  
Cape Verde Rice 4,251  1,229,480  
Eritrea Wheat 14,608 3,376,615 
Ghana Rice 10,504  2,459,016  
Guinea Rice 11,260  2,458,926  
Mauritania Rice 9,002  2,049,180  
Mozambique Rice 18,552  4,003,074  
Sao Tome & Principe Rice 5,005  1,229,508 
Senegal Rice 6,849  1,639,344  
Tanzania Rice 20,003  4,098,320  
(Others) 
Haiti Rice 10,246  2,459,016 
Palestine Wheat 8,562 1,967,155 
(Through WFP) 
Bangladesh Canned Fish 1,000  2,181,567  
Benin Canned Fish 140 314,580 
Bolivia Canned Fish 549  1,238,540 
Burundi Pulse (YSP) 3,732  884,484  
Cambodia Rice, Canned Fish 26,670  6,971,434  
Chad Maize 88  39,600  
Colombia Wheat 4,240  589,131  
Congo (Dem. Rep.) Maize Meal, Rice 1,750 213,065 
Cote d'Ivoire Rice, Canned Fish 2,835  679,429  
Cuba Canned Fish 250  554,262  
Dominican Republic Canned Fish 135 283,784 
El Salvador Canned Fish 678  1,498,272  
Eritrea Wheat 4,450  525,100  
Guinea Pulse (YSP) 1,238 286,425 
Haiti Rice 1,200 232,128 
Honduras Canned Fish 115 254,123  
Kenya Maize 17,985 2,697,750 
Lao Canned Fish 65 139,165 
Liberia Maize Meal 800 144,000  G/AG/N/JPN/107 
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 Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Disbursed from FY2001/FY2002 Budget 
Madagascar Rice 300 58,032  
Mozambique Rice, Canned Fish 4,195 831,763  
Nicaragua Rice 1,079 208,722 
Pakistan Wheat 12,853 1,712,950  
Pakistan/Afghanistan Pulse (YSP) 18,146 3,226,160 
Rwanda Pulse (Beans), Pulse (YSP) 1,483 391,633 
Sierra Leone Maize Meal, Canned Fish, 
Pulse (YSP) 4,356  1,784,105 
Sri Lanka Canned Fish 281 1,038,326 
Somalia Maize 1,564  205,666  
Sudan Sorghum 10,409 2,394,070 
Tanzania Pulse (Beans), Pulse (YSP) 2,163 550,995  
Uganda Pulse (Beans, YSP), Maize 
Meal 557  120,519 
Zambia Maize 890  167,319  
(Through UNRWA) 
Palestinian Refugees Rice 3,431 1,149,385 
Palestinian Refugees Wheat Flour 17,720  3,365,991 
 
  
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