WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/144 
2 March 2009 
 (09-1030) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 23 February 2009,  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 2005 . 
 G/AG/N/JPN/144 
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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 2005  
 
 
(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 the funds that GOJ granted in calendar year 2005 was US$95.67 million.  (Refer to the attachment for details on shipments made during July 2005 to June 2006).  (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 to 
countries listed as Least-Developed and Net Food-Im porting Developing Countries in G/AG/5/Rev.8. 
  (i) Fully grant form:   Grant aid  US$ 137.48 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 93.28 million 
  (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 113.74 million 
 (4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 
 In the agricultural sector
1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries2. 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid US$ 177.50 million   Technical cooperation US$ 199.50 million   (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 630.32 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/144 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Laos Rice 7,942  2,177,385  
Maldives Wheat flour 5,988  1,533,376  
Mongolia Wheat 9,730  1,155,415  
Nepal Rice 8,283  2,270,693  
        
(Africa)       
Rice 4,598  1,260,586  Angola 
Rice 5,792  1,530,664  
Benin Rice 4,474  1,226,641  
Burkina Faso Rice 5,510  1,510,449  
Cape Verde Rice 2,900  795,117  
Djibouti Rice 3,394  930,491  
Wheat 3,558  482,159  Eritrea 
Wheat 7,384  1,097,622  
Wheat 6,819  892,206  Ethiopia 
Wheat 13,881  1,750,700  
Gambia Rice 3,814  1,045,653  
Guinea Rice 7,561  2,072,944  
Mali Rice 5,316  1,457,379  
Mauritania Rice 7,748  1,612,070  
Niger Rice 6,396  1,753,469  
Senegal Rice 5,652  1,549,533  
Tanzania Rice 7,703  2,111,646  
        
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Wheat, YES SLP peas 
(YSP) 1,781  532,713  
Angola Blend, maize 1,387  435,235  
Bangladesh YSP 48  17,036  
Bhutan Canned fish 172  429,418  
Burkina Faso Maize, rice 1,788  391,656  
Burundi Maize, canned fish, rice 4,473  1,366,936  
Cambodia Rice 7,531  1,543,855  
Chad Wheat 1,452  235,224  
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 2,300  468,510  
Cuba Rice 172  85,843  
Djibouti Vegetable oil, corn soy 
blend (CSB), wheat flour 801  216,958  
Egypt Canned fish 53  132,128  
Eritrea CSB 731  190,791  
Ethiopia Vegetable oil 19  10,722  
Guinea-Bissau CSB, sugar, rice 554  144,856  
Haiti Canned fish 146  363,353  
Jordan Vegetable oil, canned fish 71  147,124  
Kenya Maize, rice 3,298  879,150  
Laos Canned fish 53  132,128  G/AG/N/JPN/144 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Lesotho Maize meal 23  5,421  
Liberia Bulgar wheat 3,474  1,013,260  
Madagascar Beans, vegetable oil, sugar, 
CSB, rice 1,621  504,062  
Mali Rice 1,159  238,077  
Mozambique Canned fish, rice 3,642  1,560,095  
Myanmar Rice 660  149,160  
Nepal Rice 67  15,745  
Niger Sorghum, sugar 637  157,998  
Rwanda Rice, maize meal, canned 
fish 3,682  1,171,529  
Sierra Leone CSB, bulgar wheat 1,954  568,195  
Somalia Maize, rice 1,659  483,451  
Sri Lanka Rice, CSB, sugar, lentils 8,603  2,752,810  
Sudan Vegetable oil, wheat, YSP, 
CSB, sugar, canned fish 10,806  2,024,805  
Tanzania Rice 3,776  784,086  
Timor-Leste Beans, rice 1,017  232,397  
Uganda Maize meal, rice 2,992  803,834  
Yemen Canned fish 13  33,032  
Zambia Maize 71  19,880  
 
 
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