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G/AG/N/JPN/175 
25 April 2012 
 (12-2194) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 23 April 2012, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Japan .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table MA:5) during the fiscal year 2011 .  
  G/AG/N/JPN/175 
Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Japan  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Fiscal year 2011 (from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012)  
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based ac tion taken during period Whethe r price-based action taken duri ng period 
1 2 3 4 
0401.10.190 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1%:  
Sterilized, frozen or treated appropriate to 
preserve Period of application: 
From 1 December 2011 to 31 March 2012 None 
 
0401.20.190 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not 
exceeding 6%:  Sterilized, frozen or preserved Period of application: 
From 1  December 2011 to 31 March 2012  None 
0401.40.190, 
0401.50.119, 129 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter 
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6%:  
Sterilized, frozen or preserved;  other cream of a 
fat content, by weight, of 13% or more (other than 
sterilized, frozen or preserved) Period of application: 
From 1 November 2011 to 31 March 2012  None 
0402.21.119 Milk powder, not containing added sugar or other 
sweetening matter 
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 5% but not 
exceeding 30% None Date of application: 
15 April 2011  
0402.99.129, 290 Condensed milk 
 Period of application: 
From 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012 None 
0403.10.190 Yogurt 
- frozen, preserved or containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter, flavoring, fruits or nuts 
(excluding frozen yogurt) Period of application: 
From 1 July 2011 to 31 March 2012  None  
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0403.90.113, 118, 123, 
128, 133, 138 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and 
other fermented or acidified milk and cream, 
sterilized, frozen, preserved, concentrated or 
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, 
flavoring, fruits or nuts Period of application: 
From 1 August 2011 to 31 March 2012 None 
1101.00.200 Wheat or meslin flour None  Date of application: 
4 April 2011 (two cases of application), 
2 May 2011 
1102.90.390 Rice flour None  Date of application: 
29 September 2011  
1108.19.099 Other starches (excluding Sago starches) None  Date of application: 
13 February 2012 
1108.20.090 Inulin None Date of application: 
12 May 2011, 17 January 2012, 15 February 2012  
1901.20.139 Mostly containing wheat and tritical e preparation None Date of application: 
7 October 2011 
1901.90.132 Food preparations of goods of heading 04.01 to 
04.04, containing not less than 30% natural milk 
constituents, of the articles in dry weight, excluding 
whipped cream in pressurized containers 
- containing not more than 30% milk fat by weight None 
 Date of application: 
28 November 2011 
1901.90.179 Food preparations of flour, meal, or starch, 
containing groats, meal, pellets or starch of rice, 
wheat, triticale, barley, which total weight is more 
than 85% of the articles 
- mostly containing starch (excluding wheat starch) None 
 Date of application: 
19 April 2011, 9 June 2011, 10 November 2011,  
5 January 2012 
 
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