WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/160 
1 December 2010 
 (10-6473) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 17 November 2010,  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 2008 . 
 G/AG/N/JPN/160 
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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 2008  
 
 
(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 200 8 was US$108.47 million.  (Refer to the attachment 
for details on shipments made during July 2008 to June 2009).  (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$ 36.43 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 76.46 million 
  (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 0 million 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 
 In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries.2 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid US$ 130.30 million   Technical cooperation US$ 204.64 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 708.39 million 
                                                      
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry). 
2 Including aid given to Eastern Europe and graduated countries.  G/AG/N/JPN/160 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Nepal Rice 7,139  2,283,848  
Maldives Wheat flour 3,300 1,562,827  
    
(Africa)       
Burkina Faso Rice 5,270  1,685,934  
Rice 6,162 1,971,295 Democratic Republic of 
Congo Rice 8,558 5,817,092 
Eritrea Wheat 17,233  4,277,139  
Ethiopia Wheat 9,596  2,632,531  
Guinea Rice 5,756  1,841,411  
Liberia Rice 8,612 5,853,797 
Mali Rice 5,330  1,705,128  
Mauritania Rice 7,629  2,440,605  
Niger Rice 5,145  1,992,435  
Rice 4,339  1,388,096  Sao Tome and Principe 
Rice 4,330  2,943,212  
Sierra Leone Rice 6,220  4,227,894  
Tanzania Rice 12,416  3,972,021  
 
(Central and South America) 
Haiti Rice 8,355 5,679,108 
    
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Iodized salt, wheat, yellow 
split peas (YSP), vegetable 
oil 14,927  5,282,144  
Bangladesh Rice 4,907 3,597,868 
Benin Maize, beans, vegetable oil 1,368 625,426 
Bhutan Maize meal, rice, beans 576 182,925 
Burkina Faso Rice 169 127,029 
Burundi Maize, iodized salt, corn 
soy blend (CSB), vegetable 
oil, rice 9,564 4,170,939 
Cambodia Rice, sugar, vegetable oil, 
CSB 1,105 403,810 
Central African Rep. Sugar, vegetable oil, rice 3,675 1,621,577 
Chad Sugar, YSP, vegetable oil, 
maize meal, CSB, wheat 
flour 5,306 2,154,779 
Democratic Republic of 
Congo Maize, maize meal, beans, 
vegetable oil, iodized salt 7,963 2,769,334 
Ethiopia Faffa, beans, wheat 23,566 6,204,191 
Guinea Maize 1,011 342,560 
Guinea-Bissau Rice 2,291 649,468 
Haiti Rice 1,000 327,000 
Laos Canned fish 316  961,273  G/AG/N/JPN/160 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Lesotho Maize meal 3,363 1,100,558 
Liberia YSP, vegetable oil, iodized 
salt, bulgar wheat 1,809 731,991 
Madagascar YSP, rice, wheat soya 
blend (WSB) 1,599 945,799 
Malawi CSB, peas, vegetable oil, 
rice, maize 8,777 4,392,069 
Mali Rice 362 272,090 
Mauritania Wheat, CSB, sugar 652 343,004 
Myanmar Pea, rice 763 430,848 
Nepal Rice, WSB, vegetable oil 976  488,436  
Niger Iodized salt, CSB, sugar, 
vegetable oil 2,205  898,917  
Rwanda Maize, beans, vegetable oil, 
CSB 2,211  993,460  
Sierra Leone Bulgar wheat 1,175  431,225  
Somalia Maize, CSB 8,269 1,785,212 
Sri Lanka Rice, canned fish 8,641  5,986,534  
Sudan CSB, wheat 2,996  1,199,998  
Timor-Leste Rice 1,029  763,568  
Uganda Maize, beans, vegetable oil, 
rice 11,297  5,075,351  
Zambia Maize, beans, high energy 
supplements, vegetable oil 2,234  931,306  
 
 
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