WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/125 
5 March 2007 
 (07-0909) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
 
   
NOTIFICATION 
   The following submission, dated 27 December 2007, 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 years 2003  
and 2004 .  
 G/AG/N/JPN/125 
Page 2  
 
  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 2003  
  
(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 that GOJ granted in calendar year 2003 wa s US$155.42 million.  (Refer to the attachment for 
details on shipments made during July 2003 to June 2004). 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully grant form or appropriate concessional terms:  
 
 All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance un der 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-I mporting Developing Countries in G/AG/5/Rev.7. 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid  US$ 51.65 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 94.87 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1) US$ 98.63 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 countries2. 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid US$ 88.72 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 237.65 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 457.11 million 
                                                      
1 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry). 
2 Including aid given to East European countries and the EBRD.  G/AG/N/JPN/125 
 Page 3 
 
 
  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 2004  
  
(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 that GOJ granted in calendar year 2004 wa s US$105.36 million.  (Refer to the attachment for 
details on shipments made during July 2004 to June 2005). 
 
(2) Indication of the proportion in fully grant form or appropriate concessional terms:  
 
 All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form. 
 
(3) Technical and financial assistance un der paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:  
 
 In the agricultural sector
3, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
countries listed as Least-Developed and Net Food-I mporting Developing Countries in G/AG/5/Rev.7. 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid  US$ 56.48 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 90.17 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%3) US$ 0.00 million 
 
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the 
Decision:  
 
 In the agricultural sector3, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries4. 
 
 (i) Fully grant form: 
  Grant aid US$ 112.87 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 233.80 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
3) US$ 193.10 million 
                                                      
3 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry). 
4 Including aid given to East European countries and the EBRD. G/AG/N/JPN/125 
Page 4  
 
  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1 
 
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Lao Rice 15,925  3,335,413  
Maldives Wheat flour 5,438  1,274,173  
Mongolia Wheat 19,191  2,375,497  
        
(Africa)       
Angola Rice 14,066  2,946,106  
Benin Rice 5,117  1,071,804  
Burkina Faso Rice 6,485  1,358,155  
Cape Verde Maize, rice 7,053  1,371,521  
Eritrea Wheat 15,974  2,342,249  
Ethiopia Wheat 38,566  5,168,545  
Gambia Rice 5,658  1,185,124  
Guinea Rice 10,031  2,100,958  
Mauritania Rice 8,655  1,812,769  
Mozambique Rice 13,733  2,876,245  
Niger Rice 9,306  1,949,025  
Sao Tome & Principe Rice 2,773  580,880  
Senegal Rice 10,277  2,099,064  
Tanzania Wheat, rice 20,097  4,264,242  
        
(Others)       
Haiti Rice 7,071  2,362,069  
        
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Wheat, wheat soy blend 31,080  6,535,783  
Albania Vegetable oil, wheat flour 2,339  918,629  
Algeria Wheat flour 213  54,102  
Angola Vegetable oil, maize, 
yellow split peas 4,223  1,132,054  
Armenia Wheat flour 79  33,180  
Bangladesh Canned fish, rice 2,546  2,041,295  
Bhutan Rice 1,685  362,276  
Burundi Beans, corn soy blend, 
maize 3,080  918,061  
Cambodia Corn soy blend, rice, 
vegetable oil, canned fish 30,899  6,651,399  
Chad Vegetable oil, beans 336  139,809  
Colombia Lentils, wheat flour 1,907  778,845  
Democratic Republic of 
Congo Maize meal 2,005  485,937  
Republic of Congo  Canned fish, YSP 2,391  1,079,336  
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 3,771  726,426  
Dominican Republic Rice 800  171,999  
El Salvador Beans, CSB 193  82,263  
Eritrea CSB 944  262,432  
Ethiopia Maize 3,105  506,480   G/AG/N/JPN/125 
 Page 5 
 
 
  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Gambia Rice 701  150,715  
Ghana Rice 320  68,800  
Guatemala CSB, rice 1630 390,140  
Guinea Rice, bulgur wheat, CSB 2,509  743,455  
Guinea-Bissau Rice, sugar 1,097  251,756  
Haiti Rice, canned fish, beans 1,410  907,916  
Honduras Beans, rice 785  243,054  
India Peas 200  89,000  
Indonesia Rice 15,820  2,341,161  
Iran Vegetable oil, peas 705  327,719  
Iraq Beans 4,303  1,011,205  
Kenya Maize, vegetable oil 13,735  3,300,673  
Lao Rice 774  166,414  
Lesotho Beans 1,176  499,800  
Liberia Bulgar wheat, canned fish, 
CSB, rice 2,150  766,577  
Madagascar Rice 1,500  322,496  
Malawi Beans 184  59,800  
Mauritania Wheat 626  186,548  
Mozambique Rice, canned fish 4,612  2,257,482  
Myanmar Rice 767  138,060  
Nepal Rice, vegetable oil 888  247,969  
Nicaragua Rice, CSB, beans 1,976  507,188  
Rwanda Maize, beans, maize meal, 
vegetable oil, sugar 3,194  755,690  
Senegal Rice 3,149  677,035  
Sierra Leone Bulgur wheat, canned fish, 
YSP 1,867  1,227,248  
Somalia Maize, rice 1,550  337,975  
Sri Lanka Rice 6,122  1,185,280  
Sudan Sorghum, CSB, YSP, 
vegetable oil 5,863  1,733,707  
Swaziland Vegetable oil 693  558,203  
Tajikistan Wheat flour 9,193  2,739,002  
Tanzania Maize, beans 874  178,799  
Uganda Maize, maize meal 4,777  960,437  
Yemen Vegetable oil 29  24,648  
Zambia Maize 2,402  453,875  
Zimbabwe YSP, CSB, vegetable oil 3,369  1,054,903  
        
(Through UNRWA)       
Palestine Refugees Wheat flour 29,812  6,251,478  
 G/AG/N/JPN/125 
Page 6  
 
  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1 
 
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2004 to 30 June 2005 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Maldives Wheat flour 4,620  1,146,625  
Mongolia Wheat 4,874  623,872  
Nepal Rice 9,700  1,963,280  
        
(Africa)       
Angola Rice 4,798  971,183  
Benin Rice 5,134  1,039,036  
Burkina Faso Rice 6,100  1,234,733  
Cape Verde Rice 3,691  747,117  
Democratic Republic of 
Congo Rice 6,577  1,331,249  
Djibouti Rice 3,661  741,081  
Eritrea Wheat 3,304  606,975  
Ethiopia Wheat 6,288  962,468  
Gambia Rice 4,903  992,438  
Guinea Rice 9,435  1,909,548  
Madagascar Rice 4,715  954,316  
Mali Rice 5,996  1,213,495  
Mauritania Rice 8,166  1,652,817  
Mozambique Rice 8,367  1,693,503  
Niger Rice 7,206  1,458,462  
Sao Tome & Principe Rice 3,311  670,245  
Senegal Rice 6,776  1,371,452  
Tanzania Rice 8,801  1,781,346  
        
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Wheat, yellow split peas, 
vegetable oil 20,564  4,667,110  
Albania Vegetable oil, 
 wheat flour 2,983  864,262  
Algeria Canned fish 269  664,057  
Angola Maize 1,336  300,138  
Armenia Wheat flour 894  232,440  
Azerbaijan Peas, vegetable oil, wheat 
flour, sugar, wheat soya 
blend 1,531  601,886  
Bangladesh Vegetable oil, rice, wheat 18,602  3,125,057  
Bhutan Rice 1,000  192,700  
Bolivia Rice 1,250  243,124  
Burundi Rice 3,224  545,533  
Cambodia Vegetable oil, rice 7,560  1,341,426  
Colombia Peas, rice, sugar, wheat 
flour, lentils 1,684  634,052  
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of Maize meal, sugar, canned 
fish, rice 4,666  1,360,023  
Congo, Republic of Canned fish 353  1,531,721   G/AG/N/JPN/125 
 Page 7 
 
 
  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 2,381  402,887  
El Salvador Maize, beans 135  57,782  
Eritrea Sugar, wheat, yellow split 
peas 2,496  506,744  
Georgia Sugar, wheat flour 2,918  646,141  
Ghana Maize 403  209,016  
Guatemala Maize, beans 2,583  785,406  
Haiti Vegetable oil, corn soy 
blend, rice, 
canned fish 3,448 1,023,427  
Honduras Maize 2,139  501,123  
Indonesia Rice 28,841  7,573,454  
Iran Sugar, rice 440  100,151  
Iraq Vegetable oil 149  113,671  
Kenya Rice, maize 5,123  829,792  
Korea, Democratic 
Republic Beans, sugar, wheat, maize, 
rice, vegetable oil 116,887  23,570,969  
Laos Rice,  
canned fish 7,817  1,649,466  
Lesotho Beans, 
maize meal 2,656  530,372  
Liberia Beans, vegetable oil, 
bulgur wheat, rice 4,770  1,061,610  
Madagascar Rice 548  99,882  
Malawi Maize meal, peas 4,118  973,071  
Maldives Rice 1,697  480,137  
Mozambique Maize, canned fish, rice 3,599  1,081,807  
Myanmar Rice 1,186  255,666  
Nicaragua Maize, canned fish 655  418,466  
Pakistan Vegetable oil 92  72,220  
Palestinian Territory Wheat flour 4,380  1,149,822  
Peru Rice 1,000  183,754  
Russian Federation Wheat flour 38  8,740  
Rwanda Beans, maize 1,717  565,772  
Somalia Sugar, rice, maize 2,271  449,051  
Sri Lanka Rice 6,632  1,363,517  
Sudan Sorghum 7,972  1,715,888  
Swaziland Maize meal,  
vegetable oil 2,116  437,319  
Tajikistan Wheat flour,  
yellow split peas 2,051  575,411  
Tanzania, United Republic 
of Canned fish 183  455,843  
Uganda Beans, corn soy blend, 
maize, rice 6,572  1,224,454  
Zambia Maize, peas 2,672  520,248  
Zimbabwe Corn soy blend 469  220,430  
        
(Through UNRWA)       
Palestine Refugees Wheat Flour 3,398  815,284  
 
 
__________