WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/145 
27 March 2009 
 (09-1508) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 10 March 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 years 2006 
and 2007 . 
 G/AG/N/JPN/145 
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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 2006  
 
 
(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 2006  was US$51.65 million.  (Refer to the attachment 
for details on shipments made during July 2006 to June 2007).  (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$ 50.96 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 90.49 million 
  (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 51.31 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$ 100.19 million   Technical cooperation US$ 190.88 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
1) US$ 307.45 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/145 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Laos Rice 7,511  2,249,881  
Maldives Wheat flour 3,792 785,730  
Wheat 9,271  1,189,447  Mongolia 
Wheat 8,331 1,183,302 
Nepal Rice 5,545  1,660,986  
        
(Africa)       
Benin Rice 5,562  1,469,876  
Burkina Faso Rice 5,303  1,401,532  
Cape Verde Rice 3,523  930,950  
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of  Rice 7,138 1,886,236 
Djibouti Rice 1,923  508,104  
Eritrea Wheat 10,362  2,241,676  
Ethiopia Wheat 11,276  2,449,614  
Gambia Rice 3,241  856,466  
Guinea Rice 6,626  1,751,176  
Madagascar Rice 8,857 2,340,584 
Rice 4,872  1,287,411  Mali 
Rice 3,336 956,382 
Mauritania Rice 6,629  1,751,755  
Niger Rice 7,723  2,040,854  
Senegal Rice 5,700  1,600,102  
    
(Central and South America) 
Haiti Rice 6,777 2,030,117 
        
(Through WFP)       
Wheat, YES SLP peas 
(YSP) 3,978  1,015,191  Afghanistan 
Wheat 5,590 1,120,516 
Bangladesh Rice, canned fish 8,050 2,301,441 
Burundi Maize 1,066 301,261 
Chad Corn soy blend (CSB), 
wheat flour 1,130 305,325 
Rice 877 182,408 Côte d'Ivoire 
Rice 1,779 370,069 
Rice 1,084 281,840 Guinea-Bissau 
Rice 49 11,286 
Haiti CSB 184  68,080  
Rice 7,151 1,681,272 Kenya 
Maize meal, CSB, 
vegetable oil, wheat flour 995 310,693 
Liberia YSP, bulgur wheat 1,943 764,598 G/AG/N/JPN/145 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Beans 118 41,220 
Maize 92 14,628 
Maize 5,692 1,053,020 Malawi 
Maize meal 89 20,381 
Rice 138 33,161 Mozambique 
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  
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  
  G/AG/N/JPN/145 
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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 2007  
 
 
(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 2007  was US$76.32 million.  (Refer to the attachment 
for details on shipments made during July 2007 to June 2008).  (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
3, 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$ 99.27 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 93.67 million 
  (ii) Appropriate concessional terms: 
  ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
3) US$ 44.65 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$ 159.43 million   Technical cooperation US$ 191.39 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%
3) US$ 705.59 million 
                                                      
3 Classification by DAC (agricultural sector includes agriculture, fishery and forestry). 
4 Including aid given to Eastern Europe and graduated countries. G/AG/N/JPN/145 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Laos Rice 6,389  1,991,011  
Maldives Wheat flour 2,800  898,776  
Nepal Rice 5,250  1,636,018  
        
(Africa)       
Burkina Faso Rice 4,387  1,367,153  
Cape Verde Rice 2,533  789,268  
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of Rice 5,212 1,624,310 
Djibouti Rice 1,647  513,207 
Eritrea Wheat 5,915  2,617,434 
Gambia Rice 3,290  1,025,023 
Mauritania Rice 6,040  1,882,413 
Mozambique Rice 3,136 977,200 
Niger Rice 5,225  1,628,319  
Senegal Rice 5,660  1,763,996 
    
(Central and South America) 
Rice 5,350 1,667,256 Haiti 
Rice 7,649 2,447,035 
        
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Wheat, YES SLP peas 
(YSP) 4,299  1,474,639 
Angola Rice 2,575 647,226 
Bangladesh Rice, high energy biscuits 6,864 2,725,254 
Burkina Faso Sorghum,  beans, corn soy 
blend (CSB), rice, 
vegetable oil, iodized salt, 
sugar 2,037 760,313 
Burundi Rice, maize,  beans, iodized 
salt 4,259 2,163,916 
Cambodia Rice, canned fish 2,812 1,506,253 
Central African Rep. Rice 1,717 556,878 
Chad Sugar, YSP, vegetable oil, 
iodized salt, CSB, wheat 
flour 2,760 1,314,202 
Maize meal 2,678 1,231,900 Congo, Dem. Republic of 
Rice 1,210 314,600 
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 5,301 1,892,594 
Ethiopia Faffa, sugar, wheat 1,284 549,044 
Guinea Rice 1,726 455,664 
Kenya Maize, high energy 
biscuits, CSB, iodized salt, 
rice 11,110 3,158,123 
Laos Canned fish 242  576,209  G/AG/N/JPN/145 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Lesotho Maize meal, CSB, beans 2,633 985,830 
Liberia YSP, bulgar wheat 4,617 2,315,294 
Madagascar Rice 2,623 805,261 
Malawi Maize, beans, Likuni Phala 7,250 1,950,589 
Mali Rice 979 269,225 
Mozambique Maize, peas, rice 5,210 1,987,949 
Myanmar Rice 5,949  1,910,082 
Pakistan Pea, wheat blend 235 168,808 
Rwanda Maize, beans, vegetable oil, 
rice 2,898 1,076,711 
Sao Tome and Principe Rice 1,486 383,388 
Sierra Leone YSP, CSB, bulgar wheat 2,855 1,411,568 
Somalia Rice 4,125 1,192,048 
Sri Lanka Rice, canned fish 4,532 1,920,392 
Sudan Sorghum, iodized salt, 
lentils, YSP, CSB, sugar 27,080 11,436,953 
Tanzania Maize, beans, rice 5,240 1,459,896 
Timor-Leste Rice 3,170 883,809 
Uganda Maize, maize meal, CSB, 
beans 5,239 2,543,120 
Yemen Sugar, wheat soya blend, 
vegetable oil 456 309,579 
Zambia Maize, CBS, vegetable oil 3,705 1,152,660 
 
 
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