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G/AG/N/JPN/172 
13 January 2012 
 (12-0169) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 6 January 2012, 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 2009 . 
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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 2009  
 
 
(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 9 was US$218.39 million.  (Refer to the attachment 
for details on shipments made during July 2009 to June 2010).  (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$ 64.04 million 
  Technical cooperation US$ 86.01 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$ 182.7 million   Technical cooperation US$ 235.62 million 
 
 (ii) Appropriate concessional terms:   ODA loans (grant element:  more than 25%
1) US$ 303.83 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/172 
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  ATTACHMENT 
 
Table NF:1  
Food Aid Convention, 1999:  Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift) 
Shipments made during 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010 
 
Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
(Asia)       
Maldives Wheat flour 8,093 3,959,245  
Nepal Rice 9,660  6,840,712  
    
(Africa)       
Benin Rice 10,831  6,974,266  
Burkina Faso Wheat flour 12,855  8,371,851 
Cape Verde Rice 5,777  3,787,362  
Comoros Rice 7,500  4,872,340  
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of  Maize meal 10,824 6,446,649 
Maize meal 13,130  7,304,979  
Côte d'Ivoire Rice 9,016 5,609,426 
Rice 8,473  5,507,521  
Djibouti Rice 15,018  8,995,713  
Gambia Rice 7,931 4,977,223 
Ghana Rice 16,035  9,998,085  
Mali Rice 11,685 8,812,138 
Mozambique Wheat 29,658 9,641,755 
Niger Rice 11,607  8,591,894  
Senegal Rice 14,137 9,003,043  
Togo Wheat 24,062  7,180,681  
    
(Through WFP)       
Afghanistan Iodized salt, wheat, yellow 
split peas (YSP), vegetable 
oil, wheat flour, split peas 85,863  24,547,042  
Bangladesh Rice, wheat 29,818 8,511,440 
Bhutan Maize meal, rice, beans 576 182,923 
Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of Wheat flour 2,506 1,309,048 
Burundi Maize, iodized salt, 
vegetable oil 1,410 443,812 
Central African Republic Sugar, vegetable oil, rice, 
maize meal, iodized salt, 
split peas 2,296 864,179 
Chad Sugar, YSP, vegetable oil, 
maize meal, corn soy blend 
(CSB), iodized salt, maize 5,302 1,964,016 
Congo, Republic of Rice 410 181,863 
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of Maize, maize meal, beans, 
vegetable oil, sugar, CSB 2,617 988,864 
Côte d'Ivoire CSB 64 24,736 
Djibouti YSP, vegetable oil, wheat 
soya blend (WSB), sugar, 
wheat flour 1,477 504,106 
Ethiopia Faffa, wheat 14,917 3,363,122 
Guinea Bissau Rice, CSB 5,227 2,281,400 G/AG/N/JPN/172 
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  Recipient Country Type of Grain Actual Amount (MT) FOB Value (US$) 
Haiti Rice, beans 2,854 1,110,166 
Iraq Beans 46 26,146 
Kenya Beans, rice, maize, YSP, 
vegetable oil 2,891 1,498,489 
Lao People's Democratic 
Republic Rice 572  294,238  
Lesotho Maize meal, CSB, YSP, 
peas 4,081 1,341,832 
Liberia, Republic of YSP, iodized salt, bulgar 
wheat 673 224,640 
Madagascar Rice 710 363,654 
Malawi CSB 920 470,843 
Mauritania Wheat, CSB, vegetable oil 426 182,737 
Myanmar Pea, rice, WSB 1,647 724,472 
Namibia CSB, sugar 68 35,570 
Nepal Ghee, WSB 305  244,794  
Nicaragua Rice 3,377 1,980,156 
Niger CSB 65  25,628  
Pakistan Beans, iodized salt, wheat, 
vegetable oil, high energy 
biscuits (HEB) 19,962 11,361,894 
Palestinian Territory Canned meat, iodized salt, 
wheat flour, canned fish  7,154 2,965,279 
Philippines Rice 13,296 6,478,246 
Rwanda Maize 478  111,724  
Sierra Leone Rice, bulgar wheat, YSP, 
vegetable oil 1,476  770,682  
Somalia YSP 2,623 896,301 
Sudan YSP, beans, wheat 30,099  6,907,909  
Tajikistan Wheat flour, peas, YSP 9,009 2,723,206 
Timor-Leste Rice 536 397,692 
Uganda Maize, beans, rice, CSB 7,454  2,881,931  
Yemen Wheat flour, wheat, 
vegetable oil, sugar 913 313,250 
Zambia Maize 401 115,761 
Zimbabwe Maize, beans, CSB  5,850  1,901,880  
 
 
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