WORLD TRADE   
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/KOR/39 
1 March 2007 
 (07-0871) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 16 November 2006, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Korea .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard 
provisions ( Table MA:5 ) during the calendar years 2001 to 2004 .  
  G/AG/N/KOR/39 
Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS: Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar  year 2001 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based acti on taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the specie s Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (except for seed) None 6,774,488 kg. 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  18.12.01 (40,000 kg) 2.1.01- 29.12.01 (6,023,260 kg) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat 8.1.01-29.12.01 (1, 053,281 kg) 17.1.01-23.7.01 (883,500 kg) 
1008.90.0000 Other cereal s 22.1.01-27.9.01 (165,050 kg) None 
1102.90.9000 Cereal flours (Oth er) 29.4.01 (100 kg) None 
1103.12.0000 Groats and meal (of oa ts)  12.5.01 (3 kg) None 
1104.12.0000 
1104.29.1000 Rolled or flaked grains (of oats) 
Other worked grains (of coicis semen) 24.3.01-8.11.01 (12 kg) 
18.1.01-31.10.01 (453,710 kg) None 
None 
1104.29.9000 Other worked grains (of othe r grains) 22.6.01 (20,010 kg) None 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 17. 1.01-15.12.01 (714,500 kg) 
1108.19.1000 Sweet potato starch N one 10.1.01-31.8.01 (133,025 kg) 
1201.00.9000 Soya beans (except for soya bean oil and oil 
cake) None 9.3.01 (9,500 kg) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) None  2.3.01-20.12.01 (66,000 kg) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not br oken) None 27.1.01-28.12.01 (297,000 kg) 
  
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 Page 3Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS: Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar  year 2002 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based acti on taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the specie s Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (except for seed) None 30.1.02-30.12.02 (7,185,855 kg.) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  None 2.1.02-31.12. 02 (7,682,236 kg.) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat None 10.1.02- 27.12.02 (2,353,300 kg.) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 16.1. 02-31.12.02 (1,183,760 kg.) 
1201.00.9000 Soya beans (except for soya bean oil and oil 
cake) None 1.6.02-16.12. 02 (2,428,965 kg.) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) None  11.1.02-23.12.02 (459,450 kg.) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not br oken) None 4.1.02-27.12.02 (361,500 kg.) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng 6.8.02- 2.12.02 (6 kg.) None 
1211.20.1240 White ginseng (Minor root) 3.5.02 (6 kg.) None 
2106.90.3021 Red ginseng tea 6. 5.02 (3 kg.) None 
 
  
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Page 4 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS: Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar  year 2003 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based acti on taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the specie s Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (except for seed) 31.12.03 (15,000 kg.) 3.1.03- 24.12.03 (6,700,545 kg.) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  23.12.03 (40,000 kg.) 2.1.03- 26.12.03 (10,180,180 kg.) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat None 9.1. 03-26.12.03 (1,211,751 kg.) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 25. 2.03-31.12.03 (898,950 kg.) 
1108.19.1000 Sweet potato starch None  6.8.03-10.11.03 (37,000 kg.) 
1201.00.9000 Soya beans (except for soya bean oil and oil 
cake) None 2.1.03-19.12. 03 (4,000,385 kg.) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) 25.9.03-5.12.03 (165,111 kg.) 7.1.03-15.7.03 (306,930 kg.) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not broken) 4.9.03-23.12.03 (1,313,290  kg.) 21.2.03-29.8.03 (1,141,430 kg.) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng 8.1.03-31 .12.03 (3,384 kg.) None 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root) 23.5.03-31.12.03 (340 kg.) None 
1211.20.1240 White ginseng (Minor root ) 27.1.03-5.6.03 (17 kg.) None 
1211.20.1310 Red ginseng (Major root) 5.9.03 (10 kg.) None 
1211.20.9900 Other ginseng 7. 10.03 (10 kg.) None 
2301.10.1000 Flours, meals and pellets of meat or meat offal 18.2. 03-27.11.03 (452,580 kg.) None 
  
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 Page 5Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS: Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar  year 2004 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based acti on taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the specie s Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek (except for seed) 13.1.04-17.12.04 (69,840 kg.) 2. 1.04-21.12.04 (6,891,759 kg.) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  15.12.04-28.12.04  (96,200 kg.) 2. 1.04-29.12.04 (8,375,947 kg.) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat None 5.1. 04-31.12.04 (2,060,280 kg.) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 9.1.04-10.9.04 (279,780 kg.) 
1108.19.1000 Sweet potato starch None  21.8.04-9.12.04 (38,000 kg.) 
1201.00.9000 Soya beans (except for soya bean oil and oil 
cake) None 6.1.04-31.12. 04 (12,804,248 kg.) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) 24.12.04 (17, 500 kg.) 5.1.04-14.12.04 (690,255 kg.) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not broken) 3.12.04-30.12.04 (140,000 kg.) 2.1.04-29.11.04 (1,959,690 kg.) 
 
Note:   According to the Republic of Korea's customs regulations, pri ce-based and volume-based special safeguard actions cannot be tr iggered concurrently on an import 
consignment.  If both the price-based and vo lume-based special safeguard were applicable  on an import consignment, only one of them will be applied.  However, if 
both actions were triggered concurrently by accident, the additional customs duty levi ed erroneously on the import consignment would be refunded in accordance with 
relevant laws and regulations. 
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