WORLD TRADE   
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/KOR/45 
31 January 2012 
 (12-0593) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 23 January 2012, 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 2005 to 2010 .  
  G/AG/N/KOR/45 
Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2005 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the spec ies Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wi lczek (except for seed) None 3.1.05-21.12.05 (10,867,969 kg) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed) None 3.1.05-29.11.05 (6,724,246 kg) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat 2.11.05-30.12.05 (317, 960 kg) 3.1.05-29.11.05 (2,499,283 kg) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng 17.1.05-23 .12.05 (22,054 kg) None 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root ) 9.3.05-20.12.05 (13,417 kg) None 
1211.20.1220 
1211.20.9200 1211.20.1240 White ginseng (Ginseng tail) 
Ginseng seed White ginseng (Minor root) 9.4.05-16.12.05 (51,328 kg) 
4.4.05 (21 kg) 
27.7.05-19.12.05 (7,792 kg) None 
None None 
2106.90.3021 
2106.90.3029 Red ginseng tea  
Products of ginseng roots (other) 17.10.05 (7 kg) 
27.6.05-26.8.05 (205 kg) None 
None 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 14.1.05-23.12.05 (631,630 kg) 
  1201.00.9000* Soya beans (except for soya bean oil and oil 
cake) None 3.1.05-30.12.05 (52,678,174 kg) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) N one 3.1.05-8.11.05 (407,475 kg) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not br oken) None 3.1.05-15.12.05 (1,335,950 kg) 
 
 
*  1201.00.0000 (Soya beans, whether or not broken), designated in the Country Schedule of Korea with the symbol "SSG", was bro ken into 1201.00.1000 (Soya beans, 
for soya bean oil and oil cake), 1201.00.2000 (Soya beans, edible),  1201.00.9000 (Soya beans, except for soya bean oil and oil cake) in 1996.  
  
   G/AG/N/KOR/45
 Page 3Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2006 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the spec ies Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wi lczek (except for seed) 27.2.06-5.9.06 (63,021kg) 3.1. 06-4.12.06 (1,864,850 kg) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  None 3.1.06-27.12.06 (4,776,680 kg) 
1008.10.0000 Buckwheat 4.1.06-13 .12.06 (95,000 kg) None 
1008.90.0000 Other cereals 30.11.06-19.12.06 (20,000 kg) None 
1102.90.9000 Cereal flours (Other) 17.11.06-15.12.06 (681kg) None 
1103.11.0000 Groats and meal (wheat) 18.9.06-16.11.06 (1,030 kg) None 
1103.19.9000 Groats and meal (Other) 25.8.06 (40 kg) None 
1104.29.1000 Other worked grain (Of coicis semen) 15.12.06-18.12.06 (40,120 kg) None  
1104.29.9000 Other worked grain (Of other grains) 24.11.06 (2,000 kg) None 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 11.1.06-27.12.06 (540,750 kg) 
1202.10.0000 Ground-nuts (in shell) 13.12.06 (2 ,010 kg) 4.1.06-24.11.06 (66,800 kg) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not broken) 13.12.06-26.12.06 (34,075 kg) None 
3505.10.9000 Other modified starches N one 2.1.06-26.12.06 (1,054,585 kg) 
1211.20.1100 
1211.20.1210 
1211.20.1220 Raw ginseng 
White ginseng (Major root) White ginseng (Ginseng tail) 13.1.06-22.12.06 (55,648 kg) 
6.1.06-29.12.06 (102,616 kg) 10.1.06-14.12.06 (17,160 kg) None 
None None  
1211.20.1240 White ginseng (Minor root ) 9.2.06-24.11.06 (5,441 kg) None 
1211.20.9900 1302.19.1210 
1302.19.1220 Other ginseng 
Red ginseng extract 
Red ginseng extract powder 2.11.06 (49 kg) 
27.4.06 (1 kg) 
29.11.06 (10 kg) None 
None 
None  
  G/AG/N/KOR/45 
Page 4 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2007 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Wh ether volume-based action taken during period Whether price-based action taken during period 
1 2 3 4 
0713.31.9000 Beans of the spec ies Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper 
or Vigna radiata (L.) Wi lczek (except for seed) None 6.2.07-6.12.07 (2,072,041 kg) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  None 4.1.07-26.12.07 (8,508,640 kg) 
1102.90.9000 Cereal flours (Other) 5.4.07-9.11.07 ( 1,339 kg) None 
1103.11.0000 Groats and meal (wh eat) 4.4.07 (1,500 kg) None 
1104.29.1000 Other worked grain (Of coicis semen) 3.1.07-20.12.07 (317,240 kg) 2.1.07-8.2.07 (319,950 kg) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 17.1.07-11.10.07 (215,825 kg) 
1202.20.0000 Ground-nuts (shelled, whether or not  broken) 4.1.07-15.9.07 (10,013 kg) None 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng 10.5.07 (4,000 kg) None 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root) 11.1.07 (598 kg) None 
  
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MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2008 
 
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 2.1.08-12.9.08 (2,990,153 kg) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  None 3.1.08-9.12.08 (6,618,800 kg) 
1104.29.1000 Other worked grain (Of coicis semen) None 3.1.08-26.9.08 (449,876 kg) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 17.5.08 (175 kg) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng None 22. 2.08-15.12.08 (1,354 kg) 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root) None 12.2.08-23.12.08 (30,338 kg) 
1211.20.1220 White ginseng (Ginseng tail)  None 4.1.08-4.12.08 (28,047 kg) 
1211.20.1240 White ginseng (Minor root)  None  11.3.08-4.12.08 (4,984 kg) 
  
  G/AG/N/KOR/45 
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MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2009 
 
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 12.1.09 (19,000 kg) 
0713.32.9000 Small red (Adzuki) b eans (Phaseolus or Vigna 
angularis) (except for seed)  None 2.1.09-1.7.09 (115,240kg) 
1104.29.1000 Other worked grain (Of coicis semen) None 25.3.09-16.7.09 (156,088 kg) 
1108.11.0000 Wheat starch None 24.7.09 (75 kg) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng None 19. 1.09-28.12.09 (1,148 kg) 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root ) None 7.1.09-7.10.09 (13,100 kg) 
 1211.20.1290* White ginseng (other) None 21.1.09-10.12.09 (14,353 kg) 
1211.20.9900 Other ginseng None 13.5.09-10.6.09 (216 kg) 
1211.20.9900 Other ginseng None 13.5.09-10.6.09 (216 kg) 
 
*  1211.20.1220 (White ginseng, ginseng tail) and 1211.20.1 240 (White ginseng, minor root) we re replaced with 1211.20.1290 (Whi te ginseng, other) in 2009.   
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MARKET ACCESS:  Republic of Korea 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 2010 
 
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 
1104.29.1000 Other worked grain (Of coicis semen) None 11.11.10 (60,075 kg) 
1211.20.1100 Raw ginseng None 19.1.10-18.11.10 (779 kg) 
1211.20.1210 White ginseng (Major root ) None 13.1.10-1.6.10 (3,000 kg) 
1211.20.1290 White ginseng (other) None 28.1.10-21.7.10 (9,795 kg) 
2106.90.3021 Red ginseng tea  None 25.10.10 (21 kg) 
 
Note:  According to the Republic of Korea's customs regulations , price-based and volume-based sp ecial safeguard actions cannot be triggered 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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