WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/128 
17 April 2007 
 (07-1537) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 10 April 2007, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Japan .  The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions 
(Table MA:5) during the fiscal year 2006 .  
  G/AG/N/JPN/128 
Page 2 Table MA:5 
MARKET ACCESS: Japan 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: Fiscal year 2006 (from 1 April 2006 to 31 March 2007) 
 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken 
 
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken during peri od Whether price-based action taken duri ng period 
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0401.20.190 
 
 Milk and cream, not concentrated nor 
containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter; 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% 
but not exceeding 6%, sterilized, frozen or 
preserved  Date of application: 
from 1 October 2006 to 31 March 2007 None 
 
0402.21.119 
 
 Milk powder, not containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter; 
- of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 5% but 
not exceeding 30% None Date of application: 
17 August 2006 
 
 
0403.10.190 
 
 Yogurt; 
- frozen, preserved or containing added sugar 
or other sweetening matter, flavouring, fruits 
or nuts (excluding frozen yogurt) Date of application: 
from 1 November 2006 to 31 March 2007 
 None 
 
 
 
0713.10.229 Peas (Pisum sativum) None Date of application: 
19 March 2007 
0713.33.229 
 Kidney beans, including white pea beans 
(Phaseolus vulgaris) None Date of application: 
19 March 2007 
0713.39.227 Beans other than beans of the species Vigna 
mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) 
Wilczek, small red (Adzuki) beans and kidney 
beans None Date of application: 
19 March 2007 
 
0713.50.229 
 
 Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse 
beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var. 
minor): None 
 Date of application: 
6 June 2006 
 
  
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1006.30.090 Rice (semi-milled or wholly milled rice, 
whether or not polished or glazed) None Date of application: 
22 May 2006, 17 August 2006, 5 September 2006, 
13 September 2006 
1101.00.200 Wheat or meslin flour None Date of application: 
13 June 2006, 3 July 2006, 22 November 2006 
1108.19.099 
 Other starches (excluding Sago starches) 
 None  Date of application: 
18 April 2006, 19 April 2006, 8 November 2006, 
16 February 2007
1108.20.090 Inulin None Date of application: 
7 March 2007 
1212.99.190 
 Tubers of konnyaku (Amorphophalus), whether 
or not cut, dried or powdered. None Date of application: 
22 January 2007 
1901.20.159  
 Food preparations, cont aining flour, groats, 
meal, pellets or starch of rice, wheat, triticale or 
barley, which total weight is more than 85% of 
the articles and mostly containing starch  None  
 Date of application: 
13 July 2006 
                                   
1901.90.132   Food preparations of goods of heading 04.01 to 
04.04, containing not less than 30% natural 
milk constituents, of the articles in dry weight, 
excluding whipped cream in pressurized containers 
- containing not more than 30% milk fat by 
weight None                                                     
 Date of application: 
26 July 2006 
                                   
1901.90.179 Food preparations, containing groats, meal, 
pellets or starch of rice, wheat, triticale, barley, 
which total weight is more than 85% of the articles and mostly containing starch None Date of application: 
21 April 2006, 24 April 2006, 10 May 2006, 16 
May 2006, 30 June 2006, 28 July 2006, 3 October 2006, 30 November 2006, 4 December 2006, 18 
December 2006, 25 December 2006, 26 January 
2007, 8 March 2007, 16 March 2007, 20 March 2007, 23 March 2007 
1904.10.212 Prepared foods containing not less than 50% by 
weight of those obtained by merely swelling or 
roasting of rice, wheat, triticale or barley, of 
rice None Date of application: 
27 September 2006 
  
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2106.90.119 Food preparations cont aining by weight not less 
than 30% natural milk constituents on the dry 
matter 
 -not more than 30% by weight of milk fat None Date of application: 
15 May 2006, 16 October 2006 
 
 
2106.90.129 Food preparations cont aining by weight not less 
than 30% natural milk constituents on the dry 
matter 
 -other None Date of application: 
23 March 2007, 28 March 2007 
 
 
 
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