G/AG/N/JPN/285  
 
4 December  2023 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  4 December  2023, 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 ) during the Calendar Year 2021 . 
 
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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  2021 
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1  QUANTITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED TO LEAST -DEVELOPED AND NET FOOD -
IMPORTI NG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES  
 
1.1.  The Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase food. The total amount 
of the funds that GOJ granted was USD 29.3  million in calendar year 2021 (Refer to the Annex for 
details on shipments made during 2021).  
2  INDICATION OF THE PROPORTION IN FULLY GRANT FORM OR APPROPRIATE 
CONCESSIONAL TERMS  
 
2.1.  All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.  
3  TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER PARAGRAPH 3(III) OF THE DECISION  
 
3.1.  In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
countries listed as Least -Developed and Net Food -Importing Developing Countries 
in G/AG/5/Rev.11 . 
 
Calendar Year 2021  
 
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid : USD 42.89  million  
Technical cooperation : USD 91.98  million  
 
ii. Appropriate  concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%1): USD 65.31  million  
4  OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS TAKEN WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE DECISION  
 
4.1. In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance to 
developing countries .2 
Calendar Year 2021  
 
i. Fully grant form:  
Grant aid : USD 87.56  million  
Technical cooperation : USD 146.65  million  
 
ii. Appropriate concessional terms:  
ODA loans (grant element: more than 25%) : USD 168.28  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/285  
 
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  ANNEX  
Food Assistance Convention, 2021: Report of Transaction (Terms = All Gift)  
Shipments made during 1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021  
Recipient Country  Type of Grain  Actual Amount  
(MT)  FOB Value  
(USD)  
Benin  Rice 5,595  2,294,016  
Comoros  Rice 2,932  1,202,073  
Burundi  Rice 3,778  1,549,042  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  Rice 11,152  4,936,144  
Haiti Rice 6,100  2,511,830  
The Gambia  Rice 3,815  1,564,468  
Mauritania  Rice 3,262  1,712,977  
Burkina Faso  Rice 2,861  1,502,042  
Niger  Rice 3,738  1,962,913  
Togo Rice 2,963  1,555,767  
Senegal  Rice 2,620  1,375,670  
Liberia  Rice 2,600  1,365,064  
Sao Tome and Principe  Rice 2,402  1,260,980  
Namibia  Rice 3,087  1,500,288  
Chad Coarse grains  497 195,540  
Central African Republic  Rice 952 398,430  
  Coarse grains  274 94,484  
  Vegetable oils  5 4,635  
Eswatini  Rice 930 383,281  
  Coarse grains  1,408  580,884  
  Vegetable oils  50 68,219  
Mozambique  Rice 110 64,020  
  Coarse grains  19 10,750  
  Vegetable oils  9 12,894  
Sierra Leone  Rice 1,587  648,636  
  Coarse grains  624 349,440  
  Vegetable oils  196 220,513  
 
 
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