G/AG/N/USA/141  
 
20 August  2020 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  17 August  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States  of America . The notification concerns the use of special 
safeguard provisions (Table  MA:5) during the calendar year  2018 . 
 
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MARKET ACCESS: UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2018 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken  
Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
02012080  Bovine meat cuts, w/bone 
in, fresh or chld     
 28  
02013080  Bovine meat cuts, boneless, 
fresh or chld     
 15,171   
04029945  Condensed milk, 
sweetened, in airtight 
containers     
 34,443   
04029990  Milk & cream (except 
condensed milk), 
concentrated in non -solid 
forms, sweetened     
 1,236   
04051020  Butter, Nesoi     
 58,995   
04059020  Fats and oils derived from 
milk, other than butter or 
dairy spreads     
 270  
04061028  Fresh Cheddar cheese     
 484  
04061088  Fresh Cheese, NSPF     
 9,160   
04063028  Cheddar cheese, processed, 
not grated or powdered     
 12   
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- 3 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
04063038  Colby cheese, processed, 
not grated or powdered     
 3  
04063053  Gruyere -process cheese, 
processed, not grated or 
powdered     
 1,555   
04063071  Processed cheese procured 
from american -type cheese 
(ex cheddar), not 
grated/powdered     
 168  
04063091  Processed cheese (incl. 
mixtures), nesoi, w/cow's 
milk, not grated or 
powdered     
 38  
04064070  Blue-veined cheese, nesoi     
 481  
04069012  Cheddar cheese, nesoi     
 93  
04069018  Edam and gouda cheese, 
nesoi    
 75  
04069042  Romano, Reggiano, 
Parmesan, Provolone, and 
Provoletti cheese, nesoi, 
from cow's milk     
 4,418   
04069048  Swiss or Emmentaler 
cheese with eye formation, 
nesoi    
 33  
04069074  Cheeses & subst. for cheese 
(incl. mixt.), nesoi, w/ or 
from blue -veined cheese     
 131  
04069078  Cheeses & subst. for cheese 
(incl. mixt.), nesoi, w/ or 
from cheddar chees     
 2  
04069097  Cheeses & subst. for cheese 
(incl. mixt.), nesoi, w/cows 
milk, w/butterfat o/0.5% by 
wt    
 49,834   
17011250  Beet sugar, raw, in solid 
form, w/o added flavoring 
or coloring, nesoi     
 1,303    
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- 4 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
17019950  Cane/beet sugar & pure 
sucrose, refined, solid, w/o 
added coloring or flavoring     
 61,017   
18061015  Cocoa powder, sweetened, 
w/less than 65% by dry wt. 
sugar     
 3,951   
18069059  Chocolate and preps 
w/cocoa, nesoi, o/10% by 
dry wt of sugar     
 264  
19019071  Malt Extract; Food Products 
Of Flour, Meal, Etc. With 
Cocoa (if Any) Under 40% 
And Milk Or Cream Products 
With Cocoa (if Any) Under 
50%, Others     
 400  
20081115  Peanut butter and paste     
 400  
20081160  Peanuts, otherwise 
prepared or preserved, 
nesoi    
 240  
21011258  Preparation ov 10% sugar 
w/ basis of extract, essence 
or concentrate or w/ basis 
of coffee     
 12,034   
21012048  Preparation ov 65% sugar 
w/basis of 
extract/essence/concentrate 
or w/basis of tea or mate     
 6  
21012058  Preparation ov 10% sugar 
w/basis of 
extract/essence/concentrate 
or w/basis of tea or mate     
 7,393   
21039078  Mixed condiments and 
mixed seasonings     
 720  
21050020  Ice cream, whether or not 
containing cocoa     
 7,775   
21050040  Edible ice except ice cream     
 25   
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- 5 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -
based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -
based 
invoked  Whether price -based action taken during 
period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
21069080  Food preps, nesoi, o/10% 
milk solids, o/10% sugar     
 28,819   
21069097  Food preps, nesoi, n/o 10% 
milk solids, o/10% sugar     
 2,738   
22029928  Nonalcoholic Beverages, 
Others (including Milk -
based Drinks)     
 754,745   
Tariff item numbers in column 1 correspond to HS 2017 Nomenclature.  
Figures in column 4 correspond to affected quantities. Unit of measure is KG except for 21050020 Ice cream, whether or not containing cocoa (liters).  
 
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