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ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.1
G/SG/N/11/USA/2/Suppl.1
9 June 1999
(99-2315)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 12.1(C) AND ARTICLE 9,
FOOTNOTE 2, OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
UNITED STATES
Supplement
The following communication, dated 7 June 1999, has been received from the Permanent Mission
of the United States.
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Pursuant to the above-referenced provisions of the Agreement on Safeguards, and in light of the
agreed format for notifications (G/SG/1, 1 July 1996), the United States provides the following
supplement to notification G/SG /N/10/USA/2-G/ SG/N/11/USA/2.
Notification under Article 12.1(c) upon taking a decision to apply a safeguard measure
1.-2. This information was provided in previous notifications.  See G/SG/N/8/USA/2
(12 February 1998) and G/SG/N/8/USA/2/Rev.1 (27 March 1998).
3. Provide a precise description of the product involved .  Wheat gluten, provided for in subheadings
1109.00.10 and 1109.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
4. Provide a precise description of the proposed measure .  As noted in G/SG/N/10/USA/2, the
measure is a quantitative limitation on imports of wheat gluten, for a period of just over three years.  Theamount of the limitation represented the average of total imports for crop years ending 30 June 1994, and
30 June 1995 (including imports from countries, listed below, that are excluded from the limitation).
Shares of the quantitative limitation were allocated based on relative import shares during the same 3-year
period.
According to trade data collected by the United States Customs Service, the European
Community overfilled its allocated quota for the first year of the safeguard measure (1 June 1998 to
31 May 1999) by about 5,950,000 kg.  In order to maintain the overall amount of the quantitative
restriction and to reflect the first year overage, the quota allocation for the EC will be adjusted by
5,950,000 kg for the second year of the measure (1 June 1999 to 31 May 2000).  The following tablereflects this adjustment.G/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.1
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Effect of Adjustment on Quota Allocations
Current
1998/99
(inc. overfill)Scheduled
1998/99Scheduled
1999/00Estimated
1999/00
(with action)Scheduled
2000/01
(unchanged)
EU  29,915* 24,513 25,983 20,581** 27,543
Australia               28,315 28,315 30,014          30,014 31,814
Other                4,693  4,693  4,975           4,975  5,273
Total  62,923* 57,521  60,972 55,570** 64,630
(In metric tons)
* Includes overfill of 5,951 tons.
** Assumes overfill is applied to the 1999/00 quota.
5. Provide the proposed date of the introduction of the measure .  The measure was introduced on
1 June 1998.  The second year adjustment will take place on 1 June 1999.
6. Provide the expected duration of the measure .  The measure is expected to last through
1 June 2001.
7. Not applicable.8. If the expected duration is over one year, provide the expected timetable for progressive
liberalization of the measure .  This information was provided in previous notifications.  See
G/SG/N/10/USA/2-G/SG/N/ 11/USA/2 (4 June 1998).
9. Not applicable.
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