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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/60
19 January 2001
(01-0269)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of Japan  on 11 January 2001.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS:   Japan
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  volume-based
1. Description of product:
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and
cream, sterilized, frozen, preserved, concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter, flavoring, fruits or nuts:
- Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1.5% (referred to in this notification as
"Butter milk powder (Fat<=1.5%)").
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% but not exceeding 26% (referred to in
this notification as "Butter milk powder (1.5<Fat<=26%)").
- Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 26% (referred to in this notification as"Butter milk powder (26%<Fat)").
2. Tariff item number:
Butter milk powder (Fat<= 1.5%): 0403.90-113, 118
Butter milk powder (1.5<Fat<= 26%): 0403.90-123, 128
Butter milk powder (26<Fat%): 0403.90-133, 138
3. Trigger level: 12 tonnes
(as calculated in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 15 tonnes
5. Period of application:  from 1 January 2001 to 31 March 2001G/AG/N/JPN/60
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:3
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level
Imports in the 3 preceding years: 1997: 14,909  kg.
1998: 4,069  kg.
1999: 9,989  kg.
Average: 9,656  kg.
Note: Since domestic consumption of the product is not taken into account, the trigger level is set at
125 per cent of the average quantity of imports mentioned above, in accordance with
paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  Its calculation is as follows:
12 tonnes = 125% x 9,656 kg.
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