WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/55
21 June 2000
(00-2527)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the price-based special safeguard ( Table MA:4 ) was
received from the delegation of Japan  on 16 June 2000.
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Table MA:4
MARKET ACCESS:  Japan
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  price-based
B. AD HOC NOTIFICATION
(1) Description of product: Butter (of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 85%)
(2) Tariff item number: 0405.10.129
(3) Trigger price: 203.84 yen/kg.
(as calculated in Annex 1)
(4) Date of application: 29 May 2000
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  PRICE-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:4
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Price
Prices in the reference period: 1986: 220.87*  yen/kg. (1,653,631 kg.)
1987: 203.55*  yen/kg. (1,900,138 kg.)
1988: 202.66*  yen/kg. (23,269,237 kg.)
Average: 203.84*  yen/kg.
* Prices were calculated by excluding the value of butter oil.
Source of price information:  Average c.i.f. unit value (MOF "Japan's Trade Statistics")
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