WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/7/JPN/1
G/SG/N/11/JPN/1
25 April 2001
(01-2067)
Committee on Safeguards Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON
SAFEGUARDS BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARDS
MEASURE REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2
OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
JAPAN
The following communication, dated 20 April 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Japan.
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Pursuant to Article 12.4 and Article 9.1, foot note 2 of the WTO Agreement on Safeguards,
and in light of the format for notifications under the Agreement on Safeguards adopted by the
Committee on Safeguards (G/SG/W/1, February 1995), the Government of Japan hereby notifies that
the competent authorities1 have decided to take a provisional safeguard measure, as follows:2
A. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
BEFORE TAKING A PROVISIONAL SAFEGUARD MEASURE REFERRED TO INARTICLE 6
1. Products subject to the provisional safeguard measure
(1) Welsh Onion
Welsh Onion, fresh or chilled, classified in the subheading 0703.90.010
3 of the Import
Statistical Schedule of Japan based on the nomenclature of the International Convention on the
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.
Scientific name : " Allium fistulosum  L."
                                                     
1 The competent authorities are Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries,
and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
2 Ministry of Finance Notification No. 121(Wels h Onion), No. 122 (Shiitake Mushroom), No. 123
(Tatami-Omote), published in the Official Gazette , 20 April 2001
3 Pursuant to Ministry of Finance Notification No. 246 (4 December 2000, effective as of
1 January 2001), tariff classification of welsh onion was renewed.G/SG/N/7/JPN/1
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(2) Shiitake Mushroom
Fruit body of Shiitake Mushroom, fresh or chilled, classified in the subheading 0709.51.020
of the Import Statistical Schedule of Japan based on the nomenclature of the International Conventionon the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System.
Scientific name : " Lentinus edodes  Sing.(Tricholomataceae)"
(3) Tatami-Omote
Tatami-Omote, woven by Igusa (scientific name: “ Juncus effusus” ) or Shichitoi (scientific
name: “ Cyperus tegetiformis” ) as the weft and by thread as the warp, classified in the subheading
4601.91.210 (from 23 April 2001, 4601.91-211
4) of the Import Statistical Schedule of Japan based on
the nomenclature of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and
Coding System.
2. Description of the provisional safeguard measure
The measure is a tariff quota on imports of each product specified above.5  The tariff quotas
for respective products are set as below:
Welsh Onion 5,383 tonnes
Shiitake Mushroom 8,003 tonnes
Tatami-Omote 7,949 tonnes
Rates of duty for imports within the above tariff quotas will remain at the current level.
Current rates of duty and additional rates of duty to be applied for imports above the tariff quota
levels are set as below:
       (current rate)       (additional rate)6
Welsh Onion 3%        225 yen/kgShiitake Mushroom 4.3% 635 yen/kg
Tatami-Omote 6% 306 yen/kg
3.  Date of introduction of the provisional safeguard measure
23 April 2001.
4. Expected duration of the provisional safeguard measure
The provisional safeguard measure will be effective for the period of 200 days, until
8 November 2001.
                                                     
4 Pursuant to Ministry of Finance Notification No. 124 (20 April 2001, effective as of 23 April 2001),
tariff classification of tatami-omote has been renewed.
5 The Cabinet Order Concerning the Imposition of the Provisional Emergency Duties on Welsh Onion
etc., No. 167, published in the Official Gazette,  20 April 2001.
6 With regard to welsh onion and shiitake mushroom, applicable to imports to which the same rate as
the rate bound under the General Agreement is currently applied (otherwise, 223¥/kg for welsh onion and633¥/kg for shiitake mushroom).  With regard to tatami-omote, applicable to imports to which preferential tariff
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5. Basis for making a preliminary determination, as provided for in Article 6, that
increased imports have caused or a re threatening to cause serious injury
(1) Welsh Onion
Based primarily on the evidence shown in Annex I and the other evidence shown below,
which has been obtained so far in the course of investigation, the competent authorities have
preliminarily determined that there is clear evidence that increased imports have caused serious
injury.
(i) The volume of imports rapidly increased from 1,504 tonnes in 1996 to 37,375 tonnes
in 2000, which represents a growth rate of 25 times. The import figure in 2000
recorded 76.3 per cent increase from that of the preceding year.
(ii) Due to the rapid increase in imports, the import share of the domestic market rapidly
rose from 0.4 per cent in 1996 to 8.2 per cent in 2000, which represents 23 timesincrease.
(iii) In 2000, the domestic price of welsh onion fell sharply to 222 yen/kg, which was
26 per cent below the price level of 1999. The price level in 2000 was the lowest in
the past 5 years.
(iv) Due to the decline in domestic price, welsh onion producers’ profitability also fell
sharply.  Average net profit for 2000 was 158,000 yen per 10 ares, which represented
a decrease of 55.3 per cent from the same period of the preceding year. This figure
indicates significant deterioration in the domestic industry.
Causation Analysis
The movement of profits and losses, the main indicator of serious injury, has closely
followed the movement of import figures since 1999, when the import started to increase rapidly.
As a result, the profitability of producers has deteriorated remarkably.
(2) Shiitake Mushroom
Based primarily on the evidence shown in Annex II and the other evidence shown below,
which have been obtained so far in the course of investigation, the competent authorities have
preliminarily determined that there is clear evidence that increased imports have caused seriousinjury.
(i) The volume of imports in 1998 was 31,396 tonnes (21 per cent increase from the
preceding year).  In 2000, the figure rose to 42,057 tonnes (33 per cent increase
from the preceding year).
(ii) The share of imports in the domestic market rose to the level of 39 per cent in 2000,
as a result of the import increase coupled with relative decline in domestic sales.
(iii) While the share of imports in the domestic market has rapidly increased, other
indicators such as the levels of domestic sales, production, profits and losses, and
the number of producers have shown significant deterioration, suggesting that the
domestic producers are severely injured by the increased imports.G/SG/N/7/JPN/1
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Causation analysis
Since 1998, volume of imports has been increasing. Once the level of supply exceeded
100,000 tonnes, the average domestic price recorded a sharp decline.  Turning to the co-relation
between import volume and domestic price, domestic price tends to drop sharply when the imports
increase.
Domestic price, volume of domestic sales, net income and total working hours fell sharply
either in 1998, when the imports increased, or in 1999, when the effects of imports became visible.
The same trend can be observed in the following years. Each decline in the domestic price, domesticshipment and profits and losses has recorded a contemporaneous movement with the increase in
imports, which has become a persistent pattern.
(3) Tatami-Omote
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Based primarily on the evidence shown in Annex III and the other evidence shown below,
which have been obtained so far in the course of investigation, the competent authorities have
preliminarily determined that there is clear evidence that increased imports have caused serious
injury.
(i) The imports have been increasing since 1998. Especially in 2000, there was a surge
in imports. The volume of imports increased approximately 80 per cent during the
period between 1996 and 2000. The annual growth rate of imports in 2000 was
49.6 per cent.
(ii) The share of imports in the domestic market has been increasing since 1998 and
reached more than 50 per cent in 2000.
(iii) The amount of domestic sales declined by more than 50 per cent during the period
between 1996 and 2000, while the area planted with igusa decreased.
(iv) Since 1998, while the imports have increased, domestic production has been
significantly decreasing. The production figure in 2000 recorded 48.5 per cent
decrease from that of 1996.
(v) The producers’ profit (total net income) has been declining remarkably. The figure
for 2000 was less than half of that of the preceding year.  The profit level declinedby 86.1 per cent during 1996-2000.
(vi) According to the result of a questionnaire survey conducted among those who
discontinued igusa production, 79 per cent answered that they attributed their
discontinuance to low price and not to structural factors such as aging among theproducers.
Causation analysis
Since 1998, the imports have been increasing, while the domestic demand (measured as the
total amount of imports and domestic production of the current year as well as the amount of stock
                                                     
7 Since tatami-omote is generally produced in igusa producing farms from igusa in a continuous line of
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carried over from the preceding year, minus the amount of stock of the current year) has been
relatively stable. The indicators of domestic sales, production, capacity utilization, profits and losses
and employment deteriorated during this period, while the imports and market share of imports
increased, causing the domestic price to fall. The movements of these indicators arecontemporaneous.
6.  Basis for determining that there are critical circumstances where delay would cause damage
which would be difficult to repair
(1) Welsh Onion
Based on the following evidence on the urgent necessity to take a provisional safeguard
measure in addition to the evidence shown in 5(1) above and in Annex I, the competent authorities
have found that there are critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it would be
difficult to repair and have determined the imposition of a provisional safeguard measure.
(i) Volume of imports during January and February 2001 was 8,421 tonnes (increase
by 78 per cent from the same period of the preceding year).  In particular, imports of
February were 4,927 tonnes (increase by 182 per cent from the same period of the
preceding year).
(ii) Domestic wholesale prices in January and February 2001 were 209 yen/kg (81 per
cent of the average price during 1996-2000)  and 198 yen/kg (77 per cent of the
average price during 1996-2000) respectively.
(iii) The planted acreage of Spring harvested welsh onion in 2001 has decreased by 2 per
cent from the same period of the preceding year.  The planted acreage of Summer
harvested welsh onion and Autumn, Winter  harvested welsh onion will decline by
2 per cent and 3 per cent respectively from the previous year, assuming from the
result of a survey on producers’ intention of planting welsh onion. Furthermore,
with regard to Saitama and Tottori prefectures, which are the main production areas,
declines of 6 per cent and 5 per cent respectively can be assumed.  If the price level
continues to be low in April and May, which is the season for production planning,further decline is possible.
(iv) According to a questionnaire survey, a number of producers will decide to abandon
planting welsh onion if the declining trend of the price continues. Since the planting
season (May to July) of the Autumn, Winter harvested welsh onion, which occupies65 per cent of the total production, is approaching soon, it is highly probable that the
decision to abandon now will seriously affect the foundation of the domestic
production.
- The Autumn, Winter harvested welsh onion producers’ deficit in
2000 was recorded at 1,900 yen per 10 ares in the Kanto region and
5,000 yen per 10 ares in the Kyushu region.
- According to the questionnaire survey, 18 per cent of the producers
responded that they will decrease or discontinue their production of
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- Based upon the above survey and current condition , it is likely that
the planted acreage will be reduced by 10 per cent and for certain
areas the figure will be 20 per cent.
(v) If, due to the increased imports and depression in price levels, the planted acreage
significantly shrinks, and if the imported product overwhelms the domestic market,
recovery of the domestic price and increase of production area cannot be expected and
the domestic producers will suffer a damage which it would be difficult to repair over
the future years.
(2) Shiitake Mushroom
Based on the following evidence on the urgent necessity to take a provisional safeguard
measure in addition to the evidence shown in 5.(2) above and in Annex II, the competent authorities
have found that there are critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it would be
difficult to repair and have determined the imposition of a provisional safeguard measure.
(i) Volume of imports during January and February 2001 was 12,304 tonnes (increase
by 26 per cent from the same period of the preceding year).
(ii) Domestic wholesale prices in February and March 2001 were 935 yen/kg (decrease
by 13 per cent from the same period of the preceding year), and 809 yen/kg(decrease by 22 per cent) respectively.
(iii) Percentage of producers operating at a loss has increased from 19 per cent in 1996
to 34 per cent in 2000.
(iv) In a situation where a number of producers have deficit, new investment to the bed-
based production facilities will be hampered. Already, starting around 1999,
expansion of the houses for cultivation has stopped.
(v) According to a questionnaire survey among  producers of spawn, shipping of spawn
for log-based production has decreased by 10 to 20 per cent. Thus, if the import
surge and depressed price levels continue, production in major shiitake mushroomproducing district will be seriously affected, because producers will decide not to
plant fungus for the new season (January-April).
(3) Tatami-Omote
Based on the following evidence on the urgent necessity to take a provisional safeguard
measure in addition to the evidence shown in 5(3) above and in Annex III, the competent authorities
have found that there are critical circumstances where delay would cause damage which it would be
difficult to repair and have determined the imposition of a provisional safeguard measure.
(i) Volume of imports during January and February 2001 was 5,863 tonnes (increase
by 5.3 per cent from the same period of the preceding year).
(ii) Domestic prices in January and February 2001 were 1,116 yen/piece (95.3 per cent
of average price during 1996 to 2000) and 1,002 yen/piece (95.2 per cent)respectively.G/SG/N/7/JPN/1
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(iii) Production has been significantly decreasing.  The income level of the producers is
at the historic low.
- Planted area in 2001 is approximately 2,000 hectares (decrease of 31 per
cent from the 2000 level).
- Income per farm earned from tatami-omote production in 2000 was
1,039,000 yen (decrease of 45.5 per cent from the 1999 level).
(iv) According to the result of a questionnaire survey conducted among those who
discontinued igusa production, 64 per cent answered that they no longer own tatami-omote loom and 68 per cent answered that they do not intend to resume production
even though price will rise in the future.
B. NOTIFICATION OF NON-APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARD MEASURE TO
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES UNDER ARTICLE 9.1, FOOTNOTE 2 OF THEAGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
1. Description of the measure
See the above notification under Article 12.4.
2. Products subject to the measure
See the above notification under Article 12.4.
3. Developing country members to which the measure is not applied under Article 9.1 of
the Agreement on Safeguards, and the import shares of these countries individually and
collectively
The provisional safeguard measure does not apply to the developing country members
8 listed
in Annex IV to this notification pursuant to Article 9.1, footnote 2.9  Actual import shares of these
members (where applicable) are shown in Annex V.  Since none of the import share of the productsoriginating in these members exceed 3 per cent nor the collective share account for more than 9 per
cent with regard to each product concerned, the list in Annex IV applies to all three products.
                                                     
8 Developing country members are those members of the WTO to which preferential tariff treatment
are provided by Japan or those members of the WTO which are designated as least-developed countries by theUnited Nations.
9 These countries are listed in Annex 2 to the Cabinet Order Concerning the Imposition of the
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ANNEX I
WELSH ONION
1. Rate of increase in imports
2. Amount of increase in imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Import Volume     (t) 1,504 1,471 6,802 21,197 37,375
 Rate of Increase1 (%) - ▲2.2 362.4 211.6 76.3
 Amount of Increase2 (t) - ▲33 5,331 14,395 16,178
3. Share of the domestic market taken by increased imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Share (%) 0.4 0.4 1.7 5.0 8.2
4. Domestic sales
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Sales  (¥100million) 1, 048 1,160 1,354 1,204 925
  Rate of Increase (%) - 10.7 16.7 ▲11.1 ▲23.2
Average Domestic
  Price (¥/kg) 252 278 340 300 222
  Rate of Increase (%) - 10.3 22.3 ▲11.8 ▲26.0
Domestic Shipping
 Volume (t) 415,900 417,300 398,200 401,400 416,600
  Rate of Increase (%) - 0.3 ▲4.6 0.8 3.8
5. Production
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Production3  (t) 546,800 549,200 508,500 532,400 396,200
  Rate of Increase (%) - 0.4 ▲7.4 4.7 -
6. Productivity
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Productivity4  (kg/h) 5.27 5.38 5.09 5.11 4.93
  Rate of Increase (%) - 2.1 ▲5.5 0.4 ▲3.5
                                                     
1 Rate of increase from the preceding year. Same for other items.
2 Amount of increase from the preceding year
3 Production year (from April to March next year) (regarding 2000, from April to December).
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7. Capacity utilization
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Proportion of Planted
  Acreage5  (%) 31.2 30.8 31.0 31.7 32.0
Collecting and Shipping Facility (%) 12.4 10.9 9.9 10.3 10.2
Precooling and
  Refrigeration Facility (%) 25.9 25.6 24.2 24.0 21.9
8. Profits and losses
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Profitability
  (¥1,000/10a) 291.0 352.2 452.7 353.8 158.0
  Rate of Increase (%) - 21.0 28.5 ▲21.8 ▲55.3
9. Employment
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Total Working Hours6
  (1,000h) 127,596 126,835 125,229 126,525 99,681
  Rate of Increase(%) - ▲0.6 ▲1.3 1.0 -
                                                     
5 Proportion of planted acreage to the to tal acreage where planting is feasible.
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ANNEX II
SHIITAKE MUSHROOM
1. Rate of increase in imports
2. Amount of increase in imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Import volume (t.) 24,394 26,028 31,396 31,628 42,057
 Rate of increase1 (%) - 6.7 20.6 0.7 33.0
 Amount of increase2 (t) - 1,634 5,368 232 10,429
3. Share of the domestic market taken by increased imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Share (%) 24.5 25.8 29.7 31.0 38.5
4. Domestic sales
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Sales  (¥100millio n) 811 778 727 669 615
  Rate of increase (%) - ▲4.1 ▲6.6 ▲8.0 ▲8.1
Average Domestic
 Price (¥/kg) 1,079 1,041 980 949 915
  Rate of increase (%) - ▲3.5 ▲5.9 ▲3.2 ▲3.6
5. Production
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Domestic Shipment (t) 75,157 74,782 74,217 70,511 67,224
  Rate of increase (%) - ▲0.5 ▲0.8 ▲5.0 ▲4.7
6. Productivity
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Productivity3  (t/h) 1.62 1.69 1.69 1.72 1.70
  Rate of increase (%) - 4.3 0.0 1.8 ▲1.2
7. Capacity utilization
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Houses for Cultivation
(log-based production)(%)94.7 93.9 87.1 86.2 84.9
Houses for Cultivation
(bed-based production)
(%)94.9 92.6 95.3 94.8 95.5
                                                     
1 Rate of increase from the preceding year. Same for other items.
2 Amount of increase from the preceding year
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8. Profits and losses
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Gross Income
  (¥100million) 822.2 786.9 736.8 683.6 628.3
Rate of increase (%) - ▲4.3 ▲6.4 ▲7.2 ▲8.1
Costs   (¥100million) 655.0 633.6 609.4 587.1 567.0
Rate of increase (%) - ▲3.3 ▲3.8 ▲3.7 ▲3.4
Net Income
  (¥100million) 167.2 153.3 127.4 96.5 61.3
Rate of increase (%) - ▲8.3 ▲16.9 ▲24.3 ▲36.5
9. Employment
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Number of Producers 50,772 46,438 43,244 37,810 34,130
  Rate of increase (%) - ▲8.5 ▲6.9 ▲12.6 ▲9.7
Total Working Hours
  (1,000h) 46,303 44,343 43,997 40,985 39,500
  Rate of increase (%) - ▲4.2 ▲0.8 ▲6.8 ▲3.6G/SG/N/7/JPN/1
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ANNEX III
TATAMI-OMOTE
1. Rate of increase in imports
2. Amount of increase in imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Import volume1
  (1,000piece) 11,369 8,628 10,344 13,569 20,300
 Rate of increase2  (%) - ▲24.1 19.9 31.2 49.6
 Amount of increase3- ▲2,741 1,716 3,225 6,731
3. Share of the domestic market taken by increased imports
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Share  (%) 29.7 25.6 32.7 46.0 59.4
4. Domestic sales
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Sales  (¥100millio n) 351 301 207 164 135
 Rate of Increase  (%) - ▲14.2 ▲31.1 ▲20.7 ▲17.7
Average Domestic
 Price (¥/piece) 1,302 1,200 974 1,033 970
 Rate of Increase  (%) - ▲7.8 ▲18.8 6.1 ▲6.1
5. Production
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Domestic Production
  (1,000 piece) 26,937 25,088 21,302 15,923 13,872
Rate of Increase  (%) - ▲ 6.9 ▲15.1 ▲25.3 ▲12.9
6. Productivity
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Domestic Production/
Total Working Hours(piece/h)0.70 0.69 0.68 0.66 0.74
Rate of Increase (%) - ▲1.2 ▲2.0 ▲2.7 11.8
7. Capacity utilization
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Working Looms 6,407 5,988 5,849 5,676 5,487
Idle Looms 92 151 290 463 652
Rate of Idle Looms (%) 1.5 2.5 4.7 7.5 10.6
                                                     
1 One piece weighs 1.7kg.
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8. Profits and losses
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Profits  (¥100million) 157.8 92.0 47.6 45.5 21.8
  Rate of Increase (%) - ▲41.7 ▲48.3 ▲4.4 ▲52.0
9. Employment
(1) Total Working Hours
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Total Working Hours
  (1,000h) 38,448 36,248 31,418 24,148 18,814
Rate of Increase (%) - ▲5.7 ▲13.3 ▲23.1 ▲22.1
(2) Number of Farms
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Number of Farms 4,416 4,106 3,582 2,817 2,244
  Rate of Increase  (%) - ▲7.0 ▲12.8 ▲21.4 ▲20.3G/SG/N/7/JPN/1
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ANNEX IV
Developing Country Members to which the Measure is not Applied
under Article 9.1 of the Agreement on Safeguards
Albania
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
BelizeBenin
Bolivia
Botswana
Brazil
BulgariaBurkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
ChadChile
Colombia
Congo
Democratic Rep. of the Congo
Costa RicaCroatia
Cuba
Czech Republic
Côte d’Ivoire
DjiboutiDominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Estonia
FijiGabon
The Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea BissauGuyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
IndiaIndonesia
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kyrgyz RepublicLatvia
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
MalaysiaMaldives
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
MauritiusMexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
NicaraguaNiger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
PeruPhilippines
Poland
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and NevisSaint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Slovak RepublicSlovenia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Sri Lanka
SurinameSwaziland
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and TobagoTunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Uruguay
Venezuela
Zambia
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ANNEX V
Share of Imports from Developing Country Members
to which the Provisional Safeguard Measure is not Applied
Share of imports from applicable developing country members listed in Annex IV in 2000 are
as follows:
(1) Welsh Onion
Share (%)
Egypt 0.017
Mexico 0.008
Indonesia 0.000
Total 0.025
(2) Shiitake Mushroom
Share (%)
Czech
Republic0.022
Cameroon 0.019
Total 0.041
(3) Tatami-Omote
Share (%)
Indonesia 0.015
India 0.003
Total 0.018
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