WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.2
G/SG/N/11/USA/2/Suppl.2
13 September 2000
(00-3527)
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 11 September 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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In light of the agreed format for notifications (G/SG/W/1, 23 February 1995), the United States
provides the following supplement to notifica tion G/SG/N/10/USA/2-G/ SG/N/11/USA/2 to the
Committee on Safeguards.
A. 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.  The
amount 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 three-year period.
As noted in G/SG/N/10/USA/2/ Suppl.1-G/SG/N/11/USA/2/Suppl.1, the quantitative limitation
for the EC was reallocated between the first and second years of the three-year period to account for
shipments of EC wheat gluten in excess of the quota limits during the first year.  Since the decrease in thesecond year was matched by an increase in the first year, there was no change in the overall amount of the
quantitative limitation on EC wheat gluten for the three-year period.G/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.2
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EC wheat gluten imports sufficient to fill the entirety of the quantitative limitation for the second
year, 1 June 1999 - 31 May 2000, entered the United States in a single month, June 1999, and disrupted
the US wheat gluten market.  In order to provide for the efficient and fair administration of the
quantitative limitation in the third year, the United States has divided the annual quantitative limitationevenly among the quarters of that year as follows:
1 June-31 Aug.
20001 Sept.-30 Nov.
20001 Dec. 2000
-28 Feb. 20011 Mar.-31 May
2001
Australia 7,953,500 kg 7,953,500 kg 7,953,500 kg 7,953,500 kg
EC 6,885,750 kg 6,885,750 kg 6,885,750 kg 6,885,750 kg
Other countries 1,318,250 kg 1,318,250 kg 1,318,250 kg 1,318,250 kg
Thus, each source will receive the same aggregate quantitative limitation for the third year as it did under
the original measure:  31,814,000 kg for Australia, 27,543,000 for the EC, and 5,273,000 for other
countries.  See G/SG/N/10/USA/2 (8 June 1998)
5. Provide the proposed date of the introduction of the measure .  The measure was introduced on
1 June 1998.  The quarterly quota allocation was introduced on 1 June 2000.
6. Provide the expected duration of the measure .  The measure is scheduled 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.
B. NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 9, FOOTNOTE 2
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. Specify the developing countries 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.   This
information was provided in a previous notif ication.  See G/SG/N/10/ USA/2-G/SG/N/11/USA/2
(8 June 1998).
4. Subsequently, if there is a change in the list of developing countries exempted from the safeguard
measure pursuant to Article 9.1, please notify:
(i) the reference to the WTO document that notified the Members about the initial action
under footnote 2 to Article 9.1;G/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.2
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(ii) if applicable, names of the countries which are dropped from the list of developing
countries to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list
of the countries remaining on the list, the individual and collective import shares of the
developing countries remaining on the list, and the date on which the safeguard measureapplies to the countries dropped from the list;
(iii) If applicable, names of the countries which are added to the list of developing countries
to which the safeguard measure does not apply pursuant to Article 9.1, the list of all
countries on the list, the individual and collective import shares of the developing
countries on the list, and the date from which the safeguard measure does not apply to
the countries which are added to the list.
See G/SG/N/10/USA/2-G/SG/N/11/USA/2 (8 June 1998)  notified Members about the initial
action under footnote 2 to Article 9.1.  Poland was dropped from the list, effective 1 June 2000.  The
developing countries to which the measure does not apply are those, other than Poland, listed in general
note 4(a) to the Harmonized Tariff System of the United States as that note existed on 1 June 2000.  A listof these countries is attached to this notification.  Each listed country accounts for less than 2 per cent of
wheat gluten imports.  Collectively, the listed countries account for less than 3 per cent of wheat gluten
imports.G/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.2
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Independent Countries
Albania
AngolaAntigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
BelarusBelize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and HercegovinaBrazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
CambodiaCameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
ChileColombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Czech RepublicDemocratic Republic of
The Congo
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican RepublicEcuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
EstoniaEthiopia
FijiGambia, The
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
GuyanaHaiti
Honduras
Hungary
India
IndonesiaJamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
KiribatiKyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
LithuaniaMacedonia, Former Yugoslav
Republic of
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Malta
MauritiusMoldova
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
NepalNiger
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New GuineaParaguay
PeruPhilippines
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and theGrenadines
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra LeoneSlovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South AfricaSri Lanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Tanzania
ThailandTogo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Tuvalu
UgandaUkraine
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
VenezuelaRepublic of Yemen
Zaire
Zambia
ZimbabweG/SG/N/10/USA/2/Suppl.2
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Non-Independent Countries and Territories
Anguilla
British Indian OceanTerritory
Christmas Island (Australia)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands (Islas
Malvinas)French Polynesia
GibraltarHeard Island and McDonald
Islands
Montserrat
New Caledonia
Niue
Norfolk IslandPitcairn Islands
Saint HelenaTokelau
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands, British
Wallis and Futuna
West Bank and Gaza Strip
Western Sahara
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