WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/33
15 September 2000
(00-3680)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the use of special safeguard provisions ( Table MA:5 ) for
calendar year 1999 was received from the delegation of the United States on 12 September 2000.
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United States price-based safeguards are invoked automatically on a shipment-by-shipment
basis.  Importers who enter goods in an over-quota tariff line are required to declare whichpre-established price range is applicable to their product.  If there is a safeguard duty associated with
that price range, the additional charge is assessed.  Entries where the safeguard duties were assessed
during the reporting period are summarized in this notification.  Information on affected quantities,
while not required by the format, is provided for i llustrative purposes.  Multiple transactions involving
the same product have been aggregated for the purposes of this notification.G/AG/N/USA/33
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MARKET ACCESS:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken
Tariff item number Description of product Whether volume-based action taken
during periodWhether price-based action taken during period
Affected quantities
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0201308000 Fresh beef, boneless, over-quota None 51 kg.
0202308000 Frozen beef, boneless, over-quota None 1,278,534 kg.0402105000 Milk powder under 1.5% fat, over-quota None 413 kg.
0402295000 Sweetened milk powder, over-quota None 1,972 kg.
0402994500 Sweetened condensed milk, airtight cont., over-quota None 1,900 kg.0402995500 Other sweetened condensed milk, over-quota None 3,240 kg.0402999000 Sweetened evaporated milk, over-quota None 626 kg.
0405102000 Butter and other fats and oils, over-quota None 348,372 kg.
0405902020 Anhydrous milk fat, NESOI, over-quota None 1,004,811 kg.0405902040 Other fats and oils derived from milk, NESOI, over-quota None 2,506 kg.0406102800 Fresh Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 36,018 kg.
0406105800 Fresh Italian type cheese, over-quota None 178 kg.
0406106800 Fresh Gruyere process cheese, over-quota None 300 kg.0406203300 Grated or powdered Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 12 kg.0406204800 Grated or powdered Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 600 kg.
0406209100 Powdered cheese NSPF, over-quota None 12 kg.
0406302800 Processed Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 137 kg.0406307500 Processed mixtures of Edam/Gouda cheese, over-quota None 722 kg.0406309100 Processed cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 1,518 kg.
0406407000 Other blue cheese, over-quota None 58 kg.
0406901200 Other Cheddar cheese, over-quota None 268,528 kg.G/AG/N/USA/33
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0406901800 Other Edam/Gouda, over-quota None 2,206 kg.
0406903200 Goya, over-quota None 10 kg.0406904200 Other Italian type cheese, over-quota None 9,729 kg.0406904800 Swiss or Emmentaler cheese with eye formation, over-quota None 144,932 kg.
0406909400 Other lowfat cheese, over-quota None 45 kg.
0406909700 Other mixtures of cheese, NSPF, over-quota None 3,147 kg.1701115000 Raw cane sugar, over-quota None 160 kg.1701913000 Colored sugar, over-quota None 660 kg.1701995000 Refined sugar, over-quota None 7 kg.
1901904300 Other dairy preparations over 10% milk, over-quota None 1,519 kg.
1901905800 Starch preparations over 10% sugar, over-quota None 38 kg.2008113500 Blanched peanuts, over-quota None 99,655 kg.2008116000 Otherwise prepared peanuts, over-quota None 13,121 kg.
2202902800 Milk based drinks, over-quota None 19,457 kg.
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