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29 April  2024 
(24-3441) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  26 April  2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . The notification concerns the use of special safeguard provisions (Table  MA:5 ) during the 
Fiscal Year  2023/2024 . 
 
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- 2 - Table MA:5  
MARKET ACCESS: JAPAN  
REPORTING PERIOD : FISCAL YEAR FROM 01 -04-2023 TO 31-03-2024 
Annual summary of special safeguard actions taken  
Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
040221229  Milk powder, not containing added sugar 
or other sweetening matter  
- Of a fat content, by weight, 
exceeding  1.5% but not exceeding  5%    
 26-05-2023  
040320199  Yogurt  
- Frozen, preserved or containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter, 
flavoring, fruits or nuts (excluding frozen 
yogurt)   01-03-24 31-03-24    
040510129  Butter  
- Of a fat content, by weight, not 
exceeding 85%     
 21-12-2023  
071335299  Cow peas ( Vigna  unguiculata )    
 26-05-2023  
110819098  Other starches (excluding Sago starch)     
 16-11-2023  
110820090  Inulin     
 01-05-2023, 24 -05-2023, 
13-06-2023, 22-11-2023, 
21-12-2023  
190120159,  190190179  Food preparations, containing more 
than 85% by weight of flour, groats, meal 
and pellets of rice, wheat, triticale or 
barley, starch, or any combination 
thereof, excluding cake -mixes and a kind 
used as food suitable for infants or young 
children or dietetic purpose  
- Mostly containing starch (excluding 
wheat starch)   01-01-24 31-03-24     
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- 3 - Tariff item number(s)  Description of product(s)  Volume -based 
invoked  Whether volume -based action taken 
during period  Price -based 
invoked  Whether price -based action 
taken during period  Note  
From  To 
1 2 3 4  
190190159  Food preparations, containing more 
than 85% by weight of flour, groats, meal 
and pellets of rice, wheat, triticale or 
barley, starch, or any combination 
thereof, excluding cake -mixes and a kind 
used as food suitable for infants or young 
children or dietetic purpose  
- Mostly containing wheat and triticale 
preparation     
 14-09-2023  
 
 
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