WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CRI/14
15 October 2002
(02-5563)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the price-based special safeguard ( Table MA.4 ) was
received from the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica  on 7 October 2002.G/AG/N/CRI/14
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Table MA.4
MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:
Special Safeguard:  Price-Based
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B. AD HOC NOTIFICATION
(1) Description of product: Rice in the husk
(2) Tariff item number: 1006.10.90
(3) Trigger price: US$223.78/tonne
(as calculated in Annex 1)
(4) Date of application: 27 September 2002
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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 US$201.60/tonne
1987 US$213.35/tonne
1988 US$256.07/tonne
Average US$223.78/tonne
Source of price information:  IICA - CIAPA.G/AG/N/CRI/14
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Table MA.4
MARKET ACCESS:  Costa Rica
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:
Special Safeguard:  Price-Based
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B. AD HOC NOTIFICATION
(1) Description of product: Husked rice and semi-milled rice
(2) Tariff item number: 1006.20.00 and 1006.30.00
(3) Trigger price: US$322.64/tonne
(as calculated in Annex 1)
(4) Date of application: 27 September 2002
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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 US$285.67/tonne
1987 US$305.25/tonne
1988 US$377.06/tonne
Average US$322.64/tonne
Source of price information:  IICA – CIAPA.
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