WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/33
8 December 1998
(98-4912)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification in the context of actions taken within the framework of the Decision
on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-
Developed and Net Food-Importin g Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) for the calendar year 1997
was received from the delegation of Japan on 30 November 1998.G/AG/N/JPN/33
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Table NF:1
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16.2 OF THE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:   Japan
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1997
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries:
Government of Japan (GOJ) grants funds to be used to purchase grain, and total amount of
funds which GOJ granted in calendar year 1997 was 35.53 million US$.  (Refer to the attached paper
for detail on shipments made July 1997 to June 1998).
(2) Indication of the proportion in full gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:
All of the funds mentioned above were granted in fully grant form.
(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:
In the agricultural sector1, GOJ provided the following technical and financial assistance.
(i) Fully grant form:
Grant aid US$ 158.01 millionTechnical cooperation US$ 114.41 million
(ii) Appropriate concessional terms:
ODA loans (more than grant element
2 25%) US$ 123.39 million
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
ODA net disbursement3 in 1997 US$ 9,435.26 million
(i) Bilateral ODA US$ 6,612.59 million
Grant aid US$ 2,017.98 millionTechnical cooperation US$ 3,021.03 million
ODA loans US$ 1,573.58 million
(ii) ODA through International Organizations US$ 2,822.67 million
                                                     
1 and 2  Classification by DAC.
3  Including aid given to East European countries and the EBRD.G/AG/N/JPN/33
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ATTACHMENT
Table NF:1
Food Aid under the Food Aid Convention
Shipments made 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1998
Recipient Type Amount
(tonnes)FOB value
(US$)
Angola Rice 19,328 4,616,789
Ghana Rice 5,849 1,282,156
Cape Verde Rice 3,720 815,487
Guinea Rice 3,900 854,946
Comoros Rice 2,760 605,039
Djibouti Rice 4,529 992,919
Senegal Rice 5,720 1,253,921
Tanzania Rice 15,236 3,340,064
Togo Rice 5,740 1,258,305
Niger Wheat 1,350 331,375
Benin Rice 5,600 1,227,615
Burkina Faso Rice 2,684 588,378
Madagascar Rice 7,107 1,557,853
Mauritania Rice 5,220 1,144,312
Mozambique Rice 14,000 3,344,033
Rwanda Rice 4,604 1,009,275
Lesotho Wheat 6,199 1,029,751Bangladesh Wheat 31,250 5,028,409
Maldives Wheat 3,040 813,514
Lao Rice 12,180 2,670,096
Haiti Rice 8,419 1,845,587
Papua New Guinea Rice 8,018 2,167,974
(through UNRWA)
Palestine, Refugees Flour, pulse 14,487 4,322,314
(through WFP)
Afghan, Refugees Wheat 9,979 1,603,306
Sudan, Refugees Sorghum, maize 5,364 752,066
Former Yugoslav Rep., Refugees Wheat 29,120 4,760,331
Cambodia, Displaced Rice 15,218 5,148,760
Rwanda, Burundi, Refugees Maize 15,511 2,611,570
Sierra Leone, Refugees Maize meal 6,532 1,454,545
Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Refugees Maize 3,803 636,364
Somalia, Displaced Wheat, maize 3,798 669,421
Somalia, Sudan, Djibouti, Kenya, Refugees Wheat 3,663 595,041
Sudan, Dem. Rep. Congo, Rwanda, Refugees Maize, pulse 2,836 685,950
Armenia, Refugees and Displaced Flour 5,849 1,396,694
Azerbaijan, Displaced Flour 2,586 611,570
Georgia, Displaced Flour 2,796 661,157
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