 
. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/JPN/93 
10 March 2004 
 (04-1044) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 5 March 2004, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Japan .  The notification concerns the volume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3) . 
 
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   Table MA:3 
MARKET ACCESS:   Japan  
 
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreemen t:  special safeguard:  volume-based 
 
 1. Description of product: Maize (corn) starch 
 
 2. Tariff item number:   1108.12 
  3. Trigger level:    102 tonnes 
  (as calculated in Annex 1)  
4.  Volume of imports entering  
territory in current period:  120 tonnes 
  5. Period of application:  from 1 March 2004 to 31 March 2004 
  
 
SPECIAL SAFEGUARD:  VOLUME-BASED:  Annex 1 to Table MA:3  
 
 Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level  
 
 Imports in the 3 preceding years: 2000:   81.632  tonnes       2001:   102.713  tonnes       2002:   104.872  tonnes       Average:  96.406  tonnes 
 
 Consumption in the 3 preceding years 2000:   2,557,142  tonnes       2001:   2,552,097  tonnes       2002:   2,530,202  tonnes       Average:  2,546,480  tonnes  
 
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Note
: Taking into account the absolute volume cha nge in domestic consumption of the product 
concerned from 2001 to 2002, the trigger level is set at 105 per cent of the average quantity of 
imports mentioned above, in accordance with pa ragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture.  Its calculation is as follows: 
 
 102 tonnes = 105% x 96.4 tonnes    > 125% x 96.4 tonnes + (2,530,202 – 2,552,097)  
(Since market access opportunities (defined as im ports as a percentage of the corresponding 
domestic consumption during the three preceding years) for the product are les than 10 per 
cent, the basic trigger level for the product concerned equals 125 per cent of the average 
imports.) 
 
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