WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/44
10 March 2003
(03-1342)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning the volume-based special safeguard ( Table MA:3 ) was
received from the delegation of the United States  on 21 February 2003.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS:  United States
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement:  special safeguard:  volume-based
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1. Description of product: American-type cheese
2. Tariff item numbers: 0406.10.38, 0406.20.39, 0406.20.71, 0406.30.38,
0406.30.71, 0406.90.54 and 0406.90.84
3. Trigger level: 16,528,242 kilograms
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 1 January 2002 through 30 September 2002
22,177,184 kilograms
5. Period of application: From 21 November 2002 to 31 December 2002
Annex 1
Information required for the calculation of the Trigger Level:
Imports in the preceding years:
1999: 12,637,231 kilograms
2000:   8,502,643 kilograms
2001: 18,527,906 kilogramsAverage: 13,222,593 kilograms
Note: In accordance with paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the base trigger
level was calculated as 125% of the 3-year average imports.
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