RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/JPN/51
14March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0908)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning thevolume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3) was
received from thedelegation ofJapan on8March 1996.
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS -JAPAN
Notification under Article 5oftheAgreement: special safeguard: volume-based
1. Description ofproduct: Rawsilk
2. Tariff itemnumbers: 5002.00-221,5002.00-222,5002.00-223,5002.00-226,
5002.00-227
3. Trigger level: 1,605 tonnes
(ascalculated inAnnex 1)
4. Volume ofimports entering
territory incurrent period: 1,652 tonnes
5. Period ofapplication: from March 1,1996 toMarch 31,1996
1Thisdocument cancels andreplaces thedocument dated 14March 1996.
./.G/AG/N/JPN/5
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SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: Annex 1toTable MA:3
Information required forthecalculation oftheTrigger Level
Imports inthe3preceding years: 1992: 1,560 tonnes
1993: 1,484 tonnes
1994: 1,543 tonnes
Average: 1,529 tonnes
Consumption inthe3preceding years: 1992: 6,884 tonnes
1993: 6,270 tonnes
1994: 5,625 tonnes
Average: 6,260 tonnes
Note:Takingintoaccounttheabsolutevolumechangeindomesticconsumptionoftheproductconcerned
from1993to1994, thetrigger levelissetat105percentoftheaverage quantity ofimports mentioned
above, inaccordance withparagraph 4ofArticle 5oftheAgreement onAgriculture. Itscalculation
isasfollows:
1,605 tonnes = 105% x1,529 tonnes
> 110% x1,529 tonnes +(5,625 tonnes -6,270 tonnes)
(Since market access opportunities (defined asimports asapercentage ofthecorresponding domestic
consumption during thethree preceding years) fortheproduct are24percent,thebasetrigger level
fortheproduct concerned equals 110percent).