Working Party on State Trading Enterprises - State Trading - Replies to Follow-Up Questions Posed by Australia Concerning the Notification of Japan
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World Trade
Organization G/STR/Q1/JPN/14
16 November 2010 (10-6115) Working Party on
State Trading Enterprises Original: English
state trading
Replies to Follow-up Questions Posed by AUSTRALIA Concerning the Notification of JAPAN
The following communication, dated 2 November 2010, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Australia.
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Follow-up Question 1
Could Japan explain what was meant by levy in its response regarding the revenue collected by ALIC?
Reply
It is stipulated in the Sugar and Starch Price Adjustment Law that any importer who imports designated sugar need to bear the levy, which is collected by ALIC.
Follow-up Question 2
Could Japan explain how it reconciles that levy or those charges with its goods schedule which binds the ODC at zero for sugar.
Reply
The revenue (levy) collected by ALIC is a part of "the sum of tariff and levy" that has been bound in Japan's Sc