NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 17 September 2024, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of
The Separate Customs
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. The notification concerns
the volume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3).
Table
MA:3
MARKET ACCESS - THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS
TERRITORY OF
TAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
Notification
under Article 5 of the Agreement: Special safeguard: Volume-based
1. Description of product: Red beans
2.
Tariff item number: 07102910, 07133200, 11061010,
20049010, 20055110, 20055910, 20060011, 20060025
3. Trigger level: 2,013.4
tonnes
(as
calculated in Annex 1)
4.
Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 2,018.3 tonnes
5. Period of application: 23-08-2024 -
31-12-2024
SPECIAL
SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: ANNEX 1 TO MA:3
Information
required for the calculation of the trigger level
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Domestic
consumption is
taken into account
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Imports in the 3 preceding
years for which data are available:
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Year
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Quantity
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Unit
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Year 1
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2020
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1,029
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2021
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2,099.8
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2022
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2,623.7
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Tonne
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Average:
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1,917.5
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Tonne
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Domestic consumption in
the 3 preceding years for which data are available:
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Year
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Quantity
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Unit
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Year 1
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2020
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12,483.7
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2021
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13,197.7
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2022
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9,416.5
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Tonne
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Average:
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11,699.3
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Tonne
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Calculation of base
trigger level
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Average Imports
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Average domestic
consumption
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Import penetration (MAO) :
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1,917.5
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/
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11,699.3
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=
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16%
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X
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Base Trigger Level
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if import penetration
(MAO) < or = 10%
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125%
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x
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=
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if import penetration
(MAO) > 10% but < or = 30%
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110%
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x
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1,917.5
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=
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2,109.3
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if import penetration
(MAO) >30%
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105%
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x
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=
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Y
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Change in domestic
consumption
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9,416.5
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-
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13,197.7
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=
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-3,781.2
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X + Y
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=
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-1,671.9
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Trigger cap
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125%
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x
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1,917.5
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=
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2,396.9
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Trigger
threshold
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105%
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x
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1,917.5
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=
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2,013.4
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Trigger
level taking domestic consumption into account
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2,013.4
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Method of allocation of
change in consumption to the tariff line concerned:
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