NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 25 April 2025, 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).
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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: Rice
2. Tariff item
number: 10061000, 10062000, 10063000,
10064000, 11029011, 11029019, 11031930, 11032010, 11041910, 11042920, 11081910,
18069061, 18069071, 18069092, 19019091, 19021110, 19021910, 19022010, 19023020,
19041020, 19042011, 19042021, 19049010, 21069098
3. Trigger
level: 136,070.9 tonnes
(as calculated
in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in
current period: 136,101.6 tonnes
5. Period of
application: 14-12-2024 - 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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2021
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121,261.9
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2022
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121,815.3
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2023
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145,696.7
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Tonne
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Average:
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129,591.3
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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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2021
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1,182,863.7
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2022
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1,147,506.7
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2023
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1,139,096.7
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Tonne
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Average:
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1,156,489
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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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129,591.3
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/
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1,156,489
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=
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11%
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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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129,591.3
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=
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142550.4
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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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1,139,096.7
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-
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1,147,506.7
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=
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-8410
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X + Y
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=
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134,140.4
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Trigger cap
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125%
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x
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129,591.3
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=
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161,989.1
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Trigger threshold
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105%
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x
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129,591.3
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=
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136,070.9
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Trigger level taking domestic consumption into account
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136,070.9
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Method of allocation of change in consumption to the tariff line
concerned:
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