NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 25 April 2025, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of the
United States of America.
The notification concerns the volume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3).
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Table
MA:3
MARKET ACCESS - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Notification
under Article 5 of the Agreement: Special safeguard: Volume-based
1. Description
of product: Articles containing over 65% by
dry weight of sugars described in additional U.S. note 2 to chapter 17
2. Tariff item
number: 17019148, 17029068, 17049068,
18061028, 18061055, 18062073, 18069049, 19012025, 19012060, 19019054, 21011248,
21012048, 21069076, 21069094
3. Trigger
level: 1,251.6 tonnes
(as calculated
in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory in
current period: 1 October 2024 through 31 January 2025
2,304 tonnes
5. Period of
application: 16-04-2025 - 30-09-2025
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 not 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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733
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2022
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1,181
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2023
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1,090
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Tonne
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Average:
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1,001.3
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Tonne
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Base Trigger Level
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Calculation of trigger level:
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125%
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x
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1,001.3
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=
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1,251.6
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As domestic consumption is not taken into account, in accordance with
paragraph 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture, the base trigger
level is calculated as 125% of the three-year average imports.
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General
Note:
For additional
information, please refer to 90 FR 15949 in the Federal Register.
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