Committee on Agriculture - NOTIFICATION - The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu - Table MA:3

NOTIFICATION

The following submission, dated 27 November 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:          Persimmon

 

2. Tariff item number:                08107000

 

3. Trigger level:                           57.1 tonnes

(as calculated in Annex 1)

 

4. Volume of imports entering

territory in current period:         57.3 tonnes

 

5. Period of application:             15-11-2025 - 31-12-2025

SPECIAL SAFEGUARD: VOLUME-BASED: ANNEX 1 TO MA:3

Information required for the calculation of the trigger level

Domestic consumption is taken into account

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imports in the 3 preceding years for which data are available:

 

Year

 

Quantity

 

Unit

 

 

 

Year 1

2021

 

53.1

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Year 2

2022

 

56.5

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Year 3

2023

 

53.6

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Average:

 

 

54.4

 

Tonne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domestic consumption in the 3 preceding years for which data are available:

 

Year

 

Quantity

 

Unit

 

 

 

Year 1

2021

 

72,711.6

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Year 2

2022

 

64,712

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Year 3

2023

 

59,064.7

 

Tonne

 

 

 

Average:

 

 

65,496.1

 

Tonne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculation of base trigger level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Imports

 

Average domestic consumption

 

 

 

 

 

Import penetration (MAO) :

54.4

/

65,496.1

=

0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Base Trigger Level

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

if import penetration (MAO) < or = 10%

125%

x

54.4

=

68

 

 

 

if import penetration (MAO) > 10% but < or = 30%

110%

x

 

=

 

 

 

 

if import penetration (MAO) >30%

105%

x

 

=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in domestic consumption

59,064.7

-

64,712

=

-5,647.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X + Y

=

-5,579.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trigger cap

125%

x

54.4

=

68

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trigger threshold

105%

x

54.4

=

57.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trigger level taking domestic consumption into account

 

 

 

 

57.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Method of allocation of change in consumption to the tariff line concerned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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