NOTIFICATION
The following
submission, dated 5 January 2026, is being circulated at the
request of the delegation of Japan.
The notification concerns the volume-based special safeguard (Table MA:3).
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Table MA:3
MARKET ACCESS -
JAPAN
Notification under Article 5 of the Agreement: Special
safeguard: Volume-based
1.
Description of product: Potato
starch
2.
Tariff item number: 110813
3.
Trigger level: 11,771.6
tonnes
(as
calculated in Annex 1)
4. Volume of imports entering
territory
in current period: 12,578 tonnes
5.
Period of application: 01-01-2026
- 31-03-2026
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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2022
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10,506.132
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2023
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8,342.55
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2024
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14,784.325
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Tonne
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Average:
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11,211
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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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2022
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176,620.953
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Tonne
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Year 2
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2023
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174,403.722
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Tonne
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Year 3
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2024
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166,690.036
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Tonne
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Average:
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172,571.6
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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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11,211
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/
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172,571.6
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=
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6%
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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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11,211
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=
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14,013.8
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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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=
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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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166,690.0
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-
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174,403.7
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=
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-7,713.7
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X + Y
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=
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6,300.1
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Trigger cap
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125%
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x
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11,211
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=
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14,013.8
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Trigger threshold
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105%
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x
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11,211
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=
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11,771.6
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Trigger level taking domestic
consumption into account
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11,771.6
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Method of allocation of change in consumption to the tariff line
concerned:
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In the relevant ministerial notification (Notification of the Ministry
of Finance, Import base volume, etc. in FY2025 for special emergency
tariffs based on import volume, 31 March 2025), trigger level of this
product is described as 11,772 tonnes as a result of rounding to integer.
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