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: Silk-worm cocoons
2. Tariff item number: 500100
3. Trigger level: 1.6
tonnes
(as
calculated in Annex 1)
4.
Volume of imports entering
territory in current period: 2.4 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 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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2022
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2
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Tonne
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|
|
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Year 2
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2023
|
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0.4
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|
Tonne
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|
|
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Year 3
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2024
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1.4
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|
Tonne
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|
|
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Average:
|
|
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1.3
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|
Tonne
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|
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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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1.3
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=
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1.6
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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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