Dear CSCA Members,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and the Canadian Embassy in Seoul have been monitoring the Agriculture Safeguard Measures for Canadian Adzuki Beans under the Canada-Korea Free Trade Agreement (CKFTA).
The below data table (Figure 1.1) shows that as of April 25, 2019, the imports of Adzuki Beans (red beans) (HS 0713.32.90.00) from Canada to South Korea was at utilisation rate of 99.96% under the Main Safeguard Trigger Level of 476 MT for Year 5 (2019) within the CKFTA. This means that Canada is very close to exceeding the Main Safeguard Trigger Level.
Please be advised that any quantities above the Main Safeguard Trigger Level will be subject to a 376% import duty for the remainder of 2019.
Background:
For years 1-4 of the CKFTA, all quantities imported at or below an Intermediate Safeguard Trigger Level entered duty-free on a first-come, first-served basis, and all quantities entered above the Intermediate Safeguard Trigger Level and at or below the Main Safeguard Trigger Level entered at the Intermediate Safeguard Duty (which in 2018 (year 4 of CKFTA) was 15%).
In year 5 (2019) of the CKFTA, there is no more Intermediate Safeguard Trigger Level. All quantities imported at or below the Main Safeguard Trigger Level (476 MT) enters duty-free on a first-come, first-served basis and all quantities entered above the Main Safeguard Trigger Level (476 MT in 2019) shall enter at the Main Safeguard Duty (376% in 2019).
The Main Safeguard Trigger Level increases year over year until year 16 of the CKFTA (2030), after which there is no limit. The Main Safeguard Duty decreases year over year until year 16 of the CKFTA (2030), after which there is no duty.