WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/USA/8
11March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0982)
Committee onAgriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning export subsidy commitments (Tables ES:1 andES:2)
for1995 wasreceived from thedelegation oftheUnited States on5March 1997.
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UNITED STATES
Forseveral products nooutlays havebeennotified where there aresubsidized quantities.
Theexplanation forthisisthedifference inbaseperiod between thetwocommitments. As
explained infootnote 2,thequantity commitments cover awards made during theperiod 1July
1995 through 30June1996 andtheoutlay commitments cover bonuses awarded during theperiod
1October 1995 through 30September 1996. Theabsence ofoutlay dataisaresult ofthefactthat
noEEPbonuses were awarded formost products after30September 1995.G/AG/N/USA/8
Page2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States ofAmerica
REPORTING PERIOD: 1995
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description ofproducts Fiscal year Subsidised exports Food aid1/
Quantity
(MT)Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(U.S. $000)Quantity
(MT)Outlays
(U.S. $)Quantity
(MT)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wheat Fiscal 2/ 0 559,826 3/ 1,531,271 4/ 765,499,231 20,238,298
Coarse grains 0 282 5/ 73,563 6/ 67,735,453 1,906,302
Rice 0 9,900 149,716 15,705,850 271,660
Vegetable oils 0 0 173,640 52,959,518 587,538
Butter &Butter oil 0 0 0 44,792,792 42,989
Skim milk powder 16,818 63,696 3,445 121,118,905 108,227
Cheese 2,056 3,275 0 5,339,844 3,829
Other milk products 1,551 4,501 9,203 14,374,120 12,456
Bovine meat 0 0 0 33,520,056 21,486
Pigmeat 0 0 0 730,050 483
Poultry meat 5,153 22,250 0 21,377,402 34,196
Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 17,450,834 13,467
Eggs (dozen) 0 7,565,500 0 7,587,922 30,261,813
1/Members aretoprovide dataonfood aidtoalldestinations.
2/Budgetary outlay commitments arefortheperiod: 1October 1995 through 30September 1996, andQuantity commitments arefortheperiod :1July1995
through 30June 1996.
3/Includes wheat, wheat flour, andsemolina onawheat equivalent basis.
4/Includes wheat, bulgur wheat andwheat flour onwheat equivalent basis.
5/Includes barley/malting barley andbarley malt onabarley equivalent basis.
6/Sorghum.G/AG/N/USA/8
Page3Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States ofAmerica
REPORTING PERIOD: 1995
Export Subsidies: Notification ofTotal Exports
Description of
productsDirect
Export
subsidies
($000)Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost
reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific export
subsidies
($000)Quantity of
subsidized exports
(MT)Data source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 0 559,826 USDA/FAS
Coarse Grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 282 USDA/FAS
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,900 USDA/FAS
Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Butter &Butter oil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Skim milk powder 16,818 0 0 0 0 16,818 63,696 USDA/FAS
Cheese 2,056 0 0 0 0 2,056 3,275 USDA/FAS
Other milk products 1,551 0 0 0 0 1,551 4,501 USDA/FAS
Bovine meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Pigmeat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Poultry meat 5,153 0 0 0 0 5,153 22,250 USDA/FAS
Live Dairy Cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,565,500 USDA/FAS
USDA/FAS: TheUnited States Department ofAgriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.G/AG/N/USA/8
Page4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States ofAmerica
REPORTING PERIOD: 1995
Export Subsidies: Notification ofTotal Exports
Description ofproducts Calendar/marketing yearbeginning 1/ Unit Quantity oftotalexports
1 2 3
Bovine meat MT 637,549
Livedairy cattle (head) HEAD 28,209
Pigmeat MT 161,500
Poultry meat MT 958,560
Eggs DOZ 115,565,397
Cheese MT 18,536
Coarse Grains
Rice 2/MT
MT7,577,622
2,382,581
Skim milkpowder 3/ MT 81,000
Other milkproducts 3/ MT 3,000
Wheat MT 33,463,842
Oilseeds MT 23,637,434G/AG/N/USA/8
Page5Description ofproducts Calendar/marketing yearbeginning 1/ Unit Quantity oftotalexports
1 2 3
Butter &Butter oil MT 9,584
Oilcakes MT 12,443,091
Vegetables MT 2,239,917
Vegetable oils MT 1,096,066
Fruit MT 2,679,087
Tobacco MT 215,220
Cotton BALES 7,529,245
1/Exports arefortheperiod: 1July1995 through 30June1996.
2/Dataforriceisprovided separately because riceisnotincluded incoarse grains, anddoesnotreceive export subsidy.
3/Exports forthisreporting period were shipped under theDairy Export Incentive Program (DEIP). Theimport datarepresent
actual shipments during theperiod: 1July1995 through 30June1996.