WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CAN/22
23 September 1998
(98-3660)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English/
                 French
NOTIFICATION
           The attached notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables  ES:1  to ES:3 ) for
marketing year 1996/97 was received from the delegation of Canada  on 7 September 1998.G/AG/N/CAN/22
Page 2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products1Marketing year
Aug 1, 1996 – Jul 31, 1997Subsidised exports Food aid2Annual commitment levels
Outlays
($000)Quantity
(Tonnes)Quantity
(Tonnes)Outlays
($000)Quantity
(Tonnes)
12 3 4 5 6 7
Wheat and Wheat Flour 0 0 418,1533301,301 12,642,559
Coarse Grains 0 0 9804102,452 4,258,671
Oilseeds 0 0 9,150552,537 2,059,158
Vegetable Oils  0 0 16,55163,055 109,226
Oilcakes 0 0 - 6,570 255,185
Butter 3,170 666 - 33,304 8,271Skim Milk Powder 2,644 1,479 - 42,830 52,919Cheese 0 0 - 26,327 11,773
Other Milk Products 0 0 - 30,944 35,649
Vegetables 0 0 17,366
74,779 195,642
Incorporated Products 0 N/A - 31,447 N/A
1. The range of products in each category is those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Secti on II:  Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reductio n Commitments, Annex I.
2. Includes food aid to all destinations, with the range of products in each category defined as those in Annex I of Canada's Sc hedule V.  Food aid data provided by the Canadian
International Development Agency.
3. Wheat and wheat flour.
4. Corn.5. Mustard seed.6. Canola oil.
7. Dried peas and beans.G/AG/N/CAN/22
Page 3Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Direct export
subsidies
($000)Sales of
stocks
($000)Producer
financed
subsidies
($000)Cost reduction
measures
($000)Internal
transport
subsidies
($000)Total product
specific export
subsidies
($000)Quantity of
subsidised
exports
(Tonnes)Data source
1 2345678 9
W h e a t  a n d  W h e a t  F l o u r -------
C o a r s e  G r a i n s -------
O i l s e e d s -------V e g e t a b l e  O i l s -------
O i l c a k e s -------
Butter (0405) - - 3,170 - - 3,170 666 Canadian Dairy Commission
(CDC)
Skim Milk Powder
(0402.10)- - 2,644 - - 2,644 1,479 CDC
C h e e s e ------- C D C
O t h e r  M i l k  P r o d u c t s------- C D CV e g e t a b l e s -------I n c o r p o r a t e d  P r o d u c t s ------ N / A C D CG/AG/N/CAN/22
Page 4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products1Marketing year 1996/97Quantity of total exports2
(Tonnes)
123
Wheat and Wheat Flour August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 20,060,055
Coarse Grains August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 6,660,096
Oilseeds August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 3,440,459
Vegetable Oils August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 714,377Oilcakes August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 1,112,436Butter August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 10,987
Skim Milk Powder August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 24,888
Cheese August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 20,409Other Milk Products August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 57,185Vegetables August 1, 1996 - July 31, 1997 1,269,956
Pork
3August 1, 1996 - July 31, 19974332,556
1. The range of products in each category (except pork) is those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Section II:  Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Qua ntity Reduction
Commitments, Annex I.
2. Export data from Statistics Canada, Trade of Canada.3. As required by G/AG/2/Add.1, Canada is notifying total exports of pork.  Trade data for pork includes pork and pork products in Chapter 2 of the Harmonized System.
4. The August 1-July 31 period has no significance for Canadian pork marketing; it has been chosen to facilitate notification of  all data related to Canada's export subsidy commitments
using the same time-period.G/AG/N/CAN/22
Page 5Table ES:3
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1996/97
Export Subsidies:  Notification of  total volume of food aid
Description of products Marketing year
1996 - 19971Quantity of food aid to all destinations
12 3
In addition to the food aid reported in Table ES.1:
Canned fish August 1, 1996 – July 31, 1997 2,207 tonnes
Soya oil August 1, 1996 – July 31, 1997 2,223 tonnes
1. The August 1 – July 31 period has no significance for Canadian food aid; it has been chosen to facilitate notification of all  data related to Canada's export subsidy commitments
using the same time-period.
Source:  Canadian International Development Agency.
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