WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/46
10 March 2003
(03-1343)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification in the context of actions taken within the framework of the Decision
on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importin g Developing Countries ( Table NF:1 ) was received from the
delegation of the United States  on 21 February 2003.G/AG/N/USA/46
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Table NF:1
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 16:2 OF THE AGREEMENT:
MONITORING OF THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE DECISION ON
MEASURES CONCERNING THE POSSIBLE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
THE REFORM PROGRAMME ON LEAST-DEVELOPED AND NET
FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:  United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD:
1 July 1999 – 30 June 2000 for items (1) and (2)
1 October 1999 – 31 September 2000 for items (3) and (4)
(1) Quantity of food aid provided to least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries1:
Tonnage Product
1,273,804 Wheat
475,850 Vegetable oil
185,702 Coarse grains124,017 Rice
121,858 Pulses
191,156 Wheat flour
90,358 Corn meal
87,714 Bulgur51,801 Soy/grain blends
6,000 Tallow
34 High energy biscuits
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Total 2,608,293
 (2) Indication of the proportion in fully gr ant form or appropriate concessional terms:
The aid listed above was provided under the P.L. 480, Food for Progress, and Section 416(b)
programmes.  The allocations to the various food aid programmes were as follows:
172,485 MT Title I Government-to-Government concessional sales
1,187,010 MT Title II Emergency & development assistance in partnership with PVOs,
NGOs and World Food Programme (WFP) in fully grant form
115,867 MT Title III Government-to-Government  commodity donations to developing
countries in fully grant form
114,657 MT Food for Progress/CCC commodity grants through Private Voluntary
Organizations or Food for Progress/ Title I Government-to-Government
grants.
1,018,274 MT Section 416(b)/CCC commodity grants through Private Voluntary
Organizations, the WFP and Government-to-Government grants
Title I aid is provided on long-term concessional terms in accordance with the guidelines of
the Food Aid Convention.  Aid under Title II , Title III, Food for Progress and Section 416(b)
Programmes is provided in fully grant form.
                                                     
1 All tonnage is reported in metric ton grain equivalent per Food Aid Convention (FAC) standards.G/AG/N/USA/46
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(3) Technical and financial assistance under paragraph 3(iii) of the Decision:
The principal source of US financial assistance and funding for technical assistance for
developing countries is the US Agency for International Development (USAID) within the
Department of State.  All of the figures reported below represent budgetary obligations or estimates
for the reporting period:
USAID Global Assistance to Agriculture Not Allocated to Specific Countries:
Total $29,857,000
(Includes expenditures on crop production, livestock production, resource management, infrastructure,
policies and planning, training and extension, and agribusiness credit)
Some USAID funds are used to support agricult ural technical assistance to least-developed
and net food-importing developing countries by other US Government agencies, including the
International Cooperation and Development (ICD) Programme area of USDA's Foreign Agricultural
Service.  For example, ICD provides technical assistance and training programmes focused on:
agricultural policy formulation; marketing; agribusiness development; enhancing
sanitary/phytosanitary capacity; promotion of inter-regional and international trade; development ofmarket news and statistical systems; famine early warning and mitigation; grasshopper/locust
eradication efforts; and natural resource management.  The funding for these agencies' programmes
comes primarily from USAID and is included in the figures above.
US Department of Agriculture Programmes
Total, Cochran Fellowship Programme $574,000
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's ICD programme area maintains the Cochran
Fellowship Programme, which provides short-term training in the United States designed to assist
participating countries to develop agricultural systems necessary to meet the food needs of their
populations.
US Contributions to Multilateral Organizations with an Agricultural Emphasis ($)
International Development Association 771,290,000
UN Development Programme 80,000,000World Food Programme 5,000,000
International Fund for Agricultural Development 5,000,000
International Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture 16,000,000
Food and Agriculture Organization 81,038,000
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Total 958,328,000G/AG/N/USA/46
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Peace Corps Funds to Support Agricultural Volunteers ($)
Least-Developed Countries 2,959,000
NFIDCs 1,695,000
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Total 4,654,000
Additional development programmes in least-developed and net food-importing developing
countries are provided by the US Peace Corps.  The Peace Corps sponsors volunteers who provided
technical assistance to: produce agricultural products and by-products; increase agricultural
productivity; safely use agricultural chemicals; and process, store or market agricultural goods and
by-products.
Value of Food Assistance Used in Development Programmes ($)
Total 389,500,000
This figure represents the US value of the commodities donated under either Title I, Title II,
Food For Progress or Section 416(b) food aid prog rammes that were monetized.  When food aid is
monetized, or sold locally, it produces funds that may be used for local agricultural development
programmes and to cover local administrative costs for the programme.  Typically, the funds are used
for water management or irrigation programmes, farm credit, agricultural infrastructure, healthprogrammes, or to purchase local foods that will provide a nutritionally complete diet to recipients.
The total includes $232.7 million of Title II funds.  In fiscal year 2000, 82 per cent of Title II
development programmes were in least-developed (LDC) and net food-importing developing
countries (NFIDC).
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
Least-developed countries and net food-importing developing countries had access to the
following US Government officially-suppor ted export credit guarantee programmes:
Available Applications
Total 2$1,345,000,000 $529,530,000
OR
(4) Other relevant information with respect to actions taken within the framework of the
Decision:
WTO developing country Members had access to the following US Government officially-
supported export credit guarantee programmes:
Available Applications
Total $5,159,000,000 $3,053,320,000
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2 Includes both individual least developed and net food-importing developing countries and regional
groupings that include least developed and net food-importing developing countries.