WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/JPN/54
16 June 2000
(00-2441)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification in the context of e xport subsidy commitments for the fiscal years
1997 and 1998 ( Table ES:3  – total volume of food aid) was received from the delegation of Japan  on
30 May 2000.G/AG/N/JPN/54
Page 2Table ES:3
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Japan
REPORTING PERIOD:  fiscal year 1 April 1997-31 March 1998
Export Subsidies:  Notification of  total volume of food aid
Quantity of food aid to all destinations Description of products Fiscal year 1997, beginning
1 AprilQuantity
(tonnes)Value *
(Yen)Destination
12 3 4 5
(iii) Rice 16,532 1,000,000,000 Cambodia (through WFP)
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 24,299 587,000,000 Nepal
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 53,763 850,000,000 Bangladesh(i) Wheat and wheat flour 3,570 150,000,000 Maldives
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 24,000 500,000,000 Mongolia
(iii) Rice 10,466 400,000,000 Lao(iii) Rice 12,112 480,000,000 Angola(iii) Rice 3,585 150,000,000 Cape Verde
(iii) Rice 4,831 200,000,000 Guinea
(iii) Rice 4,569 180,000,000 Comoros(iii) Rice 3,293 150,000,000 Sao Tome and Principe(iii) Rice 5,078 200,000,000 Djibouti
(ii)  Coarse grains 5,330 700,000,000 Sudan (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 6,360 250,000,000 Senegal(ii)  Coarse grains 1,689 300,000,000 Somalia (through WFP)(iii) Rice 13,431 500,000,000 Tanzania
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 7,042 500,000,000 Central African Republic
(iii) Rice 4,111 170,000,000 Togo(iii) Rice 8,067 400,000,000 Niger(iii) Rice 7,599 390,000,000 Burkina Faso
(iii) Rice 5,106 200,000,000 BeninG/AG/N/JPN/54
Page 3Quantity of food aid to all destinations Description of products Fiscal year 1997, beginning
1 AprilQuantity
(tonnes)Value *
(Yen)Destination
12 3 4 5
(iii) Rice 6,390 250,000,000 Madagascar
(ii)  Coarse grains 10,802 330,000,000 Malawi
(iii) Rice 12,540 500,000,000 Mozambique
(iii) Rice 4,776 200,000,000 Mauritania
(iii) Rice 4,014 300,000,000 Rwanda(iii) Rice 10,055 400,000,000 Haiti(iii) Rice 8,018 300,000,000 Papua New Guinea
(iii) Rice 9,979 300,000,000 Afghan Refugees (through WFP)
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 20,460 800,000,000 Palestine Refugees (through UNRWA)(i) Wheat and wheat flour 29,876 2,050,000,000 African Refugees (through WFP)(i) Wheat and wheat flour 29,120 1,000,000,000 Former Yugoslav Refugees (through WFP)
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 11,231 600,000,000 Caucasian Refugees (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 67,000 27,000,000 (US$) North Korea (through WFP)
Total 449,094
* Value means the CIF or CIP price of food to procure with respect to bilateral food aid, and means total of the FOB price of f ood to procure and costs of transport and
other operations with respect to food aid through WFP and UNRWA.G/AG/N/JPN/54
Page 4Table ES:3
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Japan
REPORTING PERIOD:  fiscal year 1 April 1998-31 March 1999
Export Subsidies:  Notification of  total volume of food aid
Quantity of food aid to all destinations Description of products Fiscal year 1998, beginning
1 AprilQuantity
(tonnes)Value *
(Yen)Destination
12 3 4 5
(iii) Rice 14,584 450,000,000 Indonesia
(iii) Rice 40,702 1,850,000,000 Indonesia (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 10,200 637,000,000 Cambodia (through WFP)(iii) Rice 25,025 1,000,000,000 Bangladesh (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 2,718 120,000,000 Maldives
(iii) Rice 8,659 330,000,000 Mongolia(iii) Rice 7,816 300,000,000 Lao(iii) Rice 4,793 200,000,000 Ghana
(iii) Rice 2,800 120,000,000 Cape Verde
(iii) Rice 5,005 200,000,000 Guinea(iii) Rice 3,011 120,000,000 Sao Tome and Principe(iii) Rice 3,717 150,000,000 Djibouti
(ii)  Coarse grains 4,613 1,000,000,000 Sudan (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 4,980 200,000,000 Senegal(iii) Rice 13,240 500,000,000 Tanzania(iii) Rice 8,170 400,000,000 Niger
(iii) Rice 7,352 350,000,000 Burkina Faso
(iii) Rice 3,612 150,000,000 Benin(iii) Rice 5,189 200,000,000 Madagascar(iii) Rice 4,889 250,000,000 Malawi
(iii) Rice 10,700 400,000,000 MozambiqueG/AG/N/JPN/54
Page 5Quantity of food aid to all destinations Description of products Fiscal year 1998, beginning
1 AprilQuantity
(tonnes)Value *
(Yen)Destination
12 3 4 5
(iii) Rice 7,560 300,000,000 Mauritania
(iii) Rice 8,170 300,000,000 Haiti
(iii) Rice 2,984 200,000,000 Honduras (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 15,614 800,000,000 Palestine Refugees (through UNRWA)
(i) Wheat and wheat flour 35,804 2,900,000,000 African Refugees (through WFP)(i) Wheat and wheat flour 12,763 500,000,000 Former Yugoslav Refugees (through WFP)(i) Wheat and wheat flour 9,473 400,000,000 Kosovo Refugees (through WFP)
(iii) Rice 600,000 n.a. Indonesia (loan of rice)
Total 884,143
* Value means the CIF or CIP price of food to procure with respect to bilateral food aid, and means total of the FOB price of f ood to procure and costs of transport and
other operations with respect to food aid through WFP and UNRWA.
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