RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/AG/W/32
3November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4780)
Committee onAgriculture
MEMBERS 'PARTICIPATION INTHE NORMAL GROWTH OF
WORLD TRADE INAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS -
ARTICLE 18.5OFTHE AGREEMENT ONAGRICULTURE
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Article 18.5oftheAgreement onAgriculture provides that"Members agree toconsult annually
intheCommittee onAgriculture withrespect totheirparticipation inthenormal growth ofworld trade
inagricultural products within theframework ofthecommitments onexport subsidies under this
Agreement."AccordingtotheCommittee'sWorkingProcedurestheseconsultationsaretobeundertaken
attheNovember meetings oftheCommittee (G/AG/1, paragraph 17refers).
2. Asrequested atthemeeting oftheCommittee onAgriculture on25-26 September 1997, the
Secretariat hasprepared abackground noteforthepurpose ofthese consultations. Theinformation
ispresented intheformoftables which areattached tothisnote. Thetables contain datawithrespect
toexport volumes (including foodaid)andshares inworld export volumes byselected Members.
3. Thefollowing products/product groups arecovered bythisnote:
(i) wheat andwheat flour;
(ii) coarse grains;
(iii) rice;
(iv) sugar;
(v) butter andbutter oil;
(vi) skim milkpowder;
(vii) cheese; and
(viii) bovine meat.
4. Three categories ofMembers aredistinguished inthetables:
(i) Members withexport subsidy reduction commitments;
(ii) "significant exporters"; and
(iii) others.
Eachtablespecifies allMembers which have, according totheirSchedules, export subsidy reduction
commitments withrespect totheproduct/product group concerned. InthecaseofHungary, export
subsidy commitments pursuant totherecent waiver decision areadditionally taken intoaccount
(WT/L/238 refers). Asaresult Hungary isalsoincluded inthetables forskimmilkpowder andbutter
andbutter oil."Significant exporters" refers tothose Members which areidentified inthelistof
significant exporters forthepurpose oftheCommittee 'snotification requirement onexport subsidy
commitments (G/AG/2/Add.1 refers). Furthermore, inorder toprovide amore comprehensive picture
ofthedevelopments ofshares inworld export volumes, inafewcasesitwasconsidered useful toinclude
selected other Members, inparticular those which haveemerged asmajor exporters during theperiod
covered. Theshares inworld export volumes ofany"significant" non-Members arenotspecified in
thetables.G/AG/W/32
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5. Theproduct definition ofthestatistical datadoesnotnecessarily match theproduct definitions
usedforthepurpose ofexport subsidy reduction commitments. Thispoint should beborne inmind,
inparticular when comparing thestatistical datawithcommitment levels, subsidized exports ortotal
exports asnotified pursuant toTable ES:2ofdocument G/AG/2. Forexample, although cornexports
are,bydefinition, included inthetotalforcoarse grain exports, theUnited States 'export subsidy
reduction commitment forcoarse grains doesnotcover corn. Members withreduction commitments
onthebasisofaggregate product groups arespecified inthetables ofeachindividual product/product
group covered bythecommitment. Forexample, Switzerland hasanexport subsidy reduction
commitment fordairy products (excluding butter) andistherefore included inthetables forskimmilk
powder andcheese butnotinthetable forbutter. Members withanagriculture-wide commitment
(Costa Rica, NewZealand andPanama) areonlyspecified inthetables relating toproducts/product
groups where theyhave"significant exporter" status.
6. Theexport volume dataaresourced from FAO, theInternational Grains Council (IGC) and
theInternational Sugar Organization (ISO). Other sources mayproduce different results interms of
absolute volumes aswellasyear-to-year changes ofshares inworld export volumes. Thismaybe
duetoavariety ofreasons, including differences withrespect toproduct definition, reporting period
(e.g.calendar yearversus marketing year), conversion factors ortherevision ofdata.
7. Theexport volumes oftheECaswellastheaggregate export volumes (referred toas"world
totals" inthetables) exclude intra-EC trade.1Furthermore, inorder toensure consistency withprevious
years theworld totals sourced from FAO andIGCfor1992 to1995 exclude trade among thenewly
independent states oftheformer Soviet Union since thispreviously constituted internal trade. For
thesame reason, theFAO world totals alsoexclude trade among theindependent republics offormer
Yugoslavia (since 1992) andtrade between theCzech Republic andtheSlovak Republic aswellas
between Eritrea andEthiopia (since 1993).
8. Thetimeperiod covered is1986, thefirstyearofthebaseperiod forexport subsidy reduction
commitments, untilthemost recent yearforwhich dataareavailable from thesources used. In
particular, FAOdataarecurrently available onlyupto1995. Forreasons ofconsistency, more recent
dataavailable from other sources werenotusedtocomplement FAO data. Inthecaseofsugar, the
datacurrently available totheSecretariat begin withtheyear1990/1991.
9. Thecountry-specificandcommodity-specificexplanatorynoteswhicharecontainedinthesources
arenotreproduced inthisnote. Thefollowing symbols areusedinthetables:
... notavailable/not applicable
- negligible.
1EC(15)asfrom 1995.G/AG/W/32
Page3Table 1-Share inworld export volume ofwheat andwheat flour byselected Member (percent)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 (est)
Argentina 4.6 5.3 6.9 4.9 8.5 4.9 10.9
Australia 12.6 7.7 9.0 13.8 8.6 13.4 19.4
Bulgaria 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.8 ...
Canada 19.9 22.5 20.5 19.6 23.1 18.8 19.5
Czech Republic ... ... ... 0.2 0.0 1.3 ...
EC 19.3 19.7 21.6 20.7 17.5 13.5 17.4
Hungary 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.1 1.2 2.6 0.3
Mexico 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 ...
Romania 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.1
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.1 0.0 0.8 ...
South Africa 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 ...
Switzerland 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Turkey 0.8 5.9 1.9 1.3 1.8 1.0 1.0
United States 36.0 32.4 35.2 35.6 35.2 37.1 28.9
Total ofthe
above95.4 95.1 96.1 96.4 96.7 96.6 97.6
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 2G/AG/W/32
Page4Table 2-Export volume ofwheat andwheat flour (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87-1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 (est) Basis forInclusion
Argentina 4,463 5,734 7,322 4,493 7,867 4,400 10,000 Other
Australia 12,174 8,283 9,526 12,771 7,900 12,100 17,800 Significant Exporter
Bulgaria 215 25 300 11 339 700 ... Reduction Commitment
Canada 19,229 24,378 21,582 18,169 21,300 16,900 17,900 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 196 41 1,131 ... Reduction Commitment
EC 18,589 21,278 22,746 19,124 16,100 12,200 16,000 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 1,322 1,602 500 131 1,100 2,300 300 Reduction Commitment
Mexico 85 - - 2 97 451 ... Reduction Commitment
Romania 124 10 - - - 1,700 100 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 84 35 696 ... Reduction Commitment
South Africa 383 154 200 170 96 150 ... Reduction Commitment
Switzerland - - - - - - ... Reduction Commitment
Turkey 730 6,373 2,031 1,163 1,666 900 900 Reduction Commitment
United States 34,684 35,061 37,148 32,941 32,400 33,400 26,500 Reduction Commitment
World Total 96,453 108,156 105,431 92,608 92,020 90,100 91,700
Notes:
1)Volumes areinwheat equivalent; International Grains Council (IGC) datainclude wheat, wheat flour anddurum (grain andsemolina); FAO datainclude wheat and
flour.
2)DatafortheCzech Republic, Mexico, theSlovak Republic andSwitzerland arefrom FAO (1995); dataforallother countries andworld totals arefrom IGC(1995/96),
except for1995/96 and1996/97 which arefrom IGC(25September 1997).
3)IGCdataareforJuly/June years. FAO dataareonacalendar yearbasis, with1986 dataaccorded to1986/87, 1987 to1987/88 andsoforth.
4)Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Sources:
1)FAO (1995), "FAO Trade Yearbook".
2)International Grains Council, "World Grain Statistics 1995/96".
3)International Grains Council (25September 1997), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/W/32
Page5Table 3-Share inworld export volume ofcoarse grains byselected Member (percent)
Average
1986/87- 1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 (est.)
Argentina 5.4 7.5 7.2 6.4 6.5 6.8 12.6
Australia 2.9 2.5 3.3 5.6 2.5 4.0 4.9
Brazil 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 ...
Canada 5.9 5.2 3.8 6.9 5.2 4.7 5.8
Czech Republic ... ... ... 0.1 0.0 0.1 ...
EC 9.9 9.2 10.5 10.3 8.6 4.2 8.4
Hungary 0.2 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.2
Mexico 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 ...
Romania 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 ...
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.2 0.2 0.2 ...
South Africa 1.9 0.5 0.0 2.0 3.7 0.7 2.3
Turkey 0.1 1.3 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.1 0.0
United States 61.2 54.9 59.9 48.7 63.4 72.6 57.5
Venezuela 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 ...
Total ofthe
above87.8 83.7 85.9 81.2 92.0 94.1 91.7
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 4G/AG/W/32
Page6Table 4-Export volume ofcoarse grains (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986/87- 1990/911991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
(est.)Basis forInclusion
Argentina 4,867 6,924 6,348 5,210 5,871 6,200 11,400 Significant Exporter
Australia 2,634 2,339 2,959 4,590 2,242 3,700 4,400 Other
Brazil - - 1 4 5 12 ... Reduction Commitment
Canada 5,282 4,781 3,345 5,578 4,735 4,300 5,200 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 49 43 122 ... Reduction Commitment
EC 8,914 8,493 9,342 8,410 7,820 3,800 7,600 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 135 2,491 390 18 552 300 200 Reduction Commitment
Mexico 6 57 19 48 36 83 ... Reduction Commitment
Romania 230 1 8 3 7 206 ... Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 169 171 178 ... Reduction Commitment
South Africa 1,701 481 13 1,665 3,389 600 2,100 Reduction Commitment
Turkey 113 1,184 591 650 971 50 ... Reduction Commitment
United States 54,992 50,894 53,159 39,610 57,355 66,400 52,000 Reduction Commitment
Venezuela 1 1 22 50 43 123 ... Reduction Commitment
World Total 89,836 92,752 88,748 81,366 90,492 91,500 90,400
Notes:
1) Volumes include: barley, maize, sorghum, oats, rye,millet, triticale andmixed grains.
2) DataforBrazil, theCzech Republic, Mexico, Romania, theSlovak Republic andVenezuela arefrom FAO (1996); dataforallother countries andworld totals are
from IGC(1995/96), except for1995/96 and1996/97 which arefrom IGC(25September 1997).
3) IGCdataareforJuly/June years. FAO dataareonacalendar yearbasis, with1986 dataaccorded to1986/87, 1987 to1987/88 andsoforth.
4) Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Sources:
1) FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.
2) International Grains Council, "World Grain Statistics 1995/96".
3) International Grains Council (25September 1997), "Grain Market Report".G/AG/W/32
Page7Table 5-Share inworld export volume ofricebyselected Member (percent)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Australia 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.5 2.4
Colombia 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czech Republic ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 0.1
EC 2.8 3.5 2.9 1.2 1.5 1.3
India 3.1 5.5 3.8 4.9 5.3 24.6
Indonesia 0.4 0.0 0.3 2.2 1.0 0.0
Pakistan 8.6 9.8 10.0 6.5 5.8 8.3
Romania 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thailand 39.2 35.1 33.9 31.6 28.8 27.6
Uruguay 20.2 18.2 14.3 17.0 16.7 13.7
United States 2.1 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.4 2.1
Venezuela 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3
Total oftheabove 79.8 78.4 71.1 70.2 65.5 80.5
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 6G/AG/W/32
Page8Table 6-Export volume ofrice(thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Basis forInclusion
Australia 391 425 519 482 585 542 Other
Colombia 18 85 - 4 2 0 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 4 7 17 Reduction Commitment
EC 353 434 433 187 250 300 Reduction Commitment
India 384 678 580 768 891 5,512 Other
Indonesia 55 1 42 351 169 0 Reduction Commitment
Pakistan 1,079 1,205 1,512 1,032 984 1,852 Significant Exporter
Romania - - 1 1 - 2 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... - - 1 Reduction Commitment
Thailand 4,912 4,333 5,151 4,989 4,859 6,198 Significant Exporter
Uruguay 2,532 2,243 2,164 2,680 2,822 3,084 Reduction Commitment
United States 265 270 328 505 408 462 Reduction Commitment
Venezuela 1 - 54 78 70 77 Reduction Commitment
World Total 12,517 12,336 15,179 15,774 16,864 22,432
Notes:
1)Riceinterms ofmilled rice.
2)DataforAustralia andPakistan arefortheyearending 30Juneoftherespective year. DataforIndia (since 1987) arefortheyearbeginning inApril.
3)Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.G/AG/W/32
Page9Table 7-Share inworld export volume ofsugar byselected Member (percent)
1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
Australia 9.8 7.4 11.8 13.4 13.1 12.6 13.8
Brazil 3.9 6.5 10.0 12.8 17.3 15.6 14.6
Colombia 1.3 1.5 1.7 2.0 3.0 2.6 2.7
Cuba 24.8 21.4 13.4 10.9 9.0 11.0 12.7
Czech Republic ... ... ... 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4
EC 19.2 15.8 18.3 19.2 15.0 12.4 13.5
Hungary 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2
Mexico 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 1.0 1.2 0.9
Poland 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.4
Romania 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa 3.0 1.8 0.2 0.7 1.3 1.9 3.0
Thailand 10.3 11.6 8.7 9.7 12.5 13.7 13.9
Total oftheabove 74.6 67.0 64.0 70.1 72.4 71.6 76.1
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 8G/AG/W/32
Page10Table 8-Export volume ofsugar (thousand metric tonnes)
1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 Basis forInclusion
Australia 2,660 2,197 3,350 3,995 4,009 4,365 4,755 Significant Exporter
Brazil 1,050 1,935 2,835 3,840 5,280 5,435 5,000 Reduction Commitment
Colombia 345 445 475 605 912 900 935 Reduction Commitment
Cuba 6,750 6,334 3,805 3,273 2,760 3,810 4,350 Significant Exporter
Czech Republic ... ... ... 105 35 60 135 Reduction Commitment
EC 5,225 4,691 5,205 5,735 4,575 4,305 4,625 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 5 114 0 5 25 90 70 Reduction Commitment
Mexico 100 82 15 0 300 425 325 Reduction Commitment
Poland 475 95 10 325 15 60 135 Reduction Commitment
Romania 50 5 5 5 1 5 5 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... - - - - Reduction Commitment
South Africa 805 525 45 195 403 674 1,025 Reduction Commitment
Thailand 2,805 3,453 2,463 2,897 3,808 4,758 4,780 Significant Exporter
World Total 27,187 29,648 28,470 29,924 30,542 34,755 34,349
Notes:
1)Volumes areforrawsugar.
2)September/October year.
3)Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: International Sugar Organization, "Quarterly Market Review", several reports.G/AG/W/32
Page11Table 9-Share inworld export volume ofskim milk powder byselected Member (percent)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Australia 6.8 13.2 9.8 12.4 17.0 15.0
Canada 5.1 4.1 2.8 1.8 3.4 3.7
Czech Republic ... ... ... 7.2 6.0 4.5
EC 37.2 28.4 36.0 29.6 14.8 31.7
Hungary 0.3 1.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
NewZealand 13.4 17.0 12.8 10.0 13.7 11.7
Poland 4.5 6.1 11.4 13.1 11.4 8.2
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 1.2 0.8 0.7
South Africa 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.9 0.7 0.5
Switzerland 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.5
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United States 17.6 5.0 6.9 8.0 5.1 5.0
Total oftheabove 85.7 77.9 80.9 85.3 73.3 81.8
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 10G/AG/W/32
Page12Table 10-Export volume ofskim milk powder (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Basis forInclusion
Australia 76 115 105 119 167 177 Reduction Commitment
Canada 58 36 30 17 34 44 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 69 58 54 Reduction Commitment
EC 419 249 387 284 145 375 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 4 16 3 2 3 3 Reduction Commitment
NewZealand 151 149 138 96 134 138 Significant Exporter
Poland 51 53 122 126 112 98 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 12 8 8 Reduction Commitment
South Africa 3 10 3 9 7 5 Reduction Commitment
Switzerland 5 10 7 7 - 6 Reduction Commitment
Turkey - - - - - - Reduction Commitment
United States 198 44 75 76 49 60 Reduction Commitment
World Total 1,127 876 1,076 958 979 1,184
Notes:
1) Volumes arefordryskim cowmilk.
2) DataforAustralia andNewZealand arefortheyearending 30Juneoftherespective year.
3) Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.G/AG/W/32
Page13Table 11-Share inworld export volume ofbutter andbutter oilbyselected Member (percent)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Australia 4.6 6.5 7.1 9.3 12.3 12.1
Canada 0.2 1.6 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.9
Czech Republic ... ... ... 4.4 2.9 3.9
EC 50.4 43.9 30.8 23.9 21.6 31.6
Hungary 0.5 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4
NewZealand 25.7 22.6 29.4 29.4 36.9 34.6
Norway 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.4 0.7
Romania 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.2 0.0 0.1
South Africa 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.2 0.2
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United States 3.3 4.1 13.3 16.0 11.4 5.6
Uruguay 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 1.4 0.9
Total oftheabove 86.9 81.4 83.7 86.2 86.4 90.1
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 12G/AG/W/32
Page14Table 12-Export volume ofbutter andbutter oil(thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Basis forInclusion
Australia 39 51 51 70 86 82 Reduction Commitment
Canada 2 12 10 6 2 6 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 33 20 26 Reduction Commitment
EC 431 342 223 180 150 214 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 4 12 4 4 2 3 Reduction Commitment
NewZealand 219 176 213 221 256 234 Significant Exporter
Norway 8 7 6 8 3 4 Reduction Commitment
Romania 10 - - - - - Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 2 - - Reduction Commitment
South Africa 1 2 2 4 2 1 Reduction Commitment
Turkey - - - - - - Reduction Commitment
United States 28 32 96 121 79 38 Reduction Commitment
Uruguay 9 5 1 3 10 6 Reduction Commitment
World Total 854 779 724 752 694 678
Notes:
1)Volumes include ghee.
2)DataforAustralia andNewZealand arefortheyearending 30Juneoftherespective year.
3)Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.G/AG/W/32
Page15Table 13-Share inworld export volume ofcheese byselected Member (percent)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Australia 7.4 7.0 7.8 8.7 10.0 11.1
Bulgaria 2.5 2.6 2.5 1.3 1.5 0.6
Canada 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.8 1.3
Cyprus 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Czech Republic ... ... ... 1.6 1.5 1.1
EC 48.5 50.8 50.1 51.3 47.5 48.9
Hungary 1.5 2.0 1.4 1.2 1.0 1.2
NewZealand 11.3 11.3 12.0 12.3 13.1 16.1
Norway 2.6 2.5 3.0 2.3 2.1 2.2
Romania 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.9 0.9 0.9
South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Switzerland 7.2 6.7 7.3 6.1 5.6 6.1
Turkey 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5
United States 1.9 1.5 2.0 1.9 2.4 3.1
Total oftheabove 85.7 86.3 87.7 89.2 87.1 93.4
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 14G/AG/W/32
Page16Table 14-Export volume ofcheese (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Basis forInclusion
Australia 63 64 69 86 105 116 Reduction Commitment
Bulgaria 22 24 22 13 16 6 Reduction Commitment
Canada 10 12 11 9 9 14 Reduction Commitment
Cyprus 1 1 1 2 2 2 Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic ... ... ... 16 16 12 Reduction Commitment
EC 415 465 447 505 499 512 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 13 18 12 12 10 12 Reduction Commitment
NewZealand 97 103 107 121 138 169 Significant Exporter
Norway 23 23 27 22 22 23 Reduction Commitment
Romania 7 1 2 2 1 1 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 8 9 10 Reduction Commitment
South Africa - - - - - 1 Reduction Commitment
Switzerland 62 61 65 60 59 64 Reduction Commitment
Turkey 3 2 2 3 4 5 Reduction Commitment
United States 17 14 17 19 25 32 Reduction Commitment
World Total 855 915 893 985 1,050 1,048
Notes:
1) Volumes include cheese andcurd.
2) DataforAustralia andNewZealand arefortheyearending 30Juneoftherespective year.
3) Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.G/AG/W/32
Page17Table 15-Share inworld export volume ofbovine meat byselected Member (percent)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Argentina 7.1 6.3 4.8 4.8 6.7 9.3
Australia 19.4 20.6 22.0 23.3 22.1 22.0
Brazil 6.4 4.3 6.5 6.8 5.4 3.9
Bulgaria 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Canada 2.4 2.2 3.3 4.1 4.6 4.5
Colombia 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1
Cyprus 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czech Republic ... ... ... 0.1 0.1 0.1
EC 23.9 26.1 26.5 23.2 22.0 20.8
Hungary 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.5
NewZealand 8.7 8.0 8.7 8.7 8.9 8.8
Norway 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Poland 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6
Romania 1.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2
Slovak Republic ... ... ... 0.1 0.1 0.0
South Africa 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1
Turkey 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United States 8.6 10.7 12.2 11.9 14.2 16.1
Uruguay 3.3 2.0 2.1 1.8 2.5 2.5
Total oftheabove 84.9 83.0 88.8 86.5 88.1 89.3
World export
volume100 100 100 100 100 100
Source: Table 16G/AG/W/32
Page18Table 16-Export volume ofbovine meat (thousand metric tonnes)
Average
1986 -19901991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Basis forInclusion
Argentina 278 297 220 218 317 442 Other
Australia 761 971 1,012 1,059 1,053 1,044 Significant Exporter
Brazil 250 202 301 309 257 183 Reduction Commitment
Bulgaria 11 - 5 2 1 2 Reduction Commitment
Canada 96 104 152 186 217 212 Other
Colombia 10 25 8 2 1 3 Reduction Commitment
Cyprus - 1 - - - - Reduction Commitment
Czech Republic - - - 7 4 6 Reduction Commitment
EC 940 1,232 1,217 1,058 1,046 986 Reduction Commitment
Hungary 47 57 53 31 32 23 Reduction Commitment
NewZealand 341 377 398 395 422 415 Significant Exporter
Norway 2 3 6 3 1 1 Reduction Commitment
Poland 63 33 25 19 21 26 Reduction Commitment
Romania 66 13 17 18 13 7 Reduction Commitment
Slovak Republic - - - 2 3 1 Reduction Commitment
South Africa 6 4 4 5 2 2 Reduction Commitment
Turkey 1 0 1 1 0 0 Reduction Commitment
United States 337 506 562 542 677 761 Reduction Commitment
Uruguay 131 95 98 82 121 116 Other
World Total 3,931 4,718 4,593 4,553 4,755 4,739
Notes:
1) Bovine meat incarcass weight equivalent, excluding liveanimals, fatandoffal.
2) DataforAustralia andNewZealand arefortheyearending 30Juneoftherespective year.
3) Forfurther comments seecover note, particularly paragraphs 7and9.
Source: FAO (1996), "FAOSTAT Statistics Database" from Internet anddataprovided byFAO.