WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/USA/53
2 June 2004
(04-2345)
Committee on Agriculture Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 24 May 2004, is being circulated at the request of the
Delegation of the United States of America . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments
(Tables ES:1 and ES:2 ) for 2002 .G/AG/N/USA/53
Page2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD: 2002
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Calendar / marketing year
beginning (1)Subsidized exports Food aid (2) Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(US$)Quantity
(tonnes)Quantity
(tonnes)Outlays
(US$)Quantity
(tonnes)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wheat and wheat flour 0 0 891,440 (3) 363,814,616 14,522,060
Coarse grains 0 0 71,710 (4) 46,117,755 1,560,599
Rice 0 0 414,638 2,368,925 38,544
Vegetable oils 0 0 356,460 14,082,900 141,299
Butter and butter oil 15,506,440 10,000 0 30,497,220 21,097
Skim milk powder 14,797,395 68,200 74,650 82,463,935 68,201
Cheese 1,222,155 3,029 0 3,635,638 3,030
Other milk products 0 0 0 20,974 34
Bovine meat 0 0 0 22,822,166 17,589
Pigmeat 0 0 0 497,055 395
Poultry meat 0 0 0 14,554,827 27,994
Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 11,881,419 11,024
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 1,604,478 6,919,603
(1) All quantity commitments are for the period 1 July 2002 through 30 June 2003 while budgetary outlay commitments are implemented on fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2002.
(2) Data is for food aid to all destinations.
(3) Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat flour on wheat equivalent basis.
(4) Sorghum.G/AG/N/USA/53
Page3Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD: 2002
Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Direct
export
subsidies (1)
(US$)Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific
export
subsidies (1)
(US$)Quantity of
subsidized
exports
(2)
(tonnes)Data source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Wheat and wheat flour 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS (3)
Coarse grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Butter and butter oil 15,506,440 0 0 0 0 15,506,440 10,000 USDA/FAS
Skim milk powder 14,797,395 0 0 0 0 14,797,395 68,200 USDA/FAS
Cheese 1,222,155 0 0 0 0 1,222,155 3,029 USDA/FAS
Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS
(1) Budgetary outlays are on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2002.
(2) Quantity commitments are reported for the 1 July 2002 through 30 June 2003 period.
(3) USDA/FAS - The United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service.G/AG/N/USA/53
Page4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: United States of America
REPORTING PERIOD: 2002
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Marketing year 1 July 2002 through 30 June 2003 Unit Quantity of total exports
1 2 3
Bovine meat tonnes 827,768
Live dairy cattle head 11,137
Pigmeat tonnes 249,254
Poultry meat tonnes 2,184,801
Eggs dozen 93,631,166
Cheese tonnes 25,496
Coarse grains tonnes 4,654,157
Rice (1) tonnes 2,465,489
Skim milk powder tonnes 89,441
Other milk products tonnes 33,160
Wheat tonnes 22,586,187
Oilseeds tonnes 30,083,980
Butter and butter oil tonnes 5,325
Oilcakes tonnes 10,321,697
Vegetables tonnes 2,722,690
Vegetable oils tonnes 1,209,615
Fruit tonnes 5,922,175
Tobacco tonnes 147,712
Cotton bales 2,266,406
(1) Data for rice is provided separately because rice is not included in coarse grains and does not receive export subsidies.
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