RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/16/AUS
16July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2787)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Updating Notifications Pursuant toArticle XVI:1 oftheGATT 1994
andArticle 25oftheAgreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures
AUSTRALIA
Thefollowingcommunication,dated10July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Thisnotification updates thatprovided inthefullnotification G/SCM/N/3/AUS inresponse
toG/SCM/N/3.
I. Bedsheeting
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year* $A'000
1994/95 880.2
* Unless otherwise indicated financial years throughout thisnotification begin on1Julyandfinish
on30June.
II. Books
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year* $A'000
1994/95 23,998
1995/96 19,247*
* Appropriation figure under theBounty (Books) Act1986 inthe1995 Budget.G/SCM/N/16/AUS
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2. Effect ofbounty
(b) Statistics
Year Imports (A$million) Exports* (A$million)
1994/95 510 85
* Australian produce -thesefigures refertotradeinbooks, allofwhich would havebeensubject
tobounty.
III. Citric acid
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
Asforeshadowed inG/SCM/N/3/AUS, there have been nofurther payments under this
programme.
IV. Computers
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(a) Background
TheBounty (Computers) Act1984 hasbeenamended toextend thisprogramme.
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year A$'000
1994/95 74,760
1995/96 75,794*
* Appropriation figure under thebounty (Computers) Act1984 inthe1995 budget.
(d) Rateofbounty
Before 6July1990thebounty waspayable tothemanufacturer attherateof20percent
ofthein-house value added (therateprogressively reducing to5percentby1997)
ofthemanufacturer 'seligible production costsandoncertain subcontracted activities
suchasresearch anddevelopment andoperating software development. Thebounty
willnotbepayable forresearch anddevelopment onproduction completed onorafter
1January 1996. Thebounty rateisreducing asfollows:
17percentin1990/91
14percentin1991/92
12percentin1992/93
10percentin1993/94
8percentin1994/95 anduntil31December 1996
5percentfrom 1January 1997G/SCM/N/16/AUS
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V. Dairy products
1. Nature andextent ofassistance
(a) Background andauthority
Themilklevyraised $A153 million in1994/95.
2. Effects ofsubsidy
(b) Statistics
Production 1994/95
('000tonnes)
Year Butter Cheese Cream Condensed
milkSkim milk
powderWhole milk
powderButter milk
powder
1994/95 135 216 n/a* n/a* 7 197 109
* Notavailable, since theAustralian Bureau ofStatistics ceased collection ofthese statistics in
1995.
VI. Machine tools androbots
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(a) Background andauthority
TheBounty (Machine Tools andRobots) Act1985 came intoeffect on1July1985
(under thetitleofBounty (Metal-Working Machines andRobots) 1985). Itspurpose
istoassist certain sections oftheAustralian machine toolindustry andisinlieuof
tariff assistance. TheActwaslastamended inJune1991.
(b) Incidence
TheActprovides forpayment ofbounty ondomestically produced metal working
machines, machines forworking advanced materials, robots andcertain parts and
accessories. Certain modifications toexisting machines alsoattracts bounty.
Thebounty ispaidattworates; ahigher rateforadvanced machinery andalower
oneforstandard machinery.
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year $A'000
1994/95 8,357
1995/96 7,156*
* AppropriationfigureundertheBounty(MachineToolsandRobots)Act1985inthe1995Budget.G/SCM/N/16/AUS
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2. Effect ofBounty
(a) Trade effects
Thebounty isdesigned toencourage localproduction ofmachine toolsbyimproving
competitiveness against imports, without increasing thecoststructure ofuserindustries.
VII. Printed fabrics
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year $A'000
1994/95 -412.7*
* Theminus signisinrelation tothereceipt ofanoverpayment toacompany intheprevious
financial year.
VIII. Shipbuilding
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year $Amillion
1994/95 22.96
1995/96 27.7*
* Amount appropriated.
IX. Textile yarns
1. Nature andextent ofbounty
(c) Amount ofbounty paid
Year $A'000
1994/95 15,629