WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/L/662
21 November 2003
(03-6218)
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (REGULAR MEETINGS)
GENERAL COUNCIL OVERVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES (2003)
Report by the Chairman
The present report on the regular meetings of the Committee on Agriculture held in 2003 is
submitted on the responsibility of the Chairman, Dr. Magdi Farahat, as agreed by the Committee at itsmeeting on 20 November 2003.
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1. The Committee on Agriculture held four regular meetings:  on 27 March, 30 June,
25 September and 20 November 2003 (Secretariat su mmary reports of these meetings, G/AG/R/34 to
G/AG/R/37 refer).
2. In accordance with Article 18.1 of the Agreement on Agriculture ("the Agreement"), at each
of these meetings the Committee reviewed progress in the implementation of commitments negotiated
under the Uruguay Round reform programme.  This review process was undertaken on the basis of
notifications submitted by Members in the areas of market access, domestic support and exportsubsidies and under the provisions of the Agreement relating to export prohibitions and restrictions.
In total, 171 notifications in these four areas were subject to review in the Committee.  At each of its
meetings, the Committee also reviewed the overall position with respect to compliance with the
notification obligations under Article 18.2 and other relevant provisions of the Agreement.  The
current situation concerning compliance with notifi cation requirements is summarized in the Annex to
this report.
3. The Committee addressed a wide range of general and specific matters relevant to the
implementation of commitments that were raised, independently of notifications, under the provisions
of Article 18.6 of the Agreement.
4. In the framework of the follow-up to the Decision by the Doha Ministerial Conference on
Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns (WT/MIN(01)/17, paragraph 2 refers), the following
agricultural implementation-related issues were further considered by the Committee:
(i) Article 10.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture:  the development of internationally
agreed disciplines to govern the provision of export credits, export credit guarantees
or insurance programmes, taking into account the provisions of paragraph 4 of the
Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on
Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing De veloping Countries (NFIDC Decision);
(ii) Examination of possible means of improving the effectiveness of the implementation
of paragraph 5 of the NFIDC Decision regarding short-term difficulties in financing
normal levels of commercial imports of basic foodstuffs;  and,G/L/662
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(iii) Members' Addenda to their Table MA:1 notifications submitted to the Committee on
Agriculture in accordance with the General Council Decision regarding the
administration of tariff quota regimes in a transparent, equitable and non-
discriminatory manner (paragraph 1.1 of WT/L/384 refers).
5. On the basis of its formal and informal discussions regarding short-term financing difficulties
by least-developed and net food-importing developing countries in the context of paragraph 4(ii)
above, a number of recommendations were adopted by the Committee (G/AG/16, paragraph 19
refers).  These recommendations were approved by the General Council at its meeting on 24-25 July
(WT/GC/M/81, paragraph 169 refer).
6. At its March meeting, the Committee decided to accept the application by Namibia to be
included in the WTO list of net food-importing devel oping countries (G/AG/5/Rev.6 refers).  This list
currently comprises the least-developed countries as recognized by the United Nations and thefollowing 24 developing country Members of the WT O:  Barbados, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba,
Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Ja maica, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco,
Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Senegal, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Venezuela.
7. At the meeting in September, the Committee held its annual Transitional Review under
paragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of  the People's Republic of China (G/AG/18 and
G/AG/R/36 refer).
8. The annual monitoring exercise on the follow-up to the NFIDC Decision as a whole was
undertaken at the November meeting of the Committee, on the basis, inter alia , of Table NF:1
notifications by donor Members as well as contributions by the observer organisations.
9. The following international intergovernmental organizations have regular observer status in
the Committee:  the FAO, the IMF, the International Grains Council, the OECD, UNCTAD, the
World Food Programme and the World Bank.  No consensus was reached as regards requests for
observer status by eleven other international/ intergovernmental organizations (G/AG/W/29/Rev.5
refers).G/L/662
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ANNEX
OUTSTANDING NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION YEAR 1995
1. The following Member is yet to submit the notification of imports under tariff and other quotas.
(Table MA:2 ):
Nicaragua
2. The following Member is yet to submit the annual notification concerning the use of the special
safeguard provisions. (Table MA:5 ):
Swaziland
3. The following Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant domestic support notification.  (Table DS:1 ):
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain* Belize Brunei Darussalam
Cameroon Côte d'I voire Dominica Ghana
Kuwait* Mauritius   Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines
Senegal Suriname Swaziland
4. The following Members without  export subsidy reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant notification.  (Table ES:1 ):
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso Burundi* Cameroon Central African Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Guin ea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of
India Kuwait Lesotho Mali*
Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Saint LuciaSenegal St Vincent & Grenadines Sierra Leone Swaziland
Tanzania Togo
A " * " indicates a notification has been received.   A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional information
in order to complete the notification has yet to be responded to.G/L/662
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OUTSTANDING NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION YEAR 1996
1. The following Member is yet to submit the annual notification concerning the use of the special
safeguard provisions.  (Table MA:5 ):
Swaziland
2. The following Member with Total AMS reduction commitments is yet to submit the relevant
domestic support notification.  (Table DS:1 ):
Papua New Guinea
3. The following Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant domestic support notification.  (Table DS:1 ):
Antigua and Barbuda Bangladesh* Belize Botswana
Brunei Darussalam Burundi* Cameroon Central African Republic
Côte d'Ivoire Djib outi Dominica Ghana
Grenada Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guinea, Republic of
Kuwait Lesotho Mali* Mauritania
Mauritius Mozambique Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia St Vincent & G renadines Senegal Sierra Leone
Suriname Swaziland Tanzania Togo
4. The following Members without  export subsidy reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant notification.  (Table ES:1 ):
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Benin Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso Burundi* Cameroon Central African Rep.
Chad* Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti GambiaGrenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of Kuwait
Lesotho Mali* Mauritania Mauritius
Morocco Mozambique Papua New Guinea Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis Sai nt Lucia* St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal
Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Swaziland TanzaniaTogo
A " * " indicates a notification has been received.   A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional information
in order to complete the notification has yet to be responded to.G/L/662
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OUTSTANDING NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION YEAR 1997
1. The following Members are yet to submit the notification of imports under tariff and other
quotas. (Table MA:2 ):
Malaysia*
2. The following Members are yet to submit the annual notification concerning the use of the
special safeguard provisions.  (Table MA:5 ):
Botswana and Swaziland
3. The following Member with Total AMS reduction commitments is yet to submit the relevant
domestic support notification.  (Table DS:1 ):
Papua New Guinea
4. The following Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant domestic support notification.  (Table DS:1 ):
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain* Belize Botswana
Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso* Cameroon Chad*Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dominica Ghana
Grenada Kenya Kuwait Mauritius
Panama Qatar Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Solomon Islands
Suriname Swaziland
5. The following Member with export subsidy reduction commitments is yet to submit the relevant
notification.  (Table ES:1 ):
Panama*
6. The following Members without  export subsidy reduction commitments are yet to submit the
relevant notification.  (Table ES:1 ):
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burundi*
Cameroon Central African Rep. Chad* CongoCôte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti Grenada
Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of Kuwait Lesotho
Mali* Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique
Niger Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia* St Vincent & G renadines Senegal Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands Swaziland Tanzania Togo
7. The following Members are yet to submit notifications of total exports.  (Table ES:2 ):
Mexico* Malaysia Panama
A " * " indicates a notification has been received.   A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional information
in order to complete the notification has yet to be responded to.G/L/662
Page 6NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE YEARS 1998-2002
MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2
One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports
off 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
A l b a n i a  ( 8  S e p t  2 0 0 0 ) N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A N AN A N AN AN AN AN A
Angola NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
A n t i g u a  a n d  B a r b u d a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
A r g e n t i n a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A X X X XXXXXXXXXX
Armenia (5 February 2003) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Australia XXXXX XXXX X X X X X X X X XXXX
B a h r a i n N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Bangladesh NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X* (NA) (NA) XX NA NA NA NA NA
Barbados XXXX XXX XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Belize NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
B e n i n N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
B o l i v i a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Botswana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Brazil XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X XXXX
B r u n e i  D a r u s s a l a m N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Bulgaria XXXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X X X XXXX
Burkina Faso NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) (NA) XX NA NA NA NA NA
B u r u n d i N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A X* (NA) X* (NA) X* X* X* NA NA NA NA NA
Cameroon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Canada XX XXXXX X X X X XX
Central African Rep. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
Chad NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) X* (NA) (NA) X* X* X* NA NA NA NA NA
C h i l e N AN AN AN A N AN AN AN AN A XXX XXX XXX
China (11 Dec 2001) X NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Colombia XXXX XXX X X X X X X
C o n g o N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Costa Rica XXX XX X X XX XX
Côte d'Ivoire NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
C r o a t i a  ( 3 0  N o v  2 0 0 0 ) N AN AN A N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NAG/L/662
Page 7NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE YEARS 1998-2002
MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2
One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports
off 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXXXXXXX XXXX
Cyprus NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X
Czech Republic XXXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X X X XXX X
D e m o c r a t i c  R e p .  C o n g o N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
Djibouti NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
Dominica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Dominican Republic X NA XXX NA NA NA NA NA XXXXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
EC-15 XXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X XXXX
Ecuador XXXX XXX XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
E g y p t N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XX NA NA NA NA NA
El Salvador XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
E s t o n i a  ( 1 3  N o v  1 9 9 9 ) N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX NA XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Fiji NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (4 April 2003)NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
G a b o n N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
G a m b i a ,  T h e N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
G e o r g i a   ( 1 4  J u n  2 0 0 0 ) N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XX X * NA NA XXX NA NA NA NA NA
G h a n a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX NA NA NA NA NA
G r e n a d a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Guatemala XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
G u i n e a  B i s s a u N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
Guinea, Republic of NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
Guyana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXX XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
H a i t i N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) X (NA) (NA) XX NA NA NA NA NA
Honduras NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXX XXXXXXXXXX
H o n g  K o n g ,  C h i n a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXXXXXXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Hungary XXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X* XXXX X *
Iceland XXXX XXXXX X X X X X X X X XXXXX
I n d i a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX NA NA NA NA NAG/L/662
Page 8NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVED FOR THE YEARS 1998-2002
MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2
One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports
off 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Indonesia XXXX XXX XXX X X X XXX
Israel XXXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X X X X XXXXX
J a m a i c a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XX X NA NA NA NA NA
Japan XXXXX XXXXX X X XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Jordan (11 Apr 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X NA NA XXX NA NA NA NA NA
K e n y a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Korea XXXX XXX X X X XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Kuwait NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Kyrgyz Rep. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA
Latvia  (10 Feb 1999) X NA X NA NA NA NA NA NA XXX NA XX NA NA NA NA NA
L e s o t h o N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
Lithuania (31 May 2001) X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
M a c a o ,  C h i n a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXXXXXXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Madagascar NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) (NA) XX NA NA NA NA NA
Malawi NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) X (NA) XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Malaysia XX * X X X
Maldives NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) (NA) X NA NA NA NA NA
Mali NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X* (NA) X* (NA) X* X* X* NA NA NA NA NA
M a l t a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Mauritania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
M a u r i t i u s N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Mexico XXX XX X X X* X*
Moldova (26 July 2001) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X* NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA
Mongolia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XX XX X * NA NA NA NA NA
Morocco XXXX XXX X X X XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Mozambique NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
M y a n m a r N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXX (NA) XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
N a m i b i a N AN AN AN AN AN A XX XX XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
New Zealand XXXXX XXXX X X X X X X X X X XXXXXG/L/662
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MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2
One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports
off 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Nicaragua XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
N i g e r N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
N i g e r i a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Norway XXXXX XXXX X X X X X X X X XXXX
Oman (9 Nov 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXX NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Pakistan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XX XX X
Panama X X X* X* X* X X X X
Papua New Guinea NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Paraguay NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXX XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Peru NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Philippines XXXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX
Poland XXXXX X * XXXX X X X X X X X X XXXX
Q a t a r N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A X NA NA NA NA NA
Romania XXX XXXXXXXXXX X X X X X XXXXX
Rwanda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
S a i n t  K i t t s  a n d  N e v i s N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
S a i n t  L u c i a N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A X* X* X* NA NA NA NA NA
St Vincent & Grenadines NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
S e n e g a l N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
S i e r r a  L e o n e N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A ( N A ) ( N A ) N AN AN AN AN A
S i n g a p o r e N AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN AN A XXXX XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Slovak Republic XXXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X X X X X XXXXX
Slovenia XXXXX NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Solomon Islands NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
South Africa XXXXX XXXXX X X X X X X X X X X XXXXX
Sri Lanka NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Suriname NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXX NA NA NA NA NA
S w a z i l a n d N AN AN AN AN AN A NA NA NA NA NA
Switzerland-Liechtenstein XXXXX XXXX X X X X XXXG/L/662
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MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2
One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports
off 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Chinese Taipei (1 Jan 2002) X NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA
Tanzania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
Thailand XXXX X * XXXX X X* XXXX XXXX
Togo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) (NA) NA NA NA NA NA
Trinidad and Tobago NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXX XXX NA NA NA NA NA
Tunisia XXXX X * XXXX X X X X* XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Turkey NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXX X X X XXX
Uganda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) (NA) XX NA NA NA NA NA
United Arab Emirates NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XXXX XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
United States XXXXXXXXXX X X X X X X XXXX
U r u g u a y N AN AN AN AN AN A XXXXXXXXXX X X X X X XXXXX
Venezuela XXXXX X X X X
Zambia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) (NA) XXXX NA NA NA NA NA
Zimbabwe NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA XX XX XXX
EXPLANATORY NOTES
(a) A blank indicates that the requirement applies to the Member concerned for the implementation year, but that no notification  was received up to the cut-off date.
(b) An " X" indicates a notification has been received.  No assessment of the completeness or quality of the notification with respect to  requirements is made or implied. " X*" indicates
that a request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional information in order to complete the notification has yet to be responded to.
(c) " NA" indicates that the requirement was not applicable during the period covered either because no relevant measures are in place (e.g. tariff quotas) or because the country concerned
was not yet a WTO Member hence there were no notification requirements pertaining to that period. " (NA) " indicates that domestic support notifications are required every second
year from LDC Members.
(d) Shaded boxes indicate that the Member concerned has a domestic support and/or an export subsidy reduction commitment shown i n Part IV, Section I and/or Section II, of its
Schedule.
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