WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CYP/8
18 August 1999
(99-3482)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 and ES:2 )
for calendar years 1997  and 1998 was received from the delegation of Cyprus  on 5 August 1999.G/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Calendar year 1997 Subsidised exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(£C '000)Quantity
(tonnes)Quantity Outlays
(£C '000)Quantity
(tonnes)
12 3 4 5 6 7
Cheese 84 949 - 84 958
Other milk products - - - 28 287
Wine alcohol and other grape products 680 4,340* - 1,262 14,706
Fruit 56 249 - 1,736 99,600Vegetables - - - 3,619 138,000Pigmeat 145 16,311** 557 958
Poultry meat - - - 278 479
Sheepmeat - - - 232 240Bovine meat - - - 232 240
* Represents litres anhydrous
** Represents number of pigsG/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 3Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Direct
export
subsidies
(£C '000)Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific
export
subsidies
(£C '000)Quantity of
subsidised
exports
(tonnes)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cheese 84 - - - - 84 949
Wine alcohol and other
grape products680 - - - - 680 4,340*
Fruit (dried grapes-raisins) 56 - - - - 56 249
Pigmeat 145 - - - - 145 16,311**Ministry of Commerce,
Industry and Tourism
*Represents litres anhydrous
**Represents number of pigsG/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1997
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Calendar year 1997 Quantity of total exports
12 3
Cheese 2,836,139 kg.
Other milk products 448,501 kg.
Wine alcohol and other grape products 36,655,787 kg.
Fruit 83,355,677 kg.
Vegetables 40,812,710 kg.
Pigmeat 1,784,625 kg.
Live swine 10,107 no.
Poultry meat 277,274 kg.
Live poultry, domestic fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls 112,000 no.
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen -
Goats, live 7,500 no.
Bovine, live 12,249 no.
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled or frozen 828,865 kg.
Bovine edible offal, tongues, livers, fresh or chilled 20,562 kg.
Source:  Department of Statistics and Research, Ministry of FinanceG/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 5Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Calendar year 1998 Subsidised exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(£C '000)Quantity
(tonnes)Quantity Outlays
(£C '000)Quantity
(tonnes)
12 3 4 5 6 7
Cheese 81 940 - 81 944
Other milk products - - - 27 283
Wine alcohol and other grape products 1,128 3,734* - 1,230 14,481
Fruit 582 13,700 - 1,718 98,200Vegetables - - - 3,526 136,000Pigmeat - - - 542 944
Poultry meat - - - 271 472
Sheepmeat - - - 226 236Bovine meat - - - 226 236
* Represents litres anhydrousG/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 6Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Direct
export
subsidies
(£C '000)Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific
export
subsidies
(£C '000)Quantity of
subsidised
exports
(tonnes)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cheese 81 - - - - 81 940
Wine alcohol and other
grape products1,128 - - - - 1,128 3,734*
Fruit (citrus, fresh and dry
grapes)582 - - - - 582 13,700Ministry of Commerce,
Industry and Tourism
*Represents litres anhydrousG/AG/N/CYP/8
Page 7Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Calendar year 1998 Quantity of total exports
12 3
Cheese 2,927,808 kg.
Other milk products 603,787 kg.
Wine alcohol and other grape products 26,290,012 kg.
Fruit 65,097,003 kg.
Vegetables 98,638,754 kg.
Pigmeat 1,850,109 kg.
Live swine 3,116 no.
Poultry meat 287,808 kg.
Live poultry, domestic fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls -
Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen 5,917 kg.
Goats, live 3,139 no.
Bovine, live 3,132 no.
Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled or frozen 565,833 kg.
Bovine edible offal, tongues, livers, fresh or chilled 16,078 kg.
Source:  Department of Statistics and Research, Ministry of Finance
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