WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/TUR/9
11 May 1999
(99-1934)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 and ES:2 )
for the calendar year 1998 was received from the delegation of Turkey  on 28 April 1999.G/AG/N/TUR/9
Page 2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Turkey
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction commitments
Description of products1Implementation period Subsidised exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(US$)Quantity
(tonnes)Quantity Outlays
(US$)Quantity
(tonnes)
(from Section II of Part IV) (from Section II of Part IV) (from Section II of Part IV)
12 3 4 5 6 7
Citrus fruit January 1 – April 30 3,701,274 108,861 8,780,891.00 261,983.60
Apples June 22 – July 22
October 1 – December 31801,060 12,324 4,215,442.40 64,734.80
Cut flowers (fresh) January 1 – December 31 747,252 83,050,0002748,193.60 83,064,1802
Vegetables, frozen (excl. potatoes) " 1,478,740 13,820 1,480,218.00 13,880.40
Vegetables (dehydrated) " 331,150 895 553,896.20 1,077.10Fruits (frozen) " 730,004 7,766 1,220,744.10 12,922.00Preserves, pastes " 15,190,500 266,500 15,268,887.00 266,526.40
Homogenised fruit preparations " 443,465 8,063 444,048.30 8,063.60
Fruit juices (concentrated) " 3,411,900 20,070 3,419,412.30 20,075.80Olive oil " 1,002,144 10,439 2,115,812.00 22,094.30Potatoes (frozen and fried) " 50,985 927 561,459.90 8,031.60
Prepared or preserved fish " 604,650 4,031 4,514,178.20 8,058.00
Meat of poultry (excl. edible offals) " 360,368 1,784 461,219.00 2,282.60Creams " 11,550 165 11,780.90 170.90Eggs " 215,124 30,732,500
2343,496.50 51,242,2082
1 For all other products specified in Section II of Part IV of Turkey's Schedule XXXVII, no export subsidies were provided.
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Page 3Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Turkey
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Calendar year 1998 Quantity of total exports
(tonnes)
12 3
Meat of bovine 9
Animals, fresh or chilled, frozen 4
Meat of sheep (excl. meat of goats) fresh, chilled or frozen 1,806
Meat of poultry (excl. edible offals) 6,371
Creams 402
Milk 124
Yogurt, yogurt processed with water 50
Butter 83
Cheese 4,338
Eggs 614,655,128*
Natural honey 5,570
Cut flowers (fresh) 179,337,646*
Potatoes 55,122
Tomatoes 143,851
Onions dried 143,673
Vegetables, frozen (excl. potatoes) 39,255
Potatoes (frozen and fried) 1,256
Vegetables (dehydrated) 3,892
Chickpeas 157,889
Green and red lentils (shelled, unshelled) 154,010
Citrus fruit (oranges, mandarins, lemons, grapefruit) 328,458
Apples 24,657G/AG/N/TUR/9
Page 4Description of products Calendar year 1998 Quantity of total exports
(tonnes)
12 3
Fruits (frozen) 24,268
Wheat 1,109,348
Barley 1,507,189
Maize 9,759
Wheat flour 344,371
Semolina 20,933
Malt 2,996
Liquorice root extracts 166
Olive oil 47,242
Sunflower seed oil (refined) 88,729
Maize oil (refined) 7,072
Margarine 117,335
Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal 270
Other prepared meat, meat offal 107
Prepared or preserved fish, crustaceans and molluscs 16,691
Chocolates and other food preparations containing chocolate 33,571
Biscuit, pastry 127,920
Macaroni, vermicelli 90,726
Preserves, pastes 403,627
Homogenised fruit preparations 12,680
Ground nuts (prepared), ground nut puree 3,060
Fruit juices (concentrated) 94,052
Vegetable juices 419
Tobacco 155,059
*Pieces
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