WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/719 
19 November 2004 
 (04-5045) 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (REGULAR MEETINGS)  
GENERAL COUNCIL OVERVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES (2004) 
 
Report by the Chairman  
  
 The present report on the regular meetings of the Committee on Agriculture held in 2004 is 
submitted on the responsibility of the Chairman, Mr . Roald Lapperre, as agreed by the Committee at 
its meeting on 18 November 2004.  
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 1. The Committee on Agriculture held four re gular meetings:  on 25 March, 17 June, 
23 September and 18 November 2004. 
2. In accordance with Article 18.1 of the Agreemen t 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 or as the result of accession to the WTO.  This review 
process was undertaken on the basis of notificati ons submitted by Members in the areas of market 
access, domestic support and export subsidies and under the provisions  of the Agreement relating to 
export prohibitions and restrictions.  In total, 145 notifications in these four areas were subject to 
review in the Committee.  At each of its mee tings, 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 s ituation concerning compliance with notification 
requirements is summarized in the Annex to this report. 
3. The Committee addressed a wide range of gene ral 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. The Committee addressed a number of agri cultural implementation-related issues: 
(i) Article 10.2 of the Agreement on Agri culture concerning 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 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Ne gative Effects of the Reform Programme 
on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries (NFIDC Decision).  
(ii) Examination of possible means of impr oving the effectiveness of the implementation 
of the NFIDC Decision:   At each of its mee tings, the Committee further considered a pending 
proposal by the WTO Africa Group regarding th e NFIDC Decision that was referred to the 
Committee by the Chairman of the General Council in the context of the review of all Special 
and Differential treatment provisions by the Co mmittee on Trade and Development in Special 
Session (paragraph 52 of TN/CTD/W/3/Rev.2 re fers).  In accordance with the General G/L/719 
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 Council Decision of 1 August 2004
1, the Committee pursued this matter on the basis of its 
recommendation to the General Council from July 2003: 
"... that, building on the work already undertaken, including the WTO roundtable of 19 May 
2003, the Committee will continue to explore, as a matter of priority and on the basis of 
proposals submitted by Members, options and solutions within the framework of the 
Marrakesh NFIDC Decision to address short-term difficulties of LDCs and WTO NFIDCs in 
financing commercial imports of basic foods tuffs." (paragraph 19(c) of G/AG/16 refers)2 
(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, equitabl e and non-discriminatory manner (paragraph 1.1 
of WT/L/384 refers):   The Committee took note of the current position regarding the 
provision of MA:1 Addenda on the basis that Me mbers are able to raise any matters relating 
to these Addenda or relating to the administration of particular tariff quotas in the course of the Committee’s regular review process. 
5. At its March meeting, the Committee accepted th e application by Gabon to be included in the 
WTO list of Net Food-Importing Developing Countries (G/AG/5/Rev.7 refers).  This list currently 
comprises the least-developed countries as recogni zed by the United Nations and the following 24 
developing country Members of the WTO:  Barb ados, Botswana, Côte d' Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Honduras, Ja maica, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, 
Namibia, Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vin cent and the Grenadines, 
Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Venezuela. 
6. At the meeting in September, the Committe e held its annual Tran sitional Review under 
paragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of  the People's Republic of China (G/AG/19 and 
G/AG/R/40 refer). 
7. The annual monitoring exercise on the follow- up to the NFIDC Decision as a whole was 
undertaken at the November meeti ng of the Committee, on the basis, inter alia , of Table NF:1 
notifications by donor Members as well as contributions by the observer organisations. 
8. The following international intergovernmental or ganizations have regular observer status in 
the Committee:  the FAO, the IM F, 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 twelve other international/in tergovernmental organizations (G/AG/W/29/Rev.6 
refers). 
9. A detailed summary of the Committee meetings in 2004 is contained in the Secretariat 
summary reports G/AG/R/38 to G/AG/R/40.
3 
 
                                                      
1 Pursuant to the General Council of 1 August 2004 concerning the Doha Work Programme, this 
Committee, as well as other Committees to which specifi c proposals were referred to, are instructed "to 
expeditiously complete the consideration of these propo sals and report to the General Council, with clear 
recommendations for a decision, as soon as possible and no later than July 2005" (page 2 of WT/L/579 refers). 
2 The recommendations contained in the Committee's report G/AG/16 were approved by the General 
Council at its meeting on 24-25 July 2003 (paragraph 169 of WT/GC/M/81 refers). 
3 The report of the November meeting will be issued as document G/AG/R/41.  
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SECTION A:  N OTIFICATIONS ISSUED FOR THE 1999-2003  IMPLEMENTATION YEARS  
 
 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 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Albania (8 Sept 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA     NA     NA NA NA NA NA 
Angola  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Antigua and Barbuda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Argentina NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X    X X X X X X  X X X X 
Armenia (5 Feb 2003) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA 
Australia X* X X X X  X  X X X  X X X X  Xa Xa Xa Xa  X  X X X  
Bahrain NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Bangladesh NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X     NA NA NA NA NA 
Barbados X* X X    X  X X X  X  X X   X  X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Belize NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Benin NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Bolivia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Botswana NA NA NA NA NA NA                NA NA NA NA NA 
Brazil X X X X   NA NA NA NA  NA      X X X   X  X X   
Brunei Darussalam NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Bulgaria X X X X X X X  X X X X X X X   X X X   X  X X   
Burkina Faso NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA  (NA)  (NA)  X X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Burundi NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) P (NA)  (NA) P P    NA NA NA NA NA 
Cambodia (13 Oct 2004) 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 
Cameroon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Canada X*      X  X X  X  X     X     X      
Central African Rep. NA 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 P (NA)  (NA)  P P    NA NA NA NA NA 
Chile  NA NA NA   NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X  X  X X X  X  X X X  
China (11 Dec 2001)  X* NA NA NA X X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA   NA NA NA X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Colombia X X X    X  X    X     Xa Xa         
Congo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Costa Rica X* X     X      X     X      X       
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Côte d'Ivoire NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Croatia (30 Nov 2000)  NA NA    NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    NA NA    NA NA NA NA NA 
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X  X X  X X X  X X X  X  
Cyprus NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X            
Czech Republic X* X X X X  X  X X X X X X X X  X X  X  X  X  X  
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Djibouti NA 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  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X     NA NA NA NA NA 
 European Communities X* X X X X  X  X X    X X X   X X X   X  X X    
Ecuador  X* X X    X  X    X  X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Egypt NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
El Salvador X* X X X X X X  X X X  X  X X X  X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Estonia (13 Nov 1999) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X   X X X X  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)X NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA X NA NA NA NA NA 
Gabon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Gambia, The  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Georgia  (14 Jun 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X NA X X X  X NA NA NA NA NA 
Ghana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Grenada  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Guatemala X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X   X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Guinea Bissau NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Guinea, Republic of NA 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 X X X P  X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Haiti  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X (NA)  (NA)  X     NA NA NA NA NA 
Honduras NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X  X  X X X X X  X X X X 
Hong Kong, China NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Hungary X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X  X X X X X X  X X X X 
Iceland X X X X X  X  X X X  X X    X X X X  X  X X X   
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
India  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA      X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Indonesia X* X X    X  X    X  X    X X    X  X    
Israel X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X  X X X X X X  X X X X 
Jamaica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X          NA NA NA NA NA 
Japan X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X    X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Jordan (11 Apr 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X  NA X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Kenya NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Korea X* X X    X  X    X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Kuwait NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Kyrgyz Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Latvia  (10 Feb 1999) X* X X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA X X X   X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Lesotho NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Lithuania (31 May 2001) X NA NA    NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    NA NA    NA NA NA NA NA 
Macao, China NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Madagascar NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X     NA NA NA NA NA 
Malawi NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) X (NA)  (NA) X X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Malaysia X*                          
Maldives NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Mali NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) P (NA)  (NA) P P    NA NA NA NA NA 
Malta NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Mauritania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Mauritius NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Mexico X X     X                P     
Moldova  (26 July 2001) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA P   NA NA X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Mongolia   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X     X  P    NA NA NA NA NA 
Morocco X X X X   X  X X   X X X   X  X X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Mozambique NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Myanmar NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X (NA)  (NA) X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Namibia NA NA NA NA NA NA X     X      X  X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Nepal (23 April 2004) 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 
New Zealand X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X   X X X X X X  X X X X  
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Nicaragua X X X X X   X X X X   X X X X   X X X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Niger  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Nigeria NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Norway X* X X X   X  X X   X X X   X X X   X  X X   
Oman  (9 Nov 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X P NA    X NA NA NA NA NA 
Pakistan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X     X           
Panama X* 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 X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Peru NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA      X  X X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Philippines X* X X X   X  X X   X  X X   X  X X        
Poland X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X  X Xa Xa   X  X X   
Qatar  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Romania X* X     X  X X X  X X X X  X X X X  X X X X  
Rwanda  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Saint Lucia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      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 
Senegal NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Sierra Leone NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Singapore NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Slovak Republic X* X X X X  X  X X X  X X X X  X X X X X X  X X X X 
Slovenia X* X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X X X X X 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 
South Africa X* X X X X X X  X X X  X X X X  X X X X  X  X X X  
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      X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Swaziland NA NA NA NA NA NA                NA NA NA NA NA 
Switzerland-Liechtenstein X* X X X   X X X        X X    X X    
Chinese Taipei (1 Jan 2002) X* NA NA NA X X NA NA NA X X NA NA NA   NA NA NA X 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 NA  
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Thailand X* X X X X  X  X X X  X     X  X X X  X X X  X  
Togo NA 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 X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Tunisia X* X X X P  X  X X X  X X X P  X  X X  P  NA NA NA NA NA 
Turkey NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X P P Xa Xa    X  X    
Uganda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X     NA NA NA NA NA 
United Arab Emirates  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X X X   X  X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
United States X* X X X X P X  X X X  X X X   X X X X  X  X X X  
Uruguay NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X X X  X X X X 
Venezuela X* X X X                       
Zambia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Zimbabwe NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA X     X      X  X    
 
Explanatory Notes to Section A  
(a) This Annex examines compliance with not ification obligations to the Committee on Agriculture as set out in G/AG/2 as at 18 November 2004.  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.  Not ifications are to be submitted according to the relevant annual 
implementation bases as specified in Schedules (e.g. calendar, crop, fiscal "years" as appropriate;  see also G/AG/W/2/Rev.4).  The time limits for all notifications concerning the 1995-
2002 implementation years have now passed henc e outstanding notifications can be precisel y identified.  The column concerning t he 2003 implementation year is  provided for information 
only and does not necessarily indicate that the notifications are now due. 
 
(b) "X" indicates that a notification has been issued.  No assessment of the completeness or quality of the notification with r espect to requirements is made or implied. 
 
(c) "P" for pending indicates that a notificat ion has been received.  A request or su ggestion by the Secret ariat for additional  information in order to complete the notification has yet to be 
responded to. 
 
(d) "X*" indicates that the comprehensive Table MA :1 notification has been revised or supplemented. 
 
(e) "Xa" indicates that information concerning food aid (c olumn 5 of Table ES:1) has not been provided. 
 
(f) "NA" indicates that the requirement was not applicable duri ng the period covered either because there are no relevant commi tments (e.g. tariff quotas) or because the country concerned 
was not yet a WTO Member hence there were no notification requir ements pertaining to that peri od. "(NA)" indicates that domesti c support notifications are re quired every second year 
from LDC Members. 
 
(g) Shaded boxes indicate that the Member concerned has a dom estic support and/or an export s ubsidy reduction co mmitment shown in Section I and/or Section II of Part IV of its Schedule. G/L/719 
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 Table ES:3 and Table NF:1 no tifications issued for the 1999-2003 implementation years  
 
Table ES:3 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Argentina Brazil Brazil Cuba Slovak Republic 
Brazil Cuba Cuba Iceland  Canada European Communities European Communities Romania  
Costa Rica Iceland Iceland Slovak Republic  
Cuba Japan Japan South Africa  Czech Republic Korea Norway Tunisia
 p  
European Communities Norway Romania   
Iceland Romania Slovak Republic   Japan Slovak Republic South Africa   
Korea South Africa Tunisia   
Norway Switzerland-Liecht.    Slovak Republic Tunisia    
South Africa     
Switzerland-Liecht.     Tunisia     
 
 
Table NF:1 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 
Argentina Argentina Argentina1 Australia Australia 
Australia Australia Australia  Cuba European Communities 
Brazil Brazil Brazil European Communities New Zealand Canada Canada Canada New Zealand
   
Cuba Cuba Cuba South Africa  
European Communities European Communities European Communities Switzerland-Liecht.  
Japan Japan Japan   
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand    
Norway Norway Norway   South Africa South Africa South Africa   
Switzerland-Liecht. Switzerland-Liecht. Switzerland-Liecht.   
United States United States United States   
     
 
1 Argentina informed the WTO Secretariat on 30 July 2003 th at it is no longer a food aid donor under the Food Aid 
Convention. 
 
" p " for pending indicates that a notification has been received.   A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional 
information in order to complete the no tification has yet to be responded to.  G/L/719 
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 SECTION B: OUTSTANDING NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE 1995-1998  IMPLEMENTATION YEARS  
 
 
Implementation year 1995  
Table MA:2 - Imports under tariff and other quotas 
Nicaragua 
 
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions 
Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 - Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Br unei Darussalam Cameroon 
Côte d'Ivoire Dominica Ghana Kuwait 
p 
Mauritius Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Swaziland  
 
 
Table ES:1 – Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrai n Belize Brunei Darussalam 
Burkina Faso Burundi 
p Cameroon Central African Rep. 
Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  
India Kuwait  Lesotho Mali p 
Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Saint Lucia  Senegal St Vincent & Grenadines Sierra Leone Swaziland 
Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Mexico 
p 
 
 
 
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 Implementation year 1996 
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions 
Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Papua New Guinea 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Bangladesh p Belize Botswana 
Brunei Darussalam Burundi p Cameroon Central African Republic 
Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Dominica Ghana Grenada Guatemala Guinea Bissau Guinea, Republic of 
Kuwait Lesotho Mali 
p Mauritania 
Mauritius Mozambique Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone 
Suriname Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Benin Brunei Darussalam  
Burkina Faso Burundi 
p Cameroon Central African Rep.  
Chad p Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti Gambia 
Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  Kuwait  Lesotho Mali 
p Mauritania Mauritius 
Morocco Mozambique Papua  New Guinea Rwanda 
St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone 
Solomon Islands Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Mexico p  G/L/719 
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 Implementation year 1997 
 
Table MA:2 -  Imports under tariff and other quotas 
  Malaysia p 
  
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions 
Botswana and Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Papua New Guinea 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam  
Burkina Faso 
p Cameroon Chad p Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire Dominica Ghana Grenada 
Kenya Kuwait Mauritius Panama 
Qatar Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia  St Vincent & Grenadines Solomon Islands Suriname Swaziland 
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members with reduction commitments) 
  Panama 
p 
 
  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize 
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam  Burundi p 
Cameroon Central African Rep.  Chad p Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  Kuwait  Lesotho 
Mali 
p Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique 
Niger Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands 
Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Malaysia Mexico 
p  Panama  G/L/719 
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 Implementation year 1998 
 
Table MA:2 -  Imports under tariff and other quotas 
  Malaysia p   and   Panama 
 
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions 
Botswana and Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Papua New Guinea 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain  Bangladesh p 
Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burundi p 
Cameroon Central African Rep. Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti Dominica Fiji 
Ghana Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of 
India Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Mali 
p Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique 
Niger Nigeria Panama Peru 
Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Sri Lanka Suriname 
Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members with reduction commitments) 
  Panama p 
 
  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize 
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam  Burkina Faso Burundi 
p Cameroon Central African Rep.  Chad p  
Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti 
Dominica Fiji Gambia Grenada 
Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  Kenya Kuwait  
Kyrgyz Republic Lesotho Mali p Mauritania 
Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria 
Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines 
Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Malaysia Mexico 
p  Panama  Philippines 
 
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