G/AG/N/CAN/143  
 
8 October 2021  
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English/French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  6 October  2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Canada . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Table  ES:1) for the  
Marketing  Year 2020 . 
 
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The notification covers the remaining period (1 August 2020 to 31 December 2020) for which Canada 
has export subsidy quantity commitments until the end of 2020. Starting in 2021, Canada's export 
subsidy commitments will be reported on a c alendar year basis.  
 
  
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- 2 - Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR  FROM 01 -08-2020 TO 31 -12-2020 
Export subsidies : Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments  
XSID  Description of products  
(from Section II of Part IV)  Reporting Year  Subsidized exports  Food aid  Annual commitments  
(from Section II of Part IV)  Note  
Type  From  To Outlays  Quantity  Quantity  Outlays  Quantity  
     CAD 
Thousand    CAD Thousand    
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
CANX001  Wheat and Wheat Flour  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX002  Coarse Grains  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX003  Oilseeds  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX004  Vegetable Oils  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX005  Oilcakes  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX006  Butter  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 11,025  377 Tonnes   
CANX007  Skim Milk Powder  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 31,149  7,561 Tonnes   
CANX008  Cheese  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 3,559.117  1,420.79  0 16,228  2,517 Tonnes   
CANX009  Other Milk Products  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 11.74  196.05  0 22,505  5,912 Tonnes   
CANX010  Vegetables  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0 0 0 0 0  
CANX011  Incorporated Products  MY 01-08-20 31-12-20 0  0 20,276   (1) 
Note:  
(1) Annual quantity commitment for Incorporated Products is not applicable.  
General n otes: 
• Description of products: The range of products in each category are those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity 
Reduction  Commitments, Annex I.  
• Food aid: Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 Ja nuary 2013. Canada's minimum annual 
commitment of f ood assistance is expressed in terms of value. Therefore, information is no longer available on a product by product basis.  
• Annual commitments: The Annual Nairobi Commitment levels on export subsidies came into effect as of January 2016. As of 19 De cember 2015, Canada eliminated 
export subsidies for wheat, grains, vegetable oils, oilcakes, and vegetables. Canada's export subsidies on butter, cheese, sk im milk powder and products using dairy 
ingredients were eliminated at the end of 2020 as per Footnote 4 of  the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition. The Uruguay Round outlay commitments did 
not change as a result of the Nairobi Decision in respect of products covered by Footnote 4 until their elimination.   
• Commitment methodology for the period be tween 1 August 2020 to 31 December 2020 is detailed in  G/MA/TAR/RS/512.  
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES : CANADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR FROM 01 -08-2020 TO 31 -12-2020 
Export subsidies : Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitment s  
XSID  Description of products  Direct export 
subsidies  Sales of 
stocks  Producer 
financed 
subsidies  Cost 
reduction 
measures  Internal 
transport 
subsidies  Total product 
specific export 
subsidies  Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports  Data Source  Note  
CAD Thousand  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
CANX001  Wheat and Wheat Flour       0 0   
CANX002  Coarse Grains       0 0   
CANX003  Oilseeds       0 0   
CANX004  Vegetable Oils       0 0   
CANX005  Oilcakes       0 0   
CANX006  Butter       0 0 Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC)   
CANX007  Skim Milk Powder       0 0 Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC)   
CANX008  Cheese    3,559.117    3,559.117  1,420.79 Tonne s Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC)   
CANX009  Other Milk Products    11.74    11.74  196.05 Tonne s Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC)   
CANX010  Vegetables       0 0   
CANX011  Incorporated Products       0  Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC)  (1) 
Note:  
(1) Quantity of subsidised exports for Incorporated Products is not applicable.  
 
 
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