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Committee on Agriculture    
 
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 23-24 SEPTEMBER 2021  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
1  ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA  
1.1.  The Committee on Agriculture (CoA) held its ninety -ninth (99th) regular meeting 
on 23-24 September 2021 under the Chairpersonship of M r. Marcos da Rosa Uranga  of Uruguay . 
1.2.  The agenda contained in the convening airgram WTO/AIR/AG/5 4 circulated on 8 September 
2021 was adopted  with the following change Under item 1. A - Matters relevant to the implementation 
of commitments  under the reform programme raised under Article 18.6 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture:  
- The United Kingdom  co-sponsored the question raised by New Zealand  to Canada 
regarding Canada's  review of the TRQ system (AG -IMS ID 99099, SIM 536).  
1.3.  Additionally, the C hairperson acknowledged the written submissions by the  European  Union  
(EU) and the  International Grains Council ( IGC), contained respectively in G/AG/GEN/159/Add.5 and 
G/AG/GEN/191 , circulated after the issuance of the convening airgram  for consideration  under 
agenda item 2.B – "COVID -19 and agriculture ".  
2  THE REVIEW PROCESS  
2.1.  The Chairperson urged Members to provide timely and complete responses to questions raised 
under the Committee 's review process and to submit them through the Agriculture Information 
Management System (AG -IMS)2 for interested Members to consult.  
2.2.  The Chairperson noted that for th e meeting, as of the morning of 23 September 2021, 14 out 
of the 88 questions raised had responses available on  the AG -IMS. The Chairperson welcomed 
Members ' practice  of submit ting responses  in advance of CoA meetings  allowing for  deepen ed 
exchanges during meetings.   
2.3.  The Secretariat continued its practice of ascertaining the attendance of Members subject to 
advance questions  prior to Committee meetings . Mongolia  forewarned about its inability to attend 
the meeting  and provided responses to the questions received for the meeting .  
3  MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS UNDER THE REFORM 
PROGRAMME - ARTICLE 18.6  
3.1.  A total of 21 specific implementation matters (SIMs) were raised at the 9 9th CoA meeting under 
Article 18.6.3 The full version of the questions raised can be found in Section 1 of the compilation 
document G/AG/W/21 3. Out of the 21 SIMs, six were raised for the first time. Members' responses 
and follow -up comments may be consulted in the AG -IMS using the relevant question ID numbers 
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.  
2 http://agims.wto.org/ . 
3 WTO/AIR/AG/ 54, Section A of Attachment  1. G/AG/R/100  
 
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  as provided in Table 1 of Annex 1 to this report . This  information can also be accessed directly by 
clicking on the relevant hyperlinks in column  3 of the table.  
3.1  Review of Notifications  
3.2.  The Chairperson reported that since the previous Committee meeting held on  17-18 June  2021, 
34 notifications had been received. Out of those  notifications , nine related to market access, 
16 concerned domestic support, eight related to export competition,  and one concerned export 
prohibitions or restrictions . Those notifications had been distributed electronically to all d elegations 
and were available for consultation through the  AG-IMS.  
3.1.1   Notifications in respect of which questions have been raised in advance of the 
issuance of the convening airgram  
3.3.  Table 2 of Annex 1  to this report includes the list of questions relating t o individual notifications 
raised in advance of the issuance of the convening airgram .4 Members' responses and follow -up 
comments can be accessed  directly by clicking on the hyperlinks contained in the table or through 
the AG -IMS using the relevant questi on ID numbers.   
3.1.2   Deferred replies to questions raised under the review process  
3.4.  Two questions were raised under this agenda item5 as listed in Table 3 of Annex 1 to this 
report. The responses and follow -up comments can be accessed directly by clicking on the hyperlinks 
contained in the table or through the AG -IMS using the relevant question ID numbers.  
3.5.  The Secretariat document G/AG/ W/204/Rev. 4 presents  a list of questions raised under the 
CoA review process from 2013 to 2020 where responses  remain outstanding.  As of  
8 September  2021, a total of 1 04 questions still ha d outstanding responses  from 3 6 Members  for 
the period 2013 -2019.  For the questions posed in 2020, 47 responses from 2 3 Members were 
pending as of 8 September 2 021.  
3.6.  The Chairperson urged Members to make dedicated efforts to shorten, and eventually close, 
the list of pending responses. To assist Members in this endeavour, the Secretariat ha s introduced 
a feature in the AG -IMS to generate automatic reminders to Members with outstanding responses.   
3.1.3   Overdue notifications  
3.7.  The Committee took note of the Secretariat document summarizing the status of Members' 
complianc e with notification obligations .6 
3.8.  The Chairperson acknowledged Members' efforts to bring their notifications up to date , noting 
that several Members had submitted agriculture notifications covering multiple years since the 
June 2021 meeting, including:  
• El Salvador : Table DS:1 covering 2012-2015; and 
• Nigeria : Table ES:1 covering the period 2017-2020. 
3.9.  The Chairperson also drew Members' attention to the overall situation with respect to 
outstanding domestic support and export subsidy notifications for the period 1995 to 2019:  
• 888 Table DS:1 domestic support notifications  remained outstanding; and  
• 915 export subsidy notifications in the Table ES:1 series remained outstanding.  
 
4 WTO/AIR/AG/ 54, Section B of Attachment  1. The full version of the questions raised can be found 
under section 2 of the compilation document G/AG/W/2 13. 
5 WTO/AIR/AG/ 54, Section C of Attachment  1. The full version of the questions raised can be found 
under section 3 of the compilation document  G/AG/W/2 13. 
6 G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.4 3. G/AG/R/100  
 
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  3.10.   Two questions were raised under this agenda item.7 Members' responses and follow -up 
comments can be accessed through the hyperlinks contained in Table 4 of Annex 1 to this report  or 
through the AG -IMS using the  relevant question ID numbers.  
3.11.   The Chairperson emphasized the importance of transparency and timely notifi cations and 
encouraged Members to fulfil their notification obligations.  
3.1.4   Notifications subject to review in respect of which no questions have been raised 
in advance of the issuance of the convening airgram  
3.12.   The Committee took note of the 20 notifications circulated before the issuance of the 
convening airgram on 8 September 2021, including notifications carried over from the June 2021 
meeting, but in respect of which no questions had been raised by that date , under paragraph  9 of 
the Committee's working procedures.8 
3.1.5   Notifications circulated after the issuance of the convening airgram  
3.13.   The Committee took note of the 12 notifications circulated after the issuance of the convening 
airgram on 8 September  2021: Australia's Table ES:1, ES:2 and ES:3 for the year 2020 and 
Table  ES:2 for the year 2019 (G/AG/N/AUS/137 to 140); Canada's revis ed Table DS:2 
(G/AG/N/CAN/114/Rev.1); the EU's Table DS:2 (G/AG/N/EU/71); Guatemala's Table DS:1 for the 
year 2020 (G/AG/N/GTM/78); and South Africa 's Table ES :1 and ES :2 for the year 2017 and 
Table NF:1 for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 (G/AG/N/ZAF/102 to 106) . 
3.14.   These notifications would be reverted to for substantive review during the next regular 
meeting, in accordan ce with paragraph 9 of the working procedures.  
3.1.6   Points concerning notifications raised at previous meetings which have been 
pursued bilaterally: information regarding outcome where the issue involved is one of 
general interest  
3.15.   There were no requests for the  floor under this agenda item.  
3.1.7   Counter -notifications under Article 18.7 of the Agreement on Agriculture  
3.16.   No counter -notifications under Article 18.7 were made for this Committee meeting.  
4  OTHER MATTERS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE COMMITTEE  
4.1  Developments in the field of Export Competition  
4.1.  The Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition of 19 December 2015, states in its 
paragraph 4, that the "Committee on Agriculture shall monitor the implementation of the Decision 
by Members in accorda nce with existing notification requirements under the Agreement on 
Agriculture  (AoA) , as complemented by the provisions set out in the Annex to this Decision".  The 
Chairperson recalled that the current (sixth) export competition dedicated discussion  exerci se was 
launched on 14 January 2021  when his predecessor had invited delegations to reply to the export 
competition questionnaire  (ECQ). The original deadline to submit replies to the ECQ  of 28 May 2021, 
had been later extended to  25 June 2021.  
4.2.  For the first time, all Members were expected to reply to the questionnaire  for the 2021 
dedicated discussion , following the expiry of the grace period foreseen in footnote 17 of the Nairobi 
Decision.  A total of 33 replies to the questionna ire had been submitted  with f our developing country 
Members submitt ing a reply to the ECQ for the first time.  This represented the best  rate of replies 
to the questionnaire since the first edition of the dedicated discussions in 2014 . The responding 
Member s represent ed around 80% of total world exports , and the 62 Members  who had replied at 
least once since the initiation of th e dedicated discussion exercise accounted for around 95% of total 
 
7 The full version of the questions raised can be found under section 4 of the compilation document  
G/AG/W/2 13. 
8 WTO/AIR/AG/ 54, Section D of Attachment  1. G/AG/R/100  
 
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  world exports.  The Chairperson underlined the need for further improvement in the rate of reply  and 
suggested that support be given to Members  with no prior experience  with replying to the ECQ.  
4.3.   The Committee took note of the Secretariat 's revised  background document circulated on 
14 July 20219 in document G/ AG/W/125/Rev.14 and its 4 addenda on  export subsidies, export 
finance, international food aid and agricultural exporting State Trad ing Enterprises. The document 
incorporate s Members'  replies to the ECQ as well as relevant information from their notificatio ns.  
4.4.  The EU and Switzerland expressed concern with the low response rate to the ECQ and called 
on all Members to submit replies on a regular basis. Switzerland underlined that the information 
provided through the questionnaire was critical  for transparency, credibility of the dedicated 
discussion exercise , and informed discussions on exp ort competition. Referring to the missing or 
limited information on state trading enterprises from several major players, t he EU noted th e need 
to improve the quality of replies  to the ECQ . The EU reminded Members of the obligation under the 
Nairobi Decisi on of maximum repayment term of 18 months for export financing support and noted 
that it did not seem to have been consistently respected  as evident from some Members'10 reply to 
the ECQ. The EU also urged Members to timely submit Table ES:1 notifications  to the Committee .   
4.5.  There were 17 questions raised  by Members  for the annual monitoring of th e Nairobi Decision 
on Export Competition .11 Members' responses and follow -up comments can be accessed directly  
using the hyperlinks contained in Table 5 of Annex 1 to this report  or through the AG -IMS using the  
relevant question ID numbers.  
4.6.  Concerning the modification of Schedules pursuant to the Nairobi Ministerial Decision , the 
situation had not changed since the last Committee meeting . 12 out of the 16 Members with export 
subsidy reduction commitments at the time of adoption of the Nairobi Decision, ha d their revised 
schedule s certified12; two Members, namely Canada and the EU, had circulated their draft schedule 
in 2017 but these were not yet certified; and the remaining two Members, namely Brazil and the 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, ha d yet to circulate their draft schedules. Brazil informed the 
Committee that the Nairobi Decision had been approved by the Brazilian Congress and that Brazil 
would circulate its revised  draft Schedule once the Executive Decree was published .13  
4.7.  The Chairperson urged  all Members who ha d not replied to the ECQ to make all possible eff orts 
to do so and noted that  any additional replies received  by 29 October  would be included in a revision 
of the Secretariat's background paper to conclude the 2021 exercise.  The Chairperson also  noted 
that t he next dedicated discussion on export competit ion would  take place during the June 2022 CoA 
meeting.  
4.2  COVID -19 and Agriculture  
4.8.  The EU presented a n updat e14 to its ad hoc  report on COVID -19 agricultural measures . 
4.9.  The WTO Secretariat circulated on 8 September 2021 a revision15 to the compilation of 
Members' ad hoc reports on C OVID -19 agricultural measures . The revised compilation incorporates 
ad hoc  reports submitted as of 6  September 2021 by the EU, Israel, the United States, Paraguay, 
El Salvador, Switzerland, Brazil, Japan, Canada, Norway,  and South Africa . The original ad hoc 
reports  by Members are listed in Attachment 2 of the Convening Airgram16 and can be consulted via 
WTO Doc's Online ( https://docs.wto.org/ ). 
 
9 Two corrigenda G/AG/W/125/Rev.14 /Add.2/Corr.1 and G/AG/W/125/Rev.14 /Corr.1 were circulated on 
24 and  25 August 2021 respectively.  
10 Indonesia and Kazakhstan.  
11 The full version of the questions raised can be found under section 5 of the compilation document  
G/AG/W/2 13. 
12 Australia, Colombia, Iceland, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Norway, South Africa, Swit zerland, Turkey, 
United States of America and Uruguay.  
13 Brazil's draft modified schedule incorporating the Nairobi Decision was later circulated in document 
G/MA/TAR/RS/660 dated 28 October 2021.  
14 G/AG/GEN/159/Add.5 . 
15 G/AG/W/209/Rev.1.  
16 WTO/AIR/AG/ 54. G/AG/R/100  
 
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  4.10.   The World Food Pr ogramme (WFP) sensitized Members about the serious global food security 
repercussions of the Covid -19 pandemic which over the past 12 months had already pushed 
124 million people into extreme poverty — the first increase in global poverty in two decades. T he 
WFP also expressed concerns about high food prices, which coupled with elevated freight costs, were 
likely to increase the global food import bill in 2021, especially in developing countries.17 The WFP 
stressed the importance of an agreement at MC12 to exempt WFP's food purchases from export 
restrictions for an efficient conduct of its humanitarian operations. It also expressed its appreciation 
to the 81 WTO Members who had committed not to impose export restrictions on WFP foodstuff by 
signing the Joint Statement on Agriculture Export Prohibitions or Restrictions Relating to the World 
Food Programme .  
4.11.   Several  Members recognized the important work carried out by the WFP  to help the most 
vulnerable populations improve their access to food . Brazil, Canada, the EU, New Zealand, 
Switzerland, the United States , and the United Kingdom expressed their support for a Ministerial 
Decision at MC12 to exempt humanitarian purchases by th e WFP from the application of export 
restrictions or prohibitions. Tanzania also lent its support to the work of the WFP and highlighted the 
importance of preserving the current flexibilities  for Members under WTO rules to help them address 
food security c hallenges .   
4.12.   The International Grains Council (IGC)  presented its written contribution18 covering global 
production and trade prospects in respects of grains and oilseeds in the wake of the Covid -19 
pandemic. Global grains production and consumption is for ecasted to grow in 2021/22. The IGC also 
alluded to increasing freight costs underpinned by optimism about improving economic conditions , 
robust demand for raw materials a nd government stimulus in many countries. Reflecting market 
strength, the IGC Grains and Oilseeds Freight Index (GOFI) has increased by 78% since the start of 
2020 and  reached  its highest level on record (since Jan uary 2013) in early July 2021.    
4.13.   Brazil and the EU welcomed the IGC's contribution. Brazil noted the importance of market 
transparency  regarding the state of global agricultural markets and trade  in preventing the 
proliferation of beggar -thy-neighbour policies such as export restriction and prohibit ions. The EU 
welcomed the fact that despite the pandemic, there had been no decline  in global food production. 
The EU encourage d Members to focus on long-term measure s that would increase the resilience of 
food supply chains.   
4.14.   The Chairperson encouraged a ll Members to be transparent about their COVID -19 agricultural 
measures and to present information on those measures for the Committee's collective assessment.  
4.3  Implementation -related issues (G/AG/16, G/AG/16/ADD.1, G/AG/22)19 
4.15.   There were no requests for the floor under this agenda item.  
4.4  Implementation of Ministerial outcomes  
4.4.1   Bali Ministerial Decision on TRQ administration (WT/MIN(13)/39 and G/AG/29), 
including Chair report of the informal meeting  
4.16.   The issue was discussed at the informal meeting of the Committee on 23 September . At the 
formal meeting, the Chairperson provided an oral report on the discussions at the informal meeting , 
contained in Annex 2  to this report.  
4.17.   Considering the end of the ye ar deadline for a decision on the future operation of P aragraph  4 
of the underfill mechanism, and the remaining outstanding issues, the Chairperson suspended this 
agenda item  with the intention to reconvene the meeting when a resolution of those outstandin g 
issues would be in sight . The meeting  was reconvened on 9 November  to take up th e suspended 
agenda item . At the reconvened meeting on 9 November, the Co mmittee considered the report20 by 
the Chairperson on this issue along with  the draft decision on the future operation of Paragraph 4 of 
the underfill mechanism.  The Committee agreed to forward the draft Decision to the General Council  
 
17 Please refer to WFP's written submission in G/AG/GEN/190.  
18 G/AG/GEN/1 91. 
19 See the Ministerial Decision of 14 November 2001 as contained in WT/MIN(01)/17.  
20 G/AG/W/214.  G/AG/R/100  
 
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  for consideration and subsequent transmission to the twelfth Ministerial Conference  (MC12)  for a 
decision  with the understanding that some Members still required additional time to consult their 
capitals on the draft Decision.  The Chairperson's report21 along with the draft decision  was 
accordingly sent to the General Council on 11 November .  
4.4.2   Follow up on the N airobi Decision on export competition , including Chair report on 
the informal meeting   
4.18.   With regards to the second triennial review of the Nairobi Decision on Export Competition  
pursuant to  paragraph 5 of the Decision , the Chairperson provided an oral report on the discussions 
that took place during the informal meeting of the Committee  on 23 September . The oral report can 
be found  in Annex  3 to this report .  
4.19.   As several transparency -related issues were also being considered in the ongoing export  
competition negotiations, the Committee agreed to conclude the second triennial review after MC -12, 
at the March 2022 Committee meeting, to ensure complementarity in the review and the 
negotiations tracks.   
4.4.3   Implementation of Other Ministerial Outcomes  
4.20.   There were no requests for the floor under this agenda item.  
4.5  Chair report on the informal meeting of 23 September  - Enhancing transparency and 
the CoA Review Process  
4.21.   During the informal meeting of 23 September , the Committee continued its deliberations on 
enhancing transparency and the Committee's review process. At the formal meeting, the 
Chairperson provided an oral report on the discussions, which is contained in Annex  4 to this report.  
4.6  Annual report to the Council on Trade in Goods  
4.22.   The Chairperson noted that as per regular practice, a brief factual report on the activities of 
the Committee in 2021 would be provided to the Council for Trade in Goods (CTG). Accordingly, the 
Chairperson would submit a factual report, on his own responsibili ty, reflecting the activities of the 
Committee . A draft of th e report was circulated to Members as a room document22. The Chairperson 
also noted that the draft report w ould be updated to reflect discussions from th e September  meeting  
as well as any comments from Members on the draft. 23  
4.7  Renewal of ad hoc  observer status to IICA  
4.23.   The Chairperson recalled that at its March 2012 meeting, the Committee had agreed to invite 
the Inter -American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)  to its regu lar meetings as an 
ad hoc observer on an annual basis to expedite procedures unless the issue was to be specifically 
placed on the agenda by a Member in the intervening meetings. IICA had accordingly been invited 
to participate in the Committee regular mee tings since 2012.  
4.24.   The Committee agreed to invite IICA as an ad hoc observer to participate in the formal 
meetings of the Committee in 2022.  
 
21 G/AG/32  refers.  
22 RD/AG/86 circulated on 22 September 2021.  
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  4.8  Other Business  
4.8.1   Date of next regular meetings  
4.25.   The next (100th) regular meeting of the Committee on Agriculture will be held on 
15-17 March  202224. On that basis, the reminder airgram w ill be issued on  15 February 2022 and  
the convening airgram w ill be distributed to Members on Friday 4 March 2022.  
  
 
24 G/AG/GEN/1 92 contains the tentative dates of the  Committee meetings in 202 2. In light of consultations 
organized by the Chairperson of the Council for Trade in Goods  (CTG) on the scheduling of the meetings of the 
CTG subsidiary bodies, and to avoid  a potential overlap with a meeting of  another CTG subsidiary body, it was 
decided  to change the dates of the March 2022 meeting of the Committee to  15-17 March  2022 (instead of 
7-8 March  announced in G/AG/GEN/192). A written e -mail communication was sent to Members on 
8 October  2021, informing them about the new dates for the March 2022Committee meeting.  G/AG/R/100  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
Annex 1  includes the full list of questions raised under the various agenda items of the Committee. 
Members' responses and follow -up exchanges (if applicable) can be accessed through the AG -IMS 
(http://agims.wto.org/ ) by sele cting the function "Search Q&A Submitted Since 1995" and inputting 
the ID number of the question concerned. Question IDs where replies were yet to be submitted into 
the AG -IMS as of 24 November 2021 have been identified with the symbol "*".  Members are invited 
to submit outstanding replies through the AG -IMS at the earliest opportunity.  
Table 1 - Specific Implementation Matters (Article 18.6)  
Specific Implementation Matter  Question by  ID 
Number  
Argentina's export restrictions on beef   Canada  99094  
Argentina's export restrictions  European Union  99095  
Argentina's export restrictions on beef   Japan  99096  
Argentina's currency of  domestic support notification and inflation  Canada  99097  
Canada's new milk ingredient class  New Zealand  99098  
Canada's review of the TRQ system   New Zealand  99099  
China's one -off subsidy to farmers  Australia  99100  
China's fertilizer and diesel subsidies  European Union  99001  
EU's Environmental Policies  India 99015  
India's pulses policies   Russian Federation  99101 * 
India's wheat public stockpiling  United States of America  99005 * 
India's public stockpiling   United States of America  99103 * 
Mongolia's quota regime for importation   Russian Federation  99104  
Nigeria's import prohibitions on certain agricultural products   Brazil  99105 * 
Russian Federation 's permanent export quota for cereals  India 99024  
Russian Federation's export Restrictions  Japan  99106 * 
Russian Federation's export Restrictions  Ukraine  99107 * 
Russian Federation's support on exports of high value -added 
agricultural products  India 99025  
Russian Federation's  grain export duties  India 99016  
Turkey's export restriction on pasta  Japan  99108  
U.S. farm support   New Zealand  99109  
U.S. excise Duty Exemptions for Alcohol on Puerto Rico & 
the US Virgin Islands  European Union  99002  
U.S. planned investment in purchasing healthy food and building 
food bank capacity  India 99017  
U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service programme  India 99018   
  G/AG/R/100  
 
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Document Symbol  Question by  Answer by  Notification Format  Keywords  ID Number  
G/AG/N/CHN/56  Thailand  China  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Transparency issues  99028  
G/AG/N/CHN/56  Brazil  China  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99027  
G/AG/N/ECU/58  United States of America  Ecuador  MA:2 - Imports under TQs Transparency issues  99029  
G/AG/N/IND/26  Australia  India MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99030 * 
G/AG/N/IND/26  Brazil  India MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99048 * 
G/AG/N/JPN/263  Thailand  Japan  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99003  
G/AG/N/JPN/264  Australia  Japan  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99049  
G/AG/N/JPN/264  New Zealand  Japan  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff q uota fill  99050  
G/AG/N/RUS/27  India Russian Federation  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99019 * 
G/AG/N/RUS/32  New Zealand  Russian Federation  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99051 * 
G/AG/N/GBR/6  Brazil  United Kingdom  MA:2 - Imports unde r TQs  Tariff quota fill  99052  
G/AG/N/GBR/6  Paraguay  United Kingdom  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99009 
G/AG/N/GBR/6  Thailand  United Kingdom  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99053  
G/AG/N/USA/153  India United States of America  MA:2 - Imports under TQs  Tariff quota fill  99020  
G/AG/N/EU/70  Australia  European Union  MA:5 - Annual summary of SSG action  Transparency issues  99054  
G/AG/N/BRA/63  United States of America  Brazil  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99055  
G/AG/N/CAN/142  Australia  Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99056  
G/AG/N/CAN/142  European Union  Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99058  
G/AG/N/CAN/142  India Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99026  
G/AG/N/CAN/142  Turkey  Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99060  
G/AG/N/CAN/ 142 Japan  Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Other product -specific 
AMS/EMS  99059  
G/AG/N/CAN/142  Australia  Canada  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  De minimis  99057  
G/AG/N/COL/73  Canada  Colombia  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Other product -specific 
AMS/EMS  99063  
G/AG/N/CIV/27  United States of America  Côte d'Ivoire  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99064 * 
G/AG/N/DOM/46  Brazil  Dominican Republic  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Investment subsidies 
generally available to 
agriculture  99065 * 
G/AG/N/DOM/46  Canada  Dominican Republic  DS:1 - Exempt and non-exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Input subsidies available 
to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  99066 *  
  G/AG/R/100  
 
- 10 - Document Symbol  Question by  Answer by  Notification Format  Keywords  ID Number  
G/AG/N/DOM/46  European Union  Dominican Republic  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Non-product -specific AMS  99067 * 
G/AG/N/SLV/76  United States of America  El Salvador  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99068 * 
G/AG/N/SLV/78  Canada  El Salvador  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99069 * 
G/AG/N/S LV/78  United States of America  El Salvador  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99070 * 
G/AG/N/SLV/79  Canada  El Salvador  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Input subsidies available 
to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  99071 * 
G/AG/N/SLV/79  United States of America  El Salvador  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Input subsidies available 
to low -income or 
resour ce-poor producers  99072 * 
G/AG/N/EU/69  United States of America  European Union  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Other product -specific 
AMS/EMS  99073  
G/AG/N/EU/69  United States of America  European Union  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Other product -specific 
AMS/EMS  99074  
G/AG/N/EU/69  United States of America  European Union  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Other product -specific 
AMS/EMS  99075  
G/AG/N/IND/18  Paraguay, United States 
of America  India DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Public stockholding for 
food security purposes  99006 * 
G/AG/N/IND/18  Paraguay, United States 
of America  India DS:1 - Exempt and non-exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Domestic food aid  99010 * 
G/AG/N/IND/18  Paraguay, United States 
of America  India DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Direct payments: 
decoupled income support  99007 * 
G/AG/N/IND/18  Paraguay, United States 
of America  India DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Market price support  99008 * 
G/AG/N/NGA/20  Paraguay  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99012 * 
G/AG/N/NGA/20  European Union  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Input subsidies available 
to low -income or 
resource -poor produc ers 99076 * 
G/AG/N/NGA/21  Paraguay  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99011 * 
G/AG/N/NGA/22  Canada  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transpare ncy issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99078 * 
G/AG/N/NGA/22  Paraguay  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99013 * 
G/AG/N/NGA /22 Australia  Nigeria  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Input subsidies available 
to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  99077 *  
  G/AG/R/100  
 
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G/AG/N/PAN/58  United States of America  Panama  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99082 * 
G/AG/N/PAN/58  Canada  Panama  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Investment subsidies 
generally available to 
agriculture  99080 * 
G/AG/N/PAN/58  Canada  Panama  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Scheduled commitment 
level 99079 * 
G/AG/N/PAN/58  United States of America  Panama  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Scheduled commitment 
level 99081 * 
G/AG/N/RUS/29  India Russian Federation  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Non-product -specific AMS  99021  
G/AG/N/RUS/34  Canada  Russian Federation  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99083 * 
G/AG/N/RUS/34  United States of America  Russian Federation  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Market  price support  99084  
G/AG/N/TPKM/202  Canada  Chinese Taipei  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Direct payments: 
payments for relief from 
natural disasters  99062  
G/AG/N/TPKM/202  Australia  Chinese Taipei  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  De minimis  99061  
G/AG/N/USA/150  Australia  United States of America  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99085  
G/AG/N/USA/150  China  United States of America  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99086  
G/AG/N/USA/150  China  United States of America  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
suppo rt - Current total AMS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99088  
G/AG/N/USA/150  China  United States of America  DS:1 - Exempt and non -exempt 
support - Current total AMS  Classification of measures  99087  
G/AG/N/GBR/4  Brazil  United Kingdom  DS:2 - New or modified DS  Classification of measures  99089  
G/AG/N/GBR/5  Turkey  United Kingdom  DS:2 - New or modified DS  Transparency issues 
(including Table DS:2)  99091  
G/AG/N/GBR/5  Thailand  United Kingdom  DS:2 - New or modified DS  Direct payments: 
payments under 
environmental 
programmes  99090  
G/AG/N/NZL/127  Canada  New Zealand  ES:1 - Export subsidies  Transparency issues  99092  
G/AG/N/NOR/117  Canada  Norway  ES:1 - Export subsidies  Transparency issues  99093  
G/AG/N/USA/151  India United States of America  ES:3 - Food aid  International food aid  99022  G/AG/R/100  
 
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  Table 3 - Deferred replies to questions raised under the review process  
Document 
Symbol  Question by  Answer by  Notification Format  Keywords  ID 
Number  
G/AG/N/RUS/27  India Russian 
Federation  MA:2 - Imports under 
TQs Tariff quota fill  99019 *  
G/AG/N/RUS/29  India Russian 
Federation  DS:1 - Exempt and 
non-exempt support - 
Current total AMS  Non-product -specific 
AMS 99021   
Table 4 - Questions raised under agenda item "Overdue notifications"  
Question by  Answer by  ID Number  
European Union  China  99004  
India United States of America  99023  
Table 5 - Questions raised under agenda item " Developments in the field of Export 
Competition " 
Question by  Answer by  ID Number  
Canada  Brazil  99035  
United States of America  Canada  99032  
United States of America  Canada  99034  
Canada  China  99036  
European Union  China  99037  
United States of America  China  99031  
United States of America  China  99038  
United States of America  European Union  99039  
United States of America  European Union  99040  
United States of America  European Union  99041  
Canada  India 99042 * 
European Union  India 99044 * 
United States of America  India 99043 * 
United States of America  India 99045 * 
United States of America  Russian Federation  99046  
United States of America  Russian Federation  99047  
Canada  Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  99033 * 
 
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  ANNEX 2  
CHAIR REPORT ON THE INFORMAL MEETING OF 23 SEPTEMBER ON  
THE BALI DECISION ON TRQ ADMINISTRATION  
(AGENDA ITEM – 2.D (i)) 
The Committee considered the issue of the follow -up to the Bali TRQ Decision at its informal meeting 
on 23 September 2021. The discussion focused on the future operation of paragraph 4 of the  underfill 
mechanism and also considered the remaining recommendations of the Review contained in Annex  2 
to G/AG/29.  
 
On paragraph 4, the discussions confirmed that Members were primarily seeking to address a 
situation in the final stage of the Underfill  Mechanism where an importing developing Member does 
not achieve the prescribed increase in the fill rate while either retaining the current TRQ 
administration method or using an alternative administration method. In response to my question 
on possible app roaches to address this outstanding situation, several Members extended their 
support for a textual suggestion made informally by a Member according to which an importing 
developing Member not meeting the required fill rate standard after two years in the final stage of 
the Underfill Mechanism would be subject to the standard requirement in the first sentence of 
paragraph 4 if so requested by interested exporting Member(s). In the absence of such request, the 
concern should be marked as 'closed'.  
 
To clari fy the relationship between the Bali TRQ Decision underfill obligations and specific 
commitments on TRQ administration in a Member's Schedule, one Member informally shared a 
possible text by proposing an addition to footnote 5 of the Underfill Mechanism. S everal Members 
asked this Member to elaborate on the specific concerns that it desired to resolve through the 
proposed language, while also indicating their willingness to examine the text. The proponent 
Member explained that the draft was entirely in the spirit of paragraph 5 of the Underfill Mechanism 
and sought to provide further certainty and ensure a balance between importing and exporting 
Members’ interests.  
 
On other elements of the Review recommendations on enhanced transparency and improved TRQ 
notification practices, one Member considered that the proposed transparency outcome in the 
ongoing agriculture negotiations towards MC12 could constitute an effective way forward. As for the 
first triennial review of the Bali Decision, the same Member was o f the view that priority should be 
given to reaching an agreement on the future operation of paragraph 4 of the underfill mechanism. 
Another Member recalled that Members should reach a decision on the Secretariat’s tracking register 
immediately after settl ing the issue of paragraph 4 and prior to the launch of the first triennial review 
in 2022.   
 
I invited Members to intensify their engagement to reach an agreement on the outstanding issue  of 
the future implementation of paragraph 4 of the Bali TRQ Decisi on Underfill Mechanism within the 
deadline of end -2021. I also expressed my utmost commitment to work with them towards this 
common endeavour.  
 
In terms of future process, I indicated that absent major breakthroughs in the remaining time before 
the formal  meeting, I would propose to suspend discussions on this agenda item and to reconvene 
when an agreement would be imminent. I also informed them about my intention to organize 
consultations in varying configurations in the coming weeks to facilitate an agre ement.  
 
This concludes my report.  
 
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  ANNEX 3  
CHAIR REPORT ON THE INFORMAL  MEETING ON  
THE NAIROBI DECISION ON EXPORT COMPETITION – SECOND TRIENNIAL REVIEW  - ON 
23 SEPTEMBER   
(AGENDA ITEM – 2.D (ii)) 
During its informal meeting on 23rd September, the Committee discussed the second Triennial 
Review of the Nairobi Decision on Export Competition being conducted pursuant to Paragraph 5 of 
the Nairobi Decision.  
On substance , I summarized in my introductory statement the work undertaken on this topic under 
the leadership of my predecessor.  
Members didn't have  any additional views or further inputs to make at this stage, in particular on 
the nine main items identified so far in the discussions, as reflected in annexes 3 and 4 of  document 
G/AG/R/99.  
I concluded that these documents constituted a good summary of the discussions held so 
far on the second triennial review . 
On process , I noted that Export Competition issues have been, or are being considered this year 
under three para llel tracks, namely:  
a. First, the sixth annual dedicated discussion  process to monitor the implementation of the 
disciplines contained in the Nairobi Decision, which we just held under item 2 (A);  
b. Second, this Second Triennial Review of the Nairobi Decision;  and 
c. Third,  the agricultural negotiations undertaken in the framework of the CoA in Special 
Session (CoA -SS) with a view to reaching an outcome on agriculture at MC12.  
I stressed that these negotiations towards a potential outcome on export competition at  MC12 were 
of particular relevance in the context of this Second Triennial Review, as several export competition 
transparency -related issues were discussed under both tracks. Indeed, I noted that various 
participants had notably referred to the recent subm issions in JOB/AG/211 and JOB/AG/213 in my 
last consultations on 13th September.  
I also noted that the outcome of the negotiations on this topic, like on other topics under the purview 
of the CoA -SS, would be uncertain until early December.  
Finally, I reca lled Members that this September formal meeting was the last one this year, given 
that MC12 was scheduled to take place from 30th November to 3rd December 2021.  
In view of all these contextual elements and with due account of the Members' objective to ensu re 
that both the negotiation track and the Second Triennial Review remained mutually supportive and 
complementary, I suggested to conclude this Second Triennial Review after MC12, at the 
next and 100th meeting of the CoA, to be held in March 2022 . 
Members agreed with this suggested way forward . 
Several Members confirmed that, in their view, the triennial review, while constituting an 
independent exercise, should be considered in the broader context, including the link with issues 
and proposals being discuss ed in the on -going negotiation, and the need for more time to review 
and analyse all the replies to the last Export Competition questionnaire (which is the first one since 
the expiry of the grace period foreseen in footnote 17 of the Nairobi Decision ). 
One Member expressed its support to updating and streamlining the current notification 
requirements, including those contained in G/AG/2, and considered that the Committee on 
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  Finally, I took the opportunity to update Members on the AG-IMS Export Competition 
Questionnaire tool project launched by the Secretariat a few months ago, which was aimed at 
developing a new IT module dedicated to the Export Competition ques tionnaire to be fully integrated 
in the existing AG -IMS framework . 
I noted that this module was expected to be constituted of two main functions; first, enabling on -line 
replies to the questionnaire; and second, a reporting functionality allowing the extraction of data 
incorporated in the replies to the questionnaire which are currently compiled in the four addenda of 
the Secretariat's annual background document.  
I ended by noting that this project was still under development and that Members would be invited 
to provide their feedback on it as soon as possible.  
This ends my report.  G/AG/R/100  
 
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  ANNEX 4  
 
CHAIR REPORT ON THE INFORMAL MEETING ON 'ENHANCING TRANSPARENCY  
AND THE COA REVIEW PROCESS' OF 23 SEPTEMBER  
(AGENDA ITEM 2.E) 
At the informal meeting celebrated on 23rd September, the Committee continued its deliberations 
on enhancing transparency and the review process, a topic that has been taken up in a number of 
informal meetings.  
During the meeting, I recalled the two main themes that have frequen tly figured in our discussions 
under this agenda item, namely: the issue of timeliness and completeness of notifications, 
particularly keeping in view the large number of overdue notifications in the areas of domestic 
support and export subsidies as reflec ted in the Secretariat's document G/AG/GEN/86/Rev.43; and 
secondly, the importance of timely and complete responses to questions raised under the 
Committee's review process. Both these themes are also routinely taken up in the formal meeting 
under the agen da items on 'overdue notifications' and 'deferred replies', respectively.  
I also recalled the Secretariat's effort towards enhanced transparency and an efficient COA review 
process, inter alia, through the tracking of pending responses and through the lau nch of and 
continuous improvements to the Agriculture Information Management System (AG -IMS).  
During the informal meeting, one Member noted the importance of addressing the issues pertaining 
to notifications and of improving rates of responses, both of wh ich had indeed been discussed over 
several meetings. This Member noted that some of these transparency issues were also being 
discussed under the CoA -SS process, where concrete ideas had been submitted with a view to 
reaching an outcome at MC12. This Membe r suggested that, in relation to outstanding notifications, 
the compliance statistics presented by the Secretariat  could cover a period of the last 5 or 10 years, 
as this might be of more interest to the work of the Committee on Agriculture both in its reg ular and 
special session.  
Another Member sought clarification on the list of outstanding responses under G/AG/W/204/Rev.4 
indicating that a number of responses it had already submitted continued to appear in the list. 
I noted that a revised list reflectin g those additional responses would be produced in anticipation of 
the next CoA meeting.  
I concluded the meeting by encouraging Members to continue sharing specific ideas and suggestions 
towards enhanced transparency and efficacy of the CoA's review process , and by noting that the 
Committee would continue its engagement on these important matters.  
This concludes my report.  
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