G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
18 September 2019  
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES, EXPORT CREDITS, EXPORT CREDIT GUARAN TEES  
OR INSURANCE PROGRAM MES,  INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID AND 
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTI NG STATE TRADING ENT ERPRISES  
BACKGROUND DOCUMENT BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Revision  
1.   The Ministerial Declaration on Export Competition (document WT/MIN(13)/40 and WT/L/915) 
adopted by Ministers on 7 December 2013 at the 9th WTO Minis terial Conference in Bali 
(the "Bali Declaration ") states , inter alia , that: 
"10. Accordingly, we commit to enhance transpar ency and to improve monitoring in relation 
to all forms of export subsidies and all export measures with equivalent effect, in order to 
support the reform process.  
11. We therefore agree to hold dedicated discussions on an annual basis in the Committee on 
Agriculture to examine developments in the field of export competition . This examination 
process shall provide an opportunity for Members to raise any matter relevant to the export 
competition pillar, in furtherance of the final objective set out in the 2005 Hong Kong 
Ministerial Declaration.  
12. This examination process shall be undertaken on the basis of timely notifications under 
the relevant provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture and related decisions, complemented 
by information compil ed by the WTO Secretariat, consistent with the practice followed in 
20132, on the basis of Members' responses to a questionnaire, as illustrated in the Annex."  
2.   Two annual dedicated discussion s took place respectively on 5 June 2014 and 4  June 2015 at 
the regular meeting s of the Committee on Agriculture .3  
3.   These  dedicated discussions were based on a  background document  by the Secretariat4, which 
compiled information from Members' relevant notifications along with responses to an  export 
competition questionnaire  circulated by the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture .5 
4.   The Ministerial Decision  on Export Competition (document WT/MIN(15)/45  - WT/L/980 ) adopted 
by Ministers on 19  December  2015 at the 10th WTO Ministerial Confer ence in Nairobi  (the "Nairobi 
Decision")  states, inter alia , that:  
                                                
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. It has been prepared for 
information only and is not intended to provide any authoritative or official legal interpretation of the provisions 
of the WTO Agreements in general or in relation to any specific entity or measure listed in this document.  
2 TN/AG/S/27 and TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1.  
3 See summary report s issued as document  G/AG/R/7 5 and document G/AG/R/78 as modified by 
document G/AG/R/78/Corr.1 . 
4 Documents G/AG/W/125, G/AG/W/125/Rev.1, G/AG/W/125/Rev.2 and G/AG/W/125/Rev.3 and their 
addenda. The documents were updated after the meetings to include additional information from Membe rs. 
5 The questionnaire s circulated respectively on 10 February 2014 and 26 November 2014 reflected the 
Elements for Enhanced Transparency on Export Competition contained in the Annex to the Bali Declaration.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  "4. The Committee on Agriculture shall monitor the implementation of this Decision by 
Members in accordance with existing notification requirements under the Agreement on 
Agriculture, as co mplemented by the provisions set out in the Annex to this Decision. " 
5.   The Annex to the Nairobi Decision  states  that, consistent with the Bali Declaration, Members 
shall continue to provide information on export subsidies, export credit, export credit guaran tees or 
insurance programs, international food aid and agricultural exporting state trading enterprises, 
within the context of an annual examination process  based on the structure of the Annex . 
6.   In addition, footnote 17 to the Decision states  that " Notwithstanding paragraph  4 of this 
Decision, developing country Members, unless they are in a position to do so at an earlier date, shall 
implement this Annex no later than five years following the date of adoption of this Decision ". 
7.   Three post-Nairobi annual dedicated discussions took place respectively on 7 -8 June 2016, 
7 June 2017 and 11 -12 June 2018 at the regular meetings of the Committee on Agriculture.6  
8.   These dedicated discussions were based on background document s by the Secretariat7, which 
compiled information from Members' relevant notifications along with responses to the export 
competition questionnaire circulated by the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture.8 
9.   On 25 October 201 8, the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture circulated the 
questionnaire, in accordance with the terms of the Annex of the Nairobi Decision, in preparation  for 
the annual examination process referred to therein.   
10.   The fourth post -Nairobi annual dedica ted discussion took place at the 25 -26 June 2019 regular 
meeting of the Committee on Agriculture9, based on the Secretariat's background 
document  G/AG/W/125/Rev.10 and its four addenda which constitute an integral part of it, circulated 
on 10 May 2019.  
11.   The present document and its four addenda update document G/AG/W/125/Rev. 10, with the 
addition of replies to the questionnaire circulated on 25 October  2018, relevant information coming 
from Table ES:1 and ES:3 notifications, and notifications to the  Working Party on State Trading 
Enterprises received by the Secretariat and circulated up to 3 0 August  2019. 
12.   The following Members replied to th e questionnaire circulated on 25 October 2018 : Argentina; 
Australia; Brazil; Burundi; Canada; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; European  Union; 
Hong Kong, China; Indonesia;  Israel; Japan; Liechtenstein; Macao,  China;  Malaysia; Mauritius; 
Mexico; Montenegro; New Zealand;  Nicaragua; Norway; Oman; Paraguay ; Russian  Federation; 
Singapore; Switzerland;  Thailand; Turkey; Ukraine;  the United States and Uruguay . 
                                                
6 See summary reports issued as documents G/AG/ R/81, G/AG/R/85 and G/AG/R/88 and responses to 
points raised by Members during the dedicated discussions in documents G/AG/W/155, G/AG/W/166 
and G/AG/W/182.  
7 Series of documents G/AG/W/125/Rev.4 to G/AG/W/125/Rev.9 and their addenda. The documents were 
updated after the meetings to include additional information provided by Members.  
8 The questionnaires circulated respectively on 20 January 2016, 31 October 2016 and 16 November 2017 
reflected the elements contained in the Annex to the Nairobi Decision.  
9 See summary report issued as document G/AG/R/ 92. G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  13.   The following chart  summarizes the record of replies to the questionnaire since 2014 . 
 
 
 
14.   This document, read i n conjunction with its addenda , is organized in four  parts corresponding 
to the four areas covered by the questionnaire : 
a. Part A : Export subsidies  (cf. also addendum  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.1 ); 
b. Part B : Export credits, export credit guarantees or insurance programmes  (cf. also 
addendum  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.2 ); 
c. Part C : International food ai d (cf. also addendum  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.3 ); and 
d. Part D: Agricultural exporting state tradin g enterprises (cf. also addendum  
G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.4 ). 
15.   Parts A to D of this document describe how  data transmitted by Members was collected and  
compiled in the relevant addenda . The document  also contains  a number of related  summary tables 
and chart s. Part A also reflects  updated information on Members' export subsidies commitments.   
0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%
051015202530354045
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
number of replies incorporated before dedicated discussion (EU as one - left axis)
total number of replies (EU as one - left axis)
Ratio Members having replied at least once / number of WTO Members (incl EU Member States - right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  TABLE OF CONTENT S 
PART A – EXPORT SUBS IDIES  ................................ ................................ ..........................  6 
PART B – EXPORT CRED ITS, EXPORT CREDIT G UARANTEES OR INSURAN CE 
PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  32 
PART C – INTERNATION AL FOOD AID  ................................ ................................ ............  33 
PART D – AGRICULTURA L EXPORTING STATE TR ADING ENTERPRISES  ..........................  34 
TABLE OF TABLES  
Table 1 – Product groupings  ................................ ................................ ................................ . 8 
Table 2 – Number of product -specific export subsidy reduction commitments in Members' 
schedules – Initial situation  ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 9 
Table 3 – Modification of export subsidies schedules pursuant to the December  2015 Nairobi 
Ministerial Decision on Export Competition  ................................ ................................ ...........  10 
Table 4 – Number of product -specific export subsidy reduction commitments in Members' 
schedules – Situation as of 30 August 2019  ................................ ................................ .........  11 
Table 5 – Most recent use of  export subsidies  ................................ ................................ ....... 12 
Table 6 – Number of agricultural exporting STEs per Member  ................................ .................  35 
Table 7 – Distribution of agricultural exporting STEs by product grouping  ................................  36 
TABLE OF CHARTS  
Chart 1: Australia  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  13 
Chart 2: Canada  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  13 
Chart 3: Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ .............  14 
Chart 4: European Un ion ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 14 
Chart 5: Iceland  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  15 
Chart 6: Israel  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................  15 
Chart 7: Mexico  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  16 
Chart 8: Norway  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  16 
Chart 9: South Africa  ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  17 
Chart 10: Switzerland -Liechtenstein  ................................ ................................ ....................  17 
Chart 11: Turkey  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  18 
Chart 12: United States of A merica  ................................ ................................ .....................  18 
Chart 13: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  ................................ ................................ .........  19 
Chart 14: Category 1 – Wheat and wheat flour  ................................ ................................ ..... 20 
Chart 15: Category 2 – Coarse grains  ................................ ................................ ..................  20 
Chart 16: Category 3 – Rice ................................ ................................ ...............................  21 
Chart 17: Category 4 – Oilseeds  ................................ ................................ .........................  21 
Chart 18: Category 5 – Vegetable oils  ................................ ................................ .................  22 
Chart 19: Category 6 – Oilcakes  ................................ ................................ .........................  22 G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart 20: Category 7 – Sugar  ................................ ................................ .............................  23 
Chart 21: Category 8 – Butter and butter oil  ................................ ................................ ........  23 
Chart 22: Category 9 – Skim milk powder  ................................ ................................ ............  24 
Chart 23: Category 10 – Cheese  ................................ ................................ .........................  24 
Chart 24: Category 11 – Other milk products  ................................ ................................ ....... 25 
Chart 25: Category 12 – Bovine meat  ................................ ................................ ..................  25 
Chart 26: Category 13 – Pigmeat  ................................ ................................ ........................  26 
Chart 27: Category 14 – Poultry meat  ................................ ................................ .................  26 
Chart 28: Category 15 – Sheepmeat  ................................ ................................ ...................  27 
Chart 29: Category 16 – Live animals  ................................ ................................ ..................  27 
Chart 30: Category 17 – Eggs ................................ ................................ ............................  28 
Chart 31: Category 18 – Wine ................................ ................................ ............................  28 
Chart 32: Category 20 (includes 19) – Fruits and vegetables  ................................ ..................  29 
Chart 33: Category 21 – Tobacco  ................................ ................................ ........................  29 
Chart 34: Category 22 – Cotton  ................................ ................................ ..........................  30 
Chart 35: Category 23 – Incorporated products  ................................ ................................ .... 30 
Chart 36: Category 24 – Other agricultural products  ................................ .............................  31 
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  PART A – EXPORT SUBSIDIES  
16.   This part  relates to  the information on the use o f export subsidies  by Members  with export  
subsidy reduction commitments , which is contained in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.1 . 
17.   Document G/AG/W/12 5/Rev.11 /Add.1  updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.1 . 
It incorporates  information from  Table  ES:1 notifications  as well as  replies by Members  to the first 
section of the questionnaire o n operational changes in export subsidies  up to  30 August  2019. In 
the absence of a reply to the questionnaire or new notification by a Member, the information 
contained in d ocument G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.1  has been left unchanged.  
18.   Members'  informa tion on  export subsidy reduction commitments, both in terms of budgetary 
outlay and quantity commitments, at the time of adoption of  the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on 
export competition  was adopted  can be found in the Section  I of Part  A of document s 
TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1  and TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1/Add.1.  Information on new developments in relation to 
Members' export subsidies commitments pursuant to the Nairobi Ministerial decision on export 
competition can be found in paragraph s 28 and 29 below .  
19.   As was the case in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.1  and in  previous similar documents , 
document  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.1  does not include the data  corresponding to export subsidies 
granted by developing country Members notified under Article  9.4 of the Agreement on Agri culture 
(Supporting Table ES:2)10 or the repli es to the questionnaire in which Members without export 
subsidy reduction commitments confirmed the absence of such export subsidies.  
20.   Export subsidy b udgetary outlays and quantities , as notified by Members , are shown  in two 
different tables . The symbol "n.r." indicates that the products concerned were not subject to 
notification requirements in the year in question (either because the country concerned was not 
a Member or because that type of commitment – budgetary ou tlay or quantity – did not apply) . 
A blank indicates that no notification has been received for the year in question.  
21.   The following column headings are used:  
REF The last digit or the two last digits of the reference number ( Export 
Subsidy  ID-XSID) used in  the Consolidated Tariff Schedules ( CTS) File to identify 
each export subsidy reduction commitment;  
PRODUCT  The product or group of products as specified in the Member 's schedules 
(or abbreviated)11; 
UNIT  The currency/quantity unit used for reduction commitments and a percentage 
symbol below (in italic) ; and 
1995…2018  For each year :12 
-  the notified budgetary outlay or quantity ; and 
- the resulting share of the Member's corresponding annual commitment for that 
year expressed in percentage (in  italic).  
22.   The Members ' annual commitment levels used to calculate the shares are tho se listed in 
Section  I of Part A  of document s TN/AG/S/27/Re v.1 and TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1/Add.1 as modified and 
certifi ed pursuant to the December 2015 Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition .  
23.   For each Member, the type of year (i.e. calendar, financial , fiscal  or marketing year)  used is 
indicated in the title complemented in some cases by a note attached to the relevant table.  
                                                
10 Those Members are Barbados; India; Korea, Republic of; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Pakistan; 
Sri Lanka; Thailand; and Tunisia.  
11 In original language only.  
12 Until the last year for which the Member has non -zero export subsidy budgetary outlay commitments  
inscribed in its schedule.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  24.   Australia, Canada , Colom bia, Indonesia, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey  also provided 
additional informa tion in their replies  to the first section of the questionnaire , which  was added 
before the relevant  tables  in document G/AG/W/125/Rev.10/Add.1 . 
SUMMARY INFORMATION ON MEMBERS' EXPORT SUBSIDIES  COMMITMENTS  
25.   Out o f the 164 WTO Members, 25 initially had export subsidy reduction commitments in 
Section  II of Part IV of their schedules.13, 14 These Members are listed in Table  2 below , along with 
the number of product specific commitments . The latter are classified in various product groupings 
in order to facilitate the presentation . The product groupings used are set out in Table  1.15 
They reflect the categories of products (or groups o f products ) used for the establishment of  export 
subsidy reduction commitments during the Uruguay Round as in document MTN.GNG/MA/W/24 and 
in relation to total exports as in document G/AG/2, subject to the following presentational 
adjustments (shown in bol d in Table  1): 
i. reflecting the nature of many schedules, the fruit s (category 19) and vegetables (category 
20) groups have been com bined into one (with the code  20); 
ii. subsidies for  agricultural products contingent on their incorporation in exported products 
("incorporated products") have been given the code 23;  
iii. "other" agricultural products, i.e. those that do not fit into any of the groupings used during 
the Uruguay Round, have been given the code 24 ; and 
iv. "all agricultural products" (combined) have been given the code 25.  
26.   The information in Table  2 on the number of product -specific commitments by Member in  each 
product grouping is taken from the schedules of Members . For the purposes of Table  2, budgetary 
outlay commitments have been used . Members also have commitments on a quantity basis although, 
in total, there are fewer of these than budgetary outlay commitments, reflecting aggregate export 
subsidy reduction commitments ( e.g. "incorporated products" and "all  agricultural products") for 
which the re are no quantity -based commitments.  
27.   As result of  this calculation, there were 428 export subsidy reduction commitments . 
Two commitments apply to "all agricultural products" and five to "incorporated products" . 
The remaining 421 are product -specific commi tments with both budgetary outlay and quantity 
commitments.16 
                                                
13 The European Union is counted as one Member with commitments based on the certified 
Schedule  CLXXIII – European Union 25, effective as of 1 December 2016 (document WT/LET/1220). Since 
Marketing Year 2006/2007, the European Uni on had notified its calculation of "EC -25 commitment levels 
following Article  XXIV.6 negotiations for the EU enlargement of 2004" (document  G/AG/N/EEC/57/Rev.1). The 
European Union submitted for certification a revised draft schedule for EU -28 on 17 Octobe r 2017 
(document  G/MA/TAR/RS/506).      
14 Costa Rica has commitments only in Section III of Part IV of its schedule (commitments limiting the 
scope of export subsidies) . However , as this section of schedules is not covered by the notification 
requirements ( document G/AG/2), it is not taken into consideration here.  
15 These groupings were also used in documents G/AG/NG/S/5, G/AG/NG/S/5/Rev.1, TN/AG/S/8, 
TN/AG/S/8/Rev.1, TN/AG/S/27 and TN/AG/S/27/Rev.1.  
16 In the case of Poland's "animal husbandry products" comm itment, there is no quantity commitment in 
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  Table 1 – Product groupings  
Code  Products coverage  
1 Wheat and wheat flour  
2 Coarse grains  
3 Rice 
4 Oilseeds  
5 Vegetable oils  
6 Oilcakes  
7 Sugar  
8 Butter and butter oil  
9 Skim milk powder  
10 Cheese  
11 Other milk products  
12 Bovine meat  
13 Pigmeat  
14 Poultry meat  
15 Sheepmeat  
16 Live animals  
17 Eggs 
18 Wine 
20 (includes  19) Fruits and vegetables  
21 Tobacco  
22 Cotton  
23 Incorporated products  
24 Other agricultural products  
25 All agricultural products  
 
   
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Member  Product groupings (see Table 1 for definitions)  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 ALL 
Australia         1 1 1 1        1      5 
Brazil   1   1 1 1    1 1  1    1 2 1 1  4  16 
Bulgaria  1   1      2  1 1 3 1 2 1 1 28 1  1   44 
Canada  1 1  1 1 1  1 1 1 1        1   1   11 
Colombia    1    1     1       3 1 1  10  18 
Cyprus           1 1 1 1 1 1   1 2      9 
Czech Republic  1 1   1  1  1  1 1 1 1 1   1 1    4  16 
European Union  1 1 1 1 1  1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   1 1 2 1  1 1  20 
Hungary  1 1  1 1  1   1  1 1 1 1 3  1 2      16 
Iceland            1    1          2 
Indonesia    1                      1 
Israel                    3  1  2  6 
Mexico  1 2     1            1      5 
New Zealand                         1 1 
Norway         1  1 1 1 1 1 1  1  1   1 1  11 
Panama                         1 1 
Poland     1 1  1  1  1 1  1  1   4    5  17 
Romania   1  1 1  1 1  1  1  1  1 1 1 2      13 
Slovak Republic  1 1   1  1  1  1 1 1 1 1   1 1    5  17 
South Africa  1 4  1 2  2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1  1 1 5 2 1  33  62 
Switzerland -Liechtenstein            1     1   2   1   5 
Turkey  2 3   4   1  1 3 3  1 1  1  14 1   9  44 
United States  1 1 1  1   1 1 1 1 1 1 1  1 1        13 
Uruguay    1   1  1                 3 
Venezuela, Boliv arian 
Republic of   1 4        1        46 4   16  72 
All Members  11 18 9 7 15 3 11 9 8 12 17 17 9 15 9 9 7 9 121 11 4 5 90 2 428 
 
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  NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN RELA TION TO MEMBERS' EXP ORT SUBSIDIES COMMIT MENTS  
28.   Table 3 reflects the steps undertaken by  Members with scheduled export subsidy reduction 
commitments to modify their schedules pursuant to the December 2015 Nairobi Ministerial Decision  
on Export Competition .  
Table 3 – Modification of export subsidies schedules pursuant to the December  2015 
Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition   
Member  Submission of revised draft schedule 
containing modifications to part IV 
pursuant to the Nairobi Decision on 
Export Competition  Certification of the new Schedule  
Australia  Circulated on 22 February 2017  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/454  Certified as of 22 May 2017  
Document WT/LET/1262  
Canada  Circulated on 11 December 2017  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/512   
Colombia  Circulated on 22 June 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/566  Certified as of 22 September  2018 
Document WT/LET/1 411 
European Union  Circulated on 17 October 2017  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/506   
Iceland  Circulated on 15 March 2019  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/584  Certified as of 15 June 2019 
Document WT/LET/1 440 
Israel  Circulated on 11 December 2017  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/511  Certified as of 11 March 2018  
Document WT/LET/1348  
Mexico  Circulated on 10 January 2019  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/578  Certified as of 10 April 2019 
Document WT/LET/1 430 
Norway  Circulated on 28 November 2017  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/507  Certified as of 28 February 2018  
Document WT/LET/1342  
South Africa  Circulated on 2 March 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/524  
Circulated on 10 July 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/524/Add.1 and  
G/MA/TAR/RS/568  
Circulated on 29 November  2018 
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/524/Add. 2  
 
Certified as of 10 October  2018 
Document WT/LET/1 416 
 
Certifi ed as of 29 November  2018 
Document WT/LET/1 422 
Switzerland  Circulated on 2 May 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/539  Certified as of 2 August  2018 
Document WT/LET/13 85 
Turkey  Circulated on 18 June 2019  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/5 88  
United States  Circulated on 8 August  2018 
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/5 71 Certified as of 8 November  2018 
Document WT/LET/1 418 
Uruguay  Circulated on 26 June 201 8 
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/5 67 Certified as of 26 September  2018 
Document WT/LET/1 413 
29.   Table  4 reflects the current situation as regards WTO Members' export subsidy reduction 
commitments  inscribed in their schedules following  the same presentation as in Table 2.   
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Member  Product groupings (see Table 1 for definitions)  
 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 ALL 
Australia         0 0 0 0        0      0 
Brazil   
1   
1 1 1    
1 1  
1    
1 2 1 1  
4  
16 
Canada  1 1  
1 1 1  
1 1 1 1        
1   
1   
11 
Colombia    
0    
0     
0       
0 0 0  
0  
0 
European Union  1 1 1 1 1  
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1   
1 1 2 1  
1 1  
20 
Iceland            
0    
0          
0 
Indonesia    
1                      
1 
Israel                    
3  
0  
1  
4 
Mexico  0 0     
0            
0      
0 
Norway         
1  
1 0 0 1 0 0  
0  
0   
1 0  
4 
South Africa  0 0  
0 0  
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
0 0 0 0 0  
0  
0 
Switzerland -Liechtenstein            
0     
0   
0   
1   
1 
Turkey  2 3   
4   
1  
1 3 3  
1 1  
1  
14 1   
9  
44 
United States of America  0 0 0  
0   
0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
0 0        
0 
Uruguay    0  
 0  
0   
   
  
         
0 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of   
1 4        
1        
46 4   
16  
72 
All Members  4 7 6 2 7 2 2 4 2 4 8 5 2 3 2 0 2 2 68 7 1 4 31 0 173 
In bold : Members with certified new schedules .  
In italic : Members with revised draft schedules under certification process . 
 
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  SUMMARY INFORMATION  ON THE EVOLUTION IN THE  USE OF EXPORT SUBSIDIE S 
30.   Table 5 summarizes the information available in relation to the export subsidies granted by the 
Members who have notified such export subsidies in their latest Table ES:1 notification, since 2004.  
Table 5 – Most recent use of export subsidies  
Member  Latest 
notification 
year avail able Sum notified export subsidy 
budgetary outlays  as % of 
sum export subsidy budgetary 
outlay commitment levels  
Initial (post Nairobi certified)  Products covered  
Canada  2017 2.4%  Butter , cheese, other milk  
 
Israel  2017 3.3% (4.0% ) Fruits other than citrus fruits, fresh 
vegetables  
Mexico  2018 3.2% (3.2%)  Maize (corn)  
Norway  2018 25% (30%)  Swine meat, cheese, processed agricultural 
products  
Switzerland  2017 21% (82%)  Processed products  
Turkey  2009 11.6%  Meat of the Poultry (exc. edible offals); Eggs; 
Natural honey; Cut flowers (fresh); 
Vegetables, frozen (exc. Potatoes); 
Vegetables (dehydrated); Apples; Fruits 
(frozen); Olive oil; Sausages and similar 
products, of meat, meat offal; Other prepared 
meat, me at offal; Prepared or preserved fish, 
crustaceans and molluscs; Chocolate and 
other food preparations containing chocolate 
Biscuits, pastry; Macaroni vermicelli; 
Preserves, pastes, including frozen manioc, 
sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers, 
frozen algae and "muesli" type preparations 
based on unroasted cereal flakes; 
Homogenised fruit preparations; Fruit juic es 
(concentrated)  
Sum of  the export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and scheduled per Member  
31.   The charts 1 -13 show by Member17 and by year18 the sum of the  export subs idy outlays  notified 
and the sum of the export subsidy budgetary outlay commitment levels scheduled for the 
corresponding  year of notification . 
32.   The charts also show for each year the sum of the  notified export subsid y budgetary outlays 
expres sed as a percentage of the sum of the  export subsidy budgetary outlay commitm ent le vels. 
33.   These charts, which  aim at giving some indications on the trends in the use of export subsidies 
by Members, should be considered as illustrat ive only, in particular since : 
i. Members'  commitments are expressed on a product -specific basis ; 
ii. the trend in terms of notified export subsidies quantities are not recorde d19; and 
                                                
17 Except for Brazil, Indonesia and Uruguay who have not notified any export subsidy during the whole 
period covered by their notifications, for New Zealand and Panama who ha d a zero -export subsidy co mmitment  
at the date of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision and for the new European Union member States.  
18 Until the last year for which the Member has non -zero export subsidy budgetary outlay commitments 
inscribed in its certified Schedule.  
19 Firstly, Membe rs may use different units to measure the quantities for different products (and 
quantities are absent for some product categories, like "processed products"). Secondly, adding quantities 
corresponding to very different categories of products might prove p roblematic. Exhaustive information on the 
export subsidies quantities notified per Member can be found in the tables contained in 
document  G/AG/W/125/Rev.10 /Add.1 . G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  iii. the type of year can differ from one product to the other.  
Chart 1: Australia  
 
 
Chart 2: Canada  
 
 
 
0% 0% 0%2% 4%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
020406080100120140160
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million A$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million A$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
7%
1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%20% 22% 24% 24% 21%21% 21% 21% 21% 24% 20% 19% 19%
13%
2.4%
0100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum notified budgetary outlays  (Thousand Can$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments  (Thousand Can$)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  3: Colombia  
 
 
Chart  4: European Union  
 
 
 
 
 
4%5%6% 6%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
050100150200250300350400
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
42%51%
43%58%68%
37%35%42%40%
35%
26%
18%
11%
6% 5% 2%2%0.7%0.0005% 0%0% 0% 0%
02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million €)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million €)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  5: Iceland  
 
 
Chart  6: Israel  
 
 
 
 
 
21%
3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
02468101214161820
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million SDR)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million SDR)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
0%24%
11%
2% 3% 0%10%13%
9%
1% 2%0.4% 0%0.4% 3.2% 3.8% 4.6% 1.9% 2.5% 4.3% 2.7% 1.4% 4.0%
0102030405060
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  7: Mexico  
 
 
Chart  8: Norway  
 
 
0% 0%7%
1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4.1% 3.2%
0100200300400500600700800
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
55%59%94%
86%171%
80%
59%53%65%75%67% 69%
49%
42%50%56%46% 47%54%
39%
27%39%31%30%
02004006008001,0001,200
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million NOK)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million NOK)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  9: South Africa  
 
 
Chart  10: Switzerland -Liechtenstein  
 
 
 
17%23%
11%
3%5%4%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0100200300400500600700800900
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million Rand)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million Rand)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
82%
79%
74%81%90%
72%
50%48%47%42%
32%31%
23% 24%27%
17% 17%15% 16% 16% 22% 21%82%
0100200300400500600700
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million Chf)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million Chf)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  11: Turkey  
 
 
Chart  12: United States of America  
 
 
3.4% 2.2%5.5%4.7% 5.3% 6.1%5.1% 4.9% 6.8% 10.2% 9.9% 10.2% 10.4% 10.3% 11.6%
01002003004005006007008009001,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
2%12% 12%18%
11%
3%9%
5%0.5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3%0.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
02004006008001,0001,2001,400
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart 13: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
 
 
Sum of the export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and scheduled per product grouping  
34.   The charts 14 -36 show, for the period 1995-201720, the sum of  the export subsidy budgetary 
outlays notified and scheduled  per product grouping (as set out in T able 1 above) .21 
35.   The figures a re calc ulated  by adding the Members'  export subsidy budgetary outlays  notified 
(respectively, the export subsidy budgetary outlay commitment levels scheduled by all the Members 
with reduction commitments) for the products (or group of products ) in their schedules 
corresponding to each  product grouping , following the distribution  summarized  in Table 2. 
The figures a re expresse d in US  Dollar  using the relevant  yearly exchange rate .22 
36.   The charts also show , for each product grouping,  the sum of  the notified expo rt subsidy 
budgetary outlays  expressed as a percentage of the sum of the export subsidy bu dgetary outlay 
commitment levels  of the M embers who  have submitted notifications . This per centage gives some 
indication of  the effective use of export subsidies by the se Members  for the relevant product 
grouping.  
37.   Finally, the charts also show, for each product grouping, the sum of the export subsidy 
budgetary outlay commitments levels of the Members  who have submitted notifications  as a 
percentage of the sum of the  export subsidy budgetary outlay  commitment levels  of all the Members  
with reduction commitments  corresponding to this product grouping . This percentage gi ves an 
indication of  the compl eteness  of the data available  for the relevant  year. 
38.   These charts, that  aim at giving some indications of  the trends in the use of export subsidies 
by broad product grouping , should be considered as illustrative only, in particular since : 
i. some changes can be partly due to exchange rate fluctuation ; 
ii. this information is only pa rtial since notified export subsid ies quantities are not 
recorded23; 
                                                
20 Or until the last year for which non -zero export subsidy budgetary outlay commitments rema ins for 
the corresponding product grouping.  
21 Except for category 25 "All agricultural products", for which the two Members who had an export 
subsidy commitment (New Zealand and Panama ) falling under this category now have a zero export subsidy 
commitment.  
22 Using exchange rates from the IMF's "International Financial Statistics".  
23 Budgetary outlays are used rather than quantities consistent with the approach followed to constitute 
Table  2. It also permits having comparable figures across the board for all  product groupings. Using quantities 
for some product groupings might prove problematic due to the different units used by Members to measure 
9%60%
7%17%
0.0005.00010.00015.00020.00025.00030.00035.00040.000
1995 1996 1997 1998
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million US$)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million US$)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  iii. the products or groups of products regrouped under one specific commitment are not 
always fully covered within the scope of one  product grouping ; and 
iv. the type of year can differ from one p roduct to the other and from one Member to the 
other.  
39.   Finally,  some changes  in the data on the sum of the export subs idy budgetary outlay 
commitment levels  of all the Members with reduction commitments can also be explained by the 
successive European Union enlargements  during the period under consideration .24 
Chart  14: Category 1 – Wheat and wheat flour  
 
 
Chart  15: Category 2 – Coarse grains  
 
 
 
                                                
quantities in the same product groupings but also due to the large coverage of certain product groupings 
(like fruits and vegetables, processed products or other agricultural products).  
24 New EU member States commitments are taken into account until their accession to the 
European  Union. The figures notified by the European Union as its calculation of "EC -25 commitmen t levels 
following Article  XXIV.6 negotiations for the EU enlargement of 2004" and now included in the certified 
Schedule  CLXXIII – European Union 25, effective as of 1 December 2016 (document WT/LET/1220) are used 
for 2006 and the following years (cf.  footnote 12 above).  
3%8%5%17%21%
5%
0%7%
0%3%6%3%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0.2%
0%20%40%60%80%100%
05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
14%19%
15%45%49%
14%
8%12%
6%14%
8%
4%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%1.4%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  16: Category 3 – Rice 
 
 
Chart  17: Category 4 – Oilseeds  
 
 
12%29%
15%12%16%18% 17%15% 15%
1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
050100150200250
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)
0.3% 0.3% 0% 0% 0%1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0102030405060708090100
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  18: Category 5 – Vegetable oils  
 
 
Chart  19: Category 6 – Oilcakes  
 
 
27.8%
19.1%
4.6%
0.7% 0.8% 1.9% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
020406080100120140160180200
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Members (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0123456
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  20: Category 7 – Sugar  
 
 
Chart 21: Category 8 – Butter and butter oil  
 
 
23.2%35.3%59.9%61.4%
42.8%
34.2%42.9%
26.4%33.3%51.2%
48.8%51.2%
50.7%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02004006008001,0001,2001,400
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
18.2%40.9%
24.7%
23.8%31.8%34.0%
32.3%55.7%61.8%
52.3%
30.2%
24.8%
0.2%6.6%5.0%
0.2%
0.01%0.8%0.1% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,600
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Members (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  22: Category 9 – Skim milk powder  
 
 
Chart  23: Category 10 – Cheese  
 
 
27.4%42.4%
36.8%62.9%86.2%
10.0%22.7%48.3%49.0%
23.9%
9.3%
5.5% 5.4%13.1% 13.3%
5.7% 5.7% 6% 5.7% 5.3% 5.3%7%
0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0100200300400500600700
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
67.9%
50.6%
41.6%40.0%61.4%65.9%
52.6%71.8%
68.8%
48.3%
44.6%
35.4%
8.0%13.2%12.1%
6.8% 7.0% 7.2% 6.9%5.2% 4.2% 3.6% 3.5%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0100200300400500600700
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  24: Category 11 – Other milk  products  
 
 
Chart  25: Category 12 – Bovine meat  
 
 
67.9%71.0%78.4%84.1%106.8%
57.1%
51.9%70.8%75.6%
49.0%
34.7%
17.7%
2.7%12.3%12.1%
1.7% 1.6% 1.8% 1.3% 1.4% 1.5% 1%0.003%
0%20%40%60%80%100%120%
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,600
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
70.1%76.6%
46.9%
39.1%51.5%
28.8%28.9%
22.0%22.0%18.6%
9.4%
4.3%2.4% 2.2% 2.3%4.9%2.3%0.1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02004006008001,0001,2001,4001,6001,8002,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  26: Category 13 – Pigmeat  
 
 
Chart  27: Category 14 – Poultry meat  
 
 
27.7%
22.6%29.8%132.7%
115.4%
17.7%
10.6%7.2%22.4%
13.9%11.6%9.0%44.3%
14.1%
7.2%9.8%7.9%
2.8% 3.8%2.1%0.2%1.7% 1.6%
0%20%40%60%80%100%120%140%
050100150200250300350400450
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)
48.2%
30.8%36.2%46.8% 46.1%
40.2%
37.0%55.2%55.8%58.2%
47.5%44.8%49.4%
45.2%50.4%
38.0%39.7%
28.1%
0.02% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
050100150200250300
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  28: Category 15 – Sheepmeat  
 
 
Chart  29: Category 16 – Live animals  
 
 
4.7%11.5%20.0%
7.6%5.4%
0.7%3.6%10.3%9.5%19.7%31.7%
20.7%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02468101214161820
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
30.2%
21.8%
10.9%9.7% 9.1% 9.0%7.6%9.4%14.9% 14.2%11.7%10.4%15.3% 15.6%19.4%
0.2% 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 0.0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
020406080100120140160180200
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  30: Category 17 – Eggs  
 
 
Chart  31: Category 18 – Wine  
 
 
22.4%
14.1%25.1%33.0%
31.1%
21.4%
17.0%
13.7%
9.2%18.1% 17.4%
11.4% 11.1%
8.3% 7.9%10.7%
6.1%4.5% 4.1%
0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
01020304050607080
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
81.0%96.9%
63.1%
51.2%
49.5%48.8%50.7%
44.1%
37.4%43.4%
40.4%37.6%
32.8%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
010203040506070
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  32: Categor y 20 (includes 19)  – Fruit s and vegetables  
 
 
Chart  33: Category 21 – Tobacco  
 
 
15.8%19.4%
12.1%12.3% 14.3%
9.4%7.7% 7.0% 7.8% 6.9%12.0%
5.9%
2.7% 3.0% 3.7%
0.3% 0.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0100200300400500600700800
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)
15.6%
4.6%
0.8%1.0%
0%0%0%
0%0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
020406080100120
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  34: Category 22 – Cotton* 
 
* This chart does not include the export subsidies for uplan d cotton notified by the  
United  States  in 2003, 2004, 2005 and  2006.  
 
Chart  35: Category 23 – Incorporated products  
 
0%0% 0%0%0% 0% 0%1.3%0%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
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0102030405060708090
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
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Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)
69.0%79.3%86.5%99.7%136.2%
93.3%91.2%93.9%96.0%
91.7%
70.9%
54.0%
38.3%
30.4%
21.6%
16.4%16.7%
14.0% 14.0% 14.2%19.6%18.0%16.4%
0%20%40%60%80%100%120%140%
0100200300400500600700800900
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (right axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Chart  36: Category 24 – Other agricultural products  
 
 
 
 
12.8%25.4%25.8%30.6%63.9%
32.5%
19.9%30.2%
19.5%
3.5% 3% 3% 4% 4% 4%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0100200300400500600
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  a ll Memb ers (US$ Millio n) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s (US$ Million) (left axis)
Sum no tified budget ary outlay s as % of sum budget ary outlay  com mitm ents by notifying  Memb ers (right axis)
Sum budge tary outla y co mmit ments by  notify ing  Mem bers as % o f sum bud getary outlay comm itments by all Me mbers (rig ht axis)G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  PART B – EXPORT CREDITS, EXP ORT CREDIT GUARANTEE S OR INSURANCE PROGRAM MES 
40.   This part relates to  the information on the use of export credi ts, export credit guarantees or  
insurance pr ogrammes  by Members for the export of agricultural products  which is  contained 
in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.2.  
41.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.11 /Add.2  updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.2 . 
It incorporates replies and updates by Members to the second section of the questionnaire on Export 
Credit, Export Credit Guarantees or Insurance Programmes (Export financing)  up to  30 
August  2019. In the absence of a reply to the questionnaire  by a Member , the information contained 
in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.2  has been left unchanged.  
Members who replied to the previous questionnaires25 Members who replied to th e ques tionnaire  
circulated on 25 October 2018  
Argentina; A ustralia ; Brazil ; Canada ; China; Colombia;  
European  Union ; Iceland; Jamaica; Japan ; Malaysia ; 
New Zealand ; Peru; Russian  Federation;  Switzerland ; 
Thailand; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey;   
United  States;  Viet Nam Argentina ; Australia;  Brazil; Canada; 
European  Union; Hong Kong China; Indonesia; 
Japan ; Malaysia ; New Zealand ; Paraguay ; 
Russian  Federation; Thailand ; Turkey; 
Switzerland ; United  States  
 
42.   In addition,  the following  Members indicated in their replies to the questionnaires that they do 
not provide export financing programmes for agricultural products.  
Members  with nil reply to the previous questionnaire s25 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire  
circulated on 25 October 2018  
Albania; Argentina; Chile; China; Colombia; 
Costa  Rica; Côte d'Ivoire;  Dominican Republic; 
Ecuador; Fiji; Georgia;  Guatemala; Honduras; 
Hong Kong,  China;  Israel; Jordan; Liechtenstein; 
Macao,  China; Madagascar; Mauritius; Mexico; 
Moldova,  Republic of; Montenegro; Norway;  Pakistan;  
Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of; Seychelles; Singapore; South  Africa;  
Chinese  Taipei ; Thailand;  Togo;  Ukraine;  Uruguay  Burundi; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; 
Israel; Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; Mauritius; 
Mexico;  Montenegro;  Norway ; Oman;  
Singapore ; 
Ukraine;  Uruguay  
 
 
                                                
25 Circulated on 10 February 2014, 26 November 2014, 20 January 2016, 31 October 2016 and 
16 November 2017.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  PART C – INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID 
43.   This part relates to  the information on international food aid provi ded by Members which is  
contai ned in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.3 . 
44.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.11 /Add.3  updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.3 . 
It incorporates information contained in Table  ES:1 and ES:3 notifications26 as well as replies by 
Members to the third  section of the questionnaire on Food Aid  up to 30 August  2019. In the absence 
of a reply to the questionnaire  or new notification by a Member , the information contained in 
document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.3  has been left unchanged.  
45.   The information relative t o food aid contained in Table  NF:1 notifications, which is specific to 
certain group of destination count ries, is not incorporated in  document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.3. 
46.   The following column headings are used to report data contained in Table ES:1 notifications:  
REF The last digit or the two last digits of the r eference number (Export 
Subsidy  ID - XSID) used in the Consolidated Tariff Schedules database  (CTS) to 
identify e ach export subsidy reduction commitment;  
PRODUCT  The product or group of products as specified in the Members' schedules;  
UNIT  The quantity unit used in the notification ; and 
1995… 2018 For each year, the notified quantity.  
47.   The following column headings are used to report data contained in Table  ES:3 notifications :27 
PRODUCT  The product or group of products as indicated in the Member's notification;  
UNIT  The quantity unit used in the notification ; and 
1995… 2018 For each year, the notified quantity.  
48.   The addition al information provided in the  replies by Members to the third section of the 
questionnaire on Food Aid  was inserted before the tables reflecting  ES:1 and/or ES:3  notifications.  
Members who replied to the previous questionnaire s28 Memb ers w ho replied to the questionnaire  
circulated on 25 October 2018  
Australia ; Brazil ; Canada ; China ; Cuba; 
European  Union ; Iceland; Indonesia; Japan ; 
New Zealand ; Norway; Russian  Federation ; 
South  Africa ; Switzerland ; Chinese  Taipei ; Thailand ; 
Turkey; United  States ; Viet Nam Australia; Canada; European Union; Indonesia; 
Japan; New Zealand; Norway; Russian  Federation; 
Switzerland; Turkey; United States  
49.   In addition, the following Members indicated in their replies to the questionnaires that they do 
not provide international food aid.  
Members with nil reply to the previous questionnaire s28 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire  
circulated on 25 October 2018  
Albania; Argentina; Chile; Colombia; Costa  Rica; 
Côte d'Ivoire; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador; Fiji; 
Georgia; Guatemala; Honduras; Hong Kong,  China; 
Israel; Jamaica; Jordan; Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; 
Madagascar; Malaysia;  Montenegro;  Mauritius; Mexico; 
Moldova,  Republic  of; Panama; Par aguay; Peru;  
Philippines; Seychelles;  Singapore ; Togo; Thailand;  
Trinidad and Tobago; Ukraine;  Uruguay  Argentina; Brazil; B urundi; Chile; Colombia; Costa 
Rica; Ecuador ; Hong Kong China;  Israel; 
Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; Malaysia; Mauritius; 
Mexico; Montenegro; Nicaragua ; Oman ; Paraguay; 
Singapore ; Ukraine; Uruguay   
                                                
26 For Members having notified food aid deliveries at least once.  
27 In the case of Japan, an additional column heading entitled "destination" was added to reflect the 
notification practice followed by this Member between 1997 and 2012.  
28 Circulated on 10 February 2014, 26 November 2014, 20 January 2016, 31 October 2016 an d 
16 November 2017.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  PART D – AGRICULTURAL EXPORT ING STATE TRADING EN TERPRISES29 
50.   This part relates to  the information on agricultural exporting State Trading Enterprises (STEs)  
which is contained in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.11 /Add.4. 
51.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.11 /Add. 4 updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add. 4. 
It incorporates the replies by Members to the fourth  section  of the questionnaire on Agriculture 
Exporting State Trading Enterprises  up to 30 August  2019. 
52.   In addition, consistent with the practice followed since 2013, the Secretariat looked whether 
STEs covering totally or p artially agricultural products were contained in the notifications  submitted 
by Members and circulated  between 26 April 2019 (cut-off date for the document 
G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.4 ) and 30 August  2019, pursuant to Article  XVII:4(a) of the GATT  1994 
and Paragraph  1 of the Understanding on the interpretation of Article  XVII under the auspices of the 
Working Party on State Trading Enterprises .30 
53.   Based on the information contained in these notifications, the Secretariat verified with the 
Members concerned whe ther some of these STEs ought to be considered as agricultural exporting 
STEs in the context of this compilation of information by the Secretariat and whether some of the 
information contained in these notifications ought to be incorpora ted in document 
G/AG/W/125/ Rev.11 /Add.4.  
54.   For the purpose of this verification exercise, agricultural exporting STEs were understood as 
"governmental and non -governmental enterprises, including marketing boards, which have been 
granted exclusive or special rights or privilege s, including statutory or constitutional powers, in the 
exercise of which they influence through their purchases or sales the level or direction of [ imports 
or] exports ", following the working definition of paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the 
interpretation of Article XVII.  
55.   As a result of this process, document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.11 /Add.4  includes the information on 
agricultural exporting STEs contained in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.4  updated  by additional  
information from  Australia . In the abs ence of a reply to the questionnaire or modification following 
a new notification by a Member, the information contai ned in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.10 /Add.4  
has been left unchanged . 
                                                
29 This compilation of information should in no way be considered to substitute or interfere with the 
rights and obligations under the normal notification process in the framework of the Working Group on 
State  Trading Enterprises.  
30 According to available information, the updated list of Members having notified such STEs covering 
totally or partially agricultural products in their latest notification to the Working Party on State Trading 
Enterprises is: Australia ( G/STR/N/17/AUS ); Barbado s (G/STR/N/16/BRB); Brazil (G/STR/N/3/BRA); Cabo 
Verde (G/STR/N/13/CPV); Canada (G/STR/N/17/CAN); Chile  (G/STR/N/17/CHL); China  (G/STR/N/16/CHN, 
G/STR/N/17/CHN); Colombia (G/STR/N/16/COL); Costa Rica (G/STR/N/17/CRI); Dominica (G/STR/N/4/DMA, 
G/STR/N/5/DMA , G/STR/N/6/DMA); Ecuador (G/STR/N/16/ECU); European  Union  (G/STR/N/17/EU); Fiji 
(G/STR/N/4/FJI); Grenada (G/STR/N/13/GRD); Iceland (G/STR/N/16/ISL, G/STR/N/17/ISL) ; India 
(G/STR/N/15/IND); Indonesia (G/STR/N/17/IDN); Israel   (G/STR/N/16/ISR); Japan (G/STR /N/17/JPN); Jordan 
(G/STR/N/9/JOR); Korea,  Republic  of (G/STR/N/17/KOR); Malaysia (G/STR/N/16/MYS); Mali 
(G/STR/N/17/MLI); Mauritius  (G/STR/N/17/MUS); New  Zealand (G/STR/N/17/NZL); Oman (notification of 
an entity not considered by Oman as being a state tra ding enterprise according to Article  XVII of  GATTT  1994 
and the Understanding on interpretation of Article  XVII – G/STR/N/10/OMN, G/STR/N/11/OMN, 
G/STR/N/12/OMN, G/STR/N/13/OMN, G/STR/N/14/OMN, G/STR/N/15/OMN); Philippines 
(G/STR/N/16/PHL/Rev.1); Saint  Vincent and the Grenadines (G/STR/N/4/VCT, G/STR/N/5/VCT, 
G/STR/N/6/VCT); Switzerland (G/STR/N/17/CHE); Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu (G/STR/N/17/TPKM); Thailand (G/STR/N/15/THA); Trinidad  and Tobago (G/STR/N/12/TTO, 
G/STR/N/1 3/TTO); Tunisia (G/STR/N/15/TUN and G/STR/N/15/TUN/Suppl.1 , G/STR/N/16/TUN and 
G/STR/N/16/TUN/Suppl.1); Ukraine ( G/STR/N/17/UKR ); United States (G/STR/N/17/USA) and Viet  Nam 
(G/STR/N/15/VNM, G/STR/16/VNM).  G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  56.   The following Members indicated in their replies to the questionnaire the absence of any such 
agricultural exporting STEs:  
Members with  nil reply to the previous 
questionnaire s31 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire 
circulated on 25 October 2018  
Albania; Argentina; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Côte 
d'Ivoire;  Dominican Republic;  European  Union; Fiji; 
Georgia; Guatemala;  Honduras;  Hong Kong,  China; 
Iceland; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Liechtenstein; 
Macao, China; Madagascar; Malaysia;  Mauritius;  
Mexico; Montenegro; Norway; Oman; Panama; 
Pakistan; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; 
Russian  Federation; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; 
Seychelles;  Singapore; South  Africa; Switzerland; 
Chinese  Taipei ; Thailan d; Togo; Trinidad  and 
Tobago32; Turkey; the United  States ; Uruguay; 
Viet Nam Argentina ; Brazil; Burundi; Canada33; Chile; 
European Union; Hong Kong , China; Japan; 
Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; Malaysia ; 
Mauritius;  Mexico; Montenegro; Nicaragua; 
Norway;  Oman ; Paraguay;  Russian  Federation; 
Singapore ; Switzerland ; Turkey; United States ; 
Uruguay   
 
57.   As a result, 15 out of the 164 WTO Members  have notified  or reported in their reply  to the 
questionnaire  a total of 59 agricultural exporting STEs according to the methodology described 
above . These Members are listed in Table 6  below.  
Table 6 – Number of agricultural exporting STE s per Member  
Member  Number of  agricultural exporting STE s 
Australia  1 
China  26 
Colombia  4 
Costa Rica  1 
Dominica  1 
Ecuador  1 
Fiji 1 
Grenada  1 
India 14 
Indonesia  1 
Israel  3 
Moldova, Republic of  1 
New Zealand  1 
Tunisia  2 
Ukraine  1 
 
58.   In Table 7 , the identified agricultural exporting STEs  are classified for illustration purposes by 
product grouping based on the same groupings as in Table 1 of Part A on Export Subsidies , subject 
to an additional presentational adjustment consisting in merging of wheat and wheat flour, coarse 
grains and rice  groups (shown in bold in Table  7). 
59.   In case an agricultural expor ting STE covers  a group of products belonging to more than one 
of the  other product groupings, it is  classified under the "all agricultural products" product group ing. 
                                                
31 Circulated on 10 February  2014, 26 November 2014 , 20 January 2016  and 31 October 2016.  
32 As indicated in Trinidad and Tobago's reply to the questionnaire circulated on 31 October 2016: 
"Previously, the Cocoa and Coffee Industry Board  (CCIB) was the only operating Agricultural Exporting State 
Trading Enterprise. In October 2013, the Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago  repealed the CCIB Act and the Cocoa 
Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago  (CDCTT) was incorporated as a Wholly Owned State Enterprise 
under the Companies Act, 1995 of Trinidad and  Tobago. The CDCTT will operate more as a facilitator  to cocoa 
producers in their production and marketing of cocoa, nationally and internationally ". 
33 As indicated in Canada's reply: " Since 1 August 2012, the CWB no longer had exclusive control over 
marketing of any grain. During its transition to commercialization, the CWB received government borrowing 
guarantees, and had its pool payment levels guaranteed by the government.  On 30 July 2015 the CWB was 
commercialized and became G3 Canada Limited a pr ivate company. G3 Canada Limited is a fully independent 
commercial entity and has no exclusive control over marketing of any grain. Hence, G3 Canada Limited does 
not constitute an STE ". G/AG/W/125/Rev.11  
 
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  Table 7 – Distribution  of agricultural exporting STE s by product grouping  
Product groupings  Number of agricultural  
exporting STEs  
Wheat and wheat flour, coarse grains and rice  5 
Oilseeds  1 
Vegetable oils  1 
Oilcakes   
Sugar  3 
Butter and butter oil   
Skim milk powder   
Cheese   
Other milk products   
Bovine meat   
Pigmeat   
Poultry meat   
Sheepmeat   
Live animals   
Eggs  
Wine 1 
Fruits and vegetables  15 
Tobacco  20 
Cotton  4 
Incorporated products   
Other agricultural products  6 
All agricultural products  3 
 
 
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