G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
24 May 2023 
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Committee on Agriculture    
 
  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES, EXPORT CREDITS, EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEES  
OR INSURANCE PROGRAMMES,  INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID  AND 
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTING STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES  
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 transparency 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 
Commi ttee 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 i n 
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 compiled 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 Conference 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/75 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 f rom Members.  
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.18  
 
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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 complemented 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, expo rt credit, export credit guarantees 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.   Seven post-Nairobi annual dedicated discussions took place respectively on 7 -8 June 2016, 
7 June 2017, 11-12 June 2018 , 25-26 June 2019 , 22-23 September 2020 , 23-24 September  2021 
and 27 -28 June 2022 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 que stionnaire (ECQ) circulated by the Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture.8 
9.   On 17 January  2023, 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  and scheduled on 27-28 June 2023. 
10.   The present document and its four addenda update document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7, with the 
addition of replies to the questionnaire circulated on 17 January  2023, 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 circu lated up to 5 May 2023. 
11.   The following Members replied to th e questionnaire circulated on  17 January 2023 : Australia; 
Brazil;  Canada ; Chile; China; Colombia; Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; European  Union9; 
Hong Kong,  China;  Israel; Japan; Korea , Republic  of; Liechtenstein; Macao,  China;  New Zealand; 
Norway ; Russian Federation;  Seychelles; Singapore; S witzerland;  Chinese Taipei; Thailand; Türkiye ; 
United Kingdom;  United States  of America ; and Uruguay . 
12.   The WTO Secretariat also announced on 21 March 2023 the operationalization of the on -line 
submission for the responses to the export competition questionnaire  of the new ECQ - Information 
management system (ECQ -IMS) module under the agriculture information management system 
(AG-IMS). While some Members  followed past practice  of provid ing their response  to the Secretariat , 
several Members have started to use this new functionality, which is access ible through the "export 
competition" tab on the Ag -IMS webpage.  A demonstration video  is available under the "user guide" 
tab.10 Members were also informed by the Secretariat that the on-line reporting module  of the  
ECQ-IMS was also technically operational, b ut that p revious  responses were still in the process of 
being incorporated.  
 
6 See summary reports issued as docume nts G/AG/R/81, G/AG/R/85, G/AG/R/88, G/AG/R/92, 
G/AG/R/92/Corr.1 , G/AG/R/96 , G/AG/R/100  and G/AG/R/102  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 and on Agriculture 
Market I nformation System " Review Process, Search Q&A Submitted since 1995" section . 
7 Series of documents G/AG/W/125/Rev.4 to G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7 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, 16 November 2017, 
25 October 2018 , 17 January 2020 , 14 January 2021  and 3 December 2021 reflected the elements contained 
in the Annex to the Nairobi Decision.  
9 The United K ingdom withdrew from the European Union as of 1 February 2020. The European Union 
and the United Kingdom have communicated that, during the transition period, which end ed on 
31 December  2020, Union law, with a few limited exceptions, continue d to be applic able to and in 
the United  Kingdom.  
10 https://agims.wto.org/en/Help/DownloadFiles  file ECQ IMS_online_submission_demo_en.mp4 . G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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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.1 8/Add.1 ); 
b. Part B : Export credits, export credit guarantees or insurance programmes  (cf. also 
addendum  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.1 8/Add.2 ); 
c. Part C : International food ai d (cf. also addendum  G/AG/W/125 /Rev.1 8/Add.3 ); and 
d. Part D: Agricultural exporting state tradin g enterprises (cf. also addendum  
G/AG/W/125 /Rev.1 8/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 2020 2021 2022 2023
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.18  
 
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  TABLE OF CONTENT S 
PART A – EXPORT SUBSIDIES  ................................ ................................ ..........................  6 
PART B – EXPORT CREDITS, EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEES OR INSURANCE 
PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ ................................ ................  29 
PART C – INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID  ................................ ................................ ............  30 
PART D – AGRICULTURAL EXPORTING STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES  ..........................  32 
TABLE OF TABLES  
Table 1 – Product groupings  ................................ ................................ ...............................  8 
Table 2 – Number of product -specific export subsidy reduction commit ments 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 commitment s in Members' 
schedules – Situation as of 5 May 2023  ................................ ................................ ...............  11 
Table 5 – Most recent use of export subsidies  ................................ ................................ ...... 12 
Table 6 – Number of agricultural exporting STEs per Member  ................................ .................  33 
Table 7 – Distribution of agricultural exporting STEs by product grouping  ................................ . 34 
TABLE OF CHARTS  
Chart 1: Australia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  13 
Chart 2: Canada  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  13 
Chart 3: Colombia  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  13 
Chart 4: European Union  ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 14 
Chart 5: Iceland  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  14 
Chart 6: Israel  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  15 
Chart 7: Mexico  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...............  15 
Chart 8: Norway  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  16 
Chart 9: South Africa ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  16 
Chart 10: Switzerland -Liechtenstein  ................................ ................................ ...................  17 
Chart 11: Türkiye  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  17 
Chart 12: United States of America  ................................ ................................ ....................  18 
Chart 13: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  ................................ ................................ .........  18 
Chart 14: Category 1 – Wheat and wheat flour  ................................ ................................ ..... 20 
Chart 15: Category 2 – Coarse grains  ................................ ................................ .................  20 
Chart 16: Category 3 – Rice ................................ ................................ ..............................  20 
Chart 17: Category 4 – Oilseeds  ................................ ................................ ........................  21 
Chart 18: Category 5 – Vegetable oils  ................................ ................................ .................  21 
Chart 19: Category 6 – Oilcakes  ................................ ................................ ........................  21 G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart 20: Category 7 – Sugar  ................................ ................................ ............................  22 
Chart 21: Category 8 – Butter and butter oil  ................................ ................................ ........  22 
Chart 22: Category 9 – Skim milk powder  ................................ ................................ ...........  22 
Chart 23: Category 10 – Cheese  ................................ ................................ ........................  23 
Chart 24: Category 11 – Other milk products  ................................ ................................ ....... 23 
Chart 25: Category 12 – Bovine meat  ................................ ................................ .................  23 
Chart 26: Category 13 – Pigmeat  ................................ ................................ .......................  24 
Chart 27: Category 14 – Poultry meat  ................................ ................................ .................  24 
Chart 28: Category 15 – Sheepmeat  ................................ ................................ ...................  25 
Chart 29: Category 16 – Live animals  ................................ ................................ .................  25 
Chart 30: Category 17 – Eggs ................................ ................................ ............................  25 
Chart 31: Category 18 – Wine ................................ ................................ ...........................  26 
Chart 32: Category 20 (includes 19) – Fruits and vegetables  ................................ ..................  26 
Chart 33: Category 21 – Tobacco  ................................ ................................ .......................  26 
Chart 34: Category 22 – Cotton* ................................ ................................ ........................  27 
Chart 35: Category 23 – Incorporated products  ................................ ................................ .... 27 
Chart 36: Category 24 – Other agricultural products  ................................ .............................  28 
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  PART A – EXPORT SUBSIDIES  
16.   This part  relates to  the information on the use of export subsidies  by Members  with export  
subsidy reduction commitments , which is contained in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.1 8/Add.1.  
17.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.1  updates document G/AG/W/125/Rev.1 7/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  5 May  2023. In the 
absence of new reply to the questionnaire or new notification by a Member, the information 
contained in d ocument G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/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 27 and 28 below .  
19.   As was the case in document G/AG/W/125/Rev.1 7/Add.1  and in previous similar documents , 
document  G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/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)11 or the replies 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 no tified 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 outlay 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)12; 
UNIT  The currency/quantity unit used for reduction commitments and a percentage 
symbol below (in italic) ; and 
1995…2022 For each year :13 
-  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).  
 
11 Those Members are Barbados; India; Korea, Republic of; Mauritius; Mexico; Morocco; Pakistan; 
Sri Lanka; Thailand; and Tunisia . In its reply to the first  section of the questionnaire on operational changes in 
export subsidies of the questionnaire, the Republic of Korea noted " Under the provisions of Article 9.4  of the 
Agreement on Agriculture, Korea maintains export subsidies which are exempt from WTO reduction commitment. 
Export subsidies  will be eliminated after 2023, in line with the 2015 Nairobi Ministerial Declaration. (Ministerial 
Decision of 19 December 2 015 (WT/MIN(15)/45, WT/L/980), para. 8.)  Please refer to Korea 's ES:1 notifications 
for the period of 1995 -2019. (G/AG/N/KOR/8, G/AG/N/KOR/16, G/AG/N/KOR/20, G/AG/N/KOR/26, 
G/AG/N/KOR/29, G/AG/N/KOR/32, G/AG/N/KOR/36, G/AG/N/KOR/58, G/AG/N/KOR/65, G/AG/N/KOR/66, 
G/AG/N/KOR/67, G/AG/N/KOR/68, G/AG/N/KOR/78, G/AG/N/KOR/79) ". 
12 In original language only.  
13 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.18  
 
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  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 re levant table.  
SUMMARY INFORMATION ON MEMBERS' EXPORT SUBSIDIES  COMMITMENTS  
24.   Out o f the 164 WTO Members, 25 initially had export subsidy reduction commitments in 
Section  II of Part IV of their schedules.14, 15 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  1.16 
They reflect the categories of products (or groups of 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 fol lowing presentational 
adjustments (shown in bold 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 continge nt 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.  
25.   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 there are no quantity -based commitments.  
26.   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 commitments with both budgetary outlay and quantity 
commitments.17 
 
14 The Eu ropean 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 Union 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  October  2017 
(document  G/MA/TAR/RS/506).  
15 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 c onsideration here.  
16 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.  
17 In the case of Poland's "animal husbandry products" commitment, there is no quantity commitment in 
the schedule.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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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 
Türkiye  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 RELATION TO MEMBERS' EXPORT SUBSIDIES COMMITMENTS  
27.   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 expo rt 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  
Brazil  Circulated on 28 October 2021  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/660  
 Certified as of 28 January 2022  
Document WT/LET/1560  
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/1411  
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/1440  
Indonesia  Circulated on 12 October 2020  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/619  Certified as of 12 January 2021  
Document WT/LET/1507  
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/1430  
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/1416  
 
Certified as of 29 November 2018  
Document WT/LET/1422  
Switzerland  Circulated on 2 May 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/539  Certified as of 2 August 2018  
Document WT/LET/1385  
Türkiye  Circulated on 18 June 2019  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/5 88 Certified as of 18 September 2019  
Document WT/LET/1446  
United States  Circulated on 8 August 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/571  Certified as of 8 November 2018  
Document WT/LET/1418  
Uruguay  Circulated on 26 June 2018  
Document G/MA/TAR/RS/567  Certified as of 26 September 2018  
Document WT/LET/1413  
28.   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   
0   
0 0 0    
0 0  
0    
0 0 0 0  
0  
0 
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    
0                      
0 
Israel                    
0  
0  
0  
0 
Mexico  0 0     
0            
0      
0 
Norway         
0  
0 0 0 0 0 0  
0  
0   
0 0  
0 
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   
0   
0 
Türkiye  0 0   
0   
0  
0 0 0  
0 0  
0  
0 0   
0  
0 
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  2 3 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 49 5 0 2 17 0 103 
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 SUBSIDIES  
29.   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 available  Sum notified export subsidy 
budgetary outlays  as % of 
sum export subsidy budgetary 
outlay commitment levels  
Initial (post Nairobi certified)  Products covered  
Norway  2020 17% (20%) Swine meat, cheese, processed 
agricultural products  
Türkiye  2013 16.4% 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, 
meat 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 
juices (concentrated)  
Sum of  the export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and scheduled per Member  
30.   The charts 1 -13 show by Member18 and by year19 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 . 
31.   The charts also show for each year the sum of the  notified export subsidy budgetary outlays 
expres sed as a percentage of the sum of the  export subsidy budgetary outlay commitm ent le vels. 
32.   These charts, which  aim at giving some indications on the trends in the use of export subsidies 
by Members, should be considered as illustrative 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 d20; and 
iii. the type of year can differ from one product to the other.  
 
18 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 commitment  
at the date of the Nairobi Mini sterial Decision and for the new European Union member States.  
19 Until the first year for which the Member has no  more export subsidy budgetary outlay commitments 
inscribed in its certified schedule  or revised draft schedule under certification process . 
20 Firstly, Members may use different units to measure the quantities for different products (and 
quantities are absent for some product categories, like "processed products"). Secondly, adding quantit ies 
corresponding to very different categories of products might prove problematic. Exhaustive information on the 
export subsidies quantities notified per Member can be found in the tables contained in 
document  G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.1.  G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart 1: Australia  
 
Chart 2: Canada  
 
Chart  3: Colombia  
 
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
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Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million AUD)
%: 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% 2.4% 2.8% 0.8% 0.0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum notified budgetary outlays  (thousand CAD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments  (thousand CAD)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
4%5%6%6%
0%0%0%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 2016 2017 2018 2019
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million USD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million USD)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  4: European Union  
 
Chart  5: Iceland  
 
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% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million EUR)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million EUR)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
21%
3% 1% 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
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million SDR)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million SDR)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  6: Israel  
 
Chart  7: Mexico  
 
 
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% 0.7%0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
0102030405060
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million USD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million USD)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
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 2019
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Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million USD)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  8: Norway  
 
Chart  9: South Africa  
 
55%59%94%
86%171%
80%
59%53%65%75%67%69%
49%
42%50%56%46% 47%54%
39%
27%39%31%30% 31%
20%
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 2019 2020
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million NOK)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million NOK)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
17%23%
11%
3%5%4%0%0%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 2017 2018 2019
Sum notified budgetary outlays (Million Rand)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (Million Rand)
% : Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  10: Switzerland -Liechtenstein  
 
Chart  11: Türkiye  
 
82%
79%
74%81%90%
72%
50%
48%47%
42%
32%
31%
23% 24%27%
17% 17%15% 16% 16% 22% 21%82% 82%
0% 0%0100200300400500600700
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million CHF)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million CHF)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
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% 10.3% 18.8% 16.8% 16.4%
01002003004005006007008009001,000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million USD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million USD)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  12: United States of America  
 
Chart 13: Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  
 
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 2016
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million USD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million USD)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitments
9%60%
7%17%
0.0005.00010.00015.00020.00025.00030.00035.00040.000
1995 1996 1997 1998
Sum notified budgetary outlays (million USD)
Sum budgetary outlays commitments (million USD)
%: Notified budgetary outlays as share of budgetary outlay commitmentsG/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Sum of the export subsidy budgetary outlays notified and scheduled per product grouping  
33.   The charts 14 -36 show, for the period 1995-202121, the sum of  the export subsidy budgetary 
outlays notified and scheduled  per product grouping (as set out in T able 1 above) .22 
34.   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 .23 
35.   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.  
36.   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. 
37.   These charts, that a im 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 partial s ince notified export subsid ies quantities are not 
recorded24; 
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 product to the other and from one Member to the 
other.  
38.   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 Unio n enlargements  during the period under consideration .25 
 
21 Or until the first year for which export subsidy budgetary outlay commitments are fully phased out  for 
the corresponding product grouping  in the schedules as certified or submitted for revision and still under 
certification process . 
22 Except for category 25 "All agricultura l products", for which the two Members who had an export  
subsidy commitment (New Zealand and Panama ) falling under this category ha d a zero  export subsidy 
commitment  at the time of adoption of the 2013 Bali declaration . 
23 Using exchange rates from the IMF' s "International Financial Statistics".  
24 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 
quantities in the same product groupings but also due to the large coverage of certain product groupings 
(like fruits and vegetables, processed product s or other agricultural products).  
25 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 commitment levels 
following Article  XXIV.6 neg otiations 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 1 5 above).  G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  Chart  14: Category 1 – Wheat and wheat flour  
 
Chart  15: Category 2 – Coarse grains  
 
Chart  16: Category 3 – Rice 
 
3%8%5%17%21%
5%
0%7%
0%3%6%3%0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%0.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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% 1.2%0.0% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
12%29%
15%12%16%18% 17%15% 15%
1% 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%
050100150200250
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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.18  
 
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  Chart  17: Category 4 – Oilseeds  
 
Chart  18: Category 5 – Vegetable oils  
 
Chart  19: Category 6 – Oilcakes  
 
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% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
27.8%
19.1%
4.6%
0.7% 0.8% 1.9% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 2% 2% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
0% 0% 0% 0% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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.18  
 
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  Chart  20: Category 7 – Sugar  
 
Chart 21: Category 8 – Butter and butter oil  
 
Chart  22: Category 9 – Skim milk powder  
 
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% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
02004006008001,0001,2001,400
1995 199619971998 199920002001 200220032004 200520062007 200820092010 201120122013 201420152016 201720182019 20202021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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%0.07%0.17% 0.01%0.04%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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
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% 0% 0% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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.18  
 
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  Chart  23: Category 10 – Cheese  
 
Chart  24: Category 11 – Other milk  products  
 
Chart  25: Category 12 – Bovine meat  
 
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% 3.1% 3.4%1.1%0.0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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%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%0.01% 0.003%
0.001%0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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.18  
 
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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% 1.5% 1.6% 1.0% 0.0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
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%
0.07% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
050100150200250300
199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
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  Chart  28: Category 15 – Sheepmeat  
 
Chart  29: Category 16 – Live animals  
 
Chart  30: Category 17 – Eggs  
 
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%
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 2018 2019
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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%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 (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
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%11.1%
6.5%4.9% 4.5%
0% 0% 0% 0% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
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  Chart  31: Category 18 – Wine  
 
Chart  32: Categor y 20 (includes 19)  – Fruit s and vegetables  
 
Chart  33: Category 21 – Tobacco  
 
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% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
15.8%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%
0.4% 0.9% 0.3% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.1% 0.3% 0.1% 0% 0% 0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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% 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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
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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%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0102030405060708090
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 (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD 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)
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% 16.0%
0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
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 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
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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% 4%7% 7% 7%
0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
0100200300400500600
199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Sum budgetary outlay commitments by all Members (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays (USD Million) (left axis)
Sum notified budgetary outlays as % of sum budgetary outlay commitments by notifying Members (right axis)
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  PART B – EXPORT CREDITS, EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEES  OR INSURANCE PROGRAMMES  
39.   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.1 8/Add.2.  
40.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.2  updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/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  
5 May 2023. In the absence of new reply to the questionnaire  by a Member , the information 
contained in d ocument G/AG/W/12 5/Rev.1 7/Add.2  has been left unchanged.  
Members who replied at least once  to the previous 
questionnaires26 Members who replied to th e ques tionnaire  
circulated on  17 January 2023  
Argentina; A ustralia ; Brazil ; Canada ; China; Colombia;  
El Salvador;  European  Union ; Hong Kong China ; 
Iceland;  India, Indonesia ; Jamaica; Japan ; Kazakhstan ; 
Korea , Republic of ; Malaysia ; New Zealand ; Paraguay ; 
Peru; Russian  Federation;  Switzerland ; Thailand; 
Trinidad and Tobago; Türkiye ; United  Kingdom ; 
United  States;  Viet Nam Australia; Brazil; Canada; China;  
Dominican  Republic; European Union; 
Hong Kong China; Japan; Korea, Republic of; 
New Zealand; Russian  Federation; Switzerland; 
Thailand; Türkiye; United  Kingdom; 
United  States  
 
41.   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 at least one  nil reply to the previous 
questionnaire s27 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire  
circulated on  17 January 2023  
Albania; Argentina; Burundi ; 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;  Oman ; Pakistan;  Panama; 
Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; 
Seychelles; Singapore; South  Africa;  Chinese  Taipei ; 
Thailand;  Togo;  Ukraine;  Uruguay  Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica ; Israel; 
Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; Norway,  
Seychelles; Singapore; Chinese  Taipei; Uruguay  
 
 
 
26 Circulated on 10 F ebruary 2014, 26 November 2014, 20 January 2016, 31 October 2016 and 
16 November 2017, 25 October 2018 , 17 January 2020 , 14 January 2021  and 3 December 2021 . G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  PART C – INTERNATIONAL FOOD AID  
42.   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.1 8/Add.3 . 
43.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.3 u pdates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/Add.3.  
It incorporates information contained in Table  ES:1 and ES:3 notifications27 as well as replies by 
Members to the third  section of the questionnaire on Food Aid  up to 5 May  2023. In the absence of 
new reply to the questionnaire  or new notification by a Member , the information contained in 
document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.17/Add.3  has been left unchanged.  
44.   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 this document . 
45.   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 each 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… 2022 For each year, the notified quantity.  
46.   The following column headings are used to report data contained in Table  ES:3 notifications :28 
PRODUCT  The product or group of products as indicated in the Member's notification;  
UNIT  The quantity unit used in the notification ; and 
1995… 2022 For each year, the notified quantity.  
47.   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 at least once  to the previous 
questionnaire s29 Members w ho replied to the questionnaire  
circulated on  17 January 2023  
Australia ; Brazil ; Canada ; China ; Cuba; 
European  Union ; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Japan ; 
Kazakhstan ; Korea , Republic of ; New Zealand ; 
Norway; South  Africa ; Switzerland ; Chinese  Taipei ; 
Thailand ; Türkiye ; United Kingdom ; United  States ; 
Viet Nam Australia; Brazil; European  Union; Japan; 
Korea , Republic of ; New Zealand; Norway; 
Russian  Federation; Switzerland; Chinese  Taipei ; 
Thailand; Türkiye ; United Kingdom; United  States  
 
27 For Members having notified food aid deliveries at least once.  
28 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.  
29 Circulated on 10 Fe bruary 2014, 26 November 2014, 20 January 2016, 31 October 2016 , 
16 November 2017, 25 October 2018 , 17 January 2020 , 14 January 2021  and 3 December 2021 . G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  48.   In addition, the following Members indicated in their replies to the questionnaires that they do 
not provide international food aid.  
Members with at least one  nil reply to the previous 
questionnaire s30 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire  
circulated on  17 January 2023  
Albania; Argentina; Brazil ; Burundi ; Chile; Colombia; 
Costa  Rica; Côte d'Ivoire; Dominican Republic ; 
Ecuador; El Salvador;  Fiji; Georgia; Guatemala; 
Honduras; Hong Kong,  China; Israel; Jamaica; 
Jordan; Liechtenstein; Macao,  China; Madagascar; 
Malaysia;  Moldova, Republic of ; Montenegro;  
Mauritius; Mexico; M oldova,  Republic  of; Oman ; 
Panama; Par aguay; Peru;  Philippines; Seychelles;  
Singapore ; Togo; Thailand;  Trinidad and Tobago; 
Ukraine;  Uruguay  Chile;  Costa Rica; Dominican  Republic;  
Hong Kong,  China;  Israel; Liechtenstein; 
Macao,  China;  Seychelles;  Singapore;  Uruguay  G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  PART D – AGRICULTURAL EXPORTING STATE TRADING ENTERPRISES30 
49.   This part relates to  the information on agricultural exporting State Trading Enterprises (STEs)  
which is contained in document G/AG/W/125 /Rev.1 8/Add.4. 
50.   Document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add. 4 updates document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/Add. 4. 
It incorporates the replies by Members to the fourth  section  of the questionnaire on Agriculture 
Exporting State Trading Enterprises  up to 5 May  2023. 
51.   In addition, consistent with the practice followed since 2013, the Secretariat looked whether 
STEs covering totally or partially agricultural products were contained in the notifications  submitted 
by Members and circulated between 15 July 2022 (cut-off date for the document 
G/AG/W/125/ Rev.17 /Add.4 ) and 5 May  2023, 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 .31 
52.   Based on the information contained in these notifications, the Secretariat verify with the 
Members concerned whether some of these STEs ought to be considered as agricultural exporting 
STEs in the context of this compilation of information by the Secretari at and whether some of the 
information contained in these notifications ought to be incorpora ted in document 
G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.4 . 
53.   For the purpose of this verification exercise, agricultural exporting STEs were understood as 
"governmental and non -govern mental enterprises, including marketing boards, which have been 
granted exclusive or special rights or privileges, 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.  
54.   As a result of this process, document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 8/Add.4  includes the information on 
agricultural exporting STEs con tained in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/Add.4  updated following 
additional information by Australia, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Israel, New 
Zealand and Thailand . In the absence of a reply to the questionnaire or modification following a new 
notification by a Member,  the information contained in document G/AG/W/125/ Rev.1 7/Add.4  has 
been left unchanged.  
 
30 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.  
31 According  to available information, the updated list of Members having notified such STEs covering 
totally or partially agricu ltural products in their latest notification to the Working Party on State Trading 
Enterprises is: Australia (G/STR/N/1 9/AUS); Barbados (G/STR/N/16/BRB); Brazil (G/STR/N/1 9/BRA); Cabo 
Verde (G/STR/N/13/CPV); Canada (G/STR/N/1 9/CAN); Chile (G/STR/N/1 9/CHL);  China  (G/STR/N/1 8/CHN); 
Colombia (G/STR/N/16/COL); Costa Rica (G/STR/N/1 9/CRI); Dominica (G/STR/N/4/DMA, G/STR/N/5/DMA, 
G/STR/N/6/DMA); Dominican Republic (G/STR/N/19/DOM); Ecuador (G/STR/N/16/ECU); 
European  Union  (G/STR/N/1 9/EU); Fiji (G/STR/N/4/FJI); Gr enada (G/STR/N/13/GRD); Iceland 
(G/STR/N/16/ISL, G/STR/N/17/ISL); India (G/STR/N/16/IND, G/STR/N/17/IND); Indonesia 
(G/STR/N/1 9/IDN); Israel (G/STR/N/1 9/ISR); Japan (G/STR/N/1 9/JPN); Jordan (G/STR/N/9/JOR); Korea, 
Republic of (G/STR/N/1 9/KOR); Malaysia (G/ STR/N/18/MYS); Mali (G/STR/N/1 9/MLI); Mauritius 
(G/STR/N/18/MUS); New Zealand (G/STR/N/1 9/NZL); Oman (notification of an entity not considered by Oman 
as being a state trading 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/18/PHL); Saint  Vincent and the Grenadines 
(G/STR/N/4/VCT, G/STR/N/5/VCT, G/STR/N/6/VCT); Switzerland (G/STR/N /18/CHE/Rev.1); Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu (G/STR/N/1 9/TPKM); Thailand (G/STR/N/1 9/THA); Trinidad 
and Tobago (G/STR/N/12/TTO, G/STR/N/13/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/1 9/UKR); United Kingdom 
(G/STR/N/19/GBR) ; United States (G/STR/N/1 9/USA) and Viet  Nam (G/STR/N/15/VNM, G/STR/N/16/VNM).  G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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  55.   The following Members indicated in their replies to the questionnaire the absence of any such 
agricultural exporting STEs:  
Memb ers with  at least one  nil reply to the previous 
questionnaire s32 Members with nil reply to the questionnaire 
circulated on  17 January 2023  
Albania; Argentina; Brazil;  Burundi ; Canada; Chile; 
Côte d'Ivoire;  Dominican Republic;  El Salvador;  
European  Union; Fiji; Georgia; Guatemala;  Honduras;  
Hong Kong,  China; Iceland; India; Jamaica; Japan; 
Jordan; Kazakhstan;  Korea , Republic of ; Liechtenstein; 
Macao, China; Madagascar; Malaysia;  Mauritius;  
Mexico; Moldova, Republic of ; Montenegro; Nicaragua ; 
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 Tobago; 
Türkiye ; United Kingdom ; the United  States ; Uruguay; 
Viet Nam Brazil, Canada, Chile, European Union;  
Hong Kong,  China;  Japan; Korea; Liechtenstein 
Macao,  China  Norway;  Russian Federation ; 
Seychelles; Singapore;  Switzerland;  
Chinese  Taipei; Türkiye ; United Kingdom; 
United  States ; Uruguay  
 
56.   As a result, 14 out of the 164 WTO Members  have notified  or reported in their reply  to the 
questionnaire  a total of 48 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  27 
Colombia  4 
Costa Rica  1 
Dominica  1 
Dominican Republic  1 
Ecuador  1 
Fiji 1 
Grenada  1 
Indonesia  1 
Israel  3 
New Zealand  1 
Thailand  3 
Tunisia  2 
 
57.   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 whea t and wheat flour, coarse 
grains and rice groups (shown in bold in Table  7). 
58.   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. 
 
32 Circulated on 10 February  2014, 26 November 2014,  20 January 2016 , 31 October 2016 , 
16 November 20 17, 25 October 2018 , 17 January 2020 , 14 January 2021 , and 3 December 2021 . G/AG/W/125/Rev.18  
 
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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  6 
Oilseeds  1 
Vegetable oils  1 
Oilcakes   
Sugar  2 
Butter and butter oil   
Skim milk powder   
Cheese   
Other milk products   
Bovine meat   
Pigmeat   
Poultry meat   
Sheepmeat   
Live animals   
Eggs  
Wine  
Fruits and vegetables  2 
Tobacco  21 
Cotton  4 
Incorporated products   
Other agricultural products  6 
All agricultural products  5 
 
 
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