G/AG/N/AUS/103  
 
23 June 2016  
(16-3408)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 15 June 2016, is be ing circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Australia . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 to ES:3 ) for 
financial year 2013/14 , and for calendar year 2014 . 
 
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Export subsidies  
1. Australia notifies that it provided no agricultural export subsidies including for scheduled 
products (Table ES:1): 
• butter and butter oil, cheese, skim milk powder and other milk products for the financial 
year 2013/14, and 
• pears for the calendar year 2014. 
 Table ES:2 
 
2. Total exports for the following commodities are provided in the attached Table ES:2: 
• products for which Australia has export subsidy commitments — butter and butter oil, 
cheese, skim milk powder and other milk products (financial year 2013/14) and pears 
(calendar year 2014). 
• products for which Australia is designated a 'significant exporter' as per G/AG/2/Add.1 - 
wheat and wheat flour, sugar, bovine meat, sheep meat and cotton (calendar year 2014); 
and as per G/AG/W/123 - butter and butter oil, cheese, skim milk powder, other milk 
products (financial year 2013/14), live animals, and wine (calendar year 2014). 
 
Food Aid 
 
3. Australia untied its food aid in 2005. Since then Australia has not provided physical food aid 
(Table ES:3). Australia instead provided food a ssistance in the form of cash contributions to 
international agencies. 
4. For further information on Australia's food aid contributions see Table NF:1 notifications. 
 
  
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES: AUSTRALIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR 2013/2014 AND CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports 
Description of products Financial year 2013/2014 or  
Calendar year 2014 as noted  Quantity of total exports Quantity of total exports (of products as 
per the list of "Significant Exporters") 
  (tonnes)  (tonnes)  
1 2 3 4 
I: Products from Part IV (Section II) of the Schedule    
Butter and butter oila 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 47,679  
Cheesea " 150,637  
Skim milk powdera " 143,299  
Other milk productsa " 296,284  
Pears (and quinces)a, b 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2014 6,929  
II: Products as per the lists of "Significant Exporters" 
(G/AG/2/Add.1 and G/AG/W/123)     
Wheat and wheat floura, c, of which: 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014  18,274,047 
1001a, c "  18,249,662 
Sugar a, c "  3,326,403 
Bovine meata, c, of which: "  1,321,873 
0201a, c "  306,727 
0202a, c "  1,007,538 
Sheep meata, c "  441,960 
Cottona, c, of which: "  895,188 
5201a, c "  893,887 
Butter and butter oila, d 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014  47,679 
Cheesea, d "  150,637  
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- 3 - Description of products Financial year 2013/2014 or  
Calendar year 2014 as noted  Quantity of total exports Quantity of total exports (of products as 
per the list of "Significant Exporters") 
  (tonnes)  (tonnes)  
1 2 3 4 
Skim milk powdera, d 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014  143,299 
Other milk productsa, d, of which:  "  296,284 
0401a, d "  122,001 
040221a, d "  94,391 
0404a, d "  33,013 
Live animalsa, d, of which: 1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014  3,862,220 
0102a, d "  1,296,508 
0104a, d "  2,398,686 
Winea, d, of which: "  724,649,919 
2204a, d "  724,454,845 
a Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
b Australia has export subsidy commitments for pears, as a product specified in Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is n otifying total exports as required by G/AG/2. Reported trade data is based on 
the following: Pears (and quinces)  includes exports under 080830 (pears) and 080840 (quinces) of  the Harmonized System (080820 has been repealed). 
Australia has export subsidy commitments for dairy products, as specified in Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is noti fying total exports as required by G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on 
the following: 
 
 Butter and butter oil includes exports under 0405 of the Harmonized System. 
 Cheese includes exports under 0406 of the Harmonized System. 
 Skim milk powder  includes exports under 040210 of the Harmonized System. 
 Other milk products includes exports under 0401, 0402 (excluding 040210), 0403, 0404,  170211, 170219, 350110 and 350190 of the Harmonized System. M ilk product exports under 0401 are 
recorded in litres, but have been converted here into tonnes using a ratio of 1.03 kilograms/litre. This ratio is based on the ratio set out in Table 19, p. 28,  Weights, Measures, and Conversion 
Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (1992), Economic Research Service in cooperation with the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the 
National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Handbook No 697. 
 c Australia is notifying total exports as required by G/AG/2/Add.1. 
 
d Australia is notifying total exports as required by G/AG/W/123.  Australia is a significant exporter of these products, and is no tifying total exports as required  by G/AG/2/Add.1 and G/AG/W/12 3.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
 
 Wheat and wheat flour  includes exports under 1001 and 1101 of the Harmonized System. 
 Sugar  includes exports under 1701 of the Harmonized System. 
 Bovine meat  includes exports under 0201, 0202 and 021020 of the Harmonized System. 
 Sheep meat  includes exports under 0204 (excluding 020450 Goat meat) of the Harmonized System. 
 Cotton includes exports under 5201 to 5203 of the  Harmonized System. 
 Butter and butter oil  includes exports under 0405 of the Harmonized System. 
 Cheese  includes exports under 0406 of the Harmonized System. 
 Skim milk powder  includes exports under 040210 of the Harmonized System.  
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- 4 -  Other milk products includes exports under 0401, 040221, 040229, 040291, 040299, 0403, 0404, 170211, 170219, 350110, and 350190 of the Harmonized S ystem. This definition of other milk 
products includes those listed as other milk products in G/AG/W /123 and in Section II of Part IV of the Schedule. Milk product exports under 0401 are recorded in litres, but have been converted 
here into tonnes using a ratio of 1.03 kilograms/litre. This rati o is based on the ratio set out in Table 19, p. 28, Weights, M easures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their 
Products (1992), Economic Research Service in cooperation with th e Agricultural Marketing Service, the Agricultural Research Se rvice, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service, US 
Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Handbook No 697.  
 Live animals includes exports under 0101 to 0106 of the Harmonized Sy stem. Measured as number of animals, not tonnes. 
 Wine includes exports under 2204 and 2205 of the Harmonized System. 
 
 
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