G/AG/W/125/Add.3/Rev.1  
 
16 September 2014  
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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 
Food Aid 
Revision 
This addendum refers to and must be read in conjunction with document G/AG/W/125/Rev.1. It 
provides information on international Food Aid provided by Members as described in part C of document G/AG/W/125/Rev.1.  
 
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the position of Members or their rights or obligatio ns under the WTO. It has be en prepared for information 
only and is not intended to provide any authoritative or o fficial legal interpretation of the provisions of the WTO 
Agreements in general or in relation to any specific entity or measure listed in this document. G/AG/W/125/Add.3/Rev.1 
 
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  TABLE OF CONTENTS 
Argentina ..................................................................................................................... ... 3 
Australia .......................................................................................................................... 3  
Brazil ........................................................................................................................ ...... 4 
Canada ........................................................................................................................ ... 5 
Cuba ...............................................................................................................................  7 
China ......................................................................................................................... ..... 7 
Czech Republic ................................................................................................................ . 8 
European Union ................................................................................................................  9 
Japan ............................................................................................................................. 11 
New Zeal and ...................................................................................................................  19 
Norway ........................................................................................................................ .. 20 
Russian Federation ........................................................................................................... 20 
Slovak Republic ...............................................................................................................  21 
South Af rica .................................................................................................................. .. 21 
Switzerland ..................................................................................................................... 23 
Thailand ...................................................................................................................... ... 25 
United States of America ................................................................................................... 26 
Viet Nam ...................................................................................................................... .. 29 
  
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- 3 - Argentina 
Argentina was not a Member of the 1999 Food Aid Convention and its extensions. 
Food Aid Quantities – Notification ES:3 - Marketing year (1 January - 31 December) 
Product Unit  19951 19962 19973 19984 19995 
Wheat and wheat flou r Tonnes  35,000  35,000 35,000  35,000  35,000  
1 The Argentine grant has been set at a minimum annual contribution of 35,000 tonnes of wheat or its equivalent. Of the total vo lume concerned, 1,556 tonnes of maize (corn) flour (approximately 
US$1,000,000) were delivered; the rest remains outstanding. 
2 The Argentine grant has been set at a minimum annual contribution of 35,000 tonnes of wheat or its equivalent. The aid pledged  remains outstanding. 
3 The Argentine grant has been set at a minimum annual contribution of 35,000 tonnes of wheat or its equivalent. Of the total ai d pledged, US$2 million (approximately 17,500 tonnes of wheat) have been 
transferred to the WFP; the rest remains outstanding. 
4 The Argentine grant has been set at a minimum annual contribution of 35,000 tonnes of wheat or its equivalent. Of the total vo lume concerned, 10,849 tonnes of wheat or its equivalent were delivered. 
5 Wheat or Wheat equivalent. 
 
Australia 
1. Product description 
 
See Australia's notification (Table NF:1). All Australian food assistance is in fully grant form and cash-based. 
 2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
All Australian food assistance is in fully  grant form and cash-based. In the 2012/2013 financial year, Australia provided $A 57 0.7 million for programmes 
related to countries developing their food security, agricultur al productivity and infrastructure, within the ambit of the Decision on Measures Concerning the 
Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Leas t-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries . Of this, over $A 216.8 million was 
directed to LDCs/NFIDCs. 
 3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 
All Australian food assistance is provided in fully grant form and cash-based. 
 4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
All Australian food assistance is provided in fully grant form and cash-based. 
 
5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 
All Australian food assistance is in fully grant form and cash-based. Flexible financial support allows the United Nations Worl d Food Programme, Australia's 
largest humanitarian partner, maximum flexibility to procure and deliver food assistance efficiently, effectively and in the mo st timely way possible to those in 
need in response to declarations of emergency or emergency appeals.   
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- 4 - 6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid 
 
All Australian food assistance is cash-based and as such, re-export is not applicable. 
Food Aid Quantities1, 2 - Notification ES:3 - Calendar Year 
Product Unit 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005 
Coarse grains Tonnes 2,486                      
Rice Tonnes 41,180  15,389  14,675  15,127  8,600  8,682  9,145  19,453  8,964  4,990  0 
Vegetable oil Tonnes 901  1,702                    
Wheat and wheat flou r Tonnes 197,194  101,929  112,890  140,000  147,999  108,840  128,707  181,519  59,729  123,024  93,417 
1 Australia also provided additional food aid in the form of cash contributions to international agencies. 
2 Australia untied its food aid in 2005. Since then, Australia has not provided physical food aid. Australia instead provided fo od assistance in the form of cash contributions to international agencies. 
For further information on Australia's food aid contributions, see Table NF:1 notifications. 
 
Brazil 
1. Product description 
 
In 2013, the Brazilian Government donated polished rice and beans as food aid. 
 
2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
Please see the data below.  Polished rice - 18,723 tons – US$ 8,842,907 Beans - 234 tons – US$ 209,331 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 
The food aid provided by the Brazilian Government wa s granted in-kind and monetization was not allowed. 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
Brazilian food aid was provided in fully grant form. 
 5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 
Currently, the Brazilian Government only provides food aid throug h the World Food Program (WFP) of the United Nations. Furtherm ore, Brazil focuses on 
Emergency Operations and Protracted Relief and Recovery Operations, targeting victims of socio-natural disasters and vulnerable  groups to guarantee their 
food and nutritional security. In this respect, Brazil follows the guidelines of the United Nations Office for the Coordination  of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). 
  
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- 5 - 6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid 
 
In order to avoid commercial displacement, the re-export of food  aid is not allowed by the Brazilian Government. Re-exports may  occur only in special 
circumstances, such as when the World Food Program (WFP) recomme nds and endorses it for the mitigation of the negative effects on the nutritional status of 
vulnerable groups arising from emergencies (e.g. pipeline breaks).  
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Notified 
Quantity  
Unit 19951 19961 1997 19981 19991 2000  20011 20021 20031 20041 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011  2012 
Beans Tonnes                      5.7  4.5 5 24.1 0 4.3 33,227  5,972.6  
Biscuits Tonnes                            0 2.1 0     
Cassava (Manioc) 
flour Tonnes                      3.1  2 0 8.7 0 11.1     
Corn flou r Tonnes                      3  2 0 0.3 3.5 0     
Dried meat Tonnes                            0 1.9 6     
Maize Tonnes            5,0003               3 0 0 16,470  32,226.5  
Milk powde r3 Tonnes                      45.6  2.2 1 906.5  1,110.9  24     
Rice Tonnes      11,780.3     10,0002         26.5  10.7 12.9 633.6  44,400  66.8 37,096  154,249.2  
Soybean oil Tonnes                      5.5  2.7 2 9.8 0 11   
Sugar Tonnes                      0  0 0 10.8 7.6 21.1     
Uncooked pasta Tonnes                      2.3  2.3 1 5.4 0.6 11     
Wheat flou r Tonnes                      25.6  0 0           
1 Food Aid not granted during years 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004. 
2 To Angola. 
3 Milk powder in 2005-2007 and powdered milk in 2008-2010. 
 
Canada 
Food Aid Quantities1 - Notification ES:1 - Marketing year (1 August - 31 Ju ly from 1995 until 1999 and 1 July - 30 June from 2000 until 2011) 
REF Product Unit  1995  1996 1997 1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 
1 Wheat and 
wheat flour Tonnes  287,8312 418,153 371,202  333,999  355,126  170,235  254,325  316,426  106,960 212,643  119,566  114,133  92,242  116,613  155,311  98,498  109,941  
2 Coarse grains3 Tonnes  0 980 40 0 5,939  7,910  4,875  28,697  18,899  21,466  72,097  42,546  26,781  69,277  68,644  76,426  98,518  
3 Oilseeds4 Tonnes  0 9,150  3,843  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
4 Vegetable oils5 Tonnes  21,735  16,551  16,551  1,265  575 6,718  8,983  2,110  3,583  8,890  19,192  15,962  12,390  9,431  14,831  12,886  19,777  
 
5 Oilcakes Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
6 Butte r Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
7 Skim milk 
powder Tonnes  0 0 36 0 0 43 25 26 21 46 0 0 0 270 1,168  1,887  119 
8 Cheese Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
9 Other milk Tonnes  0 0 0 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 391 0 1,476  0 0  
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- 6 - REF Product Unit  1995  1996 1997 1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 
products 
10 Vegetables6 Tonnes  11,457  17,366  10,807  22,892  26,087  27,165  36,944  28,351  40,567  27,397  51,193  47,957  33,516  21,556  28,695  22,567  28,951  
11 Incorporated 
products Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
1 It includes food aid purchased to all destinations, with the range of products in each category defined as those in Annex I of  Canada's Schedule V, Part IV, Section II. Food aid data provided by the 
Canadian International Development Agency. 
2 Wheat only. 
3 Corn in 1996 and 1997, cereal, maize, maize meal and rice in 1999, includes barley, corn, maize, maize meal and millet in 2000 , includes corn and maize in 2001, includes unspecified grains, maize, and 
maize meals and maize seeds in 2002, includes maize, millet, maize meal and maize seeds in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, includes maize, maize flour, maize meal, maize seeds and millet in 2007, maize 
meal and millet in 2011. 
4 Mustard seed in 1996 and 1997. 
5 Canola oil in 1996-1999, includes canola oil and vegetable oil in 2000, includes vegetable oil in 2001, 2003 and 2004, include s vegetable oil, canola oil and sunflower oil in 2002, includes vegetable oil, 
palm oil and sunflower oil in 2011. 
6 Dry peas and beans in 1995-1998, beans peas and pulses in 1999, includes beans, peas, lentils and pulses in 2000, 2001, 2002 a nd 2003, includes peas, lentils and beans in 2004, includes peas, split 
peas, lentils, beans and other pulses in 2005, 2006 and 2007, includ es peas, split peas (inc. yell ow), lentils, split lentils, beans and other pulses in 2011. 
7 Therapeutic milk. 
 
Food Aid Quantities1 - Notification ES:3 - Marketing year (1 August - 31 July2 from 1995 until 1999 and 1 July - 30 June from 2000 until 2011) 
Product Unit 19953 1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 
Biscuits Tonnes               12                  
Black tea Tonnes                             157    
Bulgar wheat Tonnes                             16   2,115  
Bulgu r Tonnes                       1,723  1,479  1,081       
Canned fish Tonnes   2,207  1,874  2,277              164   75        
Canned meat Tonnes                             169   520 
Cassava Tonnes                           10     43 
Cassava and sweet potatoes  Tonnes           51                      
Chili peppers Tonnes         7   10 8                  
Fish Tonnes         3,843  2,709  2,836    1,895 1,202               
Fish and fish paste Tonnes               3,937                   
Fortified soya bean oil Tonnes                   420               
Fortified wheat flou r Tonnes                   5,319               
High energy biscuits Tonnes                       255 161 243 5,849  3,520  1,472  
Infant formula Tonnes                             1,709     
Locally blended foods Tonnes                     2,471  1,046  3,204  286   3,554   
Maize-soya blend Tonnes         2,069      1,004  2,744 200  2,530  6,767  3,660  25,597  17,474  14,519  29,007  
Micronutrients Tonnes                               1,087  8 
Nuts Tonnes                           6      
Nutritional supplements7 Tonnes                             1,066    2,950  
Other4 Tonnes           668 3,806  4,831  14,966 12,224  155 18 174     402 5,870  
Other vegetable oils (Vegetable oil, soya oil and other oils) Tonnes         5,854                         
Pasta Tonnes                           228     1,435  
Rice11 Tonnes               3,400  7,724 8,259  13,324  16,828  17,520  21,387  33,104  46,725  41,495   
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- 7 - Product Unit 19953 1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 
Salt10 Tonnes         15 64 37 166 84 131    966 825 2,207  5,569  1,733  3,142  
Sorghum9 Tonnes                 4,378 1,817  298 1,546  9475 7,552    3,416  10,552  
Sorghum and rice Tonnes           1,799  2,497                     
Soybean oil Tonnes   2,223  3,827  2,898    1,614  643                    
Soybeans Tonnes               1,520  1,479   215   243        
Sugar Tonnes           457 430 158 364 623  413 720 423 1,190  5,313  6,694  3,674  
Tea Tonnes           1             1       2 
Therapeutic milk and milk formula  Tonnes               773                  
Unimix6 Tonnes               147 776 49  339 28 287       7 
Various seeds5 Tonnes               263 619 432  1,247  230 1,243  678 1,113  674 366 
Vegetables8 Tonnes                           22 161   3 
Wheat-soya blend Tonnes                 19 729  38 157 113 494 157 475 298 
1 In addition to Food Aid notified in table ES:1. 
2 The 1 August – 31 July period has no significance for Canadian food aid; it has been chosen to facilitate notification of all data related to Canada's export subsidy commitments using the same time-period. 
3 No other product within the coverage of the Agreement on Agriculture than those in notification ES:1 are provided as food aid.  
4 Includes unimix, premix, seeds and corn-soy blend in 2000, micr onutrient, seeds, corn-soy blend and others in 2001, faffa and likuna phala in 2002, faffa, local blended foods and fortified biscuits in 2003, 
faffa , groundnuts, chillies and unspecified local foods in 2004, cassava and unspecified local foods in 2005 onion, spices and  potatoes in 2006 unspecified products in 2007 and unspecified products, canned 
beef, canned fish, other vegetables and bulgur in 2010, includes super cereal and sugar, chickpeas, faffa, famix and flour mani oc in 2011. 
5 Includes sorghum, peanuts, bean, cassava, Irish potato, rice, soya, mixed vegetables, sweet potato and groundnuts in 2002, unsp ecified seeds and seeds from the following commodities: chickpeas, 
cowpeas, pulses, sorghum, groundnuts, beans, cassava, potatoes, rice, soya, vegetables, and sweet potatoes in 2003, mixed seeds  and seeds from the following commodities: rice, Irish potatoes, wheat, 
groundnuts, vegetables, teff, millet, chickpeas, sorghum, barley, faba beans, triticale, haricot beans, cassava, sweet potatoes  and oats in 2004, mixed seeds and seeds from the following commodities: rice, 
beans, groundnuts, sorghum, vegetables, cassava, sweet potatoes , sunflower seeds, potatoes, and soybeans in 2005 mixed seeds an d seeds from the following commodities: rice, groundnuts, sorghum and 
soybeans in 2006. 
6 Unimix and premix in 2002, Unimix and Famix in 2003, Unimix and Manna mix in 2004, Unimix mix in 2005 - 2007. 
7 Includes: mixed ready-to-use supplementary food, fortified food, high energy supplements and micro-nutrient powder. 
8 Other than peas, split peas, beans and other pulses in 2008, othe r than peas, split peas, lentils,  beans and other pulses in 2 009, limited to onions in 2011. 
9 Includes sorghum seed in 2007 and 2008, includes sorghum/millet in 2011. 
10 Iodized in 2010 and 2011. 
11 Includes rice seed in 2007 and 2008. 
 
Cuba 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Unit 1995  1996 1997 1998  1999  2000  2001  20021 20031 20041 20051 20061 20071 20081 20091 20101 
Sugar Tonnes 2,613  2,688 0 2,630  0 0 0 3,137  1,777  860 2,667  2,657  2,659  2,665  2,637.236  2,500.032 
1 Raw sugar, 96º polarization. 
 
China 
China provides food aid as humanitarian relief in times of emergencies. The food aid programs are in small size, casting no inf luences on international market. 
China provides aid in response to emergency requests from UN World Food Program or countries in need. All aid is provided in fu lly grant form with no 
conditions attached. China does not limit the benefi ciaries' right to monetize or re-export the aid. 
  
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- 8 - On 27 July 2011, Chinese government provided food aid of 90 millio n RMB to Horn of Africa through UN World Food Program after U N declared that Somalia 
was suffering from famine on 20 July. On 15 August, upon request,  China provides food aid of 353 million RMB to African countri es, namely Ethiopia, Kenya, 
Somalia and Djibouti. On 6 September, China provides 90 million RM B to Zimbabwe as food aid as requested by Zimbabwe government . 
 Czech Republic 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:1 - Calendar year 
Ref Product Unit  1995  1996  1997  1998 1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  20041 
1 Beef Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.097  0 0 0 0 0 
2 Por k Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 
3 Poultry, eggs, poultry products Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
4 Sheep meat Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
5 Milk powde r Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.343  0.08 59.28  0.03 0 0 
6 Other dairy products  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.2152 0.073 0 0.03 0 0 
7 Fruit, vegetables, their products Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
8 Hop seeds Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
9 Vegetable oil fats  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.079  0 0 0.02 0 0 
10 Sugars, sugar, confectionery  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.105  0.07 0.18 0.02 0 0 
11 Bee r Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
12 Wine Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
13 Spirits, beverages  Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
14 Starch Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
15 Malt Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
16 Cereals, flour products  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.143  0 0 0 0.174 0 
1 Until 30 April only – Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union. 
2 Butter: 63 tonnes; cheeses: 152 tonnes. 
3 Cheeses: 50 Tonnes; other dairy products: 20 tonnes. 
4 Flour only. 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Unit  19951 19961 1997  1998  1999  
Child nourishment Tonnes          12 
Milk powde r Tonnes      22     
Mineral waters Litres        15,000    
1 The Czech Republic did not apply in 1995 and in 1996 any qu antities of food aid notifiable under Table ES:3. 
2 To Albania.  
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- 9 - European Union 
The European Union and its member States provide food assistance in the form of cash contributions to international agencies, m ainly to the World Food 
Program, according to their international commitments. 
 In-kind food aid has been donated directly by some of  the EU member States in emergency situations only. 
 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:1
1 
Marketing Year, 1 July - 30 June except for: 
Rice, wine (Marketing Year , 1 September - 31 August) 
Olive oil (Marketing Year, 1 November - 31 October) Sugar (Marketing Year, 1 October - 30 September) 
 
Ref Product Unit  1995 1996 1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  20105 20115 
1 Wheat and 
wheat flour Thousand  
Tonnes 1,536.9 775.6 711.1  1186.1  630.8  436.4  170.9  406 239.6 151.2  24.1 116.9  116.4  76.73 9.93 0 0 
2 Coa rse grains Thousand  
Tonnes 258.3 205 215.5  119.3  136.5  44.8 58.2 86.5 90.7 29.4  355.6  43.8 19.4 11.93 4.23 0 0 
3 Rice Thousand  
Tonnes 91.8 42.5 110.2  125.5  63.5 21.2 51.5 42.3 18.2 14.2  0 6.9 6.1 0.83 1.43 0 0 
4 Rapeseed Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0.8 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
5 Olive oil Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
6 Suga r Thousand  
Tonnes 15.82 19.52 19.8  10 22 24.3 25.1 16.7 8.5 14.2  17.3 10.1 11.1 6.14 12.54 0 0 
7 Butter and 
butteroil Thousand  
Tonnes 1.2 0 0.4  0 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
8 Skim milk 
powder Thousand  
Tonnes 12.5 5 6  2.5 46 1.9 0 0 1.5 0  0 0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0 0 
9 Cheese Thousand  
Tonnes 2 0.6 0  0 0.5 0 0 0.6 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
10 Other milk 
products Thousand  
Tonnes 4.8 1.7 0.8  0.5 2.2 1.1 0 0.6 0 0.2  0.9 0 0 0 0 0 0 
11 Beef meat Thousand  
Tonnes 1.2 1.6 2.1  53.9 101.8  0 19.2 8.6 0 0.5  5.5 2.6 0 0 0 0 0 
12 Pigmeat Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0.2  22 36.5 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
13 Poultry meat Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
14 Eggs Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
15 Wine Thousand 
Hectolitres 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
16 Fruit and 
vegetables, fresh Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0.1 1.4 0 0.5 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
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- 10 - Ref Product Unit  1995 1996 1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  20105 20115 
17 Fruit and 
vegetables, 
processed Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
18 Raw tobacco Thousand  
Tonnes 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
19 Alcohol Thousand 
Hectolitres 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
20 Incorporated 
products Thousand  
Tonnes 6.7 15.1 12.1  9.1 17 8 11.6 18.8 26.5 0  0.4 2 0.5 15.8 21.93 0 0 
1 Members are to provide data on food aid to all destinations; unless otherwise indicated quantities listed are in product weigh t for the marketing year in question. 
2 In white sugar equivalent. 
3 Food aid for this group of products did not benefit from export subsidies. 
4 These exports did not attract any export refunds. 
5 No food aid provided in physical form. The European Union has provided food assistance in the form of cash contributions to in ternational agencies, according to its international commitments. 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES :3 - Marketing year (1 July-30 June)1 
Product Unit2 1995  1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001 2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
Beef meat Thousand Tonnes                       0.5 0.1 0.3   
Coarse grains Thousand Tonnes 234.1  288.4  406.6  383.2  162.5  364.4  375.9 370.8  758.7  522.2  426.2  674.4  388.7  121.7  87.6 
Fresh tomatoes Thousand Tonnes     4.5                         
Fruit and vegetable (processed)  Thousand Tonnes                       0.7       
Fruits and vegetables Thousand Tonnes                           2.1 0.1 
Incorporated products Thousand Tonnes 0.3  11.2 34 48.3 13.5 21.4 10.2 48.3  103.8  3.5 0.8 0.9 0.1 22.8 20 
Milk products Thousand Tonnes               1.2                
Miscellaneous Thousand Tonnes                           0.3 0.6 
Olive oil Thousand Tonnes         2.3                     
Other dairy products Thousand Tonnes                   2.2 0.3 3.9 2.5 3.7 1 
Pulses Thousand Tonnes 36  65.3 102.7  54.6 46.2 171.4  33.2 78.7  343.3  96.8 120.9  111.9  75.5 38.1 40.6 
Rice Thousand Tonnes 19.4  162.7  90.2 87.9 38.6 46.9 128.8 70.5  90.7 119 134.8  122.5  381.4  75.4 45.6 
Seeds Thousand Tonnes                   1.6 4.9 8.1 2.8 9.3 67.6 
Skimmed milk powde r Thousand Tonnes                             0.4 
Sugar Thousand Tonnes         2.3 2.4 1.7 2.3  16 17.4 16.6 18.5 12.9 10.7 3.9 
Tomato concentrate Thousand Tonnes 0.5                              
Vegetable oil Thousand Tonnes 43  19.8 56.6 16.8 7.4 54 44.5 102.9  291 50.6 96.5 68.9 40.4 17.1 9.4 
Wheat and wheat flou r Thousand Tonnes 24.2  216.1  239.8  284 34.2 53.5 209.3 373.2  306.1  509.5  607.8  655.7  358.7  154.3  128.4 
1 Food aid purchased outside the Community, not included in Table ES:1 except for: 
PULSES  
1995: of which 29,700 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 1996: of which 33 thousand tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 
1997: of which 64,200 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 
1998: of which 50,788 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 1999: of which 46,200 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 2003: of which 70,700 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. VEGETABLE OIL 
1995, 1996, 1998: no footnote. 
1997: of which 19,900 tonnes were purchased outside the Community.  
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- 11 - 2000: of which 39,400 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 
2001: of which 26,700 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 2002: of which 71,200 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 
2003: of which 115,600 tonnes were purchased outside the Community. 
TOMATO CONCENTRATE 1995: no footnote.
 
2 Unless otherwise indicated, quantities listed are in product weight (wheat equivalent for wheat and wheat flour). 
 
Japan 
Food Aid 
 
1. Product description 
 
Rice, Wheat, Wheat flour, Canned tuna, Maize, CSB (C orn soy blend), WSB (Wheat soy blend), Beans, etc. 
 
2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
Fiscal year, Value (yen) 
2010, 17.9 billion yen 
2011, 11.1 billion yen 2012, 10.0 billion yen 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 
Base on Food Assistance Convention, Japan provides funds fo r purchasing products. Japan established the counterpart funds* system and monetisation is 
permitted. Japan request recipient country to secure transparency. 
 
*counterpart funds: Recipient countries obtain a surplus through se lling products provided by Japa n. The surplus, which must be deposited in their domestic  currencies, is called 
"The Counterpart Funds" that shall be utilized by the recipi ent countries for their own economic and social development. 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
In fully grant form. 
 
5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 
Japan provides a food assistance in keeping with a needs assessme nt based on a request by a recipient country or an emergency a ppeal from an international 
organization such as WFP.  
6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid 
 
Re-export of food assistance is not permitted.  
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- 12 - Food Aid Quantities1 - Notification ES:3 - Fiscal Year (1 April-31 March) 
Product Destination  1995 1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 
 
Beans Lesotho (through WFP)                 1,176              
Biscuit, fortified noodle Indonesia (through WFP)   
                1,400            
Bulgur wheat  Liberia (through WFP)                     2,314          
Bulgur wheat  West Africa Coastal (in 
Sierra Leone, Guinea) (through WFP)   
                3,930            
Bulgur wheat, 
pulses Liberia (through WFP)                       1,779        
Bulgur wheat, 
pulses, CSB2 Sierra Leone (through 
WFP)                       1,663        
Canned tuna Republic of Congo 
(through WFP)                 354             
Canned tuna Caucasus            545                   
Canned tuna Sri Lanka (through WFP)             281                 
Coarse grains African Refugees (through 
WFP)         49,881                      
Coarse grains Haiti         12,673                      
Coarse grains Kenya (through WFP)         15,511  18,632                    
Coarse grains Malawi      10,802                          
Coarse grains Somalia (through WFP)     1,689                          
Coarse grains Sudan (through WFP)     5,330  4,613  9,774  6,794                    
CSB2 Swaziland (through WFP)                         1,517      
CSB Timo r-Leste (through 
WFP)                             1,473 
CSB2, pulses Philippines (through WFP)                       1,760        
CSB2, pulses Nicaragua (through WFP)                       1,110        
CSB2, vegetable 
oil, maize Zimbabwe (through WFP)                 983             
CSB, Wheat flour, 
Pulses, Vegetable 
oil Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of (through WFP)                           5,959    
Maize Cape Verde                3,029                
Maize Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan 
in Kenya (through WFP)               3,491                
Maize Lesotho (through WFP)               3,472                
Maize Malawi (through WFP)               8,680      4,317  6,086        
Maize Senegal                2,881                
Maize Somalia and Sudan in 
Kenya (through WFP)                 2,111              
Maize Zambia (through WFP)               5,208  1,891    3,329          
Maize Zimbabwe (through WFP)                     3,339  2,443  6,703       
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Maize flou r Democratic Republic of 
Congo (through WFP except in 2008 and 2009 not mentioned)   
                        13,130  10,824 
Maize flou r Lesotho (through WFP)                           3,456    
Maize flou r Swaziland                             11,948 
Maize flour, 
Canned tuna Republic of Congo 
(through WFP)                             1,770 
Maize flour, CSB, 
YSP Lesotho (through WFP)                             3,000 
Maize flour, CSB Guinea-Bissau (through 
WFP)                             3,504 
Maize flour, Pulses Chad (through WFP)                           1,771    
Maize flour, 
Pulses, CSB Uganda (through WFP)                             6,133 
Maize flour, YSP, 
CSB Chad (through WFP)                             2,560 
Maize meal Democratic Republic of 
Congo (through WFP)               5,823                
Maize meal Lesotho (through WFP)                   1,798  2,167  1,589        
Maize meal Swaziland (through WFP)                   1,772  2,134  1,783        
Maize meal, beans Malawi (through WFP)                 2,574              
Maize, beans Central America (in 
Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala) (through WFP)   
              1,540  6,266            
Maize, canned 
tuna Nicaragua (through WFP)                     1,630          
Maize and wheat 
flour Kenya (through WFP)             14,441                  
Maize, Maize meal Uganda (through WFP)               9,684                
Maize, CSB2 Zambia (through WFP)                   2,029    2,991        
Maize, CSB2, 
pulses Philippines (through WFP)                     2,076          
Maize, CSB2, 
pulses Central America (in 
Nicaragua, Honduras, El 
Salvador, Guatemala) 
(through WFP)               6,805                
Maize, CSB2, 
pulses Great Lakes (in Burundi, 
Rwanda, Tanzania) (through WFP)   
            12,011                
Maize, CSB2, 
pulses Swaziland (through WFP)               1,595                
Maize, Pulses, 
CSB Uganda (through WFP)                           5,683    
Maize, CSB, Pulse 
Wheat Ethiopia (through WFP)                           14,398    
Maize, Sorghum Sudan (through WFP)               7,048                 
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Maize, pulse, 
vegetable oil, salt Angola (through WFP)                 4,656              
Maize meal, CSB2, 
pulses Lesotho (through WFP)                         2,937      
Maize, Pulses Swaziland (through WFP)                           1,766    
Maize, rice Malawi (through WFP)                         6,973      
Pulse Malawi (through WFP)                   1,320            
Pulse, Canned 
tuna Republic of Congo 
(through WFP)               2,054                
Pulse, WSB4 Myanmar (through WFP)                             4,199 
Rice Afghan Refugees (through 
WFP)     9,979                          
Rice Angola      12,112    16,030  22,414  20,002  14,066  4,798  4,598  5,792  2,575        
Rice Bangladesh (through WFP 
except in 1999 not 
mentioned)       25,025  30,007          12,528    5,960    8,315   
Rice Benin      5,106  3,612  4,413  7,743  4,366  5,117  5,134  4,474  5,562      10,831  12,105 
Rice Burkina Faso      7,599  7,352  7,561  8,025    6,485  6,100  5,510  5,303  4,386  5,270   14,142 
Rice Burundi (through WFP -  
except in 2009 not 
mentioned)                     2,070    3,220  3,685  5,681 
Rice Cambodia (through WFP)     16,532  10,200  15,917  21,050  21,030  21,155  14,936              
Rice Cape Verde      3,585  2,800  3,614  5,701  4,251  4,024  3,691  2,900  3,523  2,532  3,102  5,777  5,409 
Rice Central African Republic 
(through WFP)                         2,874  2,499    
Rice Comoros      4,569                      7,500    
Rice Côte d'Ivoire (through 
WFP - except in 2008 and 2009 not mentioned)   
              2,381  2,300  2,303  2,183    7,158  
+8,473 9,016 
Rice Democratic Republic of the 
Congo                 6,577  3,703  7,138  5,212  6,162  8,558    
Rice Djibouti      5,078  3,717  4,100        3,661  3,394  1,923  1,646    15,018    
Rice The Gambia                5,658  4,903  3,814  3,241  3,290    7,931    
Rice Ghana        4,793  8,512  10,623  10,504            8,061  16,035    
Rice Great Lakes (in Burundi, 
Rwanda, Tanzania) (through WFP)   
              3,224              
Rice Guinea (through WFP in 
2006)     4,831  5,005  6,400  13,754  11,260  10,031  9,435  7,561  6,626  1,726  5,746      
Rice Guinea-Bissau (through 
WFP)                       1,136  2,240  2,659    
Rice Haiti (through WFP in 
2004)     10,055  8,170    10,751  10,246  7,071    3,490  6,777  5,350  7,649  8,355  10,573 
Rice Honduras (through WFP)       2,984                        
Rice Indonesia (through WFP)       40,702  50,168      15,820                
Rice Indonesia        14,584                         
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Rice Indonesia (loan of rice)       600,000                        
Rice Kenya (through WFP)                    3,644  3,163  7,151  6,218  7,495    
Rice Lao People's Democratic 
Republic (through WFP in 
2003)     10,466  7,816  10,527  15,945  15,000  15,925  6,599  7,942  7,510  6,388        
Rice Liberia (through WFP) 
except in 2008 not mentioned   
              2,862          8,612    
Rice Madagasca r     6,390  5,189  9,905  11,868        4,715  8,857          
Rice Malawi        4,889                        
Rice Maldives        2,718                        
Rice Mali                 5,996  5,316  4,872  3,336  5,330  11,685  12,200 
Rice Mauritania      4,776  7,560  7,010  8,864  9,002  8,655  8,166  7,748  6,629  6,040  7,629    10,662 
Rice Mongolia        8,659      14,406                9,738 
Rice Mozambique (partly 
through WFP in 2000 and through WFP in 2005)   
  12,540  10,700  14,045  24,795  18,552  13,733  8,367    2,537  3,135      16,944 
Rice Nepal          9,268        9,700  8,283  5,544  5,249  7,139  9,660  11,185 
Rice Nicaragua (through WFP)                           4,174    
Rice Nige r     8,067  8,170  8,007  9,216    9,306  7,206  6,396  7,723  5,225  5,145  11,607  8,135 
Rice North Korea (through 
WFP)     67,000      500,000                    
Rice Palestine Refugees 
(through UNRWA)       15,614                        
Rice Philippines (through WFP)                           10,460    
Rice Papua New Guinea      8,018                          
Rice Republic of Congo 
(through WFP)                   2,218  1,116  1,210  2,518  2,809    
Rice Rwanda (through WFP 
except in 1995 - not mentioned)   
  4,014                2,192  1,320        
Rice Sao Tome and Principe 
(through WFP in 2006)     3,293  3,011  3,097  4,802  5,005  2,773  3,311      1,486  4,339  4,330  3,324 
Rice Senegal      6,360  4,980  5,556  9,341  6,849  7,396  6,776  5,652  6,055  5,660    14,137  15,972 
Rice Sierra Leone                            6,220    
Rice Sri Lanka (through WFP)               12,565  4,632  3,175            
Rice Tanzania (through WFP in 
2005 and 2006)     13,431  13,240  16,898  21,940  20,003  17,016  8,801  7,703  3,776  3,290  12,416    17,309 
Rice Timo r-Leste (through 
WFP)                      1,220  1,274  1,896  1,565    
Rice Togo     4,111                          
Rice Uganda (through WFP)                 1,567  3,270  2,837  4,080  5,176      
Rice, canned tuna Bangladesh (through WFP)                     8,050          
Rice, canned tuna Cambodia (through WFP)                       1,829         
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Rice, canned tuna Great Lakes (in Burundi, 
Rwanda) (through WFP)                   3,431            
Rice, canned tuna Mozambique (through 
WFP)                   3,150            
Rice, canned tuna Sri Lanka (through WFP)                         6,475  5,917    
Rice, maize Burundi (through WFP)                       2,166        
Rice, maize, CSB2 Somalia (through WFP)                       3,895        
Rice, maize, CSB2, 
sorghum/millet Côte d'Ivoire Regional (in 
Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso) 
(through WFP)                   3,476            
Rice, pulses Afghanistan (through 
WFP)                     4,478          
Rice, pulses Iraq (through WFP)                  17,000              
Rice, pulses Somalia (through WFP)                         2,776      
Rice, vegetable 
oil, pulse Haiti (through WFP)                  3,352              
Rice, wheat, 
canned tuna, 
pulse, and maize meal  African Refugees (through 
WFP)   
          48,460                  
Rice, wheat flour  The Gambia                              10,389 
Sorghum Ethiopia and Eritrea in 
Sudan (through WFP)                 2,066              
Sorghum Sudan (through WFP)                   7,728            
Sorghum and 
wheat Sudan (through WFP)             13,127                  
Sorghum, CSB Sudan (through WFP)                           9,088    
Vegetable oil Swaziland  (through WFP)                 698             
Wheat Afghanistan (through 
WFP)               61,685        5,590  5,380      
Wheat Bangladesh (through WFP)                 5,587            29,171 
Wheat Chad (through WFP)                     1,452          
Wheat Eritrea              14,608  15,974  3,304  3,558  7,384  10,362  5,915  17.233    
Wheat Ethiopia                38,566  6,288  6,819  13,880  11,276  9,596   26,548 
Wheat Georgia (through WFP)               2,182                
Wheat Liberia (through WFP)                   2,423            
Wheat Mongolia                19,191  4,874  9,730  9,271  8,331  10,270      
Wheat Mozambique                            29,658    
Wheat Palestine (through UNWRA 
in 2002)             8,562  17,473                
Wheat Sudan (through WFP)                     3,108          
Wheat Togo                           24,062    
Wheat Tanzania                3,082                 
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Wheat Western Sahara (in Cape 
Verde, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali) (through WFP)   
            6,003                
Wheat Flou r Burkina Faso                            12,855    
Wheat flou r Georgia (through WFP)                 2,213  2,594            
Wheat flou r Maldives              4,927  5,438  4,620  5,988  3,792  2,800  3,300  8,093  9,006 
Wheat flou r Palestine (through WFP 
and through UNWRA in 2003)   
              14,834  4,659  3,930          
Wheat flou r Tajikistan (through WFP)                   2,214            
Wheat flou r Afghan Refugees (through 
WFP)             10,691                  
Wheat flour, 
beans Tajikistan (through WFP)                 1,869              
Wheat flour, 
canned tuna Palestine (through WFP)                       2,055  2,350    3,842 
Wheat flour, 
Canned tuna West Africa (in Liberia, 
Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana) 
(through WFP)   
            3,897                
Wheat flour and 
red lentil Palestinian Refugees 
(through WFP)             13,912                  
Wheat flour, 
Pulses Afghanistan (through 
WFP)                           5,747    
Wheat flour, pulse Palestinian Refugees 
(through UNRWA)                   10,147  13,504  10,035    7,412  11,149 
Wheat flour, 
Pulses Tajikistan (through WFP)                           9,552  7,482 
Wheat flour, 
Pulses, Canned tuna Palestine (through WFP)   
                        2,034    
Wheat flour, CSB2 Chad (through WFP)                       1,130        
Wheat flour, YSP3, 
CSB2 Chad (through WFP)                         2,068      
Wheat, CSB2 Ethiopia (through WFP)                             13,427 
Wheat, CSB2 Sierra Leone (through 
WFP)                     1,873          
Wheat, CSB2 Sudan (through WFP)                       7,814        
Wheat, Pulse Afghanistan Refugees 
(through WFP)               25,305                
Wheat, Pulses Afghanistan (through 
WFP)                             9,995 
Wheat, Pulse Azerbaijan (through WFP)               2,467                
Wheat, Pulse Colombia (through WFP)               2,821                
Wheat, Pulse Palestinian Refugees 
(through UNRWA)                         6,260       
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Wheat, Pulse Tajikistan (through WFP)               11,750                
Wheat, sorghum Sudan (through WFP)                     4,776          
Wheat, sorghum, 
YSP1,CSB2, pulses Sudan (through WFP)                         14,061      
Wheat, YSP3 Liberia (through WFP)                         3,880      
Wheat, YSP3 Sudan (through WFP)                             5,662 
Wheat, YSP3, 
CSB2 Sierra Leone (through 
WFP)                          2,855      
Wheat and wheat 
flour African Refugees (through 
WFP)     29,876  35,804                        
Wheat and wheat 
flour Afghan refugees (through 
WFP)           12,338                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour Bangladesh      53,763                          
Wheat and wheat 
flour Caucasian Refugees 
(through WFP)     11,231                          
Wheat and wheat 
flour Central African Republic     7,042                          
Wheat and wheat 
flour Colombia            3,767                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour Former Yugoslav Refugees 
(through WFP)     29,120  12,763                        
Wheat and wheat 
flour Kosovo Refugees (through 
WFP)       9,473  11,883                      
Wheat and wheat 
flour Maldives      3,570    5,831  10,623                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour Mongolia      24,000    22,114  31,268                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour Nepal      24,299                          
Wheat and wheat 
flour North Caucasus            4,115                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour Palestine Refugees 
(through UNRWA and 
through WFP in 1999)     20,460    28,284  25,519                    
Wheat and wheat 
flour; Coarse 
grains; and Rice  African refugees (through 
WFP)           32,921                    
1 Japan notified a total quantity of food aid of 530,000 tonnes of  rice for the Fiscal Year 1995. Japan notified that it did not  provide food aid between 1 April 1996 and 31 March 1997. 
2 CSB = Corn soy blend. 
3 YSP = Yellow split peas. 
4 WSB= Wheat soy blend.  
 
  
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1. Product description 
 
N/A 
 
2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
New Zealand provides NZD6 million annually in core  funding for the UN World Food Programme (WFP). 
 
Since 1 July 2010 New Zealand has also provided one-off food ai d funding to the WFP for the following countries and regions. 
 
Financial year  Country/region  Amount (in NZD million)  
2010/11  Sahel  1 
 Pakistan (flood relief)  1 
 Afghanistan (flood relief)  1 
 Horn of Africa  1 
2011/12  Niger 0.5 
 Burkina Faso  1 
 Pakistan (flood relief)  0.5 
 Horn of Africa  1 
2012/13  Myanma r 1 
2013/14 (to date)  Syrian Arab Republic  0.75 
 Philippines (Typhoon Haiyan)  1.5 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whethe r monetisation was permitted  
 
All financial assistance for food aid provided by New Zealand is in fully grant form. 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
All financial assistance for food aid provided by New Zealand is in fully grant form. 
 
5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 
All of New Zealand's financial assistance for food aid is based on assessments and appeals by UN agencies, the Red Cross, partn er countries, and other donor 
countries.  
6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid 
 
Re-export is not an option under the terms of New Zealand's provision of food aid. 
  
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- 20 - Norway 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Unit  1995 1996 1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  20022 20032 20042 20052 20062 20072 20083 20093 20102 20112 
Milk powde r1 Tonnes  20.1                                 
Skimmed milk powde r Tonnes  192.4 13.6 82.9  66.5 369 1,056  0                     
1 No milk powder was provided as food aid in 1996 – 2001. 
2 No food aid was provided in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011. 
3 No ES:3 notification for 2008 and 2009. 
 
Russian Federation 
Within the framework of the United Nations World Food Program in 2013 the Russian Federation provided USD50 million as assistan ce to foreign states. 
 
 2013  
(in million USD) 
Tajikistan  8.0 
North Korea  3.0 
Ethiopia  3.0 
Tanzania  2.0 
Palestine  2.0 
Syrian Arab Republic  6.0 
Somalia  1.0 
Kenya  1.0 
Kyrgyzstan  9.0 
Philippines  1.0 
Cuba 1.0 
Sudan  2.0 
Tunisia  1.5 
Jordan  3.0 
Morocco  1.5 
Armenia  3.0 
Malawi  1.0 
Lesotho  1.0 
 
In certain cases international food aid may be provided as assistance in emergency situations. In particular in 2013 budgetary funds were granted to a number 
of international organizations (UNICEF, WHO, WF P, UNDP, OCHA) after tsunami in the Philippines. 
  
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- 21 - Slovak Republic 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:1 - Calendar year 
Ref Product Unit  1995  1996  1997  1998 1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  20042 
1 Beef Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.11 0 0 0 0 0 
2 Por k Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
3 Poult ry, eggs, poultry products Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
4 Sheep meat Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
5 Milk powde r Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0.25 0 
6 Other dairy products  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
7 Fruit, vegetables, their p roducts Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
8 Seeds, hops Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
9 Vegetable oil fats  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.12  0 0 0 0 0 
10 Sugars, sugar, confectionery  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.26  0 0 0 0 0 
11 Yeast Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
12 Bee r Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
13 Wine Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
14 Spirits beverages  Million Litres  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
15 Starch Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
16 Malt Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 
17 Cereal, flour products  Thousand Tonnes  0 0 0 0 0.41  0 0 0 0 0 
1 Canned meat. 
2 Until 30 April only – Accession of the Slovak Republic to the European Union. 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Unit 19951 19961 19971 19982 1999  20002 20012 20023 2003 
Canned bovine meat Thousand Tonnes          0.1          
Milk powde r Tonnes                 250 
Sugar Thousand Tonnes          0.26          
Vegetable oil Thousand Tonnes          0.12          
Wheat flou r Thousand Tonnes          0.41          
1 The Slovak Republic did not supply any quantities of food aid notifiable under Table ES:3. 
2 There has been no export subsidy on food aid in 1998, 1999 and in 2000 in the Slovak Republic. 
3 There was no food aid granted in 2002 by the Slovak Republic. 
 
South Africa 
1. Product description 
 South Africa provides all its food aid through the United Nation s’ World Food Programme (WFP), and other relevant organisations ; and its contribution to the 
organisations is cash based. 
  
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- 22 - 2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
All of South Africa’s food aid assistance is cash based and such information is also notified in its NF:1 notification. 
Table 1: The values of Food aid provided 
Year Amount, Destination and Purpose 
1995 N/A 
1996 N/A 
1997 N/A 
1998 N/A 
1999 N/A 
2000 South Africa donated ZA R7,097,204 to Rwanda for food aid.  
2000 tons of food parcels donated to victims of floods in Mozambique. 
28 tons of food parcels donated to disabled persons in Angola. 
2001 South Africa donated ZA R500,000 to Malawi for food aid via the World Food Programme.  
South Africa spent ZAR500,000 through UNHCR for urgent food relief  to Angolan and DRC refuges in Zambia for major drought and f ood insecurity. 
2002 South Africa pledged ZAR170 million to the World Food Progra mme (WFP) to purchase maize for Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Moza mbique, Swaziland and Lesotho for food security purposes.  
South Africa donated ZAR100,000 to each government of Ethiopia and Eritrea for food security via the International Federation o f Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCRCS). 
ZAR1 million was donated directly to the Government of Lesotho for food relief. 
2003 South Africa donated ZAR100 million via World Food Programme (WFP) for emergency food supplies to food insecurity victims in six SADC countries.  
2004 South Africa provided ZAR100 million in technical and financ ial assistance to seven SADC countries. The effected countries  were Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho and 
Namibia. The allocation was apportioned as follows: ZAR70 million to the FAO for rehabilitation of agricultural production, ZAR 20 million to the WFP for the delivery of food aid and a ZAR10 million 
contribution to the SADC Secretariat through the WFP towards the establishment of a regional early warning system in relation t o food security. 
2005 South Africa provided ZAR140 million in technical and financial assistance to seven SADC countries. The effected countries were Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho and 
Namibia. The allocation was apportioned as follows: ZAR133 million to the WFP for food relief and the remaining ZAR7 million wi ll be utilized to support the SADC regional early warning system. 
2006 South Africa donated ZAR1 million to the WFP for humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe.  
South Africa donated ZAR1.5 million to the FAO for humanitarian projects in Somalia. 
2007 South Africa donated ZAR1 million to the WFP for humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe.  
South Africa donated ZAR1.5 million to the FAO for humanitarian projects in Somalia. 
2008 South Africa donated ZAR2 million to the WFP for humanitarian projects in Madagascar, Uganda and Sudan.  
South Africa donated ZAR1 million to the FAO for humanitarian projects in Burkina Faso and Nicaragua. 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whethe r monetisation was permitted  
 The food aid assistance is cash based, and is done through the WFP or other organisations, therefore monetisation is not applic able in this case. 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 Food aid is provided in fully grant form and is cash based. 
 
5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 
South Africa relies on the UN’s WFP for needs assessment, and thus , responds to declarations of emergency and/or emergency appe als. 
  
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The food aid assistance is cash based, and is done through th e WFP and other organisations; therefore re-export is not applicab le in this case. 
 But  
The following products were provided for food aid in the years 2001 and 2002 as notified in table ES:3. 
Table 2: Food Aid Quantities 
Year Product Description  Destination  Quantities  
2001 Maize and maize products  (10.05; 11.02.20; 
11.03.13; 11.04.23; 11.08.12; 23.02.10) Maize meal donated to victims of volcanic eruption in Goma, the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo (DRC) 36 Tonnes  
2002 Maize and maize products  (11.02.20) Maize meal donated on appeals by Angola.  100 Tonnes  
Note: This assistance was provided in kind and monetisation was not permitted. It was in fully grant form. The food aid assista nce was provided on the basis of declaration of emergency and an emergency 
appeal. Re-export was not an option.  
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Marketing year starting 1st April 
Product Unit 19951 19961 19971 19981 19991 20001 2001  2002 20031 20041 20051 20061 20071 20081  20091 20101 
Maize and maize products Tonnes         362 1003                
1 No food aid notifiable under Table ES:3 was given during the calendar years 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 20 06, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. 
2 Maize meal donated to victims of volcanic eruption in Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). 
3 Maize meal donated on appeals by Angola. 
 
Switzerland 
1. Product description 
 
Swiss food aid is made up of aid in the form of dairy products (whole milk powder, skimmed milk powder and cheese) and food aid  financed by Switzerland and 
supplied by the international organizations, inter alia under the World Food Programme (WFP). It is described in the "Message o n Switzerland's International 
Cooperation in 2013-2016", approved by the Swiss Parliament in 2012.  
2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided 
 
Product Quantity of food aid provided  
and/or financed (tonnes) 
2009/2010  
(July/June) 2010/2011  
(July/June) 2011/2012  
(July/June) 
Cereals    
 Bilateral aid    
 Wheat -  - - 
 Maize -  - - 
 Millet/sorghum -  - -  
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and/or financed (tonnes) 
2009/2010  
(July/June) 2010/2011  
(July/June) 2011/2012  
(July/June) 
 Barley -  - - 
 Rice -  - - 
 Various -  - - 
Aid financed through international organizations     
 Wheat 2,840  7,034  2,775  
 Maize 5,018  7,834  5,564  
 Millet/sorghum 511  1,068  2,512  
 Barley -  - - 
 Rice 4,288  5,040  6,655  
 Various 6,459  16,093  8,179  
Dairy products1    
 Milk powder (whole, skimmed and 
adapted for children) 3,212  3,967  3,144  
 Cheese 161  118 96 
Food for children (wheat-soya-milk)  - - - 
Other -  - - 
1 Swiss products. 
Source: World Food Programme (WFP) and Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 
Aid in the form of dairy products is provided in-kind in the form of deliveries of dairy products of Swiss origin, mainly throu gh the WFP. As regards cereal aid, 
Switzerland contributes in cash to projects for the purchase of cereals in developing countries. In addition to direct aid in t he form of food products, Swiss 
humanitarian aid is provided in the form of financial contributions. The purpose of the funds assigned to that end is: to provi de logistical support and staff for 
organizations responsible for distributing foodstuffs on the ground; to establish and maintain the transport infrastructure; an d to ensure the maintenance of 
distribution systems in the beneficiary countries. The assistance provided also includes long-term development programmes as we ll as emergency relief. 
 
Swiss contributions to the WFP comprise payments that are earmarked for specific WFP operations as well as payments that the WF P may use as it sees fit. In 
order to stimulate the markets and local production in the countries concerned and to honour the commitments assumed under the Food Assistance 
Convention, Switzerland encourages the purchase of local or regional goods. 
 
During the period in question, Switzerland did not resort to  the monetisation of its food aid (in kind and in cash). 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
All Swiss food aid is provided on fully grant terms and not on concessional terms in addition to the WFP criteria (see question  5). 
 5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom)  
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Switzerland works closely with the WFP. It contributes to WFP op erations in accordance with the following criteria: needs (popu lations affected/urgency and 
lack of funds) and potential synergies with other Swiss programmes or in connection with the presence of a Swiss Cooperation of fice. Swiss powdered milk is 
supplied in kind and distributed according to the nutritional n eeds of children, pregnant and lactating women, and persons suff ering from HIV/AIDS or 
tuberculosis. The allocation of any contribution is discussed wi th the WFP, and the WFP's opinion and emergency appeals are tak en into account. 
 
6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid 
 
Thus far, the re-export of food aid has not been permitted. 
 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:3 - Calendar year 
Product Notified 
Quantity 
Unit 1995 1996 1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003  2004 2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010  2011 
Cheese (processed)2 Tonnes  897 184 168 221 420 250 105 235     45.01  45.01  45 160 117 154.1  100.3  
Coarse grains1 Tonnes  18,336  14,236  22,438  8,151  12,308  1,424  2,861  1,148  8,495  5,788  11,827.6  11,150.8  11,533.24  11,845.7  6,228.6  9,307.3  4,477  
High protein products1 Tonnes            3,521    4,618  1,939    0 0 0 1464 1,574.3  1.5  
Meat Tonnes      2,862  1,267  1,287  0 1,812                     
Other1 Tonnes                        4,989.14  6,540.68  1,906.6  3,020.4  195 1,690  
Other cereal products1 Tonnes              203     5,713               
Other dairy products Tonnes  1,646  1,179  757 833 872 777 271 2,620  1,627  620 254 516.38           
Pulses Tonnes              703     3,420               
Rice1 Tonnes  17,500  12,685  6,381  6,533  8,169  7,851  925 9,015  5,912  5,607  6,487.5  6078 8,343.07  5,145  4,687.4  5,770.8  5,121  
Skimmed milk powder 
with added vitamins and sugar
3 Tonnes  1,137  955 1,204  1,345  1,269  744 1,877  6,785  1,087  899 883 978.56  1,128.56  3,211  2,083  3,664  3,550.6  
Sugar1 Tonnes            1,769  667 762 1,943  2,562  1,153.5  1,829.85  135 1,090  229 4  
Vegetable oil1 Tonnes            13,129  1,753    1,753  2,586               
Wheat and wheat flou r1 Tonnes in 
wheat 
equivalent  5,956  11,058  18,264  10,898  9,278  14,063  2,290  6,300  11,624  14,886  15,935.81  14,983.12  4,290.33  5,179.8  2,901.3  5,583.6  9,333  
1 Including triangular transactions from developing country to developing country. 
(except in 1995: triangular transactions, developing countries to  developing countries, financed by Switzerland) (except for wh eat and wheat flour in 1996 and 1997 and for "other" in 2006 and 2007). 
2 Except in 1995 and 1996: cheese. 
3 Except in 1995 and 1996 (skimmed milk powder) and in 2007-2011 (milk powder). 
 
Thailand 
1. Product description 
 Rice   
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500 Metric tonnes 
 3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 
Thailand provided in-kind food aid. 
 4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
Thailand provided food aid in fully granted form.  
5. Description of relevant needs assessment (and by whom) and whet her food aid is responding to a declaration of emergency or a n 
emergency appeal (and by whom) 
 Thailand provided food aid to the Philippines on  the emergency situation of typhoon Bopha in 2012. 
 
6. Description of whether re-export of food aid is an  option under the terms of the provision of food aid  
 
No condition on re-export. 
 United States of America 
During US Fiscal Year 2013, the United States shipped 1.37 millio n metric tons of food products with a total value of $694 mill ion to meet emergency and 
developmental food aid needs. In addition to this in-kind food aid, the United States also provided US$577 million through cash , vouchers, and locally procured 
commodities. The US food aid assisted with emergency needs in count ries or regions such as the Syrian Arab Republic, the Horn o f Africa, and the Sahel. Along 
with the US responses to emergency situations, the food aid su pported school feeding, health, and agricultural development acti vities. 
 
1. Product description  
The United States ships a variety of products for use in emerge ncy and developmental situations. The products include wheat, co rn, vegetable oil, pulses, and 
fortified blended foods. Specific descriptions of products are available at the following website: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/FSA/webapp?area= home&subject=coop&topic=pas-ex-cr  
 
2. Quantity and/or value of food aid provided  
Commodity Food Aid Quantity  (tonnes) by Fiscal Year  
 2011  2012  2013  
Beans 20,570  22,030  11,330  
Bulgu r 30,660  17,130  16,220  
Corn 117,760  12,420  42,920   
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 2011  2012  2013  
Cornmeal 9,120  32,710  33,010  
Corn-Soy Blend 110,910  62,970  71,130  
Lentils 21,340  33,600  26,560  
Nonfat Dry Mil k 30  870 - 
Peas 152,050  92,310  102,910  
Potatoes -  1,920  - 
Rice 144,610  186,070  76,770  
Salmon 40  - - 
Sorghum 301,960  307,980  300,770  
Soy flou r 230  - - 
Soy Fortified Bulgu r 23,410  22,930  11,560  
Soy Fortified Cornmeal  5,940  - - 
Soy Protein Products  80 680 - 
Soybean meal 22,020  25,950  72,600  
Soybeans 5,000  - - 
Vegetable oils 176,540  88,251  88,492  
Wheat 653,310  738,520  489,100  
Wheat Flou r 93,220  56,710  24,980  
Wheat-Soy Blend 7,940  1,870  3,890  
Emergency Food Product Meal Replacement  - 830 3,080  
Total 1,896,740  1,705,751  1,375,322  
Data is for food aid to all destinations and is on  a US Fiscal Year basis (1 October-30 September). 
 
3. Description of whether food aid is provided on in-kind, untied cash-based basis and whet her monetisation was permitted 
 The United States provides a mix of in-kind food aid, cash transfers, vouchers, and locally procured food. During Fiscal Year 2 013, the United States provided 
1.37 million tons of in-kind food aid with a total value of US$ 694 million. Monetization is permitted. A limited amount is mone tized to cover transportation 
costs, support health or nutrition activities, or fund agricultural or development activities. The United States also provided US$374 million in Fiscal Year 2012 
and US$577 million in Fiscal Year 2013 of assistance through cash transfers, vouchers, or locally and regionally procured food through the Emergency Food 
Security Program. 
 
4. Description of whether in fully grant form or concessional terms 
 
All US food assistance is provided on grant terms. 
 5. Description of Needs Assessments  
Food assistance responses to emergencies are provided through th e World Food Programme, private voluntary organizations, and ot her qualified responders to 
emergencies. The organizations work closely with the national an d local governments in the recipient countries to identify the recipient regions and 
beneficiaries who need the programmes.  
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For developmental food aid that is distributed directly to bene ficiaries, the US Government and its implementing organizations work closely with the national 
and local governments to identify regions and beneficiaries. N eeds assessments are based on recipient government statistics tha t identify areas of poverty and 
nutritional deficiencies. This targeting is intended to in crease the consumption of food among the beneficiaries. 
 A limited portion of the in-kind food aid is monetized. The US Government works with the implementing organizations and the rec ipient governments to analyze 
the markets and choose commodities that will not disrupt local pr oduction, prices, local markets, or commercial trade. The sele cted commodities are intended 
to address shortfalls in consumption due to limitations in production, trade, or income. Monetizations are conducted in countri es that have low income, high 
stunting rates, limited foreign exchange, and limited access to trade-financing credit. The implementing organizations conduct public solicitations to ensure that 
a wide range of buyers are informed and to encourage competition to ensure that the sales occur at price levels that do not und ercut commercial transactions. 
 6. Allowance for Re-Export 
 
All US food assistance is directed to specific recipien t countries. Re-export of the assistance is not allowed. 
 
Food Aid Quantities - Notification ES:1 - Fiscal year (beginning 1 October) 
Ref Product Unit 1995  1996 1997 1998  1999  2000  2001  2002  2003 2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010 
1 Wheat1 Tonnes 1,531,271 1,449,136 1,075,187 3,202,192 5,315,092 2,364,693 3,158,926 891,440 1,971,506 2,429,150 1,478,911 1,254,706 1,006,978 1,27 3,156 1,228,213 98,851
2 Coarse 
Grains2 Tonnes 73,563 12,949 116,168 111,688 78,151 45,281 101,405 71,710 259,600 392,800 481,400 416,100 832,900 830,900 510,030 460
3 Rice Tonnes 149,716 188,503 111,252 382,710 935,575 303,276 255,920 414,638 205,500 186,000 89,000 97,070 118,900 63,800 198,000 25,360
4 Vegetable 
oils Tonnes 173,640 175,074 157,262 0 1,440,380 365,258 416,095 356,460 246,300 285,600 244,800 220,280 191,100 178,600 191,710 3,180
5 Butter and  
butter oil T o n n e s  0000000000000000
6 Skim milk 
powder Tonnes 3,445 0 0 0 260,576 24,204 30,040 74,650 81,300 37,200 13,800 6,480 0 100 680 0
7  C h e e s e  T o n n e s  0000000000000000
8 Other milk  
products Tonnes 9,203 0 3,303 0 9,250 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bovine 
meat T o n n e s  0000 4 4 , 9 4 600000000000
1 0  P i g m e a t  T o n n e s  0000 5 0 , 0 0 500000000000
11 Poultry 
meat T o n n e s  0000 7 4 , 1 6 300000000000
12 Live dairy 
cattle (head) H e a d  0000000000000000
13 Eggs 
(dozen) D o z e n  0000000000000000
1 Includes on wheat equivalent basis wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat flour on wheat equivalent basis for 1995; wheat, bulgur wheat  and wheat flour for 1996-2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. 
2 Sorghum for 1995-2003, 2007, and 2008; Sorghum and barley for 2004 and 2006.  
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Product  Unit 1996  
Coarse grains Tonnes  12,9491 
Rice Tonnes  188,503  
Vegetable oil Tonnes  175,074  
Wheat Tonnes  1,449,1362 
1 Sorghum. 
2 Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat flour on wheat equivalent basis. 
 
Viet Nam 
Viet Nam can provide International Food Aid to neighbouring count ries affected by natural disaster. Viet Nam as member of ASEAN  signed the ASEAN plus 
three (Korea, Republic of; China; Japan) Emergency Rice Reserve Agreement on 7 October 2011, and Viet Nam reserved a quantity o f 14,000 tonnes of rice for 
ASEAN plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve.  
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