G/AG/N/CAN/118  
 
22 March 2018  
(18-1739) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English/French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 12 March 2018 , is being ci rculated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables  ES:1 
to ES:2) for the marketing year 2015/2016.  
 
 
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- 2 - Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CA NADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 2015/20 16 
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments  
Description of products1 Marketing year  
1 Aug 2015 – 31 Jul 2016  Subsidised exports  Food aid2 Annual Commitment levels  
Outlays  Quantity  Quantity  Outlays3 Quantity3, 4 
($000)  (Tonnes)  (Tonnes) ($000)  (Tonne s) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wheat and Wheat Flour   0 0 - 0 0 
Coarse Grains   0 0 - 0 0 
Oilseeds   0 0 - 0 0 
Vegetable Oils   0 0 - 0 0 
Oilcakes   0 0 - 0 0 
Butter   0 0 - 11,025  905 
Skim Milk Powder   31,145  11,321  - 31,149  18,147  
Cheese   8,842  4,382  - 16,228  6,041  
Other Milk Products   21,982  7,873  - 22,505  14,189  
Vegetables   0 0 - 0 0 
Incorporated Products    19,155  N.A. - 20,276  N.A. 
1 The range of products in each category are those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Ou tlay and Quantity Reduction 
Commitments, Annex I.  
2 Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013 . Canada's minimum annual commitment of 
food assistance is expressed in terms of value. Therefore , information is no longer available on a product by product basis.  
3 The Annual Nairobi Commitment levels came into effect as of January 2016. As of 19 December 2015 Canada eliminated export sub sidies for wheat, grains, vegetable 
oils, oilcakes, vegetable s and incorporated products. Canada’s export subsidies on butter, cheese, skim milk powder and products using dairy ingredien ts will be 
eliminated by the end of 2020 as per Footnote 4 of the Nairobi Ministerial Decision on Export Competition. The Uruguay R ound outlay commitments did not change as a 
result of the Nairobi Decision on export subsidies in respect of products covered by footnote 4 until their elimination.   
4 Canada’s Uruguay Round export subsidy commitments for dairy products are reported on a d airy year basis which runs from 1 August to 31 July. Under the Nairobi 
Ministerial Decision on Export Competition (WT/MIN/(15)/45 and WT/L/908), the new export subsidy volume limits took effect fr om 1 January 2016. Therefore, there is 
an overlap between th e dairy year and the calendar year so that a portion of Canada’s 2015 -2016 dairy year fell under the Uruguay Round commitment 
(from  1 August  2015 to 31 December 2015), and a portion under the new Nairobi commitment (from 1 January 2016 to 31 July 2016). Ca nada calculated a Partial 
Nairobi cap to cover the first 7 months of the 2016 calendar year.  
 
 To calculate the export subsidy limit for 1 January 2016 to 31 July 2016, which is a partial dairy year, Canada first determi ned the percentage of the Uruguay R ound 
export subsidy volume commitment that was actually used from 1 August to 31 December 2015. Based on this information, we appl ied the leftover percentage to the 
Nairobi volume cap to determine the limit for the partial dairy year.   
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 = {1 - (proportion  of UR export subsidy volume commitment used)} * Nairobi Cap  
 
 As shown in the table below, all of Canada's subsidized dairy exports for the 2015 -2016 dairy year, are under the partial Nairobi commitment levels.  
 
Description of products  Subsidised exports  
1 Aug 2015 – 31 Jul 2016  Partial Nairobi Commi tment levels  
from 1 January 2016  to 31 July 2016  
 Quantity  Quantity  
  (Tonne s) (Tonne s) 
1 2 3 
Wheat and Wheat Flour  0 0 
Coarse Grains  0 0 
Oilseeds  0 0 
Vegetable Oils  0 0 
Oilcakes  0 0 
Butter  0 905 
Skim Milk Powder  11,321  16,837  
Cheese  4,382  5,317  
Other Milk Products  7,873  12,398  
Vegetables  0 0 
Incorporated Products  N.A. N.A. 
N.A. = not applicable . 
  
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- 4 - Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CA NADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 2015/2016 
Export  Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments  
Description of products  Direct 
export 
subsidies  Sales of 
stocks  Producer 
financed 
subsidies  Cost 
reduction 
measures  Internal 
transport 
subsidies  Total product 
specific export 
subsidies  Quantity of 
subsi dised 
exports  Data source  
  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  ($000)  (Tonne s)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat and Wheat Flour  - - - - - - -  
Coarse Grains  - - - - - - -  
Oilseeds  - - - - - - -  
Vegetable Oils  - - - - - - -  
Oilcakes  - - - - - - -  
Butter  - - 0 - - 0 0 Canadian Dairy Commission 
(CDC)  
Skim Milk Powder  - - 31,145  - - 31,145  11,321  CDC 
Cheese  - - 8,842  - - 8,842  4,382  CDC 
Other Milk Products  - - 21,982  - - 21,982  7,873  CDC 
Vegetables  - - - - - - -  
Incorporated Products  - - 19,155  - - 19,155  N.A. CDC 
N.A. = not applicable .  
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- 5 - Table ES:2  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CA NADA  
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 2015/20 16 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports  
Description of products1 Marketing year  
2015/2016  Quantity of total exports  
of products from Part IV  
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule  
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters  
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3 4 
I. Products from Part IV, Section II of Canada’s Schedule     
Wheat and Wheat Flour  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  21,959,703   
Coarse Grains  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  6,265,537   
Oilseeds  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  11,061,770   
Vegetable Oils  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  2,843,503   
Oilcakes  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  4,131,869   
Butter  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  906  
Skim Milk Powder  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  16,218   
Cheese  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  15,726   
Other Milk Products  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  18,391   
Vegetables  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016  5,205,674    
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- 6 - Description of products1 Marketing year  
2015/2016  Quantity of total exports  
of products from Part IV  
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule  
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters  
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3 4 
II. Products as per the List of Significant Exporters     
Pork 1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016   1,112,530  
Bovine meat  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016   341,306  
Live animals  1 August 2015 - 31 July 2016   24,886,7844 
 Live swine    5,720,358  
 Live poultry      18,120,774  
1 The range of products in each category (except pork) is that which is contained in Canada's Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and 
Quantity Reduction Commitments, Annex I.  
2 Export data from Statistics Canada.  
3 As required by G/AG/2/Add.1, Canada is notifying total exports of pork. Trade data for pork includes pork and pork products f ound in Chapter 2 of the Harmonized 
System. Canada is voluntarily applying Annex 1, Members Having a Share Exceeding 5% in Total  World 4 Exports and providing information regarding its exports of 
bovine meat and live animals in the format as indicated in Annex 2 contained in Review of the List of Significant Exporters, Report by the Chairperson (G/AG/W/123).  
4 Live animals are repo rted in numbers and not tonnes.  
 
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