G/AG/N/EU/38  
 
25 April 2017 
(17-2241) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICA TION 
The following submission, dated 13 April 2017, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of the European Union . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables  ES:1 
and ES:2) for the marketing year 2015/201 6. 
 
 
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- 2 - Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: EUROPEAN UNION* 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 201 5/2016 
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments  
Description of products  Marketing year beginning ...  Subsidised exports  Food aid (1)  Annual commitment levels**  
Outlays  
(Mio €) (2)  Quantity  
('000 t)  Quantity  
('000 t)  Outlays  
(Mio €)  Quantity  
('000 t)  
(from Section II of Part IV)  (from Section II of Part IV)     (from Section II of Part IV)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wheat and wheat flour  1 July 201 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,294.2  15,363.8  
Coarse grains  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 1,049.7  10,530.4  
Rice 1 September 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 30.7 98.2 (3) 
Rapeseed  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 42.7 441.9  
Olive oil  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 54.3 115.0  
Sugar  1 October 2015  0.0 1,350.0 (4) (9)  0.0 513.9  1,374.4  (4) 
Butter and butteroil  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 945.8  411.6  (5) 
Skim milk powder  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 298.0  323.4  
Cheese  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 345.7  331.7  
Other milk products  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 17.5 (10)  724.1  1,008.9 
Beef meat  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 1,324.0  989.6  (6) 
Pigmeat  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 273.6  588.4  (6) 
Poultry meat  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 182.4  430.8  (6) 
Eggs 1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 47.8 111.9  (7) 
Wine 1 September 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 42.9 6,799.8  (8) 
Fruit and vegetables, fresh  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 108.7  1,173.3  
Fruit and vegetables, processed  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 141.3  378.5  
Raw tobacco  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 40.2 110.8  
Alcohol  1 July 2015  0.0 0.0 0.0 88.6 1,220.7  (8) 
Incorporated product s 16 October 2015  0.0 - 0.0 414.4  - 
(1) No food aid provided in physical form , except if noted otherwise . The EU has provided food assistance in the form of cash contributions to international agencies, according to 
its international commitments.  
(2) Dat a on outlays are for the relevant marketing year, except for incorporated products where the data refers to the financial yea r. 
(3) In milled rice equivalents.  
(4) In white sugar equivalents.  
(5) In butter equivalents.  
(6) In carcass equivalents.  
(7) In "s hell eggs" equivalents.  
(8) '000 hl.  
(9) Export licences issued for quantities of out -of-quota sugar. No export refunds were granted to this product.   
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- 3 - (10) Distributed by the World Food Programme between the period from 01/06/2016 to 31/05/2018  
 
* This noti fication concerns EU -28. 
** Annual commitment levels concern EU -25.  
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- 4 - Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: EUROPEAN UNION* 
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 201 5/2016 
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 
subsidized exports  Data 
source  
 (Mio €)  (Mio €)  (Mio €)  (Mio €)  (Mio €)  (Mio €)  ('000 t) (1) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat and wheat flour       0.0 0.0  
Coarse grains       0.0 0.0  
Rice      0.0 0.0  
Rapeseed       0.0 0.0  
Olive oil       0.0 0.0  
Sugar       0.0 1,350.0  (2) (3)  
Butter and butteroil       0.0 0.0  
Skim milk powder       0.0 0.0  
Cheese       0.0 0.0  
Other milk products       0.0 0.0  
Beef meat       0.0 0.0  
Pigmeat       0.0 0.0  
Poultry meat       0.0 0.0  
Eggs      0.0 0.0  
Wine      0.0 0.0  
Fruit and vegetables, fresh       0.0 0.0  
Fruit and vegetables, processed       0.0 0.0  
Raw tobacco       0.0 0.0  
Alcohol       0.0 0.0  
Incorporated products       0.0 -  
(1) EU Commission services.  
(2) In white sugar equivalents.  
(3) Export licences issued for quantities of out -of-quota sugar. No export refunds were granted to this product.  
* This notification concerns EU -28.  
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES: EU ROPEAN UNION* 
REPORTING PERIOD: MA RKETING YEAR 201 5/2016 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports** 
Description of products  Period from 1 July 2015  to 30 June 20 16 
except if noted otherwise  Quantity of total exports  Quantity of total exports  
(of products as per the list of "Significant Exporters")***  
  ('000 t product weight)  ('000 t product weight)  
1 2 3 4 
I: Products from Part IV (Section II) of the Schedule     
Wheat and wheat flour   33,578.0   
Coarse grains   19,035.0   
Rice from 1 September 2015 to 31 August 2016  246.0   
Rapeseed   344.0   
Olive oil   611.6   
Sugar  from 1 October 201 5 to 30 September 201 6 1,566.0   
Butter and butteroil   203.7   
Skim milk powder   637.1   
Cheese   765.1   
Other milk products   2,154.8   
Beef meat   379.0   
Pigmeat   569.0   
Poultry meat   1,406.4   
Eggs  25.7  
Wine from 1 September 201 5 to 31 August 201 6 1,996.6   
Fruit and vegetables, fresh   2,730.7   
Fruit and vegetables, processed   600.7  
Raw tobacco   301.6   
Alcohol   1,801.0 (1)   
II: Products as per the list of "Significant Exporters "    
Wheat and wheat flour, of which:    33,431.0  
1001   32,722.0  
Butter and butter oil    203.7  
Skim milk powder    637.1  
Cheese    765.1  
Other milk  products, of which:    1,695.9  
0401   863.7  
040221    370.2  
040291    234.1  
Pig meat, of which    2,043.0  
0203   2,009.3   
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- 6 - Description of products  Period from 1 July 2015  to 30 June 20 16 
except if noted otherwise  Quantity of total exports  Quantity of total exports  
(of products as per the list of "Significant Exporters")***  
  ('000 t product weight)  ('000 t product weight)  
1 2 3 4 
Poultry meat    1,394.2  
Live animals, of which:    527.7  
0102   378.1  
0104   95.4 
Eggs   224.1  
Wine, of which:  from 1 September 2 015 to 31 August 201 6  22,665.6 (1)  
2204   21,950.8 (1)  
Fruits, of which:    3,663.2  
0805   653.0  
0808   1,900.3  
0809   381.1  
0810   418.2  
Vegetables, of which:    3,132.8  
0701   1,280.0  
0703   978.8  
Tobacco, of which:    387.5  
2401   175.9  
2402   125.7  
2403   85.9 
(1) '000 hl.  
* This notification concerns EU -28. 
** All EU trade statistics is available to public at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/newxtweb/ . 
*** Based on the Report by the Chairperson (G/AG/W/123) on review of the list of significant exporters and formats as indicated in the annexes of the report  which the EU is 
applying voluntarily.  
 
 
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