G/AG/N/AUS/112  
 
18 January 2018  
(18-0492) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  9 January  2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of  Australia . The notification concerns total exports ( Table ES:2 ) in the context of 
export subsidy commitments for the year 2016 . 
 
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Total exports for the following commodities are provided in the attached Table ES:2:  
 
 products for which Australia had export subsidy commitments — butter and butter oil, 
cheese, skim milk powder and other milk products ( financial year 20 15/16 ) and pears 
(calendar year 2016 ). 
 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 2016 ); 
and as per G/AG/W/123 – butter and butte r oil, skim milk powder, cheese, other milk 
products ( financial year 2015/16 ), live animals and cotton ( calendar year 2016 ). 
  
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- 2 - Table ES:2  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: AU STRALIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR 2016  
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports  
Description of products  Reporting Year  Quantity of total exports  
(for products from Part IV 
Section II of the Schedule)  Quantity of total exports  
(for products from the list of 
Significant Exporters)  Note  
1 2 3 4  
 Product disaggregation (Optional)  Type  From  To    
I. Products from the Schedule         
AUSX001  - Cheese   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16 171,937 t onnes   (1) 
AUSX002  - Other Milk Products: Fats   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16 331,442 tonnes  (2) 
AUSX003  - Other Milk Products: 
Solids Non Fats   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16   (3) 
AUSX004  - Pears   CY 01-01-16 31-12-16 9,819 tonne s   (4) 
AUSX005  - Butter and Butter Oil   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16 32,348 tonne s   (5) 
AUSX006  - Skim Milk Powder   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16 182,108 tonne s   (6) 
 
II. Products from the list of 
Significant Exporters 
(G/AG/2/Add.1)         
Wheat and wheat flour  1001: 16,112,702 tonnes  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  16,135,428 tonne s  (7) 
Sugar   CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  4,112,470 tonne s  (8) 
Bovine meat  0201: 277,383 tonnes ; 0202: 
770,550  tonnes  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  1,047,998 tonne s  (9) 
Sheepmeat   CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  401,432 tonne s  (10) 
Cotton  5201: 710,862 tonnes  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  711,743 tonne s  (11) 
 
III. Additional products with a 
share exceeding 5% of total world 
exports (Optional)         
Butter and butter oil   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16  32,348 tonne s   
Cheese   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16  171,937 tonne s   
Skim milk powder   FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16  182,108 tonne s   
Other milk products  0401: 188,391 tonnes ; 040221: 
57,617 tonnes ; 0404: 36,569 tonnes  FNY 01-07-15 30-06-16  331,442 tonne s    
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- 3 - Description of products  Reporting Year  Quantity of total exports  
(for products from Part IV 
Section II of the Schedule)  Quantity of total exports  
(for products from the list of 
Significant Exporters)  Note  
1 2 3 4  
 Product disaggregation (Optional)  Type  From  To    
Live animals  0102: 1,153,536 heads ; 0104: 
1,925,015 heads  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  3,340,662 head s (12) 
Wine 2204: 763,891,215 litres CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  765,388,810 litres (13) 
Source:  Australian Bureau of Statistics.  
Note: 
 Australia had export subsidy commitments for dairy products and pears prior to their elimination in 2017 as specified in Sect ion II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is 
notifying total exports as required by G/AG/2.  
 Australia is also notifying total certain  agricultural exports as required by G/AG/2/Add.1 and the list of significant exporters as required by G/AG/W/123.  
(1) Cheese includes exports under  0406 of the Harmonized System.  
(2) Other milk products includes exports under 0401, 0402 (excluding 040210), 0403, 0404, 170211, 170219, 350110 and 350190 of the Harmonized System. Milk product 
exports under 0401 are recorded in litres, but have been converted here into tonnes using a ratio of 1.03 kilograms/litre. Th is ratio is based on the ratio set ou t in 
Table  19, p. 28, Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (1992), Economic Researc h Service in cooperation with the 
Agricultural Marketing Service, the Agricultural Research Service, and the National Ag ricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural 
Handbook  No 697.  
(3) See note for Other Milk Products: Fats.  
(4) Pears included under 080830.  
(5) Butter and butter oil includes exports under  0405 of the Harmonized System.  
(6) Skim milk powder includes exports under 040210 of the Harmoniz ed System.  
(7) Wheat and wheat flour includes exports under 1001 and  1101 of the Harmonized System.  
(8) Sugar includes exports under  1701 of the Harmonized System.  
(9) Bovine meat includes exports u nder 0201, 0202 and 0 21020 of the Harmonized System.  
(10) Sheep meat includes exports under 0204 (excluding 020450 Goat meat) of the Harmonized System.  
(11) Cotton includes exports under 5201 to  5203 of the Harmonized System.  
(12) Live animals includes exp orts under 0101 to 0106 of the Harmonized System. Measured as  number of animals, not tonnes.  
(13) Wine includes exports under 2204 and  2205 of the Harmonized System.  
 
 
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