WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/USA/88 
27 September 2012 
 (12-5211) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 17 September 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America .  The notification concerns export subsidy commitments 
(Tables ES:1 and ES:2 ) for 2010 . 
   
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Page 2 Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar / marketing year 
beginning (1) Subsidized exports (2) Food aid (3)  Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes)  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 7 
Wheat and wheat flour  0 0 98,851 (4) 363,814,616 14,522,060 
Coarse grains  0 0 460 (5) 46,117,755 1,560,599 
Rice  0 0 25,360  2,368,925 38,544 Vegetable oils  0 0 3,180  14,082,900 141,299 
Butter and butter oil  0 0 0  30,497,220 21,097 
Skim milk powder  0 0 0  82,463,935 68,201 Cheese  0 0 0  3,635,638 3,030 Other milk products  0 0 0  20,974 34 Bovine meat  0 0 0  22,822,166 17,589 Pigmeat  0 0 0  497,055 395 Poultry meat  0 0 0  14,554,827 27,994 
Live dairy cattle (head)  0 0 0  11,881,419 11,024 
Eggs (dozen)  0 0 0  1,604,478 6,919,603 
Upland cotton (6)  0 0 0  0 0 
 
(1) All quantity commitments are for the period 1 July 2010 through  30 June 2011 while budgetary ou tlay commitments are impleme nted on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2010. 
(2) WTO dispute settlement proceedings resu lted in a determination that the Commodity Credit Corporation export credit guarante e programme (GSM-102) conferred an export subsidy 
with respect to specific agricultural goods during fiscal year 2006  of the United States Government.  Summaries of export credi t guarantee activity under the GSM-102 for fiscal year 
2011 can be found at:  http://www.fas.usda.gov/excredits/Monthly/ecg.html .  Dollar amounts for guarantees registered do not c onstitute budgetary outlays for purposes of annual 
commitment levels. 
(3) Data is for food aid to all destinations on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2010. 
(4) Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat  flour on wheat equivalent basis. 
(5) Includes sorghum. 
(6) The panel and Appellate Bo dy reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic 
Marketing Certificate Program constituted export subsidies within th e meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 February 2 006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the 
programme at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the programme was shipped by 31 July 20 06;  quantity and budgetary data are based on when 
payments were made.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies (1) 
 
(US$) Sales of stocks Producer financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies (1) 
(US$) Quantity of 
subsidized exports 
(2) 
(tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS (3) 
Coarse grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Butter and butter oil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Skim milk powder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Cheese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Bovine meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Pigmeat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Poultry meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Upland cotton (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FSA (5) 
 
(1) Budgetary outlays are on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2010. 
(2) Quantity commitments are reported for the 1 July 2010 through 1 June 2011 period. 
(3) USDA/FAS – U.S. Departme nt of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 
(4) The panel and Appellate Bo dy reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic 
Marketing Certificate Program constituted expor t subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 February 2 006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the 
programme at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the programme was shipped by 31 July 20 06;  quantity and budgetary data are based on when 
payments were made. 
(5) USDA/FSA – U.S. Depa rtment of Agriculture,  Farm Service Agency. 
  
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Page 4 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Marketing year 1 July 2010 through 30 June 2011 Unit Quantity of total exports 
1 2  3 
Bovine meat  Metric Tons 652,032 
Live dairy cattle  Head 37,506 
Pigmeat  Metric Tons 720,430 Poultry meat  Metric Tons 2,890,786 
Eggs  Dozen 125,239,945 
Cheese  Metric Tons 70,276 Coarse grains  Metric Tons 5,906,205 Rice   Metric Tons 2,132,326 Skim milk powder  Metric Tons 295,777 Other milk products  Metric Tons 25,210 
Wheat  Metric Tons 23,782,461 
Oilseeds  Metric Tons 41,991,760 Butter and butter oil  Metric Tons 36,677 Oilcakes  Metric Tons 10,564,717 Vegetables  Metric Tons 3,409,186 Vegetable oils  Metric Tons 1,640,502 Fruit  Metric Tons 3,633,275 
Tobacco  Metric Tons 188,138 
Upland Cotton  Metric Tons 2,620,811 
 
 
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