WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/AUS/87 
29 October 2012 
 (12-5861) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 24 October 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia .  The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 
to ES:3 ) for financial years 2009/2010  and 2010/2011 , and for calendar years 2009, 2010  and 2011 . 
 
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Table ES:1 
 1. Australia has export subsidy commitments for bu tter and butter oil, cheese, skim milk powder 
and other milk products (financial year basis) and p ears (calendar year basis), as products specified in 
Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is no tifying the above data in accordance with G/AG/2. 
2. In accordance with the notification requireme nts and formats adopted by the Committee on 
Agriculture, Australia notifies that it provided no export subsidies for products for which it has export 
subsidy commitments, i.e.: 
 butter and butter oil, cheese, skim milk powde r and other milk products for the financial 
years 2009/2010 and 2010/2011, 
 pears for the calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011. 
 
Table ES:2 
 
3. Total exports for the following commodities ar e provided in the attached Table ES:2: 
 products for which Australia has export subs idy commitments – butter and butter oil, 
cheese, skim milk powder and other m ilk products (financial years 2009/2010 
and 2010/2011) and pears (calendar years 2009, 2010 and 2011). 
 products for which Australia is designated a 'significant exporter' as per G/AG/2/Add.1 – 
wheat and wheat flour, sugar, bovine meat, sheepmeat and cotton (calendar years 2009, 
2010 and 2011). 
 Table ES:3 
 
4. Australia untied its food aid in 2005.  Since then, Australia has not provided physical food 
aid, and therefore entries for Table ES:3 for 2009, 2010 and 2011  are zero.  Australia instead provided 
food assistance in the form of cash cont ributions to international agencies. 
5. For further information on Australia's food ai d contributions, see Table NF:1 notifications.  
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Page 2 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2009 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Wheat and wheat flour1 1 January – 31 December 15,088,520 
Sugar1 " 3,302,685 
Bovine meat1 " 964,272 
Sheepmeat1 " 335,086 
Cotton1 " 317,239 
Pears (and quinces)2 " 6,406 
 
Source : Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
1.  Australia is a significant exporter of these products, and is  notifying total exports as requ ired by G/AG/2/Add.1.  Reporte d trade data is based on the following: 
- Wheat and wheat flour  includes exports under 1001 and 1101 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sugar  includes exports under 1701 of the Harmonized System; 
- Bovine meat  includes exports under 0201 and 0202 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sheepmeat  includes exports under 0204 (excluding 020450 Goat meat) of the Harmonized System; 
- Cotton  includes exports under 5201 to 5203 of the Harmonized System. 
 
2.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for pears, as a product specified in Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is  notifying total exports as required by 
G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
- Pears (and quinces)  includes exports under 080820 of the Harmonized System.  
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 Page 3Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial years 2009/2010 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Financial years 2009/2010 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Butter and butter oil1 1 July – 30 June 64,408 
Cheese1 " 168,294 
Skim milk powder1 " 126,211 
Other milk products1 " 275,569 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
1.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for dairy products, as  specified in Section II of Pa rt IV of its Schedule, and is notifying total exports as required by 
G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
- Butter and butter oil  includes exports under 0405  of the Harmonized System; 
- Cheese  includes exports under 0406 of the Harmonized System; 
- Skim milk powder  includes exports under 040210 of the Harmonized System; 
- 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/lit re.  This ratio is based on the ratio set out 
in Table 19, p. 28, Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (1992),  Economic Research Service in cooperation 
with the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Agricultural Resear ch Service, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U S Department of Agriculture, 
Agricultural Handbook No. 697. 
  
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Page 4 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2010 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Wheat and wheat flour1 1 January – 31 December 15,946,214 
Sugar1 " 4,006,687 
Bovine meat1 " 967,549 
Sheepmeat1 " 294,046 
Cotton1 " 473,909 
Pears (and quinces)2 " 5,046 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
1.  Australia is a significant exporter of these products, and is  notifying total exports as requ ired by G/AG/2/Add.1.  Reporte d trade data is based on the following: 
- Wheat and wheat flour  includes exports under 1001 and 1101 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sugar  includes exports under 1701 of the Harmonized System; 
- Bovine meat  includes exports under 0201 and 0202 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sheepmeat  includes exports under 0204 (excluding 020450 Goat meat) of the Harmonized System; 
- Cotton  includes exports under 5201 to 5203 of the Harmonized System. 
 
2.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for pears, as a product specified in Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is  notifying total exports as required by 
G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
- Pears (and quinces)  includes exports under 080820 of the Harmonized System.  
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 Page 5Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial years 2010/2011 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Financial years 2010/2011 
 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Butter and butter oil1 1 July – 30 June 52,600 
Cheese1 " 163,236 
Skim milk powder1 " 155,684 
Other milk products1 " 266,312 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
1.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for dairy products, as  specified in Section II of Pa rt IV of its Schedule, and is notifying total exports as required by 
G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
- Butter and butter oil  includes exports under 0405  of the Harmonized System; 
- Cheese  includes exports under 0406 of the Harmonized System; 
- Skim milk powder  includes exports under 040210 of the Harmonized System; 
- 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/lit re.  This ratio is based on the ratio set out 
in Table 19, p. 28, Weights, Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agricultural Commodities and Their Products (1992),  Economic Research Service in cooperation 
with the Agricultural Marketing Service, the Agricultural Resear ch Service, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service, U S Department of Agriculture, 
Agricultural Handbook No. 697. 
  
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Page 6 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2011 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Wheat and wheat flour1 1 January – 31 December 19,762,976 
Sugar1 " 2,144,077 
Bovine meat1 " 1,001,358 
Sheepmeat1 " 285,698 
Cotton1 " 845,430 
Pears (and quinces)2 " 5,574 
 
Source :  Australian Bureau of Statistics. 
 
1.  Australia is a significant exporter of these products, and is  notifying total exports as requ ired by G/AG/2/Add.1.  Reporte d trade data is based on the following: 
- Wheat and wheat flour  includes exports under 1001 and 1101 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sugar  includes exports under 1701 of the Harmonized System; 
- Bovine meat  includes exports under 0201 and 0202 of the Harmonized System; 
- Sheepmeat  includes exports under 0204 (excluding 020450 Goat meat) of the Harmonized System; 
- Cotton  includes exports under 5201 to 5203 of the Harmonized System. 
 
2.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for pears, as a product specified in Section II of Part IV of its Schedule, and is  notifying total exports as required by 
G/AG/2.  Reported trade data is based on the following: 
- Pears (and quinces)  includes exports under 080820 of the Harmonized System. 
 
 
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