G/AG/N/AUS/121  
 
10 January  2019 
(19-0146) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  9 January  2019, 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 financial year 2016 -17/calendar year 2017 . 
 
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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 2016 -17) and pears ( calendar 
year 2017 ). 
• 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 2017 ); and as 
per G/AG/W/123 – butter and butter oil, skim milk powder, cheese, other milk products 
(financial year 2016 -17), live animals and wine ( calendar year 2017 ). 
 
  
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- 2 - Table ES:2  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: AUSTRALIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR 2017 
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  
 Product disaggregation (Optional)  Type  From  To    
1 2 3  
I. Products from the Schedule         
AUSX001  - Cheese   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17 166,942 tonnes    (1) 
AUSX002  - Other Milk Products: Fats   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17 345,871 t onnes   (2) 
AUSX003  - Other Milk Products: Solids 
Non Fats   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17   (3) 
AUSX004  - Pears   CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 9,111 tonnes   (4) 
AUSX005  - Butter and Butter Oil   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17 20,461 tonnes   (5) 
AUSX006  - Skim Milk Powder   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17 153,960 tonnes   (6) 
 
II. Products from the list of Significant 
Exporters (G/AG/2/Add.1)         
Wheat and wheat flour  1001: 21,977,287 tonnes  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  22,000,518 tonnes  (7) 
Sugar   CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  3,824,944 tonnes  (8) 
Bovine meat  0201: 276,473 tonnes;  
0202:  773,826  tonnes  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  1,050,323 tonnes  (9) 
Sheepmeat   CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  425,886 tonnes  (10) 
Cotton  5201: 872,770 tonnes  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  874,542 tonnes  (11) 
 
III. Additional products with a share 
exceeding 5% of total world exports 
(Optional)         
Butter and butter oil   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17  20,461 tonnes   
Cheese   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17  166,942 tonnes   
Skim milk powder   FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17  153,960 tonnes    
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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  
 Product disaggregation (Optional)  Type  From  To    
1 2 3  
Other milk products  0401: 194,638 tonnes; 040221: 
61,981  tonnes; 0404: 34,911 tonnes  FNY 01-07-16 30-06-17  345,871 tonnes   
Live animals  0102:  884,986 heads; 0104: 
1,963,821  heads  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  4,104,575 heads  (12) 
Wine 2204: 817,752,949 litres  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17  819,829,688 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 export ers as required by G/AG/W/123.  
(1) Cheese includes exports under  0406 of the Harmonized System.  
(2) Other milk products includes e xports under 0401, 0402 (excluding 040210), 0403, 0404, 170211, 170219, 350110 and 350190 of the Harmonized System. Milk prod uct 
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 out 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 Re search Service, and the National Agricultural 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 under 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 Sys tem. 
(12) Live animals includes exports 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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