G/AG/W/32/Rev.14/Corr.1  
 
30 September 2013  
(13-5237)  Page: 1/4  
Commitee on Agriculture    
 
 MEMBERS' PARTICIPATION IN THE NORMAL GROWTH OF  
WORLD TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS -  
ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT1 
Corrigendum 
The following corrections should be ma de to the document G/AG/W/32/Rev.14: 
 
 The data on Australia's export volume of su gar for the year 2011 in table 7(a) on page 19 
should be corrected to read 1,950 thou sand tonnes (instead of 247 thousand 
tonnes). Consequently, the data on total world export volume of sugar in that table should 
be corrected to read 52,812 thousand tonnes (instead of 51,109 thousand tonnes). 
 Tables 7(a) and 7 (b) and the chart depicting top five sugar exporters in 2011 incorporating 
the above-mentioned corrections and the revise d ranking of major exporters are reproduced 
below.  
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1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO.  
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- 2 - 1.13  Table 7(a) – Sugar, export volume (thousand tonnes) 
 Base 
period 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Comments 
Brazil 1,869 13,852  13,311  16,303  18,718  19,398  19,961  19,981  24,848  28,614  25,812  RC 
Thailand 2,264 4,205  5,350  4,806  3,168  2,325  4,610  5,189  5,288  4,712  6,729  SE 
India 19 1,790  1,275  113 339 1,747  4,880  3,494  44 1,379  2,879   
Australia 2,731 3,436  3,293  3,053  3,553  3,264  2,913  2,561  2,647  3,089  1,950  SE 
Mexico 384 417  28 26 206 879 207 1,036  1,049  930 1,508  RC 
European Union 4,993 4,724  5,066  4,259  6,634  6,645  1,603  1,487  1,610  2,353  1,475  RC 
Guatemala 355 1,360  1,169  1,155  1,287  1,332  1,295  1,297  1,591  1,742  1,290   
Colombia 262 1,183  1,305  1,222  1,173  1,001  802 444 976 860 906 RC 
Cuba 6,713 2,919  1,480  1,808  698 707 739 806 744 559 639 SE 
Philippines 198 89 145 231 225 221 244 215 249 75 585  
United Arab Emirates 120 526  536 360 595 944 775 467 618 470 576  
Mauritius 630 571 518 551 537 542 442 427 348 436 438  
Belarus - 352  383 475 523 272 296 352 478 536 426  
Korea, Republic of 298 331 325 330 336 316 393 310 316 404 391  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 10 1  61 254 200 254 403 334 275 424 380  
United States of America 460 129 109 180 196 278 352 257 166 307 366  
Algeria 0 0  0 0 0 7 5 0 15 7 362  
El Salvador 58 221 266 253 350 294 268 304 304 376 339  
Egypt 3 20  73 76 118 108 272 228 215 175 306  
Malaysia 177 429 418 577 593 524 439 158 195 289 303  
Swaziland 428 295  331 908 300 663 904 298 272 346 301  
Malawi 82 82 177 106 71 78 115 78 119 98 297  
Nicaragua 69 144  141 205 289 217 239 134 143 277 280  
South Africa 948 1,165  1,004  988 1,089  1,359  1,059  704 929 440 275 RC 
Dominican Republic 505 210  218 205 213 276 278 224 231 301 266  
Zambia 14 100 106 108 115 110 135 98 161 274 262  
Guyana 167 294  308 289 230 256 269 207 195 148 253  
Ghana 0 33 275 305 111 168 265 254 110 89 245  
Rest of world 3,290 3,927  4,030  3,400  4,135  4,203  3,720  3,629  3,950  3,701  2,973   
World  27,047 42,807  41,702  42,545  46,003  48,387  47,884  44,971  48,087  53,412  52,812   
Source: FAO 
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- 3 - 1.14°°Table 7(b) – Sugar, share of world exports (per cent) 
 Base 
period 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Comments 
Brazil 6.9 32.4  31.9 38.3 40.7 40.1 41.7 44.4 51.7 53.6 48.9 RC 
Thailand 8.4 9.8 12.8 11.3 6.9 4.8 9.6 11.5 11.0 8.8 12.7 SE 
India 0.1 4.2  3.1 0.3 0.7 3.6 10.2 7.8 0.1 2.6 5.5  
Australia 10.1 8.0 7.9 7.2 7.7 6.7 6.1 5.7 5.5 5.8 3.7 SE 
Mexico 1.4 1.0  0.1 0.1 0.4 1.8 0.4 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.9 RC 
European Union 18.5 11.0 12.1 10.0 14.4 13.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 4.4 2.8 RC 
Guatemala 1.3 3.2  2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.4  
Colombia 1.0 2.8 3.1 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.7 1.0 2.0 1.6 1.7 RC 
Cuba 24.8 6.8  3.5 4.2 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.0 1.2 SE 
Philippines 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 1.1  
United Arab Emirates 0.4 1.2  1.3 0.8 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.0 1.3 0.9 1.1  
Mauritius 2.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8  
Belarus - 0.8  0.9 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.8  
Korea, Republic of 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 0.0 0.0  0.1 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7  
United States of America 1.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.7  
Algeria 0.0 0.0  0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7  
El Salvador 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6  
Egypt 0.0 0.0  0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.6  
Malaysia 0.7 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6  
Swaziland 1.6 0.7  0.8 2.1 0.7 1.4 1.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6  
Malawi 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6  
Nicaragua 0.3 0.3  0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5  
South Africa 3.5 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.2 1.6 1.9 0.8 0.5 RC 
Dominican Republic 1.9 0.5  0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5  
Zambia 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5  
Guyana 0.6 0.7  0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5  
Ghana 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.5  
Rest of world 12.2 9.2  9.7 8.0 9.0 8.7 7.8 8.1 8.2 6.9 5.6  
World  100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100  
Source: Table 7(a) 
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Source: Table 7(b). 
 
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Base period 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007  2008 2009 2010 2011Share in world export volumes of Sugar (%) 
(Top five exporters  in 2011)  
Brazil Thailand  India Australia  Mexico