G/AG/N/CAN/108  
 
1 July 2015  
(15-3398)  Page: 1/11  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 29 June 2015, is be ing circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Canada . The notification concerns export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 to ES:3) for the 
marketing years 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 . 
 
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- 2 - Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2012/2013 
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
Description of products1 Marketing year 
1 Aug 2012 – 31 Jul 2013 Subsidised exports Food aid2 Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
($000) Quantity 
(Tonnes) Quantity 
(Tonnes) Outlays 
($000) Quantity 
(Tonnes) 
(from Section II of Part IV) ( from Section II of Part IV)    (from Section II of Part IV) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wheat and Wheat Flour  0 0 - 199,061 8,851,788 
Coarse Grains  0 0 - 74,510 3,617,581 
Oilseeds  0 0 - 38,208 1,749,177 
Vegetable Oils  0 0 - 2,222 92,783 
Oilcakes  0 0 - 4,778 216,770 
Butter  0 0 - 11,025 3,500 
Skim Milk Powder  31,149 10,345 - 31,149 44,953 
Cheese  16,143 5,470 - 16,228 9,076 
Other Milk Products  22,500 7,210 - 22,505 30,282 
Vegetables  0 0 - 1,985 80,101 
Incorporated Products  20,272 N.A. - 20,276 N.A. 
1 The range of products in each category are those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Ou tlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments, Annex I. 
2 Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013 . Canada’s minimum annual commitment of food assistance is expressed in 
terms of value. Therefore, information is no longer available on a product by product basis. In 2013, Canada exceeded its $250 million minimum annual contribution commitment under the Convention, and 
provided $374 million in food assistance. Additional information available here: http://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/downloads/sumrec/fac2013nr.pdf . 
N.A. = not applicable  
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- 3 - Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2012/2013 
Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
Description of products Direct 
export 
subsidies 
  
($000) Sales of 
stocks 
   
($000) Producer 
financed 
subsidies 
  
($000) Cost reduction 
measures 
   
($000) Internal 
transport 
subsidies 
  
($000) Total 
product 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
($000) Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports 
  
(Tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat and Wheat Flour - - - - - - -  
Coarse Grains - - - - - - -  
Oilseeds - - - - - - -  
Vegetable Oils - - - - - - -  
Oilcakes - - - - - - -  
Butter - - - - - - - Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC) 
Skim Milk Powder - - 31,149 - - 31,149 10,345 CDC 
Cheese - - 16,143 - - 16,143 5,470 CDC 
Other Milk Products - - 22,500 - - 22,500 7,210 CDC 
Vegetables - - - - - - 0  
Incorporated Products - - 20,272 - - 20,272 N.A. CDC 
N.A. = not applicable 
  
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- 4 - Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2012/2013 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports 
Description of products1 Marketing year 2012/2013 Quantity of total exports 
of products from Part IV 
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule 
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters 
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3 4 
I. Products from Part IV, Section II of Canada’s Schedule    
Wheat and Wheat Flour 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 18,853,778   
Coarse Grains 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 6,494,302   
Oilseeds 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 7,756,994   
Vegetable Oils 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 2,561,979   
Oilcakes 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 3,458,618   
Butter 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 3,832   
Skim Milk Powder 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 10,294   
Cheese 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 10,933   
Other Milk Products 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 23,808   
Vegetables 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013 4,705,956    
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- 5 - Description of products1 Marketing year 2012/2013 Quantity of total exports 
of products from Part IV 
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule 
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters 
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3 4 
II. Products as per the List of Significant Exporters     
Pork 1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013  1,078,059 
Bovine meat  1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013  214,959 
Live animals  1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013  22,129,221 
 Live swine    5,342,847 
 Live poultry     15,319,431 
1 The range of products in each category (except pork) is that which is contained in Canada’s Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments, 
Annex I. 
2 Export data from Statistics Canada. 
3 As required by G/AG/2/Add.1, Canada is notifying total exports of pork. Trade data for pork includes pork and pork products f ound in Chapter 2 of the Harmonized  System.  Canada is voluntarily 
applying Annex 1, Members Having a Share Exceeding 5% in Total World Exports and providing information regarding its exports of  bovine meat and live animals in the format as indicated in Annex 2 
contained in Review of the List of Significant Exporters, Report by the Chairperson (G/AG/W/123). 
  
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- 6 - Table ES:3 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2012/2013 
Export Subsidies: Notification of total volume of food aid 
Description of products Marketing year 
2012 – 2013 Quantity of food aid to all destinations1 
(Tonnes) 
1 2 3 
In addition to food aid notified in Table ES:1 :   
Rice 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Maize-soy blend 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Sorghum-Sorghum/Millet 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Sugar 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Iodized salt 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Faffa 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Mix ready to use supplementary food 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Bulgur 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
High energy biscuits 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Pasta 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Other 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2013 - 
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.  
1 Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013 . Canada’s minimum annual commitment of food assistance is expressed in 
terms of value. Therefore, information is no longer available on a product by product basis. In 2013, Canada exceeded its $250 million minimum annual contribution commitment under the Convention, and 
provided $374 million in food assistance. Additional information available here: http://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/downloads/sumrec/fac2013nr.pdf .  
  G/AG/N/CAN/108  
 
- 7 - Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2013/2014 
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
Description of products1 Marketing year  
1 Aug 2013 – 31 Jul 2014 Subsidised exports Food aid2 Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
($000) Quantity 
(Tonnes) Quantity 
(Tonnes) Outlays 
($000) Quantity 
(Tonnes) 
(from Section II of Part IV) ( from Section II of Part IV)    (from Section II of Part IV) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Wheat and Wheat Flour  0 0 - 199,061 8,851,788 
Coarse Grains  0 0 - 
74,510 3,617,581 
Oilseeds  0 0 - 
38,208 1,749,177 
Vegetable Oils  0 0 - 
2,222 92,783 
Oilcakes  0 0 - 
4,778 216,770 
Butter  0 0 - 11,025 3,500 
Skim Milk Powder  31,036 17,024 - 31,149 44,953 
Cheese  15,430 5,787 - 16,228 9,076 
Other Milk Products  18,063 6,637 - 22,505 30,282 
Vegetables  0 0 - 
1,985 80,101 
Incorporated Products  18,081 N.A. - 20,276 N.A. 
1 The range of products in each category are those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies:  Budgetary O utlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments, Annex I. 
2 Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013 . Canada’s minimum annual commitment of food assistance is expressed in 
terms of value. Therefore, information is no longer available on a product by product basis. In 2013, Canada exceeded its $250 million minimum annual contribution commitment under the Convention, and 
provided $374 million in food assistance. Additional information available here: http://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/downloads/sumrec/fac2013nr.pdf . 
N.A. = not applicable  
  G/AG/N/CAN/108  
 
- 8 - Supporting Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2013/2014 
Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
Description of products Direct 
export 
subsidies 
  
($000) Sales of 
stocks 
   
($000) Producer 
financed 
subsidies 
  
($000) Cost reduction 
measures 
   
($000) Internal 
transport 
subsidies 
  
($000) Total 
product 
specific 
export 
subsidies 
($000) Quantity of 
subsidised 
exports 
  
(Tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat and Wheat Flour - - - - - - -  
Coarse Grains - - - - - - -  
Oilseeds - - - - - - -  
Vegetable Oils - - - - - - -  
Oilcakes - - - - - - -  
Butter - - - - - - - Canadian Dairy 
Commission (CDC) 
Skim Milk Powder - - 31,036 - - 31,036 17,024 CDC 
Cheese - - 15,430 - - 15,430 5,787 CDC 
Other Milk Products - - 18,063 - - 18,063 6,637 CDC 
Vegetables - - - - - - -  
Incorporated Products - - 18,081 - - 18,081 N.A. CDC 
N.A. = not applicable  
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- 9 - Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2013/2014 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports 
Description of products1 Marketing year 2013/2014 Quantity of total exports 
of products from Part IV 
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule  
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters  
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3  
I. Products from Part IV, Section II of Canada’s Schedule    
Wheat and Wheat Flour 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 23,142,911   
Coarse Grains 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 7,047,859   
Oilseeds 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 9,981,327   
Vegetable Oils 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 2,417,194   
Oilcakes 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 3,446,694   
Butter 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 1,521   
Skim Milk Powder 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 16,897   
Cheese 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 12,337   
Other Milk Products 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 21,348   
Vegetables 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 4,959,510    
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- 10 - Description of products1 Marketing year 2013/2014 Quantity of total exports 
of products from Part IV 
(Section II) of Canada’s Schedule  
(Tonnes)2 Quantity of total exports of 
products as per the List of 
Significant Exporters  
(Tonnes)3 
1 2 3  
I I .  P r o d u c t s  a s  p e r  t h e  L i s t  o f  S i g n i f i c a n t  Exporters  
  
Pork 1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014  1,054,396  
Bovine meat  1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014  250,900  
Live animals  1 August 2013 – 31 July 2014  21,542,572 
   Live swine    4,606,976  
   Live poultry   15,301,251  
1 The range of products in each category (except pork) is that which is contained in Canada’s Schedule V, Part IV, Section II: Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments, 
Annex I. 
2 Export data from Statistics Canada. 
3 As required by G/AG/2/Add.1, Canada is notifying total exports of pork.  Trade data for pork includes pork and pork products found in Chapter 2 of the Harmoniz ed System. Canada  is voluntarily 
applying Annex 1, Members Having a Share Exceeding 5% in Total World Exports and providing information regarding its exports of  bovine meat and live animals in the format as indicated in Annex 2 
contained in Review of the List of Significant Exporters, Report by the Chairperson (G/AG/W/123).  
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- 11 - Table ES:3 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: CANADA 
REPORTING PERIOD: MARKETING YEAR 2013/2014 
Export Subsidies: Notification of total volume of food aid 
Description of products Marketing year 
2013 – 2014 Quantity of food aid to all destinations1 
(Tonnes) 
1 2 3 
In addition to food aid notified in Table ES:1 :   
Rice 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Maize-soy blend 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Sorghum-Sorghum/Millet 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Sugar 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Iodized salt 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Faffa 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Mix ready to use supplementary food 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Bulgur 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
High energy biscuits 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Pasta 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Other 1 July 2013 – 30 June 2014 - 
Source: Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.  
1 Following the deposit of instruments of ratification, the new Food Assistance Convention entered into force on 1 January 2013 . Canada’s minimum annual commitment of food assistance is expressed in 
terms of value. Therefore, information is no longer available on a product by product basis. In 2013, Canada exceeded its $250 million minimum annual contribution commitment under the Convention, and 
provided $374 million in food assistance. Additional information available here: http://www.foodassistanceconvention.org/downloads/sumrec/fac2013nr.pdf . 
 
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