WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/72 
24 March 2009 
 (09-1439) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 10 March 2009, 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 2001/2002 to 2007/2008 , and for calendar years 2004  to 2007 . 
 
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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 notifying the above data as required by 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: 
• dairy products for financial years 2001/2002 through 2007/2008. 
• pears for calendar years 2004 through 2007. 
 
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 — dairy products (financial 
years 2001/2002 through 2007/2008) and pears (calendar years 2004 through 2007). 
• 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 2004 through 2007). 
 
Table ES:3 
 
4. Australia notifies that the only commodities Australia provided as physical food aid for 
calendar year 2004 were wheat and wheat flour, and rice, and for calendar year 2005 were wheat and  
wheat flour, as reported in the attached Table ES:3.  No dairy product commodities were provided as food aid in the financial years 2001/2002 through 2007/2008.  Australia also provided additional food 
aid in the form of cash contribu tions to international agencies. 
5. Australia untied its food aid in 2005.  For calendar years 2006 and 2007, Australia did not 
provide physical food aid, and therefore entries for Table ES:3 for these years are zero.  Australia instead provided food assistance in the form of cash contributions to international agencies. 
6. For further information on Australia's food ai d contributions see Table NF:1 notifications.  
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2004 to 2007 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Calendar year3 Description of 
products Quantity of 
total exports 
(tonnes) 2004 2005 2006 2007 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
      
Wheat and wheat 
flour1  18,696,001 14,159,881 15,168,773 6,958,256 
Sugar1  4,080,178 3,996,807 4,473,129 3,755,781 
Bovine meat1  962,118 976,951 1,005,778 991,942 
Sheepmeat1  257,678 292,924 319,511 320,973 
Cotton1  446,917 599,849 579,488 328,541 
Pears (and quinces) 2  9,546 9,228 6,914 3,235 
      
 
 
Source : Australian Bureau of Statistics 
 
1.  Australia is a significant exporter of these products, and is notifying total expor ts as required 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 020 2 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 co mmitments 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. 
 
3. 1 January – 31 December.  
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 Page 3 Table ES:2  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial years 2001/2002 to 2007/2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Financial year2 Description of 
products Quantity of  
total exports 
(tonnes) 2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007 2007/2008 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
         
Butter and butter 
oil1  107,525 99,522 76,405 64,914 74,348 74,961 53,953 
Cheese1  218,394 208,096 212,069 227,675 201,937 212,600 203,257 
Skim milk 
powder1  210,214 181,897 155,692 140,766 181,240 164,486 123,023 
Other milk 
products1  416,978 442,318 410,044 404,297 385,792 351,646 304,659 
         
 
 
Source : Australian Bureau of Statistics 
 
1.  Australia has export subsidy commitments for dairy products, as specified in Secti on 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: 
 
 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/litre. This ratio i s based on the ratio set out in Table 19, p. 28, Weights, 
Measures, and Conversion Factors for Agri cultural Commodities and Their Products (1992),  Economic Research Service in cooperation w ith the Agricultural Marketing Service, 
the Agricultural Research Service, and the National Agricultural St atistics Service, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural  Handbook No 697.  
  
2. 1 July – 30 June. 
 
  
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2004 to 2007 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of total volume of food aid 
 
 
Calendar year1 Description of 
products Quantity of food aid to all destinations
(tonnes) 
2004 2005 2006 2007 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
      
Wheat and wheat flour  123,024 93,417 0 0 
Rice  4,990 0 0 0 
      
 
 
Source :  Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID). 
 
1. 1 January – 31 December. 
 
 
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