WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/AUS/80 
13 August 2010 
 (10-4318) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 26 July 2010, 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 year 2008/2009 , and for calendar year 2008 . 
 
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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 
year 2008/2009. 
• pears for the calendar year 2008. 
 
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 milk pr oducts (financial year 2008/2009) and pears 
(calendar year 2008). 
• 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 year 2008). 
 
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 2008  are zero.  Australia instead provided food assistance 
in the form of cash contributions 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 2008 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Calendar year 2008 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
 Wheat and wheat flour 1 1 January – 31 D ecember  8,470,021 
 Sugar 1 "  3,121,870 
 Bovine meat 1 "  994,408 
 Sheepmeat 1 "  315,783 
 Cotton 1 "  225,710 
 Pears (and quinces) 2 "  5,732 
 
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 commitments for pears, as a produc t 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 2008/2009 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Financial year 2008/2009 
 Quantity of total exports 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 
Butter and butter oil1 1 July - 30 June 66,043 
Cheese1 " 146,359 
Skim milk powder1 " 162,267 
Other milk products1 " 331,742 
 
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.  
 
 
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