WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/AG/N/USA/82 
13 September 2011 
 (11-4424) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 5 September 2011,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States of America .  The notification concerns export subsidy commitments 
(Tables ES:1 and ES:2 ) for 2009 . 
   
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Page 2 Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlays and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of products Calendar / marketing year 
beginning  (1) Subsidized exports (2) Food aid (3)  Annual commitment levels 
  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) Quantity 
(tonnes)  Outlays 
(US$) Quantity 
(tonnes) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 7 
Wheat and wheat flour  0 0 1,228,213 (4) 363,814,616 14,522,060 
Coarse grains  0 0 510,030 (5) 46,117,755 1,560,599 
Rice  0 0 198,000  2,368,925 38,544 
Vegetable oils  0 0 191,710  14,082,900 141,299 
Butter and butter oil  2,124,890 15,607 0  30,497,220 21,097 
Skim milk powder  0 17,203 680  82,463,935 68,201 
Cheese  246,543 1,691 0  3,635,638 3,030 
Other milk products  0 0 0  20,974 34 
Bovine meat  0 0 0  22,822,166 17,589 
Pigmeat  0 0 0  497,055 395 
Poultry meat  0 0 0  14,554,827 27,994 
Live dairy cattle (head)  0 0 0  11,881,419 11,024 
Eggs (dozen)  0 0 0  1,604,478 6,919,603 
Upland cotton (6)  0 0 0  0 0 
 
(1) All quantity commitments are for the period 1 July 2009 through  30 June 2010 while budgetary ou tlay commitments are impleme nted on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2009. 
(2) WTO dispute settlement proceedings resulted in a determinati on that the Commodity Credit Corporation export credit guarante e program (GSM-102) conferre d an export subsidy with 
respect to specific agricultural goods during fiscal year 2006 of  the United States Government.  Summaries of export credit gua rantee activity under the GSM-102 for fiscal year 2010 
can be found at:  http://www.fas.usda.gov/ex credits/Monthly/ecg.html .  Dollar amounts for guarantees registered do not consti tute budgetary outlays for purposes of annual commitment 
levels. 
(3) Data is for food aid to all destinations on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2009. 
(4) Includes wheat, bulgur wheat and wheat  flour on wheat equivalent basis. 
(5) Includes sorghum.  
(6) The panel and Appellate Bo dy reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic 
Marketing Certificate Program constituted export subsidies within th e meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 February 2 006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the 
program at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 200 6).  All cotton under the program was shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments 
were made.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies (1) 
 
 
(US$) Sales of stocks Producer financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies (1) 
 
(US$) Quantity of 
subsidized exports 
(2) 
 
(tonnes) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
Wheat  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS (3) 
Coarse grains 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS 
Rice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Vegetable oils 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Butter and butter oil 2,124,890 0 0 0 0 2,124,890 15,607 USDA/FAS Skim milk powder 0 0 0 0 0 0 17,203 USDA/FAS Cheese 246,543 0 0 0 0 246,543 1,691 USDA/FAS Other milk products 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Bovine meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Pigmeat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Poultry meat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Live dairy cattle (head) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Eggs (dozen) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FAS Upland cotton (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 USDA/FSA (5) 
 
(1) Budgetary outlays are on a fiscal year basis beginning 1 October 2009. 
(2) Quantity commitments are reported for the 1 July 2009 through 1 June 2010 period. 
(3) USDA/FAS – U.S. Departme nt of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 
(4) The panel and Appellate Bo dy reports in the dispute United States – Subsidies on Upland Cotton  (DS267) found that certain payments to exporters under the Upland Cotton Domestic 
Marketing Certificate Program constituted expor t subsidies within the meaning of the Agreement on Agriculture.  On 8 February 2 006, the United States enacted legislation to repeal the 
program at the end of the 2005 marketing year (i.e., 31 July 2006).  All cotton under the program was shipped by 31 July 2006; quantity and budgetary data are based on when payments 
were made. 
(5) USDA/FSA – U.S. Depa rtment of Agriculture,  Farm Service Agency. 
  
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Page 4 Table ES:2 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Unit ed States of America 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of products Marketing year 1 July 2009 through 30 June 2010 Unit Quantity of total exports 
1 2  3 
Bovine meat  Metric Tons 642,006 
Live dairy cattle  Head 19,977 
Pigmeat  Metric Tons 759,653 Poultry meat  Metric Tons 3,268,180 
Eggs  Dozen 114,625,022 
Cheese  Metric Tons 69,700 Coarse grains  Metric Tons  5,547,744 Rice   Metric Tons 1,965,390 Skim milk powder  Metric Tons 265,825 Other milk products  Metric Tons 25,437 
Wheat  Metric Tons 26,879,815 
Oilseeds  Metric Tons 35,385,804 Butter and butter oil  Metric Tons 41,393 Oilcakes  Metric Tons 8,348,738 Vegetables  Metric Tons 3,531,316 Vegetable oils  Metric Tons 1,167,095 Fruit  Metric Tons 3,474,279 
Tobacco  Metric Tons 167,362 
Upland Cotton  Metric Tons 2,902,710 
 
 
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