WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/746 
26 September 2005 
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COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE (REGULAR MEETINGS)  
GENERAL COUNCIL OVERVIEW OF WTO ACTIVITIES (2005) 
 
Report by the Interim Chair  
  
 The present report on the regular meetings of the Committee on Agriculture held in 2005 is 
submitted on the responsibility of the Interim Chai r, Mr. Christian Häberli from Switzerland, as 
agreed by the Committee at its meeting on 22 September 2005. 
 
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1. The Committee on Agriculture held three regul ar meetings:  on 16 March, 2 June, and 
22 September.
1  In view of the preparations for the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference, the November 
meeting has been rescheduled to 27 January 2006.     
2. In accordance with Article 18.1 of the Agreemen t on Agriculture ("the Agreement"), at each 
of these meetings the Committee reviewed pr ogress on the implementation of commitments 
negotiated under the Uruguay Round reform programme or as the result of accession to the WTO.  
This review process was undertaken on the basis of  notifications submitted by Members in the areas 
of market access, domestic support and export subsidies. In total, 1 07 notifications in these three areas 
were subject to review by the Committee.  At each  of its meetings, the Committee also reviewed the 
overall position with respect to compliance with th e notification obligations under Article 18.2 and 
other relevant provisions of the Agreement.  The current situation concerning compliance with 
notification requirements is summarized in the Annex to this report.  
3. The Committee addressed a wide range of gene ral and specific matters relevant to the 
implementation of commitments that were raised, independently of notifications, under the provisions 
of Article 18.6 of the Agreement.  
4. The Committee considered a proposal by th e African Group under the framework of the 
Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negativ e Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-
Developed and Net Food-Importing Devel oping Countries (NFIDC Decision).2  This proposal, which 
calls, inter alia , for the establishment of a revolving fu nd, was referred to the Committee on 
Agriculture by the Committee on Trade and Developm ent in Special Session, for consideration in the 
context of the review of all Special and Di fferential Treatment provisions under the Doha 
Development Agenda.  The Committee took note that a new proposal was under preparation by the 
African Group, it being understood that any follow-up  proposal would be examined expeditiously by 
the Committee.  The full report to the General Council on this ma tter is contained in document 
G/AG/20. 
                                                      
1 A detailed summary of the Committee meetings in  2005 is contained in the Secretariat summary 
reports G/AG/R/42, and Corr.1, G/AG/R/43, Corr.1 and Corr.2, and G/AG/R/44 (forthcoming). 
2 TN/CTD/W/3/Rev.2, paragraph 52 refers. G/L/746 
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 5. The Committee pursued a number of implementa tion-related issues in accordance with the 
Decision of 14 November 2001 by the Doha Mi nisterial Conference on Implementation-Related 
Issues and Concerns (WT/MIN(01)/17, paragraph 2):  
(a) Article 10.2 of the Agreement on Agricu lture concerning the development of 
internationally agreed disciplines to govern the provision of export credits, export 
credit guarantees or insurance programmes, taking into account the provisions of 
paragraph 4 of the NFIDC Decision –  Th is outstanding implementation matter is 
now effectively being addressed in th e Special Session of the Committee on 
Agriculture, although it remains a standing item on the agenda of the Committee's regular meetings.   
(b) Examination of possible means of improving  the effectiveness of the implementation 
of the NFIDC Decision –  In 2001, a proposal was made by a number of NFIDCs to  establish a revolving fund to help alleviate short-term difficulties that may arise from 
the Uruguay Round reform programme in cert ain developing countries, in financing 
normal levels of commercial imports of basic foodstuffs (G/AG/W/49 and Add.1).  
The proposal was examined by the Committee and, in 2002, by an Inter-Agency 
Panel of experts from the IMF, World Bank a nd other international organizations (see 
report G/AG/13).  The Committee's follow-up regarding the revolving fund proposal is reflected in the report to the Genera l Council G/AG/20 (see paragraph 4 above).   
The annual monitoring exercise of the follo w-up to the NFIDC Decision is to take 
place at the January 2006 meeting. 
(c) The submission  by  Members administeri ng tariff quotas of addenda to notifications 
to the Committee on Agriculture – The Committee addressed the implementation-
related matter of Members' addenda to Table MA:1 notifications in accordance with 
the General Council Decision regarding the ad ministration of tariff quota regimes in a 
transparent, equitable and non-discriminatory manner (paragraph 1.1 of WT/L/384 
refers).   The Committee took note of the current position regarding the provision of 
Table MA:1 addenda on the basis that Members are able to raise any matters relating to these addenda or relating to the administration of particular tariff quotas in the course of the Committee’s review process.  
6. At its March meeting, the Committee accepted th e application by Mongolia to be included in 
the WTO list of Net Food-Importing Developing Countri es (G/AG/5/Rev.8 refers).  This list currently 
comprises the least-developed countries as recogni zed by the United Nations and the following 25 
developing country Members of the WTO:  Barb ados, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, 
Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Dominica, Domini can Republic, Egypt, Gabon, Honduras, Jamaica, 
Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,  Pakistan, Peru, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint 
Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, and Tunisia.   
7. At the meeting in September, the Committe e held its annual Tran sitional Review under 
paragraph 18 of the Protocol of Accession of the People's Republic of China. 
8. The following international intergovernmental or ganizations have regular observer status in 
the Committee:  the FAO, the IM F, the International Grains Council, the OECD, UNCTAD, the 
World Food Programme and the World Bank.  No consensus was reached as  regards requests for 
observer status by twelve other international/in tergovernmental organizations (G/AG/W/29/Rev.6 
refers).  
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SECTION A: N OTIFICATIONS ISSUED FOR THE 2000-2004  IMPLEMENTATION YEARS  
  
 MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2 
 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard  Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Albania (8 Sept 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Angola  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Antigua and Barbuda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Argentina NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X     X X X X  X  X X X  
Armenia (5 Feb 2003) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X NA NA NA X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Australia X* X X X   X  X X   X X X X  Xa Xa Xa   X  X X   
Bahrain NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Bangladesh NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Barbados X* X     X  X X   X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Belize NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Benin NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Bolivarian Republic of 
Venezuela X* X X                        
Bolivia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X     X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Botswana NA NA NA NA NA NA                NA NA NA NA NA 
Brazil X X X    NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X  X X    X  X    
Brunei Darussalam NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Bulgaria X X X X X  X  X X X  X X    X X    X  X    
Burkina Faso NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X     NA NA NA NA NA 
Burundi NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA) X (NA) X X X     NA NA NA NA NA 
Cambodia (13 Oct 2004) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA NA 
Cameroon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Canada X*      X  X  X   X               
Central African Rep. NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA  
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 MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2 
 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard  Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Chad  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) P     NA NA NA NA NA 
Chile X NA X X X X NA NA NA  NA NA X X X   X  X X X X X  X X X X 
China (11 Dec 2001)  X* NA NA X X X NA NA NA NA NA NA NA    NA NA X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Colombia X X X X X  X  X X X  X X X X  Xa Xa Xa Xa       
Congo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Costa Rica X*                          
Côte d'Ivoire NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Croatia (30 Nov 2000) X* NA X X   NA NA NA NA NA NA     NA X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Cuba NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA  NA NA X X X  X  X  X X   X X  X   
Cyprus NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X            
Czech Republic X* X X X   X  X X X  X X X   X  X   X   X   
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Djibouti NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Dominica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Dominican Republic X X X X   NA NA NA NA NA X X X X       NA NA NA NA NA 
 European Communities X* X X X   X X     X X    X X X   X X  X   
Ecuador  X* X     X      X      X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Egypt NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
El Salvador X* X X X X X X  X X   X  X X   X  X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Estonia (13 Nov 1999) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X  P  X X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Fiji  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia (4 April 2003)X NA NA NA X  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X  NA NA NA X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Gabon NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X     X      NA NA NA NA NA 
The Gambia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA) X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Georgia  (14 Jun 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X P X X X  X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Ghana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Grenada  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA  
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard  Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Guatemala X* X X X X  X  X X X  X X    X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Guinea Bissau NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Guinea, Republic of NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Guyana NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Haiti  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Honduras NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X  X  X X X  X  X X X  
Hong Kong, China NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X  X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Hungary X* X X X X  X  X X X X X X X   X X X X X X  X X X X 
Iceland X X X X   X  X X   X     X X X   X  X X   
India  NA NA NA   NA NA NA  NA NA      X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Indonesia X* X     X      X      X     X      
Israel X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X  X X X X X X  X X X X 
Jamaica NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Japan X* X X X X  X  X X X X X X X   X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Jordan (11 Apr 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X P  X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Kenya NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Korea X* X     X      X     X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Kuwait NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Kyrgyz Republic  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Latvia  (10 Feb 1999) X* X X X X   NA NA NA NA NA X X P   X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Lesotho NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Lithuania (31 May 2001) X NA     NA NA NA NA NA NA     NA     NA NA NA NA NA 
Macao, China NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Madagascar NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Malawi NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X (NA)  (NA)  X X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Malaysia X*      X  X                   
Maldives NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Mali NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA P (NA)  (NA)  P     NA NA NA NA NA  
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 MA:1 MA:2 MA:5 DS:1 ES:1 ES:2 
 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard  Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Malta NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X     X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Mauritania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Mauritius NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Mexico X                          
Moldova  (26 July 2001) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA P    NA X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Mongolia   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA      P      NA NA NA NA NA 
Morocco X X X X   X X X   X X X   X X  X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Mozambique NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Myanmar NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X (NA)  (NA)  X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Namibia NA NA NA NA NA NA           X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Nepal (23 April 2004) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA) NA NA NA NA  NA NA NA NA NA 
New Zealand X* X X X X  X  X X X  X X X X  X X X X  X  X X X  
Nicaragua X X X X  P P  X X X  P P X X X  P P X X X  X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Niger  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Nigeria NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Norway X* X X    X  X    X X    X X    X  X    
Oman  (9 Nov 2000) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X P     X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Pakistan NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA                
Panama X* X X X X X X X X  X X X X X   X X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Papua New Guinea  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Paraguay NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X  X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Peru NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA      X X X    NA NA NA NA NA 
Philippines X* X X X X  X  X X X X X  X    X  X X X       
Poland X* X X X X  X  X X X  X X X   Xa Xa    X  X    
Qatar  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA     X     X NA NA NA NA NA 
Romania X* X X X X X X  X X   X X X   X X X   X X X   
Rwanda  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA  
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 One- Imports under tariff quotas Special safeguard  Domestic support Export subsidies Total exports 
 off 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Saint Lucia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      X     NA NA NA NA NA 
St Vincent & Grenadines NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Senegal NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Sierra Leone NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Singapore NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X X X  X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Slovak Republic X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X X  X X X X  X  X X X  
Slovenia X* X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA X X X X  X X X X X NA NA NA NA NA 
Solomon Islands   NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA (NA)  (NA)  (NA)      NA NA NA NA NA 
South Africa X* X X X X  X  X X   X X X   X X X   X  X X   
Sri Lanka NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           NA NA NA NA NA 
Suriname NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA      X      NA NA NA NA NA 
Swaziland NA NA NA NA NA NA                NA NA NA NA NA 
Switzerland-Liechtenstein X* X X X X  X X X X X P P    X P P P  X P  P P  
Chinese Taipei (1 Jan 2002) X* NA NA X X X NA NA X X  NA NA    NA NA X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Tanzania NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Thailand X* X X X P P X  X X X X X X    X  X X X X X X  X X X 
Togo NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
Trinidad and Tobago NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X X X  X  X X X  NA NA NA NA NA 
Tunisia X* X X X X X X  X X X X X X X   X X  X P P NA NA NA NA NA 
Turkey NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X P P  Xa     X      
Uganda NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)       NA NA NA NA NA 
United Arab Emirates  NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA X X    X  X    NA NA NA NA NA 
United States X* X X X X  X  X X   X X    X X X   X  X X   
Uruguay NA NA NA NA NA NA X X X X  X  X X X  X X X X  X  X X X  
Zambia NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  (NA)  (NA)  X X X   NA NA NA NA NA 
Zimbabwe NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA  NA NA           X      
 
  
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Explanatory Notes to Section A  
(a) This Annex examines compliance with notification obligations  to the Committee on Agriculture as set out in G/AG/2 as at 22 September 2005.  A blank indicates that the requirement 
applies to the Member concerned for the implementation year, but that no notification was received up to the cut-off date.  Not ifications are to be submitted ac cording to the relevant annual 
implementation bases as specified in Schedul es (e.g. calendar, crop, fiscal "years" as appropriate;  see also G/AG/W/2/Rev.4).  The time limits for all notifications concerning the 1995-
2003 implementation years have now passed henc e outstanding notifications can  be precisely identified.  The column concerning t he 2004 implementation year is  provided for information 
only and does not necessarily indicate that the notifications are now due. 
 
(b) "X" indicates that a notification has been issued.  No assessment of the completeness or quality of the notification with r espect to requirements is made or implied. 
 
(c) "P" for pending indicates that a notificat ion has been received.  A request or s uggestion by the Secret ariat for additional  information in order to complete the notification has yet to be 
responded to. 
 
(d) "X*" indicates that the comprehensive Table MA :1 notification has been revised or supplemented. 
 
(e) "Xa" indicates that information concerning food aid (c olumn 5 of Table ES:1) has not been provided. 
 
(f) "NA" indicates that the requirement wa s not applicable during the period covered either because there are no relevant commi tments (e.g. tariff quotas) or because the Member concerned 
was not yet a WTO Member hence there were no notification requir ements pertaining to that peri od. "(NA)" indicates that domesti c support notifications are re quired every second year 
from LDC Members. 
 
(g) Shaded boxes indicate that the Member concerned has a domes tic support and/or an export subs idy reduction commitment shown in Section I and/or Section II of Part IV of its Schedule. G/L/746 
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 Table ES:3 and Table NF:1 no tifications issued for the 2000-2004 implementation years  
 
Table ES:3 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Brazil Brazil Cuba Slovak Republic Tunisia p 
Cuba Cuba European 
Communities Switzerland-
Liecht. P  
European 
Communities European 
Communities Iceland Tunisia p  
Iceland Iceland Japan   
Japan Japan Romania   
Korea Norway Slovak Republic   Norway Romania South Africa   
Romania Slovak Republic Switzerland-Liecht. 
P   
Slovak Republic South Africa Tunisia    
South Africa Switzerland-Liecht. 
P    
Switzerland-Liecht. Tunisia    
Tunisia     
     
     
     
 
 
Table NF:1 
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Argentina Argentina1 Australia Australia  
Australia Australia Cuba European 
Communities  
Brazil Brazil European 
Communities New Zealand  
Canada Canada Japan Norway  
Cuba Cuba New Zealand    
European 
Communities European 
Communities Norway   
Japan Japan South Africa   
New Zealand New Zealand  Switzerland-
Liecht.   
Norway Norway    
South Africa South Africa    
Switzerland-Liecht. Switzerland-
Liecht.    
United States United States    
     
1 Argentina informed the WTO Secretaria t on 30 July 2003 that it is no longer a food aid donor under the Food 
Aid Convention. 
 
" p " for pending indicates that a notification has been recei ved.  A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for 
additional information in order to complete the notification has yet to be responded to. 
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 SECTION B: O UTSTANDING NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE 1995-1999  IMPLEMENTATION YEARS  
  
 
Implementation year 1995 
 
Table MA:2 - Imports under tariff and other quotas 
Nicaragua 
 
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions 
Swaziland 
  
Table DS:1 - Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments)  
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Brune i Darussalam Côte d'Ivoire 
Dominica Ghana Kuwait 
p Mauritius 
Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Suriname Swaziland 
 
 
Table ES:1 – Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrai n Belize Brunei Darussalam 
Burkina Faso Cameroon Centra l African Rep. Côte d'Ivoire 
Djibouti Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  India Kuwait  Lesotho Mali 
p Mauritania 
Mauritius Mozambique Saint Lucia  St Vincent & Grenadines 
Senegal Sierra Leone Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2  – Total exports 
Mexico 
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 Implementation year 1996 
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions  
Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments)  
Papua New Guinea 
 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam 
Cameroon Central African Rep.  Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti 
Dominica Ghana Grenada Guatemala 
Guinea Bissau Guinea, Republic of Kuwait Lesotho 
Mali p Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique 
Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines 
Senegal Sierra Leon e Suriname Swaziland 
Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Benin Brunei Darussalam  
Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Rep.  Chad p 
Côte d'Ivoire Djibouti The Gambia Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  Kuwait  Lesotho 
Mali 
p Mauritania Mauritius Morocco 
Mozambique Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis 
St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands 
Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
Table ES:2  – Total exports  
Mexico p G/L/746 
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 Implementation year 1997  
 
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions  
Botswana  Swaziland 
  
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Papua New Guinea 
 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Antigua and Barbuda Belize Botswana Brunei Darussalam  
Burkina Faso 
p Cameroon Chad p Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire Dominica Ghana Grenada 
Kenya Kuwait Mauritius Qatar 
Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Sain t Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines 
Solomon Islands Suriname Swaziland 
 
 Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments)  
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize 
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam  Cameroon Central African Rep.  Chad 
p Congo Côte d'Ivoire 
Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti Grenada Guinea Bissau 
Guinea, Rep. of  Kuwait  Lesotho Mali p 
Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Niger 
Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines 
Senegal Sierra Leone So lomon Islands Swaziland 
Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Malaysia Mexico p     G/L/746 
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 Implementation year 1998  
 
Table MA:2 -  Imports under tariff and other quotas 
Panama p 
  
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions  
Botswana  Swaziland 
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Papua New Guinea 
  
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments) 
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain  Belize 
Botswana Brunei Darussalam Ca meroon Central African Rep. 
Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti 
Dominica Fiji Ghana Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of India Kenya 
Kuwait Lesotho Mali 
p Mauritania 
Mauritius Mozambique Niger Nigeria Peru Qatar Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia 
St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Sri Lanka 
Suriname Swaziland Tanzania Togo 
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments)  
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize 
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam  Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Rep.  Chad 
p Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire Dem. Rep. of  Congo Djibouti Dominica 
Fiji Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of Kenya Kuwait  Kyrgyz Republic Lesotho 
Mali 
p Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique 
Niger Nigeria Papua New Guinea Rwanda St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone 
Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania 
Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Malaysia Mexico 
p Philippines G/L/746 
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 Implementation year 1999  
 
Table MA:2 -  Imports under tariff and other quotas 
Canada Dominican Republic Malaysia 
  
Table MA:5 - Use of the special safeguard provisions  
Bolivarian Republic of Venezu ela  Botswana Swaziland  
 
 
Table DS:1 -  Domestic support (Members with Total AMS reduction commitments)   
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuel a  Mexico Papua New Guinea 
Switzerland-Liechtenstein 
p  
 
 
  Domestic support (Members without  Total AMS reduction commitments)   
Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain  Belize Benin 
Botswana Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Cameroon 
Chad p  Congo Côte d'Ivoire Dominica 
Egypt Fiji The Gambia Ghana 
Grenada India Kenya Kuwait 
Kyrgyz Republic Malaysia Mauritius Nigeria Peru Qatar Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis 
Saint Lucia St Vincent & Grenadines Solomon Islands Sri Lanka 
Suriname Swaziland  
 
 
Table ES:1 –  Export subsidies (Members with reduction commitments) 
Bolivarian Republic of Vene zuela  Cyprus Mexico  
  
  Export subsidies (Members without  reduction commitments)  
Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahrain Belize 
Benin Botswana Brunei Darussalam  Cameroon 
Central African Rep.  Chad 
p Congo Côte d'Ivoire 
Dem. Rep. of Congo Djibouti Dominica Egypt Fiji Grenada Guinea Bissau Guinea, Rep. of  
Jamaica Kenya Kuwait  Kyrgyz Republic 
Lesotho Malaysia Maldives Mali 
p  
Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Niger 
Nigeria Papua New Guinea Qatar Rwanda 
St. Kitts and Nevis St Vincent & Grenadines Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania 
Togo 
 
 
Table ES:2 – Total exports 
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela  Colombia Cyprus Malaysia 
Mexico 
p  Pakistan Philippines  
 
" p " for pending indicates that a notification has been received.   A request or suggestion by the Secretariat for additional 
information in order to complete the no tification has yet to be responded to.  
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