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G/AG/W/82/Rev.1 
17 June 2011 
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Committee on Agriculture  
  
 
LIST OF "SIGNIFICANT EXPORTERS" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE  
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN RESPECT OF  
EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS 
 
Note by the Chairman 
 
Revision 
 1. Under the notification requirements in respect of export subsidy commitments, all Members 
with base and annual commitment levels shown in S ection II of Part IV of their Schedule plus all 
other Members that are "significant exporters" of the products or groups of  products concerned are 
required to notify annually the total volume of thei r exports.  The list of Members that are significant 
exporters, namely those Members whose share of  total world exports exceeds 5 per cent of the 
products concerned, is to be established by the Chairman following consultation as appropriate and 
shall be reviewed after two years
1.   
2. The list was first circulated in document G/ AG/2/Add.1 on 16 October 1995.  Following 
informal consultations, the list has been reviewed ta king account of the relevant statistical material.2  
The attached draft list has been drawn up and, subject  to consideration at the 23 June 2011 meeting of 
the Committee on Agriculture, would be issu ed as a revision to document G/AG/2/Add.1. 
  
                                                      
1 G/AG/2, page 24, paragraph (iii), refers. 
2 G/AG/W/76 dated 16 August 2010 refers. G/AG/W/82/Rev.1 
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  LIST OF "SIGNIFICANT EXPORTERS" FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE  
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS IN RESPECT OF  
EXPORT SUBSIDY COMMITMENTS  
 
Revision 
Based on the relevant statistical in formation relating to the period 2005-20073, the following 
revised list of "significant  exporters" that are required annually to  submit data on their total exports in 
the form of Table ES:24 has been established following consultations.  
  
 Product Group     Significant Exporters 
  Wheat and wheat flour    Argentina, Australia  Coarse grains     Argentina, China  Rice      India, Pakistan, Thailand, Viet Nam  Oilseeds     Argentina, Brazil, United States 
 Vegetable oils     Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia 
 Oilcakes     Argentina, India, United States  S u g a r       A u s t r a l i a ,  T h a i l a n d   Butter and butter oil    New Zealand  Skim milk powder    New Zealand  C h e e s e       N e w  Z e a l a n d ,  S a u d i  A r a b i a  
 Other milk products    Argentina, New Zealand 
 Bovine meat     Argentina, Australia, Canada, India, 
New Zealand, Uruguay 
 P i g m e a t       B r a z i l ,  C a n a d a ,  C h i n a   Poultry meat     China, Thailand 
 Sheepmeat     Australia, New Zealand 
 L i v e  a n i m a l s      A u stralia, Canada, Mexico 
 E g g s       C h i n a ,  I n d i a ,  M a l a y s i a   Wine      Argentina, Australia, Chile, United States  F r u i t       C h i l e ,  U n i t e d  S t a t e s   Vegetables     China, United States 
 Tobacco     China, India, United States 
 C o t t o n       A u s t r a l i a ,  I n d i a ,  U n i t e d  S t a t e s   
 
Note:  The annual notifications in the form of Table ES:2 should, as appropria te, include exports of 
any product within the scope of th e relevant product group as specifie d in paragraph (iii), page 24 of 
G/AG/2.   
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3 G/AG/W/76 refers. 
4 G/AG/2, page 24, paragraph (iii), refers.