WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/AUS/17
25February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0755)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification concerning export subsidy commitments (Tables ES:1andES:2) for
thecalendar year1997 wasreceived from thedelegation ofAustralia on20February 1998.
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Inaccordance withthenotification requirements (paragraph (i),page24ofdocument G/AG/2),
Ihavethehonour toinform youthatAustralia provided noexport subsidies onpears (Table ES:1)
inthecalendar year1997. Total exports (paragraph (iii),page24ofdocument G/AG/2) forthecalendar
year1997 areprovided intheattached table.
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Page2Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: Australia
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1997
Export Subsidies: Notification ofTotal Exports
Description ofproducts Calendar year Quantity oftotalexports
(tonnes)
1 2 3
Wheat andwheat flour 1997 19,375,001.00
Sugar 1997 4,224,267.00
Bovine meat 1997 821,553.02
Sheepmeat 1997 233,651.63
Cotton 1997 582,954.56
Pears 1997 23,539.25
Source: Australian Bureau ofStatistics
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