Working Party on State Trading Enterprises - State trading - Replies to questions posed by Australia concerning the new and full article XVII notifications of Japan
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World Trade
Organization G/STR/Q1/JPN/20
29 November 2012 (12-6606) Working Party on
State Trading Enterprises Original: English
state trading
Replies to
Questions Posed by AUSTRALIA Concerning theNew and Full Article XVII Notification of JAPAN
The following communication, dated 26
November
2012, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of
Japan
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Dairy
Previously, Japan stated that it was "considering a reform of its state-trading activities [for dairy products] based on [the] 'Supplemental Policy for Regulatory and Structural Reform' decided by the cabinet on 22 July 2011" (G/STR/Q1/JPN/18, 21 November 2011, at p. 1). Japanese Cabinet Office documents state that, according to this Supplementary Policy, reform of Japan's state trading arrangements for dairy products would be carried out "in the course of 2011".
Australia would appreciate Japan's elaboration on the current state of these reforms in stat