Certain Measures of India Providing Market
Price Support
to Rice and Wheat
Communication from the United States of America
Pursuant to Article 18.7 of the Agreement on Agriculture
1 India's Provision of Substantial Market Price Support for Wheat and
Rice
1.1. Using publicly-available sources, the United States has compiled
data and information on India's market price support (MPS) for wheat and rice. Further
to Article 18.7 of the WTO Agreement on Agriculture (AoA), the United
States is providing this information to other Members in the interest of
promoting transparency surrounding India's MPS policies. This document is for
the purpose of discussion by World Trade Organization (WTO) Members. Some
aspects were necessarily based on partial information.