Committee on Agriculture - Points raised by Members under the review process - Compilation of questions for the meeting on 11 - 12 June 2018

POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS

Compilation of questions for the meeting on 11-12 JUNE 2018[1]

The present document compiles questions received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 28 May 2018 as specified in WTO/AIR/AG/27.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1   MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 5

1.1   EU - Amendments to Income Stabilisation Tool 5

1.1.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 87080) 5

1.2   India's sugar policies. 5

1.2.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87079) 5

1.2.2   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 87002) 7

1.3   India's rice procurement 7

1.3.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 87078) 7

1.4   Indonesia's import restrictions on horticultural products. 8

1.4.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87020) 8

1.5   Moldova's draft regulation on amendments to Law on Internal Trade. 8

1.5.1   Question by Ukraine (AG-IMS ID 87092) 8

1.6   Norway's export subsidy for butter 9

1.6.1   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87096) 9

1.7   Switzerland-Liechtenstein's new support policy for dairy and cereals. 9

1.7.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 87091) 9

1.8   Switzerland's levies on imports of certain agricultural goods. 9

1.8.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 87102) 9

1.9   U.S. Commodity Credit Corporation funds. 9

1.9.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87104) 9

1.10   Brazil's domestic support programmes. 10

1.10.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87014) 10

1.10.2   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87062) 10

1.11   Canada's New Milk Ingredient Class. 10

1.11.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87160) and New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87063) 10

1.11.2   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87159) and New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87064) 10

1.11.3   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87065) and United States of America (AG‑IMS ID 87015) 11

1.12   Canada's wine sale policy. 12

1.12.1   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87066) and United States of America (AG‑IMS ID 87016) 12

1.13   European Union's sugar policies. 12

1.13.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87067) 12

1.14   EU intervention stocks of skim milk podwer 13

1.14.1   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87069) 13

1.15   India's minimum support prices for wheat 13

1.15.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87068) 13

1.16   India's pulses policies. 14

1.16.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87070) 14

1.16.2   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87072) 14

1.16.3   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87075) 15

1.16.4   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87076) 15

1.16.5   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87077) 16

1.16.6   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87074) 16

1.16.7   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87071) 16

1.16.8   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87073) 16

1.16.9   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 87001) 16

1.16.10   Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 87087) 17

1.16.11   Question by Ukraine (AG-IMS ID 87088) 17

1.16.12   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87017) 17

1.17   Indonesia's dairy import system.. 19

1.17.1   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 87089) 19

1.17.2   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87018) 20

1.18   Indonesia's soybean imports. 21

1.18.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87019) 21

1.19   Korea's rice imports. 21

1.19.1   Question by Thailand (AG-IMS ID 87090) 21

1.20   Mongolia's quota regime for importation. 21

1.20.1   Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 87094) 21

1.21   Pakistan's sugar policies. 22

1.21.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87081) 22

1.22   Pakistan's wheat export subsidies. 23

1.22.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87021) 23

1.23   Philippines' rice waiver 23

1.23.1   Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 87082) 23

1.24   Russian Federation's railway subsidy for exports. 23

1.24.1   Question by Ukraine (AG-IMS ID 87098) 23

1.24.2   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87022) 23

1.25   Suriname's poultry tariffs. 24

1.25.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 87023) 24

1.26   U.S. dairy policies. 25

1.26.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87105) 25

1.26.2   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 87106) 25

1.27   U.S. support to cotton sector 25

1.27.1   Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 87103) 25

2   POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 26

2.1   ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:1) 26

2.1.1   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/116) 26

2.2   IMPORTS UNDER TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:2) 27

2.2.1   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/120) 27

2.2.2   Chile (G/AG/N/CHL/46) 27

2.2.3   Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/225) 27

2.2.4   Russian Federation (G/AG/N/RUS/19) 28

2.2.5   Chinese Taipei (G/AG/N/TPKM/161) 28

2.2.6   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/120) 28

2.3   DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 29

2.3.1   Australia (G/AG/N/AUS/99, G/AG/N/AUS/109) 29

2.3.2   Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/48) 29

2.3.3   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/34, G/AG/N/EU/34/Corr.1) 30

2.3.4   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/43) 30

2.3.5   Guatemala (G/AG/N/GTM/60) 32

2.3.6   India (G/AG/N/IND/12) 33

2.3.7   Lao People's Democratic Republic (G/AG/N/LAO/2) 37

2.3.8   Mexico (G/AG/N/MEX/36) 37

2.3.9   Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/94) 38

2.3.10   Philippines (G/AG/N/PHL/48, G/AG/N/PHL/49, G/AG/N/PHL/50, G/AG/N/PHL/51, G/AG/N/PHL/52) 38

2.3.11   Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/84) 39

2.3.12   Tunisia (G/AG/N/TUN/52) 40

2.3.13   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/121) 41

2.4   EXPORT SUBSIDY notifications (TABLES ES:1, ES:2 AND ES:3) 44

2.4.1   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/118) 44

3   DEferred replies to questions on notifications. 44

3.1   Egypt (G/AG/N/EGY/3) 44

3.2   India (G/AG/N/IND/11) 45

4   OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 45

4.1   India. 45

4.2   Indonesia. 46

4.3   Pakistan. 47

4.4   Turkey. 47



[1] This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.