POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS

COMPILATION OF QUESTIONS FOR THE MEETING ON 23-24 MAY 2024[1]

The present document compiles questions received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 6 May 2024 as specified in _WTO/AIR/AG/75.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1   MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 7

NEW SPECIFIC IMPLEMNTATION MATTERS (SIM). 7

1.1   Angola's high-security tax stamps for alcoholic beverages (SIM 877) 7

1.1.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108050) 7

1.2   Argentina's Fruit Agro-export Program (SIM 878) 7

1.2.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108111) 7

1.3   Argentina's export license for grains and oilseeds (SIM 879) 8

1.3.1   Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 108112) 8

1.4   China's subsidies on rapeseed varieties (SIM 880) 8

1.1.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 108054) 8

1.5   China's subsidies for agricultural insurance premiums (SIM 881) 8

1.1.2   Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 108055) 8

1.6   China's Interim Implementation Plan to Manage Swine Production Capacity (SIM 882) 9

1.6.1   Question by United States of America, European Union (AG-IMS ID 108057) 9

1.7   China's domestic support for cotton (SIM 883) 9

1.1.3   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 108225) 9

1.8   Costa Rica's Low-Carbon Coffee Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) (SIM 884) 9

1.1.4   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108110) 9

1.9   Côte d'Ivoire's export suspension of certain foodstuffs (SIM 885) 9

1.9.1   Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 108213) 9

1.10   Dominican Republic - Tax on transfer of goods and services (ITBIS) (SIM 886) 10

1.10.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108063) 10

1.11   EU's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) environmental provisions (SIM 887) 10

1.11.1   Question by Canada, Brazil (AG-IMS ID 108065) 10

1.12   EU's measure on Russian agricultural exports (SIM 888) 11

1.12.1   Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 108185) 11

1.13   India's establishment of the National Cooperative Exports Limited (NCEL) (SIM 889) 11

1.13.1   Question by Canada, Brazil, Australia (AG-IMS ID 108076) 11

1.14   Jordan's exports of certain foodstuffs (SIM 890) 12

1.14.1   Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 108094) 12

1.15   Malawi's export ban for raw soya beans (SIM 891) 12

1.15.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 108093) 12

1.16   Morocco's export ban of olive oil (SIM 892) 12

1.16.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108095) 12

1.17   Morocco's support to citrus exports (SIM 893) 12

1.17.1   Question by United States of America, European Union (AG-IMS ID 108097) 12

1.18   Mozambique - strip-stamps on alcoholic beverages (SIM 894) 12

1.18.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108099) 12

1.19   Namibia – import restrictions on poultry and pork (SIM 895) 13

1.19.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108118) 13

1.20   Pakistan - Regulatory duties on the export of molasses (SIM 896) 14

1.20.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108102) 14

1.21   Pakistan's export ban on onions and bananas (SIM 897) 14

1.21.1   Question by United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 108103) 14

1.22   Panama's restriction on the importation of pork products (SIM 898) 14

1.22.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 108104) 14

1.23   U.S. Value-Added Producer Grants (SIM 899) 15

1.23.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108109) 15

1.24   U.S. Forest Act 2023 (SIM 900) 15

1.24.1   Question by Indonesia (AG-IMS ID 108179) 15

1.25   U.S. No Russian Agriculture Act (SIM 901) 16

1.25.1   Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 108208) 16

1.26   Uruguay's National Adaptation Plan to Climate Variability and Change for the Agricultural Sector' (NAP-Agro) (SIM 902) 16

1.26.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108107) 16

SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM) RAISED PREVIOUSLY. 17

1.27   Australia - Farm Investment Loans programme (SIM 864) 17

1.27.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108113) 17

1.27.2   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108114) 17

1.28   Brazil's Plano Safra programme (SIM 842) 17

1.28.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108052) 17

1.29   Canada's dairy Innovation and Investment Fund (SIM 865) 17

1.29.1   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 108156) 17

1.30   Canada's tariff rate quota for cheese (SIM 345) 18

1.30.1   Question by United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 108058) 18

1.31   China's grain subsidies (SIM 773) 18

1.31.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 108053) 18

1.32   EU's Deforestation and Forest Degradation Strategy (SIM 558) 19

1.32.1   Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 108068) 19

1.32.2   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108115) 20

1.32.3   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108116) 20

1.32.4   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108117) 20

1.32.5   Question by Indonesia (AG-IMS ID 108067) 20

1.32.6   Question by New Zealand, Australia (AG-IMS ID 108157) 21

1.33   India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM 767) 22

1.33.1   Question by Canada, Brazil, Australia, United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 108075) 22

1.33.2   Question by United Kingdom, Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 108078) 22

1.34   India's export restrictions on onions (SIM 652) 22

1.34.1   Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 108077) 22

1.35   Nigeria's import prohibitions and restrictions (Including quantitative restrictions (SIM 223) 23

1.35.1   Question by United States of America, Australia, European Union, Canada (AG-IMS ID 108101) 23

1.36   Türkiye's export restrictions on agricultural products (SIM 729) 23

1.36.1   Question by United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Australia, Switzerland, Brazil (AG‑IMS ID 108106) 23

1.37   Türkiye's export ban on olive oil exports (SIM 703) 23

1.37.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108105) 23

1.38   UK's Forest Risk Commodities Provisions (SIM 731) 23

1.38.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 108119) 23

1.38.2   Question by Indonesia (AG-IMS ID 108178) 24

1.39   U.S. Food Security programmes (SIM 875) 24

1.39.1   Question by European Union, New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 108098) 24

1.39.2   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 108108) 24

2   POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 25

2.1   IMPORTS UNDER TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:2) 25

2.1.1   Dominican Republic (G/AG/N/DOM/53) 25

2.1.2   El Salvador (G/AG/N/SLV/88) 25

2.1.3   Kazakhstan (G/AG/N/KAZ/28, G/AG/N/KAZ/31) 25

2.1.4   Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/93, G/AG/N/KOR/98) 26

2.1.5   United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/25) 27

2.2   SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARDs (TABLES MA:3 to MA:5) 28

2.2.1   Chinese Taipei (G/AG/N/TPKM/233) 28

2.3   DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 28

2.3.1   Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/51, G/AG/N/ARG/51/Corr.1) 28

2.3.2   Australia (G/AG/N/AUS/157/Rev.1) 28

2.3.3   Bangladesh (G/AG/N/BGD/5/Rev.1, G/AG/N/BGD/6/Rev.1, G/AG/N/BGD/7/Rev.1, G/AG/N/BGD/11/Rev.1) 29

2.3.4   Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 30

2.3.5   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/158, G/AG/N/CAN/159) 33

2.3.6   Chinese Taipei (G/AG/N/TPKM/236, G/AG/N/TPKM/237) 33

2.3.7   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/89) 34

2.3.8   Iceland (G/AG/N/ISL/70, G/AG/N/ISL/72) 36

2.3.9   India (G/AG/N/IND/31) 37

2.3.10   Indonesia (G/AG/N/IDN/71) 40

2.3.11   Israel (G/AG/N/ISR/8/Rev.2, G/AG/N/ISR/12/Rev.2, G/AG/N/ISR/16/Rev.1, G/AG/N/ISR/81/Rev.1, G/AG/N/ISR/94) 41

2.3.12   Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/282) 43

2.3.13   Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/94, G/AG/N/KOR/95) 43

2.3.14   New Zealand (G/AG/N/NZL/144) 45

2.3.15   Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/128) 45

2.3.16   Oman (G/AG/N/OMN/31, G/AG/N/OMN/32, G/AG/N/OMN/33) 46

2.3.17   Peru (G/AG/N/PER/28, G/AG/N/PER/29, G/AG/N/PER/30) 47

2.3.18   Russian Federation (G/AG/N/RUS/40) 47

2.3.19   Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/122, G/AG/N/CHE/128) 47

2.3.20   Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/85) 48

2.3.21   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/169) 48

2.3.22   Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/84) 48

2.4   NEW OR MODIFIED DOMESTIC SUPPORT MEASURES (TABLE DS:2) 49

2.4.1   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/160) 49

2.4.2   Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/96) 49

2.4.3   New Zealand (G/AG/N/NZL/145, G/AG/N/NZL/146) 50

2.4.4   Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/133) 52

2.4.5   United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/26) 52

2.4.6   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/170) 53

2.5   EXPORT SUBSIDY notifications (TABLES ES:1, ES:2 AND ES:3) 53

2.5.1   Mauritius (G/AG/N/MUS/20) 53

2.6   EXPORT PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS (TABLE ER:1) 54

2.6.1   Morocco (G/AG/N/MAR/65) 54

2.7   NOTIFICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NFIDC DECISION (TABLE NF:1) 54

2.7.1   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/82) 54

2.7.2   Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/266, G/AG/N/JPN/267, G/AG/N/JPN/268) 54

3   OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 55

3.1   Australia. 55

3.2   Canada. 55

3.3   European Union. 56

3.4   Paraguay. 56

3.5   Thailand. 56

3.6   United States of America. 57

4   DEFERRED REPLIES. 57

4.1   MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 57

4.1.1   Angola's import policies (SIM 660) 57

4.1.2   Australia, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States – Restrictions on agricultural and agriculture-related services (SIM 770) 58

4.1.3   Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States - Import duties in excess of the bound rates applied on agricultural goods (SIM 771) 58

4.1.4   Brazil's Plano Safra programme (SIM 842) 59

4.1.5   Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway – Prohibitions and restrictions on agricultural machinery supplies (SIM 772) 59

4.1.6   Côte d'Ivoire – Tax on imported spirits (SIM 649) 59

4.1.7   European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on road freight transport (SIM 778) 59

4.1.8   European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on access to ports (SIM 782) 60

4.1.9   India's export restrictions (SIM 306) 60

4.1.10   India's rice sale under the Open Market Sale Scheme (SIM 471) 61

4.1.11   India's Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) (SIM 515) 61

4.1.12   India's public stockpiling (SIM 525) 62

4.1.13   India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM767) 62

4.1.14   India's annex to DS notification pursuant to the Bali PSH Decision (SIM 852) 62

4.1.15   Morocco's vegetable and fertilizer subsidies (SIM 870) 63

4.1.16   Tanzania's export restriction on maize and onions (SIM 860) 64

4.1.17   United Kingdom's banking and financial restrictions (SIM 810) 65

4.2   POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 65

4.2.1   India (G/AG/N/IND/30) 65

4.2.2   Bangladesh (G/AG/N/BGD/5/Rev.1, G/AG/N/BGD/6/Rev.1, G/AG/N/BGD/7/Rev.1) 65

4.2.3   Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/74) 65

4.2.4   China (G/AG/N/CHN/47) 66

4.2.5   India (G/AG/N/IND/29) 66

4.2.6   Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/81) 67

5   EXPORT COMPETITION.. 67

5.1   Morocco. 67