POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS

Compilation of questions for the meeting on 25-26 SEPTEMBER 2024[1]

The present document compiles questions received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 9 September 2024 as specified in _WTO/AIR/AG/77.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1  MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 8

NEW SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM). 8

1.1  Argentina's support to beef producers (SIM 903) 8

1.1.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109126) 8

1.2  Australia's Future Drought Fund (FDF) (SIM 904) 8

1.2.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109127) 8

1.3  Australia's Agriculture and Land Sector Plan (SIM 905) 8

1.3.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109128) 8

1.4  Australia's policy to sheep industry (SIM 906) 9

1.4.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109129) 9

1.5  Brazil's merchant marine renewal tax (MMRT) (SIM 907) 9

1.5.1  Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109019) 9

1.6  Brazil's Harvest Plan (SIM 908) 9

1.6.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109130) 9

1.7  Egypt's import licensing requirements for certain agricultural and processed products (SIM 909) 10

1.7.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109051) 10

1.8  Egypt's Halal Certification Requirements (SIM 910) 10

1.8.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109052) 10

1.9  Indonesia's support to Seaweed Association (ARLI) (SIM 911) 11

1.9.1  Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 109016) 11

1.10  Kazakhstan's import restriction on apples (SIM 912) 11

1.10.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109053. 11

1.11  Mozambique's import quotas for chicken (SIM 913) 12

1.11.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109055) 12

1.12  New Zealand's Ministry Primary Growth Partnership (PGP)/Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFFF) (SIM 914) 13

1.12.1  Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 109195) 13

1.13  New Zealand's support to milk industry (SIM 915) 13

1.13.1  Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 109080) 13

1.14  Pakistan's trade restrictions on wheat and flour (SIM 916) 14

1.14.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109058) 14

1.14.2  Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109004) 14

1.15  Paraguay's support to potato and onion producers (SIM 917) 14

1.15.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109134) 14

1.16  Philippines' Minimum Access Volume (SIM 918) 15

1.16.1  Question by United States of America, European Union, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109034) 15

1.16.2  Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109035) 15

1.17  Togo's import restriction on frozen poultry (SIM 919) 15

1.17.1  Question by United States of America, European Union (AG-IMS ID 109045) 15

1.18  United Kingdom's Sustainable Farming Incentives (SFI) (SIM 920) 16

1.18.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109136) 16

1.19  U.S. investments to strengthen U.S. Specialty Crops Sector (SIM 921) 16

1.19.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109060) 16

1.20  U.S. Farm, Food and National Security Act (SIM 922) 16

1.20.1  Question by China (AG-IMS ID 109108) 16

1.21  U.S. Investments to Strengthen American Farms and Businesses (SIM 923) 17

1.21.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109061) 17

1.22  U.S. practices to fight climate change (SIM 924) 17

1.22.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109062) 17

1.23  U.S. Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) (SIM 925) 17

1.23.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109138) 17

1.24  U.S. Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreements Program (SIM 926) 18

1.24.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109141) 18

SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM) RAISED PREVIOUSLY. 18

1.25  Brazil's Plano Safra programme (SIM 842) 18

1.25.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109049) 18

1.26  Canada's Dairy Innovation and Investment Fund (SIM 865) 19

1.26.1  Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 109008) 19

1.27  Canada's tariff rate quota for cheese (SIM 345) 19

1.27.1  Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 109020) 19

1.27.2  Question by United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 109001) 20

1.28  China's grain subsidies (SIM 773) 20

1.28.1  Question by Canada, Paraguay, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109009) 20

1.29  Côte d'Ivoire- Tax on imported spirits (SIM 649) 20

1.29.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109050) 20

1.30  EU's Deforestation and Forest Degradation Strategy (SIM 558) 21

1.30.1  Question by New Zealand, United States of America, Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109012) 21

1.30.2  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109132) 21

1.30.3  Question by Indonesia, Paraguay, Ecuador (AG-IMS ID 109112) 22

1.31  EU's Temporary Framework for State Aid (SIM 779) 22

1.31.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109131) 22

1.32  EU's young farmers scheme (SIM 826) 23

1.32.1  Question by India, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109133) 23

1.33  EU's Environmental Policies (SIM 560) 23

1.33.1  Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 109023) 23

1.34  India's Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) (SIM 515) 23

1.34.1  Question by United States of America, Australia, Canada, Paraguay, European Union (AG-IMS ID 109025) 23

1.35  India's rice sale under the Open Market Sale Scheme (SIM 471) 24

1.35.1  Question by United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, European Union, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109024) 24

1.36  India's PM-KISAN income guarantee scheme (SIM 516) 24

1.36.1  Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109013) 24

1.37  India's state government support (SIM 851) 24

1.37.1  Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109015) 24

1.38  India's public stockpiling (SIM 525) 25

1.38.1  Question by United States of America, Australia, Canada, Japan, Thailand, Paraguay, European Union (AG-IMS ID 109030) 25

1.39  India's export restrictions on wheat (SIM 744) 25

1.39.1  Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109014) 25

1.40  India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM 767) 26

1.40.1  Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 109115) 26

1.40.2  Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109002) 26

1.41  India's export restrictions on wheat and rice (SIM 306) 27

1.41.1  Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109003) 27

1.42  Mozambique's strip-stamps on alcoholic beverages (SIM 894) 27

1.42.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109054) 27

1.43  Nigeria's import prohibitions and restrictions (Including quantitative restrictions) (SIM 223) 28

1.43.1  Question by United States of America, European Union, Australia, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109032) 28

1.44  Pakistan's Regulatory duties on the export of molasses (SIM 896) 28

1.44.1  Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 109057) 28

1.45  Panama's restriction on the importation of pork products (SIM 898) 28

1.45.1  Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 109084) 28

1.46  Philippine's inspection and testing of agricultural products (SIM 857) 29

1.46.1  Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 109038) 29

1.47  Tanzania's export restriction on maize (SIM 860) 30

1.47.1  Question by United States of America, United Kingdom, European Union, Australia, Japan, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109040) 30

1.48  Türkiye's export restrictions on agricultural products (SIM 729) 30

1.48.1  Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, Canada (AG-IMS ID 109005) 30

1.49  Türkiye's ban on olive oil exports (SIM 703) 30

1.49.1  Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 109110) 30

1.50  UK's forest risk commodities provisions (SIM 731) 31

1.50.1  Question by Indonesia, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 109113) 31

1.51  U.S. food security programmes (SIM 875) 31

1.51.1  Question by European Union, New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 109063) 31

1.52  US Forest Act 2023 (SIM 900) 31

1.52.1  Question by Indonesia (AG-IMS ID 109114) 31

1.53  Uruguay's National Adaptation Plan to Climate Variability and Change for the Agricultural Sector' (NAP-Agro) (SIM 902) 32

1.53.1  Question by India (AG-IMS ID 109140) 32

2  POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 32

2.1  ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:1) 32

2.1.1  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/290) 32

2.1.2  Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/136) 32

2.2  IMPORTS UNDER TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:2) 33

2.2.1  Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/78) 33

2.2.2  Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/150) 33

2.2.3  Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/166) 33

2.2.4  Costa Rica (G/AG/N/CRI/96) 34

2.2.5  European Union (G/AG/N/EU/93) 34

2.2.6  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/283, G/AG/N/JPN/293) 36

2.2.7  Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/135) 36

2.3  SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARDs (TABLES MA:3 to MA:5) 36

2.3.1  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/289) 36

2.3.2  Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/137) 37

2.4  DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 37

2.4.1  Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/50, G/AG/N/ARG/51) 37

2.4.2  Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 38

2.4.3  Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/158, G/AG/N/CAN/159) 39

2.4.4  Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/170, G/AG/N/CAN/171) 40

2.4.5  Dominican Republic (G/AG/N/DOM/55) 43

2.4.6  European Union (G/AG/N/EU/89, G/AG/N/EU/89/Corr.1) 43

2.4.7  India (G/AG/N/IND/29, G/AG/N/IND/31) 44

2.4.8  Indonesia (G/AG/N/IDN/71) 46

2.4.9  Jamaica (G/AG/N/JAM/17, G/AG/N/JAM/18) 46

2.4.10  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/282) 48

2.4.11  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/294) 48

2.4.12  Kazakhstan (G/AG/N/KAZ/21, G/AG/N/KAZ/26, G/AG/N/KAZ/32) 49

2.4.13  Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/94, G/AG/N/KOR/95, G/AG/N/KOR/94/Corr.1, G/AG/N/KOR/95/Corr.1) 50

2.4.14  Mauritius (G/AG/N/MUS/21) 51

1.1.2  Nepal (G/AG/N/NPL/15) 51

2.4.15  New Zealand (G/AG/N/NZL/144) 52

2.4.16  Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/128) 52

2.4.17  Panama (G/AG/N/PAN/70) 53

2.4.18  Paraguay (G/AG/N/PRY/36, G/AG/N/PRY/41) 53

2.4.19  Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/122, G/AG/N/CHE/128) 54

2.4.20  Chinese Taipei (G/AG/N/TPKM/236, G/AG/N/TPKM/237, G/AG/N/TPKM/237/Corr.1) 55

2.4.21  Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/85) 56

2.4.22  United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/20, G/AG/N/GBR/27) 56

2.4.23  United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/166/Rev.1, G/AG/N/USA/169) 57

2.4.24  Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/84) 58

2.5  NEW OR MODIFIED DOMESTIC SUPPORT MEASURES (TABLE DS:2) 59

2.5.1  Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/168, G/AG/N/CAN/169) 59

2.5.2  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/294, G/AG/N/JPN/295) 60

2.5.3  Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/96) 61

2.5.4  New Zealand (G/AG/N/NZL/145/Rev.1, G/AG/N/NZL/146, G/AG/N/NZL/146/Rev.1) 62

2.5.5  United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/170) 63

2.6  EXPORT SUBSIDY notifications (TABLES ES:1, ES:2 AND ES:3) 63

2.6.1  Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/55) 63

2.6.2  Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/292) 63

2.6.3  Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/99, G/AG/N/KOR/100) 64

2.6.4  Ukraine (G/AG/N/UKR/54) 64

3  OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 65

3.1  Tanzania. 65

3.2  Thailand. 65

4  Deferred replies. 65

4.1  MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 65

4.1.1  Angola's high-security tax stamps for alcoholic beverages (SIM 877) 65

4.1.2  Angola's import policies (SIM 660) 66

4.1.3  Australia, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States – Restrictions on agricultural and agriculture-related services (SIM 770) 67

4.1.4  Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States - Import duties in excess of the bound rates applied on agricultural goods (SIM 771) 67

4.1.5  Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway – Prohibitions and restrictions on agricultural machinery supplies (SIM 772) 68

4.1.6  China's subsidies for agricultural insurance premiums (SIM 881) 68

4.1.7  China's Interim Implementation Plan to Manage Swine Production Capacity (SIM 882) 68

4.1.8  China's domestic support for cotton (SIM 883) 69

4.1.9  European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on road freight transport (SIM 778) 69

4.1.10  European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on access to ports (SIM 782) 69

4.1.11  EU's measure on Russian agricultural exports (SIM 888) 69

4.1.12  Malawi's export ban for raw soya beans (SIM 891) 70

4.1.13  Namibia – Import restrictions on poultry and pork (SIM 895) 70

4.1.14  United Kingdom's banking and financial restrictions (SIM 810) 71

4.1.15  U.S. No Russian Agriculture Act (SIM 901) 71

4.2  POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 72

4.2.1  Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 72

4.2.2  China (G/AG/N/CHN/47) 72

4.2.3  Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/128) 72

4.2.4  Oman (G/AG/N/OMN/31, G/AG/N/OMN/32, G/AG/N/OMN/33) 73

5  EXPORT COMPETITION.. 73

5.1  China. 73

5.2  Dominican Republic. 74

5.3  India. 74

5.4  Indonesia. 75

5.5  Israel 75

5.6  Paraguay. 75

5.7  United States of America. 75