Committee on Agriculture - Points raised by Members under the review process - Compilation of questions for the meeting on 26 November 2024

POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS

Compilation of questions for the meeting on 26 NOVEMBER 2024[1]

The present document compiles questions received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 8 November 2024 as specified in _WTO/AIR/AG/79.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

NEW SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM). 7

1.1   Angola's poultry and pork (SIM 927) 7

1.1.1   Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 110114) 7

1.2   Australia's Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) (SIM 928) 7

1.2.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110115) 7

1.3   Bangladesh's import policies (SIM 929) 7

1.3.1   Question by Japan (AG-IMS ID 110116) 7

1.4   Brazil's options contract on cereal (SIM 930) 8

1.4.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110119) 8

1.5   Brazil's Estimated grant equivalent for subsidized loans (SIM 931) 8

1.5.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 110117) 8

1.6   Brazil's food purchase programme (PAA) (SIM 932) 9

1.6.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110120) 9

1.7   Brazil's price support mechanisms (SIM 933) 9

1.7.1   Question by United Kingdom, Australia, United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110121) 9

1.8   Canada's Local Food Infrastructure Fund (LFIF) (SIM 934) 9

1.8.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110124) 9

1.9   China's Technical and Financial Assistance (SIM 935) 10

1.9.1   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110129) 10

1.10   EU's support to farmers in specific member States (SIM 936) 10

1.10.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110137) 10

1.11   France's aid package to organic farms (SIM 937) 10

1.11.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110138) 10

1.12   EU's public intervention mechanism (SIM 938) 11

1.12.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110136) 11

1.13   Ghana's export restriction on soybeans (SIM 939) 11

1.13.1   Question by United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States of America, Australia,
Japan (AG-IMS ID 110143) 11

1.14   India's subsidies to cotton and soybean (SIM 940) 11

1.14.1   Question by Argentina (AG-IMS ID 110144) 11

1.15   Myanmar's rice support programs for rice (SIM 941) 12

1.15.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110019) 12

1.16   Nigeria's duty free scheme (SIM 942) 12

1.16.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110158) 12

1.17   Nigeria's MFN applied duty rate (SIM 943) 12

1.17.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110157) 12

1.18   UK's Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (SIM 944) 13

1.18.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110165) 13

1.19   US' several programmes on agricultural resilience (SIM 945) 13

1.19.1   Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110166) 13

1.20   US' Specialty Crop Block Grants (SCBG) (SIM 946) 13

1.20.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110170) 13

1.21   US' Farmer Assistance and Revenue Mitigation (FARM) Act (SIM 947) 14

1.21.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110171) 14

1.22   US' support to Wisconsin's producers on export (SIM 948) 14

1.22.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110169) 14

SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM) RAISED PREVIOUSLY. 15

1.2   Canada's Dairy Innovation and Investment Fund (SIM 865) 15

1.2.1   Question by India (AG-IMS ID 110123) 15

1.22.2   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 110126) 15

1.23   Canada's tariff rate quota for cheese (SIM 345) 15

1.23.1   Question by United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 110125) 15

1.3   China's domestic support for cotton (SIM 883) 16

1.23.2   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110043) 16

1.23.3   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110133) 16

1.24   China's one-off subsidy to farmers (SIM 712) 16

1.24.1   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110127) 16

1.25   China's grain subsidies (SIM 773) 16

1.25.1   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110128) 16

1.26   China's subsidies for agricultural insurance premiums (SIM 881) 17

1.26.1   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110131) 17

1.27   China's Interim Implementation Plan to Manage Swine Production Capacity (SIM 882) 17

1.27.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110132) 17

1.28   EU's Deforestation And Forest Degradation Strategy (SIM 558) 17

1.28.1   Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 110140) 17

1.28.2   Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 110139) 18

1.29   India's public stockpiling (SIM 525) 18

1.29.1   Question by United States of America, Japan, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110148) 18

1.30   India's Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) (SIM 515) 18

1.3.1   Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110146) 18

1.31   India's export restrictions on wheat and rice (SIM 306) 19

1.31.1   Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Australia,
Ukraine, Japan (AG-IMS ID 110001) 19

1.32   India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM 767) 19

1.32.1   Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Australia,
Japan (AG-IMS ID 110002) 19

1.32.2   Question by United States of America, Japan, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110145) 19

1.33   Kazakhstan's import restriction on apples (SIM 912) 20

1.33.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 110149) 20

1.34   Mozambique's import quotas for chicken (SIM 913) 21

1.34.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 110152) 21

1.35   Namibia's import restrictions on poultry and pork (SIM 895) 21

1.35.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 110153) 21

1.36   New Zealand's Ministry Primary Growth Partnership (PGP)/Sustainable Food and Fibre Futures (SFFF) (SIM 914) 21

1.36.1   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 110155) 21

1.36.2   Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 110201) 22

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

1.37.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110156) 23

1.38   Pakistan's trade restrictions on wheat and flour (SIM 916) 23

1.38.1   Question by European Union, Ukraine (AG-IMS ID 110160) 23

1.38.2   Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland, Canada,
Australia, Japan (AG-IMS ID 110161) 23

1.4   Pakistan's Regulatory duties on the export of molasses (SIM 896) 24

1.4.1   Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 110159) 24

1.39   Philippines' Minimum Access Volume (SIM 918) 24

1.39.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110162) 24

1.40   Türkiye's freight support (SIM 730) 24

1.40.1   Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 110163) 24

1.41   Türkiye's export restrictions on agricultural products (SIM 729) 25

1.41.1   Question by United Kingdom, Australia, Switzerland, United States of America,
Japan (AG-IMS ID 110164) 25

1.42   US' Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreements Programme (SIM 926) 25

1.42.1   Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110167) 25

1.43   US' practices to fight climate change (SIM 924) 25

1.43.1   Question by Canada, Australia (AG-IMS ID 110168) 25

1.44   US' Farm, Food and National Security Act (SIM 922) 25

1.44.1   Question by China (AG-IMS ID 110172) 25

2   POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 26

2.1   IMPORTS UNDER TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:2) 26

2.1.1   China (G/AG/N/CHN/73) 26

2.1.2   Costa Rica (G/AG/N/CRI/96) 26

2.1.3   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/93) 26

2.1.4   Iceland (G/AG/N/ISL/73) 27

2.1.5   India (G/AG/N/IND/32) 27

2.1.6   Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/130) 27

2.1.7   Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/130) 28

2.1.8   United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/17, G/AG/N/GBR/21, G/AG/N/GBR/28) 28

2.2   DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 28

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

2.2.2   Bahrain, Kingdom of (G/AG/N/BHR/15, G/AG/N/BHR/16, G/AG/N/BHR/17) 29

2.2.3   Bangladesh (G/AG/N/BGD/5/Rev.1) 30

2.2.4   Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 30

2.2.5   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/158, G/AG/N/CAN/159) 30

2.2.6   China (G/AG/N/CHN/47) 31

2.2.7   China (G/AG/N/CHN/65, G/AG/N/CHN/74, G/AG/N/CHN/75) 31

2.2.8   Costa Rica (G/AG/N/CRI/88, G/AG/N/CRI/98) 40

2.2.9   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/89, G/AG/N/EU/95) 41

2.2.10   India (G/AG/N/IND/29, G/AG/N/IND/31, G/AG/N/IND/31/Corr.1) 42

2.2.11   Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/294) 43

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

2.2.13   Paraguay (G/AG/N/PRY/34, G/AG/N/PRY/36, G/AG/N/PRY/41) 44

2.2.14   Chinese Taipei (G/AG/N/TPKM/236, G/AG/N/TPKM/237) 44

2.2.15   Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/85) 44

2.2.16   United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/27) 45

2.2.17   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/166/Rev.1, G/AG/N/USA/169,
G/AG/N/USA/173) 45

2.2.18   Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/84) 49

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

2.3.1   Australia (G/AG/N/AUS/162) 49

2.3.2   Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/168) 50

2.3.3   New Zealand (G/AG/N/NZL/145/Rev.1, G/AG/N/NZL/146/Rev.1) 50

2.3.4   United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/174) 51

2.4   EXPORT SUBSIDY notifications (TABLES ES:1, ES:2 AND ES:3) 52

2.4.1   Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/139) 52

2.5   NOTIFICATIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NFIDC DECISION (TABLE NF:1) 52

2.5.1   European Union (G/AG/N/EU/82) 52

3   OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 52

3.1   China. 52

3.2   India. 53

3.3   Thailand. 53

3.4   Uruguay. 53

4   Deffered Replies. 54

4.1   MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 54

4.1.1   Australia, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom,
United States – Restrictions on agricultural and agriculture-related services (SIM 770) 54

4.1.2   Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States - Import duties
in excess of the bound rates applied on agricultural goods (SIM 771) 54

4.1.3   Brazil's Harvest Plan (SIM 908) 54

4.1.4   Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway – Prohibitions and restrictions on agricultural machinery supplies (SIM 772) 55

4.1.5   European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on road freight transport (SIM 778) 55

4.1.6   European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on access to ports (SIM 782) 55

4.1.7   EU's measure on Russian agricultural exports (SIM 888) 55

4.1.8   United Kingdom's banking and financial restrictions (SIM 810) 56

4.1.9   U.S. No Russian Agriculture Act (SIM 901) 56

4.2   POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 56

4.2.1   Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 56

5   EXPORT COMPETITION.. 57

5.1   China. 57

5.2   Dominican Republic. 58

5.3   European Union. 59

5.4   Ghana. 59

5.5   India. 59

5.6   Indonesia. 60

5.7   Japan. 60

5.8   Jordan. 61

5.9   Kazakhstan. 61

5.10   Korea, Republic of 61

5.11   Morocco. 61

5.12   Nigeria. 62

5.13   United States of America. 62

6   OTHER. 62

6.1   Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, European Union, Iceland, India, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Mexico,
Republic of Moldova, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Panama, Philippines,
Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei, Ukraine, United Kingdom,
United States of America, Viet Nam — MA:1 notification. 62

6.1.1   Question by Paraguay – AG-IMS ID 110209 to 110239 (31 questions in total) 62

 


 


[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 or obligations under the WTO.