POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS
Compilation of questions for the meeting on 24-25 MARCH
2025[1]
The present document compiles questions
received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 6 March 2025 as
specified in WTO/AIR/AG/82.
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1 MATTERS
RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS:
ARTICLE 18.6. 7
NEW SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM). 7
1.1
Australia - Delivering Ag2030 (SIM 950) 7
1.1.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 111207) 7
1.2
Australia's Food and Fibre to Market (FF2M) - Industry Partnership Program
(SIM 949) 7
1.2.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111073) 7
1.3
Brazil's "Desenrola Rural" initiative (SIM 951) 7
1.3.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111074) 7
1.4
Canada's Price Pooling Program (SIM 952) 8
1.4.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111078) 8
1.5
Canada's AgriStability Program (SIM 953) 8
1.5.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111079) 8
1.6
Canada's Supply Management Processing Investment Fund (SIM 956) 8
1.6.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111080) 8
1.7
Canada's Poultry and Egg On-Farm Investment Program (PEFIP) (SIM 954) 9
1.7.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111081) 9
1.8
Canada's AgriAssurance Program (SIM 955) 9
1.8.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111077) 9
1.9
Canada's applied administered price for skim milk powder (SIM 957) 9
1.9.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111116) 9
1.10
EU's tariffs on agricultural products and fertilizers from the Russian
Federation
and Belarus (SIM 958) 10
1.10.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111147) 10
1.11
India's sugar support (SIM 959) 11
1.1.1
Question by Australia, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111008) 11
1.12
India – Tariff reduction on Bourbon Whiskey imports (SIM 960) 11
1.12.1
Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 111118) 11
1.13
Indonesia's policy to reduce dependency on imports of key commodities (SIM 961) 12
1.13.1
Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, European
Union, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111003) 12
1.14
Indonesia's Commodity Balance System (SIM 962) 12
1.14.1
Question by Japan, United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111054) 12
1.14.2
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111122) 12
1.15
Indonesia's beef import quota (SIM 963) 13
1.15.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111121) 13
1.16
Japan's support to develop CO2 reduction technology (SIM 964) 13
1.16.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111085) 13
1.17
Japan's Chemical Fertilizer Raw Material Procurement Support Emergency
Programme (SIM 965) 13
1.17.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111088) 13
1.18
Paraguay's Tekoporã program (SIM 966) 14
1.18.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111089) 14
1.19
Switzerland's agricultural direct payments (SIM 967) 14
1.19.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111090) 14
1.20
Thailand's debt relief measure (SIM 968) 15
1.20.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111091) 15
1.21
Thailand's rice support (SIM 969) 15
1.21.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111092) 15
1.22
Türkiye's value-added tax (VAT) (SIM 970) 15
1.22.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111124) 15
1.23
Türkiye's Resource Utilization Support Fund (KKDF) (SIM 971) 16
1.23.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111125) 16
1.24
Türkiye's Special Consumption Tax (OTV) (SIM 972) 16
1.24.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111126) 16
1.25
Türkiye's reference price system (SIM 973) 16
1.25.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111128) 16
1.26
Türkiye's additional financial liability (AFL) tax (SIM 974) 17
1.26.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111127) 17
1.27
UK's Improving Farm Productivity Scheme (SIM 975) 17
1.27.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111093) 17
1.28
U.S. applied tariffs (SIM 976) 17
1.28.1
Question by Canada (AG-IMS ID 111129) 17
1.29
United States- Young Farmer Grant Program (SIM 977) 18
1.29.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111094) 18
1.30
United States - Choose Iowa Value Added Grants (SIM 978) 18
1.30.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111095) 18
1.31
U.S. support to cover crops (SIM 979) 18
1.31.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111096) 18
SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM) RAISED
PREVIOUSLY. 19
1.32
Angola's poultry and pork (SIM 927) 19
1.32.1
Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 111130) 19
1.33
Bangladesh's import policies (SIM 929) 19
1.33.1
Question by United States of America, Japan (AG-IMS ID 111115) 19
1.34
Brazil's estimated grant equivalent for subsidized loans (SIM 931) 20
1.34.1
Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 111117) 20
1.35
Canada's dairy Innovation and Investment Fund (SIM 865) 20
1.35.1
Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 111131) 20
1.36
Canada's tariff rate quota for cheese (SIM 345) 21
1.36.1
Question by United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 111001) 21
1.37
Costa Rica's support to micro, small and medium-sized producers (SIM 867) 21
1.37.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111082) 21
1.38
EU's Deforestation and Forest Degradation Strategy (SIM 558) 22
1.38.1
Question by Brazil (AG-IMS ID 111135) 22
1.38.2
Question by New Zealand, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111134) 22
1.39
EU's support to farmers in specific member States (SIM 936) 23
1.39.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111083) 23
1.40
France's aid package to organic farms (SIM 937) 23
1.40.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111084) 23
1.41
India's Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) (SIM 515) 24
1.41.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111119) 24
1.42
India's public stockpiling (SIM 525) 24
1.42.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111120) 24
1.43
India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM 767) 24
1.43.1
Question by Switzerland (AG-IMS ID 111035) 24
1.44
India's export restrictions on wheat and rice (SIM 306) 24
1.44.1
Question by United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States of America, Australia,
Japan, European Union, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111002) 24
1.45
Pakistan's export restrictions on wheat flour (SIM 916) 25
1.45.1
Question by United Kingdom, Switzerland, United States of America, Australia,
Japan, European Union, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111007) 25
1.46
U.S. export development programmes (SIM 835) 25
1.46.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111097) 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 Mexico (G/AG/N/MEX/60, G/AG/N/MEX/61,
G/AG/N/MEX/62) 26
2.1.3 Nicaragua (G/AG/N/NIC/77) 26
2.1.4
Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/124, G/AG/N/CHE/130) 27
2.2
SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SAFEGUARDs (TABLES MA:3 to MA:5) 27
2.2.1
Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/297, G/AG/N/JPN/298, G/AG/N/JPN/299) 27
2.3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 27
2.3.1
Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/57, G/AG/N/ARG/58, G/AG/N/ARG/59) 27
2.3.2
Australia (G/AG/N/AUS/142, G/AG/N/AUS/157, G/AG/N/AUS/164) 29
2.3.3 Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/79) 32
2.3.4
China (G/AG/N/CHN/74, G/AG/N/CHN/74/Corr.1, G/AG/N/CHN/75,
G/AG/N/CHN/75/Corr.1) 32
2.3.5 Costa Rica (G/AG/N/CRI/93, G/AG/N/CRI/98) 33
2.3.6 European Union (G/AG/N/EU/89,
G/AG/N/EU/89/Corr.) 34
2.3.7 European Union (G/AG/N/EU/95) 34
2.3.8
Indonesia (G/AG/N/IDN/77) 35
2.3.9
Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/294) 37
2.3.10 Mauritius (G/AG/N/MUS/23) 37
2.3.11 Mexico (G/AG/N/MEX/66, G/AG/N/MEX/67,
G/AG/N/MEX/68) 38
2.3.12
Nepal (G/AG/N/NPL/21, G/AG/N/NPL/22) 39
2.3.13
Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/135) 39
2.3.14
Oman (G/AG/N/OMN/31, G/AG/N/OMN/32, G/AG/N/OMN/35) 41
2.3.15
Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/128, G/AG/N/CHE/132) 42
2.3.16
Ukraine (G/AG/N/UKR/58, G/AG/N/UKR/59) 44
2.3.17
United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/27, G/AG/N/GBR/27/Rev.1) 44
2.3.18
United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/169, G/AG/N/USA/173) 45
2.3.19
Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/84) 46
2.4
NEW OR MODIFIED DOMESTIC SUPPORT MEASURES (TABLE DS:2) 46
2.4.1 Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/56) 46
2.4.2
Switzerland (G/AG/N/CHE/131) 47
2.4.3
United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/33) 48
2.4.4
United States of America (G/AG/N/USA/174) 48
3 OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 49
3.1 China. 49
3.2 Egypt 49
3.3 Honduras. 49
3.4 Thailand. 50
3.5 Tunisia. 50
3.6 Uruguay. 50
4 deferred replies. 50
4.1
MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 50
4.1.1
Australia, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom,
United States – Restrictions on agricultural and agriculture-related
services (SIM 770) 50
4.1.1.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111038, 111040, 111043, 111048,
111052, 111056, 111062, 111065) 50
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) 51
4.1.2.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111039, 111041, 111057,
111063, 111066) 51
4.1.3
Bangladesh's import policies (SIM 929) 51
4.1.3.1
Question by Japan, United States of America (AG-IMS ID 111032) 51
4.1.4
Brazil's options contract on cereal (SIM 930) 51
4.1.4.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111075) 51
4.1.5
Brazil's food purchase programme (PAA) (SIM 932) 52
4.1.5.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 111076) 52
4.1.6
Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway – Prohibitions and
restrictions on agricultural machinery supplies (SIM 772) 52
4.1.6.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111042, 111044, 111049, 111053,
111058, 111059) 52
4.1.7
China's domestic support for cotton (SIM 883) 53
4.1.7.1
Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 111123) 53
4.1.7.2
Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 111132) 53
4.1.8
China's Technical and Financial Assistance (SIM 935) 53
4.1.8.1
Question by United States of America, Australia (AG-IMS ID 111133) 53
4.1.9
European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on road freight transport
(SIM 778) 54
4.1.9.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111045, 111050, 111060) 54
4.1.10
European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on access to ports (SIM 782) 54
4.1.10.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111046, 111051, 111061) 54
4.1.11
EU's measure on Russian agricultural exports (SIM 888) 54
4.1.11.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111047) 54
4.1.12
India's export restriction measures on rice (SIM 767) 55
4.1.12.1
Question by United States of America, Japan, Australia, Canada,
United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 111138) 55
4.1.13
Nigeria's import prohibitions and restrictions (Including quantitative
restrictions) (SIM 223) 55
4.1.13.1
Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111137) 55
4.1.14
Nigeria's duty-free scheme (SIM 942) 56
4.1.14.1
Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111139) 56
4.1.15
Nigeria's MFN applied duty rate (SIM 943) 56
4.1.15.1
Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111140) 56
4.1.16
Philippines' Minimum Access Volume (SIM 918) 56
4.1.16.1
Question by United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS ID 111142) 56
4.1.17
United Kingdom's banking and financial restrictions (SIM 810) 57
4.1.17.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111064) 57
4.1.18
U.S. No Russian Agriculture Act (SIM 901) 57
4.1.18.1
Question by Russian Federation (AG-IMS ID 111067) 57
4.2
POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 57
4.2.1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 57
4.2.1.1
Bangladesh (G/AG/N/BGD/5, G/AG/N/BGD/5/Rev.1) 57
4.2.1.2
Brazil
(G/AG/N/BRA/79) 57
4.2.1.3
China (G/AG/N/CHN/47) 58
4.2.1.4
China (G/AG/N/CHN/74, G/AG/N/CHN/75) 58
4.2.1.5
Paraguay (G/AG/N/PRY/34, G/AG/N/PRY/36, G/AG/N/PRY/41) 61
5 EXPORT COMPETITION.. 61
5.1 China. 61
5.2 Guyana. 62
5.3 Indonesia. 63
6 OTHER. 63
6.1 Thailand. 63
[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. Questions cosponsored via the AG‑IMS as of
10 am on 10 March are already reflected accordingly in this document.