STATE TRADING
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
XVII:4(A) OF
THE GATT 1994 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE UNDERSTANDING
ON THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE XVII
CHILE
The following communication, dated and
received on 13 May 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation
of Chile.
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In accordance
with Article XVII of the GATT 1994 and paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the
Interpretation of that Article, the Government of Chile hereby notifies the
entity "Comercializadora de Trigo S.A." (hereinafter
"COTRISA") as a joint stock company in which the State has a majority
interest and which currently focuses its activities on providing public goods
to the market. The public goods that the company provides can be summed up as
follows: (i) contributing to ensuring the transparency of the domestic and
regional cereals market by providing timely and reliable information and
analysis; (ii) supporting implementation of Law No. 20.656
(regulating commercial transactions in agricultural products) through COTRISA's
central laboratory, which serves as a testing laboratory and provides
arbitration services, as well as training services for the staff of
agri-business laboratories; and (iii) participating, as a purchasing authority,
in the cereals market where necessary and as determined by the sector's
political authority.
We submit herewith our replies to the
questionnaire in document _G/STR/3/Rev.1.