RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/BRB/2
17July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-2794)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
QUESTIONS POSED BYAUSTRALIA CONCERNING
THE ARTICLE XVII NOTIFICATION OFBARBADOS1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated11July1996,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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1. What commercial andother criteria areapplied bytheBarbados Agricultural Development
Corporation(BADMC)andtheBarbadosDairyIndustriesLimited(BDIL)intheirregulationandpricing
ofimports? Does theGovernment haveplans toprivatize theBADMC andBDIL?
2. Onlystatetrading enterprises import commodities likepoultry, dairy, sugar andonions during
theoff-season and/or when there isashortfall. Thiscould havethesame effect asalocal content
scheme. Barbados hastariff quotas onpoultry, dairy products andonions, buthowarethese imports
seasonally controlled?
1G/STR/N/1/BRB.