RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/MLT/1
25September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3809)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
Questions Posed byNEW ZEALAND Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofMALTA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofNewZealand.
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1. Wenotetheadvice inMalta 'snotification thatMedigrain Ltd.istheexclusive importer of
milling wheat andmajor feedgrains. Thenotification alsostates thatimports byprivate traders are
prohibited. Weassume, therefore, thatitisnotpossible forexporters toselldirectly intothedomestic
market, evenifthetariff ispaid.
2. Could Malta confirm that,inspiteofthecommitments made onmarket access under theWTO
Agreement onAgriculture, itcontinues tomaintain anon-tariff measure ontheimport ofmilling wheat
andmajor feedgrains through theoperations ofMedigrain Ltd.
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