RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/ISR/8
12March 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1006)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
Question Posed byAUSTRALIA Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofISRAEL1
Thefollowing communication, dated 5March 1997, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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WenotethatIsrael'srevised notification ofstatetrading enterprises doesnotinclude theIsraeli
Cotton Production andMarketing Board andtheAgricultural Export Company (AGREXCO). Both
ofthese enterprises appear tofallwithin theWTO working definition ofstatetrading enterprises with
AGREXCO, inparticular, having considerable market power. Does Israel plantonotify these
organizations asstatetrading enterprises totheWTO andifnot,whynot?
1G/STR/N/1/ISR/Rev.1.