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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/SAU/29/Add.2
21October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4583)
Working Party ontheAccession Original: English
oftheKingdom ofSaudi Arabia
ACCESSION OFTHE KINGDOM OFSAUDI ARABIA
Additional Questions andReplies
Addendum
TheMinistry ofCommerce oftheKingdom ofSaudi Arabia hassubmitted theadditional replies
reproduced hereunder.
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Question 1
Areallagricultural support programs inSaudi Arabia atthenational andsubnational levels
included intheAMS calculation? Ifnot,please explain thereason forexclusions.
Reply
Yes,allagricultural support programs bothatthenational andsubnational levels areincluded
intheAMS calculation.
Question 1
Saudi Arabia reports input subsidies forpoultry. Howarethemonetary value forthose subsidies
derived? Why didSaudi Arabia usebudgetary outlays inthiscaseandaprice gapcalculation
forsimilar subsidies forlivestock?
Reply
Themonetary value forinput subsidies forpoultry isbased onbudgetary outlays. Budgetary
outlays forpoultry subsidies andpricegapcalculations forlivestock subsidies havebeenusedbecause
ofthedifferent nature ofoperation ofthetwoprograms.
Inthecaseofinputsubsidyforlivestock,theGSFMOpurchasesbarleyfromdomesticproducers
andalsoimports barley andthen sells ittolivestock producers atanadministered price of
US$74.67 perton.
Inthecaseofsubsidy forpoultry, input users purchase cornofsoyabeanfromtheimporters
atmarket prices andforevery tonofpurchase theGovernment gives them asubsidy ifUS$53.33
(SRls 20o)perton.