WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/CYP/5
23January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0246)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification concerning export subsidy commitments for1995 (Tables ES:1and
ES:2) wasreceived from thedelegation ofCyprus on5January 1998.
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Theattached notification responds totherequirement toreport theuseofexport subsidies using
Table ES:1andSupporting Table ES:1. Theinformation relates tothecommitments listed inSection II
ofPartIVofCyprus 'Schedule CVII. TheCypriot subsidized volumes andtheoutlays forsubsidies,
areconsiderably lower thantheexport subsidy commitment levels intheSchedule. Whereas thetotal
annual outlay commitment levelamounts to£C8.5million in1995, theactual outlay was£C1.5million.
Theactual levelofquantity wasalsosignificantly lower thanthecommitment level. ForHalloumi
cheese, however, boththeexported volumes andtheexport subsidies areexceeding thecommitment
levels. Theexceeding outlay onlyamounts to£C270,000 lessthan3.2percentofthetotalexport
subsidy outlay in1995. Cyprus does, however regret thisexcess, which isduetoamisinterpretation,
bytheexecutive authorities, oftheguidelines oftheexport subsidy scheme. Asfrom January 1996,
theroutines wererevised, andexport subsidies ofHalloumi cheese arewithin thecommitment levels.G/AG/N/CYP/5
Page2Table ES:1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES: Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1995
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description ofproducts Calendar year Subsidised exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
£C000Quantity
tonnesQuantity Outlays
£C000Quantity
tonnes
(from Section IIof
PartIV)(from Section IIof
PartIV)(from Section IIofPartIV)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Cheese
Other milk products
Wine alcohol and
other grape products
Fruit (dried grapes-
raisins)
Vegetables
Pigmeat
Poultry meat
Sheepmeat
Bovine meat1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995357
-
1,021
170
-
-
-
-
-1,860
-
10,346
580
-
-
-
-
--
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-88
29
1,327
1,854
3,806
586
293
244
244986
296
15,136
102,500
142,000
986
493
247
247G/AG/N/CYP/5
Page3Supporting Table ES:1 EXPORT SUBSIDIES: Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1995
Export Subsidies: Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description
ofproductsDirect export
subsidies
£C000Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific
export
subsidies
£C000Quantity of
subsidized
exports
tonnesData source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Cheese
Wine alcohol
andother grape
products
Fruit (dried
grapes-raisins)357
1,021
170-
-
--
-
--
-
--
-
-357
1,021
1701,860
10,346
580Ministry of
Commerce,
Industry
and
TourismG/AG/N/CYP/5
Page4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: Cyprus
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1995
Export Subsidies: Notification ofTotal Exports
Description ofproducts Calendar year Quantity oftotalexports
1 2 3
Cheese
Other milk products
Wine alcohol andother grape products
Fruit
Vegetables
Pigmeat
Live swine
Poultry meat
Poultry live
Goats live
Live Bovine
Bovine livers, edible offal, tongues, frozen
Bovine meat andmeat offal, excluding livers, prepared or
preserved1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
19952,224,636
300,992
56,141,083
97,800,858
193,869,462
1,209,252
506
107,574
503,000
766
729
5,766
110kilograms
kilograms
kilograms
kilograms
kilograms
kilograms
number
kilograms
number
number
number
kilograms
kilograms
Source: Department ofStatistics andResearch, Ministry ofFinance.
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