No. _________________WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SECRET/15
31 July 2002
(02-4232)
Original:  English
ARTICLE XXVIII:5 – NEGOTIATIONS
Schedule CXL – European Communities
The following communication, dated 26 July 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the European Communities.
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In accordance with the provisions and procedures of Article XXVIII, paragraph 5 of the
General Agreement, the European Communities hereby provides notification that it intends to modify
concessions on items 10011050 (durum wheat), 10019095 (spelt, common wheat and meslin, except
spelt for sowing) 10020000 (rye), 10030050 (barley), 1005 (maize, except hybrid seeds), 10070090(grain sorghum, except hybrids for sowing) included in Schedule CXL of the European Communities
annexed to the General Agreement.
The European Communities is prepared to enter into negotiations and consultations with the
appropriate Members under Article XXVIII for the modification of concessions with respect to the
above mentioned tariff lines.
Statistics of imports
1 of the products involved, by country of origin, are enclosed.
                                                     
1 In English only.G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of durum wheat (Code 10011050)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
USA 134,484.1 238,705.7 312,211.5 228,467.1 28,383.4 47,804.1 62,798.0 46,328.5
Canada 171,984.9 226,633.8 131,631.1 176,749.9 28,085.0 39,974.3 22,097.6 30,052.3
Australia 20,296.1 152,682.7 242,374.2 138,451.0 4,335.7 26,189.9 42,144.4 24,223.3
Turkey 26,649.3 176,928.9 125,975.4 109,851.2 3,794.6 23,471.9 20,280.0 15,848.8
Aust.Oceania 20,800.0 44,701.3 21,833.8 2,494.8 7,163.8 3,219.5
Mexico 15,422.3 5,140.8 2,879.9 960.0
Hungary 2,297.6 6,455.5 2,768.6 3,840.6 357.5 815.5 411.6 528.2
Kazakhstan 3,677.0 1,225.7 424.9 141.6
Russia 2,725.3 908.4 400.4 133.5
Argentina 115.5 38.5 29.2 9.7
Egypt 12.0 25.3 12.4 3.7 12.8 5.5
New Zealand 4.0 1.3 5.2 1.7
Israel 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2
Switzerland 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of spelt, common wheat and meslin (excl seed) (Code 10019095)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
USA 983,271.8 1,098,469.
1963,340.9 1,015,027.
3153,809.5 175,601.9 174,187.1 167,866.1
Canada 864,147.6 1,084,450.
81,027,352.
4991,983.6 148,117.1 188,404.8 193,783.6 176,768.5
Hungary 272,182.7 205,429.1 44,208.2 173,940.0 26,672.0 22,668.1 8,089.4 19,143.2
Kazakhstan 52,074.0 202,873.8 159,799.6 138,249.1 7,595.4 32,003.2 28,288.0 22,628.9
Australia 113,611.8 83,316.1 44,816.2 80,581.4 19,430.6 15,551.1 10,714.4 15,232.0
Romania 22,512.1 39,228.1 9,978.3 23,906.2 2,300.8 5,013.3 2,347.2 3,220.4
Ukraine 10,687.5 13,619.1 29,561.2 17,955.9 1,597.5 2,029.8 6,111.7 3,246.3
Argentina 2,044.3 2,490.4 21,833.7 8,789.5 286.9 463.3 3,603.9 1,451.4
Russia 8,496.6 12,953.6 7,150.1 900.7 1,728.1 876.3
Slovakia 4,508.6 6,932.2 9,224.1 6,888.3 668.7 1,078.0 1,713.9 1,153.5
Bulgaria 1,899.5 2,613.6 2,750.0 2,421.0 195.7 288.9 319.7 268.1
Czech Rep. 954.6 827.6 2,365.6 1,382.6 206.2 193.8 501.7 300.6
Estonia 2,596.8 865.6 371.1 123.7
Poland 75.0 1,604.1 604.1 761.1 8.8 178.8 85.0 90.8
Thailand 1,985.9 662.0 283.6 94.5
Croatia 821.0 273.7 122.9 41.0
Switzerland 0.3 587.0 7.1 198.1 0.2 142.2 7.7 50.0
New Zealand 252.6 301.2 184.6 149.1 99.0 82.7
Egypt 0.4 69.6 23.3 1.2 24.7 8.6
Turkey 15.8 30.2 17.6 21.2 8.0 14.4 15.5 12.6
Slovenia 26.1 8.7 4.0 1.3
Israel 2.6 0.9 9.2 3.1
Syria 2.1 0.7 0.6 0.2
Dominican
R.0.9 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.6
Norway 1.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1
China 0.2 1.0 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.4
Lebanon 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.2 0.3
Chile 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.2
South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of rye (Code 10020000)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
Hungary 3,138.2 108.8 1,013.9 1,420.3 567.9 39.9 184.4 264.1
Poland 122.1 894.7 55.0 357.3 57.1 973.5 22.0 350.9
Czech Rep. 215.3 287.3 423.6 308.7 61.1 52.7 93.7 69.2
Canada 63.1 763.3 275.5 23.9 210.2 78.0
Slovakia 25.0 477.9 167.6 4.7 96.4 33.7
Russia 95.9 32.0 7.4 2.5
Switzerland 75.0 2.0 25.7 37.6 1.8 13.1
USA 0.9 60.5 5.5 22.3 1.0 18.3 4.5 8.0
Egypt 7.3 2.4 9.8 3.3
Iran 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.6
Estonia 1.0 0.3 0.7 0.2
China 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.6
New Zealand 0.1 0.0 2.6 0.9G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of barley (Code 10030050)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
USA 31,688.0 33,967.1 28,525.6 31,393.6 5,499.3 6,129.0 5,316.3 5,648.2
Czech Rep. 2,776.3 27,010.1 594.3 10,126.9 314.8 2,774.7 89.8 1,059.8
Slovakia 9,663.5 4,230.8 1,649.8 5,181.4 1,071.7 485.5 356.1 637.8
Hungary 1,223.0 2,561.9 97.0 1,294.0 111.1 261.4 17.0 129.8
Canada 374.9 202.3 2,358.5 978.6 77.6 42.6 678.1 266.1
Australia 1,718.7 572.9 480.4 160.1
Lithuania 792.0 264.0 91.7 30.6
Ukraine 331.8 110.6 20.5 6.8
New Zealand 69.9 35.7 22.6 42.7 25.9 48.5 20.5 31.6
Poland 75.4 25.1 22.5 7.5
Norway 22.9 38.0 3.8 21.6 12.9 22.4 2.3 12.5
Russia 10.0 3.3 44.9 15.0
South Africa 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.3
South Korea 0.4 0.8 0.4 1.2 0.8 0.7
Chile 0.6 0.5 0.4 1.7 1.4 1.0
China 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.6 1.4 0.8 1.3
Thailand 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.3
Egypt 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.1
Argentina 0.5 0.2 2.0 0.7
Japan 0.3 0.1 2.2 0.7
Mexico 0.2 0.1 1.2 0.4
Colombia 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of maize (excl. seed) (Code 10059000)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
Argentina 2,177,345.
71,878,688.
21,764,576.
91,940,203.
6247,736.5 242,865.2 232,247.0 240,949.5
Hungary 316,291.4 256,916.3 4,430.3 192,546.0 32,714.4 30,355.7 1,100.5 21,390.2
Brazil 78.8 39.0 561,552.4 187,223.4 25.2 15.2 67,648.0 22,562.8
USA 236,216.5 27,850.1 45,304.7 103,123.8 30,870.2 11,778.7 14,021.3 18,890.0
Paraguay 450.5 93,441.6 31,297.4 64.0 11,153.7 3,739.2
Romania 9,067.6 76,826.1 0.1 28,631.3 957.9 8,622.6 0.1 3,193.5
Serb.Monten. 41,592.7 24,908.4 25.0 22,175.4 4,150.0 2,793.2 10.9 2,318.0
Ukraine 27,893.6 3,060.2 10,317.9 3,253.7 438.0 1,230.6
Croatia 29,244.3 0.4 9,748.2 2,589.2 0.2 863.1
Bulgaria 17,406.7 9,407.7 0.2 8,938.2 1,684.0 1,018.5 2.3 901.6
Moldova 20,332.9 6,777.6 2,151.8 717.3
Peru 2,237.5 3,004.7 3,182.7 2,808.3 1,760.3 3,077.1 3,053.3 2,630.2
South Africa 2,679.9 1,478.8 750.0 1,636.2 752.2 478.1 291.7 507.3
Slovakia 3,025.1 1,846.0 1,623.7 447.8 352.8 266.9
Madagascar 811.3 2,190.9 377.0 1,126.4 116.8 309.5 62.3 162.9
Canada 737.0 856.5 551.9 715.1 385.4 433.5 309.5 376.1
Poland 6.5 9.5 1,592.9 536.3 7.8 14.0 207.9 76.5
Czech Rep. 19.4 165.8 789.7 325.0 2.9 29.0 150.3 60.7
Thailand 120.5 134.5 126.2 127.1 462.4 488.2 478.6 476.4
Israel 200.0 21.8 73.9 53.0 11.1 21.4
Benin 219.7 73.2 37.6 12.5
Turkey 56.4 56.8 96.6 69.9 48.6 36.1 83.3 56.0
Australia 54.5 43.0 90.4 62.6 19.5 9.5 32.7 20.6
Uruguay 60.0 20.0 20.8 6.9
Slovenia 0.0 45.5 15.2 0.1 15.7 5.3
Namibia 42.3 14.1 11.8 3.9
Zimbabwe 17.0 16.9 7.6 13.8 68.5 48.6 4.5 40.5
Ivory Coast 19.0 9.5 8.3 12.3 2.0 1.1 0.9 1.4
Papua N.G. 36.0 12.0 36.2 12.1
Kazakhstan 23.0 7.7 4.0 1.3
Venezuela 22.0 7.3 15.2 5.1
China 20.1 0.9 7.0 10.9 1.2 4.0
Egypt 18.0 6.0 4.1 1.4
Zambia 0.5 5.7 9.6 5.3 1.7 22.7 33.0 19.2
Ghana 4.0 7.0 4.0 5.0 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.3
Colombia 0.5 11.7 4.1 1.4 10.9 4.1
Kenya 2.1 0.9 7.2 3.4 7.6 1.7 25.0 11.4
Philippines 2.3 6.9 0.9 3.4 5.5 1.6 1.6 2.9
Ecuador 1.4 4.7 0.3 2.1 1.2 3.5 0.9 1.8
Lebanon 5.6 0.1 1.9 1.9 0.1 0.7
Norway 4.2 0.0 0.4 1.5 2.0 0.0 0.8 0.9
Chile 1.4 1.2 0.9 2.2 1.4 1.2
Morocco 2.0 0.7 0.8 0.3G/SECRET/15
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QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
Togo 1.9 0.6 3.2 1.1
Vietnam 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.6 0.6
Mexico 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.6
Switzerland 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.4
Gambia 0.2 0.1 1.8 0.6
Indonesia 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.4
Bolivia 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
Saudi Arabia 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0
India 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0
Guatemala 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Japan 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1
New Zealand 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0G/SECRET/15
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EU15 imports of grain sorghum (excl. hybrid for sowing) (Code 10070090)
By country of origin - By campaign year (01.07-30.06)
QUANTITY TON VALUE 1000ECU/EURO
AVG AVG
1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000 1998/1999 1999/2000 2000/2001 1998-2000
USA 195,035.0 178,061.2 1,218.1 124,771.4 18,329.4 19,479.5 192.6 12,667.2
Sudan 82,971.4 72,151.3 5,901.9 53,674.9 8,635.4 8,198.4 1,383.9 6,072.5
Argentina 11,000.0 645.5 3,881.8 1,166.9 72.2 413.0
Australia 1,239.6 1,523.5 2,481.4 1,748.2 200.2 322.6 332.6 285.1
China 2,594.7 1,204.4 237.6 1,345.6 673.5 320.1 76.5 356.7
Nigeria 676.0 225.3 146.7 48.9
India 139.3 62.6 139.7 113.9 49.1 26.2 57.4 44.2
Egypt 44.9 73.9 43.0 53.9 9.1 23.4 8.3 13.6
Canada 43.0 14.3 47.8 15.9
Tunisia 11.3 2.2 4.5 20.2 3.9 8.1
Bulgaria 8.0 2.7 10.6 3.5
Paraguay 7.9 2.6 2.3 0.8
Hungary 5.0 1.7 4.9 1.6
Mali 3.6 1.2 0.4 0.1
Burkina Faso 2.0 0.7 1.5 0.5
Togo 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.3
Ethiopia 0.5 0.2 1.6 0.5
Chile 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.3
South Africa 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
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