WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CAN/30
20 October 1999
(99-4515)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English/
French
NOTIFICATION
The attached notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables  ES:1  and ES:3 )
for marketing year 1998/99  was received from the delegation of Canada  on 6 October 1999.G/AG/N/CAN/30
Page 2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products1Marketing year
Aug 1, 1998 – Jul 31, 1999Subsidised exports Food aid2Annual commitment levels
Outlays
($000)Quantity
(Tonnes)Quantity
(Tonnes)Outlays
($000)Quantity
(Tonnes)
12 3 4 5 6 7
Wheat and Wheat Flour 0 0 333,9993250,181 10,747,173
Coarse Grains 0 0 - 88,481 3,938,126
Oilseeds 0 0 - 45,373 1,904,167Vegetable Oils 0 0 1,265
42,638 101,005
Oilcakes 0 0 - 5,674 235,977
Butter 0 0 - 22,165 5,886
Skim Milk Powder 0 0 - 36,989 48,936
Cheese 0 0 - 21,278 10,424Other Milk Products 0 0 24
526,725 32,966
Vegetables 0 0 22,89263,382 137,871
Incorporated Products 0 N/A - 25,862 N/A
1. The range of products in each category is those contained in Schedule V, Part IV, Secti on II:  Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reductio n Commitments, Annex I.
2. Includes food aid to all destinations, with the range of products in each category defined as those in Annex I of Canada's Sc hedule V.  Food aid data provided by the Canadian
International Development Agency.
3. Wheat and wheat flour.4. Canola oil.
5. Therapeutic milk.
6. Dried peas and beans.G/AG/N/CAN/30
Page 3 Table ES:3
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Canada
REPORTING PERIOD:  Marketing year 1998/99
Export Subsidies:  Notification of  total volume of food aid
Description of products Marketing year
1998 - 19991Quantity of food aid to all destinations
(Tonnes)
12 3
In addition to the food aid reported in Table ES.1:
Canned fish August 1, 1998 – July 31, 1999 2,277
Soya oil August 1, 1998 – July 31, 1999 2,898
1. The August 1 – July 31 period has no significance for Canadian food aid; it has been chosen to facilitate notification of all  data related to Canada's export subsidy commitments
using the same time-period.
Source:  Canadian International Development Agency.
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