WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CZE/16
14 April 1998
(98-1476)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export  subsidy commitments (Table ES:1 and the
relevant Supporting Table ES:1, and Table ES:3) was received from the delegation of the
Czech Republic  on 8 April 1998.
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CZECH REPUBLIC
In 1997, export subsidies were applied to beef, milk powder, butter, cheeses, other dairy
products and potato starch. Other products with redu ction commitments as shown in Section II of Part
IV of the Schedule XCII - Czech Republic, received no export subsidies during the said period. The
Czech Republic provided food aid to for Albania in 1997, notifiable under Table ES:3.G/AG/N/CZE/16
Page 2Table ES :1 EXPORT SUBSIDES:  Czech Republic
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar year, 1997
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of
productsCalendar year :
1997Subsidized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
(mil. Kč)Quantity
(1,000 t )Quantity Outlays
(mil. Kč)Quantity
 (1,000 t )
1    2 3 4      5 6 7
Beef
(0102,0201,0202,1602)1997 129,0 10,5 397.0 56.4
Milk powder
( 0402 )1997 123,0 14,8 1,597.0 75.8
Butter
( 0405 )1997 805,0 21,6
Cheeses
( 0406 )1997 146,0 989,0 13,5 36,8 1,640.0 71.2
Other dairy products
( 0401 )1997 38,0 1,7
Potato starch
( 110813 )1997 33,0 6,0 62.3 13.5G/AG/N/CZE/16
Page 3Supporting Table ES :1 EXPORT SUBSIDES:  Czech Republic
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar year 1997
           Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of
productsDirect export
subsidies
(mil. Kč)Sales of stocks Producer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific export
subsidies
(mil. Kč)Quantity of
subsidized
exports
(1,000 t )Data source
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Beef 129,0 129,0 10,5 SFMR (*)
( 0102,0201,
0202,1602 )
Milk powder 123,0 123,0 14,8 SFMR (*)
( 0402 )Butter 805,0 805,0 21,6 SFMR (*)
( 0405 )Cheeses 146,0 146,0 13,5 SFMR (*)
( 0406 )
Other dairy
products38,0 38,0 1,7 SFMR (*)
( 0401 )
Potato starch 33,0 33,0 6,0 SFMR (*)
( 110813 )
SFMR (*) - State Fund of Market RegulationG/AG/N/CZE/16
Page 4Table ES : 3 EXPORT SUBSIDES:  Czech Republic
   REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar year, 1997
           Export Subsidies: Notification of the total volume of food aid
Description of products Calendar year : 1997 Quantity of food aid to all destinations (t )*
12 3
Milk powder 2,0
* The data are provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
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