WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/AUS/28
9 March 2000
(00-0933)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 and ES:2 )
for financial year 1998/99  was received from the delegation of Australia on 29 February 2000.G/AG/N/AUS/28
Page 2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 1998/99
Export Subsidies:  Budgetary Outlays  and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Financial year
beginning…Subsidised exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
A$Quantity
tonnesQuantity
tonnesOutlays
A$Quantity
tonnes
12 3 4 5 6 7
Other milk products July 2,006,888 621 (fats)
1,425 (solids non fat)33,560,000 15,830 (fats)
65,889 (solids non fat)
Note: Australia provided no export subsidies (Table ES:1) in the financial year 1998/99 for butter and butter oil, cheese, and skim milk powder.
Source:  Victorian Dairy Industry Authority.G/AG/N/AUS/28
Page 3Supporting Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 1998/99
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments
Description of products Direct
export
subsidies
A$Sales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific export
subsidies
A$Quantity of
subsidised exportsData source
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Other milk products 2,006,888 2,006,888 621 (fats)
1,425 (solids non fats)Victorian Dairy Industry
AuthorityG/AG/N/AUS/28
Page 4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year 1998/99
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Financial  year  1998/99 Quantity of total exports
12 3
Butter and butter oil 103,650
Cheese 172,445
Skim milk powder 237,893
Other milk products 311,996
Source:  Australian Dairy Corporation
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