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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/AUS/24
21 May 1999
(99-2068)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export subsidy commitments ( Tables ES:1 and ES:2 )
for calendar year  1998  was received from the delegation of Australia  on 17 May 1999.
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In accordance with the notification requirements and formats in agriculture adopted by the
Committee on Agriculture, Australia hereby notifies that it provided no export subsidies (Table ES:1)in the calendar year 1998 for pears.  Total exports (Table ES:2) for calendar year 1998 are provided in
the attached table.G/AG/N/AUS/24
Page 2Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  Australia
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Export Subsidies:  Notification of Total Exports
Description of products Calendar year  1998 Quantity of total exports (tonnes)
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Wheat and wheat flour 15,394,755
Sugar 4,297,861
Bovine meat 880,686
Sheepmeat 247,285
Cotton 625,477
Pears 18,154
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
Queensland Sugar Corporation
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