RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/VEN/1
8April 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1420)
Original: English Working Party on
State Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Question Posed byCANADA Concerning
theArticle XVII Notification ofVENEZUELA1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated6April1998,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofCanada.
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Venezuela states thatitsonlySTEisinvolved inpetroleum products. However, inVenezuela 's
1996 TPRM (Section 5),ithasbeen noted thattheVenezuelan Sugar Distributor (Distribuidora
Venezolana deAzucareros, DVA)controls allexports andimports ofsugar. TheDVA isowned by
Venezuela 'ssugar mills(11private, 5public, thelatterarebeing privatized), whoarerequired tosupply
theirentire production ofsugar fortheDVA fordistribution andsale.
Q. Could Venezuela please explain theroleoftheVenezuelan Sugar Distributor (Distribuidora
Venezolana deAzucareros, DVA)intheimportation andexportation ofsugar, andprovide further details
ontheoperations ofDVA?
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