RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/W/8
28February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0737)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
QUESTIONS FROM AUSTRALIA ONTHE
ARTICLE XVII NOTIFICATIONS OFCANADA1,CHILE2,
INDONESIA3,JAPAN4,KOREA5,NORWAY6AND SWITZERLAND7
Thefollowing communication, dated 19February 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofAustralia.
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Canada (G/STR/N/1/CAN +Add.1)
DoestheCanadian Wheat Board underwrite salesofwheat and,ifso,under whatcircumstances
doesthisoccur?
With regard totheCanadian Dairy Commission (CDC), what istheMarket Sharing Quota
andhowdoesitoperate? DoestheCanadian Government provide anyfinancial support totheoperations
oftheCDC orguarantee anyminimum levelofpayment toproducers? Ifso,howarethese functions
determined?
Chile (G/STR/N/1/CHL)
Theresponse toSection IIIofthequestionnaire doesnotappear toprovide anadequate picture
ofCOTRISA 'soperations. Itwould beappreciated ifChile could outline howpurchases ofwheat
andother cereals byCOTRISA arefunded andhowprices forpurchases from domestic producers
andsalestodomestic purchasers aredetermined. Itwould alsobehelpful ifChile could explain how
COTRISA achieves itscharter ofsupporting thedomestic marketing process.
Indonesia (G/STR/N/1/IDN)
What changes, ifany,havebeenmade totheoperations ofBULOG asaresult ofIndonesia 's
Uruguay Round commitments, particularly those relating tosugar?
Japan (G/STR/N/1/JPN)
What changes, ifany,havebeenmade totheoperations ofstatetrading enterprises asaresult
ofJapan'sUruguay Round commitments ontobacco, salt,alcohol, rice,wheat, barley, dairy products
andrawsilk?
1G/STR/N/1/CAN +Add.1,2G/STR/N/1/CHL,3G/STR/N/1/IDN,4G/STR/N/1/JPN,
5G/STR/N/1/KOR,6G/STR/N/1/NOR,7G/STR/N/1/CHE.
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Korea (G/STR/N/1/KOR)
What changes, ifany,havebeenmade totheoperations ofKorea 'sstatetrading enterprises
asaresult ofKorea 'sUruguay Round commitments onalcohol, rice,wheat, barley, dairy products,
beef, vegetables andfruit?
Norway (G/STR/N/1/NOR)
Itisnotclearfromresponses toSections IIandIIIwhether Statkorn Ltdenjoys any"special
andexclusive privileges" intheterms ofArticle XVII. Could Norway elaborate ontheconditions
applying toStatkorn Ltd? Wearealsointerested inchanges made totheoperations ofStatkorn in
thelightofNorway 'scommitments under theWTO Agreement onAgriculture.
Wenotethataspartofageneral deregulation package there wasnorequirement forNorway
tonotify totheAgriculture Committee items covered bycurrent access tariff ratequotas because year
2000endratesbecame theapplied rates. Weunderstand thattheNorwegian Grain Corporation (NGC)
isresponsible foradministering allremaining tariff quotas. CanNorway confirm this? Allbutfive
oftheremaining tariff quotas aretobeadministered byquota auctioning (deer, elkandgame onthe
basis ofhistorical share, andapples andpears onthebasis ofmarket share overthelastthree years).
Could Norway provide further information regarding theoperation oftheNGC including thetariff
quota mechanism, andclarify thebasis onwhich theCorporation administers thetariff quotas ona
widerange ofitems (including meat, cabbage andbutter)? What isthedomestic roleoftheNGC and
whatGovernment support, ifany,isprovided?
Switzerland (G/STR/N/1/CHE)
CanSwitzerlandadvisewhatchangeshavebeenmadetoarrangementsapplyingtotheimportation
ofbread flour asaresult ofcommitments under theUruguay Round?