RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/NZL/3
15September 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2686)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning export subsidy commitments (Tables ES:1 andES:2
andtherelevant Supporting Table) hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofNewZealand .
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Thenotification covers theyearending 30June1995. Members should notethatNewZealand
doesnotapply anyquantities offoodaidnotifiable under Table ES:3. Inthisregard, NewZealand
makes monetary contributions togood aidthrough multilateral agencies andthrough NGO channels.
Insummary, Members should notethatasfrom1July1995, NewZealand hasnoexport subsidy
programmes subject toreduction commitments.G/AG/N/NZL/3
Page2Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1995
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description of
productsYear ended June Subsidized exports Food aid Annual commitment levels
Outlays
$NZmillionQuantity1Quantity Outlays
$NZmillionQuantity1
Allproducts
described in
Annex Iofthe
Agreement on
Agriculture1995 0.016 NA 0 213.57 NA
Explanatory Notes:
1NA=NotApplicable. NewZealand didnotmake anyexport subsidy quantity reduction commitments, except fortheyear2000 when theexport
subsidy quantity commitment isnil.G/AG/N/NZL/3
Page3Support Table ES:1
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1995
Export Subsidies: Outlay andQuantity Reduction Commitments
Description
ofproductsDirect export
subsidies
$NZmillionSales of
stocksProducer
financed
subsidiesCost
reduction
measuresInternal
transport
subsidiesTotal product
specific
export
subsidies
$NZmillionQuantity of
subsidized
exports2Datasource
Agriculture
Production -
Rural Export
Suspensory
Loans10.016 0 0 0 0 0 NA 1995/96
Estimates of
Appropria-
tions forthe
Government
ofNew
Zealand
Explanatory Notes:
1Rural Export Suspensory Loans -thisscheme wasintroduced in1974 toprovide suspensory loans foragriculture andhorticultural producers outside theareaof
traditionalpastoralindustries.Underthescheme, loansweremadeavailablefor40percentofthecapitalcostofplantandmachineryandcertainotherdevelopmentexpenditures
(excluding land) forprojects designed toachieve highexport performance. Theloans were written offinfullifsetexport targets were metwithin thefirstfiveyears, or
longer period ifagreed. Thescheme wasterminated inMarch 1985, withoutstanding loans toruntheirfullterm. Thefinalpayment under thisscheme wasmade in1994/95.
2NA=NotApplicable (refer toexplanatory note1ofTable ES:1).G/AG/N/NZL/3
Page4Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: NEW ZEALAND
REPORTING PERIOD: YEAR ENDING JUNE 1995
Export Subsidies: Notification ofTotal Exports
Description ofproducts Year ending June Quantity oftotalexports2
(tonnes)
Butter andbutter oil 1995 234,502
Skim milkpower 1995 138,368
Cheese 1995 168,975
Other milkproducts11995 312,447
Bovine meat 1995 317,825
Sheepmeat 1995 351,327
Explanatory Notes:
1Includes whole milkpowder, condensed andevaporated milk.
2Figures areprovisional.