RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/AG/W/21
15March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0945)
Committee onAgriculture
ESTABLISHMENT BYTHE COMMITTEE ONAGRICULTURE
OFALIST OFWTO NET FOOD-IMPORTING DEVELOPING COUNTRY MEMBERS
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsmeeting on20-21 November 1995, theCommittee onAgriculture adopted adecision
(G/AG/3, refers) relating totheestablishment ofalistofWTO NetFood-Importing Developing Country
Members eligible asbeneficiaries ofmeasures provided forwithin theframework oftheMarrakesh
Ministerial Decision onMeasures Concerning thePossible Negative Effects oftheReform Programme
onLeast-Developed andNetFood-Importing Developing Countries.
2. Interms oftheCommittee 'sdecision, thefollowing countries areeligible tobelisted:
(a) least-developed countries asrecognized bytheEconomic andSocial Council ofthe
United Nations; plus
(b) anydeveloping country Member oftheWTO which wasanetimporter ofbasic
foodstuffs inanythree years ofthemost recent five-year period forwhich dataare
available andwhich notifies theCommittee ofitsdecision tobelisted asaNetFood-
Importing Developing Country forthepurposes ofthedecision.
3. Inaccordancewiththisdecision,notificationsunderparagraph2(b)aboveshouldbeaccompanied
byrelevant statistical datainrespect oftotalandnetimports, onavalue andquantity basis, andof
theirrelative importance asaproportion ofdomestic consumption oftheproducts concerned. Such
notifications should bemade atleast15daysprior totheregular March meeting oftheCommittee
inanyyear.
4. With aviewtoestablishing thislistatthemeeting oftheCommittee on28-29 March 1996,
NetFood-Importing Developing Country Members withaninterest insodoing wereinvited tosubmit
anotification inaccordance withparagraphs 2(b)and3above by12March 1996 (WTO/AIR/276,
refers).
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5. Asof12March 1996, thefollowing WTO developing country Members hadnotified theWTO
Secretariat oftheirdecision tobeinscribed onthelistofWTO NetFood-Importing Developing Country
Members tobeestablished bytheCommittee onAgriculture atitsmeeting on28-29 March 1996:1
Côted'Ivoire*
Egypt
Jamaica
Mauritius
Morocco
Peru
Senegal*
SriLanka
Trinidad andTobago*
Tunisia
6. Least-developed countries willautomatically belisted inlinewithparagraph 2(a)above and
were nottherefore required tosubmit notifications.
1Thestatistical dataaccompanying thenotifications inlinewithparagraph 3above canbeconsulted
intheoffice ofMr.Thomas Friedheim, Agriculture andCommodities Division (room 1063). Members
indicated byanasterisk haveundertaken toprovide thestatistical datashortly.