RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/N/1/CHL
22December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4118)
Original: Spanish Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
STATE TRADING
Notification Pursuant toArticle XVII:4(a) oftheGATT 1994 andParagraph 1
oftheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XVII
CHILE
Thefollowing communication, dated 21November 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofChile.
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Inaccordance withArticle XVII ofGATT 1994andparagraph 1oftheUnderstanding onthe
Interpretation ofthatArticle, theGovernment ofChile hereby notifies theentity "Comercializadora
deTrigo S.A.(COTRISA)" asastatetrading enterprise.
Thisnotification ismade withtheunderstanding thatitdoesnotsignify recognition thatthe
operation ofCOTRISA isinbreach oftheabove-mentioned international provisions, astothisday
thefunctioning ofthesaidenterprise hasbeenbased onexclusively commercial considerations and
itsparticipation inthemarket hasnothadasignificant effect onthelevelordirection ofimports and
noeffect atallinthecaseofexports ofthetradeable goods within itssphere ofoperation.
Tothisend,thereplies tothequestionnaire indocument G/STR/N/1 areattached hereto.G/STR/N/1/CHL
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REPLIES TOTHE QUESTIONNAIRE ONSTATE TRADING
INDOCUMENT G/STR/N/1
I. There isaState enterprise, theComercializadora deTrigo S.A.-COTRISA, forwheat and
other cereals.
II. Thepurpose ofintroducing andmaintaining COTRISA wastoprovide support forthedomestic
marketing process forthetradeable products within itssphere ofbusiness, primarily wheat, by
transmitting asdirectly andaccurately aspossible thealternative import prices fortheproducts.
III. COTRISA actsasapurchaser from domestic producers andthusdoesnotdealwithexport
orimport operations.
Under thepresent national legislation, goods maybefreely exported andimported toandfrom
thecountry, sothatprivate traders make their owndecisions freely without being influenced by
COTRISA inanywayintheprocess.
COTRISA doesnotnegotiate long-term contracts orcarry outtransactions tofulfilcontractual
obligations entered intobytheGovernment.
IV. Statistical information:
Domestic wheat production hasvaried between 1,556,000 and1,271,000 tonsoverthelast
fouragricultural years. Actual purchases byCOTRISA amounted to0.05percentfortheagricultural
year1991/1992; 0.6percentfor1992/1993; 0.02percentfor1993/1994; and1.87percentfor
1994/1995. Consequently, COTRISA 'sshare ofpurchases overthelastfourcropyears hasbeen0.6per
centofproduction.
Domestic maize (corn) production overthelastfourcropyears hasvaried between 937,000
and899,496 tons. Actual purchases byCOTRISA amounted to0.00percentfortheagricultural year
1991/1992; 2.77percentfor1992/1993; 0.61percentfor1993/1994; and4.31percentfor
1994/1995. Consequently, COTRISA 'sshare ofpurchases overthelastfourcropyears hasbeen
1.92percentofproduction.
Domestic riceproduction hasvaried between 133,531 and130,629 tonsoverthelastfourcrop
years, andCOTRISA onlymade purchases inmarketing year1992/1993. Itspurchases amounted to
2.95percentofthetotal, sothattheaverage forthelastfourcropyears is0.73percentofproduction.
Further details aregiven intheattached tables.
V. Foreign trade doestakeplace inthethree products concerned byCOTRISA operations.
VI. Noadditional information.IV.Statistical information (figures intonnes)G/STR/N/1/CHL
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Crop year ProductionCOTRISA purchases
Other purchasersExports Imports
Quantity % COTRISA Others COTRISA Others
1991/92 1,556,588 712 0.05 1,555,876 0 765 0 466,719
1992/93 1,322,336 7,972 0.60 1,314,364 0 61 0 415,720
1993/94 1,271,202 264 0.02 1,270,938 0 77 0 545,799
1994/9511,365,000 25,524 1.87 1,339,476 0 53 0 174,121
Average 1,378,782 8,618 0.63 1,370,164
1Estimated production data.
Maize
Crop year ProductionCOTRISA purchases
Other purchasersExports Imports
Quantity % COTRISA Others COTRISA Others
1991/92 911,056 0 0.00 911,056 0 632 0 392,122
1992/93 899,496 24,878 2.77 874,618 0 482 0 348,684
1993/94 937,250 5,690 0.61 931,560 0 124 0 478,188
1994/951932,000 40,166 4.31 891,834 0 528 0 218,049
Average 919,951 17,684 1.92 902,267
1Estimated production data.RiceG/STR/N/1/CHL
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Crop year ProductionCOTRISA purchases
Other purchasersExports2Imports2
Quantity % COTRISA Others COTRISA Others
1991/92 133,531 0 0.00 133,531 0 517 0 19,478
1992/932130,629 3,853 2.95 126,776 0 7 0 29,867
1993/94 133,080 0 0.00 133,080 0 28 0 37,633
1994/951132,000 0 0.00 132,000 0 1 0 12,675
Average 132,310 963 0.73 131,347
1Estimated production data.
2Includes milled, paddy andhusked rice.