G/AG/N/BRA/21
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World Trade
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G/AG/N/BRA/21
6 June 2003
(03-2924)
Committee on Agriculture / Original: English

NOTIFICATION

The attached notification concerning export subsidy commitments for calendar years 1999, 2000 and 2001 (Tables ES:1, ES:2 and ES:3) was received from the Permanent Mission of Brazil on 10 April 2003.

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With reference to document G/AG/2, the Permanent Mission of Brazil wishes to inform the Committee on Agriculture that Brazil did not grant any export subsidy to agricultural products in the years of 1999, 2000 and 2001 (Table ES:1), nor did it undertake any operation of food aid in the years of 1999 and 2001 (Table ES:3). The relevant Table ES:3 for 2000 follows.

Tables relative to Brazilian total exports and the relevant products in accordance with document G/AG/2/Add.1 (Table ES:2) follow.

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Table ES:2

EXPORT SUBSIDIES: Brazil

REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years 1999, 2000 and 2001

Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports

Description of products / Quantity of total exports
(tonnes)
1999 / 2000 / 2001
1 / 2 / 3 / 4
I - Products (Schedule III, Part IV, Section II)
Coarse grains
1102.20Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin: maize (corn) flour / 2,023 / 2,875 / 1,688
1102.90Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin: other / 30 / 41 / 65
1103.13Cereal groats, meal and pellets: groats and meals: of maize (corn) / 10,046 / 7,364 / 4,587
1103.29Cereal groats, meal and pellets: pellets: of other cereals / 22 / 3 / 9
1104.12Cereal grains otherwise worked (for example, hulled, rolled, flaked, pearled, sliced or kibbled), except rice of heading nº 1006; germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground: rolled or flaked grains: of oats / 2 / 5 / 7
1106.20Flour and meal of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading nº 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading nº 0714; flour, meal and powder of the products of chapter 8: flour and meal of sago, roots or tubers of heading nº 0714 / 947 / 1,134 / 1,470
1106.30Flour and meal of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading nº 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading nº 0714; flour, meal and powder of the products of chapter 8: flour, meal and powder of the products of chapter 8 / 395 / 488 / 553
1108.12Starches: inulin: starches: Maize (corn) starch / 8,192 / 7,203 / 8,292
1108.14Starches: inulin: starches: Manioc (cassava) starch / 9,749 / 9,086 / 17,936
1108.19Starches: inulin: starches: Other starches / 34 / 73 / 86
Vegetable oils
1507.10Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: crude oil, whether or not degummed. / 1,297,052 / 910,358 / 1,390,675
1507.90Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: other / 254,758 / 162,636 / 260,850
1508.10Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: crude oil. / 3,473 / 0 / 1,008
1508.90Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: other / 3 / 0 / 323
1509.90Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: other / 4 / 26 / 18
1511.10Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: crude oil. / 12,745 / 30,041 / 28,614
1511.90Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: other. / 872 / 1,103 / 601
1512.11Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof: crude oil. / 15 / 5 / 1,013
1512.19Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions: other / 23 / 87 / 5
1512.29Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: cotton-seed oil and its fractions: other / 26,234 / 28,833 / 50,270
1513.21Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or nor refined, but not chemically modified: palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof: crude oil / 150 / 159 / 111
1515.11Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: linseed oil and its fractions: crude oil. / 0 / 0 / 0
1515.21Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: maize (corn) oil and its fractions: crude oil. / 1,031 / 1,519 / 4,370
1515.29Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: maize (corn) oil and its fractions: other. / 720 / 69 / 200
1515.30Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: castor oil and its fractions. / 2,608 / 16,739 / 10,244
1515.40Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: tung oil and its fractions. / 0 / 1 / 0
1515.90Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: other / 1,184 / 1,004 / 378
1516.20Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared: vegetable fats and oils and their fractions. / 19,027 / 20,682 / 20,304
1518.00Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading nº 1516: inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included / 1,733 / 1,663 / 1,577
1520.00Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes / 658 / 989 / 1,615
1521.10Vegetal waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether or not refined or coloured: vegetable waxes / 14,247 / 12,674 / 15,104
Oil cakes
2305.00Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil. / 0 / 1 / 1
2309.90Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: other / 20,161 / 22,368 / 25,095
Sugar
1701.11Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form: Raw sugar not containing added flavouring or colouring matter: cane sugar / 7,826,980 / 4,344,076 / 7,089,873
1701.99Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form: other: other / 4,273,130 / 2,158,298 / 4,083,341
1702.20Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel: maple sugar and maple syrup / 1 / 17 / 26
1702.30Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel: glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20% by weight of fructose. / 1,329 / 2,363 / 1,362
1702.90Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel: other, including invert sugar / 96,193 / 27,578 / 47,353
1703.10Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar: cane molasses / 33 / 49 / 68
1704.10Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa: chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated. / 12,816 / 13,143 / 16,601
1704.90Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa: other / 47,565 / 64,221 / 78,898
2207.10Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength: undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher / 325,767 / 181,781 / 254,962
2207.20Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength: ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength / 53 / 76 / 1,013
Other milk products
0401.10Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% / 0 / 0 / 0
0402.21Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1,5%: not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. / 28 / 195 / 512
0402.91Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: other: not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. / 1 / 2 / 2
0402.99Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: other: other / 2,373 / 4,544 / 7,395
0403.10Buttermilk, curdle milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: yogurt / 29 / 423 / 235
0403.90Buttermilk, curdle milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa: other / 481 / 825 / 3,743
Bovine meat
0202.10Meat of bovine animals, frozen: carcasses and half-carcasses / 0 / 0 / 0
0202.30Meat of bovine animals, frozen: boneless / 119,471 / 139,588 / 282,728
1602.50Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of bovine animals / 138,008 / 123,410 / 124,286
Poultry meat
0207.11Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: chickens not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled / 4,090 / 1,864 / 31
0207.12Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: poultry not cut in pieces, frozen: chickens / 418,251 / 468,615 / 580,192
0207.24Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: turkeys not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled / 0 / 0 / 1
0207.25Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: poultry not cut in pieces, frozen: turkeys / 2,459 / 2,303 / 2,776
0207.32Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: ducks, geese and guinea fowls not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled / 0 / 0 / 0
0207.33Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading nº 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen: poultry not cut in pieces, frozen: ducks, geese and guinea fowls / 0 / 0 / 8
1602.10Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: homogenised preparations / 197 / 124 / 83
1602.31Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of poultry of heading nº 0105 - of turkeys / 510 / 1,325 / 1,536
1602.32Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of poultry of heading nº 0105 - of chickens / 5,807 / 9,348 / 16,599
1602.39Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: of poultry of heading nº 0105 - other / 79 / 3 / 19
Beverages, spirits and vinegar
2201.10Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured: ice and snow: mineral waters and aerated waters / 779 / 360 / 327
2202.10Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading nº 2009: waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured / 56,073 / 86,990 / 95,796
2202.90Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading nº 2009: other / 12,249 / 24,671 / 7,988
2203.00Beer made from malt / 37,038 / 49,674 / 37,875
Wine
2204.10Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading nº 2009: sparkling wine / 798 / 266 / 82
2204.21Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines; grape must other than that of heading nº 2009: in containers holding 2 l or less / 3,718 / 1,249 / 2,655
2205.10Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic aromatic substances: in containers holding 2 l or less / 870 / 610 / 519
2208.20Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: spirits obtained by distilling grape wine or grape marc / 796 / 1,023 / 560
2208.30Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: whiskies / 1,963 / 3,005 / 3,042
2208.40Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages: rum and taffia / 8,707 / 9,933 / 10,557
2208.60Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture beverages: vodka / 151 / 151 / 315
2208.70Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture beverages: liqueurs / 139 / 54 / 50
2208.90Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture beverages: others / 1,655 / 1,993 / 3,524
2209.00Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid / 826 / 949 / 983
Fruit and vegetables fresh
0712.90Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared: other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables / 56 / 59 / 145
0801.11Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: coconuts, dried / 53 / 119 / 59
0801.19Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: coconuts, others / 153 / 244 / 384
0801.21Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: Brazil nuts, in shell / 4,987 / 13,566 / 7,903
0801.22Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: Brazil nuts, shelled / 1,119 / 5,362 / 2,649
0801.31Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: cashew nuts, in shell / 0 / 0 / 0
0801.32Coconuts; Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: cashew nuts, shelled / 24,101 / 33,588 / 29,356
0803.00Bananas, including plantains, fresh or dried / 81,227 / 71,812 / 105,112
0804.20Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens fresh or dried: figs / 750 / 707 / 633
0804.30Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens fresh or dried: pineapples / 15,814 / 16,023 / 14,457
0804.40Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens fresh or dried: avocados / 746 / 462 / 606
0804.50Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, gauvas, mangoes and mangosteens fresh or dried: gauvas, mangoes and mangosteens / 53,765 / 67,169 / 94,291
0805.10Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: oranges / 103,086 / 75,345 / 139,582
0805.20Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids / 7,518 / 12,032 / 17,258
0805.30Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: lemons (citrus limon, citrus limonum) and limes (citrus aurantifolia) / 5,336 / 8,607 / 14,811
0806.10Grapes, fresh or dried: fresh / 8,083 / 14,344 / 20,660
Fruit and vegetables processed
0806.20Grapes, fresh or dried: dried / 0 / 2 / 16
0811.10Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: strawberries / 26 / 3 / 3
0812.10Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: cherries / 0 / 0 / 0
0812.90Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption: other / 4,656 / 1,733 / 1,026
0814.00Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions. / 823 / 968 / 4,637
0902.10Tea: - green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg / 295 / 231 / 346
0902.30Tea: - black tea (fermented) and partly fermented, in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg / 21 / 31 / 52
0902.40Tea: - other black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea / 2,575 / 3,273 / 3,675
0903.00Mate / 25,409 / 26,555 / 26,697
2001.10Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: cucumbers and gherkins / 155 / 78 / 73
2001.90Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: other / 170 / 88 / 81
2002.10Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid: tomatoes, whole or in pieces / 163 / 121 / 1,120
2002.90Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid: other / 17,878 / 14,276 / 19,506
2003.10Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid: mushrooms / 91 / 105 / 62
2004.10Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen: potatoes / 31 / 9 / 0
2004.90Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen: other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables / 72 / 120 / 100
2005.51Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen: beans (vigna spp; phaseolus spp): beans, shelled / 296 / 16 / 139
2006.00Fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained glac or crystallized) / 1,573 / 1,419 / 1,358
2007.10Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut pure and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: homogenized preparations / 698 / 541 / 555
2008.11Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together: ground-nuts / 482 / 365 / 455
2008.19Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together: other, including mixtures / 451 / 854 / 949
2008.20Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: pineapples / 2,567 / 1,366 / 1,179
2008.40Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: pears / 2 / 0 / 1
2008.70Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, not elsewhere specified or included: peaches / 428 / 413 / 818
2008.80Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: strawberries / 26 / 38 / 114
2008.99Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: other, including mixtures other than those of subheading nº 2008.19: other / 8,057 / 10,057 / 7,784
2009.11Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: orange juice: frozen / 1,168,135 / 1,224,461 / 1,219,525
2009.20Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: grapefruit juice / 2,106 / 1,653 / 925
2009.30Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: juice of any other single citrus fruit / 7,992 / 9,947 / 4,430
2009.40Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: pineapple juice / 3,737 / 1,898 / 3,389