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0M GENERAL AGREEMENT ON °9 '2£ft& TARIFFS AND TRADE Limited Distribution
Oonaitteg II - Expansion of Trade
DOCUMENTATION FOR FUTURE WORK OF COMMITTEE II
Addendum
Attached for the information of the Committee is the revised summary schedule of non-tariff devices affecting vegetable oils. COM.ll/85/Add.4 VEGETABLE OILS Page 2/3
Income and Price Support Aids, to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (1) (2) Consumer (4) (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other Non-tariff GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Income and Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations Devices and Remarks Bindings Subsidy Price Support of Losses Aids
United States Seo column (2) Cottonseed ( non-mandatory) Export of cottons.ied, See column See column (4) Foes on flaxseed and linseed The United States Purchase programme for Olive oil, kapok C0M.II/2(J)/Rev.l Loans on farm-stored cotton tung oil and flaxseed (4) oil of 502 ad valorem under takes the position edible grados of pea-r seed oil, C0tUI/2(j)/Rev.l/ seed purchases. by CCC at less than Section 22. that the activities nuts of less than top cottonseed oil, Add.l Soyabeans and flaxseed domestic market Section 22 quotas for peanuts of the CCC do not quality for crushing palm kernel oil, COM. 11/37 (non-mandatory) prices. (global). constitute State into oil. Soil bank sesame oil, COM. 11/59 Loans to producers. Imports peanut oil and/or trading within the (conservation reserve coconut oil, L/1048 Purchase Agreement. withdrawal from warehouses meaning of programme). rapeseed oil L/1163 Peanuts (mandatory) for consumption - in excess Article XVII. (not denatured), L/1131 Through grower co of 80 million pounds during castor oil, operatives. quota year subject to ad poppyseed oil, Farm storage loans. valorem fee of 2% in palm oil, Purchase Agreement. addition to import duty. rapeseed oil Tung nuts (mandatory) Tung oil imports limited to (denatured), Loans. 25 million pounds per year corn or maize oil. Purchase aqreements. includinq the oil equivalent of tung nuts.
Federal Republic With aid of funds of See column (9) In respect of \dmixture Reduction of diesel Olive oil, pulghera of Germany margarine industry and treated vegetable of rape- fuel cost for agri and castor oil, C0«.ll/2(1)/Rev.l Federal funds, domestic oils import licences seed oil culture. linseod oil, ground COM. 11/57 rape at the wholesale are granted in to marga- nut oil, illipe shea COM. 11/57/Add.l stage is brought down accordanco with rino (karite), coconut, COM. 11/67/Re v.l to the level of world the markoting prescribed, maize, palm, palm market prices. order. kernel, colza, rapeseed, sunflower, sesamua, soyabean and sunflower oils, certain oils coti- taining 50$ or more by weight of free fatty acids, olive oil containing free fatty acids in any proportion, ground nut, colza and rapeseod oil containing loss than 50i& by weight of free fatty acids. COM.H/15/A d(5.4 VEGETABLE OILS (cont. Page 4
Income and Price Support A ds to Exports (3) (7) (8)' (9) (10) -(11) (12) [ïf W- Consumer (4) (5) (6) Surplus .Quantitative "State Mixing Other Non-tar1ff Devices and GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Income Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations Remarks Bindings Subsidy and Price Support of Losses Aids
Sweden 1. No price guarantee "• — See column Ho quantitative restrictions — Legal provisions for 1. Regulation fees imposed on Castor o>l. C0lUI/2(o) by the Government. (9). when Imported from all imposition of a compulsory Imported as well as domestically C0M.I|/2(o)/A
- Denmark Rapeseed; Voluntary '•'1th the following exceptions, flood oil, COM. 11/2(h) agreement was con vegetable oils are subject to castor oil. COM. 11/53 cluded between the licensing: linseed oil, C0M.I|/53/Corr.l agricultural sector, oiticica, olive oil, castor ' L/1176 oil mills and margarine oil, wood oil and vegetable factories. Margarine oils, boiled, oxidized, factories engaged to" dehvdrated, sulphurized, blown buy quantity of rapeseed or polymerized by heat or or rapeseed oil equal to 10? otherwise modified. of their total con sumption of oil. -Li r; Japan' ••*''' Agricultural Products Soyabeans restricted from Soyabean, Ç0M.t1/2(p)/Rev.l Price Stabilization Law dollar sources. Quota copra, cotton COM. 11/45 of 1953; price support system 1n force for: soya seed, kapok L/1172 measures for soyabean beans from dollar areas, seed, sesame and rapeseed. Voluntary rapeseed, peanuts, soyabean seed, linseed, marketing control by " oil, rapeseed oil, mustard cottonseed oil, Growers Organizations - oil, coconut oil, ol ive oil. Government give pre cottonseed oil, safflower ference to the purchase oil, palm kernel oil, kapok of products supplied by oil, 1inseed oil, castor such organization. seed oil, rice bran oil, sesame oil, peanut oil. VEGETABLE OILS (cont.) C0M.ll/!5/Add,4 Page 5 », ,
Income and Price Support Aids to Exports (3) (») (8) (9) (10) (11). (12) (1) (2) Consumer (4) ' (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Trading Mixing Other Non-tariff GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Income Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Regulations Devicfts end bindings Subsidy and Price Support of Losses Aids Remarks
Federation of See column (9) Groundnuts and groundnut oil, tung Groundnuts. In Southern and Union of South Afri ca - Rhodesia and oil, and vegetable oils other than Northern Rhodesia the Grain free - under permit. Hyasaland almond, castor, coconut, linseed, Marketing Board is the sole Vegetable oils, namely COM.I l/2(c) olive, palm and palm kernel, are buyer, seller, Importer and cottonseed, maize germ, COM. 11/21 subject to restriction. exporter. In flyasaland the sunflower seed and L/1073 Shut-out permit controls aoply in Agricultural Produce Board groundnut oils, including respect of cottonseed oil, soya purchases all groundnuts blends thereof with or bean oil, sunflower oil and maizo produced by Africans but without other vegetable oil, these bans being in return has no special privileges oils. for undertakings given by local as regards imports. The oil exoressors to absorb the Grain Marketing Board entire Federal groundnut crop. would not import groundnuts until it had disposed of local crops. The Federation nor mally has s-ufficient production of groundnut oil to meet its requirements.
Norway Individual licanslnn. Olive oil, Chinese COM.I I/2(c) wood oil, siccative COtfl.ll/39
Malaya COM.I l/Z(v)/Rev.l COM. 11/27 L/1126
Luxemburg See Belgium COM. 11/2(b) COM. 11/52 L/1186
Je I mum Castor oil. Crude castor oil Tung oil, soya, COM.I 1/2(1). subject to a Benelux quota of sunflower and maize COM. 11/48 200 tons per annum available oils, cottonseed oil, C0M.ll/48/Add.1 to speci fie countries. groundnut oil, olive L/1173 oil, castor oil, palm oil, pali kernel and coconut oil, and ill ic karittt, makore, touloucouna, babassu and oiticlca. COM.II/85/A fa.)' VEGETABLE OILS (cont.) Page 6
Income and Price Support Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9). (10) (il.) (12) ~Tïl T~~ïïj Consumer (4) • (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other ilon-tariff Devices GATT Tariff Production ' Othor Forms of Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations' and Remarks Bindings Subsidy Income and of Losses Aids Price Support
Austria See column 1. Oilseeds and flour thereof Rapeseed Soyabeans 3nd mustard- COM. 11/2(a) (11) and vegetable oils are subject 1. There exists a voluntary seeds, whole or broken. COM. 11/41 to import control under the agreement between the Rape Fixed vegetable oils, L/1144 provisions of the External Growers Association and the fluid or solid, crude, COHUHAUO(m) Trade Law. oil processing industry refined or purified, 2. Imoorts aro liberalized from regarding the marketing of the following: soya oil OEEC countries, United States indigenous rapesoed at fixed and cottonseed oil; and Canada viith the exception prices. peanut oil, coconut oil, of poppysoed, soya flour and 2. Special subsidies and credits palm oil and palm vegetable oils, other than olive aro granted to encourage the use kernel oil, refined; oil, fit for direct human con of fertilizers and the purchase pure ol ive oil. sumption. Licences granted of modern agricultural equipment. liberally for oilseeds and "oils unf't for direct human con sumption and olive oil. Licences on other oils aro granted either for goods not produced In Austria or to the extent necessary to fulfil obligations under trade agree ments (under a bilateral guota Austria is committed to grant Import licences up to the amount of the quota). 3. There arc no global quotas. (COtl.lllAUO(m))
ilow Zealand Subject to licensing (COM.11/38) Linseed oil Sunflower seed oil,
COM. 1/40(7) The price 0f linseed oil to peanut oil, coconut oil 1/38 the grower is determined by (and other kinds of L/1152 private contract. vegetable oil n.e.i.), turpentine, turpentino substitutes composed of volatile mineral oil in combination with turpen tine or. other volatile vegetable oils, olive oil, palm oil and peanut oil. (COM. 11/38) VEGETABLE OILS (cont.) COM,II/85/Add.4 Page 7
Incono and Prise Support Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (1) (2) Consumer (4) (5) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other Non-tariff Devices and GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations Remarks Bindings Subsidy Income and of Losses Aids Price Support
.Iwitzorland Olivo oil : A price See column (9). Oilseeds, ol1vo oil, General measures to Incrooso pro- Olive oiT. COM.I t/2(e)/Rev.l supplement ts levied. groundnut oil, other ductlvlty,etc. COM. 11/9 See column (9). edible vegot bio oils 1. The Confederation finances agricultural L/1052 Oilseeds: Price (excludino castor oil research and subsidizes agricultural supplements are and 1insocd oil): imports training and information services. levied, varying are controlled by the 2. Grants are. allocated to help with land according to the world Swiss Co-operative Society improvement, consolidation of enterprises price level and the for Cereals and Fodder, and sanitation of agricultural buildings. content of edible oil. which is an official body. 3. Subsidies are given to combat livestock Colza seed: the Federal epidemics, to promote the use of high ' Council fixes each year quality seed and for insurance of live the maximum area for stock. The customs duties on certain which it will guarantee fuels (diesel oil, petroleum and white the disposal of the crop spirit) are reduced; most agricultural at the fixed price. To iroducts and means of production are bring the sel linn price exempted from the turnover tax. into 1 ine with the market 4. Mountain renions generally receive prico, the Confederation larger grants. Some grants are given pays the difference bet only to mountain peasants, for example for ween the cost Drice of communal purchase of agricultural machinery, col za oil and the price of for equal izina transport chargea, for other oils. exporting dairy and beef cattle, for improving housing sanitation and for family allowances.
Union of South nfrlca - Oilseed Board: Sole C0H.1 l/2(n) buyer from producers See column (2). Duty may be suspended on oilseeds Groundnuts. COIil. 11/13 of groundnuts and and nuts for industrial purposes, L/1075 sunflower seed. but in respect of nroundnuts, soyabeans Board establ ishes and sesame seed the suspension only advance prices applies to such quanti ties as may bo yearly and sub pormittod by the Minister of Finance. sequently makes one Special railage rates have been or more deferred established for groundnuts, sunflower payments depending seed and groundnut oil. on what it realizes for the crops. C0M.II/I5/A dd.4 Page I VEGETABLE OILS dont.)
Income and Price Support Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) •(11) (12) (1) (2) Consumor (4) (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other Mon—"tariff Devices GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Aids Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations and Remarks Bindings Subsidy Income and of Losses Prico Support
Finland Producer pries fixed 01 ivo, castor, pain, palm See column (11), Margarine factories Soyabean oil, olivo oil, COM. 11/2(f) for domestically kernel, coconut oils: pledged themselves to castor oil, palm oil, COM. 11/36 grown rapesoed. 1. Licence-free importation use domestic rapeseed oil palm kernel oil, coconut L/1150 from certain countries of up -to 20;.- of their need oil. '"ostern Europe. for margarine fats. 2. Automatic licensing for Internal tax (maximum storlinn area other than Fmk.51 per kg.) on vege under 1. table oils. Cabinet held 3. Automatic licence from right to Increase or bilateral countries lower tax by not more (I I /2(f).) than Fmk.20 according Groundnut, palm and coconut to changes in world oil 1icensed without market prices. nuantitative restrictions when Imported from the United States. Globalized importation from certain countries in "estorn Europe and dollar area.
Austral ia See column (11) Subject to restriction About 30? of domestic Linseed ( inedible) COM. I I/2(g) with exception of: peanut crop only Coconut oil (unrefined). 1/14 Seeds: Cotton, kapok, suitable for crushing sesame, hemp, rape, for oil. The satis coconut, almond, palm. factory disposal of Oils: Castor, olive, these "culls" is coconut, palm, tall effected by permitting and all oils in cans processors to import not exceeding one peanut oil duty free gallon. provided they buy up domestic "culls" at prices agreed on with the Peanut Marketing Board, the sole marketing authority. Subject to agreement being reached between oil millers and growers " on the disposal of avail able domestic crop of lin seed and all millIng pea nut kernels at agreed prices, the oil mil lers are permitted to imoort the balance of their reguiroments of 1 insoed oil and peanut oil, duty free. VEGETABLE OILS (cont. COM/ll/85/Add.* Page 9
Income and Price Support Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) 01} 02) (1) (2) Consumer u) • (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other Non-tariff Devices GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Income and Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations and Remarks Bindings Subsidy Price Support of Losses Aids
France See column (2). Maximum and minimum prices See columns Vegetable oils other See column (2). To achieve expansion of Linseed oil, turig C0M.ll/2(k) Refunds of 10? are established for oilseods. (1) and (2). than palm, coconut, Oilseeds and oil- production 1n French oil, soyabean oil, C0li1.ll/2(k)/Add.l of cost of cor- Government Interventions, copra and karito oil bearing fruit, Communauté steps envisaged groundnut oil, olive COM.II/24 tain agricultural within quota limitations; arc are subject to and 1inseed and include substituting oil, castor oil, COM.11/24/Add. 1 equipnent. Petrol carried out by the Inter- restriction. Kartb 1inseed oil colza for other oil- palm oil, coconut 1/1165 for agricultural Professional Edible Oil Society oil has been liber- subject to State producing seeds. oil and certain use Is object of (SIOFA). '"hen market rates drop al ized from the OEEC, trading others. tax reimbursement. to "floor"it stockpiles or the United States and Taxation on added exports; if market rates Canada. valuo! Rates on exceed maximum, imports are fertilizers and made. fungicides apo Campaign prices for colza, reduce-d. Special groundnuts and olive oil. privileges fçr Price of socondary seeds 33all farmers fixed by reference to either ' In connexion with price for colza or for ground direct taxes. nuts. Payment of temporary premium to growers of colza when the market price 1s below the basic cost of cultivation: Treasury has opened Joint inter-territorial fund main tained by professional con tribution and short-term advances by State. An additional guarantee fund for the Metropolitan territory also opened.
Canada Guaranteed price Crop failure assistance Soyabeans, rapesoed, COM.11/2(B)/ to farmers. financed by IS levy on cottonseed, sunflower Rev.l Deficiency pay sales of flaxseed and se.^d for manufacturing M.I 1/58 ment programme rapesoed and by the or blending, green pea ; C0M.ll/58/Add.l for 1959 crop of Treasury. nuts, coconuts, palm ; L/1175 Ontario soyabeans kernels, sosarr.e seed and for sunflower oil ( crude), castor oil, seed grown in oiticica oil, cotton Manitoba. Price seed oil ( crude), Dalm support Is not and palm kernel nils, < mandatory for coconut oil ( crude), any oilseed. In peanut oil (crude). 1959 the supoort levol was 87? of the ten-year average for soy beans, and 872 for sunflower seed. COM/It/85/A dd.4 VEGETADLE OILS (cont.) Page 10
Income and Price Support Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) "(11) (12) (l) (2) Consumer (4) (5} (6) Surplus Quantitative Stato ' Mixing Other i'lon-tariff Devices GATT Tariff Production Other Forms of Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations and Remarks Bindings Subsidy Income and of Losses Aids Price Support
Netherlands Crude castor oil: global The Commodity Board for Tung oil, soyabean oil, COM.11/2(g) quota for imports from Oleomargarine, Fats and sunfloner and maize oil, COM;11/2(g)/Rev.1 Brazil, India, Eastern Oils implements a levy cottonseed oil, groundnut COM. 11/10 Europe and country group of 10 cents per J00 kgs. oil, olive oil, castor oil, L/1029 China. on sojne oilseeds pro-, pain oil, palm kernel and L/1054 Castor oil, other than cossed domestically. coconut oil and certain crude: Benelux global These funds are used others. nuota for imports from to pay "disparity allow all countries. ance " mainly on linseed Over and above tho and groundnuts. (L/1029). established quotas for crude as well as for copra, palm kernels, other than crude. soyabeans, linseed, rape- Castor oil Import lic3nc:s seed, groundnuts. are issued when the relevant imports are used for export purposes.
Italy System of voluntary See column Imports of vegetable oils Manufacturing tax levied Linseed oil ( crude), COM. 11/40(b) collection organized (2) subject to Ministerial on seed oils. Seed oil soya oil, palm oil. COM.II/43 /• by olive oil pro 1 icensing in case of required to contain 5'^ L/1170 ducers. Producers countries to which "imnort sesame oil to avoid receive advance' on List A" and " Import List falsification of oils to del ivery. C" are aiplicable with tho permit seed and ol ive In 1955 tho exception of Imports of oils to be readily Government made a certain types of oils from distinguished. limited con Argentina and Brazil. tribution to Imports of oilseeds and management and vegetable oils intended stocking costs for the production of for ol ive oil. edible oils are con Pricesof fuel for ditional on the purchase agricultural uses of certain quantités of are fixed at oil from Government stocks. levels below that for other uses.
Indonesia Price and market Bilateral agreements with Central Cocoa General export duty C0M.||/2(u) control measures Pakistan and India and Co-onerative levied on oil on copra. other countries provide attempts to products and copra. assured markets for maintain a Indonesian copra. monopoly position in copra pur chases and exports. VEGETABLE OILS (cont.) COM/I!/85/Add.4 • Page II
Income and Price Supnort Aids to Exports (3) (7) (8) (9) (10) (ID- (12) (1) (2) Consumer (4) (5) (6) Surplus Quantitative State Mixing Other Non-tariff GATT Tariff Production Subsidy Other Forms of Income Subsidy Subsidy Financing Indirect Disposal Restrictions Trading Regulations Devices and Bindings and Price Support of Losses Aids Remarks
Burma Groundnuts Except for groundnut oil Land and Rural _ I/2(H)/Rev.1 1. The Government hel ps these products are sub]ect Development 1/31 to develop groundnut crops to licence. Although Corporation L/1115 but grants no direct groundnut oil imports aro grants licences subsidies. not subject to licence, the for the export 2. The mechanization of requirement of prior of oilcakes. farm operation is promoted approval for the opening by making tractors avail of'letters of credit was able as subsidized rentals re-introduced during 1957 and implements at pur to prevent excessive imports. chasing prices.
Ceylon Coconuts: Sesame seed, peanuts C0IUI/2(x)/Rev.l 1. Fertil izer (green, whether L/1074 subsidy scheme. shelled or unshell ed), ?.. A scheme to olive oil. assist replanting through sub sidizing the cost of planting materials and of fencing. 3. Subsidy for sinking wells for use in production.
United Kingdom 01eo oil, babassu C0M.||/2(d)/Rev.l oil, castor oil, COM.11/11 coconut oil, cotton L/1053 seed oil, groundnut oil, linseed oil, oitlcica oil (raw), palm oil (unrefined), tung oil (raw), karite, ol ive oil, soyabean oil, palm kernel oil.