General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
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RESTRICTED MTN/3E/W/S/Add.2 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 5 July 1974 TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution Mai t il.a. tera1 _Trad e_ _N egpt ia t i on s GROUP Xe J - WORK ON TASK 4 SOYA AND ÔILGAKÊ JTHEREOFj .addendum The following data have been received fron the delegations of Argentina, Austria, Czechoslovakia, the Republic of Korea, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Romania. Argentina Soya: (tons) \ Carry-over Total Carry-over Crop .apparent | stocks at Production availa Exports stocks at year Consumption ^^ 1 April bilities ^ 1~- 1968/69 1 31,800 31,801 31,739 S2 1969/70 62 26,800 26,862 26,354 2 1970/71 8 ^9,000 ,9,003 55,993 15 1971/72 1$ 78,000 73,015 77,981 34 1972/73 34 272,00G 272,034 1968/69 1969/70 1970/71 1971/72 1972/73 (Crop year) Official prices fixed by the State (In pesos per 100 kgs.on wagon or truck, port of Buenos xdres; in bags - for the season 1972/73: in bulk) Minimum price 27.00 28.00 Support price 30.00 30.00 30.00 54-85 110.00 MTN/3E/W/S/Add.2 Page 2 Average monthly and yearly quotations of the Chamber of Arbitration of the Cereals Exchange at Buenos Ai^es 1968 ar.d 1969: Argentine pesos; as from 1970: gold pesos, per 100 kgs. 196S 1969 1970 1971 1972 | 1973 ! January 2,309 2,956 29.75 35.17 50.00 140.00 February 2,655 2,936 29.75 38.50 50.00 125.00 March 2,652 | 2,901 30.66 38.50 51.36 125.75 April 2,787 , 2,875 29.75 .. 71.20 135.07 May 2,879 2,918 30.22 91.19 i 150.02 June 2,917 2,975 32.11 43.00 96.45 140.53 July 2,925 2,975 32.69 1 43.00 102.19 150.00 August 2,925 2,975 33.06 43.70 107.85 149.70 September 2,925 , 2,975 33.75 50.00 126.14 136.37 October 2,925 2,975 33.75 50.00 134-33 148.82 November 2,925 2,975 33.75 50.00 138.42 150.00 .December 2,925 2,975 , 33.75 50.00 * 138.42 151.37 1 1 Average 2,812 2,951 31.81 44.18 96.46 141.88 • Austria 1967/68 1968/69 1969/70 1970/71 1971/72 1972/73 Crushed soyabeans Prices paid by ^roduc:er s 358 335.- 366 .81 363.48 400.- 435.- (Austrian schillings; per 715.50 100 kgs.) • average: As from 1 January IS>73 , 574.50 without turnover tc: until March 1973, quotations of the Cereals Exchange (non-processed product in natural state, delivered Greater Buenos Aires Station); as from April, quotations of the Chamber of Arbitration of the Cereals Exchange (on wagon or truck, port of Buenos Aires). KTN/3E/W/8/Add.2 Page 3 Czechoslovakia Soyabeans ('000 tons) Consumption Soyabean cake and meal ('000 tons) Calendar year Production Imports Exports Consumption 1968 45 1969 99 1970 176 1971 174 1972 299 1973 421 Republic of Korea Soyaccke and soyabeans ('000 tons) Year Production Imports Exports Consumption 1968 201 17 223 1969 245 24 _ 262 i 1970 229 36 _ 266 1971 232 281 61 '• 1972 222 31 261 MTN/3EA//8/Add. 2 Page 4 Oilcake ('000 tons) Year Production Imports Exports Consumption 1968 9 2 • • 1969 i 7 8 « • .. 1970 7 i 29 f 1 1971 4 4.7 i 1972 10 46 - 99 1968 12É2 1970 1971 1972 International prices • ($ per ton) Soyabeans 123.71 120.25 121.67 123.00 143.52 Oilcake • # 107.87 113.38 120.86 167.87 Imports (in USi'000) 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 Soyabeans 514 3,880 3,455 8,944 5,122 Soyacake 306 2,136 2,086 1,319 Other oilcake 14 5 305 Soyabean oil 529 506 48 365 685 Exports1 (irL usi'ooo) e Soyabeans - - 170 9 Soyacake Other oilcake 201 22 Soyabean oil - - 15 217 On customs clearance basis. MTN/3E/w/8/Add.2 Page 5 Turkey Oilcake (cottonseed) l Exports Year Production Imports (tons) (tons) (in US^'OOO)1 1968 284,434 179,927 13,610 1969 267,091 180,602 11,954 1970 265,928 175,981 12,954 1971 316,016 162,647 13,598 1972 302,950 235,591 18,845 1973 194,742 24,962 Support price: Oilcake (sunflower) .Exports •u- - r, J...J.J T - J. (tons) (tons) (in USfc'000)1 • - •— 1968 75,900 85,261 5,957 1969 102,300 80,206 5,423 1970 123,750 92,731 6,080 1 1971 174,351 110,634 8,475 1972 221,200 1 113,351 9,129 1 1973 1 107,484 15,280 Support price: - 1968 - August 1970: 1 dollar = between 9-00 and 9.08 Turkish pounds August 1970-December 1972: 1 dollar = between 14.85 and 15.15 Turkish pounds December 1972: 1 dollar = between 14.00 and 14.30 Turkish pounds MTN/3E/W/8/Add.2 Page 6 Yugoslavia Soyacake Imports (in '000 tons) (in US&'OOO) 1968 90 9,305 1969 109 10,813 1970 157 17, Ul 1971 112 12,532 1972 . 128 16,656 Imports of soyabean meal were 800 kg in 1968 and 1,000 kg in 1972 Romania Soya Production Imports Exports (thousand tons) 1968 47 6 7 1969 5± - 13 1970 90 5 1 1971 165 20 46 1972 186 20 7 1973 2U 19 6o 1968-70 1 dollar = 12.50 dinars 1971 1 dollar = 15.00 dinars 1972 1 dollar = 17.00 dinars .