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W.15/9 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 33. October 1959 TARIFFS AND TRADE limited Distribution

CONTRACTING PARTIES Fifteenth Session

WORKING PARTY ON CQMMCDITIES

INTERGOVERNMENTAL MACHINERY FOR

MAJOR COMMODITIES o

Attached for the information of the Working Party are tables Trfhich give a summary survey of existing specialized intergovernmental machinery (ether than machinery of primarily regional character) relating to particular oommoûities*

Table I has been reproduced from a document of the Food and Agriculture Organization (CCP.59/39 of 9 October 1959). Table II has been prepared by the GATT secretariat.

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\ Table I TO*2 H Aalues of World Exports and Specialized Intergovernmental Machinery for Major Agricultural Commodities' CD vn ro vo Value of World Exports^/ Average 1957-1958 Specialized Intergovernmental Organizations COMMODITIES Million % of US $ total FAO Other

CEEEALS, excluding rice 2,620 12.8 FAO Group on Grains a. Wheat and wheat flour 1,766 8.6 Il M International Wheat Council Wheat Utilization Committee b. I'iaize 402 2.0 Il II c. Barley 312 1.5 Il II d. Sorghums 78 0.4 Il II e. Oats 62 0.3 II II COFFEE 2,240 11.0 International Coffee Study Group (Latin American Coffee Agreement)

3. 2,061 10.0 f International Cotton Advisory Committee 4. CATTLE, meats and animal 1,846 9.0 products a. Cattle 385 1.9 b. Meats 1,202 5.9 c. Animal fats 259 1.2

5. WOCL 1,725 8.4 International Study Group '>: '

6. SUCAR 1,646 8.0 International Sugar Council

7. RUIBER 1,158 5.7 International Rubber* Study Group

1/ Excluding trade within eastern Europe, USSR and mainland China

'*Ï Table I (continued)

Value of ."torld Exports^/ Specialized Intergovernmental Organizations Average 1957-1958 COMMODITIES Million % of US $ total FAO Other

8. EGGS and DAIRY PRODUCTS 1,093 5.3 , a. Dairy products 865 4.2 CCP Panel on Dairy Products (procedures under review) b. Eggs-in-the-shell 228 1.1

9. TOBACCO 915 4.5 A request to set up machinery for consultation was considered by the CCP at its Thirty-First Session

10. RICE 618 3.0 CCP Consultative Sub-Committee on the Economic Aspects of Rice

11. WINE 534 2.6 Office International du Vin 12. COCOA 500 2.4 FAO Cocoa Study Group

13." TEA 443 2.2 International Tea Committee

M. ORANGES and LEMONS 360 1.8 FAO Group on Citrus Fruit

15.'SOYBEANS and OIL 360 1.8 16. GROUNDNUTS and OIL 325 -1.6 17. BANANAS 324 1.6

18. COPRA and COCONUT OIL 290 .1.4 FAO Group on Coconut and Coconut Products 2?

VJJVO 1/ Excluding trade within eastern Europe, USSR and mainland China Table I (continued) (D V» £-vO Value of World Exportai/ Average 1957-1958 Specialized Intergovernmental Organizations COMMODITIES Million % of US $ total FAO Other 19. PALM KERNELS and OIL 214 1.0

20. 177 . 0.9

21. OILSEED CAKE and MEAL 174 . 0.9

22. LINSEED OIL 158 0.8

23. APPLES 141 0.7

24. , ABACA and HENEQUEN 140 0.7 Hard - a request to provide for special consultations is Under consideration by the CCP 25. POTATOES 132 0.6

26. RAISINS and DATES 125 0.6 Dried fruit - a request to provide for special consultations was considered by the CCP 27. OLIVE OIL 86 0.4 International Olive Oil Council 28. 42 0.2 29. PEPPER 40 0.2 TOTAL 20,477 100.0 1/ Excluding trade within eastern Europe, USSR and mainland China

Source: Data elaborated by the FAO secretariat for the computation of the index of value of world trade in agricultural products. For dates, abaca (Manila ), henequen and pepper, unofficial estimates have been used. ••-•• Table II

Values of World Exports and Specialized Intergovernmental Machinery for Major Metals

Value of World Exportsi Kon-agricultural 1957 Specialized Intergovernmental Organizations Commodities Mi 111 on % of US$ total

1. Lead 235 8.1 United Nations Lead and Zinc Study Group 2. Zinc 160 5.5

3. Tin 300 10.3 International Tin Council

4. Copper 1,345 46.2 United Nations Exploratory Meeting convened in September 1958

5. Iron ore 870 29.9

Total 2,910 100.0

Note: Values of non-ferrous metals refer to unwrought metals, excluding ores and concentrâtes; the data are from International Trade - 1957-58.

Excluding trade within eastern Europe, USSR and mainland China. a??