DPC/F/STAT/12/Add.3 Page 2

GENERAL AGREEMENT ON RESTRICTED DPC/P/STAT/12/Add.3 TARIFFS AND TRADE 23 January I981

International Dairy Arrangement

COMMITTEE OF THE PROTOCOL REGARDING MILK FAT

Reply to Questionnaire 2

AUSTRALIA

(Third Quarter 1980)

I. Anhydrous Milk Fat

A. Productions Trade, Consumption and Stocks of Anhydrous Milk Fat

('000 metric tons)

Years Jan.-Mar. Apr.-Jun. Jul.-Sep. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Dec.

A 1 Stocks at beginning 1978 3.6 5.1 2.5 2.k 3.6 of period!/ 1979 3.8 k.2 1.2 1.3 3.8 1980 2.0 1.5 0.5 0.8 2.0 A 2 Production 1978 6.7 5.8 6.0 10.7 29.2 1979 5.7 3.6 5.k 19.2 1980 2.9 2.2 0.8 A 3 Total imports 1978 1979 - - - 1980 NSR NSR A k Total exports 1978 3.3 k.O 2.9 5-3 15.5 1979 u.o k.k 2.0 1.7 12.1 1* 1980 0.2 1.8 1.8 A 5 Total domestic 1978 1.9 k.k 3.2 U.o 13.5 consumption 1979 1.3 3.1 1.5 3.0 8.9 1980 1.6 n.a. n.a. A 6 Stocks at end of 1978 5.1 2.5 2.k 3.8 3.8 periodj/ 1979 k.2 1.2 1.3 2.0 2.0 1980 1.5 0.5 0.8 ______—Stocks held hy manufacturers, C-T Nil" of negligible

NSR - not separately recorded DPC/F/STAT/12/Add.3 Page 2

B. Exports of Anhydrous Milk Fat

'OCX) metric tons Year: 1980 V: US$ million Tear, Jan.- Mar. Apr.- •Jun. Jul.- Sep. Oct.-Dec. total Q vl/ Q V2/ Q vl/ Q V Q V

B Total 1.8 3.6 0.2 0.U 1.8 3.5 of which to: Malaysia 0.2 °13 O.U 0.6 Oman o75 i7i United Arab Emirates 0.3 0.7 Saudi Arabia 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.8 1.6 Other 0.8 1.5 0.1 0.7 Indonesia O.U 0.5 Total butter oil < Total anhydrous milk 0.3 O.U - - - fat ; Total ghee 1.5 3.2

B 1 Transactions falling under the pricing provisions of Train s action s uxide r BIL are th e sam e as aibov e

Article 33 paragraphs 1 to 6

B 2 Transactions other than normal commercial transactions (falling under Article 3 paragraph 7) Total B 2 — — — — — — V $A 1 = US$1.1015 2/ - $A 1 = US$1.12U9 ^$A 1 = US$l.l6l9

(-) Nil or negligible Imports of Anhydrous Milk Fat

Not separately recorded

Prices in International Trade DPC/F/STAT/l2/Add.3 Page 3

E. Advance Data on Food Aid

Not available.

F. Complementary Information

Anhydrous Milk Fat production for the 19T9/80 season was about U7.5 per cent below that of the 1978/79 season. Production for the April-June 1980 quarter was approximately 51 per cent lower than last season, and for the July-September 1980 quarter was 77-8 per cent lower than that for the same period in the previous year. A trend of reduced output is expected to continue into the second quarter of the 1980/81 season (October-December). DPC/F/STAT/12/Add.3 Page k

II . Butter A. Production» Trade.Consumption and Stocks of Butter

('000 metric tons)

Years Jan.-Mar. Apr.-Jun. Jul.-Sep. Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Dec.

A 1 Stocks at 1978 32. k 3U.0 18.6 19-0 32. k beginning of 1979 31.3 27-3 11.1 9.3 31.3 periodi/ 1980 25-2 22.3 5.7 A 2 Production 1978 25.2 9.0 23.6 U5-5 103.3 1979 20. h 6.6 20. k 38.6 86.0 1980 15.1 U.8 18.8 A 3 Total imports 1978 _ _ 1979 - : 1980 1.3 1.5 A k Total exports 1978 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.6 12.9 1979 k.5 6.6 3.7 k.O 18.8 1980 k.O 3.5 A 5 Total domestic- 1978 20. k 21.U 20.1 29-6 91.5 consumption 1979 19.9 16.2 18.5 18.7 73.3 1980 13-9 18,0 15.5 A 6 Stocks at end 1978 3U.0 18.6 19.0 31.3 31.3 of period!/ 1979 27.3 11.1 9-3 25.2 25.2 1980 22.3 5.7 7.0

—'Stocks held by manufacturers. (-) Nil or negligible. DPC/F/STAT/12/Add.3 Page 5

B. Exports of Butter

Q: '000 metric tons Year: I960 V: US$ million Year, Oct.-Dec. Jan.-Mar. Apr.-Jun. Jul.-Sep. total Q vi/ Q va/ Q vl/ Q V Q V

B Total U.O 7.1» k.l 8.8 3.5 7.1 of which to: Hong Kong 0.1» 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.9 Singapore 0.6 1.0 - - 0.7 1.3 Saudi Arabia 0.6 1.6 0.9 2.0 Yemen 1.1 2.2 0.6 1.2 Other 2.U U.3 2.2 3.8 1.7 3.7 ll Transactions falling

under the pricing i provisions of Article 3» Transactions underB1 are the same as above paragraphs 1 to 6

B 2 Transactions other than normal commercial transactions (falling under Article 3= paragraph 7) Total B 2 — — —

-$A 1 = US$1.1015 -$k 1= US$1.12^9 3/$Al= US$l.l6l9 (-) Nil or negligible « • DPC/F/STAT/12/Add.3P Page 6

C. Imports of Butter

Q: *000 metric tons Year: 1980 V: US$ million

Year, Jan.-Mar. Apr.-Jun. Jul.-Sep. Oct.-Dec. total Q V Q v±/ Q vi/ Q V Q V

c Total - - 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.7 of which from New Zealand - - 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.7

c 1 Transactions falling under the pricing provisions of Traii s act:.on s unde r C 1 are the same as above f ) Article 3, paragraphs 1 to 6

C 2 Transactions other than normal commercial transactions (falling under Article 3, paragraph 7)

Total C 2 ------, -Vi = us$i. 12U9 ?/ -$A1 = US$l.l6l9 (-) Nil or negligible D. Prices in International Trade tT

E. Complementary Information

Butter production for the 1979/80 season was about 17-9 per cent below that of the 1978/79 season. Production for the April-June 1980 quarter was approximately 27 per cent lower than last season, and in the July- September 1980 quarter 7.8 per cent lower than that for the same period in the previous year. A similar, or even more pronounced downward trend is expected into the second quarter of the 1980/81 season (October-December).