RESTRICTED MTN/3E/DOC/3 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON 6 December 1974 TARIFFS AND TRADE Special Distribution Multilateral Trade Negotiations GROUP 3(c) - BASIC DOCUMENTATION Prices Received by Producers for Certain Agricultural Products • 1. The present document contains information on producer's prices for certain agricultural products. This information consists partly of data submitted by individual delegations, and partly of data which has been available to the secretariat from other sources. 2. The document has been prepared in accordance with the agreement reached in the Group at its meeting of 25 to 27 February 1974- (MTN/3E/2, paragraph 17) and covers the years 1968 to 1974.. Prices for earlier years were circulated in document Spec(69)36/Rov.l. 3. When selecting products to be included in this document, it has been aimed at covering, as far as possible, the products already discussed under paragraph 4 of the Work Programme (MTN/2), thus trying to meet a wish expressed by the Group at its meeting of 25 to 27 February 1974 (MTN/3E/2, paragraph 20). • MTN/3E/DOC/3 Page 2 Tablu of Contents Face Explanatory note Tabic I Dairy products A. Milk 5 B. Butter 6 C„ Skimed milk powder 6 Table II Grains A. Wheat 7 B." Rye 8 C. Barley 8 - D. Oats 9 E- Maize 10 F. Sorghun 10 G. Fd.ce 10 Table III Meats 12 A. Cattle 12 B. Pigs 13 C. Sheep and lanbs 13 D. Poultry M Table IV Fruit and vegetables 15 A, Fotatoes 15 B.. Tonatoes 15 C, Grape" 16 Dc Strawberries 16 Table V Oilseeds 17 A, Soybeans 17 B r Groundnuts 17 C. Rapeseed 17 D» Sunflowerseed 18 E. Cottonseed 18 F. Pain kernel 18 G. Sesaneseed 18 Table VI Tobacco 19 Table VII Sugar beet and sugarc cane 20 Table VIII Wine 21 MTN/3E/DOC/3 Page 3 Explanatory Note 1. The prices listed in the tables are in general annual averages of prices paid to producers. However, such average annual prices were not always available, and in order to have some indication of price levels also in countries for which price statistics were incomplete with respect to producers' prices, other kinds of prices (e.g. guaranteed prices, basic prices and wholesale prices) were listed in the tables. Whenever such other kinds of prices have been listed an indication of their type is given in the second colunn and next to the nane of the country concerned. A similar indication is also given when the price listed refers to a particular product quality. However, for complete information on the type of prices given and on product qualities and markets to which the prices are refer­ ring, the original sources used should be consulted, as the indications given in the second column do not aim at giving a complete and detailed information on definitions of products and prices. 2. The periods to which the prices refer are either calendar years or split years beginning in the year indicated on the top of the respective column. MTN/3E/D0C/3 Page U Sourcos The letters shown in the last column in each table indicate fron which of the following sources the data are taken: (a FAO: Developments in Agricultural Price Stabilization and Support Policies, 1965-1970, 1969-1973, 1970-1974, (CCP 71/15 - August 1971, CCP 73/17 - October 1973, and CCP 74/29 - August 1974.) (b UN-EC'S: Prices of agricultural products and selected inputs in Europe, 1971/72 arid 1972/73 (ECE/AGfil/l and ECE/AGRl/6) (c MTÎT/3E.A75 Addenda 1 to 3 (Butter and Skinned Milk Powder) (d HTN/3E/W/3 Addenda 1 to /, (Wheat) (e Tata communicated by delegations (which nay not have been included in varioue MTN/3E/W/- documents) it MTN/3F/WA Addenda 1 to 3 (Maize) (g MTN/3E/TJ/7 Addendum 1 (Cattle and chilled and frozen neat thereof) (h MTN/3F/V/8 Addenda 1 to 2 (Soya and oilcake thereof) <i HTN/3E/V/6 Addenda 1 to 3 (Sugar) (j MTH/3E/V/9 Addenda i to 5 (Wine) (k MTN/3EÀr/l7 Addendum 1 (Pace) (i MïN/3E/t.r/22 Addendum I (Tonatoes) (:•: MTK/3EA/20 Addenda 1 to 2 (Grspgs) (n MTN/3E/W/23 Addenda 1 to 2 (Strawberries) (o MTN/3E/W/18 Addenda 1 to 2 (Tobacco) MTN/3E/D0C/3 Page 5 PRICES RECEIVED BY PRODUCERS TABLE I DAIRY PRODUCTS Milk Currency ! ; ; * Country Specification and 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 11974 Source unit Austria 3.5£ USC/100 kg. 8.85 3.85 8.50 10.15 11.65 .. (a)(b) Bulgaria 3.6% US$/100 kg. 18.21 18.21 20.09 25.11 (a) Canada 3.5£ US$/100 kg. 9^50 9.44 9.30 11.22 12.58 14.22 (a) Bolivia 3.2^ US$/100 kg. 10.10 10.10 9.08 8.75 (a) Czechoslovakia 3-6^ US$/100 kg. 34.63 39.46 38.36 • • (a) 1 EEC Target price UC/100 kg. 10.30 10.30 10.30 10.90 11.77 12.42 13 IU., (e) 3.7# 14 08 ^Eelgium 3.5£ US$/100 kg.i10.30 10.30 10.30 (a] "rFrance 3.7^ US$/100 kg. 10.30 9.82 10.30 (a! Germany, P.R. 3.7£ US$/100 kg. 9.93 10.20 9.51 lo!86 14.55 là! 06 • , Italy 3.7# US$/100 kg. 10.32 10.27 10.28 (a! \ Netherlands 3.7# US$/100 kg. 9.71 9-75 9.75 10.75 12.52 14^71 (a, Denmark US$/100 kg. 6.94 8.04 8.66 10.73 13.19 (b Ireland 3.5* US$/100 kg. 6.07 6.07 6.34 7.58 9.12 1 (b ! United Kingdom US$/100 kg.! 9.87 9.92 '10.32 11.44 12.63 13^29 ! '. (• , Finland h% US$/100 kg.,11.65 11.67 12.14 12.33 14.63 18.37 1 . (a; Greece US$/100 kg.j 9.67 9-67 9.67 (a iHungary us$/ioo kg.; .. 13.61 13.67 14.92 22.8.. 6 ,1 .. (a; ; Israel 3.2^ US$/100 kg.! 12.09 12.71 12.54 12.40 12.62 14.52 | 21 43 (a jJ^pan For processing US$/100 kg.i11.31 12.09 12.14 12.87 14.77 (a] ! Hew Zealand Liquid US$/100 kg.: . 7.02 9-25 8.82 (a consumption, i finest grade ! ; "orway 4£ US$/100 kg.'12.32 12.32 13.02 13.66 15.20 17.91 i •• (a) ,Poland Zlotys ; 263 253 276 333 345 (b) per 100 It.; 1 iPortugal US$/100 kg. 9.29 9-74 8.56 9-17 .. 1 . (b) ! Spain US$/100 kg. 7.50/ 9.07 9.29 10.43 11.63 13.23 | . (a) 10.35 • Sweden *£ US$/100 kg. 11.' 11.83 11.93 14.1 ,16.62 19.77 . (a) Switzerland • US$/100 kg. 12 Q° 12.97 12.98 15.10 117.05 21.30 23 21' (a) ! Trinidad and Grade 1 US$/100 kg. 13.20 13.28 '15.95 18.50 i 22 99 (a) m i'obago •ri.':ey US$/100 kg. 11.69 (b) |United States For ERT.H- US$/100 kg. 10.27 10.87 1 10! 87 li.66 |1 1 4 48 (a) faoturing j Uruguay US$/10C kg.: 8.91 8.50 8.50 3.04 : 8.35 (a) : jYugoslavia 3.2% US$/100 kg. 7.20 11.84 15.26 11.65 • (a] MTM/3E/DOC/3 Page 6 B. Butter . - — 1 Currency ! ! Country Specification and 1968 1969 1970 1371 1972 1973 1974 1 Source! unit Australia Butter US$/100 kg. 102.22 83-95 83.95 .. (a) Canada 3utter :JS$/l00 kg. 129 - 59/ 133.70 133.00 137-31 148.34 151.25 156.53 169.76 (a) EEC Intervention UA/ton 1,735- 1,735- 1,735- 1,780- 1,800.- 1,76C- (c) 1%1>'JS Japan US$/100 kg. 179.07 179.67 179.67 187.24 210.08 (a) New Zealand Whole nilk on 7^-32 6>.20 70.88 7:.88 109-13 110.45 (c) a milk fat of milk basis fat Sweden Kr/100 k„. 655- 695- 702.- 730- 750- 750- (c) Switzerland Sw P/ 1,271.- 1,271- 1,271.- 1,295- 1,287.- 1,327- (c) 100 kg. United States Government US//1D . 67-25 63.50 70.75 68.75 68.75 62.- (0 purchase price C. Skii-jned Milk Powder Currency Country Specification and i960 1969 ; 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 Source! unit 1 Australia Pinal $A/t°n 107 181 227 280 (c) equalized price Canada Support Can//lb. 20 20 20 24- 29 33 (c) 26 EEC Intervention UA/ton 412.50 412.50 412.50 470.00 540.ooi 660.00 790.00- (e) 827.40 Japan Support "if/ton 388,440 388,440 388,440 388,440 388,4401338,440 (°) Norway Wholesale N Kr/kg. 5.90- 6.39 6.39 6.39- 6.54, 6.54- 6.39 6.54 6.84 U) Switzerland Factory Sw F/ 219.- 219.- 224.- 275- 334.- 344.- •- (c) sale price 100 kg. United States Government US//lb. 23.35 23.35 27.20 31.70 31.70 37-50- (c) purchase 41.40 price - IITM/3E/D0C/3 Page 7 TABLE II GRAINS A. Vi „aat Currency Country Specification and I960 1959 1970 l 71 1972 1975 1974 Source unit Algerxa hard US$/100 .,- 10.74 10.73 10.73 10.77 11.61 a II soft 8.91 8.91 8.91 9.30 10.29 a Argentina hard No.