Committee II ~ Expansion of Trade Original: English FIRST ROUND OE AGRICULTURAL CONSULTATIONS BRAZIL. Commodity Information

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED ^m%o Limited Distribution Committee II ~ Expansion of Trade Original: English FIRST ROUND OE AGRICULTURAL CONSULTATIONS BRAZIL Commodity Information Attached for the information of the Committee Is the reply of the Government of Brazil to the questionnaire in Annex B to document COM.II/5.

2 COM.II/79 Pago 2 Commodity Inform"tion MILK AND D/-IRY PRODUCTS (l)-(2) - Definition of Products» measures Definition of Products Item no. rate ad valorem Milk,fresh, not concentrated, sterilised or not Milk, partly dehydrated 50$ 04*03 Milk,completely dehydrated, in powder or dried, full cream or unskimmed 50$ 003 and Modified milk for infants food, acidified or not 20$ others Milkj completely dehydrated, in Milk cream Cheese Butter tablets or comprimes 50$ (3) - Non- measures - Import licence is required according to conditions described in document COM,11/73 - Item VI (4) - Quantitative restrictions - No

3 con.ii/79 Page 3 (5) Exchange practices - only the general ones described in Item II DOC. COM. 11/73 (6)-(9)- No (10) - Statistical Information on Milk - Condensed Milk - Powder Milk, Butter and Cheese Table I MEAT (l)-(2)- Definition of Products - measures Item no. Definition of Products rate ad yalnrem f Meat, fresh or chilled of horses of turkeys others Meat frozen of horses others Viscera, meat offals and «ther edible parts, fresh, chilled or frozen Unrendered pig fat free of lean meat and unrendered poultry fat Fresh or chilled Salted or in brine Smoked Pig meat, cooked, smoked, in brine t salted, dried or similarly treated Other meat, cooked, smoked, in brine, salted, dried or similarly treated Viscera, meat offals and other edible parts, smoked, salted, dried 60$ 9 2$ 50$ SOfo 50$ 60$ fi3 60% $ 60$

4 COM.II/79 Pago 4 (3) (4) (5) (6)-<9) (10) Non- measures - Import Licence is required according to conditions described on Item VI - DOC.COM.I1/73 Quantitative restrictions Exchange practices - No other than the general one described in Item II - DOC«COM,I1/73 No Statistical Information on total products - export and import of meat - Table II No CEREALS (D-(2> - Definition of Products ' measures Item no. Definition of Products rate ad valorem Wheat, including spelt, in the grain or husked, or mixed with rye Rye: Barley: Oats: Rice: In the grain, unhusked Husked of ground In the grain, unhusked Husked or ground In the grain, unhusked Husked or ground In the grain, unhusked Husked or ground, including broken rice Maiza: In the ear In the grain, unhusked Ground or for hominy grits Alpist: Alpist and millet Mixtures for feeding birds 50$ 30% l5 i 5Of 0 50fc 50fo 30$ 50$ 60% 100%

5 COM. n/79 Page 5 Item no Others Definition of Products rate ad valorem - For as long as the national production of wheat is insuficient to cover home-requirements the supplementary quantity shall be imported free of duty. (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (ÔM9Î (10) Non- measures: Wheat production and import are subject to special control, which are described in Item II - 3 and Item III-A of Doc. COM.11/73 The other cereals are not subject to regu Quantitative restrictions _ lations, others than the general ones. No Exchange practices - Only wheat and wheat flour are imported under a favorabel exchange rate. Item II- State Trading - Only 3 the of purchase Doc.COM.11/73 of foreign wheat and wheat flour is done by the Federal Government., as it is mentioned in the Doc.COM.Il/73-Item V. Subsidies on domestic production - No Statistical Information - Wheat producers have a price stablished by the Government (See Doc.COM.11/ 73-Item III). The other cereals have a minimum prices fixed yearly by the Government. However, the prices in the market have always been above these minimum prices (Doc.COM. 11/73 - Item II-I and II) Related to production - Exports and imports of wheat, corn, cevada, rice, oat, centeio - Table III -

6 COM.ii/79 Page 6 SUGAR (l)-(2) - Definition of Products measures Item no. Definition of Products rate ad valorem Common sugar (saccharose) in any form Other sugars not elsewhere specified or included, even if in the form of nonaromatised and uncoloured syrup: 001 galactose 002 glucose 003 lactose 004 laevulose (fructose) 005 maltose 006 others 60$ ZQffo 50/o 60?o 60% (3) (4)-(6) (7) - (d)-(9) (10) - Non- measures - The production and the prices of the. sugar are subject to special control; Descriptions are provided in the Doc, COM.11/73-Item No - Subsidies on domestic production - - No The sugar price is fixed by the Institute. (See Doc.COM. Il/73-Item IIIA) Statistical Information on production - Exports and Imports - Table IV VEGETABLE SEEDS AND OILS (l)-(2) - Definition of.products - measures

7 COM,LL/79 Pago? VEGETABLES SEEDS AND OILS Definition of products Item no. rate ad valorem 12,01 Oilseeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken 006 -Inedible coconut and jubea*,babas_ su. copra and others 30$ 010 -Flax(linseed) 20% 012 -Mostard 20$ 014 -Perilla 12$ all the others 4G% Flour of oilseeds and of oleaginous fruit Fixed fats and oils of vegetable origin, crude * 014*-of olives 30$ 005 -of coconuts 100% -others 60$ Fixed fats and oils of vegetable origin, refined, deodourized or not? 014 -of olives 50% 005 -of coconuts.120% -others 80% Mixed oils, mixed oils and fats, mixed fats;prepared fats 100% Oils and fats, hydrogenated only 80% Margarine.100% (3)-(4) - No special measures beside those described in the Doc.COM.11/73. (5) - Exchange Practices - Castorseeds are subject to an exchange rate of Cr lc0,00 for US$ 1.00, while the other products have the rate of the free market. (8}-(9) - No

8 COM. n/79 Pago 8 (10) Statistical Information on production - exports and imports - Table V and VI and VII FISH (l)-(2) - Definition of Products - measures Item no, Definition of Products rate ad valorem 03,02 03,03 Dead fish, fresh or chilled 60$ Fish, smoked, in brine, salted and/or dried, pressed, whole or not, including slightly salted fisch Cod 15$ - others 60$ (3)-(9) - No special measures (10) - Statistics on production and imports - Table VIII

9 TABLE I COM.11/79 p &S e 9 DAIRY PRODUCTS YpAY. Domestic Exports Imports r P f ons^ion ( tons ) Milk i Condensed Milk ^ Powder milk , , V Butter , _ *981 _ _ I *. Cheese c

10 CCM. 11/79 Pago 10 TABLE II MEAT (*) Year Domestic Production OOtt) tons Exports 000 tons Imports 000 tons ,6 44,8 4,4 10,9 28,8 43,2 64,7 (*) Production from slaughtered animals: beef, veal, pork, mutton and lamb = 0,3 0,9 0,2

11 TABLE III COM.11/79 Pago 11 CLREALS Year Domestic Prduction 000 tons Exports 000 tons Imports 000 tons Wheat 195a I Corn c c c *735 1 to 4 10 Barley (#) (*) Imports a includ malt ), Rice 810 1,305 3,737 3 c , Oats Rye ,

12 COM. n/79 Pago 12 TABLE IV SUGAR ïear a Proïuctîon 000 tons S tons 000 tons Ô 617

13 TABLE V COM.11/79 Page 13 OIL SEEDS Year Domestic Production Export Import Cotton seed S , OO Groundnuts Ç * I Castor beans Babaçu nuts Oiticica nuts Soy bean c , , , ÔO _ ,070

14 COM. n/79 Pago 14 TABLE VI VEGETABLE OILS Cont. Year Domestic Production Export Import Olive oil ,901 Soy bean oil ,

15 TABLE VI COM. 11/79 Pago 15 VEGETABLE OILS Year Domestic Production Export Import Cotton seed oil I , ,149 74, Groundnut oil i.04 57* c3l Castor oil , Î Babaçu oil ,674 29,188 42,217 C O. Z 1, Oiticica oil c494 9, I cont. -

16 COM.II/79 Page 16 TABLE VII TOTAL OILSEEDS AND KERNELLS Year Exports tons , TOTAL VEGETABLE OILS

17 TABLE VIII CCM.LL/79 Pago 17 FISH Year Domestic Export Import (*) Production tons tons... _ _ S7 _ _ _ a ISO.349 _ (*) Codfish