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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/CHL/9
23 February 1999
(99-0690)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning export subsidy commitments (Tables ES:1 and ES:2)
for the year 1997 was received from the delegation of Chile on 8 February 1998.
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In accordance with the notification requirements of the World Trade Organization and the
decisions adopted by the Committee on Agriculture (document G/AG/2, page 24, paragraph (ii)), I
wish to notify the Committee that during the period from 1 January to 31 December 1998 Chile did
not apply agricultural product export subsidies.  Atta ched hereto is Table ES:2  showing Chile's fruit
exports.G/AG/N/CHL/9
Page 2Table ES:2
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  CHILE
REPORTING PERIOD:  January-December 1998
Description of  products Value of total exports
(thousands of US$)Quantity of  total exports
(tonnes)
12 3
Fresh Fruit
Main items:
Grapes 603,535 490,044
Apples, pears and quinces 343,895 692,011Plums, apricots, nectarines and peaches 129,797 113,008Kiwis and other fresh fruit 274,805 207,142
TOTAL 1,352,032 1,502,205
Source of data:  ODEPA.
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