GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE

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1 GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE C0M.AG/W/2/Add.l 20 May 960 Lmted Dstrbuton Agrculture Commttee Orgnal ; French YUGOSLAVIA Informaton Suppled n.:espcct of Dary Products A. Producton; producton measures and polces. Statstcal data on total volume of producton 2. Trends n producton ;ad estmates for 970 In recent years mlk producton has shrarn a slghtly rsng trend (mllon ltres) 96,; j 970 ((estmate ) Total of whch; Cow's mlk Per cow and per annum (ltres) 2,334 2,7 I,76 2,234.9c 2,65 2,437,207 3,200 3,000 Mlk s consumed fresh and n the form of dary products. In recent years cutout of dary products has been as follows : ('000 metrc tons) j Mlk powder ; Butter Cheese Statstcal data on carryover stocks and stockples There are no stocks.

2 COM.AG/lJ/2/Ad.d.l Page 2 4. rectors vlch effect p educton Dary cattle selecton has the effect of mprovng nl : yeld, partcularly n collectve farms uhee annual producton per cou reached 3,2A7 ltres n Polces, and neasu"us of r cve.aments or ether bodes lkely to nfluence producton, other /than those, lsted undo:. E There arc no specal measures c;:cept those mentoned under E.

3 C0M.AG/W/2/Add.l Page 3 B. Protecton, and support :.:easures and polces I. Interna] support raeasues and polces Inventory of the nstruments of support The Government has prescrbed a mnmum purchase prce for mlle but ths does not represent any oblgaton for the State. Mlle purchasers arc requred to pay the prescrbed prce but they can poy hgher prces f market condtons permt. The Government has lkewse made provson for a premum whch s pad to producers n respect of all quanttes sold. 2. Levels of guaranteed prces or support prces The mnmum purchase prce s fxed per unt of fat content at the rate of 2.24 US cents, whch corresponds to USOCO.64 per,000 ltres of mlk wth a 3.6 per cent fat content. 3. Amount of producer subsdes The premum s pad at the rate of 2.A cents per ltre.e. ">24 per,000 ltres. There s no lmt on producton, and the premum s pc.d regardless of the manner of consumpton (whether fresh or n the form of dary products). 4. Average returns to producers Agrcultural producers have receved a prce above the mnmum prce, ncludng the premum. Producers' returns and premums have been as follows n the last three years : Mlk purchase prce premum (US."; per,000 ltres) I 966 Go. *> /..0U Total The unces and premums have been calculated on the bass of an exchange rate of 7.50 dnars to the dollar for I964, and 2.50 dnars to the dollar for 965 and 9,66.

4 COM.AG/W/2/Add.l Page 4 5. Method of determnng returns for produce', s, ncludng poolng of recepts, consttuant elements of the ce returns, relatonshp of prce formaton n domestc and nternatonal markets. The relatonshp of prce formaton n the domestc and nternatonal markets s based on the same prncples,.e. the nterplay of supply and demand n the market. II. Measures at the fronter Tarff tem number Product Mlk and cream, fresh, net concentrated or sweetened (I) Mlk (2) Cream (?) Other Import duty ad valorem Free Free Free Trade Export regme Import CDK GDK GDK Mlk and cream,preserved, concentrated or sweetened 04.0? () In lqud or paste form (2) In sold form (block mlk or mlk powder^ etc. ) Butter (I) Fresh (2) Resoldfed Cheese and curd () Cheese; GDI'.. I GDK j : (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (2) Curd Katchkaval Trappste Emmenthaler Other hard and medumhard cheese Processed Other j free GDK mports under global exchange quota mports under commodty quotas

5 C0M.AG/U/2/Add.l Page 5 C. Consumpton and nternal prces. Statstcal data on consumpton Consumpton of mlk and dary products has developed as follov/s: 96/ Mlk (mllon ltres) Butter (thousand tons) Mlle pouder (thousand tons) Cheese (thousand tuns), O, ô, C 2. Trends n consumpton and estmates f or_ 370 A change n the pattern of lqud mlk consumpton s forecast for 970, so that out of total producton of 3,200 mllon ltres, 2,500 mllon rllbe consumed n lqud form and the balance cf 700 mllon ltres './ll be processed. 3 Retal and uholesale _yces on ma.jo nternal markets Retal prces of dary products are formed accordng to prevalng market condtons and have been as follows over the past three years : (US dollars), Lqud mlk (thousand ltres) Butter (tons) Skmmed mlk powder (tons) Katchkaval cheese (tons) Qnmenthaler cheese (tons) Trappste cheese (tens) 96/. 00.0, " > L J >, " 92.G, C_.. 2 < I < n 7? A 95/, ,350.0,6.5,05.2,320;0,050.0 /.. factors whch condton the evoluton of nternal consumpton 5. Polces and measures affectn;; consumpton In order to stmulate consumpton, the local authortes grant a premum on each ltre of mlk marketed regardless of the manner of consumpton, at the rate of " Z per,000 ltres.

6 SITC Product Condensed and preserved mlk Whole mlk n powder form or n blocks Skmmed mlk n powder form or n blocks Lqud mlk,fresh Fresh cream Butter Katchkaval cheese Trappste cheese Ennenthaler cheese Quantty 4, YUGOSLAV EXPORTS OP DAIRY PRODUCTS. 445,50. _ 780,097 8,93,93 Prce Quantty,65 3 5, " (Quantty n tons; value n $; prce n $ per metrc ton) 322,007 8,000 57, , ,025 57, Prce " Quantty , j 203,427,95 327,968 34,979,536 30,344 5,960 0, Other hard and medum*. ', hard cheese 70 93,033,35 I ,044, 933 ' 33 74, Soft whte cheese , , , O0Ô0, Processed cheese ' 22 24,979 l,l6o ' 820 Total 6,96 j,604,99 9, ,674,605 ' 5,30.05,284,5 Prce _

7 YUGOSLAV IMPORTS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS (Quantty n tons; value n $; prce n " per metrc ton) SITC I Product j. Quantty Condensed and preserved mlk Whole mlk n powder form or n blocks, Skmmed mlk n powder form or n blocks Lqud mlk, fresh Presh butter Emmenthaler cheese Hard and medumhard cheese, other 544 3, ].96, ,23 4,028,023 38,20 247,290 3,500 Prce ' Quantty , 303 : ", ,63 4,27, ,499 48,087 j 4,63,423 j 26, , j 35,82 Prce ,067 Quantty 2, 2,672 I 65 4, j,227 9^,525 3,689 2,379,453 _ 6,220 Prce : ' J ; Processed cheese Total 4,863 t,52,223 " t 9,737 9,372 5,324,234 2, , p4 3,305,840 I _,

8 COM.AG/W/2/Add.l Page 8 2. Levels o export prces prevalng: n varous markets fcr dfferent varetes The average prces per ton pad n 967 for Katchkaval cheese (the major export product n ths group) n the most mportant markets were as follows: Unted States,30.2, Greece Export ad measures and ooces (a) Specfc data and comment on export payments, subsdes and other ads There are no export payments, subsdes or other ads. (b) Stocl: management polces as they relate to exports No specal polces are appled wth respect to stocks and exports. (c) Types and nfluence of noncommercal transactons and polces, ncludng export credt No export credts are granted on daly products. L v. Descrpton of blateral agreements affectng mports or exports Trade wth countres wth whch clearng arrangements exst s conducted under blateral agreements. The products and quotas mentoned n the schedules annexed to such agreements are only of an ndcatve character.