Key Points
A group of WTO member countries, including Brazil, Canada and the European Union, have urged India to submit timely notifications on sugar subsidies in the World Trade Organisation, an official said..
These countries are also major sugar exporters like India and they allege that support measures by India distort global sugar trade...
Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Paraguay, New Zealand, the EU, and Guatemala have "urged India to submit timely notifications on the subsidies", the Geneva-based official said.. India has stated that the Indian central and state governments neither paid for nor procured sugarcane from farmers, as all purchases were made by private sugar mills, hence, this information was not included in its notifications of domestic support...
The discussion assumes significance as in 2022, India has appealed against a ruling of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) trade dispute settlement panel which ruled that the country's domestic support measures for sugar and sugarcane are inconsistent with global trade norms...
They claimed that India failed to report any of these subsidies in its past notifications since 1995, the official said.. Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Paraguay, New Zealand, the EU, and Guatemala voiced support for the counter notification...
