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 1396 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [57 STAT. on farms, except that in the case of Canada "carry-over" means in addition the stocks of wheat of Canadian origin held in bond in the United States of America. 4. "Council" means the International Wheat Council for which pro- Ante, p. 1391. vision is made in Article VII. 5. "Crop-year" means in respect of Argentina and Australia, the period from December 1 to November 30; in respect of Canada, the period from August 1 to July 31; and in respect of the United States of America, the period July 1 to June 30. 6. "Domestic requirements" means all use of wheat and flour during any crop-year within the territories of each contracting Government for human and animal consumption, for industrial purposes, and for seed, and waste. 7. "Equivalent", with reference to the measurement of flour in terms of wheat, means a quantity calculated in the ratio of such num- ber of pounds of flour to 100 pounds of wheat as the Council shall determine. 8. "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee estab- 4ntC, p. 1393. lished by the International Wheat Council under Article VIII. 9. "Exporting country" means Argentina, Australia, Canada, the United States of America or any country that may accede as such to Ante, p. 1394. the Agreement under Article XIV. 10. "Export quota" means basic export quota together with any Ante, p. 138. secondary or supplementary export quota allocated under Article IV. 11. "Extraordinary use" means use which the Council is satisfied would not have taken place but for the governmental measures re- Ante, p. 1387. ferred to in paragraph 6 of Article III. 12. "Gross exports" means the total quantity of wheat, including flour expressed in terms of its wheat equivalent, shipped from the ter- ritories of any Government, except that in the case of Canada "gross exports" means the overseas clearances of Canadian wheat from sea- board ports in Canada and the United States of America, plus im- ports of wheat from Canada into the United States of America for consumtption and for milling in l)ond(, plus flour expressed in terms of its wheat equivalent shipped from Canadian territories. 13. "Gross imports" means the total quantity of wheat, including flour expressed in terms of its wheat equivalent, imported into the territories of any Government. 14. "Importing country" means the United Kingdom or any coun- Ante, p. 1394. try that may accede as such to the Agreement under Article XIV. 15. "Net exports" means gross exports minus gross imports. 16. "Net imports" means gross imports minus gross exports. 17. "New crop" means wheat harvested not more than two months prior to the beginning of the current crop-year. 18. "Old wheat" means wheat harvested more than two months prior to the beginning of the current crop-year. 19. "Quota-year" means the period ending July 31 following the date upon which the Agreement comes into force and thereafter the period from August 1 to July 31.

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