WEA Compliance Statistics (October - December 2002)

Table 1 - Exporter non-compliance (summary)

Description	Compliant	Non Compliant	Total
Export Consents	23	14	37
Exporters	16	13	29

Table 2 - Exporter non-compliance

Description	Exporters	Consents	YTD ( Consents)
Description	Oct - Dec 2002	Oct - Dec 2002	YTD ( Consents)
Incorrect/nonexistent WEA Consent number	0	0	0
Destination is inconsistent with WEA consent	0	0	0
Owner name is inconsistent with WEA consent exporter	0	0	0
AHECC code is inconsistent with shipping method	0	0	0
Departure date is outside WEA consent shipping period	0	0	0
Consignee is inconsistent with buyer on WEA consent application	0	0	0
Accumulated tonnage exported exceeds the WEA consent	0	0	0
Did not adhere to conditions of Quality Testing	11	12	12
Did not adhere to other WEA conditions (e.g. organic certificate, bill of lading)	13	15	15

Note 1: 'Exporters', 'Consents' and 'YTD Consents' include multiple shipments against individual consents.

Table 3 - Secretariat action against noncompliant exporters

Description	Oct- Dec	YTD
Letter to exporter	13	13
Exporter response received	13	13
Explanation satisfactory - no further action	13	13

Summary of compliance Issues Table 2 indicates that the major compliance issues for the 2nd quarter 2002 are that exporters are not forwarding Quality Testing information to the WEA and information such as Organic Certificates and Bills of Lading are also not being forwarded to the WEA.