JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
12 January 2024  
(24-0297) Page: 1/12 
Committee on Agriculture  
Special Session  Original: English  
 
  
TOWARDS A STRENGTHENED NEGOTIATION FRAMEWORK  
IN THE DOMESTIC SUPPORT PILLAR  
BUILDING A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO  
NEGOTIATIONS ON DOMESTIC SUPPORT  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 12 January 2024 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Cairns Group1 and Ukraine . 
 
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1. The Cairns Group is committed to achieving greater fairness and a levelling of the playing field 
in agriculture through comprehensive agriculture trade reform in line with Article 20 of the 
Agreement on Agriculture. Such reform is essential for addressing global challenges relating to 
food security, development and livelihoods, and the environment.   
2. Consistent with our view that the pathway with the best prospects for success in agriculture is 
through a holistic reform process, the Cairns Group believes that JOB/AG/243  circulated by 
Costa  Rica on 9 June 2023, should be the basis of domestic support negotiations. As such, we 
submit the following revision of Section B of JOB/AG/243  as the basis for a text -based modalities 
discussion on domestic support and a permanent solution for the issue of public stockholding for 
food security purposes (PSH).   
3. To ensure a robust and significant reform package, further negotiations among  WTO Members 
could expand on the design and implementation of the overall modalities , including on the levels 
at which certain thresholds and limits are set; scope and product coverage; product aggregation 
in Annex II in the context of addressing product -specific support concentration issues; the design 
and application of a domestic support triggering mechanism; and Annex 2 of the AoA.  
4. In line with our commitment to the reform process , the three developed country WTO Members 
of the Cairns Group (Australia, Canada and New Zealand) commit, at the implementation phase, 
to schedule their Final Cap for domestic support at the lowest calculated level of either the 
starting Baseline, the Base Cap or the Final Cap.  
5. Since the Agreement on Agriculture is currently subject to negotiations, we reserve the right to 
submit further revisions to this proposal, including on any additional text that may be required 
to ensure full legal certainty in the co ntext of final modalities.   
6. The Cairns Group remains committed to working on all pillars and with all interested WTO 
Members to integrate the key elements of different proposals in a way that is balanced, 
pragmatic, viable and transparent, and which suppor ts continued progress in the negotiations.  
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1 Co-sponsoring Members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Malaysia, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Thailand, Uruguay and Viet  Nam.  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  DRAFT OF MODALITIES  
MINISTERIAL DECISION ON MODALITIES FOR REFORM OF THE  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT PILLAR, FEBRUARY  2024  
The Ministeri al Conference , 
Having regard  to paragraph 1 of Article IX of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade 
Organization;  
Recalling the long -term objective to establish a fair and market -oriented agricultural trading system 
and to provide for substa ntial progressive reductions in agricultural support and protection sustained 
over an agreed period of time, resulting in correcting, and preventing restrictions and distortions in 
world agricultural markets as stated in the Preamble of the Agreement on Ag riculture (AoA);  
Having regard  that special and differential treatment is an integral part of the agriculture 
negotiations as stated in the Preamble of the AoA;  
Considering  the importance of further levelling the playing field for global agricultural tra de in order 
to realize the full potential of the agricultural reform process;  
Recognizing  the role that a fair and market -oriented agricultural trading system plays in supporting 
progress towards the targets set out under the United Nations Sustainable De velopment Goals, 
including to end poverty and hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, promote 
sustainable agriculture and food systems, implement resilient agricultural practices, enhance 
production, and strengthen the policy response to clim ate change and natural disasters through both 
mitigation and adaptation actions;  
Taking note  of the achievements in the negotiations to date, as well as the need to make further 
progress in order to fulfil existing mandates relevant to the agriculture neg otiations, as set out in 
Article 20 of the AoA, and the Bali and Nairobi Ministerial Decisions.  
Decides  as follows:  
I.   Capping Commitments  
1. Members shall not provide trade -distorting domestic support which taken in aggregate exceeds 
a monetary limit (hereafter " base cap ") as provided in Column 2 of Annex I of this Decision. 
This limit shall apply to all of domestic support measures in favour of agricultural producers 
currently provided under Article 6 of the Agreement on Agriculture, with the exceptio n of 
domestic measures which are not subject to limitations in terms of the criteria set out in this 
Decision and in Annex  2 to the Agreement on Agriculture.  For the purposes of the Agreement 
on Agriculture, the final commitment reached under this Decision  shall continue to be expressed 
in terms of Total Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS).   
2. The base cap in Paragraph 1 shall be calculated as follows:  
a. A baseline, as provided in Column 1 of Annex I of this Decision, which shall be estimated as 
the sum of: 
i) The monetary value of de minimis entitlements for product -specific support and non -
product -specific AMS under Article 6.4, as estimated using the average value of total 
agricultural production for the last three years available; plus  
ii) Final Bound Total AMS as specified in Part IV of the Member 's Schedule; plus  
iii) The highest level of support provided under Article 6.2 during the most recent consecutive 
three years, as notified to the Committee on Agriculture; plus  
iv) The highest level of support provided under  Article 6.5 during the most recent consecutive 
three years, as notified to the Committee on Agriculture.  
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  b. The baseline shall be adjusted as follows in order to obtain the base cap:  
i) Developing Members with a baseline equal or superior to 20 %, but lower th an 30 % of 
the average total value of agricultural production for the last three years available, shall 
receive an upward adjustment so that their base cap is equal to 30% of the average total 
value of agricultural production for the last three years availa ble. 
ii) Any Member with a baseline inferior to 20 % of the average total value of agricultural 
production for the last three years available, shall receive an upward adjustment so that 
their base cap is equal to 20%, or shall receive an additional adjustment o f 
[USD  1 billion], whichever adjustment is lower in monetary terms.  
II.   Reduction Commitments  
3. Members shall reduce their individual  base cap  using their relative participation in the total 
collective base cap . The total collective base cap being the aggregate of all the individual base caps  
estimated in paragraph 2. For certainty, the following formula shall be used when estimating 
individual reductions:  
NCi= BC i*(1-Ai), where:  
 
NCi is the new cap  after reductions for Member "i"; 
BCi is the base cap  for Member "i"; 
Ai is the share of Member "i", in the total base cap , so 𝐴𝑖=𝐵𝐶𝑖
∑𝐵𝐶164
𝑖=1 
4. The total collective base cap  shall be subject to a reduction of at least [50]% by 
31 December  2034.  
5. Members shall reduce their individual base cap in line with the objective set out in paragraph  4, 
by applying nine times the formula of paragraph 3.  
6. Where the individual base cap  is less than or equal to [USD 1 billion], or the equivalent in the 
monetary terms in which the binding is expressed, Members sh all not be required to undertake 
any reduction commitment.  
7. The new cap, as provided in Column 3 of Annex I to this Decision, shall be adjusted before it 
becomes the final commitment (final cap), so that any Member with a new cap that is:  
a. less than or equa l to USD 250 million, can schedule its final commitment to be equal to 
USD 250 million, or the equivalent in the monetary terms in which the binding is expressed; 
or 
b. more than USD 250 million but less than or equal to USD 500 million, can schedule its fina l 
commitment to be equal to USD 500 million, or the equivalent in the monetary terms in 
which the binding is expressed; or  
c. more than USD 500 million but less than or equal to USD 750 million, can schedule its final 
commitment to be equal to USD 750 million , or the equivalent in the monetary terms in 
which the binding  is expressed.  
8. Least Developed Country Members shall be exempted from any capping or reduction 
commitments.  
9. Those Least Developed Country Members that have met the criteria for graduation shall be 
subject to paragraph 1 of this Decision, 10 years after graduation. At that moment they will be 
required to schedule their base cap  in monetary terms, in Part IV of their Schedules. For greater 
certainty, the provisions under paragraph 7 of this Decisio n shall apply in the scheduling of their 
final commitments.  
10. All Members, other than least -developed country Members, shall schedule their final 
commitments (hereafter final cap ) as provided in Column 4 of Annex I of this Decision, in 
monetary terms in Part IV of their Schedules. Final commitments shall enter into f orce no later 
than 31 December 2034.  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  11. Members shall continue to respect the existing limits set out in the Agreement on Agriculture 
on the provision of domestic support until the new limits set out in this Decision enter into force. 
Access in advance to the  new provisions shall be granted in accordance with the schedule of 
reductions that each Member established in paragraph 10 of this Decision.  
III.   Product Specific AMS Limits  
12. For the purposes of this Decision, a  product shall be defined in accordance with the categories 
established in Annex II of this Decision. The aggregation level for each product shall be reviewed 
every four years by the Committee of Agriculture. At the request of a Member, if in the course 
of the review, a tariff subheading concentrates mor e than 50% of total global exports of a given 
product for more than three years, a new product category shall be created for that specific 
tariff subheading.1  
13. Unless specified otherwise, all product -specific domestic support provided by a Member shall be  
accounted for in its final cap limit as set out in Paragraph 10 of this Decision and shall be 
aggregated into a Product -Specific Support AMS .2 
14. As per Paragraph 13, disciplines on Product -Specific Support AMS shall be defined as follows:  
a. A Member that does not actively engages in exports3 of a product and:  
i) imports [50%] or more of its annual consumption of that product, shall not be required 
to include its product -specific domestic support into that Product -Specific AMS; or  
ii) imports more than [20]% but less than [50]% of its annual consumption of that product, 
shall not be required to include its product -specific domestic support into that Product -
Specific AMS if it is lower than USD [1] million. Otherwise, a Product -Specific AMS limit 
of [75%] [100%] of  the VoP of said product shall apply; or  
iii) imports less than [20]% of its annual consumption of that product, shall have access to 
Product -Specific AMS up to [50]% [75]% of the VoP of said product, as long as it 
establishes or maintains a duty -free tariff quota to a volume of imports equivalent to 
at least [20]% of its annual consumption of said product .4 The provisions under 
paragraph  14(b)(i) of this Decision  shall apply otherwise.  
b. A Member that actively engages in exports of a product and over tw o consecutive years:  
i) holds a share of less than [0.5] % of global exports of said product, shall have access to 
product -specific AMS up to [25] % of the value of that product 's total value of production; 
or 
ii) holds a share of at least [0.5] % but less than [2] % of global exports of said product, 
shall have access to product -specific AMS up to [20] % of the value of that product 's total 
value of production; or  
iii) holds a share of at least [2] % but less than [5] % of global exports of said product, shall 
have access to  product -specific AMS up to [15] % of the value of that product 's total value 
of production; or  
iv) holds a share of 5 % or more of global exports of said product, shall have access to 
product -specific AMS up to 10 % of the value of that product 's total value of production.  
15. [Product -specific domestic support provided to producers in developing country Members to 
encourage diversification from growing illicit narcotic crops shall not be included in the limit set 
out in paragraph s 10 and 13 of this Decision.  
 
1 The WTO Secretariat shall keep track of the information necessary for this purpose. As per 
Article  18.5, Members agree to consult annually in the Committee on Agriculture with respect to their 
participation in the normal growth of world trade in agricultural products.  
2 The notifications formats under G/AG/2  shall be reviewed accordingly to improve monitoring of all 
product -specific support provided under Article 6 of the Agreement on Agriculture.  
3 A Member with less than 0.01% of g lobal exports of a product  (by volume or value  when applicable ), 
or that exports less than USD [one] million annually  when value is used for that product , shall not be 
considered to be an active exporter of said product.  
4 Least Developed Country Members shall be exempted from the duty -free tariff quota requirement.  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  16. Non-product specific domestic support in the form of generally available investment or input 
subsidies provided to low -income or resource -poor producers in developing country Members, 
shall not be included in the limit set out in paragraph 10 of this Decision as long as it does not 
exceed US D [5] billion during the relevant year .] [Any excess beyond that amount shall be 
accounted for in the limit set out in Paragraph 10 of this Decision.]  
IV.   On Annex 2  
17. The provisions and transparency requirements in Annex 2 of the AoA and the Ministerial Decision 
of 7 December 2013 on General Services shall be reviewed and updated to ensure that covered 
subsidies have no, or at most minimal, trade -distorting effects or effects on productio n. 
Consideration shall be given to concerns about environment protection and food security5, as 
well as to rural development and poverty alleviation objectives .  
V.   Domestic Support Trigger Mechanism (DSTM)  
18. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1(b) of Article II of GATT 1994, any Member may 
take recourse to  a Domestic Support Trigger Mechanism  in connection with the importation of 
an agricultural product if any of the following conditions are met : 
a. if in its notifications, as from 20[24 ], the exporting Member has provided any Product -
Specific AMS above 10% of its Value of Production in the previous notified year for that 
product or group of products; or  
b. if in its notification obligations under paragraph 2 of Article 18, the exporting Mem ber has 
not submitted to the Committee on Agriculture its notification on domestic support 2 years 
following the notification deadline; or  
c. if, pursuant to the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of 
Disputes, a determination has b een made on the existence of product -specific domestic 
support beyond 10% of the Value of Production (or a circumvention of the relevant 
disciplines) by the exporting Member.  
19. The DSTM  shall only be maintained until the end of the calendar year in which it has been 
imposed and may only be levied at a level which shall not exceed [50]% of the level of the 
ordinary customs duty6 in effect in the year in which the action is taken.  
20. The DSTM  shall only be applied to the imported agricultural products of the sam e origin and for 
which the corresponding triggering condition has been met for the calendar year in which the 
action is taken. Any recourse to the DSTM  beyond the calendar year in which the action is 
initially taken shall require a new a new communication to the Committee on Agriculture on the 
continued existence of the triggering condition,  consistent with the process outlined in 
paragraph 18 above.   
21. The operation of the DSTM  shall be carried out in a transparent manner. Any Member taking 
action under the DSTM  shall give notice in writing to the Committee on Agriculture as far in 
advance as may be practicable and in any event within 10 days of the implementation of such 
action . A Member taking action under the DSTM  shall afford any interested Members the 
opportunity to consult with it in respect of the conditions of application of such action.  
22. Where measures are taken in conformity with the provisions above, Members undertake n ot to 
have recourse, in respect of such measures, to the provisions of paragraphs 1(a) and 3 of 
Article  XIX of GATT 1994, or paragraph 2 of Article 8 of the Agreement on Safeguards.   
VI.   Consultations  
23. Any Member seeking coverage of its support programmes unde r the provisions contained in this 
Decision shall ensure that its programmes do not adversely affect the food security of other 
Members and shall upon request hold consultations with other interested Members on the 
operation of its support programmes.   
 
5 As defined by FAO: when all people, at all times, have physical, social and economic access to 
sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and 
healthy life . 
6 For purposes of clarity, defined here to mean the bound rate.  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  VII.   Monitoring  
24. The Committee on Agriculture shall monitor and review the information submitted under this 
Decision.  
25. Members agree to hold dedicated discussions on an annual basis in the Committee on 
Agriculture to examine relevant developments in the field of domestic support. This examination 
process shall provide an opportunity for Members to raise any matter relevant to the domestic 
support pillar.  
26. The dedicated discussions shall be undertaken on the basis of factual information and data 
compiled by the WTO Secretariat from Members' notifications, complemented, as appropriate, 
by relevant information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat.  
27. The Committee on Agriculture shall review the implementation of the disciplines contained in 
this Decision and its op eration every three years, taking into account the Dedicated Discussions 
and the experience gained up to that time, with the aim of making recommendations in a 
manner consistent with Article 20 of the AoA.  
VIII.    Transparency  
28. Members shall:  
a. Fulfil and continue to fulfil its domestic support notification requirements under the 
Agreement on Agriculture in accordance with document G/AG/2  of 30 June 1995 and its 
updates.  
b. Notify the Committee on Agriculture of the total value of production and the value of 
production for each subsidized product. The value of production shall be updated annually 
on the basis of information provided by Members to the WTO Secretariat. The WTO 
Secretariat will work with other international organizations in providing technical ass istance 
and support for capacity building to any WTO Member encountering difficulties in estimating 
their total value of agricultural production.  
c. Include in their notifications all programmes covered by the Bali Decision on General Services 
that are relate d to land reform and rural livelihood security provided in order to promote 
rural development and poverty alleviation, such as land rehabilitation, soil conservation and 
resource management, drought management and flood control, rural employment 
programmes , issuance of property titles, and farmer settlement programmes.  
d. Provide the measure type, name, and description for each measure notified in a complete 
and comprehensive manner, including, if possible, a URL for the related legislation that 
allows for th e measure or programme and a URL for the data source where outlays are 
found. All product -specific support provided under Article 6 shall be disaggregated by product 
and type of programme.  
29. Members instruct the WTO Secretariat to assist developing country M embers, particularly least 
developed Members, upon their request, to comply with notification and transparency 
requirements, including through ad hoc advice, technical assistance, and capacity -building 
support. The Secretariat shall report on the activitie s in relation to the assistance provided.  
IX.   Final provisions  
30. Pursuant  to the preamble  and Article  20 of the AoA, this Decision  shall not be construed  to 
impede  the Uruguay  Round  agricultural  reform  programme  aimed  at correcting  and preventing  
restrictions  and distortions  in world  agricultural  markets.  Members  are encouraged  to continue  
their reform  process  consistent  with that objective  and, to the extent  possible,  develop  and 
implement  programmes  that have the least distorting  effects  on international  agricultural  
markets.  
31. As of its adoption, for all intents and purposes this Decision constitutes a Permanent Solution 
on Public Stockholding for Food Security Purposes and replaces the interim solution 
(WT/MIN(13)/38  - WT/L/913)  for Public Stockho lding for Food Security Purposes adopted in 
Bali, Indonesia in December 2013, as clarified in the General Council Decision of 
27 November  2014 ( WT/L/939 ). JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  ANNEX I  
MEMBER  BASELINE  
IN USD MILLION  BASE CAP  NEW CAP  (IT.91) FINAL CAP  
COLUMN  1 2 3 4 
China  263,850  264,850  50,497  50,497  
European Union  131,929  131,929 43,956 43,956 
India 105,641  120,816 42,822 42,822 
United States  55,573  56,573 31,183 31,183 
Japan  46,370  46,370 27,916 27,916 
Brazil  32,069  45,637 27,657 27,657 
Indonesia  26,477  34,988 23,435 23,435 
Türkiye  19,308  27,493 19,863 19,863 
Mexico  23,617  23,617 17,778 17,778 
Pakistan  12,492  18,738 14,883 14,883 
Russian Federation  13,158  14,158 11,852 11,852 
Korea, Republic of  10,279  13,525 11,407 11,407 
Viet Nam  8,393  11,952 10,270 10,270 
Thailand  9,654  10,819 9,424 9,424 
Philippines  6,913  9,759 8,611 8,611 
Argentina  6,576  9,751 8,605 8,605 
Canada  7,985  8,985 8,003 8,003 
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  6,628  8,246 7,413 7,413 
Nigeria  5,481  8,199 7,375 7,375 
Colombia  5,407  6,876 6,288 6,288 
Egypt  4,485  6,652 6,100 6,100 
Malaysia  4,447  6,449 5,929 5,929 
Australia  4,860  5,860 5,428 5,428 
Switzerland  5,613  5,613 5,215 5,215 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  4,316  5,187 4,846 4,846 
Chile 3,054 4,557 4,292 4,292 
Peru 3,122 4,514 4,253 4,253 
Kenya  2,967 4,450 4,197 4,197 
Ukraine  3,079 4,079 3,865 3,865 
Morocco  2,770 3,705 3,528 3,528 
Ghana  2,218 3,327 3,183 3,183 
Dominican Republic  2,177 3,237 3,101 3,101 
Côte d'Ivoire  2,080 3,120 2,994 2,994 
South Africa  2,113 3,113 2,987 2,987 
Cameroon  1,895 2,842 2,737 2,737 
Chinese Taipei  1,852 2,746 2,647 2,647 
New Zealand  1,710 2,710 2,615 2,615 
Israel  2,258 2,534 2,450 2,450 
Ecuador  1,687 2,531 2,447 2,447 
Norway  2,354 2,354 2,281 2,281 
Paraguay  1,560 2,335 2,264 2,264 
Kazakhstan  1,638 1,927 1,878 1,878 
Bolivia, Plurinational State 
of 1,260 1,890 1,843 1,843 
Uruguay  1,242 1,861 1,815 1,815 
Guatemala  1,207 1,762 1,721 1,721 
Tunisia  1,123 1,533 1,502 1,502 
Sri Lanka  1,389 1,443 1,416 1,416 
Costa Rica  948 1,398 1,372 1,372 
Cuba 667 1,000 987 1,000 
Congo  634 951 939 951 
 
1 For greater certainty, the following formula was used when estimating individual reductions:  
NCi= BC i*(1-Ai), where:  
 
NCi is the new cap  after reductions for Member "i"; 
BCi is the base cap  for Member "i"; 
Ai is the share of Member "i", in the total base cap , so 𝐴𝑖=𝐵𝐶𝑖
∑𝐵𝐶164
𝑖=1 
The above formula was applied for nine iterations in order to obtain the results in Column 3. JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  MEMBER  BASELINE  
IN USD MILLION  BASE CAP  NEW CAP  (IT.91) FINAL CAP  
COLUMN  1 2 3 4 
Honduras  629 938 926 938 
Papua New Guinea  619 877 867 877 
Zimbabwe  580 871 861 871 
Jordan  547 812 803 812 
Panama  582 777 769 777 
Albania  350 700 693 750 
Tajikistan  588 606 601 750 
Kyrgyz Republic  298 596 591 750 
Nicaragua  392 588 583 750 
El Salvador  427 547 543 750 
Jamaica  349 524 520 750 
Mauritius  308 462 459 500 
Mongolia  268 343 341 500 
Moldova, Republic of  171 306 305 500 
Armenia  151 301 300 500 
North Macedonia  155 272 271 500 
Iceland  216 216 215 250 
United Arab Emirates  141 212 211 250 
Georgia  85 169 169 250 
Guyana  105 158 157 250 
Fiji 93 140 140 250 
Montenegro  58 116 116 250 
Namibia  82 112 112 250 
Belize  66 98 98 250 
Gabon  65 97 97 250 
Eswatini  64 96 96 250 
Botswana  93 93 93 250 
Kuwait, the State of  56 84 84 250 
Oman  62 83 83 250 
Trinidad and Tobago  49 73 73 250 
Hong Kong, China  47 71 71 250 
Suriname  44 66 65 250 
Grenada  42 63 63 250 
Cabo Verde  38 57 57 250 
Qatar  40 57 57 250 
Barbados  30 44 44 250 
Brunei Darussalam  27 40 40 250 
Samoa  24 36 36 250 
Singapore  19 28 28 250 
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  18 27 27 250 
Saint Lucia  15 22 22 250 
Antigua and Barbuda  9 13 13 250 
Tonga  7 11 10 250 
Dominica  7 10 10 250 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  6 9 9 250 
Seychelles  5 5 5 250 
Saint Kitts and Nevis  2 4 4 250 
Maldives  1 1 1 250 
Macao, China  - - - 250 
GRAND TOTAL  876,553.98  980,791.58  491,811.80  499,372.07  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  ANNEX II (AS PER G/AG/W/32/REV.21 ) 
Product or product groups  Product composition  
(HS2017)  
Wheat and wheat flour  1001 
1101 
Coarse grains  1002 
1003 
1004 
1005 
1007 
1008 
Rice 1006 
Oilseeds  1201 
1202 
1203 
1204 
1205 
1206 
1207 
Vegetable oils  1507 
1508 
1509 
1510 
1511 
1512 
1513 
1514 
1515 
Oilcakes  2304 
2305 
2306 
Sugar  1701 
Butter and butter oil  0405 
Skim milk powder  040210  
Cheese  0406 
Other milk products  
(Whole milk powder)  040221  
040229  
Bovine meat  0201 
0202 
021020  
Pig meat  0203 
021011  
021012  
021019  
Poultry meat  0207 
Sheep meat  0204 
Live animals  01 
Eggs  0407 
Wine  2204 
2205 
Fruits and Vegetables  07 
08 
20 
Tobacco  24 
Cotton  5201 
5202 
5203 JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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  SECTION C  - ADDITIONAL ANALYTICAL TABLES  
Table 1: D ata on  Monetized  Entitlements  following Annex I of JOB/AG/199  
(In USD million ) 
MEMBER  AV. VOP1 SOURCE  DE 
MINIMIS2 FBTAMS3 ART.6.24 BLUE 
BOX4 BASE LINE  
China  1,517,502.5  REPORTED  25,975.4  - - 5,875.0  263,850.4  
European 
Union  436,867.5  REPORTED  43,686.7  82,669.9  - 5,572.5  131,929.1  
India  402,719.2  FAO 80,543.8  - 25,097.5  - 105,641.4  
United States  364,696.1  REPORTED  36,469.6  19,103.3  - - 55,572.9  
Japan  85,113.0  REPORTED  8,511.3  37,208.3  - 650.8  46,370.4  
Brazil  152,124.4  REPORTED  30,424.9  912.1  732.3  - 32,069.3  
Indonesia  116,625.2  FAO 23,325.0  - 3,151.6  - 26,476.6  
Mexico  52,986.6  REPORTED  10,597.3  12,385.0  634.8  - 23,617.2  
Türkiye   91,644.6  REPORTED  18,328.9  - 978.7  - 19,307.6  
Russian 
Federation  87,582.2  REPORTED  8,758.2  4,400.0  - - 13,158.2  
Pakistan  62,461.1  REPORTED  12,492.2  - - - 12,492.2  
Korea, 
Republic of  45,083.7  REPORTED  9,016.7  1,262.4  - - 10,279.2  
Thailand  36,062.3  FAO 7,212.5  608.1  1,833.4  - 9,653.9  
Viet Nam  39,840.0  REPORTED  7,968.0  170.7  254.1  - 8,392.8  
Canada  47,777.7  REPORTED  4,777.8  3,206.9  - - 7,984.7  
Philippines  32,531.3  FAO 6,506.3  - 407.0  - 6,913.2  
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  27,487.0  FAO 5,497.4  1,130.7  N/A N/A 6,628.1  
Argentina  32,502.6  FAO 6,500.5  75.0 - - 6,575.5  
Switzerland  10,782.4  REPORTED  1,078.2  4,534.3  - - 5,612.5  
Nigeria  27,330.0  FAO 5,466.0  - 15.0 - 5,480.9  
Colombia  22,919.6  FAO 4,583.9  344.7  478.6  - 5,407.3  
Bangladesh  24,825.0  FAO 4,965.0  - 2.7 - 4,967.7  
Australia  45,354.8  REPORTED  4,535.5  324.7  - - 4,860.2  
Egypt  22,173.4  FAO 4,434.7  - 50.2 - 4,484.8  
Malaysia  21,495.5  FAO 4,299.1  - 147.6  - 4,446.7  
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  17,289.7  REPORTED  3,457.9  858.2  - - 4,316.2  
Myanmar  21,165.0  RD/AG/74  4,233.0  - - - 4,233.0  
Peru  15,045.5  FAO 3,009.1  - 112.7  - 3,121.8  
Ukraine  29,659.8  FAO 2,966.0  112.9  - - 3,078.9  
Chile  15,191.4  REPORTED  3,038.3  - 15.9 - 3,054.2  
Kenya  14,833.9  FAO 2,966.8  - N/A N/A 2,966.8  
Morocco  12,351.4  FAO 2,470.3  72.1 228.0  - 2,770.4  
Norway  4,129.8  REPORTED  413.0  1,215.9  - 724.9  2,353.8  
Israel  8,447.2  REPORTED  1,689.4  569.0  - - 2,258.4  
Ghana  11,089.2  FAO 2,217.8  - N/A N/A 2,217.8  
Dominican 
Republic  10,791.1  FAO 2,158.2  - 18.9 - 2,177.1  
South Africa  19,907.7  FAO 1,990.8  122.5  - - 2,113.2  
Côte d'Ivoire  10,400.1  FAO 2,080.0  - - - 2,080.0  
Cambodia  10,090.7  FAO 2,018.1  - - - 2,018.1  
Malawi  8,899.1  FAO 1,779.8  - 127.2  - 1,907.1  
Cameroon  9,473.2  FAO 1,894.6  - - - 1,894.6  
Nepal  8,982.8  FAO 1,796.6  - 76.9 - 1,873.5  
Chinese Taipei  13,728.5  FAO 1,372.9  478.8  - - 1,851.7  
Mali  8,439.6  FAO 1,687.9  - 65.1 - 1,753.0  
Tanzania  8,596.4  FAO 1,719.3  - N/A N/A 1,719.3  
New Zealand  15,235.1  FAO 1,523.5  186.9  - - 1,710.4  
Ecuador  8,435.2  FAO 1,687.0  - - - 1,687.0  
Kazakhstan  9,634.9  FAO 1,637.9  - N/A N/A 1,637.9  
Paraguay  7,783.5  FAO 1,556.7  - 3.0 - 1,559.7  
Sri Lanka  4,810.7  FAO 962.1  - 427.3  - 1,389.4  
Niger   6,486.7  FAO 1,297.3  - N/A N/A 1,297.3  JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  6,301.0  FAO 1,260.2  - - - 1,260.2  
Uruguay  6,203.6  REPORTED  1,240.7  - 1.6 - 1,242.3  
Yemen  6,037.8  FAO 1,207.6  - N/A N/A 1,207.6  
Guatemala  5,874.0  RD/AG/74  1,174.8  - 32.5 - 1,207.3  
Tunisia  5,110.6  REPORTED  1,022.1  21.1 79.9 - 1,123.1  
Uganda  5,240.0  RD/AG/74  1,048.0  - - - 1,048.0  
Costa Rica  4,659.3  FAO 931.9  15.9 - - 947.8  
Angola   4,442.9  FAO 888.6  - N/A N/A 888.6  
Mozambique  4,242.9  FAO 848.6  - N/A N/A 848.6  
Chad  4,206.7  FAO 841.3  - 0.1 - 841.5  
Zambia  3,678.1  FAO 735.6  - 97.2 - 832.8  
Madagascar  4,126.4  FAO 825.3  - 5.6 - 830.9  
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo  4,085.0  RD/AG/74  817.0  - N/A N/A 817.0  
Afghanistan  3,795.0  RD/AG/74  759.0  - - - 759.0  
Benin   3,548.4  FAO 709.7  - N/A N/A 709.7  
Lao PDR  3,408.0  REPORTED  681.6  - 1.8 - 683.4  
Rwanda  3,365.9  FAO 673.2  - N/A N/A 673.2  
Cuba  3,334.0  RD/AG/74  666.8  - - - 666.8  
Congo  3,170.6  FAO 634.1  - - - 634.1  
Burkina Faso  3,149.5  FAO 629.9  - - - 629.9  
Honduras  3,125.8  FAO 625.2  - 4.1 - 629.3  
Papua New 
Guinea  2,924.0  RD/AG/74  584.8  34.2 - - 619.0  
Tajikistan  2,020.0  FAO 404.0  183.7  - - 587.7  
Panama  2,590.2  FAO 518.0  - 63.5 - 581.5  
Zimbabwe  2,902.4  FAO 580.5  - N/A N/A 580.5  
Jordan  2,705.6  REPORTED  541.1  1.9 3.6 - 546.6  
Senegal  2,246.8  FAO 449.4  - 56.7 - 506.1  
Burundi  2,504.2  FAO 500.8  - - - 500.8  
El Salvador  1,822.7  FAO 364.5  - 62.0 - 426.5  
Togo  1,919.0  FAO 383.8  - 8.6 - 392.4  
Nicaragua  1,959.7  FAO 391.9  - - - 391.9  
Sierra Leone  1,752.0  FAO 350.4  - N/A N/A 350.4  
Albania  3,497.8  REPORTED  349.8  - - - 349.8  
Jamaica  1,747.2  FAO 349.4  - - - 349.4  
Guinea  1,560.6  FAO 312.1  - - - 312.1  
Haiti 1,544.0  RD/AG/74  308.8  - N/A N/A 308.8  
Mauritius  1,539.5  FAO 307.9  - 0.3 - 308.2  
Kyrgyz 
Republic  2,980.7  REPORTED  298.1  - - - 298.1  
Guinea -Bissau  1,390.2  FAO 278.0  - N/A N/A 278.0  
Mongolia  1,141.8  FAO 228.4  - 39.7 - 268.1  
Iceland  288.6  FAO 28.9 181.2  - 5.5 215.6  
Moldova, 
Republic of  1,529.4  FAO 152.9  17.8 - - 170.7  
North 
Macedonia  1,359.8  REPORTED  136.0  18.6 - - 154.6  
Armenia  1,505.2  FAO 150.5  - - - 150.5  
Central African 
Republic  741.5  FAO 148.3  - N/A N/A 148.3  
United Arab 
Emirates  707.0  RD/AG/74  141.4  - - - 141.4  
Mauritania  642.0  RD/AG/74  128.4  - N/A N/A 128.4  
Guyana  525.5  FAO 105.1  - - - 105.1  
Fiji  466.4  FAO 93.3 - - - 93.3 
Botswana  52.5 FAO 10.5 - 82.6 - 93.1 
Liberia  436.0  RD/AG/74  87.2 - N/A N/A 87.2 
Georgia  845.5  FAO 84.5 - - - 84.5 
Namibia  372.9  FAO 74.6 - 7.7 - 82.3 
Belize  328.1  FAO 65.6 - N/A N/A 65.6 
Gabon  323.0  RD/AG/74  64.6 - - - 64.6 
Eswatini  320.0  RD/AG/74  64.0 - N/A N/A 64.0 
Oman  276.8  FAO 55.4 - 6.3 - 61.7 
Montenegro  580.2  REPORTED  58.0 0.4 - - 58.4 JOB/AG/243/Rev.2  
 
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Kuwait, the 
State of  279.6  FAO 55.9 - N/A N/A 55.9 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  245.0  FAO 49.0 - - - 49.0 
Hong Kong, 
China  235.3  FAO 47.1 - - - 47.1 
Suriname  218.4  FAO 43.7 - N/A N/A 43.7 
Grenada  209.3  FAO 41.9 - N/A N/A 41.9 
The Gambia  207.1  REPORTED  41.4 - - - 41.4 
Lesotho  159.0  RD/AG/74  31.8 - 8.9 - 40.7 
Qatar  189.5  FAO 37.9 - 2.5 - 40.4 
Cabo Verde  189.9  FAO 38.0 - N/A N/A 38.0 
Barbados  146.9  FAO 29.4 - 1.0 - 30.4 
Vanuatu  135.1  FAO 27.0 - - - 27.0 
Brunei 
Darussalam   133.4  FAO 26.7 - N/A N/A 26.7 
Samoa  118.6  FAO 23.7 - - - 23.7 
Solomon 
Islands  116.0  RD/AG/74  23.2 - N/A N/A 23.2 
Singapore  93.8 FAO 18.8 - - - 18.8 
Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines  90.5 FAO 18.1 - - - 18.1 
Saint Lucia  74.5 FAO 14.9 - N/A N/A 14.9 
Djibouti  73.0 RD/AG/74  14.6 - N/A N/A 14.6 
Antigua and 
Barbuda   43.7 FAO 8.7 - N/A N/A 8.7 
Tonga  35.0 RD/AG/74  7.0 - - - 7.0 
Dominica  33.0 RD/AG/74  6.6 - N/A N/A 6.6 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  30.8 FAO 6.2 - 0.1 - 6.2 
Seychelles  17.9 FAO 3.6 - 1.6 - 5.2 
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis  11.7 FAO 2.3 - N/A N/A 2.3 
Maldives  4.6 FAO 0.9 - N/A N/A 0.9 
Macao, China  2.0 RD/AG/74  - - - - - 
Source:  Costa Rica. Based on the following information:  
1.  Average VoP calculated using reported information as compiled by Canada in JOB/AG/219 . When not 
available, the Value of Production compiled by FAO (October 2022 update) was used. If none of 
these databases had a reference value, calculations in RD/AG/74  were used. In those cases where 
RD/AG/74  was used, the estimated VoP will only reflect data for 2016.  
2. De Minimis  calculations are based on Members ' entitlements in accordance with Article 6.4 of the 
AoA and any relevant Protocol of Accession. De minimis  estimates reflected in this table are without 
prejudice to the position of Costa Rica on the calculation that any Member may establish for its own 
de minimis  and should be used only as a reference.  
3. FBTAMS entitlements in accordance with JOB/AG/219  as of September 2021.  
4. Article 6.2 and Article 6.5 expenditure calculated in accordance with JOB/AG/199  and as reflected in 
JOB/AG/219 . The highest value of the last three years notified was chosen when available.  
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