RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/VUT/6/Rev.2 
25 October 2001 
 (01-5238) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Vanuatu Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF VANUATU  
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in Agriculture  
 
Revision  
  The Government of the Republic of Vanuatu has submitted the following revised information 
on domestic support and export subsidies in agriculture , with the request that it be circulated to 
members of the Working Party. 
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Page 2 Republic of Vanuatu  
 
Explanatory Notes:  Supporting  Tables DS:1-9 and ES:1  
 1. Domestic Support  
(a) The Republic of Vanuatu is a Least Developed Country.  It has not in the "representative period" 1994-96 or at any other ti me provided product 
specific support for any agricultural product that accords w ith the criteria set out in the Agreement on Agriculture. 
(b) The Government of Vanuatu does provide a number of general service measures mainly through the Ministry of Agriculture, Liv estock, Fisheries 
and Forests.  A number of these measures benefit from technical a nd financial aid provided to Vanuatu by donor countries.  The aid component 
in these programmes has been excluded from the figures in the relevant Supporting Tables where possible. 
(c) The Republic of Vanuatu has provided from time to time input  subsidies to the agriculture and other sectors of the economy.   These programmes 
are not specific to agriculture.  They ar e mainly provided through revenues forgone such as import tariff concessions have ther efore not been 
included in the supporting documents. 
(d) Salaries and wages make up the major component of the G overnment of Vanuatu’s expend iture on domestic support.   
(e) Vanuatu comprises some 80 islands and more than three quarters of the population live in rural areas, a large part of which  is based on 
subsistence agriculture.  Therefore it is not practicable to cal culate separately the cost of infrastructure services to the ag riculture sector for the 
purpose of inclusion in Supporting Document DS:1.        
 (f) The value of total agricultural production in Vanuatu amounted  to VT 5,844 million in 1994, VT 6,683 million in 1995, and VT 6,958 million in 
1996.  Consequently, the average value of total agricultural production in Vanuatu for the period 1994-1996 was VT 6,495 millio n. 
 2. Export Subsidies   The Republic of Vanuatu does not and has not  provided any form of export subsidy.   
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS: 1                              
SCHEDULE - REPUBLIC OF VANUATU1 
 
Domestic Support  
Reporting Period 1994 - 1996  
Measures exempt from reduc tion commitment -“Green Box”  
 
Measure Type  Name and description of measure Monetary Value 
of Measure  Data Source  
1 2 3 4 
Research General research including some programmes relating to particular 
products, and including the environm ent and subsistence agriculture 
 
1994 
1995 1996 Average  1994-96   
  
VT 22.9 m. 
VT 30.1 m. VT 43.0 m. VT 32.0 m. Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries 
and Forests and the 
Ministry of Finance 
Pest and Disease Control Quarantine and eradicati on, pest and disease control, inspection services 
including at ports and airports and grading and standards services  
1994 
1995 1996 Average  1994-96   
  
VT 20.6 m. 
VT 27.1 m. VT 38.7 m. VT 28.8 m.  
Extension Extension and advisory services including the transfer of information and 
results of Government and foreign aid funded research 
 1994 1995 1996 
Average  1994-96  
 
 VT 21.7 m. VT 28.6 m. VT 40.9 m. 
VT 30.4 m  
                                                      
1 This schedule is valid in English only.  
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Page 4 Measure Type  Name and description of measure Monetary Value 
of Measure  Data Source  
1 2 3 4 
Total  Total monetary value of "Green Box" support in 
 1994 1995 1996 
 
Average  1994-96  
 VT  65.2 m VT  85.8 m VT 122.6 m 
 
VT 91.2 m  
 
  
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Domestic Support  
Reporting Period 1994 - 1996  
 
Measure Type  Name and description of measure Monetary 
Value of 
Measure  Data Source  
1 2 3 4 
Domestic Support 
Programmes    
 
    
 
     Measures Exempt from Reduction Commitment-Specula and Differential 
Treatment – Development programmes:   Supporting Table  DS:2 1994 1995 1996 
 
Measures Exempt from Reduction Commitments - Direct Payments under Production Limiting Programmes - Exempt  Direct Payments:  Supporting 
Table  DS:3 1994 
1995 
1996  Calculation  Of Total Aggregate Measurement of Support:  Supporting Table  DS:4 1994 
1995 
1996  Product- Specific Aggregate Measures of Support: Market Price Supporting 
Table  DS:5 
1994 
1995 1996  
 
NIL NIL NIL 
 
  
NIL NIL 
NIL 
    
NIL 
NIL 
NIL 
   
NIL 
NIL NIL Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry and the Ministry of Finance  
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Page 6 Measure Type  Name and description of measure Monetary 
Value of 
Measure  Data Source  
1 2 3 4 
Domestic Support 
Programmes  Product Specific Aggregate Measurement  of Support: Non-Exempt Direct 
Payments:  Supporting Table DS:6 1994 1995 
1996  
 
NIL NIL 
NIL 
 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Fisheries and Forestry and the Ministry of Finance 
  Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support:  Other Product-Specific 
Support and Total Product-Specific AMS: Supporting Table  DS:7 1994 1995 1996  
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurement of Support:  Supporting Table DS:8 
1994 1995 1996  
Non-Product-Specific AMS:  Supporting Table  DS:9 
1994 1995 1996  
 
NIL NIL NIL 
 
 
NIL NIL NIL 
 
 
NIL NIL NIL  
  
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Supporting Table ES:1 
Export Subsidies  
Reporting Period 1994 - 1996  
 
Measure Type  Name and description of measure Monetary Value 
of Measure  Data Source  
1 2 3 4 
Subsidies on Exports Vanuatu did not provide Export subsidies of an y kind in the period 1994-96          NIL Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Forests and the Ministry of 
Finance 
  
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Page 8 Part IV: Agricultural Products:  Commitments Limiting Subsidization  
(Article 3 of the Agreement on Agriculture) 
 
Section I -Domestic Support : Total AMS Commitments  
 
Base Total AMS Annual and Fina l bound commitment levels  Relevant Supporting Tables and document 
reference 
1 2 3 
Vanuatu has no programmes or policies that are subject to reduction commitments within the meaning of Article 6 of the Agreement on Agriculture. Nil Supporting Tables DS:1 to DS:9 
 
 
 
Section II Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments  
 
Description of product and 
tariff at HS six digit level Base outlay level Calendar/ 
other year 
applied Annual and final 
commitment  Base 
quantity Calendar/  
other year  
applied  Annual and 
final 
commitment Relevant  
Supporting  
Tables  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
        
NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL ES:1 
 
 
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