WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/PAK/5
19February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0573)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattachednotificationconcerningdomesticsupportcommitments(TableDS:1andtherelevant
Supporting Tables) forthemarketing year1996/97 wasreceived fromthedelegation ofPakistan on
16February 1998.G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page2Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Current Total Aggregate Measure ofSupport
Total AMS commitment levelforperiod in
question
(from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule)Currency
(from Section IofPartIVofthe
Schedule)Current Total AMS
US$million
1 2 3
Nil 0G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value of
measure inyearin
question
US$millionData sources
1 2 3 4
1.General services onresearch
2.Storage facilitiesAgricultural research: promotion andcoordination ofresearch ondevelopment
ofhighyielding varieties ofimportant crops (Annex 2,paragraph 2(a)).
Government storage: provision ofwheat storage facilities toensure food
security programmes (Annex 2,paragraph 3).7.36
0.31Government of
Pakistan, Planning
Commission
3.Marketing services
4.Extension services
5.General services
6.Infrastructural servicesAgricultural marketing: general services including provision ofmarket
information tobenefit small producers (Annex 2,paragraph 2(f)).
Agricultural extension: extension/advisory services areprovided inorder to
transfer thelatest cropproduction technology (Annex 2,paragraph 2(d)).
Plant protection: facilities forpestscouting andspraying areprovided to
enhance plant protection coverage (Annex 2,paragraph 2(b)).
Irrigation and drainage and reclamation: irrigation system rehabilitation
programme consists ofearth work tostrengthen thecanal banks, brick lining in
thetailusers inselected canal system. Drainage andreclamation programme
provides surface drainage totheareawhere water table iswithin 0-5feetof
surface which istermed as"disaster areas" (Annex 2,paragraph 2(g)).0.09
2.21
0.03
312.63
7.Flood protection services Flood control: toprotect infrastructure, valuable agriculture landandlives and
property ofpeople from devastation offloods (Annex 2,paragraph 2(g)).15.94
8.Water supply facilities On-farm-water management: theprogramme involves improvement andlining
ofwater courses toimprove water supply situation, demonstration plots and
training offarmers (Annex 2,paragraph 2(c)).53.87G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page4Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Calculation oftheCurrent Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Description ofbasic products
(including non-product specific AMS)Product-specific AMS (from Supporting
Tables DS:5 toDS:7 below)
US$millionProduct-specific equivalent
measurements ofsupport
(from Supporting Table DS:8
below)Current Total AMS
(aggregate)
US$million
1 2 3 4
Wheat
Seedcotton
RiceBasmati
Ricecoarse
Sugarcane
Onion
Potato
Gram
Soyabean
Sunflower
Safflower-72.41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.03
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0deminimis
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
deminimis
0
Total product-specific AMS -72.38 0 -72.38
Non-product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Table DS:9)
Current Total AMS15.50
(deminimis)
-56.88G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page5Supporting Table DS:5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Market Price Support
Description of
basic productsMarketing year
beginningMeasure
type(s)Applied
administered
price
US$/MTExternal
reference price
US$/MT
(Avg 1986/88)Eligible
production
'000MTAssociated
fees/leviesTotal market
price support
US$millionData sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(4-5*6)-79
Wheat
Seed cotton
Rice Basmati
Rice coarse
Sugarcane
Onion
Potato
Gram
Soyabean
Sunflower
SafflowerJuly1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996
July1996Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
(weighted average)
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price154
333
296
135
15
64
74
256
notfixed
289
notfixed175
360
707
203
15
85
101
373
643
256
5803,448
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0-72.41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.03
0
Total product-specific AMS -72.38
Sources:
1.Ministry ofFood andAgriculture.
2.Ministry ofCommerce
Notes:
Column 4:Prices inPakistan Rupees converted toUS$atofficial exchange rateof1$=Rs38.9936 for1996/97.
Column 5:External reference prices =average fixed external reference prices for1986/87 to1988/89 inPakistan Rupees converted toUS$at1US$ =Rs17.9980
which wastheaverage ofofficial exchange rateduring 1986/87 to1988/89.G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page6Supporting Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productsMarketing
year
beginning
JulyMeasure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary outlaysOther product
specific support
(incl. calc.
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
US$millionNon-exempt
direct payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)
US$millionTotal AMS
US$millionDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11
Wheat
Seed cotton
Rice Basmati
Rice coarse
Sugarcane
Onion
Potato
Gram
Soyabean
Sunflower
Safflower1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
1996
19960
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-72.41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.03
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-72.41
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.03
0
Total product-specific AMS 0 -72.38 0 -72.38G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page7Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1996 to30June 1997
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning JulyNon-product-
specific
budgetary outlays
US$millionOther non-product-specific
support (include calculation
details)
US$millionAssociated fees/levies Total non-product-specific
support
US$millionDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Fertilizer subsidy
Electricity subsidy
Agricultural credit
subsidy1996/97
1996/97
1996/97-
-
--
15.5
--
15.5
-
Total non-product-specific support 15.5
Sources:
1.Statistical Supplement, Economic Survey 1996/97 byFinance Division, Government ofPakistan.
Notes:
1.Payment ofsubsidy onagricultural loans andproviding ofconcessionary finance wasdiscontinued witheffect from 11July1990.
2.Calculation details ofelectricity subsidy areenclosed.G/AG/N/PAK/5
Page8Annex toSupporting Table DS:9
Calculation ofsubsidy onsaleofelectricity toagriculture
Unit 1996/97
A.Electricity usage bysector
1.Household
2.Commercial
3.Industrial
4.AgriculturalMil.kwh
Mil.kwh
Mil.kwh
Mil.kwh17,876
2,862
11,975
7,102
B.Electricity rates bysector
1.Household
2.Commercial
3.Industrial
4.AgriculturalRs/kwh
Rs/kwh
Rs/kwh
Rs/kwh2.70
5.79
3.91
3.31
C.Weighted average rate Rs/kwh 3.39
D.Rate subsidy toagriculture Rs/kwh 0.08
E.Electricity subsidy toagriculture/revenue foregone Mil. Rs 603
Exchange rateUS$/Rs
Mil.US$38.9936
15.5
Source: Statistical Supplement, Economic Survey, 1996/97 byFinance Division, Government ofPakistan.
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