RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2/Add.1 
10 June 1998 
 (98-2364) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Georgia Original: English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF GEORGIA 
 
Communication from Georgia  
 
Addendum 
  
 The following additional information on domestic support and export subsidies in agriculture 
has been received from the Permanent Mission of Geor gia, with the request that it be circulated to 
Working Party members.  WT/ACC/SPEC/GEO/2/Add.1 
Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  GEORGIA 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 
 
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "general services" 
 
(b)  "public stockholding for food security purposes" 
 
(c) "domestic food aid" 
 
(d) "decoupled income support" 
 
(e)  "income insurance and income safety-net programmes"  
(f)  "payments for relief from natural disasters" 
(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
producer retirement programmes" 
 
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
resource retireme nt programmes" 
 
(i)  "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids" 
 
(j) "environmental programmes" 
 
(k) "regional assistance programmes" 
 
(l) "other"  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rehabilitation of tea industry infrastructure  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 million Lari  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and 
Food 
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  GEORGIA 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997 (calendar year) 
 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measure of Support 
 
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
1 2 3 4 
 
Tea  
1 million Lari       
1 million Lari
 
 
 
…    
 
  
 
Non-product-specific AMS   To tal non-product-specific AMS  
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 
 
   
_____________________________ 
 
Total:  Current total AMS   1 million Lari
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  GEORGIA 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 
 
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "general services" 
 
(b)  "public stockholding for food security purposes" 
 
(c) "domestic food aid" 
 
(d) "decoupled income support" 
 
(e)  "income insurance and income safety-net programmes" 
 
(f)  "payments for relief from natural disasters" 
 
(g) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
producer retirement programmes" 
 
(h) "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
resource retireme nt programmes" 
 
(i)  "structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids" 
 
(j) "environmental programmes" 
 
(k) "regional assistance programmes" 
 
(l) "other"  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rehabilitation of tea industry infrastructure  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3 million Lari  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and 
Food 
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  GEORGIA 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 (calendar year) 
 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measure of Support 
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
1 2 3 4 
 
Tea  
1 million Lari   
    3 million Lari
 
 
…    
 
 
Non-product-specific AMS    
 
Total non-product-specific AMS  
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 
 
 
_____________________________  
 
      Total:  Current total AMS   3 million Lari
 
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:7 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  GEORGIA 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1997-1998 (calendar year) 
 
Product-specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
  
Description of 
basic product Calendar/ 
marketing year 
beginning ... Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary outlaysOther product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total AMS Data sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Tea 1997 
calendar year State investment - - - 1 million Lari - - 1 million Lari Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Food 
Tea 1997 
calendar year State investment - - - 3 million Lari - - 3 million Lari Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Food 
 
 
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