WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/URY/13
12 June 1998
(98-2400)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments (Table DS:1 and the
relevant supporting tables) for the year 1997 was received from the delegation of Uruguay  on
4 June 1998.G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1997
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level for period in
questionCurrency Current Total AMS
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
123
Below " de minimis " level
The value of the Gross Agricultural Product (GAP) in 1997 was $20,605,246,000 or US$2,181,372,000 according to preliminary esti mates of the Central Bank
of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1997
Measures exempt from the re duction commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure
with reference to criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure
(in US$)Data sources
1234
(a) "General services"
Research17,937,077 National Budget
Extension and advisory services 6,234,779 National BudgetPest and disease control and
inspection services
2, 315,403,274 National Budget
Marketing and promotion services 748,679 National Budget
PREDEG - Farm Conversion and
development programme47,030,324 National Budget
(i) Structural adjustment assistance
provided through investment aidsPREDEG - Investment aids 52,306,800 National Budget
1Includes budgetary counterpart of IDB Technology Generation and Transfer Project 949 amounting to US$1,610,762.
2Budgetary outlays for Inspection Services cannot be separated from  Pest and Disease Control:  both are included in Animal and P lant Health programmes.
3Includes budgetary counterpart of IDB Animal Health System Strengthening Project 938 amounting to US$2,664,555.
4Budgetary counterpart of Project 947 with IDB support. Components: training, research, extension and advisory, and marketing an d promotion services.
5Transfers to producers of up to 25 per cent of the standard cost of planting deciduous fruit trees, citrus trees and vines.G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Devel opment Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure
with reference to criteria in
Article 6:2Monetary value
of measure
(US$)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) "Investment subsidies generally available to
agriculture" 6,877,668*Planning and Budget Office
*Includes the budgetary counterparts of the following projects:  747 Rural Development (IFAD) US$2,417,376, 748 Water and Natura l Resource Development
(World Bank) US$4,460,292.G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 5Support Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1997
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of basic
productCalendar year
1997Measure type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther product specific
support (include
calculation details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Support
Table DS:6)Total
AMSData
sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 10
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Subsidized
interest rate2-0 - 0 - - 01
Coarse grains " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Oil-seeds " - 0 - 0 - - 0Rice " - 0 - 0 - - 0Sugar " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Beet " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Sugar cane " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Fruit, vegetables, tobacco,
cotton, etc. " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Livestock " - 0 - 0 - - 0
1Central Bank of Uruguay (Statistical Bulletin) and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU).
2There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricultural sector (see BROU's basic interest rate for the agricultural s ector and the preferential market interest rate in the attached table).G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1997
Non-product-specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1/1/1997Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-
product-specific
supportData sources
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Exemption from payment of global
tariff (CET) on imports of
agricultural inputs fromnon-MERCOSUR countries
1(in US$)
9,013,7132, 3-
9,013,713 General Agricultural Services Directorate
and Soil and Water Directorate of theMinistry of Agriculture (MGAP),
Chamber of Veterinary Specialities and
Banco de la República Oriental delUruguay
1Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent.
2The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not applying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of input s from non-MERCOSUR countries.
3This figure represents 0.41 per cent of the 1997 Gross Agricultural Product (GAP).  1997 GAP was $20,605,246,000 (US$2,181,372, 000) according to preliminary estimates of the Central Bank of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/13
Page 7Annex
URUGUAY
Interest Rates in National Currency
Calendar Year 1997
(in %)
Month Private bank preferential (6-month fixed term) BROU
Basic for agricultural sector
January 44.6 65
February 46.2 60
March 44.4 60April 44.6 60
May 39.4 50
June 36.8 50July 36.6 50
August 36.6 50
September 36.0 40October 35.4 40November 35.4 40
December 35.0 40
Annual average 39.2 50.4
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay and Banco de la Re pública Oriental del Uruguay.
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