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13 January 2004 
 
 (04-0095) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Cape Verde Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CAPE VERDE 
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector  
 
 
 The following submission, dated 22 December 2003 is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Cape Verde.   
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 Explanatory Notes: Supporting Tables DS:1 – 9 and ES:1
 
 - Domestic Support
 
  The Republic of Cape Verde is a Least Devel oped Country with an extensive territorial sea, 
consisting of ten volcanic islands (one of which and eight others islets are uninhabited), emerging 
above the surface of the Atlantic Ocean from a l ong submarine ridge on the eastern edge of Cape 
Verde's Basin, off the western coast of Africa.  Approximately 9.68 per cent of 403.3 thousand 
hectares of the land mass is arable of which 0. 5 per cent has permanent crops. Total population is 
estimated at 434,625 (2002). 
 
 The representative period consist of the past thr ee years in which data is available, including 
1998, 1999, and 2001.  Data is not available for the year 2000.   During the representative years, before and si nce, the Republic has not enacted any measure 
providing specific support for any agricultural pr oduct that meets the cr iteria defined in the 
Agreement on Agriculture of the WTO.   A number of measures benefit from technical a nd financial aid provided by donor countries 
and the aid component has been excluded from the figures quoted in the supporting tables.  
 Fresh water sources are limited and rainfall qua ntities are insufficient to  nurture agriculture 
production, consequently infrastructure services are primarily associated with water supply and irrigation projects.  These projects serve both environmental and agriculture purposes.  The figures quoted in DS:1 for this category are those expend itures tracked by the Ministry of Environment, 
Agriculture and Fisheries only. 
 
 Salaries and wages make up the significant co mponent of the Governments expenditure for 
domestic support.    - Export Subsides
 
 
 The Republic of Cape Verde does not and h as not provided any form of export subsidies. 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1998 – 2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box"  
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6:5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(In Millions of CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Research - Annex 2; 2(a) Research  in connection with environment 
programs and research programmes related to 
particular products 
1998 1999 
2001  
 
 
30,907 16,950 
20,468 Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries 
Extension Services – Annex 
2; 2(d) Extension and advisory services, including 
provision of means to facilitate the transfer of 
information and the results of research to 
producer and consumers 
1998 1999 
2001  
 
 
 
18,649 16,737 
 7,797 Same 
Infrastructual Services 
Annex 2; 2(g) Infrastructure services including roads, market, 
port and water supply facilities, drainage schemes 
1998 1999 
2001  
 
 
474,382 
523,212 
494,462 Same 
 
Public Stockholding1 for 
Food Security Purpose 
Annex 2: 3 Holding of stocks of products which form an 
integral part of a food security programme 
1998 
1999 2001  
 
None 
None None Same 
 Total Value of Agriculture production 
1998 
1999 2001  
1,460 
1,648 1,643  
                                                      
1 Public Stockholding for Food Security is provided by donor countries .  
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Supporting Tables DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001(excludi ng 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Measures exempt from the reducti on commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6:5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(In Millions of CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
 
 
   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Measures exempt from the reduc tion commitment – Direct Payments under Production- Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6:5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(In Millions of CVE) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL  
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Page 6 Supporting Tables DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Product-specific AMS Product-specific measurements 
of support Current Total AMS 
1 2 3 4 
NIL  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar/ 
marketing year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price Eligible 
production Associated 
fees/levies Total market 
price support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Tables DS:6 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Meas urements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measures 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4+5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measures 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support Non-exempt 
direct 
payments Total AMS Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 10 Supporting Tables DS:8 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
NIL 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998-2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar/marketing 
year Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-
specific support Associated fees/levies Total non-product 
specific support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 12 Supporting Table ES:1 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  CAPE VERDE 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 – 2001 (excluding 2000 due to unavailable data) 
 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies Sales of stocks Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies Quantity of 
subsidized 
exports Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
 
 
 
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