WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/PAK/3
28May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2232)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattachednotificationconcerningdomesticsupportcommitments(TableDS:1andtherelevant
Supporting Tables) forthemarketing year1995/96 wasreceived fromthedelegation ofPakistan on
2May1997.G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page2Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
Current Total Aggregate Measure ofSupport
Total AMS commitment levelforperiod in
question
(from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule)Currency
(from Section IofPartIVofthe
Schedule)Current Total AMS
US$million
1 2 3
Nil 0G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment --"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value of
measure inyearin
question
US$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).12.8
0.8Government 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 &reclamation: irrigation system rehabilitation
programme consists ofearth work tostrength 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)).0.1
2.4
0.5
335.0
7.Flood protection services Flood control: toprotect infrastructure, valuable agriculture landandlives and
property ofpeople from devastation offloods (Annex 2,paragraph 2(g)).34.6
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)).53.7G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment --Special anddifferential Treatment --"Development Programmes"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inArticle 6:2 Monetary value ofmeasure
inyearinquestion
Rupees millionData sources
1 2 3 4
1.Tubewell subsidy
2.Fertilizer subsidyInvestment subsidy:
subsidy isprovided forthedevelopment ofprivate tubewells forincreasing water
supply which isanintegral partofnational strategy foragricultural andrural
development.
Resource-poor-producers having lessthan5halandgetoutabout 74% oftotal
fertilizer subsidy which ismeant forincreasing their productivity.0
1 Ministry ofFood,
Agriculture and
Livestock,
Government of
Pakistan.
Note: Pakistan Rupees converted toUS$atofficial exchange rateof1US$=Rs33.5684 for1995/96.G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page5Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
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-172.0
0
-20.1
-10.4
0
-0.1
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0deminimis
0
deminimis
deminimis
0
deminimis
0
0
0
0
0
Total product-specific AMS -202.6 0 0
Non-product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Table DS:9
Current Total AMS10.8(deminimis)
0G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page6Supporting Table DS:5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
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$millionData sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
(4-5*6)-79
Wheat
Seed cotton
Rice Basmati
Rice coarse
Sugarcane
Onion
Potato
Gram
Soyabean
Sunflower
SafflowerJuly1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995
July1995Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
(weighted average)
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price
Procurement price129
306
309
136
16
63
65
246
205
235
201175
360
707
203
15
85
101
373
643
256
5803,740.0
0
50.6
154.5
0
3.4
0
0
0
0
0-172.0
0
-20.1
-10.4
0
-0.1
0
0
0
0
0
Total product-specific AMS -202.6
Sources:
1.Ministry ofFood andAgriculture.
2.Federal Bureau ofStatistics.
3.Cotton Export Corporation ofPakistan.
4.Ministry ofFinance.
Notes:
Column 4:Prices inPakistan Rupees converted toUS$atofficial exchange rateof1$=Rs33.5684 for1995/96.
Column 5:External reference prices =average fixed external reference prices for1986/87 to1988/89 inPakistan Rupees converted toUS$at1US$ =Rs17.9980
which wastheaverage ofofficial exchange rateduring 1986/87 to1988/89.G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page7Supporting Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
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$millionDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11
Wheat
Seed cotton
Rice
Basmati
Rice coarse
Sugarcane
Onion
Potato
Gram
Soyabean
Sunflower
Safflower0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-172.0
0
-20.1
-10.4
0
-0.1
0
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0-172.0
0
-20.1
-10.4
0
-0.1
0
0
0
0
0
Total product-specific AMS 0 -202.6 0 -202.6G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page8Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Pakistan
REPORTING PERIOD: 1July1995 to30June 1996
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport
Measure type(s) Marketing year
beginning JulyNon-product-
specific
budgetary outlays
US$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
subsidy1995/96
1995/96
1995/960.4
10.4
00.4
10.4
0
Total non-product-specific support 10.8
Sources:
1.Agricultural Statistics ofPakistan, 1994/95 byMinistry ofFood, Agriculture andLivestock.
2.Economic Survey 1995/96 byMinistry ofFinance.
Notes:
1.Pakistan Rupees converted toUS$atofficial exchange rateof1US=Rs33.5684 for1995/96.
2.Payment ofsubsidy onagricultural loans andproviding ofconcessionary finance wasdiscontinued witheffect from 11July1990.
3.Calculation details ofelectricity subsidy areenclosed.G/AG/N/PAK/3
Page9Annex toSupporting Table DS:9
Calculation ofsubsidy onsaleofelectricity toagriculture
Unit 1995/96
A.Electricity usage bysector
1.Household
2.Commercial
3.Industrial
4.AgriculturalMil.kwh
Mil.kwh
Mil.kwh
Mil.kwh17,116
2,962
12,138
6,696
B.Electricity ratesbysector
1.Household
2.Commercial
3.Industrial
4.AgriculturalRs/kwh
Rs/kwh
Rs/kwh
Rs/kwh2.25
4.98
3.29
2.83
C.Weighted Average rate Rs/kwh 2.88
D.Ratesubsidy toagriculture Rs/kwh 0.05
E.Electricity subsidy toagriculture/revenue foregone Mil.Rs 348
Exchange rateUS$/Rs
Mil.US$33.5684
10.4
Source: Economic Survey, 1995/96 byMinistry ofFinance.