WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/URY/27 
16 June 2004  
 
(04-2613) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following communication, dated 10 June 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Uruguay .  The notification refers to  domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant supporting tables) for the year 2003.   G/AG/N/URY/27 
Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level 
for period in question Currency 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) 
1 2 3 
  Below " de minimis " level 
 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to Ur $ 6,666,507,000 (US$2,008,809,000) in 2003, according to prelim inary estimates by the Central Bank of 
Uruguay.   G/AG/N/URY/27
 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and description of measure                            
with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure for 
year in question 
(in US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  General services    
 Research1  3,000,920 National Budget and PSA 
implementation 
 Extension and advisory services 2  1,688,098 National Budget and PSA 
implementation 
 Pest and disease control and inspection services 3, 4  13,899,283 National Budget and PSA 
implementation 
 Marketing and promotion services 61,983 National Budget 
 PREDEG - Farm Conversion and Development Programme 5  2,469,000 National Budget and  PREDEG 
implementation 
 
 
1  Includes outlays on the Agricultural Services Programme (PSA) amounting to US$784,670 (with Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, funding). 
2  Includes outlays on the Agricultural Services Programme (PSA) amounting to US$291,378 (with IDB funding). 
3  Budgetary outlays on inspection services ca nnot be separated from those on pest and di sease control:  both are included in Ani mal and Plant Health Programmes. 
4  Includes PSA outlays amounting to US$83,988. 
5 PREDEG includes the following components:  training, research, extension and advisory services and marketing and promotion ser vices ( with IDB funding ). 
  G/AG/N/URY/27 
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Speci al and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"  
Measure type Name and description of measure                
with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value 
of measure for year in question  
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies 
generally available to 
agriculture  
683,486* National Budget and  
Rural Uruguay Programme implementation 
 
 
*  Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Programme (with external funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Developm ent (IFAD) amounting to 
US$683,486. 
 
  
    G/AG/N/URY/27
 Page 5Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year 
beginning 
1/1/2003 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production Total          
price-related 
direct payments Other        
non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total   
direct 
payments 
(US$) 
 Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Deciduous 
fruit trees and 
citrus trees –
PREDEG 1  Partial refund 
of costs     912,000  912,000 2 PREDEG budget 
Vines - 
PREDEG  Partial refund 
of costs     526,000  526,000 3 PREDEG budget 
 
1  PREDEG:  Farm Conversion and Development Programme. 
2  This support represents 1.7 per cent of the estimated  gross value of production for deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees (2003). 
3  This support represents 2.3 per cent of the estimated  gross value of production for the vine-growing sector (table grapes and grapes for wine) (2003). 
 
(See explanatory tables attached) G/AG/N/URY/27 
Page 6  
 
PREDEG:  NON-EXEMPT DIRECT PAYMENTS - 2003 
  
Deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees:  
 Twenty-five per cent of the direct notional cost per hectare of planting deciduous trees and 
citrus trees is refunded to small and medium -sized fruit growers, up to a maximum of 15 
hectares per grower. 
         US$  774,000  
 Twenty-five per cent of the notional cost per h ectare of clearing old deciduous trees and citrus 
trees is refunded to small and medium-sized fruit growers. 
         US$  138,000 
 
     Total   US$  912,000 
  Wine growing:  
 The notional cost per hectare of clearing ol d vine stocks is re funded to small and 
medium-sized wine growers. 
        U S $   8 0 , 0 0 0    Twenty-five per cent of the direct notional cost per hectare of planting new vine stock is 
refunded to small and medium-sized wine growers, up to five hectares per grower. 
         US$  446,000  
     Total   US$  526,000 
 
 
GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) AT  
PRODUCER PRICES (IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
   2002
 2003  
 Total agriculture 1,591,690 2,008,809 
 Crop-farming sub sector 697,485 882,274 
 Fruit   54,881 69,421
* 
 
 Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 52,467 66,367* 
 Table grapes 2,414 3,054* 
 Grapes for wine-making 21,569 27,283
* 
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*  Estimated figures.  Only aggregate GVAP and crop-farming subsector figures available at present.  
The figures given were estimated on the assumption that the contribution of these items to the total for crop farming was the same as for 2002. 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay   G/AG/N/URY/27
 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen t of Support: Other Product-Specific  Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year     
2003  
Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 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 
(US$) Data source 
1 2  3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized 
interest rate 2 - 0 - 0 - - 0 1 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  Rice  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  Sugar cane  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, 
tobacco, 
cotton, etc.  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
 
 
1   Central Bank of Uruguay (Statistical Bulletin) and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU). 
2  There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricultural sector (see the BROU basic interest rate for the agricultural  sector and the preferential market 
interest rate in the attached table).  G/AG/N/URY/27 
Page 8 Annex 
URUGUAY  
INTEREST RATES IN NATIONAL CURRENCY  
Calendar year 2003 (as a percentage)  
Month Private bank preferential rate 
(six-month fixed term) BROU 
Basic rate for agricultural sector 
   
January 46.7 93 
February 44.7 78 
March 63.8 68 April 49.9 68 May 51.8 68 June 29.8 62 
July    43.4
* 50 
August   37.8* 43 
September     44.5* 39 
October      39.9* 29 
November     27.1* 29 
December    25.9* 29 
   Annual average: 42.1 54.7 
 
* Preliminary data. 
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay .   G/AG/N/URY/27
 Page 9Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2003  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Calendar year 2003  Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays  Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
(in US$)  Associated fees/levies  Total non-product-
specific support  
 
(in US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from 
payment of global 
tariff (CET) on 
imports of agricultural inputs from 
non-MERCOSUR 
countries 
1    - 6,175,118 2, 3  - 6,175,118 General Agricultural  
Services Directorate 
and Soil and Water 
Directorate of the Ministry of 
Agriculture (MGAP). 
 Chamber of 
Veterinary Specialities 
Banco de la República 
Oriental del Uruguay 
Central Bank of 
Uruguay 
 
 
1  Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent.  
2  The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not applying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff  (CET) to imports of in puts from non-MERCOSUR 
countries. 
3  This figure represents 0.3 per cent of the 2003 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2003 GVAP amounted to Ur$56,6 66,507,000 
(US$ 2,008,809,000), according to preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
 
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