WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/URY/19
25 September 2000
(00-3837)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant supporting tables) for the year 1999  was received from the delegation of Uruguay on
14 September 2000.
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The Government of Uruguay wishes to make the following comments:
The Central Bank of Uruguay has recently changed its method of estimating the national
accounts.  This change of method has resulted in a downward adjustment of the gross value of
production for the entire agricultural sector compared with previous preliminary estimates used for
previous notifications.
As a consequence, the attached notification co ntains significant changes compared with last
year which are due, firstly, to the above-mentioned change in the method of estimation, and, secondly,
to a real fall in production in 1999.  Uruguay's GPD fell 3.4 per cent in 1999 while its agricultural
GDP fell 7.8 per cent in the same year.
These changes are quite significant, particularly when comparing supporting table DS:6 with
the same table in document G/AG/N/URY/15/Rev.1 for the PREDEG programme due to the
combined effect of  the above-mentioned factors and the actual increase in support provided.G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999
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)
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Below " de minimis " level
The value of the Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) in 1999 was Ur$19,790,943,000 (US$1,746,157,000) according to pr eliminary estimates of the Central Bank
of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure
(in US$)Data sources
12 34
(a) "General services"
Research15,496,091 National Budget
Extension and advisory services 5,315,545 National BudgetPest and disease control and inspection
services
2, 310,523,714 National Budget
Marketing and promotion services 551,139 National Budget
PREDEG – Farm Conversion and
Development Programme45,810,000 National Budget and  PREDEG
execution
1 Includes budgetary counterpart of IDB Technology Generation and Transfer Project 949 amounting to US$781,416.
2 Budgetary outlays for Inspection Services cannot be separated from Pest and Disease Control:  both are included in Animal and P lant Health programmes.
3 Includes budgetary counterpart of IDB Animal Health System Strengthening Project 938 amounting to US$799,022.
4 Budgetary counterpart of Project 947 with IDB support.  Components:  training, research, extension and advisory, and marketing and promotion services.G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Article 6:2Monetary value
of measure (US$)Data sources
12 3 4
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture 5,395,769* Planning and Budget Office
*Includes the budgetary counterparts of the following projects:   747 Rural Development (IFAD):   US$1,987,148;  748 Water and N atural Resource Development,
(World Bank) US$3,408,621.G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 5Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar year
beginning
1/1/99Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal reference
price (generally
from AGST/…)Eligible
productionTotal price-
related direct
paymentsOther  non-
exempt direct
payments (US$)Associated
fees/leviesTotal direct
payments
(US$)Data sources
1234 5 6 7
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Deciduous fruit
trees, citrus
trees –PREDEG
1Partial refund of
costs1,065,728 1,065,7282PREDEG budget
Vines –
PREDEGPartial refund of
costs2,180,334 2,180,3343PREDEG budget
1 PREDEG:  Farm Conversion and Development Programme.
2 This support represents 1.55 per cent of estimated  gross value of production for deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees (1999).
3 This support represents 4.84 per cent of estimated  gross value of production for the vine-growing sector (table grapes and grapes for wine) (1999).
(See explanatory tables attached)G/AG/N/URY/19
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PREDEG:  NON-EXEMPT DIRECT PAYMENTS - 1999
Deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees:
Twenty-five per cent of the direct standard 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 pergrower.
Total US$1,065,728
Wine growing:
- The standard cost per hectare of clearing old vine stocks is refunded to small and
medium-sized wine growers.
US$932,332
- Twenty-five per cent of the direct standard cost per hectare of planting new vine stock
is refunded to small and medium-sized wine growers, up to 5 hectares per grower.
US$1,248,002
Total wine growing US$2,180,334
GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) AT PRODUCER
PRICES (IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT USDOLLARS)
  1997   1999
Total agriculture 2,212,061     1,746,157
Crop-farming sub-sector   848,474     647,984.3Fruit  93,140 71,279*
Fruit of deciduous
and citrus trees90,113 68,962*
Table grapes 3,027 2,317*
Grapes for wine-making 55,867 42,767*
*Estimated figures.  Only GVAP available at present.  The figures indicated were estimated on the
assumption that the contribution of these items to the total for crop farming was the same as for 1997.
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 7Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar
year 1999Measure type(s) Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product-
specific support
(include
calculation
details)Associated fees/levies Total other
product-specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total
AMS
(US$)Data
sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Subsidized
interest rate2-0 - 0 - - 01
Coarse grains " - 0 - 0 - - 0Oil-seeds " - 0 - 0 - - 0Rice " - 0 - 0 - - 0Sugar " - 0 - 0 - - 0Beet " - 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 agricultura l sector (see BROU basic interest rate for the agricultural sec tor and the preferential market interest rate in the attached
table).G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 8Annex
URUGUAY
INTEREST RATES IN NATIONAL CURRENCY
Calendar Year 1999 (in %)
Month Private bank preferential (six-month fixed term) BROU
Basic for agricultural sector
January 30.5 30
February 28.7 30
March 27.6 30April 30.3 30May 26.0 30
June 24.6 30
July 24.4 30August 23.6 30
September 21.6 30
October 23.2 30November 29.1 30December 24.4 30
Annual average 26.2 30
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay .G/AG/N/URY/19
Page 9Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1999
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1/1/1999Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(in US$)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 ofagricultural inputs fromnon-MERCOSUR countries
1- 6,857,9752, 3 - 6,857,975 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 applyi ng the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff  (CET) to imports of inpu ts from non-MERCOSUR countries.
3 This figure represents 0.39 per cent of the 1999 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  1999 GVAP was Ur$19,790,943,00 0 (US$1,746,157,000) according to preliminary estimates
of the Central Bank of Uruguay.
Note: The figure shown in the Table is significantly higher than in previous years, because it was not possible to estimate the amount of exemptions from the global tariff on import of additives 
and other substances used in the formulation of rations.  From 1999 the General Agricultural Services Directorate of the Minist ry of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries has begun 
maintaining statistics to allow this amount to be calcula ted, and it is now included n the figure in the Table.
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