WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/TTO/6 
25 October 2004 
 (04-4521) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  
 The following submission, dated 6 September 2004,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the financial years 2001, 2002 and 2003. 
   
  
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Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2000 – September 2001 
 
  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 
 
No base or annual Total AMS commitment leve ls exist in Section I of Pa rt IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers. 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2000 – September 2001 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$) 1 Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services    
(i) research, pests and disease control, 
extension and advisory services and 
inspection services Current Expenditure 2: 
Animal Production and Health 
Sugarcane Feed Centre 
Livestock and Livestock Products Board 3 
Horticulture 
Agriculture 
Cocoa Research Unit 
Extension Division 
Land and Water Deve lopment Division  
10,090,474.00 
3,666,500.00 
493,262.00 
3,024,474.00 
53,620,595.00 
1,200,000.00 
1,181,427.58 
5,667,000.56  
 Total Current Expenditure 78,943,733.14  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Sugarcane Feed Centre 
Enhancement of artificial breeding services capabilities 
Livestock Improve ment Programme 
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 
Post Harvest Handling 
Integrated Pest Manageme nt:  Hibiscus Mealy bug 
Research Programme Centra l Experimental Station 
Management and control of infectious diseases 
Cost of production surveys 
Tick control/eradication 
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance Programme  
167,705.00 
174,752.00 
220,068.00 
99,597.00 
76,119.00 
251,395.00 
92,045.00 
169,670.00 
97,046.00 
61,340,00 
10,364,208.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 11,773,945.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 90,717,678.14 14,422,524.35  
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Page 4 Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$) 1 Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure: 
National Agricultural Market ing and Development Company  
6,988,042.00  
 Total Current Expenditure 6,988,042.00  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Establishment of Small Retail Markets 
Establishment of Wholesale Market   
746,608.00 
2,485,993.00   
 Total Capital Expenditure 3,232,601.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 10,220,643.00 1,624,903.50 
    
Current Expenditure:  -  
Total Current Expenditure -  
   (iii) infrastructural services – drainage 
and irrigation servi ces, access roads, 
market infrastructure 
Capital Expenditure: 
Drainage and Irrigation 
Packing house facility for fresh produce  
1,442,249.00 
4,794,744.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 6,236,993.00  
 Total Current and Capital E xpenditure 6,236,993.00 991,572.81 
    
GRAND TOTAL  107,175,314.14 17,039,000.66 
 
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Estimates:  Details of Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for the Financial Year 2003 .  All Capital Expenditure items 
taken from Draft Estimates of Development Prog ramme for the Financial Year 2003 , Government of Trinidad and Tobago 2002.  Figures used are the Actual.  All 
Expenditure items taken from Heading:  2001 Actual expenditure in that year . 
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Division do no t include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  Anim al Production and Health, 
Agriculture, Horticulture, Extension, ECIAF and Land and Water Development Division. 
3 The Livestock and Livestock Products Board (LLPB) has the genera l responsibility for charting the development of the Livestock and Poultry industry through:  
administering any programmes on behalf of the Government that are supportive of the industry, advising and influencing policy-m akers in the best interest of the 
industry, and monitoring problems affecting production and marketing and making appropriate representations.  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2000 – September 2001 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies gene rally available to ag riculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support 
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops". 
 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2000 – September 2001 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payment s" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "direc t payments under production-limiting programmes". 
 
  
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Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2001 – September 2002 
 
  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 
 
No base or annual Total AMS commitment leve ls exist in Section I of Pa rt IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers. 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2001 – September 2002 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services  
(i) research, pests and disease control, 
extension and advisory services and 
inspection services Current Expenditure 2: 
Animal Production and Health 
Sugarcane Feed Centre 
Livestock and Livestock Products Board 3 
Agriculture 
Cocoa Research Unit 
Extension Division 
Land and Water Deve lopment Division  
11,792,094.00 
3,800,000.00 
491,547.00 
63,266,539.00 
1,200,000.00 
1,325,593.51 
6,025,737.66  
 Total Current Expenditure 87,901,511.17  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Enhancement of artificial breeding services capabilities 
Livestock Improve ment Programme 
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 
Post Harvest Handling 
Integrated Pest Manageme nt:  Hibiscus Mealy bug 
Research Programme Centra l Experimental Station 
Livestock Database 
Management and control of infectious diseases 
Cost of production surveys 
Tick control/eradication 
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance Programme  
408,341.00 
191,986.00 
97,367.00 
285,787.00 
494,816.00 
299,027.00 
214,709.00 
812,685.00 
91,180.00 
150,000.00 
3,659,768.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 6,705,666.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 94,607,177.17 15,040,886.67 
 
 
   
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 Page 9Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure: 
National Agricultural Market ing and Development Company  
7,652,158.00  
 Total Current Expenditure 7,652,158.00  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Establishment of Small Retail Markets 
Establishment of Wholesale Market  
761,987.00 
3,765,536.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 4,527,523.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 12,179,681.00 1,936,356.28 
    
Current Expenditure:  -  
Total Current Expenditure -  
   (iii) infrastructural services – drainage 
and irrigation servi ces, access roads, 
market infrastructure 
Capital Expenditure: 
Agricultural Access Roads 
Drainage and Irrigation 
Packing house facility for fresh produce  
27,503.00 
530,393.00 
2,143,386.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 2,701,282.00  
 Total Current and Capital E xpenditure 2,701,282.00 429,456.60 
    
GRAND TOTAL  109,488,140.17 17,406,699.55 
 
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Estimates:  Details of Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for the Financial Year 2003 .  All Capital Expenditure items 
taken from Draft Estimates of Development Prog ramme for the Financial Year 2003 , Government of Trinidad and Tobago 2002.  Figures used are the Actual.  All 
Expenditure items taken from Heading:  2002 Actual expenditure in that year . 
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Division do no t include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  Anim al Production and Health, 
Agriculture, Horticulture, Extension, ECIAF and Land and Water Development Division. 
3 The Livestock and Livestock Products Board (LLPB) has the genera l responsibility for charting the development of the Livestock and Poultry industry through:  
administering any programmes on behalf of the Government that are supportive of the industry, advising and influencing policy-m akers in the best interest of the 
industry, and monitoring problems affecting production and marketing and making appropriate representations.  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2001 – September 2002 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies gene rally available to ag riculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support 
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops". 
 
  
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 Page 11Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Ye ar October 2001 – September 2002 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payment s" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "direc t payments under production-limiting programmes". 
 
  
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Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Year October 2002 to September 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 
 
No base or annual Total AMS commitment leve ls exist in Section I of Pa rt IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers. 
  
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 Page 13Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Year October 2002 to September 2003  
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services  
(i) research, pests and disease 
control, extension and advisory 
services and inspection services Current Expenditure 2: 
Animal Production and Health 
Sugarcane Feed Centre 
Livestock and Livestock Products Board 3 
Agriculture 
Cocoa Research Unit 
Extension Division 
Land and Water Deve lopment Division  
10,779,910.00 
3,500,000.00 
500,000.00 
62,339,003.00 
1,200,000.00 
1,432,155.00 
5,442,506.53  
 Total Current Expenditure 85,193,574.53  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Enhancement of artificial breeding services capabilities 
Livestock Improve ment Programme 
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 
Post Harvest Handling 
Integrated Pest Manageme nt:  Hibiscus Mealy bug 
Research Programme Centra l Experimental Station 
Livestock Database 
Management and control of infectious diseases 
Cost of production surveys 
Tick control/eradication 
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance Programme  
180,000.00 
570,234.00 
149,960.00 
137,981.00 
150,000.00 
240,000.00 
265.000.00 
290,000.00 
129,340.00 
150,000.00 
1,198,661.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 3,461,176.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 88,654,750.53 14,094,554.93 
  
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Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure: 
National Agricultural Market ing and Development Company  
9,326,500.00  
 Total Current Expenditure 9,326,500.00  
    
 Capital Expenditure: -  
 Total Capital Expenditure -  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 9,326,500.00 1,482,750.40 
    
Current Expenditure:  -  
Total Current Expenditure -  
   (iii) infrastructural services – drainage 
and irrigation servi ces, access roads, 
market infrastructure 
Capital Expenditure: 
Agricultural Access Roads 
Drainage and Irrigation  
4,612,689.00 
5,581,088.00  
 Total Capital Expenditure 10,193,777.00  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 10,193,777.00 1,620,632.27 
    
GRAND TOTAL  108,175,027.53 17,197,937.60 
 
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Estimates:  Details of Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for the Financial Year 2004 .  All Capital Expenditure items 
taken from Draft Estimates of Development Prog ramme for the Fina ncial Year 2004 , Government of Trinidad and Tobago 2003.  Figures used are the Revised 
estimates.  All Expenditure items taken from Heading:  2003 Revised estimates expenditure in that year . 
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Division do no t include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  Anim al Production and Health, 
Agriculture, Horticulture, Extension, ECIAF and Land and Water Development Division. 
3 The Livestock and Livestock Products Board (LLPB) has the genera l responsibility for charting the development of the Livestock and Poultry industry through:  
administering any programmes on behalf of the Government that are supportive of the industry, advising and influencing policy-m akers in the best interest of the 
industry, and monitoring problems affecting production and marketing and making appropriate representations.  
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  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Year October 2002 to September 2003 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies gene rally available to ag riculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support 
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops". 
 
  
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Page 16 Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial Year October 2002 to September 2003 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payment s" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "direc t payments under production-limiting programmes". 
 
 
 
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