WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/ARG/20
14 March 2003
(03-1481)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant supporting tables) for the agricultural year 2000/2001  was received from the Permanent
Mission of the Argentine Republic  on 7 March 2003.G/AG/N/ARG/20
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000-2001
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)
12 3
79,624,675 $ January 1992 79,599,922G/AG/N/ARG/20
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000-2001
Measures Exempt from the Redu ction Commitment  - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of the measure with reference
to the criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of the
measure in the year in
question
($ January 1992)Data source
12 3 4
General services208,695,112
Research 68,370,941
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco Development of new technologies for production in Corrientes.0
INTA Budget implemented in personnel and operating costs. 68,370.941 INTA (SAGPyA)
Pest and disease control 114,534,678
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) National Agriculture and Food
Quality ServiceCentral activities.  Senior management – administrative, legal and technical
services.14,695,028 SENASA
Plant protection. 1,370,710
Agriculture and food control.  Approval of agro-chemicals and
pharmacological products.  Laboratory services.37,533,628
Animal health 60,818,395
SAGPyA Expanded sanitary controls 9,223 PROSAP (SAGPyA)SAGPyA Plant health in the province of La Rioja 102,973 PROSAP (SAGPyA)
SAGPyA Integrated management of carpocaspae and grapholite in fruit areas of the
province of Mendoza4,721 PROSAP (SAGPyA)
Training services              141,133
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco Training of technical specialists and producers.141,133 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Extension and advisory
services                22,564,456
Special Fund for Tobacco Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to
diversification, reconversion and training.259,590 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)(Annex 2, paragraph 2(d))
INTA Budget implemented in extension services personnel.                   22,304,866 INTA (SAGPyA)G/AG/N/ARG/20
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Inspection services 1,443,398
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy,
Misiones, Salta and Tucumán.1,443,398 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Infrastructure services 1,640,506
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)) SAGPyA Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in Constitución, Colonia,
Centenario and Lower Mendoza River1,587,819 PROSAP (SAGPyA)
SAGPyA Improvement of local roads in Santa Fe 17,687 PROSAP (SAGPyA)
Special Fund for Tobacco Elimination of latrines in Catamarca 35,000 DMPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Decoupled income support              11,539,078
(Annex 2, paragraph 6(a) to
(e))Agricultural Social Programme The Social Programme benefits smallholders (minifundistas) in 21 provinces
in the country through financial and technical assistance and training.  Some
of the eligibility requirements are:  having a monthly income level not
exceeding twice the rural agricultural worker's wage, not employing anylabour, living on the farm, and having working capital not exceeding
$20,000.  Smallholders who have formed a grouping may submit production
projects for a maximum of $1,200 per family and $200 in the case ofself-consumption projects.  Together with the project, the Programme
finances technical assistance provided by independent institutions or experts
for a period of not more than three years.  When receiving the funds,beneficiary families undertake to repay them to a provincial revolving fund,
which is used to finance new projects.917,927 SAGPyA
Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance to tobacco growing families to finance medical, health,
biochemical and dentistry benefits. (This measure benefits over 110,000
people).10,621,151 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Government financial participation in income insurance
and income safety net programmes0
Special Fund for Tobacco (A) Assistance to cover damage caused by rainfall and hail in the provinces of
Misiones and Jujuy.0(Annex 2, paragraph 7(a) to
(d))
Natural disaster relief payments
(Annex 2, paragraph 8(a) to (e))1,665.246
Agricultural Emergency
Programme. Law No. 22913Contributions to the producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall,
hail and other phenomena in the provinces of La Pampa, Santiago del Estero
and Corrientes.790,996 SAGPyA
Economic compensation to the wool industry for small producers of the
Patagonian region in an emergency situation.851,550G/AG/N/ARG/20
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Emergency Support
Programme for Patagonian
Agricultural Production.
Resolution 613/96.Support for provincial programmes to curb damage from animals harmful to
livestock.22,700 SAGPyA
Structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aid46,033,019
(Annex 2, paragraph 11(a) to
(f))Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production activities
in response to objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages.  The
construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, production
and storage;   land improvement, assistance for the modernization of farms.35,676,402 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Rural change Technical and business management assistance 3,454,542 INTA (SAGPyA)
Smallholdings (Minifundio) Technical assistance for production, organization and training (benefiting
19,395 producers and assisting a  population of 87,435 people).(1) INTA (SAGPyA)
Prohuerta Assistance for 321,500 family vegetable gardens, and 7,150 community
school vegetable gardens (assisting a population of over 2 million people).6,902,075 Ministry of Social
Development and the
Environment
Regional Assistance Programme 370,858
(Annex 2, paragraph 13(a) to
(f))Support programme for
Patagonian agricultural
production.  Resolutions613/96 and 783/96, amended
by SAGPyA Resolutions
376/97, 716/97 and 925/97Loans to producers having between 1,000 and 6,000 sheep (297 producers). 370,858 DDA (SAGPyA)
Total 268,303,313
Notes:
SENASA:  National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service.  (Values repeated for the previous period).
SAPyA:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food.
DNPyEAyF:  National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Economics.(1) In 2001, the activities of this programme were financed with resources from the Cambio Rural Programme.G/AG/N/ARG/20
Page 6Supporting Table DS.4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000-2001
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Description of basic products (including
non-product specific AMS)Product-specific AMS (from supporting
tables DS.5 to DS.7 below)Product-specific measurements of support
(from supporting table DS.8 below)
($ January 1992)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
($ January 1992)
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Tobacco 79,599,992 79,599,922G/AG/N/ARG/20
Page 7Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000-2001
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar/
marketing
year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
price
($ January
1992)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(kg.)Market price
support
budgetary
outlays
 ($ January
1992)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)
($ January
1992)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
($ January
1992)Data source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Tobacco 1 December
2000 to
30 November
2001Payment
per unit0.811332 98,110,172 79,599,922 79,599,922 - - - 79,599,922 Ministry of
Agriculture,
Fisheries and
Food/FET
Yearbooks
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