WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/URY/15
6 July 1999
(99-2775)
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant supporting tables) for the year 1998  was received from the delegation of Uruguay on
22 June 1999.G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1998
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 1998 was Ur$24,455,294,000 (US$2,326,860,000) according to pr eliminary estimates of the Central Bank
of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1998
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure
(in US$)Data sources
12 34
(a) "General services"
Research113,273,318 National Budget
Extension and advisory services 5,682,146 National BudgetPest and disease control and inspection
services
2, 312,100,086 National Budget
Marketing and promotion services 699,098 National Budget
PREDEG - Farm Conversion and
Development Programme47,351,647 National Budget
1 Includes budgetary counterpart of IDB Technology Generation and Transfer Project 949 amounting to US$1,656,238.
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$907,958.
4 Budgetary counterpart of Project 947 with IDB support. Components:  training, research, extension and advisory, and marketing a nd promotion services.G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 4Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1998
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 measureData sources
12 3 4
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture 11,556,446*Planning and Budget Office
*Includes the budgetary counterparts of the following projects:  747 Rural Development (IFAD) US$2,233,752, 748 Water and Natura l Resource Development
(World Bank) US$9,322,714.G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 5Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar year
beginning
1/1/98Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal reference
price (generally
from AGST/…)Eligible
productionTotal price-
related direct
paymentsOther  non-
exempt direct
payments
(US$)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 –
PREDEG1Partial refund ofcosts576,921 576,921
2PREDEG budget
Vines –
PREDEGPartial refund of
costs680,693 680,6933PREDEG budget
1 PREDEG:  Farm Conversion and Development Programme.
2 This support represents 0.5 per cent of estimated  gross value of production for the fruit sector (1998).
3 This support represents 1.0 per cent of estimated  gross value of production for the vine-growing sector (1998).
(See explanatory tables attached.)G/AG/N/URY/15
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PREDEG:  NON-EXEMPT DIRECT PAYMENTS - 1998
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 hectare pergrower.
Total US$576,921
Wine growing:
- The standard cost per hectare of clearing old vine stocks is refunded to small and
medium-sized wine growers.
US$186,749
- 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$493,944
Total wine growing US$680,693
GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) AT
PRODUCER PRICES (IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US$)
       1996         1998
Total agriculture 2,287,793 2,326,860
Crop-farming sub-sector 1,025,966 992,080
Fruit 112,678 114,608*Grapes for wine-making 68,210 69,375*
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*Estimated figures.  Only aggregate 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 in 1996.
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 7Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1998
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar
year 1998Measure 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$)Data
sources
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Subsidized
interest rate2-0 - 0 - - 01
Coarse grains " - 0 - 0 - - 0Oil-seeds " - 0 - 0 - - 0Rice " - 0 - 0 - - 0Sugar " - 0 - 0 - - 0Beet " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Sugar cane " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Fruit,vegetables,tobacco,cotton, etc."- 0 - 0 - - 0
Livestock " - 0 - 0 - - 0
1Central Bank of Uruguay (Statistical Bulletin) and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay  (BROU).
2There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricultura l sector (see BROUS's basic interest rate for the agricultural sector and the preferential market interest rate in the
attached table).G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 8Annex
URUGUAY
INTEREST RATES IN NATIONAL CURRENCY
Calendar Year 1998 (in %)
Month Private bank preferential  (six-month fixed term) BROU
Basic for agricultural sector
January 34.0 40
February 34.7 40
March 33.6 40
April 42.3 35May 29.2 35June 26.9 35
July 26.2 30
August 28.6 30September 25.2 30October 29.2 30
November 28.6 30
December 28.5 30
Annual average 30.6 33.75
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay .G/AG/N/URY/15
Page 9Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 1998
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year
1/1/1998Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)
(in US$)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- 4,438,5242, 3 - 4,438,524 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 0.19 per cent of the 1998 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  1998 GVAP was Ur$24,455,294,00 0 (US$2,326,860,000) according to preliminary estimates
of the Central Bank of Uruguay.
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