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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1 
16 April 1999 
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Working Party on the 
Accession of Albania Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF ALBANIA 
 
Agriculture Schedules  
 
Revision  
 
  The following revised agricu lture schedules have been received from the Ministry of 
Economic Cooperation and Trade of the Republic of Albania.  
 
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule) Currency1: Leke (1,000) 
(from Section I of Part IV of the 
Schedule) Current Total AMS (1,000 leke)  
(from attached Supporting Tables) 
1996:  
 
Total product-specific support -- market price support: Flour fo r
bread. Total non-product-specific support -- non-exempt direct payments: none. Total other product-specific support: none. 
Total green box support:   
 
-4,400 leke 
 
0 leke 
 
0 leke 
1,578,861 leke Total AMS:  1,574,461 leke
 
1997:  
 Total product-specific support -- market price support: none. Total non-product-specific support -- non-exempt direct payments: none. Total other product-specific support: none. 
Total green box support:   
 
0 leke 
 
0 leke 0 leke 
1,602,750 leke Total AMS:  1,602,750 leke
 
1998:   Total product-specific support -- market price support: none. 
Total non-product-specific support -- non-exempt direct payments: 
none. Total other product-specific support: none. Total green box support:   
 
0 leke 
 
0 leke 
0 leke 
1,564,442 leke Total AMS:  1,564,442 leke
 
Note: 
1 The value of the exchange rate for the respective years are as follows: US$ 1 = 104.50 leke; US$ 1 = 149.10 leke; US$ 1 = 151. 50 leke.   WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1
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DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box" 
 
 
Measure type and subcategory of  measure as defined in Annex 21 Monetary value of measure in year in question
(1,000 Leke2)  
Data sources3 
 1996 1997 1998  
(a) "General services" Research services Training services Extension and advisory services 
Inspection services 
Infrastructural services        Total general services  
 33,000 
     780 14,200 
157,000 
685,600 890,580  
38,800 
400 
13,100 
148,400 
329,000 529,700  
46,000 
1,000 
21,000 
175,000 
611,000 854,000 MAF; MES 
MAF MAF 
MAF 
MAF 
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes" 4 375,000 30,970 MAF 
(c) "domestic food aid" 0 0 0 MAF (d) "decoupled income support" 0 0 0 MAF (e) "income insurance and income safety-net programs" 0 0 0 MF (f) "payments for relief from natural disasters" 9,000 22,500 0 MAF (g) "structural adjustment assistance through  producer retirement programs" 0 0 0 MAF 
(h) "structural adjustment assistance through  resource retirement programs" 0 0 0 MAF 
(i) "structural adjustment assistance through r esource investment aids" 38,500 40,000 33,500 MAF 
(j) "environmental programs" 18,500 85,500 50,000 MAF (k) "regional assistance programs" 0 0 0 MAF (l) "other programs" 622,281 550,050 595,972  MAF Total Domestic Support: "Green Box" 1,578,861 1,602,750 1,564,442  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1 
Page 4 Notes: 1  A description of each the measures follows this page. 
 2 The value of the exchange rate for the re spective years is: US$ 1= 104.50 leke; US$ 1 = 149.10 leke; US$ 1 = 151.50 leke.  The d ata
presented are budget data but represent actual expenditures.  The Ministry of Agriculture and Food's expenditures cannot exceed  the appropriations
provided in the budget.  
3  MAF refers to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture; MF refers to  the Ministry of Finance; and MES refers to the Ministry of Ed ucation and
Science.  
4  The expenditures reported in 1997 is the total amount spent for 1996 and 1997. 
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Table DS:1 (continued) 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box" 
 
Measure type by subcategory as defined in A nnex 2 Descriptions of the "green box" programs 
(a) "General services" 
Research services 
Training services 
Extension and advisory services Inspection services Infrastructural services Research expenditures funded 12 scientific institutions such as universities, technical 
institutions, and other institutions involved in pr imary scientific investigation.  Expenditures on 
training services were for funding an agricultura l mechanization school.   Expenditures for 
extension and advisory services consist of funding  for an agricultural information center and for 
a veterinary project for pest and diseases control. Inspection services include expenditures to f und diagnostic veterinary services, diagnostic 
agricultural services, control services include veterinary, food and seed control, and for 
chemicals used in agricultural laboratories fo r food/vet control.  Infrastructural services 
provided funding for water supply facilities (e .g.,  drainage and pumping station), the  
restoration of rural infrastructure, restoration of irrigation systems and the small-scale irrigation schemes throughout the country that are provided by the water enterprises. 
(b) "Public stockholding for food security purposes" The GOA has main tained grain reserves.  The budget data reflects storage co sts, transportation 
and other marketing costs. The grain reserves maintained by the government of Albania do not affect prices, because the grain is sold by auction and quantities kept under state reserves 
account for less than one percent of total domestic  requirements.  Moreover, the quantity kept 
under state reserves is being reduced as a commitm ent taken in the framework of the Enhanced 
Structural Adjustment Facilities (ISAF) program of the IMF. 
(c)  "Domestic food aid" There are no (and have never been any) programs for domestic food aid. 
(d)  "Decoupled income support" There are no (and have neve r been any) programs involving decoupled income support. 
(e) "Income insurance and income safety-ne
t 
programs" There are no (and have never been any) progra ms involving income insurance and income 
safety-nets. 
(f) "  Payments for relief from natural disasters" This is extraord inary intervention in the form of direct payments to produce rs for relief from 
natural disasters (e.g., in times of severe floodi ng).  In 1998, there were no disaster relief 
payments made.  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1 
Page 6 Measure type by subcategory as defined in A nnex 2 Descriptions of the "green box" programs 
(g) "Structural adjustment assistance through
producer retirement programs" There are no (and have never been any) adjustment assistance programs of this sort. 
(h) "Structural adjustment assistance through
resource retirement programs" There are no (and have never been any) adjustment assistance programs of this sort. 
(i) "Structural adjustment assistance through
resource investment aids" Structural adjustment assistance through resour ce investment in agriculture has taken two 
forms: (1) a land registration program followi ng the land privatization process and (2) the 
creation of a market for land to facilitate the consolidation of ownership of land and physical 
holdings (i.e., other immovable assets).  In a ddition, there is an agribusiness development 
project funded by the World Bank, IDA, for th e development of agro-processing sector through 
a credit system. 
(j)   "Environmental programs"  Includes environmental protec tion and conservation measures of the following types: dams for 
rivers to avoid flooding, to prevent brush fires,  soil erosion, and the salination of land, etc. 
(k)  "Regional assistance programs" There are no (and have never been any) regional assistance programs. 
(l)   "Other programs" Other programs consist of projects associated with central- and district-level administration 
which provide general services including the commission of land (i.e., involving ownership related matters such as the privatization of ag ricultural enterprises) and for dispute settlement 
cases (including cases involving joint venture a rrangements with foreigners when there are 
dispute settlement issues pending).  The general services provided for the commission of land 
are to assist in covering court costs associ ated with land settlement, land ownership, and 
privatization issues.  There are also costs associ ated with maintaining the remaining state-owned 
assets and/or former state enterprises (e.g., flou r mills, machinery stations, milk processing, 
etc.). 
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Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment -- Sp ecial and Differential Treatment - "Development Programs" 
 
 
Type of Measure  
Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:2 Monetary value of year of 
measure (1,000 Leke)  Data 
 sources 
  1996 1997 1998  
(a) "Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture" There are no (and have not been any) investment subsidies 
that are generally available, except for international projects 
(e.g. IFAD and the World Bank).  These programs have 
involved irrigation systems in low-land fields (World Bank) and small-scale irrigation systems (IFAD) in the higher elevations throughout Albania.  These are the programs that are discussed in item (i) of Supporting Table DS:1. 0 0 0 MAF 
(b) "Input subsidies generally available to 
low-income or resource-poor producers" Water for irrigation at subsidi zed rates has been provided to 
producers, but the program was permanently discontinued in 
June 1998. 300.00 271.20 339.00 MAF 
(c) "Support to encourage diversification 
from growing illicit narcotic crops"  There are and have not been any diversification program of 
this type. 0 0 0 MAF 
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Table DS:3 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment -- Direct Paym ents under Production-limiting Programs - "Exempt Direct Payments" 
 
Type of Measure Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:5 Monetary value of year 
of measure  
(1,000 Leke)  Data 
 sources 
  1996 1997 1998  
(a) "Payments based on fixed area and yields" There ar e no (and have never been any) payments made 
based on a fixed area or yields. 0 0 0 MAF 
(b) "Payments based on 85 percent or less of the 
base level of production" There are no (and have never been any) payments based 
on a level of production. 0 0 0 MAF 
(c) "Support to encourage diversification from 
growing illicit narcotic crops" There are no (and have not been any) payments based on 
the number of head of livestock. 0 0 0 MAF 
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Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Calculation of the Current Total Ag gregate 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) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
Calendar Year 1996: 
(a) "Product-specific support" 
 
   Product: Flour for bread (75%)1 
 
 
-4.40  
 
0.00 Total support for flour (from 
supporting tables DS:5 to DS:8): 
-4.40 
 
(b) "Non-product-specific support"  
 
  None.  
  
 
 
0.00 0.00  
Total non-product-specific (from 
supporting table DS:9 below) 
 
 0.00 
 Total: Current total AMS:  
 -4.40 
Calendar Year 1997: 
(a) "Product-specific support" 
  
   None.  
  
  
0.00 
  
  
0.00 
 Total product-specific support  
 (from supporting tables DS:5  to DS:8 below):  
 0.00 
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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) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
(b) "Non-product-specific support" 
 
    None.   
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00 Total non-product-specific 
(from supporting table DS:9 
below) 
 0.00 
 Total: Current total AMS: 
0.00 
Calendar Year 1998: 
(a) "Product-specific support" 
   
  None.  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00 Total product-specific support  
(from supporting tables DS:5 
to DS:8 below): 
0.00 
 
 (b) "Non-product-specific support" 
 
   None.   
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00 Total non-product-specific 
(from supporting table DS:9 
below):         
0.00 
 Total: Current total AMS: 
0.00 
 
 Note:   
1 The policy of administering a price ceiling for bread flour was discontinued in July 1996. 
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Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support: Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products
  
1 Calendar year 
beginning 
  
2 Types of  
measures 
  
3 Applied 
administered 
price (leke/kg)
 
4 External 
reference price 
(leke/kg) 
 
5 Eligible 
production (kg)
  
6 Associated fees
 or levies 
  
7 Total market 
price support 
((4-5*6)-7) 
 
8 Data  
sources 
  
9 
 Calendar Year 1996: 
Products:   Flour for bread (75%)
1  
 
January  
  
Price ceiling  
  
29.60  
  
34.00  
  
1,000,000  
  
0.00  
  
-4.40  
  
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1997: Products:    None.  Discontinued. 
 
No measure - - 
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1998: 
Products:  None.  Discontinued. 
 
No measure - - 
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
        0 .00  
 
   MAF 
 
 Note:   
1 The policy of administering a price ceiling for bread flour was discontinued in July 1996. 
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DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Me asurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description 
of basic 
products 
 Calendar 
year 
beginning Types of  
measures Applied 
administered 
price 
(leke/kg) External  
reference 
(generally 
from 
AGST/..) Eligible 
production Total price-
related  
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments Associated 
fees or levies
 Total direct 
payments 
(7+8-9) Data 
Sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
 
Calendar Year 1996: 
Products:  
 
None.  
January  
 
No measure 
 
-  
 
-  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
MAF 
 Calendar Year 1997: Products:    
None.   
January  
 
No measure 
 
-  
 
-  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
MAF 
 Calendar Year 1998: Products:  None. 
  
January  
 
No measure 
 
-  
 
-  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
0  
 
MAF 
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DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support: Other Product-Specific  Support and Total Prod uct-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
products 
   
1 Calendar 
year 
beginning 
   
2 Types of  
measures 
 
   
3 Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
4 Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
details) 
5 Associated 
fees or levies
 
   
6 Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
  
7 Market price 
support 
(supporting 
table DS:6) 
  
8 Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(supporting 
table DS:6) 
 
9 Total AMS 
(7+8-9) 
 
   
10 Data Sources
 
 
   
11 
 Calendar Year 1996:    
Products:  
 
None.  
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00 
  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1997:    
Products:  
 
None.  
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00 
  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1998    
Products:  
 None.  
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00 
  
 
0.00  
 
0.00   
MAF  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1 
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Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description 
of basic 
products 
   
 
1 Calendar 
year 
beginning 
   
 
2 Types of  
measures 
    
 
3 Applied 
administere
d price 
   
 
4 Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price 
 
5 Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
 
6 Equivalent 
measuremen
t of support 
(include 
details of 
calculation)
7 Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
   
 
8 Other 
product 
specific 
support 
  
 
9 Associated 
fees or 
levies (7 +8-
9) 
  
 
10 Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment
 
 
11 Data  
source 
    
 
12 
 
Calendar Year 1996:    
Products:  
 
None.  
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
 Calendar Year 1997:    
Products:   
 
None.   
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
 Calendar Year 1998:    
Products: 
 
None. 
  
January  
 
No measure  
 
-  
 
-  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
0.00  
 
MAF 
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Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support: Market Price Support 
 
Types of Measures 
 
   
1 Calendar year 
beginning 
   
2 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
  
3 Other non-
product-specific 
support (include 
details of 
calculation) 
4 Associated fees or 
levies 
   
5 Total non-product-
specific support 
   
6 Data  
sources 
   
7 
1996:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MAF 
1997:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MAF 
1998:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MAF   WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.1 
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Table ES:1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Export Subsidies: Budgetary Outlay and  Quantity Reduction Commitments 
 
  Subsidized Exports Food Aid Annual commitment levels 
(from Section II of Part IV) 
Description of products 
(from Section II of 
 Part IV) 
1 Calendar year 
beginning 
 
2 Budgetary outlays
 
 
3 Quantity 
 
 
4 Quantity 
 
 
5 Budgetary outlays
 
 
6 Quantity 
 
 
7 
1996:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 
1997:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 
1998:  None. January 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 
 
 Additional commitment: The Republic of Albania is binding its expo rt subsidies for agricultural products at 0% at the time of a ccession.
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Table ES:2 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Export Subsidies: Notification of Total Exports 
 
Description of Products 
1 Calendar year beginning 
2 Quantity 
3 
1996:  Albania never used export subsidies. January 0 
1997:  Albania never used export subsidies. January 0 
1998:  Albania never used export subsidies. January 0 Additional commitment: The Republic of Albania is binding the quan tity of exports of agricultural products that are subsidized 0 metric
tons at the time of accession. 
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Table ES:3 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Export Subsidies: Notification of the Total Volume of Food Aid 
 
Description of Products 
 
1 Calendar year beginning 
 
2 Quantity of food aid to 
all destinations 
3 
1996: Albania did not provide food aid to any country. January 0 
1997: Albania did not provide food aid to any country. January 0 
1998: Albania did not provide food aid to any country. January 0 
 
Additional commitment: The Republic of Albania has not provided food aid; however, Albania commits to provide food aid  
with methods consistent with the rules of  the WTO.  Supporting tables ES:1 and ES:2 are not relevant in the case of Albania and  are 
 not included.   
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