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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/4/Rev.4 
8 October 1999 
 (99-4239) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Albania Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF ALBANIA 
 
Agriculture Schedule  
 
Revision  
 
 The following revised agricultu re schedule has been received from the Ministry of Economic 
Cooperation and Trade of the Republic of Albania.   
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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: none. Total non-product-specific support -- non-exempt direct payments. 
Total other product-specific support: none. 
  
 
 
0 leke 
300.00 leke 
0 leke 
  
 
 
  
 
Total AMS:  0 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. 
  
 
 
0 leke 
271.20 leke 
0 leke 
  
 
 
  
 
Total AMS:  0 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. 
  
 
 
0 leke 
339.00 leke 
0 leke 
  
 
 
  
 
Total AMS: 0 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. 
 
  
 
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box"  
 
Measure type and sub-category 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 (including those for environmental measures) 
       Total general services  
 33,000 
     780 14,200 
157,000 
704,100 909,080  
38,800 
400 
13,100 
148,400 
414,500 615,200  
46,000 
1,000 
21,000 
175,000 
661,000 904,000  
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 resource investment aids"  
38,500  
40,000  
33,500  
MAF 
 
(j) "environmental programs"   
0  
0  
0  
MAF 
 
(k) "regional assistance programs"  
0  
0  
0  
MAF 
 
(l) "other programs"  
622,281  
483,050  
595,972  
MAF  
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Notes: 1 A description of each the measures follows this page. 
2 The value of the exchange rate for the respective years is: US$ 1= 104.50 leke; US$ 1 = 149.10 leke; US$ 1 = 151.50 leke.  The  data presented are budget data 
but represent actual expenditures.  The Ministry of Agriculture and Food's expenditures cannot exceed the appropriations provid ed 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 E ducation and Science. 
4  The expenditures reported in 1997 are the total amount spent for 1996 and 1997.  
 
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Supporting 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 Annex 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 primary scientific investigatio n.  Expenditures on training services were for funding an 
agricultural mechanization school.   Expenditures for extension and advisory services consist of funding for an 
agricultural information center and for a veterina ry project for pest and diseases control. 
Inspection services include expenditures to fund diagnostic  veterinary services, diagnostic agricultural services, 
control services include veterinary, food and seed control,  and for chemicals used in agricultural laboratories for 
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.  Infrastructural services 
include environmental protection 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. 
 
(b)  "Public stockholding for food security 
 purposes" 
  
The GOA has maintained grain reserv es.  The budget data reflects stor age costs, transportation and other 
marketing costs. The grain reserves ma intained by the government of Albani a do not affect prices, because the 
grain is sold by auction and quantities kept under stat e reserves account for less than one percent of total 
domestic requirements.  Moreover, the quantity kept under state reserves is being reduced as a commitment 
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 involving domestic food aid. 
 
(d)  "Decoupled income support"  
There are no (and have never been any) programs involving decoupled income support. 
 
(e) "Income insurance and income safety-net 
 programs"  
There are no (and have never been any) programs involving income insurance and income safety-nets. 
 
(f)  "Payments for relief from natural disasters"  
This is extraordinary intervention in the form of direct payments to producers for relief from natural disasters 
(e.g., in times of severe flooding).  In 1998 , there were no disaster relief payments made.  
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Measure type by subcategory as defined in Annex 2 
  
Descriptions of the "green box" programs 
 (g)  "Structural adjustment assistance through 
 producer retirement programs"  
There are no (and have never been any) ad justment assistance programs of this sort. 
 
(h)  "Structural adjustment assistance through 
 resource retirement programs"  
There are no (and have never been any) ad justment assistance programs of this sort. 
 
(i)  "Structural adjustment assistance through 
 resource investment aids"   
Structural adjustment assistance thr ough resource investment in agriculture has taken two forms: (1) a land 
registration program following the land privatization process and (2) the creation of a market for land to 
facilitate the consolidation of ownership of land an d physical holdings (i.e., other immovable assets). 
 
(j)  "Environmental programs"   
There are no (and have never been any) direct payments for producers for these types of programs. 
 
(k)  "Regional assistance programs"  
There are no (and have never been any) regional assistance programs. 
 
(l)  "Other programs"  
Other programs consist of projects as sociated 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 agricultural enterprise s) and for dispute settlement cases (including cases involving joint venture 
arrangements with foreigners when there are dispute settle ment issues pending).  The general services provided 
for the commission of land are to assist in covering cour t costs associated with land settlement, land ownership, 
and privatization issues.   
 
 
Note: Table DS:2 (Domestic Support; Measures Exempt from the Re duction 'Commitment – Special and Differential Treatment - "Deve lopment Programs") is withdrawn 
from the Schedule on Agriculture as Albania is not reques ting developing country status in its accessions to the WTO.  
 
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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 Payments  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 are no (and have never been any) payments made based on a 
fixed area or yields.  
0  
0  
0  
MAF 
 (b) "Payments based on 85 per cent 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 supplement  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
De minimis Value of Non-product Specific Support --  Measure: Generally available irrigation subsidy for producers 
 
Calendar Year 
Beginning January  
Value of the generally available irrigation 
subsidy (1,000 leke) from AMS DS:4  
Value of the total agricultural production  
(1,000 leke)  
De minimis level 
(5%) 
 
1996  
300.00  
107,224,000  
0.00 
 
1997  
271.20  
95,634,000  
0.00 
 
1998  
339.00  
99,027,000  
0.00 
 
   
 
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Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
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) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
Calendar Year 1996: 
(a) "Product-specific support" 
   None.  
(b) "Non-product-specific support" 
None.  
0.00 
 
 
0.00  
0.00 
 
 
0.00 Total support for flour  
(from supporting tables DS:5 to DS:8):      0.00  
Total non-product-specific 
 (from supporting table DS:9 below)        300.00  
Total: Current total AMS:                             0.00 
 
Calendar Year 1997: 
 
(a) "Product-specific support"    None.  
 
(b) "Non-product-specific support"    None. 
  
 
0.00 
 
 
0.00  
  
0.00 
  
0.00 Total product-specific support  
(from supporting tables DS:5  to DS:8 below):                                           0.00 
 
Total non-product-specific  (from supporting table DS:9 below):       271.20 
 
Total: Current total AMS:                            0.00  
Calendar Year 1998: 
(a) "Product-specific support" 
   None.  
 
(b) "Non-product-specific support" 
   None.   
0.00 
 
 
0.00  
0.00 
 
 
0.00 Total product-specific support  
 (from supporting tables DS:5 
 to DS:8 below):                                         0.00 
 
Total non-product-specific  (from supporting table  
DS:9 below):                                          339.00 
Total: Current total AMS:                          0.00  
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 Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements 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:  
 
None.   
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1997: 
 
Products:   
 
None.   
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1998: 
 
Products: 
 
None. 
  
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
 
  
 
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Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
 
Description of 
basic products 
 
1  
Calendar 
year 
beginning 
 
2  
Types of  
measures 
 
 
3  
Applied 
administered  
price (leke/kg) 
 
4  
External  
reference 
(generally from 
AGST/..) 
5  
Eligible 
production 
 
 
6  
Total price-
related  
direct 
payments 
7  
Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
8  
Associated 
fees or 
levies 
 
9  
Total 
direct 
payments 
(7+8-9) 
10  
Data  
sources 
 
 
11 
 
Calendar Year 1996: 
 Products:  
 
None.  
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1997: 
 
Products:   
 
None.   
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
Calendar Year 1998: 
 
Products: 
 None. 
  
 
 
January  
 
 
No measure  
 
 
-  
 
 
-  
 
 
0  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
0.00  
 
 
MAF 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT:  REPUBLIC  OF  ALBANIA 
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Years, 1996-98  
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-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 
 
 
 
  
 
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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 
administered 
price 
  
 
4  
Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price 
5  
Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
6  
Equivalent 
measurement 
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  
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of 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: Water for irrigation at subsidized 
rates provided to producers.  
January  
300.00  
0.00  
0.00  
300.00  
MAF 
 1997:  Water for irrigation at subsidized 
rates provided to producers.  
January  
271.20  
0.00  
0.00  
271.20  
MAF 
 
1998:  Water for irrigation at subsidized 
rates provided to producers.  
January  
339.00  
0.00  
0.00  
339.00  
MAF 
  
 
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Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  RE PUBLIC  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  
0  
0.00  
0 
 1997:  None.  
January  
0.00  
0  
0  
0.00  
0 
 
1998:  None.  
January  
0.00  
0  
0  
0.00  
0 
 
Additional commitment: The Republic of Albania is binding its export subsidies for agricultural products at 0% at the time of a ccession. 
  
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Table ES:2  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES:  RE PUBLIC  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 quantity 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:  RE PUBLIC  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 met hods 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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