G/AG/N/ARG/45  
4 September  2019 
(19-5688) Page: 1/12 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 16 August 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS.1  
and the relevant supporting tables) for the agricultural year from  1 December 2016 
to 30 November 2017 . 
 
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Table  DS.1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from Section I of Part IV of th e Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1 2 3 
75,021,292 1992 pesos  72,483,719 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
1992  pesos  Data Source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a) Research  Special Fund for Tobacco: Development of new technologies for production 
in Jujuy and Salta.  125,142 SSA (MINAGRO)   
INTA: Basic research and technological innovation programme.  44,319,133 INTA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  44,444,275   
2 (b) Pest and disease control  National Agriculture and Food Quality Service: Plant protection.  18,701,529 SENASA   
Agriculture and food safety and quality (formerly Agriculture and food 
control): Agro -chemicals, veterinary products and food (formerly Approval 
of agro -chemicals and pharmacological products) . Laboratory services.  9,681,879 SENASA   
Animal health.  7,496,603 SENASA   
Subtotal  35,880,011   
2 (c) Training services  Special Fund for Tobacco: Training of technical specialists and producers.  3,059,933 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Subtotal  3,059,933   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Special Fund for Tobacco:  Advice and technical assistance for producers for 
activities related to diversification, conversion and modernization.  2,744,261 SSA (MINAGRO)   
INTA: Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT ) 
programme. This includes the Federal Support Programme for Sustainable 
Rural Development, PROFEDER (with the following strategies: Rural 
Change, ProFam (family producer groups), Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), 
ProHuerta (food security), Integrated Projects a nd Local Development 
Projects), which is geared towards the management of innovation 
processes in relation to research, education and technology transfer.  250,386,720 INTA (MINAGRO)   
Agricultural Bio -Input Development Programme: Advice and technical 
assistance to facilitate the use of bio -inputs by agricultural producers.  10,162 Directorate of  
Bioener gy (MINAGRO)   
MAGyP: Advice and technical assistance to increase the adaptability and 
resilience of small agricultural family farmers in resp onse to  the impact of 
climate change.  129,201 Adaptation Fund  
(MAGyP)   
Subtotal  253,270,345     
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
1992  pesos  Data Source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2 (e) Inspection services  Special Fund for Tobacco:  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, 
Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán . 2,643,632 SSA (MINAGRO)   
INV: Control of the genuineness of wine products and alcohols. This 
programme ensures technical control of the wine industry and of 
production of and trade in wine products, as well as monitoring of the 
production, circulation, fractionation and marketing of ethyl and methyl 
alcohol, with a view to protecting the community in relation to the 
genuineness of wine products and alcoholic beverages and their fitness for 
consumption.  21,991,581 INV (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  24,635,214   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Special Fund for Tobacco:  Installation of an anti -hail rocket system.  1,535,864 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Civil engineering work and improvement of the 
effluent treatment system in the provinces of Jujuy, Misiones and Salta.  21,197,127 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Environmental sanitation.  1,029,507 SSA (MINAGRO)   
MINAGRO: Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the 
provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, Chaco, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, Mendoza, 
Neuquén, Salta and San Juan . Minor building projects and water - and soil -
quality studies.  85,766,674 PROSAP (MINAGRO)   
Subtotal  109,529,172   
 Subtotal General Services  470,818,950   
5. Other direct payments to producers  Special Fund for Tobacco:  Support for the purchase of climate risk 
insurance and mandatory life insurance for rural workers.  6,837,866 SSA (MINAGRO)   
6. Decoupled income support  Subtotal  6,837,866   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Assistance for producers' families to finance 
medical, health, biochemical and dental services (measure benefiting over 
110,000 people).  27,491,016 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Support for trade association activities.  38,926,892  SSA (MINAGRO)   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Social welfare for producers in the provinces of 
Corrientes, Salta and Jujuy.  24,008,443 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Subtotal  90,426,351   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Agricultural Emergency Programme, Law No. 26.509: Support for 
producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail and other 
adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of Corrientes, Tucumán, 
Chaco, Có rdoba, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, Río 
Negro and Santiago del Estero.  24,102,561 MINAGRO   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Support for producers who suffered damage 
from flooding and rainfall in the provinces of Catamarca, Corrientes, 
Misiones and Tucumán . 4,493,779 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Subtotal  28,596,339     
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Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
1992  pesos  Data Source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  MAGyP: Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigating the 
social vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal 
communities in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco , Misiones, Jujuy, Salta, 
Tucumán, Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre Ríos, Santiago del Estero, San 
Juan, Neuquén, Catamarca, La Rioja and Buenos Aires , as well as at 
national level. Support for project management, training activities with a 
view to improvin g and diversifying existing farms, and facilitation of 
technological progress in small production units.  41,209,322 PRODAF 
(MINAGRO)/PROICSA 
(MINAGRO)/PRODERI 
(MINAGRO)/PISEAR 
(MINAGRO)   
Special Fund for Tobacco:  Assistance for the financial or physical 
restructuring of production activities to remedy objectively demonstrated 
structural disadvantages. Construction of centres, provision of 
supplementary equipment, processing and storage, land improvement, and 
assistance for farm modernization.  245,238,479 SSA (MINAGRO)   
Subtotal  286,447,801   
Subtotal  6,837,866   
Total Green Box  883,127,307   
Notes: 
SENASA: National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service . 
MAGyP: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries . 
DNPAyF: National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Production .  
INTA: National Agricultural Technology Institute .  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture .  
    
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Supporting Table  DS.4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
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)  
 
1992  pesos  Product -specific 
measurements of 
support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8)  
 
1992  pesos  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
1992  pesos  Value of 
production  
 
1992  pesos  Support as a % 
of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
1992  pesos  Note 
 
1 2 3    4  
Cotton  9,590,300  9,590,300 285,105,160 3% 0 (de minimis )  
Rice 42,717  42,717 290,982,124 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Bovine meat  4,932,475  4,932,475 10,693,322,029 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Goat meat  1,259,808  1,259,808 92,280,195 1% 0 (de minimis )  
Sheep meat 8,380,818  8,380,818 588,456,341 1% 0 (de minimis )  
Swine meat  187,461  187,461 672,699,177 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Citrus fruit  9,305  9,305 585,409,740 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Sunflowers  37,573  37,573 966,477,655  0 (de minimis )  
Milk 1,560,805  1,560,805 1,678,721,831 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Maize (corn)   37,573  37,573 10,035,207,174  0 (de minimis )  
Apples  249,428  249,428 140,797,268 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Olives 47,579  47,579 95,630,420 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Potatoes  12,663  12,663 873,518,490  0 (de minimis )  
Pears 249,428  249,428 140,797,268 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Soya 38,617,017  38,617,017 14,147,419,919 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Tobacco  72,483,719 72,483,719 .  72,483,719  
Wheat  234,315  234,315 3,601,739,924 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Wine 39,054  39,054 5,039,461,438  0 (de minimis )  
Maté 223,569  223,569 312,722,382 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)  45,902,867  63,036,653,956  0% 0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  72,483,719   
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Other product 
specific -
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
1992  
pesos  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
1992  pesos  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
1992  pesos  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
1992  
pesos  Data source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Swine meat  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  187,461   187,461    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Swine 
Meat         187,461   187,461   
Bovine meat  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  4,932,475   4,932,475    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Bovine 
Meat         4,932,475   4,932,475   
Milk AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  1,560,805   1,560,805    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Milk        1,560,805   1,560,805     
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Other product 
specific -
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
1992  
pesos  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
1992  pesos  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
1992  pesos  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
1992  
pesos  Data source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Wheat  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  234,315   234,315    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Wheat         234,315   234,315   
Pears AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  249,428   249,428    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Pe ars        249,428   249,428   
Goat meat  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Law on the 
recovery, 
promotion and 
development of 
goat farming  1,259,808    1,259,808      
Total Goat 
Meat        1,259,808   1,259,808   
Apples  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  249,428   249,428    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Apple s        249,428   249,428   
Cotton  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Sustainable 
development and 
cotton -
production 
promotion  plan 959,300   9,590,300    MINAGRO ( Under -
Secretariat for 
Livestock )  
Total 
Cotton         9,590,300   9,590,300   
Sheep meat  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Sheep farming 
recovery scheme  8,380,818   8,380,818    MINAGRO ( Under -
Secretariat for 
Livestock )  
Total 
Sheep 
Meat         8,380,818   8,380,818     
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Other product 
specific -
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
1992  
pesos  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
1992  pesos  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
1992  pesos  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
1992  
pesos  Data source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Wine AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  39,054   39,054    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Wine         39,054   39,054   
Citrus fruit  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  9,305   9,305    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Citrus Fruit        9,305   9,305   
Rice AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  42,717   42,717    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Rice        42,717   42,717   
Maté AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  223,569   223,569    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Maté         223,569   223,569   
Olives AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  47,579   47,579    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Olives        47,579   47,579   
Potatoes  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  12,663   12,663    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )    
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure Types  Other product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Other product 
specific -
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
1992  
pesos  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
1992  pesos  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
1992  pesos  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
1992  
pesos  Data source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total 
Potatoes         12,663   12,663   
Maize (corn)  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  37,573   37,573    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total Maize 
(corn)         37,573   37,573   
Sunflowers  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  37,573   37,573    MINAGRO 
(Directorate of 
Finance )  
Total 
Sunflowers         37,573   37,573   
Soya AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Belgrano 
Agricultural 
Stimulus  
Plan 38,617,017   38,617,017    MINAGRO ( Under -
Secretariat for 
Agriculture )  
Total So ya        38,617,017   38,617,017   
 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.8  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
1992  pesos  Eligible 
production  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
1992  
pesos  Other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
1992  
pesos  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
1992  pesos  Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
(7+8+9 -10) 
 
1992  pesos  Data Source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  
Tobacco AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 Payment 
per unit  0.62/kg 117,154,000 
kg 72,483,719 72,483,719    72,483,719 Secretariat of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock and 
Fisheries/ 
Annual reports 
of the 
Conversion 
programme for 
tobacco -
growing areas 
(PRAT)   
Total 
Tobacco            72,483,719   
 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2016 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2017  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure types  Reporting period  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992  pesos  Other non -product 
specific support 
(with calculation 
details)  
 
1992  pesos  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
1992  pesos  Total non -
product -specific 
support (3+4 -5)  
 
 
1992  pesos  Data 
Source  Note 
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
National Agro-Industry Trust Fund  AY 1 
December 
2016 30 
November 
2017 45,902,867   45,902,867 MINAGRO   
TOTAL  45,902,867  
The National Agro -Industry Trust Fund "FONDAGRO" (established by Law No. 27.341 on the General Budget of the National Public Administration for the fiscal year 2017 ), was 
created as an administration and financial trust with the aim of promoting , support ing and develop ing the agro -industrial sector, plant  and animal health and food quality , territorial 
development, agricultural and fisheries research, and  regional production.  
 
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