G/AG/N/ARG/43  
4 September  2019 
(19-5667) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICA TION  
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 2014  to 
30 November 2015 . 
 
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Table  DS.1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FROM 1 DECEMBER 2014 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2015  
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 the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1  2  3  
75,021,292 1992 pesos  73,079,477 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR FR OM 1 DECEMBER 2014 T O 30 NOVEMBER 2015  
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 : Develop ment of new technologies for production 
in Jujuy and Salta.  626,929 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
INTA: Basic research and technological innovation programme . 50,052,014 INTA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  50,678,944   
2 (b) Pest and disease control  National Agriculture and Food Quality Service : Plant protection  13,148,827 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 . 18,288,086 SENASA   
Animal  health . 4,275,686 SENASA   
Subtotal  35,712,600   
2 (c) Training services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Training of technical specialists and producers.  408,793 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  408,793   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Advice and technical assistance for producers for 
activities related to diversification, reconversion and modernization . 365,979 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
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 and  Local Development 
Projects), which is geared towards the management of innovation 
processes in relation to research, education and technology transfer . 278,281,447 INTA (MAGyP)   
Agricultural Bio -Input Development Programme : Advice and technical 
assistance to facilitate the use of bio -inputs by agricultural producers.  71,954 Directorate of 
Bioenergy  (MAGyP)   
MAGyP : Advice and technical assistance to increase the adaptability and 
resilience of small agricultural family farm ers in response to the impact of 
climate change.  69,108 Adaptation Fund  
(MAGyP)   
Subtotal  278,788,487     
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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 .  5,600,095 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
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 et hyl 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.  28,714,974 INV (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  34,315,069   
2 (g) Infrastructure services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Installation of an anti -hail rocket system.  2,124,834 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Special Fund For Tobacco : Civil engineering work and improvement of the 
effluent treatment system in the provinces of Jujuy, Misiones and Salta.  1,953,478 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Environmental sanitation . 10,882,710 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
MAGyP : 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.  125,343,854 PROSAP (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  140,304,877   
 Subtotal General Services : 540,208,770   
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.  23,808,511 DNPAyF ( MAGyP)   
Support Programme for Small and Medium -Sized Producers : The aim of the 
Programme is to provide support for small and medium -sized rural 
producers, in view of the significant role they play in the country's regional 
rural economies. The main beneficiaries are associations of small and 
medium -sized rural producer s that are registered with the MAGyP, and 
provincial government, local government, municipal and communal 
organizations that implement public agricultural policy. Funds are 
earmarked for projects related to improvement of the rural infrastructure 
and envir onment, strengthening of organizations and cooperatives, 
research and technical assistance, inter alia .  17,904,209 MAGyP   
Rural Development and Integration Programme : The programme seeks to 
promote the economic, social, political and cultural integration of family 
farmers, small and medium -sized producers and indigenous communities, 
with due regard to gender and generational equity, and is implemented in 
a framework of cooperation, coordination and complementarity with other 
public rural develo pment policy actors.  10,441,620 MAGyP   
Subtotal  52,154,341   
6. Decoupled income support  Special Fund for Tobacco : Assistance to tobacco -growing families to finance 
medical, health, biochemical and dental services (measure benefiting over 
110,000 people).  24,280,236 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Support for trade association activities.  3,428,181 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Social welfare for producers in the provinces of  
Corrientes, Salta and Jujuy.  27,246,209 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  54,954,626     
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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  
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, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta, 
Río Negro and Santiago del Estero.  38,474,932 MAGyP   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Support for producers who suffered damage 
from flooding and rainfall in the province s of Catamarca, Corrientes, 
Misiones and Tucumán  15,949,631 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  54,424,563   
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 
the national level . Support for project management, training activities with 
a view to improving and diversifying existing farms, and facilitation of 
technological progress in small production units.  48,546,369 PRODAF (MAGyP) / 
PROICSA (MAGyP) / 
PRODERI (MAGyP) / 
PRODEAR (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Assistance for the financial or ph ysical 
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 . 110,833,719 DNPAyF (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  159,380,088   
"Green Box" Total  861,122,388   
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 Institute of Agricultural Technology .  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture  
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  1 DECEMBER 2014 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2015  
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  16,869,511  16,869,511 335,654,953 5% 0 (de minimis )  
Poultry meat  1,471  1,471 2,627,792,759 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Bovine meat  14,740,293  14,740,293 11,805,239,240 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Goat meat  1,361,014  1,361,014 74,062,116 2% 0 (de minimis )  
Sheep meat  13,966,280  13,966,280 549,713,418 3% 0 (de minimis )  
Swine meat 766,570  766,570 643,482,078 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Citrus  fruit 1,414  1,414 361,317,978 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Milk 100,684,194  100,684,194 3,983,031,698 3% 0 (de minimis )  
Apples  125,847  125,847 162,403,754 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Pears 125,847  125,847 162,403,754 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Tobacco  73,079,477 73,079,477   73,079,477  
Wheat  967,777  1,093,624 2,140,555,768 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Wine 8,025,610  8,025,610 4,489,462,011 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)       
TOTAL  73,079,477  
 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  1 DECEMBER 2014 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2015  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year   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 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers   766,570   766,570    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total Swine  
Meat         766,570   766,570   
Poultry meat  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  1,471   1,471    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total 
Poultry 
Meat         1,471   1,471   
Bovine meat  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  14,740,293   14,740,293    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total 
Bovine 
Meat         14,740,293   14,740,293     
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year   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  
Milk AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Aid scheme for 
small -scale dairy 
producers  99,038,408   99,038,408    MAGyP 
(Under -Secretariat 
for Dairy  Produce )  
Milk AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  1,645,786   1,645,786    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total  Milk        100,684,194   100,684,194   
Wheat  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  967,777   967,777    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total 
Wheat         967,777   967,777   
Pears  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  125,847   125,847    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total Pe ars        125,847   125,847   
Apples  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers  125,847   125,847    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total 
Apples         125,847   125,847   
Wine AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Assistance 
Programme for the 
Argentine Wine 
Value Chain  7,768,499   7,768,499    MAGyP  
(Secretariat of 
Rural 
Development )  
Wine AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 257,112   257,112    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )    
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year   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  
agricultural 
producers  
Total Wine         8,025,610   8,025,610   
Citrus  fruit AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to 
small -scale 
agricultural 
producers   1,414   1,414    MAGyP ( Directorate 
of Finance )  
Total Citrus  
Fruit         1,414   1,414   
Cotton  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Sustainable 
development and 
cotton -production 
promotion plan  16,869,511   16,869,511    MINAGRO 
(Under -Secretariat 
for Agriculture )  
Total 
Cotton         16,869,511   16,869,511   
Sheep meat  AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Sheep farming 
recovery scheme  13,966,280   13,966,280    MINAGRO 
(Under -Secretariat 
for Livestock )  
Total Sheep 
Meat         13,966,280   13,966,280   
Goat meat AY 1 
December 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Law on the 
recovery, 
promotion and 
development of 
goat farming  1,361,014   1,361,014    MINAGRO 
(Under -Secretariat 
for Livestock )  
Total Goat 
Meat         1,361,014   1,361,014   
 
 
    
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Supporting Table  DS.8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: AR GENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  1 DECEMBER 2014 TO 30 NOVEMBER 2015  
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 (include 
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 
2014 30 
November 
2015 Payment 
per unit  0.67/kg 109,105,000 kg 73,079,477 73,079,477    73,079,477   
Total 
Tobacco            73,079,477   
 
 
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