G/AG/N/ARG/50  
6 July 2022 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 2 9 June 2 022, 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 2018/2019 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
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  71,056,788  
   
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Supporting Table DS :1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
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 Salta and Tucumàn.  8,479,211  SSA (MAGyP)   
INTA: Basic research and technological innovation programme.  26,426,409  INTA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  34,905,620    
2 (b) Pest and disease control  National Agriculture and Food Quality Service : Plant protection.  4,341,517  SENASA   
National Agriculture and Food Quality Service : Agriculture and food 
safety and quality (formerly agriculture and food control) . Agro-
chemicals, veterin ary products and food (formerly approval of agro -
chemicals and pharmacological products) . Laboratory services.  4,685,450  SENASA   
National Agriculture and Food Quality Service : Animal health.  1,557,438  SENASA   
Subtotal  10,584,406    
2 (c) Training services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Training of technical specialists and 
producers.  2,858,441  SSA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  2,858,441    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Advice and technical assistance for 
producers for activities related to diversification, reconversion and 
training.  897,014  SSA (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 Devel opment Projects), which is geared towards 
the management of innovation processes in relation to research, 
education and technology transfer.  121,646,863  INTA (MAGyP)   
MAGyP : Advice and technical assistance to increase the adaptability 
and resilience of small agricultural family farmers in response to the 
impact of climate change.  40,749  Adaptation Fund (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  122,584,626      
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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  
2 (e) Inspection services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Administration and monitoring in 
Catamarca, Corrientes, Misiones, Salta and Tucumán.  2,116,704  SSA (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 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.  12,117,86 8 INV (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  14,234,572    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Special Fund for Tobacco : Installation of an anti -hail rocket system.  2,260,142  SSA (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Civil engineering work and improvement of 
the effluent treatment system in the provinces of Jujuy, Misiones, 
Salta and Tucumán.  15,066,895  SSA (MAGyP)   
MINAGRO : Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the 
provinces of Catamarca, Córdoba, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, 
Jujuy, Mendoza, Neuquén, Salta and San Juan . Minor building projects 
and water - and soil -quality studies.  18,037,414  PROSAP (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  35,364,451    
 Subtotal General Services  220,532,114    
6. Decoupled income support  Special Fund for Tobacco : Assistance to producers' families to finance 
medical, health, biochemical and dentistry benefits ( this measure 
benefits over 110,000 people).  3,349,678  SSA (MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Support for trade association activities.  14,250,664  SSA ( MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Social welfare for producers in the 
provinces of Catamarca, Corrientes, Salta and Tucumán.  15,957,699  SSA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  33,558,041    
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 Buenos Aires, Chaco, 
Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Santiago del Estero.  10,361,642  MAGyP   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Support for producers who suffered damage 
from flooding and rainfall in the province of Jujuy.  3,612,062  SSA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  13,973,704    
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  MINAGRO : Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigating 
the social vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal 
communities in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, 
Corrientes, Chaco, Chubut, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La  Rioja, Mendoza, 
Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, San Juan, Santiago del Estero 
and Tucumán, as well as at the national level . Support for project 
management, training activities with a view to improving and 
diversifying existing farms, and facilitatio n of technological progress in 
small production units.  16,504,660  PRODAF (MAGyP)/PROICSA 
(MAGyP)/PRODERI (MAGyP)/PISEAR 
(MAGyP)/PROCANOR 
(MAGyP)/PRODECCA(MAGyP)/GIRSAR 
(MAGyP)   
Special Fund for Tobacco : Assistance for the financial or physical 
restructuring of production activities to remedy objectively 
demonstrated structural disadvantages . The construction of centres, 99,341,052  SSA (MAGyP)     
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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  
provision of supplementary equipment, production and storage ; land 
improvement ; assistance for the modernization of farms.  
Subtotal  115,845,711    
14. Other direct payments to producers  Special Fund for Tobacco : Support for the purchase of climate risk 
insurance and mandatory life insurance for rural workers.  5,813,889  SSA (MAGyP)   
Subtotal  5,813,889    
Total Green Box  389,723,459    
General note:  
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries  
SSA: Under-Secretariat for Agriculture  
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Table DS :4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
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  
Tobacco   71,056,788  71,056,788    71,056,788   
Swine meat  12,388   12,388  668,196,849  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Bovine meat  574,128   574,128  8,316,488,019  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Milk 165,868   165,868  1,203,911,096  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Wheat  3,189   3,189  3,298,289,930  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Pears  18,557   18,557  102,908,601  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Apples  18,557   18,557  120,972,584  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Wines  1,575   1,575  2,701,501,398  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Citrus fruit  1,877   1,877  290,942,320  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Maté 14,164   14,164  239,098,280  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Olives  8,195   8,195  50,895,416  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Cotton  3,269,285   3,269,285  185,720,460  2% 0 (de minimis )  
Sheep meat  3,387,830   3,387,830  726,059,110  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Goat meat  313,014   313,014  76,369,590  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)  2,907,062  50,242,483,147  0% 0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  71,056,788   
 
    
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Supporting Table DS :7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992 pesos  Other product -
specific su pport 
(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 01-12-18 30-11-19 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  12,388    12,388     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Swine 
Meat         12,388    12,388    
Bovine meat  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  574,128    574,128     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total 
Bovine 
Meat         574,128    574,128    
Milk AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  165,868    165,868     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Milk         165,868    165,868    
Wheat  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  3,189    3,189     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total 
Wheat         3,189    3,189      
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992 pesos  Other product -
specific su pport 
(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  
Pears  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  18,557    18,557     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Pears         18,557    18,557    
Apples  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  18,557    18,557     SSGA  (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total 
Apples         18,557    18,557    
Wines  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  1,575    1,575     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Wines         1,575    1,575    
Citrus fruit  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  1,877    1,877     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Citrus 
Fruit         1,877    1,877    
Maté AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  14,164    14,164     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Maté         14,164    14,164    
Olives  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  8,195    8,195     SSGA (Budget 
Directorate )  
Total Olives         8,195    8,195    
Cotton  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Sustainable 
development and 
cotton -production 
promotion plan  3,269,285    3,269,285     MAGyP 
(Under -
Secretariat for 
Agriculture)     
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Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992 pesos  Other product -
specific su pport 
(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 
Cotton         3,269,285    3,269,285    
Sheep meat  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Sheep farming 
recovery scheme  3,387,830    3,387,830     MAGyP 
(Under -
Secretariat for 
Agriculture)   
Total Sheep 
Meat         3,387,830    3,387,830    
Goat meat  AY 01-12-2018 30-11-
2019 Law on the 
recovery, promotion 
and development of 
goat farming  313,014    313,014     MAGyP 
(Under -
Secretariat for 
Agriculture)   
Total Goat 
Meat         313,014    313,014    
 
    
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Supporting Table DS :8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
1992 pesos  Eligible 
production  Market price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
1992 pesos  Equivalent 
measuremen
t 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  
Typ
e From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  
Tobacco  AY 01-12-18 30-11-19 Payment 
per unit  0.66/kg  107,349,000  
kg 71,056,788  71,056,788     71,056,788  Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries/A
nnual 
reports of 
the 
conversion 
programme 
for 
tobacco -
growing 
areas 
(PRAT)   
Total 
Tobacco             71,056,788    
 
    
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Supporting Table DS :9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD : AGRICULTURAL YEAR F ROM 1  DECEM BER 2018  TO 30 NOVEM BER 2019  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  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 01-12-2018 30-11-2019 2,907,062    2,907,062  MAGyP   
TOTAL  2,907,062   
General note:  
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, supporting and developing the agro -industrial sector, plant and animal health and food quality, territorial 
development, agricultural and fisheries research, and regional production.  
 
 
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