G/AG/N/CHN/63  
 
14 December  2022 
(22-9313) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 14 December  2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of  China . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar Year 2018 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
  2,081.57  
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CNY,  hundred million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Expenditures on research programmes and research activities in 
agricultural scientific research system.  121.2  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  121.2    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Expenditures on the early -warning, quarantine, prevention and cure of 
plant and animal pest and disease.  157.43  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  157.43    
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Expenditures on the extension and advisory services of new technologies 
and breeds.  496.96  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  496.96    
2 (e). Inspection services  Expenditures on inspection and quarantine services of agricultural 
products, animal feed, veterinary medicines and agricultural machinery, 
etc. 68.21  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  68.21    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Expenditures on market information, advisory and promotion services 
relating to particular agricultural products.  29.76  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  29.76    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Expenditures on agricultural infrastructure services, including agricultural 
comprehensive development programmes, flood control projects, drainage 
and irrigation facilities, rural roads, rural power grids, small scale watering 
facilities on farmland, soil and water conservation.  3,303.99  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  3,303.99    
2 (h). Other general services  Expenditures on governmental general services for agriculture not 
mentioned above, mainly including expenditures of agricultural 
administration, external exchanges and cooperation, agricultural 
administrative and services agencies, as well as subsidies on 
comprehensive financial resources for agriculture.  2,253.21  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  2,253.21    
 Subtotal General Services  6,430.76     
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- 4 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
CNY,  hundred million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Expenditures on public stockholding for food security purposes of wheat, 
rice and vegetable oils.  1,231.91  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  1,231.91    
6. Decoupled income support  Direct payments to farmers  1,642.54  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  1,642.54    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Expenditures on natural disasters relief, including expenses of restoring or 
rebuilding production and living facilities damaged by natural disasters, 
compensating farmers' losses of agricultural production, as well as life 
assistance to farmers.  244.37  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  244.37    
10. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
resource retirement programmes  Returning cultivated land to forests and grazing land to grassland.  357.12  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  357.12    
12. Environmental programmes  Expenditures on agricultural ecological environment protection, including 
expenditure of the conservation of agricultural resources and forest 
resources, land management, prevention and control of desertification, as 
well as forest ecological benefits compensation.  1,152.95 Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  1,152.95    
13. Regional assistance programmes  Financial assistance to disadvantaged regions.  880.18  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  880.18    
Grand Total Green Box  11,939.83    
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS: 3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production -Limiting Programmes  – "Exempt Direct Payment s"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6. 5 Monetary value  
 
CNY,  hundred million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Payments based on fixed area and yields  Corn producer subsidies  250.84  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  250.84    
(b) Payments based on 85% or less of the base level of production  Cotton target price subsidies  106.25  Ministry of Finance   
Subtotal:  106.25    
Grand Total Blue Box  357.09    
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Product -specifi c 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Value of production  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Wheat  652.1   652.1  3,044.3  21.42%  652.1   
Rice in husk  1,291.68   1,291.68  6,232.1  20.73%  1,291.68   
Soybean  137.79   137.79  721.7  19.09%  137.79   
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  186 95,582.6  0.19%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  2,081.57   
 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
CNY External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST)  
 
CNY Eligible production  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Total market 
price support 
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Wheat  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Minimum 
purchase price  2,300/Tonne  1,698/Tonne  10,832.3  
ten thousand Tonnes   652.1  National 
Development 
and Reform 
Commission, 
National 
Bureau of 
Statistics   
Total Wheat          652.1    
Rice in husk  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Minimum 
purchase price  2,506.67/Tonne  1,861.21/Tonne  17,117 
ten thousand Tonnes   1,104.83  National 
Development 
and Reform 
Commission, 
National 
Bureau of 
Statistics   
Total Rice in husk          1,104.83    
Notes:  
(1) The external reference prices are the prices in the base period (1996 -1998). The external reference prices of rice in husk are converted from the external references prices of 
rice according to the milling rate of 70%.  
(2) The eligible production is the total productio n of major producing regions.  
(3) The statistics of the total production of rice in husk of China does distinguish between Indica rice in husk and Japonica ric e in husk. The supporting level of the minimum 
purchase price of rice in husk is calculated by co mbining the two kinds of rice in husk. The administrated price of rice in husk is calculated by the minimum purchase prices o f 
early Indica rice in husk, mid and late Indica rice in husk and Japonica rice in husk according to 1:1:1 weight. The external  reference price of rice in husk is calculated by the 
external reference price of Indica rice in husk and the external reference price of Japonica rice in husk according to 2:1 we ight. 
   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
CNY External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
CNY Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Rice in husk  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Producer 
subsidies      186.85   186.85  Ministry 
of 
Finance   
Total Rice 
in husk            186.85    
Soybean  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Producer 
subsidies      137.79   137.79  Ministry 
of 
Finance   
Total 
Soybean            137.79    
 
   
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Market price 
support 
(from 
ST DS:5)  
 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from 
ST DS:6)  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total 
Wheat          652.1   652.1    
Total Rice 
in husk          1,104.83  186.85  1,291.68    
Total 
Soybean           137.79  137.79    
 
   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Total non -
product -specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
CNY,  hundred 
million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Subsidies to the procurement of agricultural 
machinery and tools  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 186   186 Ministry of 
Finance   
TOTAL  186  
 
 
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