G/AG/N/URY/56
27 April 2015
(15-2247)  Page: 1/7
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 22 April 2015, is bein g circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Uruguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2014 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
  Below " de minimis " level 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted  to Ur$159,140,001,000 (US$6,844,731,207) in 2014, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank 
of Uruguay.   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Measure Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services Research 10,609,919 National Budget 
(data from the National 
Agricultural Research 
Institute) 
 Extension and advisory services 12,891,414 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and insp ection services (1) 14,636,829 " 
(j) Payments under environmental programmes Nation al Directorate of Natural Resources 2,042,620 " 
 Development and Climate Change Adaptation  (DACC) Programme 4, 777,282 DACC budget 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services  cannot be separated from those on pest and disease control; both are included in A nimal and Plant Health Programmes.   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
Measure type Name and descript ion of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally available 
to agriculture Rural Production Development Programme (aimed at small-scale 
family farmers) 1,563,915 National Budget 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 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) 
 (US$) (US$) (US$) (US$) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff on agricultural inputs (n on-product-specific) 48,815,604 0 0 de minimis  
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description of  
basic product Calendar 
year 
2014 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total AMS Data 
source 
    (US$)  (US$)   (US$)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized 
interest rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, vegetables, 
tobacco, cotton, etc.  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://bcu.gub.uy ). 
(2) There was no subsidization of in terest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2013.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 
2014 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-product-
specific support (include 
calculation details) 
 
(US$) Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
  
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from payment of 
global tariff (CET) on imports of agricultural inputs from non-MERCOSUR countries (1)  - 48,815,604 (2)(3) - 48,815,604 Declarations of 
imports effected 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy 
and Finance 
(1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0%. (2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not appl ying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of i nputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
(3) This figure represents 0.7% of the 2014 Gross Value of Agricu ltural Production (GVAP). According to preliminary estimates b y the Central Bank of Uruguay, 2014 GVAP 
amounted to Ur$159,140,001,000 (US$6,844,731,207). 
 
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