G/AG/N/JOR/20/Rev.1  
 
30 November  2017 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following submission, dated 27 October 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan . The revised notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table 
DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year  2014.  
 
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The revised notification includes AMS calculations without inflation adjustment.    
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
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 
1,333,973  JOD 1,860,677.29  
Without inflation adjustment  
1,333,973 JOD 0 
With inflation adjustment  
 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference  
to criteria in Annex  2 Monetary value  
JOD Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Budget allocations for research programmes and research activities at public universities, and 
NCARE. Exempt as a general service under paragraph 2(a) of Annex  2.as well as of under 
paragraph 2(d) of Annex 2.  8,804,214  *  
Subtotal:  8,804,214    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Operating expenditures of the Plant Protection Services and Veterinary Services,  MOA. Exempt 
under paragraph 2(b) of Annex 2  14,024,400  **  
Subtotal:  14,024,400    
2 (e). Inspection services  Allocations for inspection of plants and animals by MOA, jfda ,  and MOH. Exempt under 
paragraph 2(e) of Annex 2.  21,380,503  ***  
Subtotal:  21,380,503    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Expenditures by MOA on trade directories, trade fairs, and trial export shipments to gauge 
foreign market acceptability of Jordanian products. Exempted under paragraph 2(f) of Annex 2.  0 **  
Subtotal:  0   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Expenditures by the Ministry of Public Works on agricultural (rural) roads and rural 
electrification programmes, and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on dams and irrigation 
systems. Exempt under paragraph 2(g) of Annex 2.  19,193,000  **  
Subtotal:  19,193,000    
4. Domestic food aid  Budgetary expenditures on bread, Exempt under paragraph 4 of Annex 2.  177,366,288  **  
Subtotal:  177,366,288    
Grand Total Green Box  240,768,405    
* Public Universities and documents of the budget.  
** Documents of the budget.  
*** MOA, MOH  
NCARE  = National Center for Agriculture Research and Extension  
MOA = Ministry of Agriculture  
MOH = Ministry of Health  
JFDA = Jordan Food &Drug Administration.   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria  
in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
JOD Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to 
agriculture  Value of interest rate subsidy on loans for irrigated and rain -fed land 
improvement and development; livestock development; mechanization; and 
farm and agricultural marketing facilities. Exempt under paragraph 2, Article  6, 
Part IV of the Agreement on Agriculture  2,570,704  Agricultural Credit 
Corpor ation and Central 
Bank  
Subtotal:  2,570,704    
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  Value of interest rate subsidy on operational loans for less than JOD  1,000 
representing "…agricultural input subsidies generally available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers in developing country Members...” Exempt under 
paragraph 2, Article 6, Part IV of the Agreement on Agriculture  5,032  Agricultural Credit 
Corporation and Central 
Bank  
Subtotal:  5,032    
Grand Total Development Programmes  2,575,736    
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
(Without inflation  adjustment ) 
Description of basic products  
(including non -product specific AMS)  Product specific AMS  
(from ST DS:5 to DS:7)  
JOD Product -specific EMS 
(from ST DS:8)  
JOD Total  
JOD Value of 
production  
JOD Support as a % of 
value of production  Current Total 
AMS Note  
1 2 3 4 
(2+3)    4  
Wheat  1,860,677.29   1,860,677.29  10,157,240  18.31 % 1,860,677.29   
Barley  1,149,052.1   1,149,052.1  12,439,360  9.24%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Livestock  28,960,264   28,960,264  1,431,366,041  2.02% 0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  10,136,060  2,251,829,877  0.45%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
TOTAL  1,860,677.29   
(1) Source of information is Department of Statistics. Under the provisions of Article 6.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture, this f alls below the de minimis level thus need not to be 
included in the calculation of the Current Total AMS.  
 
  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
(With inflation adjustment)  
Description of basic products  
(including non -product specific AMS)  Product specific AMS  
(from ST DS:5 to DS:7)  
JOD Product -specific EMS 
(from ST DS:8)  
JOD Total  
JOD Value of 
production  
JOD Support as a % of 
value of production  Current Total 
AMS Note  
1 2 3 4 
(2+3)    4  
Wheat  804,364.16   804,364.16  10,157,240  7.92%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Barley  1,149,052.1   1,149,052.1  12,439,360  9.24%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Livestock  28,960,264   28,960,264  1,431,366,041  2.02% 0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  10,136,060  2,251,829,877  0.45%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
TOTAL  0  
(1) Source of information is Department of Statistics. Under the provisions of Article 6.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture, this f alls below the de minimis level thus need not to be 
included in the calculation of the Current Total AMS.  
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
(With out inflation  adjustment ) 
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
JOD External reference 
price  
(generally from 
AGST)  
JOD Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  
JOD Total market 
price support  
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9  
Wheat  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Price support  370/Tonne  151.4 /Tonne  8,511.79 Tonnes   1,860,677.29  *  
Total Wheat          1,860,677.29    
Barley  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Price support  320/Tonne  97/Tonne  5,152.7 Tonnes   1,149,052.1  *  
Total Barley          1,149,052.1    
* Ministr y of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
 
 
   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
(With inflation  adjustment ) 
Description of  basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
JOD External reference 
price  
(generally from 
AGST)  
JOD Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  
JOD Total market 
price support  
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9  
Wheat  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Price support  370/Tonne  275.5/Tonne1 8,511.79 Tonnes   804,364.16  *  
Total Wheat          804,364.16    
Barley  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Price support  320/Tonne  97/Tonne  5,152.7 Tonnes   1,149,052.1  *  
Total Barley          1,149,052.1    
* Ministr y of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
(1) Article 18.4: Member shall give due consideration to the influence of excessive rates of inflation on the ability of any member to abide by its domestic support commitments, 
the inflation rate in 201 4, was 77% based on average consumer price from 1997 -2014 (Jordan Central Bank, Statistics Department).   
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(Without inflation adjustment)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
JOD Other product 
specific support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
JOD Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
JOD Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  
JOD Non-exempt 
direc t 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
JOD Total AMS  
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11  
Wheat  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Wheat         0 1,860,677.29   1,860,677.29    
Barley  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Barley         0 1,149,052 .1  1,149,052 .1   
Livestock  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Government 
feed sales   28,960,264   28,960,264     *  
Total 
Livestock         28,960,264    28,960,264    
* Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(With inflation adjustment)  
Description of 
basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
JOD Other pro duct 
specific support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
JOD Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
JOD Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  
JOD Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
JOD Total AMS  
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11  
Wheat  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Wheat         0 804,364.16   804,364.16    
Barley  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Barley         0 1,149,052 .1  1,149,052 .1   
Livestock  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14 Government 
feed sales   28,960,264   28,960,264     *  
Total 
Livestock         28,960,264    28,960,264    
* Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
   
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2014  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
JOD Other non -product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
JOD Associated 
fees/levies  
JOD Total non -product -
specific support  
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7  
Water subsidy  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14  10,084,800   10,084,800  *  
Credit subsidy  CY 01-01-14 31-12-14  51,260   51,260  **  
TOTAL  10,136,060   
* Jordan Valley Authority.  
** Ministry of Agriculture, Credit Corporation, Central Bank.  
 
 
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