G/AG/N/MUS/3
4 December 2014
(14-7093)  Page: 1/6
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 5 November 2014,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Mauritius . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 
and the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year 2013 . 
 
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 In accordance with the notification requirements (paragraph (ii), page 11 of document G/AG/2), Mauritius notifies that domestic support to agricultural producers in 2013 was provided through the 
operations of the Ministry of Agro-Industry & Food  Security and other government departments. The 
enclosed Table DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables provide additional details.  
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MAURITIUS 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
- (Mauritian rupee) De minimis* 
* Refer to Supporting Table DS:4.  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MAURITIUS 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(MUR) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services  Agricultural Research & Extension1 197,500,000 Ministry of Agro-Industry 
& Food Security 
 Agricultural Services in the field of Anim al Production, Horticul ture, Plant Protection, 
Veterinary Services Agronomy, FTI, Agricultural Information Division 448,080,000 " 
 Irrigation Services 38,000,000 " 
 Field Operations Regrouping I rrigation Project 390,000,000 " 
 Small Farmers Welfare Fund 6,500,000 " 
 Tea Board 4,000,000 " 
 Slaughtering of Animals (Mauriti us Meat Authority) 5,000,000 " 
1 Relates to budget allocated to AR EU for Crop & Li vestock Sector.  
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MAURITIUS 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
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 of measure 
in year in question 
(MUR) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) "investment subsidies generally available to agriculture" Subsidized Agricultural loans & Grant to Planters / 
Farmers 1,189,400 DBM 
(b) "input subsidies generally available to low-income or 
resource-poor producers" Animal Feed for Poultry Breeding Ce ntre at reduit 10,000,000 MAIFS 
DBM: Development Bank of Mauritius. 
MAIFS: Ministry of Agro-Industry & Food Security.  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MAURITIUS 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
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 below) 
 
(MUR) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(MUR) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 147,500,000  "de minimis"1 
¹ Value of total agricultural production (2013): MUR 10,558,000,000.  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MAURITIUS 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning… Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(MUR) Other non-
product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-specific 
support 
(MUR) Data 
sources 
(MAIFS 
Budget 
2013) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
(a) Grant to APEXHOM  10,000,000   10,000,000  
(b) Subsidies to Fruit Growers (Bat net)  4,000,000   4,000,000  
(c) Subsidies to Agricultural SMEs (Pre-market tests)  5,000,000   5,000,000  
(d) Subsidies to crop producers (Compost)  40,000,000   40,000,000  
(e) Land preparation and Agricultural Infrastructure Development Project  48,000,000   48,000,000   
(f) Project Assistance Micro Projects  1,000,000   1,000,000   
(g) Rainwater Harvesting  4,000,000   4,000,000  
(h) Seed Purchase Scheme  2,000,000   2,000,000  
(i) Construction of Abattoir Rodrigues  7,000,000   7,000,000  
(j) Subsidy for Animal Feed  6,000,000   6,000,000  
(k) Reproduction Goat Farm & Heifer Productivity Scheme  8,000,000   8,000,000  
(l) Model Dairy Farms  5,500,000   5,500,000  
(m) Goat multiplier Farms  3,000,000   3,000,000  
(n) Setting up of Salle de découpe  4,000,000   4,000,000  
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