G/AG/N/URY/53  
20 June 2014  
(14-3592)  Page: 1/7  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 4 June 2014, is be ing circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Uruguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2013 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
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 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$157,668,885,000 (US$7,697,924,250) in 2013, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank 
of Uruguay.   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Measure Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services Research 12,134,644 National Budget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute) 
 Extension and advisory services 15,156,972 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspection services (1) 14,457,713 National Budget 
(j) Payments under environmental programmes Directorate-General of Natural Resources 1,856,109 National Budget 
 Development and Climate Change Adaptation Programme 6,613,426  
 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services ca nnot be separated from those on pest and dise ase control; both are included in Anima l and Plant Health Programmes.   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
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 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture Rural Production Development Programme (this 
measure is aimed at small-scale family farmers) 1,784,842 National Budget 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
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) 
(US$) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 
to DS:7 below) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
(US$) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
(US$) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff on agricultural inputs (non-product-specific) 41,572,570 0 0 de minimis  
 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted  to Ur$157,668,885,000 (US$7,697,924,250) in 2013, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank 
of Uruguay.   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic product Calendar
 
year 
2013 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
   
(US$) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total AMS
 
 
     
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
 (7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized 
interest rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, tobacco, cotton, etc.  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy ). 
(2) There was no subsidization of in terest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2012.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2013 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-product-
specific support (include 
calculation details) 
(US$) 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)  - 41,572,570 (2) (3)  - 41,572,570 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 0.54% of the 2013 Gross Value of Agri cultural Production (GVAP). 2013 GVAP amounted to Ur$157,668,88 5,000 (US$7,697,924,250) according 
to preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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