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G/AG/N/URY/47 
19 July 2012 
 (12-3976) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 10 July 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Uruguay .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant supporting tables) for 2011 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011  
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 Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
  Below " de minimis " level 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to  Ur$115,862,032,000 (US$5,998,831,510) in  2011, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011  
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion 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 21,460,047 National Budget (data from the 
National Agricultural Research Institute) 
 Extension and advisory serv ices 22,475,542 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspection 
services1 11,239,246 National Budget and livestock programme 
implementation 
(b) Payments under environmental 
 programmes    
 Responsible Production Project (PPR) 5,732,105 National Budget and PPR implementation 
 
1 Budgetary outlays on inspection services ca nnot be separated from those on pest and disease control;  both are included in the  animal and plant health programmes.  The heading includes the 
traceability, animal health and food protection programme.   
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential 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 ge nerally available to 
agriculture  1,330,6091 National Budget and im plementation of the 
Rural Uruguay Project 
1 Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Project (with external funding from the In ternational Fund for Ag ricultural Development,  IFAD). 
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011 
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) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff on agricultural inputs (non-product-specific) 51,210,128 0 0 de minimis  
 
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP)  
AT PRODUCER PRICES 
 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
  
 2010  2011  
 
Total agriculture 7,625,704 5,998,832 
 
Crop-farming subsector (excluding forestry) 2,583,886 3,724,239 
 
 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 2011 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 rate1 - 0 - 0 - - 0 2 
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 There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2010. 
2 Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy ).  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2011  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2011 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 
countries1  - 51,210,1282, 3 - 51,210,128 Declarations of imports 
effected. 
 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy 
and Finance 
1 Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent. 
2 The estimate takes into account the fis cal loss from not applying the MERCOSUR Common External Tari ff (CET) to imports of inpu ts from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
3 This figure represents 0.85 per cent of the 2011 Gross Va lue of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2010 GVAP amounted to Ur$115, 862,032,000 (US$5,998,831,510) acco rding to preliminary 
estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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