WORLD TRADE  
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G/AG/N/ARM/20 
22 October 2012 
 (12-5747) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 11 October 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Armenia .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year  2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 . 
 
 
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 In accordance with the notification requirement s, Armenia notifies that domestic support to 
agricultural producers in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 was provided through the operations of the Ministry of Agriculture and other government depa rtments.  All such support is covered by the 
domestic support categories which are exempt fr om reduction commitments or are within the 
de minimis limit under the Agreement on Agriculture.  Th e attached Supporting Tables DS:1, DS:4 
and DS:9 provide details of these measures. 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
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 Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
   
 million AMD (Armenian Dram) de minimis 
   
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure of 
the year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
    
1 2 3 4 
General services    
 (a) Research, including:   
 - Research to implement m easures for agrochemical soil 
examination and fertility enhancement 42.3 State Budget (04.02.01.07) 
 - Practical survey for scientific and tech nical activities 46.4 State Budget (04.08.02.01) 
 Seed farming and pedigree stockbreeding:    - Artificial insemination of agricultural animals:  research 
programmes addressing lives tock breeding and genetic 
improvement 38.2 State Budget (04.02.01.05) 
 - Wheat and barley seed farming development programme 99.9 State Budget (04.02.01.25) 
 (b) Pest and disease control, including: 
  
 Plant protection:   
 - Plant protection measures 162.2 State Budget (04.02.01.06) 
 - Disease prevention service based on laboratory examinations for 
monitoring plant quarantine and crop phytosanitary conditions 89.0 State Budget (04.02.01.18) 
 Veterinary and anti-epidemic measures and quarantine:   
 - Vaccination of agricultural animals 1,315.7 State Budget  
(04.02.01.08) and (04.02.01.13)  
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 - Measures for:  laboratory diagnosis of agricultural animal 
diseases;  and examination of ra w and other materials of animal 
origin 384.6 State Budget  
(04.02.01.17 and 04.02.01.19) 
 - Co-financing of a programme for counteracting avian influenza 
carried out with World Bank support  40.2 State Budget (04.02.01.22) 
 - Co-financing of a Japanese grant programme for counteracting 
avian influenza carried out with World Bank support 25.7 State Budget  
(04.02.01.23 and 04.02.01.27) 
 (c) Training services, including:   
 - Education (vocational and training) 308.3 State Budget  
(09.03.01.01 and 09.03.02.01) 
 (d) Extension and advisor services, including:   
 - Agricultural advisory services 140.3 State Budget (04.02.01.11) 
 (e) Inspection services, including:   
 - Inspection for quarantine limitations imposed by the veterinary 
platoon of the RA Police 24.6 State Budget (04.02.01.09) 
 - Laboratory examination of food 21.4 State Budget (04.02.01.29) 
 - Seed quality testing and state sort examination measures 28.3 State Budget (04.02.01.04) 
 (f) Marketing and promotion services, including:   
 - Co-financing of a programme for rural enterprises and 
small-scale commercial agriculture development carried out with 
World Bank support 23.3 State Budget (04.02.01.16) 
 - Co-financing of the Marketing Opportunities for Farmers 
programme carried out with International Fund for Agricultural 
Development support 406.5 State Budget (04.02.01.28)  
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 (g) Infrastructural services, including:   
 Organization of capital works for soil improvement:   
 - Measures to maintain and improve ameliorative conditions of 
soil (in the framework of the Food Production Increase programme carried out with Japanese Government support) 154.8 State Budget (04.02.01.12) 
 - Improvement and maintenance of agricultural lands and 
reconstruction of engineering structures 285.7 State Budget (04.02.01.20) 
 - Infrastructure services to implement hydro-meteorological 
measures 2.2 State Budget (04.02.01.04) 
Total  3,639.6  
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
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) 
 
(AMD million) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) 
 
(AMD million) Non-product specific AMS 
(from supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 
 
 
(AMD million) Value of Production1 
  
 
 
(AMD million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
 
 
(AMD million) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 
below)   1,697.18 628,0002 0 ( de minimis ) 
  
                                                      
1 Data Source:  Ministry of Agriculture. 
2 Of which the value of cattle husbandry production was 127,000 million AMD.   
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2008 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
 
Measure Type(s) Calendar year 
2008 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(AMD million) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies 
 Total non-
product-specific 
support 
  
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Supplying farmers with 
livestock on the condition of 
postponed payments, in the 
framework of the Cattle 
Husbandry Development 
Programme  - 89.783 - 89.78 State Budget (04.02.01.23) 
State support to the agricultural 
land users  1,607.44 - - 1,607.4 State Budget (04.02.01.21) 
Total     1,697.18  
                                                      
3 The budgetary outlays for purchasing the animals totalled 498.8 million AMD.  The subsidy was the interest that the farmers wo uld otherwise have to pay at the market 
rate of 18 per cent for loans generally available to them in 2008. 
4 35,000 AMD per hectare for land pa rcels of size up to 7 hectares.  
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Page 8 Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
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 Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
   
 million AMD (Armenian Dram) de minimis 
   
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services    
 (a) Research, including:   
 - Research to implement m easures for agrochemical soil 
examination and fertility enhancement 46.9 State Budget (04.02.01.07) 
 Seed farming and pedigree stockbreeding:   
 - Artificial insemination of agricultural animals:  research 
programmes addressing lives tock breeding and genetic 
improvement 6.3 State Budget (04.02.01.05) 
 - Wheat and barley seed farming development programme 75.6 State Budget (04.02.01.24) 
 (b) Pest and disease control, including:   
 Plant protection:    - Plant protection measures 169.9 State Budget (04.02.01.06) 
 - Disease prevention services based on laboratory 
examinations for monitoring plant quarantine and crop phytosanitary conditions 80.1 State Budget (04.02.01.16) 
 Veterinary and anti-epidemic measures and quarantine:   
 - Vaccination of agricultural animals 1,520.4 State Budget (04.02.01.08)  
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Page 10 Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 - Measures for laboratory diagnosis of animal diseases;  and 
examination of raw and other materials of animal origin 217.4 State Budget (04.02.01.17) 
 - Co-financing of a progra mme for counteracting avian 
influenza carried out with World Bank support  230.9 State Budget (04.02.01.19) 
 - Co-financing of a Japanese grant programme for 
counteracting avian influenza carried out with World Bank 
support 51.1 State Budget  
(04.02.01.20 and 04.02.01.25) 
 - Investment in the Republican Veterinary Anti-epidemic and 
Diagnostic centre, state non-commercial organization 46.3 State Budget (04.02.01.30) 
 (c) Training services, including:   
 - Education (vocational and training) 366.8 State Budget  
(09.03.01.01-02 and 09.03.02.01-02) 
 (d) Extension and advisor services, including:   
 - Agricultural advisory services 182.8 State Budget (04.02.01.11)  (e) Inspection services, including: 
  
 - Inspection of quarantine limitations imposed by the 
veterinary platoon of the RA Police  29.9 State Budget (04.02.01.09) 
 - Laboratory examination of food 26.7 State Budget (04.02.01.31) 
 - Seed quality testing and state sort examination measures 36.1 State Budget (04.02.01.03)  (f) Marketing and promotion services, including: 
  
 - Co-financing of a programme for rural enterprises and 
small-scale commercial agricultu re development carried out 
with World Bank support 24.6 State Budget (04.02.01.14)  
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 Page 11Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 - Co-financing of the Marketing Opportunities for Farmers 
programme carried out with International Fund for Agricultural Development support 637.7 State Budget (04.02.01.26) 
 - The Marketing Opportunities for Farmers programme 
carried out with OPEC support 250.8 State Budget (04.02.01.35) 
 (g) Infrastructural services, including:   
 Organization of capital works for soil improvement:   
 - Measures to maintain and improve ameliorative conditions 
of soil (in the framework of the Food Production Increase 
programme carried out with Japanese Government support) 262.8 State Budget (04.02.01.12) 
 - Improvement and maintenance of agricultural lands and 
reconstruction of engineering structures 458.4 State Budget (04.02.01.21) 
 - Infrastructure services to implement hydro-meteorological 
measures 2.0 State Budget (04.02.01.04) 
Total  4,723.5  
  
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Page 12 Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
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) 
 
(AMD million) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) 
 
(AMD million) Non-product specific AMS 
(from supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 
 
 
(AMD million) Value of Production5 
  
 
 
(AMD million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
 
 
(AMD million) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
      
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9 below)   1,661.78 555,700
6 ( de minimis ) 
  
 
                                                      
5 Data Source:  Ministry of Agriculture. 
6 Of which the value of cattle husbandry production was 135,000 million AMD.  
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 Page 13Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2009 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Measure Type(s) Calendar year 
2009 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(AMD million) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Supplying farmers with 
livestock on the condition of postponed payments, in the 
framework of the Cattle 
Husbandry Development 
Programme  - 59.78
7 - 59.78 State Budget (04.02.01.23) 
State support to the agricultural 
land users  1,6028 - - 1,602 State Budget 
(04.02.01.18 and 04.02.01.22) 
Total     1,661.78  
 
 
 
                                                      
7 The budgetary outlays for purchasing the animals totalled 332.1 million AMD.  The subsidy was the interest that the farmers wo uld otherwise have to pay at the market 
rate of 18 per cent for loans generally available to them in 2009. 
8 35,000 AMD per hectare for land pa rcels of size up to 7 hectares.  
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Page 14 Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
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 Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
   
 million AMD (Armenian Dram) de minimis 
   
  
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 Page 15Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services    
 (a) Research, including:   
 - Research to implement m easures for agrochemical soil 
examination and fertility enhancement 45.1 State Budget (04.02.01.05) 
 Seed farming and pedigree stockbreeding:   
 - Artificial insemination of agricultural animals:  research 
programmes addressing lives tock breeding and genetic 
improvement 6.3  State Budget (04.02.01.03) 
 - Wheat and barley seed farming development programme 76.5 State Budget (04.02.01.18) 
 (b) Pest and disease control, including:   
 Plant protection:    - Plant protection measures 68.6 State Budget (04.02.01.04) 
 - Disease prevention services based on laboratory 
examinations for monitoring plant quarantine and crop phytosanitary conditions 71.7 State Budget (04.02.01.11) 
 Veterinary and anti-epidemic measures and quarantine:   
 - Vaccination of agricultural animals 991.5 State Budget (04.02.01.06)  
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Page 16 Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 - Measures for:  laboratory diagnosis of animal diseases;  and 
examination of raw and other materials of animal origin 185.0 State Budget (04.02.01.12) 
 - Co-financing of a progra mme for counteracting avian 
influenza carried out with World Bank support  45.4 State Budget (04.02.01.14) 
 - Co-financing of a Japanese grant programme for 
counteracting avian influenza carried out with World Bank 
support 6.6 State Budget (04.02.01.15) 
 (c) Training services, including:   
 - Education (vocational and training) 361.4 State Budget  
(09.03.01.01-02 and 09.03.02.01-02) 
 (d) Extension and advisor services, including:   
 - Agricultural advisory services 293.1 State Budget (04.02.01.08) 
 (e) Inspection services, including:   
 - Inspection of quarantine limitations imposed by the 
veterinary platoon of the RA Police 40.2 State Budget (04.02.01.07) 
 - Seed quality testing and state sort examination measures 46.3 State Budget (04.02.01.02) 
 - Laboratory examination of food 5.0 State Budget (04.02.01.20) 
 (f) Marketing and promotion services, including:   
 - The Marketing Opportunities for Farmers programme 
carried out with Kingdom of Denmark support 6.8 State Budget (04.02.01.25) 
 - Co-financing of the Marketing Opportunities for Farmers 
programme carried out with International Fund for Agricultural Development support 43.9 State Budget  
(04.02.01.19 and 04.02.01.21) 
 - The Marketing Opportunities for Farmers programme 
carried out with OPEC support 893.5 State Budget (04.02.01.23)  
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in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
 (g) Infrastructural services, including:   
 Organization of capital works for soil improvement:   
 - Improvement and maintenance of agricultural lands and 
reconstruction of engineering structures 399.8 State Budget (04.02.01.16) 
Total  3,586.7  
  
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Page 18 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
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) 
 
(AMD million) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) 
 
(AMD million) Non-product specific AMS 
(from supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 
 
 
(AMD million) Value of Production9 
 
  
 
(AMD million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
  
 
(AMD million) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
      
Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 
below)   51.6 637,60010 ( de minimis ) 
  
 
                                                      
9 Data Source:  Ministry of Agriculture. 
10 Of which the value of cattle husbandry production was 159,000 million AMD.  
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 Page 19Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Measure Type(s) Calendar year  
2010 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(AMD million) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
 Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 Total non-
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Supplying farmers with 
livestock on the condition of postponed payments, in the 
framework of the Cattle 
Husbandry Development 
Programme  - 51.6
11 - 51.6 State Budget (04.02.01.24) 
Total     51.6  
 
                                                      
11 The budgetary outlays for purchasing the animals totalled 286.62 million AMD.  The subsidy was the interest that the farmers w ould otherwise have to pay at the 
market rate of 18 per cent for loans generally available to them in 2010.  
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Page 20 Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
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 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
   
 million AMD (Armenian Dram) de minimis 
   
  
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 Page 21Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to the criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
year in question 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
General services    
 (a) Research, including:   
 - Research to implement m easures for agrochemical soil 
examination and fertility enhancement 48.1 State Budget (04.02.01.05) 
 (b) Pest and disease control, including:   
 Plant protection:    - Plant protection measures 99.7 State Budget (04.02.01.04) 
 - Disease prevention services based on laboratory 
examinations for monitoring plant quarantine and crop 
phytosanitary conditions 85.3 State Budget (04.02.01.09) 
 Veterinary and anti-epidemic measures and quarantine:   
 - Vaccination of agricultural animals 511.1 State Budget (04.02.01.06) 
 - Measures for:  laboratory diagnosis of agricultural animal 
diseases;  and examination of raw and other materials of 
animal origin 28.6 State Budget (04.02.01.10) 
 (c) Training services, including: 
  
 - Education (vocational and training) 341.2 State Budget 
(09.03.01.01-02 and 09.03.02.01-02)  
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 (d) Extension and advisor services, including:   
 - Agricultural advisory services 293.1 State Budget (04.02.01.08) 
 (e) Inspection services, including:   
 - Laboratory examination of food 51.1 State Budget (04.02.01.02)  (f) Marketing and promotion services, including: 
  
 - The Marketing Opportunities for Farmers programme 
carried out with Kingdom of Denmark support 102.9 State Budget (04.02.01.20) 
 - Co-financing of the Marketing Opportunities for Farmers 
programme carried out with International Fund for 
Agricultural Development support 638.1 State Budget  
(04.02.01.14 and 04.02.01.18) 
 (g) Infrastructural services, including:   
 Organization of capital works for soil improvement:   
 - Improvement and maintenance of agricultural lands and 
reconstruction of engineering structures 61.0 State Budget (04.02.01.12) 
Total  2,260.2  
  
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 Page 23Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 
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) 
 
(AMD million) Product-specific 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) 
 
(AMD million) Non-product specific AMS 
(from supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 
 
 
(AMD million) Value of Production12 
  
 
 
(AMD million) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
 
 
 
(AMD million) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
      
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9 below)   370.7 825,200
13 0 ( de minimis ) 
  
 
                                                      
12 Data Source:  Ministry of Agriculture. 
13 Of which the value of grain crops production was 74,232 million AMD.  
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Page 24 Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Armenia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2011 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Measure Type(s) Calendar year 
2011 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(AMD million) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies 
 Total non-
product-specific 
support 
 
 
(AMD million) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
State support to agricultural 
land users in the framework of grain crops production, 
seed-breeding, and seed 
production development 
programmes  - 370.7
14 - 370.7 State Budget (04.02.01.11) 
Total     370.7  
 
 
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14 From the state budget 1,370.5 million AMD was allocated to provision the land users w ith seeds.  They compensated for the seed s with grain crops after harvesting.  
The amount of difference between the values of provided seeds and returned grain crops was 370.7 million AMD.