G/AG/N/BRA/37
29 January 2015
(15-0653)  Page: 1/11
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 21 January 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the year 2012/2013 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
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 Schedule) (from Section I of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
912,105.15 US$ '000 0.00 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction 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$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
1) GENERAL SERVICES 
(i) Research, including general research, research in 
connection with environmental programmes, and research 
programs relating to particular products Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, related to infrastructure, 
acquisition of equipment and other expenditures in activities of coordination and 
maintenance of research and the diffusion of their results 199,180.6 General Budget 
 Agricultural research programme 199,101.7  
 Agricultural zoning service 78.9  
(ii) Pest and disease control, including general and product-
specific pest and disease control measures, such as early 
warning systems, quarantine and eradication Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to animal and 
plant health services, zoosanitary and phytosanitary defense and alertness, inspection 
and disease control, training programmes related to disease control and prevention, warning services 111,554.3 General Budget 
 Agricultural Protection Programme 111,554.3  
(iii) Training services, including both general and specialist 
training facilities Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to secondary 
education that provides intermediate profes sional qualification and higher education 
oriented to rural activities provided by agricultural colleges and universities 15,842.1 General Budget 
 Capacity building programmes 1,301.0  
 Educational services for rural areas 14,541.0   
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of  measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(iv) Extension and advisory services, including the provision of 
means to facilitate the transfer of information and the 
results of research to producers and consumers Budgetary expenditures, financed by public reso urces, in activities that provide technical 
assistance and rural extension services to small producers, operation and improvement 
of meteorological services, services for cooperatives and other farm associations 
(studies, researches and training) 2,682,817.6 General Budget 
 Acquisition of equipment by municipalities for services in rural areas 1,034,990.2  
 Extension services on agricultural production 355,309.1  
 Extension services on rural development 122,582.3  
 Extension services on sustainability and competitiveness 1,700.5  
 Support for projects of agricultural development 998,594.1  
 Support for technological innovation projects to family farming 128,766.7  
 Technology transfer 24,509.8  
 Weather forecast information 16,364.8  
(v) Inspection services, including general inspections services 
and the inspection of particular products for health, safety, grading and standardization purposes Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
classification and inspection of animal and vegetal products, improvement of seed production and marketing (seed fields registration), standardization and grading, animal genetic and zootechnic improvement 13,152.7 General Budget 
 Inspection of agricultural activities 12,373.3  
 Inspection of organic production 779.5  
(vi) Marketing and promotion services, including marketing 
information, advice and promotion relating to particular products but excluding expenditure for unspecified purposes 
that could be used by sellers to reduce their selling price or 
confer a direct economic benefit to purchasers Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
improvement of the marketing system and de velopment of new markets, support to the 
creation and maintenance of expositions parks and fair facilities, building and 
maintenance of central market facilities, and improvement of agricultural market 
information services 23,360.5 General Budget 
 International promotion services 2,401.1  
 Support for marketing projects 20,959.4   
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- 5 - Measure type Name and description of  measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(vii) Infrastructural services, including: electricity reticulation, 
roads and other means of transport, market and port 
facilities, water supply facilities, dams and drainage 
schemes, and infrastructural works associated with environmental programmes. In all cases the expenditure shall be directed to the provision or construction of capital works only, and shall exclude the subsidized provision of 
non-farm facilities other than for the reticulation of 
generally-available public utilities. It shall not include subsidies to inputs or operating costs, or preferential user charges. Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
implementation and operation of irrigation programmes, construction and maintenance 
of public dams for irrigation and for urban water supply, construction of rural roads, 
rural housing, rural electricity network services and facilities, electricity distribution, forestry development and management and environmental programmes 442,344.5 General Budget 
 Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas 31,589.2  
 Support for irrigation programmes 410,755.3  
(viii) Agrarian organization; agrarian reform settlement Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities re lated to agrarian 
policy, agrarian reform and settlement projects 294,538.6 General Budget 
 Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization 245,306.2  
 Management of the rural settlement programme 15,848.9  
 Preparatory measures to acquisition of rural land 33,383.5  
2) PUBLIC STOCKHOLDING FOR FOOD SECURITY PURPOSES Budgetary expend itures, financed by public resources, in activities related t o 
expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of government stocks which form an integral part of a federal food security programme as defined by Law N°8171 
("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91 317,152.6 General Budget 
 Inspection of public stocks 734.7  
 Programme of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming 316,417.9  
3) DOMESTIC FOOD AID Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor 1,644,919.8 General Budget 
 Meals for children in public schools 1,644,919.8  
4) GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE PROGRAMME Budgetary expenditur es, financed by public resources, in activities related to d ecrease 
risk and uncertainty in agriculture, through agricultural insurance sponsored by the federal government 454,549.8 General Budget 
 Warranty-Crop Fund 454,549.8  
 Total 6,199,413.0  
  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and differential treatment - "Development programmes" 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6. 2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion  
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Funds for variable input acquisitions1 PRODUCTION CREDIT - Government and private funds, mostly compulsory, 
allocated to production at preferential interest rates generally available to low-income or resource-poor producers (under PRONAF Program) 141,251.9 MAPA 
Funds for agricultural investments2 INVESTMENT CREDIT - Government and private funds, directed to improve rural 
structure, acquisition of machines, equipment and vehicles 892,796.8 MAPA 
Debt rescheduling programmes3 DEBT RESCHEDULING - Rescheduling of debts in longer terms and most favourable 
conditions (under PRONAF and PROCERA Programmes) 35,925.9 National 
Treasure 
 Total 1,069,974.7  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRONAF (Progr am to Strengthen Household Agriculture) interest rate and SELIC  (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest 
rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds). 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the interest ra te of each of the following programmes and SELIC interest rat e: ABC (Low Carbon Agriculture Programme), BNDES PSI-BK (Programme 
for the Sustainability of Investment in Capital Goods), FTRA (S pecial Programme for Acquisition of Rural Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Inovagro (Programme to Encourage Innovation 
in Agricultural Production), Special Line - SUDENE Drought, Moderagro (Programme for the Modernization of Agriculture and the C onservation of Natural Resources), Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet 
Modernization Incentives Programme), Moderinfra (Incentives Programme for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Programme for the Const ruction and Expansion of Warehouses), Procap-Agro (Agricultural 
Cooperatives Capitalization Programme), Prodecer III (Programme for Japanese-Brazilian Cooperation for Development of the Savan nahs), Prodecoop (Cooperative Development Programme for the 
Enhancement of Agricultural Value Added), Pronamp (Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Programme), Rural Savings and Man datory Resources. 
3 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRONAF (Programme to Strengthen Household Agriculture) and PROCERA (Special Credit Programme for Agrarian Reform) rescheduled interest rates 
and SELIC interest rate.  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
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) 
(US$ '000) Value of Production 
(US$ '000) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
(US$ '000) 
1 2 3 4 
Maize 0.0 - 0.0 
Grapes 9,958.0 983,394.7 de minimis 
Orange 66,652.5 2,209,677.4 de minimis 
Sugar cane 243,910.2 19,913,059.7 de minimis 
Rice 72.9 3,498,406.3 de minimis 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Suppo rting Table DS:9) 2,109,571.7 198,000,000.01 de minimis  
Current Total AMS   0.0  
1 Provisional.  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support 
Description of 
basic products Agricultural 
year beginning Measure type(s) Applied administered 
price 
(US$/tonne) External reference price  
(from G/AG/AGST/BRA) 
(US$/tonne) Eligible 
production 
('000 tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(US$ '000) Total market 
price support
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Maize July 2012 Public Option Contracts 132.06 
131.35 0.01 6.0 0.0 MAPA 
  Minimum Support Price 107.08 341.3  0.0 MAPA 
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description 
of basic 
products Agricultural 
year 
beginning Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(US$/tonne) External 
reference price 
(from 
G/AG/AGST/BRA)
(US$/tonne) Eligible 
production 
('000 tonnes) Total price-
related 
direct 
payments 
(US$ '000) Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies
(US$ '000) Total direct 
payments 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4-5*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Orange July 2012 Agricultural Products' 
Sale Option Private 
Premium (PEPRO)     65,727.0  65,727.0 MAPA 
Sugar Cane July 2012 Subsidy for Ethanol 
Producers in Northeast Region     170,600.6  170,600.6 General 
Budget 
Subsidy for Sugarcane 
Producers in Northeast 
Region     68,515.8  68,515.8 General 
Budget 
       239,116.4  
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic 
product Agricultural 
year 
beginning Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
(US$ '000) Other product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies 
(US$ '000) Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
(US$ '000) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
(US$ '000) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(US$ '000) Total AMS 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize July 2012 -     0.0  0.0 MAPA 
Grapes July 2012 Premium for Product 
Outflow (PEP) 9,958.0   9,958.0   9,958.0 MAPA 
Orange July 2012 Premium for Product 
Outflow (PEP) 925.5   925.5  65,727.0 66,652.5 MAPA 
Sugar cane July 2012 Product-specific credit1  4,793.8  4,793.8  239,116.4 243,910.2 MAPA 
Rice July 2012 Product-specific credit2  72.9  72.9   72.9 MAPA 
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRORENOVA (Pro gramme to Support the Renewal and Creation of New Sugarcane Fi elds) interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and 
Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds). 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the Special Credit Line for Rice interest rate and SELIC interest rate. 
The following products may be supported by product-specific su pport programmes, according to th e available funds and the market  price: barley, Brazilian wax, ca nola, cashew nut, cassava, cassava 
flour, cassava starch, castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, m alva, milk, oat, orange, peanuts, rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, 
sugar cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat. If the product is not listed in the table, it means the product received no support  during the crop-year. Some products have the right to be supported only on 
specific States or Regions.  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012/2013 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Agricultural year 
beginning Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
(US$ '000) Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-
product-specific 
support 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Non-product-specific production and marketing credit1 July 2012 - 331,058.7 - 331,058.7 MAPA 
Debt rescheduling programs2 July 2012 - 1,498,569.1 - 1,498,569.1 National Treasure 
Risk Minimizing Agribusiness Program January 2013 279,572.9 - - 279,572.9 General Budget 
Funds for Input Subsidies January 2013 370.9 -  370.9 General Budget 
Total     2,109,571.7  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the interest ra te of each of the following programmes and SELIC (Special Sys tem for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the 
overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds): Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Pronamp (Medium-Scale A gricultural Producer Support Programme), Rural Savings and 
Mandatory Resources. 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the rescheduled  programme interest rate and SELIC interest rate. The debt re schedule programmes are: Rural Debt Securitisation, PESA (Programme 
of Financial Assets Rehabilitation), Prodecer III (Programme fo r Japanese-Brazilian Cooperation for Development of the Savannah s), Recoop (Agricultural Cooperatives Revitalization Programme) and 
Constitutional Funds. 
 
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