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Working Party on the Accession of Timor -Leste  Original: English  
 
 
ACCESSION OF TIMOR -LESTE  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT AND EXPORT SUBSIDIES IN THE AGRICUL TURAL SECTOR  
Revision  
The following submission, dated 25 February 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Democratic Republic of Timor -Leste.  
 
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 201 8-2020 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in Annex 2 
of the Agreement on Agriculture  Year Monetary value of measure in 
year in question, US$  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 
2. General Services      
  
(a): Research, including research 
for food security, environment 
and trade facilitation  Building Foundation for smart agriculture 
development, Inclusive Natural Resource 
Management monitoring and surveillance 
scheme; Evidence -based policy 
formulation and establishment of 
regulatory framework for natural 
resources management   2018 239,000  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 244,000  
2020 252,000  
2018 -2020 Average  245,000  
(b): Pest and disease control:  
including general and product -
specific pest and disease control 
measures, such as early -warning 
systems, quarantine and  
eradication  Preventive and curative control of plant 
and animal pests and diseases (cer eal 
crops, horticulture, bovine, poultry, pork), 
capacity building for inspectors and 
laboratory managers of plant protection 
and veterinary  2018 621,000  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 627,000  
2020 540,000  
2018 -2020 Average  596,000  
(d): Extension services and 
advisory services, including the 
provision of means to facilitate 
the transfer of information and 
the results of research to farmer 
producers and consumers  Demonstration plots and demonstration 
areas Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), 
Good Management Practices (GMP), 
Community Based Natural Resource 
Management (CBNRM), Watershed 
Management and Farmer Field School on 
Horticulture Development.  2018 465,000  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 475,000  
2020 477,000  
2018 -2020 Average  472,333  
(e): Inspection services, 
including general inspection 
services and the inspection of 
particular products  Improvement management services in the 
area of plant protection services, 
veterinary services, quarantine services, 
veterinary and plant health inspection; 
Food safety inspection; Managing the 
quality control, inspection and issuing 
export permit and impor t permit letter; 
Supports private sector compliance with 
quality control and food safety regulations  2018 266,000  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 268,000  
2020 270,000  
2018 -2020 Average  268,000   
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- 3 - Measure type  Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in Annex 2 
of the Agreement on Agriculture  Year Monetary value of measure in 
year in question, US$  Data sources  
(f): Marketing and promotion 
services:  development of 
marketing and promotion 
system, include synergizing 
alliance along value chain supply 
chain to facilitate transformation 
subsistence farming toward 
entrepreneur agriculture  Developing marketing strategies and 
policies of connectivity rural and urban 
area, including supply chain m arketing of 
inputs and marketing of products and 
provide services of marketing information 
and intelligence systems; Organization of 
exhibitions and monitoring.  2018 216,360  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 216,000  
2020 220,000  
2018 -2020 Average  217,453  
(g): Infrastructural services, 
including electricity reticulation, 
roads and other means of 
transport, market and port 
facilities, dams and drainage 
schemes, and infrastructural 
work associated with 
environmental programmes  Design and implementation of ir rigation 
for rice production & horticulture 
production, building laboratories and 
facilities for soil, pest and disease 
analysis, access road and electricity  2018 194,000  Ministry of Agriculture and 
Fisheries Timor -Leste, 
Operating budget data  2019 684,000 
2020 109,997  
2018 -2020 Average  329,332  
3. Public stockholding for food 
security:  procurement of stocks 
is undertaken at market prices  Contingency Fund for Purchase of Rice  2018 0 National Logistic Centre,  
Office of the Coordinating 
Minister for Economic Affairs   2019 345,234  
2020 15,480,000  
2018 -2020 Average  5,275,078  
TOTAL  2018 2,001,360    
2019 2,859,234  
2020 17,348,997  
2018 -2020 Average  7,403,197  
 
 
   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
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 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture  Monetary value of measure in 
year in question  
(TL) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
 
  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:3  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Direct Payments under Production -Limiting Programmes - "Exempt Direct Payments"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.5 of the Agreement on Agriculture  Monetary value of measure 
in year in question  
(TL) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS)  
Description of basic products (including non -
product -specific AMS)  Product -specific AMS (from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)  
(TL) Product -specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below)  
(TL) Current Total AMS (aggreg ate)  
(TL) 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
 
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support (AMS): Market Price Support  
Description of 
basic products  Calendar/marketing  
year Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
(TL/tonne)  External 
reference price 
(TL/tonne)  Eligible 
production 
(tonnes)  Associated 
fees/levies  
(TL) Total market 
price support 
(TL) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support (AMS): Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description of 
basic 
products  Calendar/marketing 
year Measure 
type(s)  Applie d 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price Eligible 
production 
(tonnes)  Total price -
related 
direct 
payments 
(TL) Other non -
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(TL) Associated 
fees/ levies  Total direct 
payments 
(TL) Data 
sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
NIL 
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic products  Calendar/ 
marketi ng 
year Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
product -
specific 
support  
(TL) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
(TL) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(TL) Total AMS 
(TL) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
NIL 
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:8  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
products  Calendar/marketing 
year Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive 
applied 
administered 
price 
(tonnes)  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays 
(TL) Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(TL) Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(TL) Associated 
fees/levies 
(TL) Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment 
(TL) Data 
sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
NIL 
  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPOR TING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020 
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Calendar/marketing 
year Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays (TL)  Other non -
product -specific 
support (include 
calculat ion details)  Associated 
fees/levies 
(TL) Total non -product -
specific support 
(TL) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
NIL 
  
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- 12 - Supporting Table ES:1  
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: TIMOR -LESTE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEARS 2018 -2020  
Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity  
Description of 
products  Direct 
export 
subsidies 
(TL) Sales of stocks 
(TL) Producer financed 
subsidies  
(TL) Cost reduction 
measures  
(TL) Internal 
transport 
subsidies (TL)  Total product 
specific export 
subsidies  
(TL) Quantity of 
subsidized export s 
(tonnes)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
 
 
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  ANNEX  
FOREIGN AID POLICY:  
PRINCIPLES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING NON -LENDING ASSISTANCE TO TIMOR -LESTE  
The Government of Timor -Leste recognizes the international community 's important historic and 
ongoing contributions to Timor -Leste. Since the inception of this nation, development cooperation 
has played a crucial role in providing support to the Gove rnment and people of Timor -Leste and has 
bolstered development efforts towards achieving the goals set out in the 2030 Strategic 
Development Plan, that is, to transform Timor -Leste from a low income to an upper middle income 
country, with a healthy, well -educated, and safe population by 2030.  
The role of external assistance in Timor -Leste is changing. Due to a combination of factors ranging 
from the nation 's sustained growth and relative stability to shifting donor global priorities, levels of 
external assi stance are experiencing a general downward trend. This is why it is vital for all 
development stakeholders to work together to maximize the benefits of development assistance in 
a country -owned, and country -led manner.  
In order to achieve this, the Govern ment Resolution No. 26/2019 of 25 September  2019 on "Aid 
Policy " was passed, calling on development partners to:  
• Align and cost all activities to Timor -Leste 's Planning Frameworks: the Strategic Development 
Plan 2011 - 2030 (SDP) Sub -pillar level, the Gove rnment Sub -program level, the Sustainable 
Development Goals (SDGs), and, when relevant, the Ministerial Annual Action Plans and/or 
Sector Strategies.  
• Follow the proposed procedures for the approval of activities and country partnership 
strategies, thus im proving planning and integration of assistance into Government systems.  
• Take measures to improve and increase their use of country systems.  
Through the Aid Policy, the Government reaffirms that all development stakeholders must remain 
committed to Timor -Leste 's country -owned and country -led development path. The Aid Policy builds 
on the lessons learned from the "Aid Management Effectiveness Policy " approved by the Council of 
Ministers on 28 March 2017. The framework presented below maintains the spirit of  the previous 
document while expanding on the processes and procedures necessary to effectively implement the 
ambitious goal of more effectively coordinating non -lending assistance in the country while 
emphasizing the need for development partner support t o be channelled via country systems. For  the 
purposes of this document, non -lending assistance can be provided in one, or a combination, of the 
following ways:  
I. Direct Financing  
a. General budget/sector Support  
b. Project Support  II. In-Kind Support  
a. Technical Assistance  
i. Advisory and Analytical Work  
ii. Training and Capacity Building  
b. Value of Goods  
i. Construction  
ii. Equipment Transfer  
International development partners are playing an important role in developing the agriculture sector 
through their support to more than 70% population of Timor -Leste that rely on subsistence 
agricultural practice.  
The international development partners support between 2018 and 2020 were allocated to support 
the Strategic Plan 2014 – 2020 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to achieve the overarching 
target of Timor -Leste Strategic Development Plan goals 2011 –2030.  
According to Book -5 Budget (Development Partners Budget Supp ort), a total of US$ 61,103,000 was 
allocated in the consecutive years of 201 8–2020 to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries.   WT/ACC/SPEC/TLS/1/Rev.1  
 
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  TABLE  
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS SUPPORT TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR THROUGH THE GOVERNMENT OF 
TIMOR -LESTE  
The table below elaborated the domestic support that was allocated through the Development 
Partners funding, which is classified under General Services support between 2018 and 2020 . 
In US$ 
Measure  2018  2019  2020  Average  Primary international 
donors  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
2. General Services       
(a): Research,  
including general 
research, research in 
connection with 
environmental 
programmes, and 
research 
programmes relating 
to particular  
products  744,000  
 0 0 248,000 Research for achieving 
goals of food security 
and livelihood of 64% 
population engage in 5 
agriculture sub -sectors 
(food crops, industrial 
crops, livestock, 
fisheries and forestry ). 
Donors are EU, USAID, 
DFAT, JICA, WB, ADB, 
GIZ, FAO.   
(b): Pest and 
disease control,  
including general and 
product-specific pest 
and disease control 
measures, such as 
early-warning 
systems, quarantine 
and eradication  129,00 0 0 0 43,000  Technical expert s were 
hired to draft pesticide 
decree law for the 
Ministry of Agriculture 
and Fisheries. 
Furthermore, assist the 
National Quarantine 
Office to improve 
inspection procedures.  
Main donors are USAID 
and FAO.  
(c): Training 
services,  
including general and 
specialist training 
facilities  3,921,321  
 2,893,000  0 2,271,440 Main donors are UE -
GIZ, WB, ADB, JICA, 
DFAT.  
(d): Extension and 
advisory services ,  
including provision of 
means to facilitate 
the transfer of 
information and the 
results of research to 
producers and 
consumers  8,875,000  7,584,000  0 5,486,333  Community Base 
Natural Resource 
Management (CBNRM) 
by JICA & DFAT, 
Agroforestry by EU & 
GIZ, Watershed 
Management by World 
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  Measure  2018  2019  2020  Average  Primary international 
donors  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(f): Marketing and 
promotion 
services ,  
Development of 
Marketing and 
Promotion System, 
include synergizing 
alliance along value 
chain supply chain to 
facilitate 
transformation 
subsistence farming 
toward entrepreneur 
agriculture  1,340,000  8,466,000  12,835,00 0 7,547,000 Promote Farmers 
Market by JICA, Inputs 
and technology 
promotion by DFAT -
MDF, Horticulture and 
fruticulture by USAID -
AVANSA, Derivate 
agriculture and forest 
product by World Bank -
SAPIP.  
(g): 
Infrastructural 
services,   
including electricity 
reticulation, roads 
and other me ans of 
transport, market 
and port facilities, 
water supply 
facilities, dams  and 
drainage schemes, 
and infrastructural 
works associated 
with environmental 
programmes  4,306,000  5,592,000  5,777,000  5,225,000  Irrigation by JICA, Rural 
roads by EU, 
Horticulture greenhouse 
and facilities by USAID 
and postharvest 
handling by FAO.  
TOTAL  19,315,321  24,535,000  18,612,000  20,820,773  
 
 
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