G/AG/N/BRA/58  
 
19 February  2020 
(20-1277) Page: 1/9 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 7 February  2020, 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 agricultural  year 2018 . 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: BRAZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL  YEAR FROM 01 -07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
Current Total Aggregate  Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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  USD/thousand  0 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting  Table  DS:1  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: BRAZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agricultural research programme:  65,491.7  General Budget  (1) 
Agricultural zoning service:  134.0 General Budget  (1) 
Subtotal:  65,625.7    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Agricultural Protec tion Program:  19,704.1  General Budget  (2) 
Subtotal:  19,704.1    
2 (c). Training services  Capacity building program mes: 319.9  General Budget  (3) 
Educational services for rural areas:  1,234.9  General Budget  (3) 
Subtotal:  1,554.8    
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Acquisition of equipment by municipalities for services in rural areas  4,278.5  General Budget  (4) 
Extension services on agricultural production  24,170.9  General Budget  (4) 
Extension services on rural development  3,964.1  General Budget  (4) 
Extension services on sustainability and competitiveness  10,335.5  General Budget  (4) 
Support for projects of agricultural development  43,099 .0 General Budget  (4) 
Support for technological innovation projects to family farming  9,829.6  General Budget  (4) 
Technology transfer  1,895.3  General Budget  (4) 
Weather forecast information  10,305.9  General Budget  (4) 
Subtotal:  107,878.8    
2 (e). Inspection services  Inspection of agricultural activities  728.2  General Budget  (5) 
Inspection of organic production  0 General Budget  (5) 
Subtotal:  728.2    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  International promotion services  6,522.7  General Budget  (6) 
Support for marketing projects  288.5  General Budget  (6) 
Subtotal:  6,811.2    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas  373.8  General Budget  (7) 
Support for irrigation program mes 58,346.7  General Budget  (7) 
Subtotal:  58,720.5     
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- 4 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (h). Other general services  Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization  5,326.9  General Budget  (8) 
Management of the rural settlement program  6,546.4  General Budget  (8) 
Preparatory measures to acquisition of rural land  33,772.5  General Budget  (8) 
Subtotal:  45,645.8    
 Subtotal General Services : 306,669.1    
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Inspection of public stocks  380.3  General Budget  (9) 
Program of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming  77,301.6  General Budget  (9) 
Subtotal:  77,681.9    
4. Domestic food aid  Meals for children in public schools  1,173,778.6  General Budget  (10) 
Subtotal:  1,173,778.6    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Warranty -Crop Fund  32,539.0  General Budget  (11) 
Subtotal:  32,539.0   
Grand Total Green Box 1,590,668.5    
1 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.  
2 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activi ties 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.  
3 Budgetary expenditures, financed by pu blic resources, in activities related to secondary education that provides intermediate professional qualification and higher  
education oriented to rural activities provided by agricultural colleges and universities.  
4 Budgetary expenditures, financed by p ublic resources, in activities that provide technical assistance and rural extension services to small producers, operation a nd 
improvement of meteorological services, services for cooperatives and other farm associations (studies, researches and traini ng). 
5 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to classification and inspection of animal and ve getal products, improvement of seed 
production and marketing (seed fields registration), standardization and grading, animal ge netic and zootechnic improvement.  
6 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to improvement of the marketing system and develo pment of new markets, support to the 
creation and maintenance of expositions parks and fair fac ilities, building and maintenance of central market facilities, and improvement of agricultural market 
information services.  
7 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to implementation and operation of irrigation pro grammes, 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 env ironmental programmes.  
8 Agrarian organization; agrarian reform settlement. Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities relate d to agrarian policy, agrarian reform and 
settlement projects.  
9 Budgetary expenditures, financed by publi c resources, in activities related to 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.  
10 Budgetary expen ditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor. 
11 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to decrease risk and uncertainty in agricultur e, through agricultural insurance sponsored by 
the federal government.  
   
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- 5 - Supporting  Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : BRAZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL  YEAR FROM 01 -07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
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  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to 
agriculture  INVESTMENT CREDIT - government and private funds, directed to 
improve rural structure, acquisitions of machines, equipments, vehicles 
and animal services  54,703.3  MAPA  (1) 
Subtotal:  54,703.3    
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  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)  25,587.8  MAPA  (2) 
DEBT RESCHEDULING - Rescheduling of debts in longer terms and most 
favorable conditions (under PRONAF and PROCERA Programs)  27,981.0  National Treasure  (3) 
Subtotal:  53,568.8    
Grand Total Development Programmes  108,272.1    
1 Implicid subsidy based on the diference between the interest rate of each of the following program and SELIC interest rate: A BC (Low Carbon Agriculture Program), 
BNDES PSI -BK (Program for the Sustainability of Investment in Capital Goods), BNDES/FINAME (Special Agency for Industrial Financing), FTRA (Special Program  for 
Acquisition of Rural Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and  FCO), Inovagro (Program to Encourage Innovation in Agricultural  Production), Moderagro (Program for 
the Modernization of Agriculture and the Conservation of Natural Resources), Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet Modernization Incentiv es Program), Moderinfra (Incentives 
Program for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Program for the Construction and Expansion of Warehouses), PRI (Investment Enhancement Program), Procap -Agro 
(Agricultural Cooperatives Capitalization Program), Prodecoop (Cooperative Development Program for the Enhancement of Agricul tural Value Added), Pronamp (Medium -
Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and Rural Savings, Mandatory Resources and State Funds at controled interest rate s. 
2 Implicid subsidy based on the diference between PRONAF (Program 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).  
3 Implicid subsidy based on the diference between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) and PROCE RA (Special Credit Program for Agrarian Reform) 
rescheduled interest rate and  SELIC interest rate.    
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- 6 - Supporting  Table  DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  01-07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product -specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
 
USD, thousand  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
 Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
USD, thousand  Value of production  
 
 
 
USD, thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
USD, thousand  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Maize  91,461.9   91,461.9  10,344,704.2  0.9%  0 (de minimis )  
Rice 9,467.4   9,467.4  2,377,176.4  0.4%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  1,046,534.3 147,798,044.2  0.7%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  0  
 
 
   
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- 7 - Supporting  Table  DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  01-07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 Eligible 
production  Total price 
related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 Other non -
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
USD, thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 Total direct 
payment  
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
USD, thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Maize  AY 01-07-17 30-06-18 Agricultural 
Products' Sale 
Option Private 
Premium 
(PEPRO)      74,487.1   74,487.1  MAPA   
Total Maize            74,487.1    
Rice AY 01-07-17 30-06-18 Agricultural 
Products' Sale 
Option Private 
Premium 
(PEPRO)      2,732.1   2,732.1  MAPA   
Total Rice            2,732.1    
 
 
   
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- 8 - Supporting  Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  01-07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
USD, thousand  Other 
product -
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
 Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
USD, thousand  Market price 
support  
(from 
ST DS:5)  
 
 
 Non-exempt 
direct 
paymen ts 
(from 
ST DS:6)  
 
USD, thousand  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
USD, thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Maize  AY 01-07-17 30-06-18 Premium 
for 
Product 
Outflow 
(PEP)  16,974.8    16,974.8     MAPA   
Total Maize         16,974.8   74,487.1  91,461.9    
Rice AY 01-07-17 30-06-18 Premium 
for 
Product 
Outflow 
(PEP)  6,735.3    6,735.3     MAPA   
Total Rice         6,735.3   2,732.1  9,467.4    
The following products may be supported by non -exempt support program mes, according to the available funds and the market price: barley, Brazilian wax, canola, cashew nut, 
cassava, cassava flour, cassava starch, castor beans , coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva, milk,  oat, orange, peanuts, 
rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat. If the product is not listed in this  table, it means the product received no support during the 
crop-year. Some products have the right to be su pported only on specific States or Regions.  
 
   
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- 9 - Supporting  Table  DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR FROM  01-07-2017 TO 30 -06-2018  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
USD, thousand  Other non -product -
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
 
USD, thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 Total non -
product -
specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Debt rescheduling program mes AY 01-07-17 30-06-18  957,774.5   957,774.5  National Treasure  (1) 
Insurance Program mes AY 01-01-18 31-12-18 88,759.8    88,759.8  General Budget  (2) 
TOTAL  1,046,534.3   
1 Implicid subsidy based on the difference between the rescheduled program me interest rate and SELIC interest rate. The debt reschedule program mes are: Rural Debt 
Securitisation and PESA (Program of Financial Assets Rehabilitation).  
2 Programme of Support to Rural Insurance Premiums (PSR) and Agricultural Livestock Guarantee Programme (PROAGRO).  
 
 
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