G/AG/N/ARG/36  
24 October  2016 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 18 October 2 016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Argentina . The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table  DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) for the agricultural yea rs 2010 /201 1, 
2011/2012, 2012/2013  and 2013/2014 . 
 
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Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010 -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 
75,021,292 1992 pesos  74,012,671 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010 -2011 
Measur es 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  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services   
Research     
(Annex  2, 
paragraph  2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Development of new technologies for production in Misiones, Jujuy, Salta 
and Tucumán . 1,443,818 DNPAyF (MAGyP ) 
 INTA Basic research and technological innovation programme . 41,314,588 INTA (MAGyP)  
Pest and dise ase control     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service  Plant protection . 29,202,553 SENASA  
 Agriculture and food safety and quality  (formerly Agriculture and food 
control ). Agro-chemicals, veterinary products and food (fo rmerly 
Approval of agro -chemicals and pharmacological products ). Laboratory 
services . 92,137,401 SENASA  
 Animal health . 52,412,792 SENASA  
Training services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and produce rs. 3,182,172 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Extension and advisory services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(d)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization.  812,488 DNPAyF (MA GyP) 
 INTA Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT) 
programme . This includes the Federal Support Programme for 
Sustainable Rural Development, PROFEDER (with the following 
strategies : Rural Change, ProFam (family producer groups), 
Smallho ldings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food security), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the 
management of innovation processes in relation to research, education 
and technology transfer . 236,930,938 INTA (MAGyP)  
Inspec tion services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca , Corrientes , Jujuy , 
Misiones , Salta, Chaco  and Tucumán . 14,746,346 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 INV Control of the genuineness of wine products and alcohols . This programme 
ensures technical control of the wine industry and of production of and trade 
in wine products, as well as monitoring of the production, circulation, 
fractionation and marketing of ethyl and methyl alcohol, with a view to 
protecting the commu nity in relation to the genuineness of wine products 
and alcoholic beverages and their fitness for consumption . 26,994,317 INV (MAGy P) 
Infrastructural services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Installation of an anti -hail rocket syst em. 1,986,913 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Civil engineering work and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones , Salta, Tucumán  and Jujuy. 3,339,416 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Environmental sanita tion. 12,797,559 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 MAGyP Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the provinces 
of Chaco , Chubut , Mendoza , Neuquén , Tucumán , Catamarca , Córdoba , 
Corrientes , Entre  Ríos, La Rioja, Misiones , Salta and San Juan. 
Minor building proje cts and water - and soil -quality studies . 141,283,522 Provincial Agricultural 
Services Programme , 
PROSAP (M AGyP)   
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Direct payments to producers    
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  5) Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for the purchase of climate risk insurance and mandator y life 
insurance for rural workers . 20,788,297 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Support Programme for 
Small and Medium -Sized 
Producers  The aim of the programme is to provide support for small and  medium -
sized rural producers, in view of the significant role they play in t he 
country's regional rural economies . The main beneficiaries are associations 
of small and medium -sized rural producers that are registered with the 
MAGyP, and provincial government, local government, municipal and 
communal organizations that implement pu blic agricultural policy . Funds 
are earmarked for projects related to improvement of the rural 
infrastructure and environment, strengthening of organizations and 
cooperatives, research and technical assistance,  inter alia . 38,740,920 MAGyP  
Decoupled incom e support   
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  6(a) to (e))  Agricultural Social 
Programme  The programme benefits smallholders (minifundistas ) in 21 Argentine 
provinces through financial and technical assistance and training . 
The eligibility requirements include : having a  monthly income level not 
exceeding twice the rural agricultural worker's wage, not employing any 
labour, living on the farm, and having working capital not exceeding 
$20,000 . Smallholders who have formed a grouping may submit 
production projects for a max imum of $1,200 per family and $200 in the 
case of on -farm consumption projects . The programme also finances 
technical assistance provided by independent institutions or experts for a 
period of not more than three years . Upon receipt of the funds, 
beneficia ry families undertake to repay them to a provincial revolving 
fund, which is used to finance new projects . 4,475,740 MAGyP 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for producers' families to finance medical, health, biochemical 
and dental services (measure be nefiting over 110,000  people ). 17,280,795 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for trade association activities . 1,772,022 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Social welfare for producers in the provinces of Salta, Jujuy , Corrientes  
and Misiones . 29,850,270 DNPAyF (MAG yP)   
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Payments for relief from natural disasters  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  8(a) to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, 
Law No. 26.509 Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail 
and other adverse cli matic phenomena in the provinces of Corrientes , 
La Rioja, Río Negro , Buenos Aires , Chubut , La Pampa , Neuqu én, 
Córdoba , Entre Ríos , Mendoza , Salta, San Juan , Santa Cruz , Santa  Fe 
and Santiago del Estero . 105,131,350 MAGyP 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall in 
the provinces of Misiones , Catamarca , Chaco  and Corrientes . 21,722,818 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  11(a)  to (f)) MAGyP Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigating the social 
vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal communities 
in the provinces of Corrientes , Chaco , Misiones , Catamarca , Jujuy , 
Tucumán , Córdoba , Mendoza , Entre Ríos , Santiago del Estero , San Juan , 
La Rioja , Neuquén , Río Negro , Chubut , Santa  Cruz and Buenos Aires, as 
well as at national level . Support for project management, training 
activities with a view to improving and diversifying existing farms, and 
facilitation of t echnological progress in small production units . 39,012,744 Rural Development 
Project for the North -
Western Argentine 
Provinces, PRODERNOA 
(MAGyP) / Development 
Project for Small -Scale 
Agricultural Producers , 
PROINDER (MAGyP) / 
Development 
Programme for Ru ral 
Areas, PRODEAR 
(MAGyP) / Rural 
Development Project for 
Patagonia, PRODERPA 
(MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production activities 
to remedy objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages . 
Construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, processing 
and storage, land improvement, and assistance for farm  modernization . 60,329,393 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Notes : 
 
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries  
DNPAyF : National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Production  
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Table DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTIN A 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010 -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 ) 
(1992 pesos ) Product -specifi c measurements 
of support (from  Supporting 
Table  DS:8  below ) 
(1992 pesos ) Current total AMS  
(aggregate ) 
 
(1992 pesos ) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco   74,012,671 74,012,671 
Meat of swine  297,330  "de minimis"  
Poultry meat  356,690  "de minimis"  
Meat of bovine animals  12,588,298  "de minimis"  
Milk 4,375,991  "de minimis"  
Wheat  4,160,502  "de minimis"  
Pears  7,477  "de minimis"  
Apples  7,477  "de minimis"  
Wine 13,093,912  "de minimis"  
Current total AMS    74,012,671   
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"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION  
AGRICULTURAL YEAR  2010 -2011  
Product  Product -specific AMS   
(1992 pesos)  Gross value of production  
(1992 pesos)  AMS/Production value  
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine  297,330 484,407,210 0.06% 
Poultry meat  356,690 2,698,047,793 0.01% 
Meat of bovine animals  12,588,298 11,398,932,566 0.11% 
Milk 4,375,991 4,124,355,822 0.11% 
Wheat  4,160,502 2,794,258,744 0.15% 
Pears  7,477 100,067,898 0.01% 
Apples  7,477 161,571,699 0.005%  
Wine 13,093,912 4,548,978,707 0.29%   
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Supporting Table DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010 -2011 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning…  Measure type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 
pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price  
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data   
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Meat of 
swine  1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  297,330   297,330   297,330 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Poultry 
meat 1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  356,690   356,690   356,690 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals  1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  12,588,298   12,588,298   12,588,298 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning…  Measure type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 
pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price  
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data   
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Milk 1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  4,375,991   4,375,991   4,375,991 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wheat  1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  4,160,502   4,160,502   4,160,502 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Pears  1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy progra mme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  7,477   7,477   7,477 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Apples  1 December 
2010 Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  7,477   7,477   7,477 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wine 1 December 
2010 Assistance 
Programme for the 
Argentine Wine 
Value Chain  13,075,061   13,075,061   13,075,061 MAGyP 
(Secretariat  
of Rural 
Development ) 
Interest -rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  18,852   18,852   18,852 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Supporting Table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2010 -2011 
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning  
... Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
(1992 
pesos/kg)  Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(tonnes)  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
(1992 
pesos)  Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  Other 
product -
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment  
(1992 
pesos)  Data 
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9 -10) 12 
Tobacco  1 
December 
2010 
 
to 
 
30 
November 
2011 Payment 
per unit  0.55 135,241 74,012,671 74,012,671 - - - 74,012,671 Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries / 
Annual 
reports of 
the 
Conversion 
programme 
for tobacco -
growing 
areas (PRAT)  
   
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Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 -2012 
Current Total Ag gregate 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 
75,021,292 1992 p esos 74,324,554 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 -2012 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value o f 
measure in year  
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services   
Research     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Development of new technologies for production in Misiones , Jujuy 
and Tucumán . 840,052 DNPAyF  (MAGyP)  
 INTA Basic research and technological innovation programme . 51,119,212 INTA (MAGyP)  
Pest and disease control     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service  Plant protection . 35,983,381 SENASA  
 Agriculture and food safety and qua lity (formerly Agriculture and food 
control ). Agro-chemicals, veterinary products and food (formerly Approval 
of agro -chemicals and pharmacological products ). Laboratory services . 99,775,428 SENASA  
 Animal health . 84,834,736 SENASA  
Training services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and producers . 3,616,268 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value o f 
measure in year  
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Extension and advisory services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(d)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Advice and technical assistance for producers  for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization . 1,580,056 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 INTA Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT) 
programme . This includes the Federal Support Programme for 
Sustainable Rural Development,  PROFEDER (with the following 
strategies : Rural Change, ProFam (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food security), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the 
management of innovation proces ses in relation to research, 
education and technology transfer.  267,361,948 INTA (MAGyP)  
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca , Chaco , Corrientes , Jujuy , 
Misiones , Salta and Tucumán. 4,323,783 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 INV Control of the genuineness of wine products and alcohols . This 
programme ensures technical control of the wine industry and of 
production of and trade in wine products, as well as monitoring of the 
production, circulatio n, fractionation and marketing of ethyl and 
methyl alcohol, with a view to protecting the community in relation to 
the genuineness of wine products and alcoholic beverages and their 
fitness for consumption . 29,808,199 INV (MAGyP)  
Infrastructural services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Installation of an anti -hail rocket system . 2,200,722 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Civil engineering work and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones , Salta, Tucumán  and Chaco . 17,238,499 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Environmental sanitation . 14,812,235 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 MAGyP  Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chaco , Chubut , Mendoza , Neuquén , Tucumán , Catamarc a, Córdoba , 
Entre R íos, Jujuy , La Rioja , Misiones , Salta and San Juan . Minor 
building projects and water - and soil -quality studies . 105,294,969 Provincial Agricultural 
Services Programme , 
PROSAP (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value o f 
measure in year  
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Other      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2, 
Other services ) Special Fund for Tobacco  Regularization of land tenure in the province of Misiones in favour of 
producer -occupiers . 219,732 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Direct payments to producers    
(Annex 2,  
paragraph 5) Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for the purchase of climate r isk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers . 21,508,818 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Support Programme for 
Small and Medium -Sized 
Producers  The aim of the programme is to provide support for small and  medium -
sized rural producers, in view of the signi ficant role they play in the 
country's regional rural economies . The main beneficiaries are associations 
of small and medium -sized rural producers that are registered with the 
MAGyP, and provincial government, local government, municipal and 
communal organ izations that implement public agricultural policy . Funds 
are earmarked for projects related to improvement of the rural 
infrastructure and environment, strengthening of organizations and 
cooperatives, research and technical assistance,  inter alia . 61,915,445 MAGyP  
 Rural Development and 
Integration Programme  The programme seeks to promote the economic, social, political and 
cultural integration of family farmers, small and medium -sized 
producers and indigenous communities, with due regard to gender 
and generational equity, and is implemented in a framework of 
cooperation, coordination and complementarity with other public 
rural development policy actors . 10,132,418 MAGyP  
Decoupled income support  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  6(a) to (e))  Agricultural Social 
Progra mme The programme benefits smallholders (minifundistas ) in 21 Argentine 
provinces through financial and technical assistance and training . 
The eligibility requirements include : having a monthly income level not 
exceeding twice the rural agricultural worker 's wage, not employing 
any labour, living on the farm, and having working capital not 
exceeding $20,000 . Smallholders who have formed a grouping may 
submit production projects for a maximum of $1,200 per family and 
$200 in the case of on -farm consumption p rojects . The programme 
also finances technical assistance provided by independent institutions 
or experts for a period of not more than three years . Upon receipt of 
the funds, beneficiary families undertake to repay them to a provincial 
revolving fund, whi ch is used to finance new projects . 2,895,927 MAGyP    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value o f 
measure in year  
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for producers' families to finance medical, health, biochemical 
and dental services (measure benefiting over 110,000  people ). 16,442,814 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund  for Tobacco  Support for trade association activities . 1,215,461 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Social welfare for producers in the provinces of Catamarca  and Corrientes . 4,012,619 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Payments for relief from natural disasters  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  8(a) to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 26,509 Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, 
hail and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of 
Corrientes , Santa Fe , Neuquén , Buenos Aires , Entre Ríos , Río Negro  
and Córdoba . 20,127,445 MAGyP  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and 
rainfall in the province of Catamarca . 726,900 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investme nt aids  
(Annex 2, paragraph 
11(a)  to (f)) MAGyP  Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigating the social 
vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal 
communities in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, 
Catamarca, Ju juy, Salta, Tucumán, Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, 
Entre  Ríos, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, La Rioja, Neuquén, 
Santa  Cruz, Rio Negro  and Buenos Aires, as well as at national level. 
Support for project management, training activities with a view to 
improving and diversifying existing farms, and facilitation of 
technological progress in small production units . 14,603,679 Rural Development 
Project for the North -
Western Argentine 
Provinces, PRODERNOA 
(MAGyP) / Development 
Programme for Rural 
Areas, PRODEAR 
(MAGyP ) / Rural 
Development Project for 
Patagonia, PRODERPA 
(MAGyP) / Programme to 
Increase the 
Competitiveness of the 
Sugar Industry , PROICSA 
(MAGyP) / Inclusive 
Rural Development 
Programme, PRODERI 
(MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value o f 
measure in year  
in question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for the financia l or physical restructuring of production activities 
to remedy objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages . 
Construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, processing 
and storage, land improvement, and assistance for farm  modernization . 80,469,858 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Notes : 
 
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries  
DNPAyF : National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Production  
INTA: National Institute of A gricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Table DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 -2012 
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 ) 
 
(1992 pesos ) Product -specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting 
Table  DS:8  below ) 
 
(1992 pesos ) Current total AMS (aggregate ) 
 
 
 
(1992 pesos ) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco   74,324,554 74,324,554 
Meat of swine  1,073,639  "de minimis"  
Poultry meat  185,666  "de minimis"  
Meat of bovine animals  21,948,812  "de minimis"  
Milk 5,244,097  "de minimis"  
Wheat  3,245,621  "de minimis"  
Pears  66,447  "de minimis"  
Apples  66,447  "de m inimis"  
Wine 9,007,999  "de minimis"  
Cereal and oilseed crops  152,692  "de minimis"  
Current total AMS    74,324,554 
   
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"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION  
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2011 -2012  
Product  Product -specific AMS  
(1992 pesos)  Gross value of production  
(1992 pesos)  AMS/Production value  
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine  1,073,639 597,746,427 0.18% 
Poultry meat  185,666 2,715,989,528 0.01% 
Meat of bovine animals  21,948,812 11,480,849,501 0.19% 
Milk 5,244,097 3,838,655,695 0.14% 
Wheat  3,245,621 2,161,081,789 0.15% 
Pears 66,447 136,471,493 0.05% 
Apples  66,447 195,685,215 0.03% 
Wine 9,007,999 4,810,607,590 0.19% 
Cereal and oilseed crops  152,692 28,427,136,905 0.001%  
   
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Supporting Table DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 -2012 
Product -Specific Aggreg ate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning
… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 p esos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data   
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Meat of 
swine  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  1,073,639   1,073,639   1,073,639 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Director ate) 
Poultry 
meat 1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  185,666   185,666   185,666 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small-
scale agricultural 
producers  21,948,812   21,948,812   21,948,812 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning
… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 p esos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data   
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Milk 1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  5,244,097   5,244,097   5,244,097 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wheat  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  3,245,621   3,245,621   3,245,621 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Pears  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  66,447   66,447   66,447 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Apples  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  66,447   66,447   66,447 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning
… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 p esos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data   
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Wine 1 December 
2011 Assistance 
Programme for 
the Argentine 
Wine Value 
Chain  8,914,656    8,914,656    8,914,656  MAGyP 
(Secretariat 
of Rural 
Development)  
Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  93,343    93,343    93,343  MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate)  
Cereal and 
oilseed 
crops  1 December 
2011 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  152,692   152,692   152,692 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Supporting Table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011-2012 
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning  
... Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
(1992 
pesos/kg)  Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(tonnes)  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
(1992 
pesos)  Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  Other 
product -
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commi tment  
(1992 
pesos)  Data 
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9 -10) 12 
Tobacco  1  
December 
2011 
 
to  
 
30 
November 
2012 Payment 
per unit  0.64 115,333 74,324,554 74,324,554 - - - 74,324,554 Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries / 
Annual 
reports  of 
the 
Conversion 
programme 
for 
tobacco -
growing 
areas 
(PRAT)  
   
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Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 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 
75,021,292 1992 pesos  72,434,689 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 -2013 
Measures Ex empt 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  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services   
Research     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Development of new technologies for production in Salta, Chaco , 
Misiones , Jujuy  and Tucumán . 1,870,004 DNPAyF  (MAGyP)  
 INTA Basic research and technological innovation programme . 52,933,058 INTA (MAGyP)  
Pest and di sease control     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service  Plant protection . 47,496,792 SENASA  
 Agriculture and food safety and quality  (formerly Agriculture and food 
control ). Agro-chemicals, veterinary products and food ( formerly Approval 
of agro -chemicals and pharmacological products ). Laboratory services . 102,938,959 SENASA  
 Animal health . 55,191,117 SENASA  
Training services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and prod ucers . 2,315,995 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Extension and advisory services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(d)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization . 589,557 DNPAyF (M AGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 INTA Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT) 
programme . This includes the Federal Support Programme for 
Sustainable Rural Development, PROFEDER (with the following 
strategies : Rural Change, ProFam (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food security), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the 
management of innovation processes in relation to research, education 
and technology transfer . 297,442,506 INTA (MAGyP)  
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, 
Jujuy, Salta  and Tucumán . 2,671,656 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 INV Control of the genuineness of wine products and alcohols . This 
programme ensures technical control of the wine industry and of 
production of and trade in wine products, as well as monitoring of the 
production, circulation, fractionation and marketing of ethyl and 
methyl alcohol, with a view to protecting the community in relation to 
the genuineness of wine products and alcoholic beverages and their 
fitness for consumption . 33,776,393 INV (MAGyP)  
Infrastructural services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Civil engineering work and improvement of the ef fluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones, Salta, Tucumán  and Misiones . 10,529,913 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Environmental sanitation . 1,540,813 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 MAGyP  Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the prov inces of 
Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Catamarca, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, 
La Rioja, Misiones, Salta  and San Juan , Minor building projects and 
water - and soil -quality studies . 50,152,911 Provincial Agricultural 
Services Programme , 
PROSAP (MAGyP)  
Direct pay ments to producers    
(Annex 2, paragraph 5) Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for the purchase of climate risk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers . 35,251,987 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 Support Programme for 
Small and Medium -Sized 
Producers  The aim of the programme is to provide support for small and  
medium -sized rural producers, in view of the significant role they play 
in the country's regional rural economies . The main beneficiaries are 
associations of small and medium -sized rural producers t hat are 
registered with the MAGyP, and provincial government, local 
government, municipal and communal organizations that implement 
public agricultural policy . Funds are earmarked for projects related to 
improvement of the rural infrastructure and environm ent, 
strengthening of organizations and cooperatives, research and 
technical assistance,  inter alia . 51,526,195 MAGyP  
 Rural Development and 
Integration Programme  The programme seeks to promote the economic, social, political and 
cultural integration of f amily farmers, small and medium -sized 
producers and indigenous communities, with due regard to gender 
and generational equity, and is implemented in a framework of 
cooperation, coordination and complementarity with other public rural 
development policy act ors. It should be noted that , as of 2013, this 
programme  receives funds from the Agricultural Social Programme . 8,031,688 MAGyP  
Decoupled income support     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  6(a) to (e))  Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for producers' families to fi nance medical, health, biochemical 
and dental services (measure benefiting over 110,000 people ). 25,035,477 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for trade association activities . 26,278,322 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Social welf are for producers in the provinces of Catamarca, Chaco, 
Corrientes, Salta  and Jujuy . 42,725,257 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Payments for relief from natural disasters  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  8(a) to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 26,509 Support for produc ers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail 
and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of La Rioja, Río  
Negro, Formosa, Santa  Fe, Mendoza, San Juan  and Chubut . 28,716,216 MAGyP  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for producers who suffe red damage from flooding and rainfall 
in the province of Catamarca . 22,527 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  11(a)  to (f)) MAGyP  Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigati ng the social 
vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal 
communities in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, Jujuy, 
Salta, Tucumán, Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre  Ríos, 
Santiago  del Estero, San Juan, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Río  Negro and 
Buenos Aires, as well as at national level. Support for project 
management, training activities with a view to improving and 
diversifying existing farms, and facilitation of technological progress in 
small production units . 31,702,812 Rural Developm ent and 
Family Farming 
Programme , PRODAF 
(MAGyP) / 
Development 
Programme for Rural 
Areas, PRODEAR 
(MAGyP) / Rural 
Development Project 
for Patagonia, 
PRODERPA (MAGyP) / 
Programme to Increase 
the Competitiveness of 
the Sugar Industry , 
PROICSA (MAGyP) / 
Inclusive Rural 
Development 
Programme, PRODERI 
(MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production 
activities to remedy objectively demonstrated structural 
disadvantages . Construction of centres, provision of supplementary 
equipment, processing and storage, land improvement, and 
assistance for farm  modernization . 96,693,674 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Notes : 
 
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fish eries 
DNPAyF : National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Production  
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Table DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 -2013 
Calcula tion 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 ) 
(1992 pesos ) Product -specific measurements of 
support (from Suppo rting 
Table  DS:8  below ) 
(1992 pesos ) Current total AMS  
(aggregate ) 
 
(1992 pesos ) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco   72,434,689 72,434,689 
Meat of swine  1,346,506  "de minimis"  
Poultry meat  85,135  "de minimis"  
Meat of bovine animals  19,342,345  "de minimis"  
Milk 3,358,085  "de minimis"  
Wheat  81,282  "de minimis"  
Pears  125,255  "de minimis"  
Apples  125,255  "de minimis"  
Wine 6,166,117  "de minimis"  
Cereal and oilseed crops  1,101,056  "de minimis"  
Current total AMS    72,434,689 
   
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"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION  
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2012 -2013  
Product  Product -specific AMS  
(1992 pesos)  Gross value of production  
(1992 pesos)  AMS/Production value  
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine  1,346,506 576,811,690 0.23% 
Poultry meat   85,135 2,854,226,733 0.003%  
Meat of bovine animals  19,342,345 11,224,106,560 0.17% 
Milk 3,358,085 4,110,285,277 0.08% 
Wheat  81,282 3,410,376,909 0.00% 
Pears  125,255 134,703,487 0.09% 
Apples  125,255 181,054,826 0.07% 
Wine 6,166,117 5,109,108,125 0.12% 
Cereal and oilseed crops  1,101,056 32,270,726,302 0.003%  
   
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Supporting Table DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 -2013 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginnin g… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
(1992 
pesos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Meat of swine  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  1,346,506   1,346,506   1,346,506 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Poultry meat  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  85,135   85,135   85,135 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  19,342,345   19,342,345   19,342,345 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginnin g… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
(1992 
pesos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Milk 1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  3,358,085   3,358,085   3,358,085 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wheat  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  81,282   81,282   81,282 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directo rate) 
Pears  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  125,255   125,255   125,255 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Apples  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultur al 
producers  125,255   125,255   125,255 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginnin g… Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
(1992 
pesos)  Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Wine 1 December 
2012 Assistance 
Programme for 
the Argentine 
Wine Value 
Chain  6,039,080   6,039,080   6,039,080 MAGyP 
(Secretariat of 
Rural 
Development ) 
Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programm e for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  127,038   127,038   127,038 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Cereal and 
oilseed crops  1 December 
2012 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale agricultural 
producers  1,101,056   1,101,056   1,101,056 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Supporting Table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 -2013 
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning  
... Measure 
type(s)  Applie d 
administered 
price  
 
 
(1992 
pesos/kg)  Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
(tonnes)  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
(1992 
pesos)  Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct  
payments  Other 
product -
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment  
(1992 
pesos)  Data 
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9 -10) 12 
Tobacco  1 
December 
2012  
 
to  
 
30 
November 
2013 Payment 
per unit  0.64 112,347 72,434,689 72,434,689 - - - 72,434,689 Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries / 
Annual 
reports 
of the 
Conversion 
programme 
for tobacco -
growing 
areas 
(PRAT)  
   
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Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 -2014 
Current Total Aggre gate 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 
75,021,292 1992 peso s 74,173,170 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 -2014 
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  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services   
Research     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Development of new technologies for production in Chaco . 157,652 DNPAyF (MAGyP ) 
 INTA Basic research and techn ological innovation programme . 42,243,369 INTA (MAGyP)  
Pest and disease control     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service  Plant protection . 34,043,114 SENASA  
 Agriculture and food safety and quality  (formerly Agricultur e and food 
control ). Agro-chemicals, veterinary products and food (formerly Approval 
of agro -chemicals and pharmacological products ). Laboratory services . 88,563,582 SENASA  
 Animal health . 50,554,698 SENASA  
Training services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and producers . 929,476 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Extension and advisory services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(d)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization . 10,668,923 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 INTA Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT) 
programme . This includes the Federal Support Programme for 
Sustainable Rural Development, PROFEDER (with the follow ing 
strategies : Rural Change, ProFam (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food security), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the 
management of innovation processes in relation to researc h, education 
and technology transfer . 255,058,218 INTA (MAGyP)  
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy, 
Misiones, Salta  and Tucumán . 5,309,036 DNPAyF (MAG yP) 
 INV Control of the genuineness of wine products and alcohols . This 
programme ensures technical control of the wine industry and of 
production of and trade in wine products, as well as monitoring of the 
production, circulation, fractionation and marke ting of ethyl and methyl 
alcohol , with a view to protecting the community in relation to the 
genuineness of wine products and alcoholic beverages and their fitness 
for consumption . 27,522,726 INV (MAGyP)  
Infrastructural services     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Installation of an anti -hail rocket system . 1,604,293 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Civil engineering work and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Catamarca, Chaco, Jujuy, Misiones, Salt a 
and Tucumán . 3,799,294 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Environmental sanitation . 12,116,443 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 MAGyP  Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Catamarca, Córdoba, Jujuy, Entre Ríos, 
Misiones, Salta  and San Juan . Minor building projects and water - and 
soil-quality studies . 65,639,395 Provincial Agricultural 
Services Programme , 
PROSAP (MAGyP)  
Other      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2, 
Other services ) Special Fund for Tobacco  Regularizatio n of land tenure in the province of Misiones in favour of 
producer -occupiers . 7,276,255 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Direct payments to producers    
(Annex 2, paragraph 5) Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for the purchase of climate risk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers . 17,482,536 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Support Programme for 
Small and Medium -Sized 
Producers  The aim of the programme is to provide support for small and  medium -
sized rural producers, in view of the significant role they play in the 
countr y's regional rural economies . The main beneficiaries are 
associations of small and medium -sized rural producers that are 
registered with the MAGyP, and provincial government, local 
government, municipal and communal organizations that implement 
public agri cultural policy . Funds are earmarked for projects related to 
improvement of the rural infrastructure and environment, 
strengthening of organizations and cooperatives, research and 
technical assistance,  inter alia . 26,900,216 MAGyP  
 Rural Development and 
Integration Programme  The programme seeks to promote the economic, social, political and 
cultural integration of family farmers , small and medium -sized 
producers  and indigenous communities , with due regard to  gender and 
generational equity, and is implement ed in a framework of cooperation, 
coordination and complementarity with other  public rural development 
policy actors . 5,760,562 MAGyP  
Decoupled income support     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  6(a) to (e))  Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for producers' families  to finance medical, health, biochemical 
and dental services (measure benefiting over 110,000  people ). 25,063,464 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for trade association activities . 11,813,260 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Social welfare for producers in the provinces of Corrientes, Salta  and Jujuy. 18,763,475 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Payments for relief from natural disasters  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  8(a) to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme,  
Law No. 26,509 Support for producers who suf fered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail 
and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of Tucumán, 
La Rioja, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Formosa, 
Neuqu én, La Pampa, Mendoza, Salta  and Santiago del Estero . 30,180,867 MAGyP  
 Speci al Fund for Tobacco  Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall 
in the province of Tucumán . 862,567 DNPAyF (MAGyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  11(a)  to (f)) MAGyP  Technica l and financial assistance with a view to mitigating the social 
vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal 
communities in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, Jujuy, 
Salta, Tucumán, Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre  Ríos, Santiago del 
Estero, San Juan, Neuquén, Santa Cruz, Río  Negro, Catamarca, 
La Rioja and Buenos  Aires, as well as at national level . Support for 
project management, training activities with a view to improving and 
diversifying existing farms, and facilitation of tech nological progress in 
small production units . 31,403,193 Rural Development and 
Family Farming 
Programme , PRODAF 
(MAGyP) / Development 
Programme for Rural 
Areas, PRODEAR 
(MAGyP) / Rural 
Development Project for 
Patagonia, PRODERPA 
(MAGyP)  / Programme 
to Incr ease the 
Competitiveness of the 
Sugar Industry , 
PROICSA (MAGyP) /  
Inclusive Rural 
Development 
Programme, PRODERI 
(MAGyP)  
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production 
activities to remedy objectively demons trated structural disadvantages . 
Construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, 
processing and storage, land improvement, and assistance for farm  
modernization . 74,601,010 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Notes : 
 
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health  and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries  
DNPAyF : National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Production  
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Tab le DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 -2014 
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 b elow ) 
(1992 pesos ) Product -specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting 
Table  DS:8  below ) 
(1992 pesos ) Current total AMS  
(aggregate ) 
 
(1992 pesos ) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco   74,173,170 74,173,170 
Meat of swine  965,491  "de minimis"  
Poultry meat  14,385  "de minimis"  
Meat of bovine animals  9,558,739  "de minimis"  
Milk 1,780,958  "de minimis"  
Wheat  602,290  "de minimis"  
Pears  68,908  "de minimis"  
Apples  68,908  "de minimis"  
Wine 4,556,773  "de minimis"  
Cereal and oilseed crops  1,440,915  "de minimis"  
Current total AMS  
  74,173,170 
   
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"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION  
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013 -2014  
Product  Product -specific AMS  
(1992 pesos)  Gross value of production  
(1992 pesos)  AMS/Production value  
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine  965,491 574,226,525 0.17% 
Poultry m eat 14,385 2,679,661,470 0.001%  
Meat of bovine animals  9,558,739 11,353,837,220 0.08% 
Milk 1,780,958 4,005,243,065 0.04% 
Wheat  602,290 2,033,821,523 0.03% 
Pears  68,908 124,628,630 0.06% 
Apples  68,908 138,572,916 0.05% 
Wine 4,556,773 4,189,222,763 0.11% 
Cereal and oilseed crops  1,440,915 30,817,046,026 0.005%  
   
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Supporting Table DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 -2014 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning…  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total 
other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Total 
AMS 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Meat of 
swine  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  965,491   965,491   965,491 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Poultry 
meat 1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricu ltural 
producers  14,385   14,385   14,385 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning…  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total 
other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Total 
AMS 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  9,558,739   9,558,739   9,558,739 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Milk 1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  1,780,958   1,780,958   1,780,958 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wheat  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  602,290   602,290   602,290 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Pears  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  68,908   68,908   68,908 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate )   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning…  Measure 
type(s)  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Other 
product -
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(1992 pesos)  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Total 
other 
product -
specific 
support  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
 
(1992 pesos)  Total 
AMS 
 
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data  
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Apples  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  68,908   68,908   68,908 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wine 1 December 
2013 Assistance 
Programme for 
the Argentine 
Wine Value 
Chain  4,487,024    4,487,024    4,487,024  MAGyP 
(Secretariat of 
Rural 
Development)  
Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  69,749    69,749    69,749  MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate)  
Cereal and 
oilseed 
crops  1 December 
2013 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme for 
loans to small -
scale 
agricultural 
producers  1,440,915   1,440,915   1,440,915 MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 -2014 
Product -Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support  
Description 
of basic 
product  Calendar/  
marketing 
year 
beginning  
... Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
(1992 
pesos/kg)  Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price  
 
(tonnes)  Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
 
(1992 pesos)  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments  Other 
product -
specific 
support  Associated 
fees/levies  Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment  
 
(1992 
pesos)  Data 
source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9 -10) 12 
Tobacco  1 December 
2013 
 
to  
 
30 November 
2014 Payment 
per unit  0.58 127,085 74,173,170 74,173,170 - - - 74,173,170 Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries  / 
Annual 
reports of 
the 
Conversion 
programme 
for 
tobacco -
growing 
areas 
(PRAT)  
 
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