G/AG/N/CHL/43  
6 August 2014  
(14-4585)  Page: 1/15  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 29 July 2014, is be ing circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Chile . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the relevant 
supporting tables) for 2012 and 2013 . 
 
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 The existing domestic agricultural support measures applied by Chile are those listed in the attached supporting tables. 
   
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
 
(Ch$ million) Current total AMS 
 
(Ch$ million) 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
- - "de minimis"* 
*See Supporting Table DS:4.   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 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 of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
2.2 General services    
(a) Research Agricultural research 
Partial financing for innovation projects; technological applications; innovation support information.  8,066,581 Foundation for Agricultural 
Innovation (FIA)  
 Research and development centres 
Generation, adaptation and dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge and products that contribute to  the sustainable (social, economic and 
environmental) development of the compet itiveness of the various agricultural 
sector actors.  12,977,640 Agricultural Research 
Institute (INIA) 
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture 
Technical Advisory Service (SAT): desi gned to build up and strengthen 
production and business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , production, 
use of technologies, and management.   33,176,450 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
 Support for organizations (PRODES: Fund for Organizational Development 
Projects): support for organizational development and entrepreneurial 
and organizational capaci ty building (management,  training, leadership 
and business development).     
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Business management centre for small producers (CEGE): provision of direct 
technical and economic (accounting, fiscal, legal and strategic) 
advisory services.     
 Development promotion services (PRO DESAL and PRODECOP): support for the 
contracting of technical advisory serv ices to improve productivity and the 
environmental situation and to raise partnership levels. 
   
 Training and education for women in rural areas : about 3,000 women are 
attending technical training, personal training, management training and organizational development workshops.  1,608,562 
 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) and the Foundation for the Advancement and Development of Women (PRODEMU)  
 Quality promotion : support for enterprises in achieving better quality and 
greater productivity through specialized quality management consulting services.  43,620 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO)  
(d) Extension and advisory services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT) : advice for small and medium-sized 
agricultural producers on contracting co nsultancy services, thus facilitating 
access to external and specialized technical assistance services; and 
 Irrigation and Energy Efficien cy Pre-Investment Programmes 
(PIR and PIEE) : support for the contracting of advisory services to design 
irrigation projects.  4,871,979 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
(e) Inspection services for 
sanitary, safety, etc. purposes Agricultural Protection : protection, maintenance and improvement of plant 
and animal health and surveillance of th e health status of plants and animals 
and the sanitary condition of plant and animal products, byproducts and 
derivatives which may cause or carry diseases or pests that could impair this resource. 45,386,594 
 Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG)   
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- 5 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(f) Marketing and promotion 
services Promotion Programme (PROFO) : scheme for the paymen t of incentives to 
encourage business modernization thro ugh the association of similar or 
complementary enterprises established in the same area.  
 2,641,288 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP) : support for the assessment, 
preparation and development of business  projects with a view to improving 
supplier quality and productivity. 
 3,027,644 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
 
(g) Infrastructure services  Law No. 18.450 : promotion of private investment  in irrigation and drainage 
works, as a means of encouraging the construction of small-scale hydraulic 
works for agricultural use.  12,754,104 
 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 Irrigation for sm all-scale farming : support for the diversification and greater 
productivity of small-scale farming by  introducing, improving and expanding 
irrigation.  4,216,309 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
2.5 Direct payments to 
producers Agricultural insurance : instrument that allows the agricultural sector to 
protect itself against economic losses  resulting from natu ral disasters. It 
provides for support towards or the part ial financing of the insurance premium. 
 3,366,357 
 Agricultural Insurance 
Committee (COMSA) 
 
2.8 Disaster relief payments Agricultural Emergency Fund : assistance for the agricult ural sector to offset 
the adverse effects of climatic events. 15,000 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
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 of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture Investment incentive 
 16,354,208 
 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 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) 
 
(Ch$ million) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 below) 45,114  45,114 " de minimis"1 
 
¹Total value of 2012 agricultural production : Ch$6,849,632 million (provisional figure). 
Source: Estimated by ODEPA on the basis of da ta provided by the Central Bank of Chile.   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Year 201 2 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(Ch$ million) Other non-product-
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation 
  29,251 
   29,251 
 Agricultural Development Institute 
(INDAP)/ 
Agriculture and Livestock Service 
(SAG) 
 
Irrigation Law No. 18.450   15,863   15,863 National Irrigation Commission 
(CNR) 
TOTAL     45,114  
   
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- 9 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
 
(Ch$ million) Current total AMS 
 
(Ch$ million) 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
- - "de minimis"* 
*See Supporting Table DS:4.   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
2.2 General services    
(a) Research Agricultural research 
Partial financing for innovation projects; 
technological applications; innovation support information.  9,379,671 
 Foundation for Agricultural 
Innovation (FIA) 
 
 Research and development centres  
Generation, adaptation and dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge and products that contribute to  the sustainable (social, economic and 
environmental) development of the compet itiveness of the various agricultural 
sector actors.  14,383,647 Agricultural Research 
Institute (INIA) 
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture 
Technical Advisory Service (SAT): desi gned to build up and strengthen 
production and business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , production, 
use of technologies, and management.   43,054,884 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
 Support for organizations (PRODES: Fund for Organizational Development 
Projects): support for organizational development and entrepreneurial and 
organizational capacity bu ilding (management, traini ng, leadership and business 
development).     
  G/AG/N/CHL/43  
- 11 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Business management centre for small producers (CEGE): provision of direct 
technical and economic (accounting, fiscal, legal and strategic) advisory 
services.     
 Development promotion services (PRO DESAL and PRODECOP): support for the 
contracting of technical advisory serv ices to improve productivity and the 
environmental situation and to raise partnership levels. 
   
 Training and education for women in rural areas : about 3,000 women are 
attending technical training, personal training, management training and organizational development workshops. 1,326,148 
 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) and the Foundation for the Advancement and Development of Women (PRODEMU)  
 Quality promotion : support for enterprises in achieving better quality and 
greater productivity through specialized quality management consulting services.  15,258 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO)  
(d) Extension and advisory services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT) : advice for small and medium-sized 
agricultural producers on contracting co nsultancy services, thus facilitating 
access to external and specialized technical assistance services; and 
 Irrigation and Energy Efficiency Pre-Investment Programmes (PIR and 
PIEE) : support for the contracting of adviso ry services to design irrigation 
projects.  5,214,827 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
(e) Inspection services for sanitary, safety, etc. purposes Agricultural Protection : protection, maintenance and improvement of plant 
and animal health and surveillance of th e health status of plants and animals 
and the sanitary condition of plant and animal products, byproducts and 
derivatives which may cause or carry diseases or pests that could impair this resource. 48,239,285 Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG)   
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- 12 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria 
in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(f) Marketing and promotion 
services Promotion Programme (PROFO) : scheme for the paymen t of incentives to 
encourage business modernization thro ugh the association of similar or 
complementary enterprises established in the same area.  
 2,180,472 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP) : support for the assessment, 
preparation and development of business  projects with a view to improving 
supplier quality and productivity. 
 2,473,972 
 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture/ 
Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
 
(g) Infrastructure services  Law No. 18.450 : promotion of private investment  in irrigation and drainage 
works, as a means of encouraging the construction of small-scale hydraulic 
works for agricultural use.  15,114,289 
 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR)  
 Irrigation for sm all-scale farming : support for the diversification and greater 
productivity of small-scale farming by  introducing, improving and expanding 
irrigation.  3,648,949 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
2.5 Direct payments to producers Agricultural insurance : instrument that allows the agricultural sector to 
protect itself against economic losses  resulting from natu ral disasters. It 
provides for support towards or the part ial financing of the insurance premium. 
 3,873,460 
 Agricultural Insurance 
Committee (COMSA)  
2.8 Disaster relief payments Agricultural Emergency Fund : assistance for the agricu ltural sector to offset 
the adverse effects of climatic events. 2,150,526 Vice-Ministry of Agriculture 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.   
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- 13 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 
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 of measure 
in year in question 
 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture  Investment incentive 
 
 15,099,260 
 Agricultural 
Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.   
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- 14 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables  
DS:5 to DS:7 below)  
 
(Ch$ million) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below) 48,159  48,159 " de minimis"1 
 
¹Total value of 2013 agricultural production : Ch$7,329,106 million (provisional figure). 
Source: Estimated by ODEPA on the basis of da ta provided by the Central Bank of Chile.   
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- 15 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2013 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Year 2013 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(Ch$ million) Other non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation 
  30,715 
   30,715 
 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP)/ 
Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
 
Irrigation Law No. 18.450  17,444   17,444 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 
TOTAL     48,159  
 
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