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G/AG/N/UKR/13 
19 October 2012 
 (12-5661) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 9 October 2012 is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Ukraine .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2010 .  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
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 
3,043.4 Hrv million 2,180.5 
 
 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
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 
 
(Hrv million) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 General research and development and product-
specific research programmes, Annex 2, para. 2(a)  139.2 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and in the Ukrainian Academy of 
Agrarian Sciences 
 Rural infrastructure development:  water pipelines, 
sewerage systems and facilities, gas and power supply 
networks, roads, territorial planning, Annex 2, 
para. 2(g) 51.0 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy 
 Agricultural plant pest an d animal disease control, 
Annex 2, para. 2(b) 138.8 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy 
 Experience dissemination and advisory services, 
including provision of means to facilitate transfer of 
information and research results to producers and 
consumers, Annex 2, para. 2(d) 2.4 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy 
 General inspection and specific product inspection 
services for purposes of hea lth care, safety, grading or 
standardization, Annex 2, para. 2( е) 1,202.6 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy, in the State Department for 
Veterinary Medicine 
 Training, re-training and advanced training of experts 
and workers in production and social spheres of rural areas, Annex 2, para. 2(c) 1,561.1 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy, State Committee on Land and the 
Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences  
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Page 4 Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(Hrv million) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 Product marketing and promotion services, Annex 2, 
para. 2(f) 49.0 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy 
 Land reform:  land market development, new 
legislation, land registry, cadastral survey, land titling, 
land quality defining  8.8 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 
(b) Public stockholding 
for food security 
purposes  199.3 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy 
(c) Environmental 
programmes  174.8 Report on performance of institution expenditure 
statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy, Ministry of Forestry and State 
Committee for Water Management 
TOTAL GREEN BOX  3,526.9  
  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Value of 
agricultural 
production 
2010 
 
(Hrv million) De minimis 5% of value of 
agricultural production 
 
 
 
(Hrv million) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
 
(Hrv million) Product-specific 
measurements of 
support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Non-Product-specific 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below) Current 
Total AMS 
 
 
(Hrv 
million) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 
Wheat  17,112.8 855.5 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Barley  7,810.4 390.5 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Rye 367.1 18.4 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Maize  13,687.4 684.4 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Millet  121.3 6.1 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Oats 351.6 17.6 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Buckwheat  522.8 26.1 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Pulses  781.9 39.1 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Rice 347.7 17.4 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Sugar beets  6,313.6 315.7 2,047.7 0.0  2,047.7 
Hops 27.5 1.4 26.0 0.0  26.0 
Long-fibred flax 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.0  0.5 
Rape 3,703.6 185.2 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Soya 4,108.9 205.4 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Fruits and berries 5,052.6 252.6 250.0 0.0  de minimis  
Grape 1,278.7 63.9 106.3 0.0  106.3 
Potatoes 18,760.9 938.0 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Cattle 6,406.3 320.3 301.9 0.0  de minimis  
Pigs 11,215.3 560.8 103.6 0.0  de minimis  
Poultry 13,347.1 667.4 16.0 0.0  de minimis   
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Page 6 Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Value of 
agricultural 
production 
2010 
 
(Hrv million) De minimis 5% of value of 
agricultural production 
 
 
 
(Hrv million) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
 
(Hrv million) Product-specific 
measurements of 
support 
(from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Non-Product-specific 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below) Current 
Total AMS 
 
 
(Hrv 
million) 
1 2 3 4 5  6 
Sheep and goats 331.0 16.5 2.4 0.0  de minimis  
Horses 136.9 6.8 6.6 0.0  de minimis  
Milk  33,056.0 1,652.8 1,448.0 0.0  de minimis  
Honey  1,424.3 71.2 0.8 0.0  de minimis  
Wool  17.5 0.9 0.0 0.0  de minimis  
Total non-product-specific 
AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 192,745.5 9,637.3  
 8,229.5 de minimis  
Current Total AMS      2,180.5 
 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year 
2010 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
(Hrv/tonne) External 
reference 
price* 
 
(Hrv/tonne)* Eligible 
production 
 
(Thousand 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies Total market 
price support 
 
 
(Hrv millions)** Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
Sugar produced 
from sugar beets  Minimum prices 
for sugar 
produced from 
sugar beets 4,250.0 3,052.8 1,545.2  1,849.9 Colu mn 4:  Minimum prices for 
sugar produced from sugar beets, 
are established in accordance with 
the Resolution of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine of 04.02.2010 
No. 96 "On state regulation of the 
production of sugar and sugar beets 
in the period from 
1 September 2010 till 1 September 
2011" 
Column 5:  The external reference 
price is fixed at 1,747.3 per tonne 
average for 2004-2006 of 
DS5 document 
WT/ACC/SPEC/UKR/1/Rev.12.  In 
this document external reference 
price was calculated based on the 
export value of 1 ton of white sugar 
according to White Sugar, 
Contract N°5, fob, European ports, London Daily Price for refined 
sugar (LIFFE) 
Column 7:  Production of sugar 
refined from domes tic sugar beets, 
Ukrainian Statistical Yearbook's 
data for 2010 
* Consumer price index for 2007-2010 is taken into account at calculation:  2007 - 1.166;  2008 – 1.223;  2009 – 1.123;  2010 –  1.091. 
** Calculation is made as follows:  1849.9 = (4,250.0 - (1,747.3*1.166*1.223*1.123*1.091))*1,545.0)/1000.  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 2010 Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production Total price-
related 
direct 
payments Other 
non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
 
(Hrv million) Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments 
 
 
 
(Hrv million) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Sugar beets  Payments per one 
hectare of crops 
(compensation of 
costs of production)     197.8  197.8 1 
Flax (fibre)  Payments per one 
hectare of crops (compensation of 
costs of production)     0.5  0.5 
1 
Hop  Payments per one 
hectare of crops 
(compensation of 
costs of production)     26.6  26.6  1 
Fruits and berries  Subsidies for 
producing fruits and 
berries     250.0  250.0 1 
Grape  Subsidies for 
producing grape 
products     106.3  106.3 1 
 
                                                      
1 Data source:  Report on performance of institution expenditure statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian Polic y.  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year 
2010 Measurement type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
  
(Hrv mil.) Other product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 
(Hrv mil.) Associated 
fees/levies
 
 
 
  
(Hrv mil.) Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
  
(Hrv mil.) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
  
(Hrv mil.) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
  
(Hrv mil.) Total 
product-
specific 
AMS 
 
  
(Hrv mil.) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Sugar beets  State Programme for 
Plant-Breeding 
(partial 
reimbursement for price of seeds)     0.0 1,849.9 197.8 2,047.7 See 
Supporting 
Table DS:5 
Hops  Financial support of 
hops production  0.0   0.0  26.0 26.0 1 
Flax (fibre)  Subsidies for flax 
(fibre) producing 0.0   0.0  0.5 0.5 1 
Fruits and 
berries  Planting and 
maintenance of young 
orchards and berry-fields 0.0   0.0  250.0 250.0 
1 
Grape  Planting and 
maintenance of young vineyards     0.0  106.3 106.3 
1 
Cattle  State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding  
(for column 4 ) 
Subsidies using VAT
(for column 5 ) 23.7 278.2  301.9  0.0 301.9 1 
 
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Page 10 Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year 
2010 Measurement type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Other product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 
(Hrv mil.) Associated 
fees/levies
 
  
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Total 
other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Total 
product-
specific 
AMS 
 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Pigs (live 
weight)  State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding (for column 4 ) 
Subsidies using VAT 
(for column 5 ) 2.4 101.2  103.6  0.0 103.6 
1 
Poultry   State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding 
(for column 4 ) 
Subsidies using VAT (for column 5 ) 14.9 1.1  16.0  0.0 16.0 
1 
Sheep and 
goats  State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding  2.4   2.4  0.0 2.4 1 
Horses  State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding  6.6   6.6  0.0 6.6 1 
Milk  State Programme for 
Livestock Breeding  
(for column 4 ) 
Subsidies using VAT
(for column 5 ) 0.0 1,448.0  1,448.0  0.0 1,448.0 1 
Honey  Supporting of 
bee-farming through payments for existing 
bee-families and State 
Programme for Livestock Breeding  0.8 0.0  0.8  0.0 0.8 
1 
 
                                                      
1 Data source:  Report on performance of institution expenditure statement Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian Polic y.  
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 Page 11Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Ukraine 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 2010 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2010 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Hrv mil.) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
(Hrv mil.) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Partial reimbursement of 
price of domestically 
produced agricultural 
machinery and equipment  30.0 0.0  30.0 Report on performance 
of institution 
expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy and Report on 
revenues and use of other revenues from the 
special fund Form 
No. 4-3 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy of Ukraine 
Plan-breeding  38.4 0.0  38.4 Report on performance 
of institution 
expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in 
the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy and Report on revenues and use of 
other revenues from the 
special fund Form No. 4-3 for 2010 in the 
Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy of Ukraine  
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Page 12 Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2010 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Hrv mil.) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
(Hrv mil.) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Partial reimbursement to 
the entities of the cost of construction and 
reconstruction of livestock 
farms and complexes and the animal feed producing 
enterprises  373.0 0.0  373.0 Report on performance 
of institution expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Report on 
revenues and use of 
other revenues from the special fund Form 
No. 4-3 for 2010 in the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine 
Financial support of agro-industrial enterprises 
through the easing of credit 
mechanism   621.6 0.0  621.6 Report on performance 
of institution 
expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy of Ukraine 
Financial support to 
individual farmers  40.0 0.0  40.0 Report on performance 
of institution 
expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in the Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy and Report on 
revenues and use of other revenues from the 
special fund Form 
No. 4-3 for 2010 in the  Ministry of Agrarian 
Policy of Ukraine  
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 Page 13Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2010 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(Hrv mil.) Other non-product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details) 
(Hrv mil.) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
 
(Hrv mil.) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Compensation of the cost 
of the electricity and fuel used for irrigation of 
agricultural crops on 
irrigated lands  27.2 0.0  27.2 Report on performance 
of institution expenditure statement 
Form No. 2 for 2010 in 
the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Report on 
revenues and use of 
other revenues from the special fund Form 
No. 4-3 for 2010 in the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine 
Total support of producers by introducing special 
value-added tax regimes    7,099.3  7,099.3 Report 1-p (note) to the 
State Tax 
Administration "Report 
on Actual Amounts of Taxes, Fees (mandatory 
Payments) Paid to 
Budgets and Special-Purpose Funds" 
Total     8,229.5  
 
 
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