G/AG/N/TUN/52  
5 February  2018 
(18-0807) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  French  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 29  January  2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Tunisia . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for 2016. 
 
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Table  DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
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 
59.3 Millions of dinars  0.0 
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
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  
(Millions of dinars)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
Budget of the 
Ministry of 
Agriculture , 
Water Resources 
and Fisheries   Support for research and extension projects for the development and dissemination of production methods  10.34 
 Environmental conservation through land and afforestation works  68.48 " 
 Action to combat certain diseases through vaccination and treatment campaigns  8.61 " 
(b) Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids    
 Budgetary funds to support small farmers  28.82 " 
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
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  
(Millions of dinars)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture  Investment subsidies granted under the Investment Code and intended for integrated 
projects falling within the agricultural policy guidelines  97.81  Ministry of 
Agriculture , 
Water Resources 
and Fisheries  
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Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic product s 
(including non -product -specific AMS)  Product -specific AMS (from Supporting  
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below)  
 
(Millions of dinars)  Product -specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting 
Table  DS:8 below)  Current total AMS 
(aggregate)  
 
(Millions of dinars)  
1 2 3 4 
Durum wheat  -0.54 (de minimis)1  0.0 
Common wheat  -0.05 (de minimis)2  0.0 
Barley  0.04 (de minimis)3  0.0 
Milk -92.56  (de minimis)4  0.0 
Non-product -specific AMS  (according to Supporting 
Table  DS:9)  33.30 (de minimis)5  0.0 
Total : Current total AMS    0.0 
1 de minimis , the value o f durum wheat production is 567  million  dinars . 
2  de minimis , the value of common wheat production is 59.8 million  dinars . 
3 de minimis , the valu e of barley production is 158 .4 million  dinars . 
4 de minimis , the value of milk production is 1,036.288  million  dinars . 
5 de minimis , the value of total agricultural production for 2016  is 10,719 million  dinars .  G/AG/N/ TUN/52  
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Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Market Price Support  
Description 
of basic 
products  Calendar 
year 2016  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  External reference 
price (generally from 
AGST/…)*  Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  Total market  
price support  Data source  
   (Dinars/tonne ) (Dinars/tonne)  (1,000 tonnes )  (Millions of dinars )  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9 
Durum wheat   Producer 
buying price  700 802 5.3  -0.54 Grain Board , Ministry 
of Agriculture  and 
Water Resources  
Common 
wheat   Producer 
buying price  520 626 0.5  -0.05 " 
Barley   Intervention 
price 480 440 1.1  0.04 " 
Milk  Intervention 
price 736 843 865  -92.56  Ministry of Agriculture , 
Water Resources and 
Fisheries; Inter-Trade 
Group for Meat and 
Milk 
* Tunisia has used the reference prices of the reference period and adjusted them to take account of inflation and exchange rat e movements .  G/AG/N/ TUN/52  
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Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TUNISIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2016  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Calendar 
year 2016  Non-product -specific 
budgetary outlays  
 
(Millions of dinars)  Other non -product -
specific support  
(include calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total non -product -
specific support  
 
(Millions of dinars)  Data source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Irrigation water subsidy   33.3   33.3 Ministry of Agriculture, 
Water Resources  and 
Fisheries  
 
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