G/AG/N/BRA/32/Corr.1  
 
22 May 2014  
(14-3067)  Page: 1/5  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
Corrigendum 
The following submission dated 4 April 2014 is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of 
Brazil . The corrigendum concerns the notification regarding domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) for the years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 . 
 
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  The following correction should be made in the Supporting Table DS.1 ("Green Box") for the 
year 2011 :  
 The monetary value of the measure " Programme of acquisition of agricultural products from 
family farming"  included under the measure type "Pub lic stockholding for food security 
purposes" should read 465,244.7 (US$ '000) instead of 20,189.5 (US$ '000). The complete 
Supporting Table DS:1 for the year 2011 inclusive of the above correction is reproduced in the Corrigendum. 
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2011 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment "Green Box" 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in A nnex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
1) GENERAL SERVICES    
(i) Research, including general research, 
research in connection with environmental programmes, and research programmes 
relating to particular products Budgetary expenditures, financed by  public resources, related to 
infrastructure, acquisition of equipment an d other expenditures in activities of 
coordination and maintenance of resear ch and the diffusion of their results 240,416.7 General Budget 
  Agricultural development for social insertion research programme 14,087.5  
  Agricultural zoning service 24,616.6  
  Environmental research rela ted to agriculture 7,222.5  
  Meteorological services rela ted to agriculture 3,183.6  
  Sustainability and competitiveness research programme 191,306.5  
(ii) Pest and disease control, including general 
and product-specific pest and disease control measures, such as early warning 
systems, quarantine and eradication Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
animal and plant health services, zoos anitary and phytosanitary defense and 
alertness, inspection and disease cont rol, training programmes related to 
disease control and prevention, warning services 94,751.6 General Budget 
  Foot-and-Mouth Disease eradication programme 33,217.4  
  Pest and disease control in animals 28,906.2  
  Pest and disease control in plants 32,628.0   
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- 3 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in A nnex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(iii) Training services, including both general 
and specialist training facilities Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
secondary education that provides intermediate professional qualification and 
higher education oriented to rural activi ties provided by ag ricultural colleges 
and universities 15,479.9 General Budget 
  Capacity building programmes 13,366.9  
  Educational services fo r rural areas 2,112.9  
(iv) Extension and advisory services, including 
the provision of means to facilitate the 
transfer of informatio n and the results of 
research to producers and consumers Budgetary expenditures, financed by pu blic resources, in  activities that 
provide technical assistance and rural extension services to small producers, 
operation and improvement of meteor ological services, services for 
cooperatives and other farm associatio ns (studies, researches and training) 822,334.7 General Budget 
  Acquisition of equipments by municipalities for services in rural areas 242,956.2  
  Extension services on agricu ltural production 13,415.1  
  Extension services on ru ral development 16,379.7  
  Extension services on sustainability and competitiveness 1,613.5  
  Management of public programmes 109,513.6  
  Publicity of public  interest 9,071.8  
  Support for projects of agricultural development 198,777.3  
  Support for technological innovation projects to family farming 199,514.1  
  Technology transfer 19,362.6  
  Weather forecast in formation 11,730.8  
(v) Inspection services, including general 
inspections services and the inspection of particular products for health, safety, grading and standardization purposes Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
classification and inspection of animal  and vegetal products, improvement of 
seed production and marketing (seed fiel ds registration), standardization and 
grading, animal genetic and zootechnic improvement 62,652.8 General Budget 
  Classification and inspection of agricultural inputs 10,405.3  
  Food safety programmes 51,284.5  
  Inspection of agricultural services 148.4  
  Inspection of organi c production 814.7   
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- 4 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in A nnex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(vi) Marketing and promotion services, 
including marketing information, advice 
and promotion relating to particular products but excluding expenditure for unspecified purposes that could be used by sellers to reduce their selling price or confer a direct economic benefit to purchasers Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
improvement of the marketing system and development of new markets, 
support to the creation and maintena nce of expositions parks and fair 
facilities, building and maintenance of central market facilities, and improvement of agricultural market information services 3,747.8 General Budget 
  International promotion services 1,851.1  
  Support for marketing projects 1,896.7  
(vii) Infrastructural se rvices, including:  
electricity reticulation, roads and other means of transport, market and port facilities, water supply facilities, dams and 
drainage schemes, and infrastructural works associated with environmental programmes.  In all cases the expenditure shall be directed to the provision or 
construction of capital works only, and 
shall exclude the subsidized provision of non-farm facilities other than for the reticulation of generally-available public utilities.  It shall not include subsidies to inputs or operating costs, or preferential user charges. Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
implementation and operation of irrigation programmes, construction and maintenance of public dams for irri gation and for urban water supply, 
construction of rural roads, rural hous ing, rural electricit y network services 
and facilities, electricity distribution , forestry development and management 
and environmental programmes 
444,099.9 General Budget 
  Rural electric infrastructure 17.1  
  Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas 276,718.7  
  Support for irrigation programmes 167,364.1   
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- 5 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in A nnex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(viii) Agrarian organization; agrarian reform 
settlement Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
agrarian policy, agrarian refo rm and settleme nt projects 608,271.0 General Budget 
 Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization 472,418.3  
 Management of the rural settlement programme 126,248.6  
 Preparatory measures to acquis ition of rural land 9,604.1  
2) PUBLIC STOCKHOLDING FOR FOOD  SECURITY 
PURPOSES Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of government stocks 
which form an integral part of a fede ral food security programme as defined 
by Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91 749,089.9 General Budget 
 Inspection of publ ic stocks 1,073.7  
 Management of public stockholding programme 282,771.4  
 Programme of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming 465,244.7  
3) DOMESTIC FOOD AID Budgetary expenditures, financed  by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor 1,826,684.2 General Budget 
 Meals for children in public schools 1,826,684.2  
4) GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE 
PROGRAMME Budgetary expenditures, financed by public  resources, in activities related to 
decrease risk and uncertainty in agriculture, through agricultural insurance sponsored by the federal government 77,653.9 General Budget 
 Warranty-Crop Fund 77,653.9  
 Total 4,945,182.3  
 
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