G/AG/N/ARG/31  
 
12 February 2013  
(13-0717)  Page: 1/25  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 29 January 2013, 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 years 2006/2007 , 2007/2008  
and 2008/2009 . 
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006-2007 
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 74,739,130  
 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006-2007 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - “Green Box” 
Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 Develo pment of new technologies fo r production in Corrientes, 
Misiones, Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca and Tucumán. 1,431,532 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
 INTA Basic research and technological innova tion programme. 24,765,429 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Pest and disease control      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service Core activities.  Senior manage ment - administrative, legal and 
technical services.  Plant protection. 8,843,593 SENASA 
 Agriculture and food control.  Approval of agro-chemicals and 
pharmacological products.  Laboratory services. 54,039,772 SENASA  
 Animal health. 32,240,366 SENASA 
 SAGPyA Expanded sanitary controls, plan t health, sanitary surveillance and 
control. 6,728,393 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
Training services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and producers. 207,006 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
      
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 assi stance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization.  217,277 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 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, ProF am (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food se curity), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the management of innovation proc esses in relation to research, 
education and technology transfer. 126,588,929 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Ch aco, Catamarca, Corrientes, Jujuy, 
Misiones, Salta and Tucumán. 1,590,635 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 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 co nsumption. 10,523,773 INV (SAGPyA) 
Infrastructure services      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco Installation  of an anti-hail rocket system. 1,041,706 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Civil engineering wo rk and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones, Chaco, Tucumán and Jujuy. 1,264,396 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Environmental sanitation. 3,165,370 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 SAGPyA Rehabilitation of irrigation an d drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chaco, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén and Tucumán.  Minor building 
projects and water and soil-quality studies. 5,750,198 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
Direct payments to producers    
(Annex 2, paragraph 5) Special Fund fo r Tobacco Support for the purchase of cl imate risk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers. 7,029,494 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 5 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(1992 pesos) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Decoupled income support  
(Annex 2, paragraph 6(a) 
to (e)) Agricultural Social 
Programme The Social Programme benefits smallholders ( minifundistas ) 
in 21 Argentine provinces through financial and technical assistance 
and training.  The eligibility requir ements 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 projects.  The Programme also finances technical assistance provided by independent institutions or expe rts for a period of not more 
than 3 years.  Upon receipt of the funds, beneficiary families 
undertake to repay them to a provin cial revolving fund, which is used 
to finance new projects. 6,307,136 SAGPyA 
Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance to tobacco-growing fami lies to finance medical, health, 
biochemical and dental serv ices (measure benefiting 
over 110,000 people). 3,250,681 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for trade association activi ties. 731,103 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Social welfare for prod ucers in the provinces of  Corrientes, Catamarca, 
Misiones and Salta. 1,045,384 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
Natural disaster relief payments 
(Annex 2, paragraph 8(a) 
to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 22913 Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, 
hail and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of 
Corrientes, Catamarc a, Tucumán, Misiones and La Rioja. 2,621,674 SAGPyA 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall 
in the provinces of Catamarca, Misiones, Chaco and Corrientes. 6,967,758 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 6 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(1992 pesos) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aid  
(Annex 2, paragraph 11(a) 
to (f)) SAGPyA Technical and financial assistance with a view to mitigating the social 
vulnerability of low-income rural inhabitants and aboriginal communities in the provinces of  Formosa, Corrientes, Chaco, 
Misiones, Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán, 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. 8,390,992 Rural development 
project for the 
north‑eastern 
Argentine provinces, 
PRODERNEA 
(SAGPyA) 
Rural development 
project for the 
north‑western 
Argentine provinces, 
PRODERNOA 
(SAGPyA) 
Development project 
for small-scale 
agricultural 
producers, 
PROINDER (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance for the fina ncial or physical restru cturing of production 
activities to remedy objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages. Construction of ce ntres, provision of supplementary 
equipment, processing and storage, land improvement, and assistance for farm modernization. 18,559,756 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
Notes: SENASA: National Agriculture and F ood Health and Quality Service. 
SAGPyA: Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food. DNPyEAyF: National Directorate of Ag ricultural and Fore stry Economics. 
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology. INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture. 
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006-2007 
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) Product-specific meas urements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(1992 pesos) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(1992 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco  74,739,130 74,739,130 
Meat of swine 152,330  "de minimis" 
Poultry meat 145,934  "de minimis" 
Meat of bovine animals 1,814,039  "de minimis" 
Milk 2,096,259  "de minimis" 
Current total AMS   74,739,130 
"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION 
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2006-2007 
Product Product-specific AMS 
(1992 pesos) Gross value of production 
(1992 pesos) AMS/Production value 
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine 152,330 240,796,677 0.06% 
Poultry meat  145,934 1,261,884,329 0.01% 
Meat of bovine animals 1,814,039 5,367,579,061 0.03% 
Milk 2,096,259 2,103,387,510 0.10% 
  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006-2007 
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 
2006 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 152,330   152,330   152,330 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Poultry 
meat 1 December 
2006 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 145,934   145,934   145,934 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals 1 December 
2006 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 1,814,039   1,814,039   1,814,039 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Milk 1 December 
2006 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 2,096,259   2,096,259   2,096,259 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2006-2007 
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 
2006 to 
30 November 
2007 Payment 
per unit 0.59 127,740 74,739,130 74,739,130 - - - 74,739,130 Secretariat of 
Agriculture, 
Fisheries and 
Food/Annual 
reports of the 
Conversion 
programme for 
tobacco-
growing areas 
(PRAT) 
  
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- 10 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2007-2008 
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 Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
75,021,292 1992 pesos 74,829,462 
 
  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2007-2008 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - “Green Box” 
Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 Develo pment of new technologies fo r production in Corrientes, 
Misiones, Jujuy and Salta. 1,028,013 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 INTA Basic research and technological inno vation programme. 30,907,399 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Pest and disease control      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service Core activities.  Senior manage ment - administrative, legal and 
technical services.  Plant protection. 15,342,778 SENASA 
 Agriculture and food control.  Approval of agro-chemicals and 
pharmacological products.  Laboratory services. 66,662,346 SENASA  
 Animal health. 31,786,219 SENASA 
 SAGPyA Expanded sanitary controls, plan t health, sanitary surveillance and 
control. 1,378,223 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
Training services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and producers. 215,971 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
      
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- 12 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 assi stance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization. 734,301 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 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, ProF am (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food se curity), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the management of innovation proc esses in relation to research, 
education and technology transfer. 175,749,282 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Admini stration and monitoring in Ch aco, Catamarca, Corrientes, 
Jujuy, Misiones, Salta and Tucumán. 1,493,911 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
 INV Control of the genuineness of wi ne 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, fractio nation 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. 13,563,239 INV (SAGPyA) 
Infrastructure services      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco Installati on of an anti-hail rocket sy stem. 2,371,664 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Civil engineering wo rk and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones, Chaco and Corrientes. 1,478,526 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Environmental sanitation. 498,567 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 SAGPyA Rehabilitation of irrigation an d drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chaco, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén and Tucumán.  Minor building projects and water and soil-quality studies. 15,655,072 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
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. 9,173,321 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance  with the development of complementary services. 0 DNPAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 13 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(1992 pesos) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Decoupled income support  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph 6(a) to (e)) Agricultural Social 
Programme The Social 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 projects.  The Programme also finances technical assistance provided by independent institutions or experts for a period of not more than 3 years.  Upon receipt of the 
funds, beneficiary families undertake  to repay them to a provincial 
revolving fund, which is used to finance new projects. 4,653,228 SAGPyA 
Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance to tobacco -growing families to fi nance medical, health, 
biochemical and dental services  (measure benefiting over 
110,000 people). 5,002,832 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for trade association activities. 195,605 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Social welfare for prod ucers in the provinces of Corrientes, Tucumán, 
Jujuy, Salta and Misiones. 15,003,488 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for schooling for fami lies of producers in Catamarca. 0 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
Natural disaster relief payments 
 
(Annex 2, 
paragraph 8(a) to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 22913 Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail 
and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of Corrientes, Catamarca, Tucumán, Misiones and La Rioja. 1,656,520 SAGPyA 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall in 
the provinces of Salta and Misiones. 3,347,563 DNPAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 14 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(1992 pesos) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aid  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph 11(a) to (f)) SAGPyA Technical and financial assistance  for low-income rural inhabitants and 
aboriginal communities in the provinces of Formosa, Corrientes, Chaco, 
Misiones, Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán. Support for project 
management, training activities with a view to improving and diversifying existing farms, and faci litation of technological progress in 
small production units.  2,649,528 Rural development 
project for the 
north‑eastern Argentine 
provinces, PRODERNEA 
(SAGPyA) 
Rural development 
project for the 
north‑western 
Argentine provinces, 
PRODERNOA (SAGPyA) 
Development project 
for small-scale 
agricultural producers, 
PROINDER (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance for the fina ncial or physical restru cturing of production 
activities to remedy objectively demo nstrated structural disadvantages.  
Construction of centres, provis ion of supplementary equipment, 
processing and storage, land impr ovement, and assi stance for farm 
modernization. 24,260,667 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
Notes: SENASA: National Agriculture and F ood Health and Quality Service. 
SAGPyA: Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food. DNPAyF: National Directorate of Agri cultural and Forestry Production. 
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology. INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture. 
  
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- 15 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2007-2008 
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) Product-specific meas urements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(1992 pesos) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(1992 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco  74,829,462 74,829,462 
Meat of swine 143,557  "de minimis" 
Poultry meat 158,106  "de minimis" 
Meat of bovine animals 2,105,802  "de minimis" 
Milk 2,894,542  "de minimis" 
Current total AMS   74,829,462 
"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION 
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2007-2008 
Product Product-specific AMS 
(1992 pesos) Gross value of production 
(1992 pesos) AMS/Production value 
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine 143,557 304,165,960 0.05% 
Poultry meat  158,106 1,529,809,777 0.01% 
Meat of bovine animals 2,105,802 5,944,990,319 0.04% 
Milk 2,894,542 2,716,942,576 0.11%  
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- 16 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2007-2008 
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 
2007 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 143,557   143,557   143,557 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Poultry meat 1 December 
2007 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 158,106   158,106   158,106 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Meat of 
bovine 
animals 1 December 
2007 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 2,105,802   2,105,802   2,105,802 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Milk 1 December 
2007 Interest-rate subsidy 
programme for loans 
to small-scale 
agricultural producers 2,894,542   2,894,542   2,894,542 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA  
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- 17 - Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2007-2008 
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 
2007 to 
30 November 
2008 Payment 
per unit 0.57 130,381 74,829,462 74,829,462 - - - 74,829,462 Secretariat of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock and 
Fisheries/ 
Annual reports of 
the Conversion 
programme for 
tobacco-growing 
areas (PRAT) 
  
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- 18 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2008-2009 
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 Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
75,021,292 1992 pesos 74,162,598 
 
  
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- 19 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2008-2009 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - “Green Box” 
Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 produc tion in Corrientes, Misiones, 
Jujuy, Salta and Catamarca. 920,806 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
 INTA Basic research and technological inno vation programme. 30,215,643 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Pest and disease control      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service Core activities.  Senior management - administrative, legal and technical 
services.  Plant protection. 12,007,097 SENASA 
 Agriculture and food control.  Approval of agro-chemicals and 
pharmacological products.  Laboratory services. 74,187,237 SENASA  
 Animal health. 36,825,460 SENASA 
 SAGPyA Expanded sanitary controls, plan t health, sanitary surveillance and 
control. 2,424,358 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
Training services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Training of technical specialists and producers. 221,048 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
      
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- 20 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 assi stance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization. 461,726 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 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, ProF am (family producer groups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food se curity), Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the management of innovation processes in relation to research, education and technology transfer. 174,310,364 INTA (SAGPyA) 
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(e)) Special Fund fo r Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Chaco, Catamarca, Corrientes, Jujuy, 
Misiones, Salta and Tucumán. 1,213,406 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 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. 17,272,454 INV (SAGPyA) 
Infrastructure services      
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco Installati on of an anti-hail rocket sy stem. 1,914,210 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Civil engineering wo rk and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones, Chaco, Tucumán and Jujuy. 608,653 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Environmental sanitation. 726,441 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 SAGPyA Rehabilitation of irrigation an d drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chaco, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén and Tucumán.  Minor building 
projects and water and soil-quality studies. 12,118,005 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (SAGPyA) 
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. 220,120 DNPAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 21 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 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 fo r Tobacco Support for the purchase of cl imate risk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers. 11,189,780 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
Decoupled income support  
(Annex 2, paragraph 6(a) 
to (e)) Agricultural Social 
Programme The Social Programme benefits smallholders ( minifundistas ) 
in 21 Argentine provinces through financial and technical assistance and training.  The eligibility requir ements 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 projects.  
The Programme also finances technical assistance provided by independent institutions or expe rts for a period of not more 
than 3 years.  Upon receipt of the funds, beneficiary families 
undertake to repay them to a provin cial revolving fund, which is used 
to finance new projects. 6,383,744 SAGPyA 
Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance to tobacco -growing families to fi nance medical, health, 
biochemical and dental serv ices (measure benefiting 
over 110,000 people). 1,195,123 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for trade association activities. 94,921 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
  Social welfare for producers in th e provinces of Corri entes, Tucumán, 
Jujuy and Misiones. 23,970,965 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for schooling for families of producers in Corrientes. 430,378 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
Natural disaster relief payments 
(Annex 2, paragraph 8(a) 
to (e)) Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 22913 Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, 
hail and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of 
Corrientes, Catamarc a, Tucumán, Misiones and La Rioja. 76,359,357 SAGPyA 
 Special Fund for Tobacco Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall 
in the provinces of Catamarca, Chaco and Corrientes. 1,656,611 DNPAyF (SAGPyA)  
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- 22 - Measure type Name and description of measure with re ference to criteria in An nex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
(1992 pesos) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aid  
(Annex 2, paragraph 11(a) 
to (f)) SAGPyA Technical and financial assistance  for low-income rural inhabitants and 
aboriginal communities in the provinces of Formosa, Corrientes, Chaco, 
Misiones, Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán, 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. 14,469,490 Rural development 
project for the 
north‑eastern Argentine 
provinces, PRODERNEA 
(SAGPyA) 
Rural development 
project for the 
north‑western 
Argentine provinces, 
PRODERNOA (SAGPyA) 
Development project 
for small-scale 
agricultural producers, 
PROINDER (SAGPyA) 
 Special Fund for 
Tobacco Assistance for the financial or phys ical restructuring of production 
activities to remedy objectively demo nstrated structural disadvantages.  
Construction of centres, provis ion of supplementary equipment, 
processing and storage, land impr ovement, and assi stance for farm 
modernization. 55,888,011 DNPAyF (SAGPyA) 
 
Notes: SENASA: National Agriculture and F ood Health and Quality Service. 
SAGPyA: Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food. DNPAyF: National Directorate of Agri cultural and Forestry Production. 
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology. INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2008-2009 
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) Product-specific meas urements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(1992 pesos) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(1992 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco  74,162,598 74,162,598 
Meat of swine 293,407  "de minimis" 
Poultry meat 354,665  "de minimis" 
Meat of bovine animals 3,657,003  "de minimis" 
Milk 3,084,995  "de minimis" 
Current total AMS   74,162,598 
"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION 
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2008-2009 
Product Product-specific AMS 
(1992 pesos) Gross value of production 
(1992 pesos) AMS/Production value 
1 2 3 4 
Meat of swine 293,407 273,363,862 0.11% 
Poultry meat 354,665 1,398,797,825 0.03% 
Meat of bovine animals  3,657,003 5,516,010,314 0.07% 
Milk 3,084,995 2,223,300,555 0.14% 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2008-2009 
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 
2008 Interest-rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small-
scale agricultural 
producers 293,407   293,407   293,407 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Poultry meat 1 December 
2008 Interest-rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small-
scale agricultural 
producers 354,665   354,665   354,665 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Meat of bovine 
animals 1 December 
2008 Interest-rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small-
scale agricultural 
producers 3,657,003   3,657,003    3,657,003 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
Milk 1 December 
2008 Interest-rate 
subsidy programme 
for loans to small-
scale agricultural 
producers 3,084,995   3,084,995   3,084,995 Finance 
Directorate, 
SAGPyA 
  
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- 25 - Supporting Table DS:8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2008-2009 
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 
2008 to 
30 November 
2009 Payment 
per unit 0.55 135,531 74,162,598  74,162,598 - - - 74,162,598 Secretariat of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock and 
Fisheries/ 
Annual reports 
of the 
Conversion 
programme for 
tobacco-
growing areas 
(PRAT) 
 
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