G/AG/N/ARG/35  
21 September  2016 
(16-5012) Page: 1/11 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 12 September 2 016, 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 y ear 2009/2010 . 
 
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Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2009-2010 
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 
75,021,292 1992 pesos  74,253,748 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2009 -2010 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitm ent - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
General services   
Research     
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  (a)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Development of new technologies for production in Misiones, Jujuy, Salta 
and Tucumán . 1,451,051 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 
 INTA Basic research and technological innovation programme.  34,328,900 INTA (MAGyP)  
Pest and disease control      
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(b)) National Agriculture and 
Food Quality Service  Plant protection.  24,386,952 SENASA  
 Agriculture and food control . Approval of agro -chemicals and 
pharmacological products . Laboratory services.  108,201,422 SENASA  
 Animal health.  35,917,088 SENASA  
 MAGyP  Expanded sanitary controls, plant health, sanitary surveillance 
and control.  258,171 Provincial agricultural 
services programme, 
PROSAP (MAGyP)  
Training services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco   Training of technical specialist s and producers.  754,704 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Extension and advisory 
services      
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(d)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to 
diversification, conversion and modernization.  6,477 ,319 DNPAyF (MAPyP)    
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 INTA Applied Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer (IAITT) 
programme . This includes the Federal Support Programme for 
Sustainable Rural Development, PROFEDER (with the following 
strategies : R ural Change, ProFam (family producer gr oups), 
Smallholdings ( Minifundio ), ProHuerta (food security),  Integrated 
Projects and Local Development Projects), which is geared towards the 
management of innovation processes in relation to research, education 
and technology transfer . 195,272,651 INTA ( MAGyP)  
Inspection services  
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, Corrientes, Jujuy, Misiones,  
Salta and Tucumán . 3,250,881 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
 
 INV 
 Control of the genuineness of wine products and alc ohols . 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 t he community in relation to the 
genuineness of wine products and alcoholic beverages and their fitness 
for consumption . 21,208,205 INV (MAGy P) 
Infrastructur al services      
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco  Installation of an anti -hail ro cket system.  1,789,296 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Civil engineering work and improvement of the effluent treatment 
system in the provinces of Misiones , Salta, Tucumán and Jujuy.  5,745,677 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Environment al sanitation.  1,865,907 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 MAGyP Rehabilitation of irrigation and drainage systems in the provinces of 
Chaco, Chubut, Mendoza, Neuquén, Tucumán, Catamarca, Córdoba, 
Corrientes, Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Misiones, Salta and San Juan.  
Minor buildi ng projects and water - and soil -quality studies.  104,290,877 PROSAP (M AGyP) 
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.  764,092 DNPAy F (MAGyP)  
       
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 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 for Tobacco  Support for the purchase of climate risk insurance and mandatory life 
insurance for rural workers . 66,221 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
     
 Support Programme for 
Small an d Medium -Sized 
Producers   The aim of the  Programme  is to provide support for small and  
medium -sized rural producers , in view of the  significant  role they play in 
the country's regional rural economies . The main beneficiaries are  
associations of small and medium -sized rural producers that are 
registered with  the MAGyP , and provincial  government , 
local government, municipal and communal  organizations that implement  
public agricultural policy . Funds are earmarked  for projects related to  
improvement  of the rural infrastructure and environment , strengthening 
of organizations and cooperatives , research and technical assistance , 
inter alia .  24,284,254 MAGyP  
     
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 m aximum 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  three  years . Upon receipt of the 
funds, beneficiary families undertake to repay them to a provincial 
revolving fund, which is u sed to finance new projects . 4,931,444 MAGyP 
    
Special Fund for Tobacco   Assistance for producers'  families to finance medical, health, biochemical 
and dental services (measure benefiting over 110,000  people).  15,635,877 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund  for Tobacco   Support for trade association activities.  327,193 DNPAyF (MAGyP) 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Social welfare for producers in the provinces of Jujuy, Corrientes 
and Misiones.  24,196,590 DNPAyF (MAG yP)   
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
Payments for relief from n atural disaster s 
 (Annex 2, 
paragraph  8(a) to (e))  Agricultural Emergency 
Programme, Law No. 
26.509  Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall, hail 
and other adverse climatic phenomena in the provinces of Corrientes, 
Tucumán, La Rioja, Buenos Aire s, Córdoba, Chubut, Río Negro, 
Santa  Cruz, Neuqué n, Entre Ríos, Santa Fe, Formosa, Me ndoza, 
La Pampa, Salta, San Juan and Santiago del Estero.  107,764,673 MAGyP 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Support for producers who suffered damage from flooding and rainfall  in 
the provinces of Misiones, Chaco, Corrientes, Salta and Tucumán.  7,153,677 DNPAyF (MAGyP ) 
     
Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aid s 
(Annex 2, 
paragraph  11(a) to (f))  MAGyP Technical and financial assistance with a view t o mitigating the social 
vulnerability of low -income rural inhabitants and aboriginal communities 
in the provinces of Corrientes, Chaco, Misiones, Catamarca, Jujuy, 
Tucumán, Río  Negro, Chubut, Córdoba, Mendoza, Entre  Ríos, Santi ago 
del Estero, La Rioja, Neu quén and San Juan , 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.   17,560,518 Rural developme nt 
project for the  
north -western 
Argentine provinces, 
PRODERNOA 
(MAGyP) /  
Development project 
for small -scale 
agricultural 
producers, 
PROINDER (MAGyP) / 
Development 
Programme for Rural 
Areas, PRODEAR 
(MAGyP) / Rural 
Development Project 
for Patagonia, 
PROD ERPA (MAGyP)  
   
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Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(1992 pesos ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
 Special Fund for Tobacco  Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production 
activities to remedy objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages.  
Construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, 
processing and storage, land improvement, and assistance for 
farm modernization . 82,807,488 DNPAyF (MAGyP)  
Notes : 
SENASA : National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service  
MAGyP : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries  
DNPAyF : National Directorate of  Agricultural and Forestry Production  
INTA: National Institute of Agricultural Technology  
INV: National Institute of Vitiviniculture    
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Supporting Table DS: 4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2009 -2010 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate M easurement of Support  
Description of basic products  
(including non -product -specific AMS)  Product -specific AMS  
(from Supporting Tables DS:5  
to DS:7 below)  
(1992 pesos ) Product -specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)  
 
(1992 pesos ) Current total AMS (aggregate)  
 
 
(1992 pesos)  
1 2 3 4 
Tobacco   74,253,748 74,253,748 
Meat of swine  345,370  "de minimis"  
Poultry meat  499,490  "de minimis"  
Meat of bovine animals  4,729,184  "de minimis"  
Milk 2,583,251  "de minimis"  
Wheat  459,941  "de minimis"  
Wine 13,801,125  "de minimis"  
Current total AMS    74,253,748 
"DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION  
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009 -2010  
Product  Product -specific AMS  
(1992 pesos)  Gross value of production  
(1992 pesos)  AMS/Production value  
1 2 3 4 
Meat o f swine  345,370 404,063,355 0.09% 
Poultry meat  499,490 2,114,918,085 0.02% 
Meat of bovine animals  4,729,184 9,791,222,138 0.05% 
Milk 2,583,251 3,395,655,481 0.08% 
Wheat  459,941 3,181,852,810 0.01% 
Wine 13,801,125 3,567,883,309 0.39% 
   
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Supporting Tab le DS: 7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2009 -2010 
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 
2009 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme 
for loans to 
small-scale 
agricultural 
producers  345,370    345,370    345,370  MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate)  
Poultry 
meat 1 
December 
2009 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme 
for loans to 
small-scale 
agricultural 
producers  499,490    499,490    499,490  MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate)  
Meat of 
bovine 
animals  1 
December 
2009 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme 
for loans to 
small-scale 
agricultural 
producers  4,729,184    4,729,184    4,729,184  MAGyP 
(Finance 
Directorate)    
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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 
Milk 1 
December 
2009 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme 
for loans to 
small-scale 
agricultural 
producers  2,583,251   2,583,251   2,583,251 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wheat  1 
December 
2009 Interest -rate 
subsidy 
programme 
for loans to 
small-scale 
agricultural 
producers  459,941   459,941   459,941 MAGyP  
(Finance 
Directorate ) 
Wine 1 
Decem ber 
2009 Assistance 
Programme  
for the  
Argentine 
Wine Value 
Chain   13,801,125   13,801,125   13,801,125 MAGyP 
(Secretariat of 
Rural 
Development ) 
   
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Supporting Table DS: 8 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ARGENTINA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 2009 -2010 
Product -Specific Equivalent Mea surements 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 
2009 to 
30 November 
2010 Payment 
per unit  0.56 132,869 74,253,748 74,253,748 - - - 74,253,748 Secretariat 
of 
Agriculture, 
Livestock 
and 
Fisheries/  
Annual 
reports of 
the 
Conversion 
programme 
for tobacc o-
growing 
areas 
(PRAT)  
 
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