G/AG/N/BRA/41  
 
27 October  2016 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated  26 October  2016, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . The notification concerns  domestic support commitments ( Table  DS:1 and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the year 2014/201 5. 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  BRAZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD:  AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Current Total A ggregate 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 
912,105.15  US$ '000 0.00 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPO RTING PERIOD: CALEND AR YEAR 2015  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure  
(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 and other expenditures in activities of coordination 
and maintenance of research and the diffusion of their results  82,149.4 General Budget  
 Agricultural research program me 82,072.1   
 Agricultural zoning service  77.2  
(ii) Pest and disease control, including general and product -specific 
pest and disease control measures, such as ear ly warning 
systems, quarantine and eradication  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
animal and plant health services, zoosanitary and phytosanitary defense and 
alertness, inspection and disease control, training pr ogrammes related to 
disease control a nd prevention, warning services  16,032.5  General Budget  
 Agricultural Protection  Program me 16,032.5   
(iii) Training services, including both general and  specialist training 
facilities  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
secondary education that provides intermediate professional qualification and 
higher education oriented to rural activities provided by agricul tural colleges 
and universities  4,700.3  General Budget  
 Capacity b uilding program mes 0.0  
 Educational services for rural areas  4,700.3    
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- 4 - Measure type  Description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure  
(US$ '000)  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
(iv) Extension and advisory services, including the provision of 
means to facilitate the transfer of information and the results of 
research to producers and consumers  Budgetary expen ditures, financed by public resources, in activities that provide 
technical assistance and rural extension services to small producers, operation 
and improvement of meteorological services, services for cooperatives and 
other farm associations (st udies, re searches and training)  57,585 .3 General Budget  
 Acquisition of equipment  by municipalities for services in rural areas  0.0  
 Extension services on agricultural production  4,516 .9  
 Extension services on rural development  33,101 .3  
 Extension services o n sustainability and competitiveness  291.0   
 Support for projects of agricultural development  7,083.6   
 Support for technological innovation projects to family farming  0.0  
 Technology transfer  3,504.2   
 Weather forecast information  9,088.4   
(v) Inspection services, including general inspections services and 
the inspection of particular products for health, safety, gradi ng 
and standardization purposes  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
classification and insp ection of animal and vegetal products, improvement of 
seed production and marketing (seed fields registration), standardization and 
grading, animal gen etic and zootechnic improvement  149.6  General Budget  
 Inspection of agricultural activities  48.6  
 Inspection of organic production  101.0   
(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 the ir selling price or confer a direct  
economic benefit to purchasers  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
improvement of the marketing system and development of new markets, 
support to the creation and maintenance of  expositions parks and fair facilities, 
building and maintenance of central market facilities, and improvement of 
agricultu ral market information services  3,529 .8 General Budget  
 International promotion services  2,740.8   
 Support for marketing projects  789.0   
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- 5 - Measure type  Description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure  
(US$ '000)  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
(vii) Infrastructural services, 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 programm es. 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 
general ly-available public utilities.  It shall n ot include subsidies 
to inputs or operating cost s, or preferential user charges  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
implementation and operation of irrigation programmes, construction and 
maintenance of public dam s for irrigation and for urban water supply, 
construction of rural roads, rural housing, rural electricity network services and 
facilities, electricity distribution, forestry development and manageme nt and 
environmental programmes  30,388.5  General Budget  
 Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas  1,983.6   
 Support for irrigation program mes 28,404.9   
(viii) Agrarian organizat ion; agrarian reform settlement  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
agrarian pol icy, agrarian  reform and settlement projects  32,602.1 General Budget  
 Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization  20,509.4   
 Management of the rural settlement program me 2,752 .7  
 Preparatory measures to acquisition of rural land  9,339.9   
2) "Public stockholding for food security purposes"  Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of government stocks 
which form an integral part of a federal food security p rogramme as defined by 
Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91.  123,564.3  General Budget  
 Inspection of public stocks  361.2  
 Program me of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming  123,203 .1  
3) "Domestic food aid"  Budgetary expendi tures, financed by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor.  1,165,817.7 General Budget  
 Meals for children in public schools  1,165,817.7  
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.  117,897.6 General Budget  
 Warranty -Crop Fund  117,897.6  
 Total 1,634,416 .9   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and differential treatment - "Development program mes" 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2  Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question  
(US$ '000) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 
Funds for variable input 
acquisitions1 Production Credit - Government and private funds, mostly compulsory, allocated to pr oduction at preferential interest 
rates generally available to low -income or resour ce-poor producers (under PRONAF  Program)  132,198.8  MAPA  
Funds for agricultural 
investments2 Investment Credit - Government and private funds, directed to improve rural stru cture, acquisition of machines, 
equipment, vehicles and animal services  1,152,817.2  MAPA  
Debt rescheduling program mes3 Debt Rescheduling - Rescheduling of debts in longer terms and most favourable  conditions (under PRONAF  and 
PROCERA Programs)  27,505.7  National 
Treasure  
 Total  1,312,521.7   
1 Implicit  subsidy based on the di fference between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest 
rate for the overnigh t interbank loans collateralized by government bonds) . 
2 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between the interest rate of each of the following program mes and SELIC interest rate: ABC (Low Carbon Agriculture Program), BNDES PSI -BK (Program for the 
Sustainability of Investment in Capital Goods), FTRA (Special Program for Acquisition of Rural Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO,  FNE and FCO), Inovagro (Program to Encourage Innovation in 
Agricultural Production), Moderagro (Program for the Modernization of A griculture and the Conservation of Natural Resources), Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet Modernization Incentives Program), Moderinfr a 
(Incentives Program for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Program for the Construction and Expansion of Warehouses), PRI (Investm ent Enhancement Program), Procap -Agro (Agricultural Cooperatives 
Capitalization Program), Prodecoop (Cooperative Development Program for the Enhancement of Agricultural Value Added), Pronamp  (Medium -Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and Rural 
Savin gs and Mandatory Resources at controlled  interest rates . 
3 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) and PROCERA (Special Credit Program for Agrarian Reform) rescheduled interest rate and 
SELIC in terest rate.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
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)  
(US$ '000) Value of Production1 
(US$ '000) Current Total AMS  (aggregate)  
(US$ '000) 
1 2 3 4 
Cocoa  1.7 314,163 .0 de minimis  
Coffee  21,623 .8 5,466,884.4  de minimis  
Cotton  62,716.8  3,377,691 .6 de minimis  
Edible beans  3,850 .9 2,466,461.8  de minimis  
Maize  68,125.0  10,341,706.2  de minimis  
Orange  13,446.5  6,470,357.2  de minimis  
Sugar cane  8,168.0 12,979,583 .2 de minimis  
Non-product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)  1,724,558.8  147,733,044.6  de minim is 
Current Total AMS     0.0 
1 Provisional.   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of 
basic products  Agricultural Y ear 
beginning  Measure type(s)  Applied administered 
price  
(US$/ton ne) External reference 
price  
(US$/ton ne) Eligible 
production  
('000 
tonnes) Associ ated 
fees/levies  
(US$ '000) Total market 
price support  
(US$ '000) Data  
Source  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9 
Edible beans  July 2014 Minimum Support Price  523.13 472.42  75.9  3,850 .9 MAPA  
Maize  July 20 14 Minimum Support Price  112.02 131.35  20.2  0.0 MAPA  
 
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Product -Speci fic Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
product  Agricultural 
year 
beginning  Measure type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
(US$/tonne ) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST...)  
(US$/tonne)  Eligible 
product ion 
('000 
tonnes)  Total price -
related direct 
payments  
(US$ '000) Other 
non-exemp t 
direct  
payments  
(US$ '000) Associated  
fees/levies  
(US$ '000) Total direct  
payments  
(US$ '000) Data  
sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4-5*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cotton  July 20 14 Agricult ural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (PEPRO)      62,716 .8 - 62,716 .8 MAPA  
Maize  July 20 14 Agricultural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (PEPRO)      68,125.0 - 68,125.0 MAPA  
Orange  July 20 14 Agricultural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (P EPRO)      13,446.5 - 13,446.5 MAPA  
 
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Descriptio n of 
basic product  Agricultural 
year beginning  Measure type(s)  Other product -
specific budgetary 
outlays  
(US$ '000) Other product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies  
(US$ '000) Total other 
product -
specific 
suppor t 
(US$ '000) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table  DS:5)  
(US$ '000) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table  DS:6)  
(US$ '000) Total AMS  
(US$ '000) Data 
sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11 
Cocoa  July 201 4 Product -specific credit1  1.7  1.7   1.7 MAPA  
Coffee  July 2014  Product -specific credit2  21,623.8  21,623.8   21,623.8 MAPA  
Cotton  July 2014        62,716.8  62,716.8  MAPA  
Edible beans  July 2014       3,850.9   3,850.9 MAPA  
Maize  July 2014        68,125.0  68,125.0  MAPA  
Orange  July 2014        13,446.5  13,446.5  MAPA  
Sugar Cane  July 2014 Product -specific credit3  8,168.0   8,168.0    8,168.0  MAPA  
1 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between the Program to Support the Renewal of Cocoa Fields in Bahia (PRLC -BA) interest rate and SELIC int erest rate . 
2 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between the Brazilian Coffee Fund (FUNCAFE) interest rate and SELIC interest rate . 
3 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between PRORENOVA (Program to Support the Renewal and Creation of New Sugar cane Fields) interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and 
Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds) . 
 
The following products may be supported by non-exempt  support program mes, according to the available funds and the market price: barley, Brazilian wax, canola, cashew nut, cassava, cassava flour, 
cassava starch, castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva,  milk, o at, orange, peanuts, rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar 
cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat. If the product is not listed in this table, it means the product received no support du ring the crop -year. Some products have the right to be supp orted only on specific 
States or Regions.  
  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2014/2015 
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Agricultural year 
beginning  Non-product -specific 
budgetary outlays  
(US$ '000)  Other non -product -
specific support (include 
calculation details)  
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies  Total non -
product -specific 
support  
(US$ '000) Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Non-product -specific production and marketing credit1 July 2014  - 726,770. 0  726,770.0  MAPA  
Debt rescheduling program mes2 July 2014  - 941,506.6   941,506.6  National Treasure  
Insurance Program mes3 January 2015  56,282.2  -  56,282.2  General Budget  
Total      1,724,558.8   
1 Implicit  subsidy based on the dif ference between the inte rest rate of each of the following program mes and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the 
overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds): Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Pronamp (Mediu m-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and Rural Savings and 
Mandatory Resources at controlled  interest rates . 
2 Implici t subsidy based on the di fference between the rescheduled program me interest rate and SELIC interest rate. The debt reschedule program mes are: Rural Debt Securitisation and PESA (Program 
of Financial Assets Rehabilitation) . 
3 Programme of Support to Rural Insurance Premiums (PSR) . 
 
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