G/AG/N/URY/49  
17 May 2013  
(13-2580)  Page: 1/8  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 15 May 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Uruguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) for 2012 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
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 
  Below " de minimis " level 
 
 
   
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
 The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to  Ur$123,428,049,000 (US$6,077,206,000) in 2012, according to preli minary estimates 
by the Central Bank of Uruguay.    
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
Measure Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and descript ion of measure with reference 
to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value 
of measure in year 
in question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services Research 14,054,059 National Budget (data from 
the National Agricultural 
Research Institute) 
 Extension and advisory services 3,424,532 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspection services (1) 13,445,552 National Budget 
and implementation 
of livestock programme 
(j) Payments under 
environmental programmes Responsible Production Project (PPR) 7,945,593 National Budget and 
PPR implementation 
 Development and Climate Change Adaptation 
Programme 2,017,713  
 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services ca nnot be separated from those on pest and dise ase control; both are included in Anima l and Plant Health Programmes.   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Special and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
Measure type Name and desc ription of measure with 
reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question  
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture Rural Production Development Programme 
(this measure is aimed at small-scale 
family farmers) 2,239,692 National Budget 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-
product-specific AMS) Non-product-specific 
AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 
(US$) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements 
of support (from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff 
on agricultural inputs 
(non-product-specific) 33,575,442 0 0 de minimis  
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) AT PRODUCER PRICES 
 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
 
 2011 2012 
Total agriculture 5,998,832 6,077,206 Crop-farming subsector 
(excluding forestry) 3,724,239 2,988,324 
 
 
 
  
 
 Source : Central Bank of Uruguay 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
of basic product Calendar
 
year 
2012 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
   
(US$) Market 
price 
support 
(Supportin
g Table 
DS:5) Non-exemp
t direct 
payments 
(Supportin
g Table 
DS:6) 
 Total AMS 
  
 
   
(US$) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized 
interest rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse 
grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, 
tobacco, cotton, etc.  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy ). 
(2) There was no subsidization of in terest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2011.   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR, 2012 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar year 
2012 Non-product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total 
non-product-
specific support 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from 
payment of 
global tariff (CET) on imports 
of agricultural 
inputs from non-MERCOSUR 
countries (1)  - 33,575,442 (2) (3)  - 33,575,442 Declarations of 
imports effected 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy 
and Finance 
(1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0%. 
(2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not appl ying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of i nputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
(3) This figure represents 0.55% of the 2012 Gros s Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) . 2012 GVAP amounted to Ur$123,428,049,00 0 (US$6,077,206,000) according 
to preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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