G/AG/N/BRA/52  
 
1 February 2019  
(19-0586) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 28 January  2019, is being ci rculated at the request of the d elegation 
of Brazil . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the relevant 
supporting tables) for the calendar  year 2017 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2017  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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  USD/thousand  0 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2017  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex  2 Monetary value  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  Agricultural research program me 63,357.2  General Budget  (1) 
Agricultural zoning service  99.6 General Budget  (1) 
Subtotal:  63,456.8   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Agricultural Protec tion Program  20,591.1 General Budget  (2) 
Subtotal:  20,591.1   
2 (c). Training services  Capacity building programmes  0 General Budget  (3) 
Educational services for rural areas  1,930.4  General Budget  (3) 
Subtotal:  1,930.4    
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Acquisition of equipment by municipalities for services in rural areas  0 General Budget  (4) 
Extension services on agricultural production  7,763.4  General Budget  (4) 
Extension services on rural development  4,939.1  General Budget  (4) 
Extension services  on sustainability and competitiveness  791.2 General Budget  (4) 
Support for projects of agricultural development  61,791.5  General Budget  (4) 
Support for technological innovation projects to family farming  143.9  General Budget  (4) 
Technology transfer  3,415.6  General Budget  (4) 
Weather forecast information  8,717. 2 General Budget  (4) 
Subtotal:  87,561.9    
2 (e). Inspection services  Inspection of agricultural activities  643.5  General Budget  (5) 
Inspection of organic production  0 General Budget  (5) 
Subtotal:  643.5    
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  International promotion services  2,379. 9 General Budget  (6) 
Support for marketing projects  259.3  General Budget  (6) 
Subtotal:  2,639. 2   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas  308.8  General Budget  (7) 
Support for irrigation programmes  15,448. 5 General Budget  (7) 
Subtotal:  15,757.3    
2 (h). Other general services  Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization  15,575. 6 General Budget  (8) 
Management of the rural settlement programme  3,919.6  General Budget  (8) 
Preparatory measures to acquisition of rural land  23,820.4  General Budget  (8) 
Subtotal:  43,315. 6    
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- 4 - Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex  2 Monetary value  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
3. Public stockholding for food security 
purposes  Inspection of public stocks  396.0  General Budget  (9) 
Program me of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming  89,289.4  General Budget  (9) 
Subtotal:  89,685.4    
4. Domestic food aid  Meals for children in public schools  1,219,999.6  General Budget  (10) 
Subtotal:  1,219,999.6    
8. Payments for relief from natural 
disasters  Warranty -Crop Fund  115,154. 5 General Budget  (11) 
Subtotal:  115,154. 5   
Grand Total Green Box  1,660,735. 3   
1 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.  
2 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to animal and plant health services, zoo sanitary  and phytosanitary defence  and alertness, 
inspection and disease control, training programmes related to disease control and prevention, warning services.  
3 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities re lated to secondary education that provides intermediate professional qualification and higher 
education oriented to rural activities provided by agricultural colleges and universities.  
4 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities t hat provide technical assistance and rural extension services to small producers, operation and 
improvement of meteorological services, services for cooperatives and other farm associations (studies, researches and traini ng). 
5 Budgetary expenditures, fina nced by public resources, in activities related to classification and inspection of animal and vegetal products, improvement of seed 
production and marketing (seed fields registration), standardization and grading, animal genetic and zootechnic improvement . 
6 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to improvement of the marketing system and develo pment 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 agricultural market 
information services.  
7 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to implementation and operation of irrigation pro grammes, construction and maintenance of 
public dams for irrigation and for urban water supply, construction of rural roads, rural housing, rural electricity network services and facilities, electricity distribution, 
forestry development and management and environmental programmes.  
8 Agrarian organization; agrarian reform settlement. Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities relate d to agrarian policy, agrarian reform and 
settlement projects.  
9 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activi ties related to expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of government stocks which form an 
integral part of a federal food security programme as defined by Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91.   
10 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor.  
11 Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to decrease risk and uncertainty in agriculture, through agricultural insurance sponsored by 
the federal government.  
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL  YEAR 201 6/2017  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Pr ogrammes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
USD, thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  INVESTMENT CREDIT - government and private funds, directed to 
improve rural structure, acquisitions of machines, equipments, vehicles 
and animal services  534,046.6  MAPA  (1) 
Subtotal:  534,046.6    
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers  PRODUCTION CREDIT - government and private funds, mostly 
compulsory, allocated to production at preferential interest rates 
generally available to low -income or resource -poor producers (under 
PRONAF Program)  82,213.9  MAPA  (2) 
INPUT SUBSIDIES - government funds generally available to low -income 
or resource -poor producers (under PRONAF Program).  0 General Budget   
DEBT RESCHEDULING - Rescheduling of debts in longer terms and most 
favorable conditions (under PRONAF and PROCERA Programs)  29,665.3  National Treasure  (3) 
Subtotal:  111,879.3   
(c) Support for diversification from growing illicit narcotic 
crops      
Subtotal:     
Grand Total Development Programmes  645,925.9    
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference  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), BNDES/FINAME (Special Agency for Industrial Financin g), FTRA (Special Program for 
Acquisition of Rural Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Inovagro (Program to Encourage Innovation in Agricultura l Production), Moderagro (Program for 
the Modernization of Agriculture and the Conservation of Natura l Resources), Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet Modernization Incentives Program), Moderinfra (Incentives 
Program for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Program for the Construction and Expansion of Warehouses), PRI (Investment Enhancem ent Program), Procap -Agro 
(Agricu ltural Cooperatives Capitalization Program), Prodecoop (Cooperative Development Program for the Enhancement of Agricultura l Value Added), Pronamp 
(Medium -Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and Rural Savings, Mandatory Resources and State Funds a t controlled  interest rates . 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference  between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and 
Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the overnight interba nk loans collateralized by government bonds) . 
3 Implicit subsidy based on the difference  between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) and PROCERA (Special Credit Program for Agrarian Reform) 
rescheduled interest rate and SELIC interest rate.   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AG RICULTURAL  YEAR 2016/ 2017  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
 
USD, thousand  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
USD,  thousand  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
USD,  thousand  Value of production  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Coffee  9,130.9   9,130.9  5,804,197.3 0.16%  0 (de minimis )  
Maize  64,146.6   64,146.6  10,300,751.6  0.62%  0 (de minimis )  
Sugar Cane  247.5  247.5 16,985,486.4 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Wheat  1,766.2   1,766.2  734,649.3 0.24%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  1,872,553.9 162,731,358.7 1.15%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  0  
 
 
   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL  YEAR 2016/ 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments  
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Maize  AY 01-07-16 30-06-17 Agricultural 
Products' 
Sale Option 
Private 
Premium 
(PEPRO)      49,590.5   49,590.5  MAPA   
Total Maize            49,590.5    
Wheat  AY 01-03-17 28-02-18 Agricultural 
Products' 
Sale Option 
Private 
Premium 
(PEPRO)      1,766.2   1,766.2  MAPA  (1) 
Total 
Wheat            1,766.2    
1 Crop year betwee n March 2017 and February 2018.  
   
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2016/ 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
USD,  thousand  Other product 
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  
 
USD,  thousand  Associated 
fees/ levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  
(4+5 -6) 
 
USD,  thousand  Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
USD,  thousand  Non-exempt 
direct 
payment s 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
USD,  thousand  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Coffee  AY 01-
07-
16 30-
06-
17 Product -
specific 
credit   9,130.9   9,130.9     MAPA  (1) 
Total 
Coffee         9,130.9    9,130.9    
Maize  AY 01-
07-
16 30-
06-
17 Premium 
for 
Product 
Outflow 
(PEP)  14,556.1   14,556.1      
Total Maize         14,556.1  49,590.5  64,146.6    
Sugar cane  
 AY 01-
07-
16 30-
06-
17 Product -
specific 
credit   247.5  247.5    MAPA  (2) 
Total 
Sugar Cane         247.5   247.5   
Wheat  AY 01-
03-
2017 28-
02-
18 Premium 
for 
Product 
Outflow 
(PEP)  0   0     (3) 
Total 
Wheat         0  1,766.2  1,766.2    
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, guar ana, jute, maize, malva, milk,  oat, 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 during the crop -
year. Some products have the right to be su pported only on specific States or Regions.  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the diference between the Brazilian Coffee Fund (FUNCAFE) interest rate and SELIC  interest rate.   
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- 9 - 2 Implicit subsidy based on the diference between PRORENOVA (Program to Support the Ren ewal and Creation of New Sugarcane Fields) interest rate and SELIC (Special 
System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the overnight interbank loans colla teralized by government bonds).  
3 Crop year between March 2017 and February 2018.  
   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BR AZIL  
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2016/ 2017  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
USD,  thousand  Other non -
product specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details)  
USD,  thousand  Associated  
fees/ levies  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Total non -
product -specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
USD,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Debt rescheduling programmes  AY 01-07-16 30-06-17  1,015,427.9   1,015,427.9  National 
Treasure  (1) 
Insurance Programs  AY 01-01-17 31-12-17 206,649.8    206,649.8  General 
Budget  (2) 
Non-product -specific production and marketing credit  AY 01-07-16 30-06-17  650,476.2  650,476.2 MAPA  (3) 
TOTAL  1,872,553.9  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference 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) . 
2 Program of Support to Rural Insu rance Premiums (PSR) and Agricultural Livestock  Guarantee Programme (PROAGRO).  
3 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the interest rate of each of the following program mes and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest 
rate (in terest rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds): Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), P ronamp (Medium -Scale Agricultural 
Producer Support Program), and Rural Savings and Mandatory Resources at controlled interest rates . 
 
 
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