G/AG/N/JOR/19/Rev.1  
 
30 November  2017 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
 
The following submission, dated 27 October 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan . The revised notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table 
DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year  2013.  
 
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The revised notification  includes AMS calculations without inflation adjustment .  
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
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 
1,333,973 JOD 1,938,868  
Without inflation adjustment  
1,333,973 JOD 0 
With inflation adjustment  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex  2 Monetary value  
JOD Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research   Budget allocations for research programmes and research activities at public universities, 
and NCARE. Exempt as a general servic e under paragraph 2(a) of Annex  2.as well as of 
under paragraph 2(d) of Annex 2.  8,228,914 *  
Subtotal:  8,228,914   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Operating expenditures of the Plant Protection Services and Veterinary Services, MOA. 
Exempt under paragraph 2(b) of Annex 2  12,111,000 **  
Subtotal:  12,111,000   
2 (e). Inspection services  Allocations for inspection of plants and animals by MOA, jfda ,  and MOH. Exempt under 
paragraph 2(e) of Annex 2.  21,004,720 ***  
Subtotal:  21,004,720   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Expenditures by MOA on trade directories, trade fairs, and trial export shipments to gauge 
foreign market acceptability of Jordanian products. Exempted under paragraph 2(f) of 
Annex 2.  0 **  
Subtotal:  0   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Expenditures by the Ministry of Public Works on agricultural (rural) roads and rural 
electrification programmes, and the Ministry of Water and Irrigation on dams and irrigation 
systems. Exempt under paragraph 2(g) of Annex 2.  17,372,000 **  
Subtotal:  17,372,000   
4. Domestic food aid  Budgetary expenditures on bread, Exempt under paragraph 4 of Annex 2.  184,587,950 **  
Subtotal:  184,587,950   
Grand Total Green Box  243,304,584   
* Public Universit ies and documents of the budget.  
** Documents of the budget.  
*** MOA, MOH  
NCARE = National Center for Agriculture Research and Extension ;  
MOA = Ministry of Agriculture ;  
MOH = Ministry of Health;   
JFDA = Jordan  Food & Drug Administration .  
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria  
in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
JOD Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to 
agriculture  Value of interest rate subsidy on loans for irrigated and rain -fed land improvement and 
development; livestock development; mechanization; and farm and agricultural marketing 
facilities. Exempt under paragraph  2, Article  6, Part  IV of the Agreement on Agriculture  2,397,075 Agricultural Credit 
Corporation and 
Central Bank   
Subtotal:  2,397,075   
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or 
resource -poor producers  Value of interest rate subsidy on ope rational loans for less than J OD 1,000 representing 
"…agricultural input subsidies generally available to low -income or resource -poor producers 
in developing country Members... " Exempt under paragraph  2, Article 6, Part IV of the 
Agreement on Agriculture  5,170 Agricultural Credit 
Corporation and 
Central Bank   
Subtotal:  5,170   
Grand Total Development Programmes  2,402,245   
  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Calculation of the Current Total A ggregate Measurement of Support  
(Without inflation adjustment)  
Description of basic products  
(including non -product specific AMS)  Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  Product -specific EMS (from 
ST DS:8)  Total  Value of 
production  Support as a 
% of value 
of 
production  Current Total AMS  Note  
 JOD JOD JOD JOD  JOD  
1 2 3 (2+3)    4  
Wheat  1,938,868 .33  1,938,868 .33 10,551,290   1,938,868 .33  
Barley  1,305,312 .66  1,305,312 .66 13,092,800  9.97%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Livestock  51,036,522   51,036,522  1,208,411,740  4.22%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)   10,013,377  1,901,077,410  0.53%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
TOTAL  1,938,868.33   
(1) Source of information is Department of Statistics. Under the provisions of Article 6.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture, this f alls below the de minimis  level thus need not to be 
included in the calculation of the Current Total AMS.  
 
 
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
(With inflation adjustment)  
Description of basic products  
(including non -product specific AMS)  Product specific AMS (from 
ST DS:5 to DS:7)  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  Total  Value of 
production  Support as a 
% of value 
of 
production  Current Total AMS  Note  
 JOD JOD JOD JOD  JOD  
1 2 3 (2+3)    4  
Wheat  904,68 6.96   904,686.96  10,551,290  8.57%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Barley  1,305,312 .66   1,305,312.66  13,092,800  9.97%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Livestock  51,036,522    51,036,522  1,208,411,740  4.22%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)   10,013,377  1,901,077,410  0.53%  0 (de minimis ) (1) 
TOTAL  0  
(1) Source of information is Department of Statistics. Under the provisions of Article 6.4 of the Agreement on Agriculture, this f alls below the de minimis  level thus need not to be 
included in the calculation of the Current Total AMS.  
 
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements o f Support: Market Price Support  
(Without inflation adjustment)  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
JOD External reference price 
(generally from AGST)  
 
JOD Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
JOD Total market 
price support  
 
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9  
Wheat  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Price support  370/Tonne  151.4 /Tonne  8,869.48 Tonnes   1,938,868 .33 *  
Total Wheat          1,938,868 .33   
Barley  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Price support  320/Tonne  97/Tonne  5,853.42 Tonnes   1,305,312.66 *  
Total Barley          1,305,312.66   
* Ministr y of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
 
   
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
(With inflation adjustment)  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
JOD External reference price 
(generally from AGST)  
 
JOD Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
JOD Total market 
price support  
 
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6) -7 9  
Wheat  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Price support  370/Tonne  268/Tonne1  8,869.48 Tonnes   904,68 6.96 *  
Total Wheat          904,68 6.96   
Barley  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Price support  320/Tonne  97/Tonne  5,853.42 Tonnes   1,305,312 .66 *  
Total  Barley          1,305,312 .66   
* Ministr y of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
(1) Article 18.4: Member shall give due consideration to the influence of excessive rates of inflation on the ability of any member to abide by its domestic support commitments, 
the inflation rate in 2013, was 77% based on average  consumer price from 1997 -2013 (Jordan Central Bank, Statistics Department).  
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support  and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(Without inflation adjustment)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other product 
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
JOD Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
JOD Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11  
Wheat  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Wheat         0 1,938,868.33   1,938,868.33    
Barley  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Barley         0 1,305,312.66   1,305,312.66    
Livestock  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Government 
feed sales   51,036,522  51,036,522    *  
Total 
Livestock         51,036,522   51,036,522   
* Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(With inflation adjustment)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other product 
specific 
support (with 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support  Market price 
support  
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
JOD Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
JOD Total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9)  11  
Wheat  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Wheat         0 904,686.96   904,686.96    
Barley  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Seed sales   0  0    *  
Total Barley         0 1,305,312.66   1,305,312.66    
Livestock  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13 Government 
feed sales   51,036,522   51,036,522     *  
Total 
Livestock         51,036,522    51,036,522    
* Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Agriculture.  
  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
JOD Other non -product 
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
JOD Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
JOD Total non -product -
specific support  
 
 
 
JOD Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7  
Water subsidy  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13  9,970,200  9,970,200 *  
Credit subsidy  CY 01-01-13 31-12-13  43,177  43,177 **  
TOTAL  10,013,377  
* Jordan  Valley Authority.  
** Ministry of Agriculture, Credit Corporation, Central Bank.  
 
 
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