G/AG/N/JOR/19  
 
24 January 2017  
(17-0430) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 9 January  2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Jordan . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year  2013.  
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
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 0 
  
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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 an d 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. Exe mpt 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 t he 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 SUPPOR T: JORDAN  
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 v alue 
 
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 agric ultural 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 pro ducers  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  
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 % o f 
value of 
production  Current Total 
AMS Note  
 JOD JOD JOD JOD  JOD  
1 2 3 (2+3)    4  
Wheat  904,686.96  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 Agr iculture, this falls below the de minimis  level thus need not to be 
included in the calcul ation of the Current Total AMS.  
 
  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : JORDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2013  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements o f Support: Market Price Support  
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   904,686.96  **  
Total Wheat          904,686.96    
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    
** Ministry 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 abili ty 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 Centra l Bank, Statistics Department).   
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- 7 - 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  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other product 
specifi c 
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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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: JO RDAN  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 201 3 
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure Types  Reporting Year  Non-
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
JOD Other non -
product specific 
support (inc lude 
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 Corpor ation, Central Bank.  
 
 
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