G/AG/N/BRA/30  
 
23 April 2013  
(13-2145)  Page: 1/14  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 15 April 2013, is be ing 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 2009/10 .  
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
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 
912,105.15 US$ '000 269,018.9  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2010 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(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 diffusi on of their results 284,706.5 General Budget 
  Agricultural development for social insertion research 
programme 9,886.9  
  Agricultural energy develo pment programme 33,559.2  
  Agricultural zoning  service 7,061.7  
  Environmental research rela ted to agriculture 2,963.1  
  Meteorological services re lated to agriculture 122.2  
  Sustainability and competitiveness research programme 231,113.4   
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- 4 - Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(ii) Pest and disease control, including general 
and product-specific pest and disease 
control measures, such as early warning 
systems, quarantine and eradication Budgetary expenditures, financed  by public resources, in 
activities related to animal  and plant health services, 
zoosanitary and phytosanitar y defense and alertness, 
inspection and disease control, training programmes related to 
disease control and prevention, warning services 114,101.7 General Budget 
  Foot-and-Mouth Disease eradication programme 28,102.9  
  Pest and disease control in animals 37,587.8  
  Pest and disease control in plants 48,410.9  
(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 agricultural colleges and 
universities 20,060.1 General Budget 
  Capacity building programmes 19,423.0  
  Educational services for rural areas 637.1  
(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 expenditures, financed  by public resources, in 
activities that provide technical assistance and rural extension 
services to small producers, operation and improvement of meteorological services, servic es for cooperatives and other 
farm associations (studies , researches and training) 799,828.1 General Budget 
  Acquisition of equipments by municipalities for services in rural 
areas 80,286.8  
  Extension services on agricu ltural production 75,554.0  
  Extension services on ru ral development 21,016.6  
  Extension services on sustainability and competitiveness 2,009.8  
  Management of public programmes 86,273.9  
  Publicity of public interest 10,110.0  
  Support for projects of agricu ltural development 312,595.6  
  Support for technological innovation pr ojects to family farming 181,333.4   
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- 5 - Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
  Technology transfer 20,288.7  
  Weather forecast in formation 10,359.3  
(v) Inspection services, including general 
inspections services and the inspection of particular products for health, safety, grading and standardization purposes Budgetary expenditures, financed  by public resources, in 
activities related to classificati on and inspection of animal and 
vegetal products, improvemen t of seed production and 
marketing (seed fields regist ration), standardization and 
grading, animal genetic and zootechnic improvement 53,742.3 General Budget 
  Classification and inspection of agricultural inputs 11,501.5  
  Food safety prog rammes 40,901.8  
  Inspection of agricultural services 208.0  
  Inspection of organi c production 1,131.0  
(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 their 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 mark et facilities, and improvement 
of agricultural market information services 2,951.3 General Budget 
  International promotion services 1,629.9  
  Support for marketing projects 1,321.4   
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- 6 - Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(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 programmes.  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 generally-available public utilities.  It shall not include subsidies to inputs or operating costs, or preferential user charges. Budgetary expenditures, financed  by public resources, in 
activities related to implementation and operation of irrigation 
programmes, construction and ma intenance of public dams for 
irrigation and for urban water supply, construction of rural roads, rural housing, rural el ectricity network services and 
facilities, electricity distribu tion, forestry development and 
management and environmental programmes 622,108.3 General Budget 
  Rural electric infrastructure 144.7  
  Support for infrastructure proj ects in rural areas 336,621.3  
  Support for irrigation programmes 285,342.3  
(viii) Agrarian organiza tion; agrarian reform 
settlement Budgetary expenditures, financed  by public resources, in 
activities related to agrarian policy, agrarian reform and settlement projects 438,515.1 General Budget 
  Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization 272,658.5  
  Management of the rural sett lement programme 147,009.7  
  Preparatory measures to acquis ition of rural land 18,846.9   
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- 7 - Measure type Name and descriptio n of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question 
 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
2) Public stockholding for food security purposes Budgetary expendit ures, financed by public resources, in 
activities related to expenditures with formation, maintenance 
and selling of governme nt stocks which form an integral part of 
a federal food security programme as defined by Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91 653,133.1 General Budget 
 Inspection of publ ic stocks 1,477.0  
 Management of public stockh olding progra mme 265,884.6  
 Programme of acquisition of agri cultural products from family 
farming 385,771.5  
3) Domestic food aid Budgetary expenditur es, financed by public resources, in 
activities related to expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor 1,721,260.5 General Budget 
 Meals for children in publ ic schools 1,721,260.5  
4) Government agricultural insuranc e programme Budgetary expenditures, fi nanced by public resources, in 
activities related to de crease risk and uncertainty in agriculture, 
through agricultural insurance sponsored by the federal government 181,280.0 General Budget 
 Warranty-Crop Fund 181,280.0  
5)Payments for relief from natural disasters Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, made 
following natural disasters 15,222.8 General Budget 
 Payments for relief from natural disasters in rural settlements 
areas 15,222.8  
 Total  4,906,909.8  
  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and differential treatment - "Development programmes" 
Measure type Name and descript ion 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 acquisitions PRODUCTI ON 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 Programme) 165,480.6 Central Bank 
Funds for agricultural investments INVESTMENT  CREDIT - government  and private funds, 
directed to improve rural structure, acquisition of 
machines, equipment, vehicl es and animal services 1,443,901.1 Central Bank 
Funds for input subsidies INPUT SUBS IDIES - government funds generally 
available to low-income or resource-poor producers (under PRONAF Programme) 4,961.5 General Budget 
Debt rescheduling programmes DEBT RESCHEDULING – Rescheduling of debts in 
longer terms and most favourable conditions (under PRONAF and PROCERA Programmes) 36,703.0 National Treasure  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
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) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
  
(US$ '000) 
1 2 3 4 
Coffee 136,962.7 - " de minimis " 
Cotton 269,018.9 - 269,018.9 
Edible Beans 23,159.0 - " de minimis " 
Maize 292,718.3 - " de minimis " 
Rice 125,804.5 - " de minimis " 
Sisal 4,923.5 - " de minimis " 
Sugar Cane 23,866.7 - " de minimis " 
Wheat 74,931.0 - " de minimis " 
Non-product-specific AMS  
(from Supporting Table DS:9) 2,528,238.4 - " de minimis "  
Current Total AMS   269,018.9 
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support 
Description of 
basic products  Agricultural 
year beginning  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price 
  
(US$/tonne)  External 
reference price 
 
(generally from 
AGST/...) 
 
(US$/tonne)  Eligible 
production 
   
('000 tonnes)  Associated 
fees/levies 
   
(US$ '000)  Total market 
price support 
   
(US$ '000)  Data sources  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Coffee July 2009 Minimum 
Support Price 2,311.44 1,725.25 0.3  174.7 MAPA/CONAB 
  Public Option 
Contracts 2,879.55  120.0 1,727.84 136,788.0 MAPA/CONAB 
      Total:  136,962.7   
Edible Beans July 2009 Minimum 
Support Price 728.58 472.49 90.4  23,159.0 MAPA/CONAB 
Maize July 2009 Minimum 
Support Price 142.19 131.35  1,149.1  12,454.5 MAPA/CONAB 
  Public Option 
Contracts 158.65  3,270.1 19,532.66 69,762.4 MAPA/CONAB 
      Total:  82,216.9  
Rice July 2009 Public Option 
Contracts 399.97 174.13 567.3 2,319.51 125,804.5 MAPA/CONAB 
Sisal July 2009 Minimum 
Support Price 575.18 265.97 8.1  2,491.9 MAPA/CONAB 
Wheat March 2010 Minimum 
Support Price 283.54 130.93 408.0  62,269.0 MAPA/CONAB  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description 
of basic 
products Agricultural 
year 
beginning Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
    
(US$/tonne) External 
reference 
price  
(generally 
from 
AGST/...) 
 
(US$/tonn
e) Eligible 
production
 
     
('000 
tonnes) Total price-
related 
direct 
payments 
   
(US$ '000) Other 
non-
exempt 
direct 
payments
 
   
(US$ 
'000) Associated 
fees/levie
s 
     
(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 2009 Agricultural 
Products' Sale Option Private Premium (PEPRO)     269,018.9  269,018.9 MAPA/CONAB
 
Maize July 2009 Agricultural 
Products' Sale Option Private 
Premium (PEPRO)     38,241.3  38,241.3 MAPA/CONAB
 
Sugar Cane July 2009 Production Cost 
Equalization     23,866.7  23,866.7 MAPA/CONAB  
  
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- 12 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description 
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 
support 
  
(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 
Coffee July 2009      136,962.7  136,962.7 MAPA/CONAB 
Cotton July 2009       269,018.9 269,018.9 MAPA/CONAB 
Edible 
Beans July 2009      23,159.0  23,159.0 MAPA/CONAB 
Maize July 2009 Premium for 
Product 
Outflow (PEP) 172,260.1   172,260.1 82,216.9 38,241.3 292,718.3 MAPA/CONAB 
Rice July 2009      125,804.5  125,804.5 MAPA/CONAB 
Sisal July 2009 Premium for 
Product 
Outflow (PEP) 2,431.6   2,431.6 2,491.9  4,923.5 MAPA/CONAB 
Sugar 
Cane July 2009       23,866.7 23,866.7 MAPA/CONAB 
Wheat March 2010 Premium for 
Product 
Outflow (PEP) 12,662.0   12,662.0 62,269.0  74,931.0 MAPA/CONAB  
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- 13 - Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Agricultural year 
beginning Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 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 credit  July 2009 - 821,691.3 - 821,691.3 Central Bank 
Debt rescheduling 
programmes July 2009 - 1,530,980.9 - 1,530,980.9 National Treasure 
Risk Minimizing 
Agribusiness 
Programme January 2010 175,566.2 - - 175,566.2 General Budget 
Total     2,528,238.4  G/AG/N/BRA/30 
 
- 14 - 
 
  "DE MINIMIS " CLAUSE VERIFICATION 
AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2009/2010 
Product Product-Specific AMS  
 
US$ '000 Value of Production 
 
US$ '000 AMS/Value of 
Production 
1 2 3 4 
Coffee 136,962.7 6,557,696.3 2.09% 
Cotton 269,018.9 2,339,350.8 11.50% 
Edible Beans 23,159.0 2,797,121.2 0.83% 
Maize 292,718.3 8,646,104.2 3.39% 
Rice 125,804.5 3,535,943.0 3.56% 
Sisal 4,923.5 125,284.6 3.93% 
Sugar Cane 23,866.7 16,036,734.7 0.15% 
Wheat 74,931.0 1,414,687.0 5.30% 
  
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
  Total Non-Product-
Specific AMS 
 
US$ '000 Value of Production  
 
 
US$ '000 AMS/Value of 
Production 
1 2 3 4 
Total 2,528,238.4 102,333,151.1 2.47% 
 
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