G/AG/N/CHL/40  
10 June 2013  
(13-3012)  Page: 1/8  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 3 June 2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the delegation of Chile . The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1  and the relevant supporting tables) for 2011 . 
 
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  The existing domestic agricultural support  measures applied by Chile are those listed 
in the attached supporting tables.  
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
(Ch$ million) Current total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
- - "de minimis"* 
*See Supporting Table DS:4.  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
2.2 General services    
(a) Research Agricultural research  
Partial financing for innovation projects; 
technological applications; 
innovation support information. 7,903,115 
 
 
 Foundation for 
Agricultural 
Innovation (FIA) 
 
 Research and development centres  
Generation, adaptation and dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge and products that contribute to the sustainable (social, economic 
and environmental) development of the competitiveness of the various agricultural sector actors.  14,320,521 Agricultural 
Research Institute (INIA) 
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture  
Technical Advisory Service (SAT): desi gned to build up and strengthen 
production and business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , production, 
use of technologies, and management.  26,748,351 Agricultural 
Development Institute (INDAP) 
 Support for organizations (PRODES: Fund for Organizational Development 
Projects): support for organizational development and entrepreneurial 
and organizational capaci ty building (management,  training, leadership 
and business development).   
 Business management centre for small producers (CEGE): provision of direct 
technical and economic (accounting, fiscal, legal and strategic) 
advisory services.     
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- 4 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Development promotion services (P RODESAL and PRODECOP): support for 
the contracting of technical advisory  services to improve productivity 
and the environmental situation and to raise partnership levels.    
  
Training and education for women in rural areas: about 3,000 women are 
attending technical training, personal training, management training and organizational development workshops.  Quality promotion: support for enterprises in achieving better quality 
and greater productivity through specialized quality management consulting services.   
1,567,430 
  
 
291,900  
Agricultural Development Institute (INDAP) and the Foundation for the Advancement and Development of Women (PRODEMU)  Vice-Ministry of Agriculture / Production Promotion Corporation 
(CORFO) 
 
(d) Extension and advisory services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT): advice for small and medium-sized 
agricultural producers on contracting co nsultancy services, thus facilitating 
access to external and specialized technical assistance services; and 
Irrigation and Energy Efficiency Pre-Investment Programmes (PIR and 
PIEE) : support for the contracting of advisory services to design 
irrigation projects. 1,548,750 
 Vice-Ministry 
of Agriculture / Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
(e) Inspection services for sanitary, safety, etc. purposes Agricultural Protection : protection, maintenance and improvement of plant 
and animal health and surveillance of th e health status of plants and animals 
and the sanitary condition of plan t and animal products, by-products 
and derivatives which may cause or carry diseases or pests that could impair 
this resource.   46,507,018 Agriculture 
and Livestock Service (SAG)  
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- 5 - Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(f) Marketing and promotion 
services Promotion Programme (PROFO) : scheme for the paym ent of incentives 
to encourage business modernization through the association of similar 
or complementary enterprises established in the same area.  
 2,752,466 
 Vice-Ministry 
of Agriculture / Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO) 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP): support for the assessment, 
preparation and development of business  projects with a view to improving 
supplier quality and productivity.   3,105,173 
 Vice-Ministry 
of Agriculture / Production Promotion Corporation (CORFO)  
(g) Infrastructure services  Law No. 18.450: promotion of private investment  in irrigation and drainage 
works, as a means of encouraging the construction of small-scale hydraulic 
works for agricultural use.  Irrigation for smal l-scale farming: support for the diversification and greater 
productivity of small-scal e farming by introducing, 
improving and expanding irrigation.   16,446,991 
   
5,519,426 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR)   Agricultural Development Institute (INDAP) 
2.5 Direct payments to producers Agricultural insurance: instrument that allows the agricultural sector 
to protect itself against economic losses resulting from natural disasters. It provides for support towards or the partial financing of the insurance premium.  4,185,831 
    Agricultural 
Insurance Committee (COMSA)  
2.8 Disaster relief payments Agricultural Emergency Fund: assistance for the agricult ural sector to offset 
the adverse effects of climatic events.  0 Vice-Ministry 
of Agriculture 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Development Programmes" 
Measure type Name and description of measure 
with reference to criteria in 
Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture 
  Investment incentive 
 
  11,519,213 
 Agricultural 
Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
Prepared by: Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture.  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 
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) 
(Ch$ million) Product-specific 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below)    40,650 de minimis1 
 
¹Total value of 2011 agricultural production: Ch$6,401 billion (provisional figure). 
Source: Based on data provided by the Central Bank of Chile.  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CHILE 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2011 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar/market 
year beginning… Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(Ch$ million) Other non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation 
  26,455 
   26,455 
 Agricultural 
Development 
Institute 
(INDAP) / 
Agriculture 
and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
Irrigation Law No. 18.450  14,195   14,195 National 
Irrigation 
Commission 
(CNR) 
TOTAL  40,650   40,650  
 
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