G/AG/N/URY/63  
20 August  2018 
(18-5250) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 4 April 2 018, is being circulated at t he request of the delegation 
of Uruguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table  DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year  2016 . 
 
 
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Table  DS.1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment  Currency  Current Total AMS  
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule )  (from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule)  (from attached Supporting Tables)  
1 2 3 
  0 
    
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure , with 
reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value 
(US$)  Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Research  19,878,494 National Budget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute)   
Subtotal  19,878,494   
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Pest and disease control and inspection 
services  10,266,055 National Budget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute)  (1) 
Subtotal  10,266,055   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Extension and advisory services  10,227,234 National Budget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute)   
Subtotal  10,227,234   
12. Environmental programmes  National Directorate of Natural Resources  1,957,377 National Budget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute)   
Development and Climate Change Adaptation 
(DACC) Programme  2,888,582 DACC  budget   
Subtotal  4,845,959   
Total Green Box  45,217,742   
 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services cannot be separated from those on pest and disease control ; both are included in animal and plant health programmes.  
    
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Supporting Table DS.2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  URUGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
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 
(US$)  Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Rural Production Development Programme 
(aimed at small -scale family producers)  244,447 National Budget   
Subtotal  244,447   
Total development programmes  244,447   
 
    
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Supporting Table DS.4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
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)  
 
 
 
(US$) Product -specific 
measurements of  
support (from 
Supporting 
Table  DS:8)  
 
(US$) Total  
(2+3)  
 
 
 
 
(US$) Production 
value  
 
 
 
 
(US$) Support as a % 
of value of 
production  
 Current total 
AMS 
 
 
 
 
(US$) Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Total n on-product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)  51,933,388 5,631,791,433 0.92% 0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  0  
 
    
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Supporting Table DS.9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2016  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type (s) Reporting period  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
(US$) Other non -
product -specific 
support (include 
calculation details)  
 
 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies  
 
(US$) Total non -
product -
specific 
support  
(3+4 -5) 
 
(US$) Data source  Note 
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Exemption from 
payment of global 
tariff (CET) on 
imports of agricultural 
inputs from non -
MERCOSUR countries  CY 01-01-16 31-12-16  51,933,388 (2) (3)   51,933,388 Declarations of 
imports effected 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy 
and Finance  (1) 
TOTAL  51,933,388  
 
(1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 %. 
(2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not applying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of inp uts from non -MERCOSUR countries.  
(3) This figure represents  0.9% of the 2016 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) . According to the Central Bank of Uruguay, 2016 GVAP amounted to 
Ur$ 169,871,725,000 ( US$ 5,631,791,433).  
 
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