G/AG/N/BRA/40  
 
12 January 2016  
(16-0219)  Page: 1/11  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 30 December 2015, is being 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 2013/2014 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
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 0.00 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2014 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure type Description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure 
(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 diffusion of their results 163,632.7 General Budget 
 Agricultural research programme 163,239.8  
 Agricultural zoning service 392.9  
(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 phytosanitary defense and alertness, inspection and disease control, training programmes related to disease control and prevention, warning services 49,568.3 General Budget 
 Agricultural Protection Programme 49,568.3  
(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 14,618.6 General Budget 
 Capacity building programmes 0.0  
 Educational services for rural areas 14,618.6   
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- 4 - Measure type Description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(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, services for cooperatives and other farm associations (studies, researches and training) 906,584.8 General Budget 
 Acquisition of equipment by municipalities for services in rural areas 94,211.1  
 Extension services on agricultural production 36,422.9  
 Extension services on rural development 121,292.1  
 Extension services on sustainability and competitiveness 1,711.9  
 Support for projects of agricultural development 453,934.7  
 Support for technological innovation projects to family farming 157,946.1  
 Technology transfer 24,624.7  
 Weather forecast information 16,441.2  
(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 
classification and inspection of animal and vegetal products, improvement of 
seed production and marketing (seed fields registration), standardization and 
grading, animal genetic and zootechnic improvement 23,415.2 General Budget 
 Inspection of agricultural activities 20,998.2  
 Inspection of organic production 2,417.0  
(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 market facilities, and improvement of agricultural market information services 29,072.0 General Budget 
 International promotion services 3,043.8  
 Support for marketing projects 26,028.2   
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- 5 - Measure type Description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of 
measure 
(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 maintenance of public dams for irrigation and for urban water supply, construction of rural roads, rural housing, rural electricity network services and 
facilities, electricity distribution, forestry development and management and 
environmental programmes 497,374.1 General Budget 
 Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas 69,977.4  
 Support for irrigation programmes 427,396.6  
(viii) Agrarian organization; agrarian reform settlement Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities re lated to 
agrarian policy, agrarian reform and settlement projects 275,640.5 General Budget 
 Acquisition of rural land for agrarian organization 241,913.8  
 Management of the rural settlement programme 12,844.6  
 Preparatory measures to acquisition of rural land 20,882.1  
2) "Public stockholding for food security purposes" Budgetary expe nditures, financed by public resources, in activities related  to 
expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of government stocks which form an integral part of a federal food security programme as defined by 
Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"), from 17/01/91. 371,656.8 General Budget 
 Inspection of public stocks 787.3  
 Programme of acquisition of agricultural products from family farming 370,869.5  
3) "Domestic food aid" Budgetary expenditures, financ ed by public resources, in activities related to 
expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor. 1,574,288.6 General Budget 
 Meals for children in public schools 1,574,288.6  
4) "Government agricultural insurance programme" Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to  
decrease risk and uncertainty in agriculture, through agricultural insurance sponsored by the federal government. 389,413.5 General Budget 
 Warranty-Crop Fund 389,413.5  
 Total 4,295,265.0   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
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 of 
measure in year in 
question 
(US$ '000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Funds for variable input 
acquisitions1 Production 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 Program) 203,068.7 MAPA 
Funds for agricultural 
investments2 Investment Credit - Government and private funds, directed to improve rural structure, acquisition of machines, 
equipment, vehicles and animal services 1,638,084.8 MAPA 
Debt rescheduling programmes3 Debt Rescheduling - Rescheduling of debts in longer terms and most favourable conditions (under PRONAF and 
PROCERA Programs) 34,139.8 National 
Treasure 
 Total  1,875,293.3  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRONAF (Progr am to Strengthen Household Agriculture) interest rate and SELIC  (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest 
rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds). 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the interest ra te of each of the following programmes and SELIC interest rat e: ABC (Low Carbon Agriculture Program), BNDES PSI-BK (Program for the 
Sustainability of Investment in Capital Goods), FTRA (Special Program for Acquisition of Rural Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO , FNE and FCO), Inovagro (Program to Encourage Innovation in 
Agricultural Production), Special Line - SUDENE Drought, Moderagro (Program for the Modernization of Agriculture and the Conser vation of Natural Resources), Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet Modernization 
Incentives Program), Moderinfra (Incentives Program for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Program for the Construction and Expansio n of Warehouses), PRI (Investment Enhancement Program), 
Procap-Agro (Agricultural Cooperatives Capitalization Program), Prodecer III (Program for Japanese-Brazilian Cooperation for De velopment of the Savannahs), Prodecoop (Cooperative Development 
Program for the Enhancement of Agricultural Value Added), Pronamp (Medium-Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and Rur al Savings and Mandatory Resources at controlled interest rates. 
3 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture) and PROCERA (Special Cr edit Program for Agrarian Reform) rescheduled interest rate and 
SELIC interest rate.  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
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) Value of Production 
(US$ '000) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
(US$ '000) 
1 2 3 4 
Cocoa 3.9 675,551.9 de minimis 
Coffee 108,036.7 6,665,661.9 de minimis 
Edible beans 12,508.7 2,198,946.2 de minimis 
Grapes 4,734.9 893,017.4 de minimis 
Maize 196,193.9 11,048,846.0 de minimis 
Sugar cane 43,798.1 17,924,609.4 de minimis 
Wheat 34,244.2 1,295,401.2 de minimis 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Suppo rting Table DS:9) 2,269,941.3 182,334,568.8 de minimis 
Current Total AMS    0.0  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support 
Description of 
basic products Agricultural Year 
beginning Measure type(s) Applied administered 
price 
(US$/tonne) External reference 
price 
(US$/tonne) Eligible 
production  
('000 
tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies 
(US$ '000) Total market 
price support 
(US$ '000) Data 
Source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Coffee July 2013 Public Option Contracts 2,458.26 1,725.25 127.4 1,842.9 91,562.5 MAPA 
Edible beans July 2013 Minimum Support Price 708.47 472.42 53.0  12,508.7 MAPA 
Maize July 2013 Public Option Contracts 109.82 131.35 2,080.4 3,821.3 0.0 MAPA 
  Minimum Support Price 126.31  297.6  0.0 MAPA 
Wheat March 2014 Minimum Support Price 221.24 130.93 15.0  1,354.7 MAPA 
 
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
Description 
of basic 
product Agricultural 
year 
beginning Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
(US$/tonne) External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST...)  
(US$/tonne) Eligible 
production 
('000 
tonnes) Total price-
related direct 
payments 
(US$ '000) Other 
non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(US$ '000) Associated 
fees/levies 
(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 
Grapes July 2013 Agricultural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (PEPRO)     4,734.9 - 4,734.9 MAPA 
Maize July 2013 Agricultural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (PEPRO)     196,193.9 - 196,193.9 MAPA 
Sugar cane July 2013 Subsidy for Ethanol Producers in 
Northeast Region     19,176.7 - 19,176.7 General 
Budget 
  Subsidy for Sugarcane Producers 
in Northeast Region     9,983.7 - 9,983.7 General 
Budget 
        Total 29,160.3  
Wheat March 2014 Agricultural Products' Sale Option 
Private Premium (PEPRO)     32,889.5 - 32,889.5 MAPA 
 
  
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
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 
Cocoa July 2013 Product-specific credit1  3.9  3.9   3.9 MAPA 
Coffee July 2013 Product-specific credit2  16,474.2  16,474.2 91,562.5  108,036.7 MAPA 
Edible beans July 2013      12,508.7  12,508.7  
Grapes July 2013       4,734.9 4,734.9  
Maize July 2013       196,193.9 196,193.9  
Sugar Cane July 2013 Product-specific credit3  14,637.8  14,637.8  29,160.3 43,798.1 MAPA 
Wheat March 2014      1,354.7 32,889.5 34,244.2  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the Program to  Support the Renewal of Cocoa Fields in Bahia (PRLC-BA) intere st rate and SELIC interest rate. 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the Brazilian  Coffee Fund (FUNCAFE) interest rate and SELIC interest rate. 
3 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between PRORENOVA (Pro gram to Support the Renewal and Creation of New Sugarcane Fiel ds) interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and 
Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds). 
 The following products may be supported by non-exempt support pr ogrammes, according to the available funds and the market price : barley, Brazilian wax, canola, cash ew nut, cassava, cassava flour, 
cassava starch, castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic, grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva, m ilk, oat, orange, peanuts, rice, silk cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar 
cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat. If the product is not listed in this table, it means the product received no support duri ng the crop-year. Some products have the right to be supported only on specific 
States or Regions.   
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL 
REPORTING PERIOD: AGRICULTURAL YEAR 2013/2014 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Agricultural year 
beginning Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
(US$ '000) 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 credit1 July 2013 - 667,377.8 - 667,377.8 MAPA 
Debt rescheduling programmes2 July 2013 - 1,168,588.4 - 1,168,588.4 National Treasure 
Insurance Programmes3 January 2014 433,975.1 - - 433,975.1 General Budget 
Total     2,269,941.3  
1 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the interest ra te of each of the following programmes and SELIC (Special Sys tem for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest rate for the 
overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds): Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Pronamp (Medium-Scale A gricultural Producer Support Program), and Rural Savings and 
Mandatory Resources at controlled interest rates. 
2 Implicit subsidy based on the difference between the rescheduled  programme interest rate and SELIC interest rate. The debt re schedule programmes are: Rural Debt Securitisation and PESA (Program 
of Financial Assets Rehabilitation). 
3 Programme of Support to Rural Insurance Premiums (PSR) and Agricultural Livestock Guarantee Programme (PROAGRO). 
 
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