G/AG/N/URY/61  
4 May 2016  
(16-2514)  Page: 1/7  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following submission, dated 28 April 2016, is bein g circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Uruguay . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2015 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
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 Schedu le) (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached  Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
  Below " de minimis " level 
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to Ur$167,646,651,000 (US$6,134,162,000) in 2015, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank of 
Uruguay.   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Measure 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 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services Research 8,937,933 National Budget 
(data from the National 
Agricultural Research 
Institute) 
 Extension and advisory services 15,517,235 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and insp ection services (1) 13,235,522 " 
(j) Payments under environmental programmes Nation al Directorate of Natural Resources 2,316,011 " 
 Development and Climate Change Adaptation  (DACC) Programme 6, 232,598 DACC budget 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services  cannot be separated from those on pest and disease control; both are included in a nimal and plant health programmes.   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
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$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally available 
to agriculture Rural Production Development Programme 
(aimed at small-scale family producers) 232,696 National Budget 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific AMS) Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:9 below) 
 
(US$) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
 
(US$) Product-specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below) 
 
(US$) Current total AMS 
(aggregate) 
  
(US$) 
1 2 3 4 5 
Exemption from global tariff on agricultural inputs (n on-product-specific) 35,631,933 0 0 de minimis  
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
Description of 
basic product Calendar  
year 
2015 Measure 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other product-
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) 
 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
  
(US$) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) Total 
AMS 
    
(US$) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized 
interest rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, vegetables, 
tobacco, cotton, etc.  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://bcu.gub.uy ). 
(2) There was no subsidization of in terest rates for the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2014.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: URUGUAY 
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2015 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year 
2015 Non-
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support 
  
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from payment of 
global tariff (CET) on imports of agricultural inputs from non-MERCOSUR countries (1)  - 35,631,933 (2)(3)  - 35,631,933 Declarations of 
imports effected 
 
National Customs 
Directorate of the Ministry 
of Economy and Finance 
(1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0%. (2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not appl ying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) to imports of i nputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
(3) This figure represents 0.6% of the 2015 Gross Value of Agricu ltural Production (GVAP). According to preliminary estimates b y the Central Bank of Uruguay, 2015 GVAP 
amounted to Ur$167,646,651,000 (US$6,134,162,000). 
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