G/AG/N/UKR/26  
 
17 March  2017 
(17-1535) Page: 1/16 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 14 January 2014  is being circulated at the reques t of the 
Delegation of Ukraine . The notification concerns domestic supp ort commitments ( Table  DS:1 and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar year 2012. 
 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 201 2 
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 
3,043.4  UAH million  4,762.9  
Without inflation adjustment  
3,043.4  UAH million  2,096.0 
With inflation adjustment  
(see explanat ion to Table DS:5)  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Ta ble DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2012  
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 
ques tion 
(UAH million)  Data Sources  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services  1. General research and development and product -specific research 
programs, Annex 2, para. 2(a)  192.0  Report on the use of funds for 2012 by the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine  
 2. Rural infrastructure development: water pipelines, sewerage systems 
and facilities, gas and power supply networks, roads, terri torial planning, 
Annex 2, para.  2(g), (e)  0.0 " 
 3. Agricultural plant pest and animal disease control, Annex 2, para. 2(b)  136.7  " 
 4. Experience dissemination and advisory services, including provision of 
means to facilitate transfer of information and research results to producers 
and consumers, Annex 2, para. 2(d)  0.4 " 
 5. General inspection and specific product inspect ion services for purposes 
of health care, safety, grading or standardization, Annex 2, para. 2(е)  1,786.0  " 
 6. Training, re -training and advanced training of experts and workers in 
production and social spheres of rural areas, Annex 2, para. 2(c)  2,789.2  Report on th e use of funds for 2012 by the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine 
and the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences  
 7. Product marketing and promotion services,  Annex 2, para. 2(f)  47.2 Report on the use of funds for 2012 by the 
Ministry of Agra rian Policy and Food of Ukraine  
 8. Land reform: land market development, new legislation, land registry, 
cadastral survey, land titling, land quality defining  47.5 " 
(b) Public stockholding 
for food security 
purposes  Creation and securing of a provision  of variety and hybrid seeds; 
expenditure associated with a complex of measures for storage, 
transportation, processing for objects of state price regulation of 
intervention fund.  251.9  Report on the use of funds for 2012 by the 
Ministry of Agrarian Policy  and Food of Ukraine  
(c) Environmental 
programs  Measures on conservation and protection of forests, harmonious 
exploitation of forests.  0.0 " 
TOTAL  GREEN BOX   5,250.9    
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 201 2 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
(WITHOUT INFLATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description of basic products 
(including non -product specific 
AMS)  Product specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables 
DS:5 to DS:7 below)  Product -specifi c 
measureme nts of support 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:8 below)  Value of 
agricultural 
Production 201 2 De minimis  5% of 
value of agricultural 
production  Current Total AMS  
(6=2+3, if (2+3)> 5; 
otherwise 6=0.0)  
 (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH million ) (UAH million)  (UAH million)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
1. Sugar beets  4,762.9  0.0 6,457.3  322.9  4,762.9  
2. Hops  0.4 0.0 11.8 0.6 0.0 (de minimis)  
3. Fruits, berries and grape  69.1 0.0 9,632.7  481.6  0.0 (de minimis)  
4. Cattle  199.3  0.0 10,440.6  522.0  0.0 (de minimis)  
Total product -specific AMS  5,031.7    4,762.9  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below)  11,934.6   261,835.0* 13,091.8  0.0 (de minimis)  
Current Total AMS      4,762.9  
* Refer to working table 1 in page 1 7.  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: U KRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2012  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
(WITH INFLATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description o f basic products 
(including non -product specific 
AMS)  Product specific AMS 
(from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 t o DS:7 
below)  Product -specifi c 
measurements of 
support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 
below)  Value of 
agricultural 
Production 
2012  De minimis  5% of 
value of 
agricultural 
production  Current Total AMS  
(6=2+3, if (2+3)>5; otherwise 
6=0.0)  
 (UAH million)  (UAH million) (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH million)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 
1. Sugar beets  2,096.0  0.0 6,457.3  322.9  2,096.0  
2. Hops  0.4 0.0 11.8 0.6 0.0 (de minimis)  
3. Fruits, berries and grape  69.1 0.0 9,632.7  481.6  0.0 (de minimis)  
4. Cattle  199.3  0.0 10,440.6  522.0 0.0 (de minimis)  
Total product -specific AMS  2,364.8    2,096.0  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from 
Supporting Table DS:9 below)  11,934.6   261,835.0* 13,091.8  0.0 (de minimis)  
Current Total AMS      2,096.0  
* Refer to working table 1 in page 17. 
  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2012  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support  
(WITHOUT INFLATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  Fixed 
external 
reference 
price  External 
reference 
price* Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  Total market 
price support*  Data sources  
(UAH/tonne)  (US dollar/  
tonne)  (UAH/tonne)  (thousand 
tonnes)   (UAH million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((3-5)*6) -7 9 
Sugar 
produced from 
sugar beets  Minimum 
prices for 
sugar 
produced from 
domestic 
sugar beets  4,318.1*  
(VAT not 
included)  340 1,747.3  1,852.7**   4,762.9  Column  3: Minimum prices for sugar produced from 
sugar beets, are established in accordance with 
Resol utions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 
02.03.2011 №  179 "On state regulation of the 
production of sugar and sugar beets in the period 
from 1  September 2011 till 1 September 2012" ( as 
amended) and of 11.04.2012 №  290 "On state 
regulation of the pr oduction of sugar and sugar 
beets in the period from 1  September 2012 till 1 
September 2013" (as  amended).  
        Columns  4&5. The external reference price fixed at 
US$340/1,747.3 UAH per tonne as average for 
2004-2006 in DS:5 of the document  
WT/ACC/SPEC /UKR/1/Rev.12. In that document 
external reference price was calculated based on the 
export value of 1  tonne of white sugar according to 
White Sugar, Contract No.5, fob, European ports, 
London Daily Price for refined sugar (LIFFE). For 
calculations of exte rnal reference price in national 
currency the official UAH rate (2004 -2006) against 
the US$ was used, defined by the National Bank of 
Ukraine (NBU) as annual average. E xchange rate 
UAH/US$: 5.3192 (2004); 5.1247 (2005); 5.05 
(2006) . NBU web -site: www.bank.gov.ua  
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- 7 - Description 
of basic 
products  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  Fixed 
external 
reference 
price  External 
reference 
price* Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees/levies  Total market 
price support*  Data sources  
(UAH/tonne)  (US dollar/  
tonne)  (UAH/tonne)  (thousand 
tonnes)   (UAH million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((3-5)*6) -7 9 
        Column  6: Resolutions noted for Column 3 also 
contain the eligible quantities (Quota  "А"). 
* During 2012 Government of Ukraine approved 4 (four) minimum prices for sugar produced from domestic sugar beet: 4 ,925 UAH/tonne; 4 ,250 UAH/tonne; 
4,925.14 UAH/tonne and 4 ,083.33 UAH/tonne. Minimal (administered) price for sugar produced from dome stic sugar beet, is calculated as  average weighted price of 
1 tonne sugar of "A" quota, produced in 2012 calendar year.  
** During 2012 Government of Ukraine approved 2 (two) amounts of the quota for sugar supply on the domestic market  (Quota "A"): 1 ,860 thousand tonnes  and 
1,833 thous and tonnes. Eligible production is calculated from these two approved amounts and prorated per the days each quantity was in effe ct.  
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- 8 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UK RAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2012  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
(WITH INFLATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price  External 
reference 
price  Eligible 
production  
 Associated 
fees/levies  Total market 
price support*  
 Data sources  
(UAH/tonne)  (US dollar/  
tonne)  (UAH/tonne)  (thousand 
tonnes)   (UAH million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((3-5)*6) -7 9 
Sugar 
produced 
from sugar 
beets  Minimum 
prices for 
sugar 
produced 
from 
domestic  
sugar beets  4,318.1*  
(VAT not 
included)  340 3,186.8**  1,852.7***   2,096.0  Column  3: Minimum prices for sugar 
produced from sugar beets, are established in 
accordance with Resolutions of the Cabinet of 
Ministers of Ukraine of 02.03.2011 №  179 "On 
state regulation of the  production of sugar 
and sugar beets in the period from 
1 September 2011 till 1 September 2012" 
(as amended) and of 11.04.2012 №  290 "On 
state regulation of the production of sugar 
and sugar beets in the period from 
1 September 2012 till 1 September 2013" (as 
amended) .  
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- 9 - Description 
of basic 
products  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price  External 
reference 
price  Eligible 
production  
 Associated 
fees/levies  Total market 
price support*  
 Data sources  
(UAH/tonne)  (US dollar/  
tonne)  (UAH/tonne)  (thousand 
tonnes)   (UAH million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((3-5)*6) -7 9 
        Column s 4&5. The external reference price 
fixed at US$ 340/1,747.3 UAH per tonne as 
average for 2004 -2006 in DS:5 of the 
document  WT/ACC/SPEC/UKR/1/Rev.12. In 
that document external reference price was 
calculated based on the export value of 
1 tonne of white sugar according to White 
Sugar, Contract No.5, fob, European ports, 
London Daily Price for refined sugar (LIFFE). 
For calculations of external reference price in 
national currency the official UAH rate 
(2004 -2006) against the US$ was used, 
defined by the National Bank of Ukraine 
(NBU) as annual average.  Exchange rate 
UAH/US$: 5.3192 (2004); 5 .1247 (2005); 
5.05 (2006) . NBU web -site: www.bank.gov.ua 
 
Column  6: Resolutions noted for Column 3 
also contain the eligible quantities 
(Quota  "А"). 
* During 2012 Government of Ukraine approved 4 (four) minimum prices for sugar produced from domestic sugar beet: 4 ,925 UAH/tonne; 4 ,250 UAH/tonne; 
4,925.14 UAH/tonne; 4 ,083.33 UAH/tonne. Minimal (administered) price for sugar produced from domestic  sugar beet, is calculated as  average weighted price of  1 
tonne sugar of "A" quota, produced in 2012 calendar year.  
** Consumer price index for 2007 –2012 is taken into account at calculation: for 2007 – 1.166; 2008 – 1.223; 2009 – 1.123; 2010 – 1.091; 201 1 – 1.046; 2012 – 0.998.  
Calculation is made as follows: 3,186.8=1,747.3*1.166*1.223*1.123*1.091*1.046*0.998.  Information about the consumer price index is contained on the web -site of 
State Statistics Service of Ukraine: http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/  
*** During 2012 Government of Ukraine approved 2 (two) amounts of the quota for sugar supply on the domestic market  (quota "A"): 1 ,860 thous and tonnes and 
1,833 thous and tonnes. Eligible production is calculated from t hese two approved amounts and prorated per the days each quantity was in effect.   
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- 10 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 2012  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
Descripti on 
of basic 
product  Calendar 
Year Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  External 
reference 
price  Eligible 
production  Total price -
related 
direct 
payments  Other non -
exempt 
direct 
payments  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total 
direct 
payments  
 Data sources  
 2012      (UAH million)   (UAH 
million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6)  8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Cattle   Payments for 
young cattle 
sold to 
processing 
enterprises and 
payments for 
numbers of 
meat-type 
cows     199.3   199.3  Report on the use of 
funds for 2012 by the 
Minist ry of Agrarian 
Policy and Food of 
Ukraine   
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 201 2 
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(WITHOUT INFL ATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Measurement 
type(s)  Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product - 
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levie s Total other 
product-
specific 
support  "Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  Total 
product -
specific 
AMS  Data source  
  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)   (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH 
million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
3+4-5 7 8 9 
6+7+8  10 
Sugar beets  State Program for 
Plant-Breeding 
(partial 
reimbursement for 
price of seeds)  0.0   0.0 4,762.9  0.0 4,762.9  Repor t on the use of funds 
for 2012 by the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and Food of 
Ukraine  
Hop State support for 
hop production  0.4   0.4  0.0 0.4 " 
Fruits, berries 
and grapes  State support for 
planting and 
maintenance of 
young orchards, 
berry fields and 
vineyards  69.1   69.1  0.0 69.1 "  
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- 12 - Description 
of basic 
products  Measurement 
type(s)  Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product - 
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levie s Total other 
product-
specific 
support  "Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  Total 
product -
specific 
AMS  Data source  
  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)   (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH 
million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
3+4-5 7 8 9 
6+7+8  10 
Cattle  (in live 
weight)  State Program for 
Livestock and 
Poultry Breeding 
at the enterprises 
of agro industrial 
complex - for 
column 3.  
State support for 
Livestock sector 
(Subsidies using 
VAT) – for 
column  4. 0.0 0.0  0.0  199.3  199.3  Repor t on the use of funds 
for 2012 by the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and Food of 
Ukraine  
  
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- 13 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: UK RAIN E 
REPORTING PERIOD: CA LENDAR YEAR 2012  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
(WITH INFLATION ADJUSTMENT)  
Description 
of basic 
products  Measurement 
type(s)  Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product - 
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levie s Total other 
product-
specific 
support  "Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  Total 
product -
speci fic 
AMS  Data source  
  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)   (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH 
million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
3+4-5 7 8 9 
6+7+8  10 
Sugar beets  State Program for 
Plant-Breeding 
(partial 
reimbursement for 
price of seeds)  0.0   0.0 2,096.0  0.0 2,096.0  Repor t on the use of funds 
for 2012 by the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and Food of 
Ukraine  
Hop State support for 
hop production  0.4   0.4  0.0 0.4 " 
Fruits , berries 
and grapes  State support for 
planting and 
maintenance of 
young orchards, 
berry fi elds and 
vineyards  69.1   69.1  0.0 69.1 "  
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- 14 - Description 
of basic 
products  Measurement 
type(s)  Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other 
product - 
specific 
suppor t 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levie s Total other 
product-
specific 
support  "Market 
price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  Total 
product -
speci fic 
AMS  Data source  
  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)  (UAH 
million)   (UAH million)  (UAH million)  (UAH 
million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
3+4-5 7 8 9 
6+7+8  10 
Cattle  (in live 
weight)  State Program for 
Livestock and 
Poultry Breeding 
at the enterprises 
of agro industrial 
complex - for 
column 3.  
State support for 
Livestock sector 
(Subsidies using 
VAT) – for 
column  4. 0.0 0.0  0.0  199.3  199.3  Repor t on the use of funds 
for 2012 by the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and Food of 
Ukraine  
 
  
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- 15 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  UKRAINE  
REPO RTING PERIOD: CALEND AR YEAR 2012  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Calendar 
year Non-
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  Other non -
product 
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details)  Associated 
fees/  
levies  Total 
non-product
-specific 
support  
 Data sources  
 2012 (UAH 
million)  (UAH million)   (UAH million)   
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Financial support for agro -
industrial enterprises through the 
mechanism of cheaper loans and 
lease payments compensation   22.0 0.0  22.0 Report on the use of funds for 2012 by the Ministry of 
Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine  
Support for agricultural ser vice 
cooperatives   0.3 0.0  0.3 "  
Subsidies paid for 1 hectare of 
planting perished crops 
(reseeding)   25.9 0.0  25.9 " 
Partial reimbursement for the 
purchase of individual milking 
installations and tribal heifers and 
cows  32.0 0.0  32.0 " 
Partial com pensation of the cost of 
the electricity used on irrigated 
lands   3.2 0.0  3.2 " 
Planting and maintenance of 
young orchards, berry fields and 
vineyards   51.2 0.0  51.2 " 
Total support for producers by 
introducing a special value -added 
tax regimes    11,800.0   11,800.0  Report 1 -p (indicative) of the State Tax Administration 
"Report on Actual Amounts of Taxes, Fees (Mandatory 
Payments) paid to budgets and special -purposes funds"  
Total      11,934.6   G/AG/N/UKR/26  
 
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  Working Table 1  
VALUE OF UKRAINIAN A GRICULTURAL PROD UCTION IN 201 2 
Description of products  Production  
(thousand  tonnes)  Price  
(UAH/tonne)  Value  
(UAH million)  
1 2 3 4 
1. Wheat  15,762.6  1,467.5  23,131.6  
2. Barley  6,936.4  1,576.0  10,931.8  
3. Rye  676.8  1,321.5  894.4  
4. Maize  20,961.3  1,316.8  27,601.8  
5. Millet 157.4  1,165.6  183.5  
6. Oat  629.7  1,741.5  1,096.6  
7. Buckwheat  238.7  3,458.8  825.6  
8. Grain legumes  473.4  2,588.6  1,225.4  
9. Rice  159.8  1,925.3  307.7  
10. Sugar beets  18,438.9  350.2  6,457.3  
11. Hops  0.4 29,407.1  11.8 
12. Fib re flax 1.8 5,085.0  9.2 
13. Oilseed rape  1,204.4  4,299.8  5,178.7  
14.Soya  2,410.2  3,110.2  7,496.2  
15. Fruits , berries and grape (total)  2,464.7  6,692.8  9,632.7  
 Fruits and berries  2,008.7  4,238.3  8,513.5  
 Grape  456.0  2,454.5  1,119.3  
16. Potato  23,250.2  913.1  21,229.8  
17. Cattle (in live weight)  671.1  15,557.4  10,440.6  
18. Pigs (in live weight)  976.2  16,213.9  15,828.0  
19. Poultry (in live weight)  1,414.1  10,717.2  15,155.2  
20. Sheep and goats  38.7 11,870.1  459.4  
21. Horses  20.4 7,756.5  158.2  
22. Milk  11,377.6  2,538.8  28,885.5  
23. Honey  70.1 28,025.2  1,964.6  
24. Wool (in term of bright wool)  3.7 8,567.3  31.7 
Total for all main products    189,137.1  
Other agricultural products    72,697.9  
Total agricultural products    261,835.0  
 
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