WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/OMN/7 
26 May 2009 
 (09-2518) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 24 March 2009, is  being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Oman .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for the year 2008 . 
 
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 The only domestic agricultural support measures applied by Oman in 2008 are those listed in 
the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2. 
  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:   2008 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Anne x 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
General Services  (a) Agricultural Research (Plant and Livestock) 
 
Research requirement of agricultural research centres and stations  
 
539,083 
 Animal wealth research  support and facilities  178,373 
 Sub-total 717,456 Financial situation of the 
Ministry of Agriculture 
 (b) Pest and disease control 
 
National vaccination and treatment  
 
345,056  
 Plant protection and aerial spray works and locust control 626,136  
 Sub-total 971,192  
 (c) Training services 
 
Omani cadres training project   
 
50,844  
 Sub-total 50,844  
 (d) Extension services 
 
Farmers encouragement and agricultural extension services project  
 
1,257,455  
 Farmers encouragement and animal wealth  extension services project 10,310  
 Sub-total 1,267,765   
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 Page 3Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Anne x 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(Rials Omani) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 (e) Infrastructure 
 
Subsidy for the introduction of modern irriga tion systems in the farms of the citizens 
in the regions  
 
1,175,754  
 Development of traditional agricultural systems 9,410  
 Establishment of fodder production company in Najd. 87,245  
 Establishment and deve lopment of agricultural and ve terinarian quarantine 14,236  
 Development of natural pastures 218,018  
 Sub-total 1,504,663  
 Grand Total 4,511,920  
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Oman 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
 
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment - Special and Differential Tr eatment – "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 
(Rials Omani)  Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies available 
to agriculture Soft loan subsidies to livestock pr ojects:  these soft loan facilities1 are granted to 
economically viable projects to encour age entrepreneurship in the sector. 1,132,000 Oman Development Bank 
and Ministry of Agriculture 
    
Other National project for date palm de velopment 194,909 Ministry of Agriculture 
 Protection of agriculture lands from sweeping away 46,050  
 Grand total 1,372,959  
 
1 The investor/promoter of the project will only pay 3 per cent in terest on the total amount of loan sanctioned for the respectiv e project.  The balance between the prevailing market rate of 
interest (9 per cent) and the soft loan interest charged to the farmer (3 per cen t) would be paid by the government.   
The monetary value of RO 1,132,000 is equivalent to the 6 per cent balance on the to tal amount of loan sa nctioned to all the ag ricultural and livestock projects. 
 
 
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