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G/AG/N/CHL/37 
4 May 2012 
 (12-2384) 
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 24 April 2012, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Chile .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2010 . 
 
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 The existing domestic agricultural support measur es applied by Chile are those listed in the 
attached supporting tables.    
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
(Ch$ million) 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 
- - " de minimis "* 
 
* See Supporting Table DS:4.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Measures exempt from  the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
2.2 General services   
(a) Research Agricultural research 
Partial financing for innovation projects; 
technological applications; 
innovation support information. 7,566,977 Foundation for Agricultural 
Innovation (FIA) 
 Research and development centres 
Generation, adaptation and dissemination of scientific and technological knowledge and 
products that contribute to the su stainable (social, ec onomic and environmenta l) development of 
the competitiveness of the various agricultural sector actors. 10,763,377 Agricultural Research 
Institute (INIA) 
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture 
Technical Advisory Service (SAT):  designed  to build up and strengthen production and 
business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , production, use of technologies, and 
management.  24,178,545 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
  
 Support for organizations (PRODES:  Fund for Or ganizational Developmen t Projects):  support 
for organizational development and entrepre neurial and organizational capacity building 
(management, training, leadership and business development).   
 Business management  centre for small producers (CEGE):  provision of direct technical and 
economic (accounting, fiscal, legal and strategic) advisory services.   
 Development promotion servic es (PRODESAL and PRODECOP):  support for the contracting 
of technical advisory services to improve produc tivity and the environm ental situation and to 
raise partnership levels.   
 Training and education for women in rural areas :  about 3,000 women are attending 
technical training, personal training, manage ment training and organizational development 
workshops. 1,213,940 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) and the 
Foundation for the 
Advancement and 
Development of 
Women (PRODEMU)  
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Page 4 Measure Type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
 Quality promotion :  support for enterprises in achieving better quality and greater productivity 
through specialized quality mana gement consulting services. 
 767,622 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/Production Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
(d) Extension and advisory 
services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT) :  advice for small and medium-sized agricultural producers 
on contracting consultancy services, thus facilitating access to external and specialized technical 
assistance services;  and 
 Irrigation and Energy Efficiency Pre-Investment Programmes (PIR and PIEE) :  support 
for the contracting of advisory serv ices to design irrigation projects. 
 1,480,680 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/Production 
Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
(e) Inspection services for 
sanitary, safety, etc. purposes Agricultural protection :  protection, maintenance and improve ment of plant and animal health 
and surveillance of the health stat us of plants and animals and th e sanitary condition of plant and 
animal products, by-products and derivatives whic h may cause or carry di seases or pests that 
could impair this resource. 
 44,376,654 Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
(f) Marketing and promotion 
services Promotion Programme (PROFO) :  scheme for the payment of incentives to encourage 
business modernization through the association of similar or complementary enterprises 
established in the same area. 2,630,352 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/Production 
Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP) :  support for the assessment, preparation and 
development of business projects with a vi ew to improving supplier quality and productivity. 
 3,513,398 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/Production Promotion 
Corporation (CORFO) 
(g) Infrastructure services Law No. 18.450 :  promotion of private investment in irrigation and drainage works, as a means 
of encouraging the construction of small-scale hydraulic works for agricultural use. 
 16,798,404 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 Irrigation for small-scale farming :  support for the diversification and greater productivity of 
small-scale farming by introducing, improving and expanding irrigation. 
 4,721,298 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP)  
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 Page 5Measure Type Name and description of measure with referenc e to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
2.5 Direct payments to 
 producers Agricultural insurance :  instrument that allows the agricultural sector to protect itself against 
economic losses resulting from natural disasters.  It provides for support towards or the partial 
financing of the in surance premium. 
 3,586,886 Agricultural Insurance 
Committee (COMSA) 
2.8 Disaster relief  payments Agricultural emergency fund :  assistance for the agricultural sector to offset the adverse 
effects of climatic events. 2,805,184 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture 
 
Prepared by:  Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Special and Different ial Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
 
 
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture Investment incentive 20,642,498 Ag ricultural Development Institute 
(INDAP) 
 
Prepared by:  Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
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) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9 below)   29,354  de minimis  (1) 
 
 
(1)  Total value of 2010 agricultural production:  Ch$5,439 billion (provisional figure). 
Source : Estimated by the Office for Agricultural Research and Policy (O DEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture on the basis of informati on provided by the Central Bank of Chile. 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) 2010 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(Ch$ million) Other 
non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) Associated 
fees/levies Total 
non-product-specific 
support 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation  13,124   13,124 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP)/ 
Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
Irrigation Law No. 18.450  16,230    16,230 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 
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