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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.3 
28 October 2005 
 (05-5017) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Tonga Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF TONGA  
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector  
 
Revision  
 
  The following submission in being circulated at  the request of the Delegation of the Kingdom 
of Tonga. 
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Page 2 KINGDOM OF TONGA 
EXPLANATORY NOTES FOR THE SUPPORTING TABLES DS:1 - 9 
1. Domestic Support 
(a) The Kingdom of Tonga is a small, isolated , and vulnerable island developing country. 
(b) The Government of Tonga does provide a number of general ser vice measures mainly through the Ministry of Agriculture and Fo restry.  A 
number of these measures benefit from techni cal and financial assistance provided by donor countries and agencies.  The figures  provided in the 
supporting tables reflect the Government of Tong a’s financial contribution to these measures. 
(c) Salaries and wages make up the major component  of Tonga’s expenditure on domestic support. 
(d) Tonga’s tables (Supporting Table DS: 1 – 9) are attached.  They  show that Tonga only provided “green box” measures in the r epresentative 
period of 1996/97 – 1998/99.  The average yearly monetary value of these measures was TOP 1.89 million or about US$ 0.94 millio n.  Total 
average yearly value of agricultural production in the same period was TOP 41.7 million or about US$ 21.06 million. 
(e) The values of the measures were extr acted from the Government’s Program Budge t Estimates for 1998/99, 1990/00 and 2000/01, which show 
actual  expenditures  incurred by the Government during 1996/97, 1997/98 and 1998/99, respectively. 
(f) The Total Value of Agricultural production: 
1996/97 TOP 36,682,000 1997/98 TOP 40,570,000 1998/99 TOP 47,770,000 Average TOP 41,674,000 
(Statistics Department)  
2. Export Subsidies 
 The Kingdom of Tonga does not and has not provided any form of  export subsidy to agriculture during the representative period.   
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD 1996/97 – 1998/99 
Measures exempt from the re duction 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 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services   Actual Expenditures extracted from the Program 
Budget Estimates of the Government of Tonga for the 
financial years 1998/99, 1999/00, and 2000/01. 
(Ministry of Finance ) 
Research  Research development programs and  administration 
on specific commodity and products, such as vanilla, kava, squash, root crops, including animal health 
research and development. 
1996/97  1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
  
 
TOP 546,180 TOP 176,312 
TOP 290,513 
TOP 337,668  
Pest and Disease Control Pest and disease control, including general and 
product-specific pest and disease control measures e.g. 
fruit fly surveillances, quarantine services and 
operations. 1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99 Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
 
TOP 348,753 
TOP 194,181 
TOP 194,278 TOP 245,737  
Training Services Training services, including general training on 
farming and livestock as well as specialist training 
facilities such as training on nutrition, cooking, tree 
planting and maintenance. 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
 
TOP 144,100 TOP 141,657 
TOP 206,959 
TOP 164,238   
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Page 4 Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Extension and Advisory Services Extension and advisory services,  including extension 
programs administration to farmers and community development groups; transfer of information and 
results of research to producers and consumers. 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
  
 
TOP 621,285 TOP 526,475 
TOP 598,562 
TOP 582,107  
Inspection Services Inspection services, including general inspection 
services and the inspection of particular products for 
health, safety, grading or standardization purposes [the 
objective of which is to ensure that Tonga meets the requirements of importing countries e.g. Quarantine 
Agreement with New Zealand].  
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
  
 
TOP 56,289 TOP 58,147 
TOP 34,001 
TOP 49,479  
Marketing and Promotion Marketing and promotion services, including market 
information and advice, publications and information 
programs including library services.  
1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99 Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
TOP 250,333 
TOP 578,888 
TOP 290,767 TOP 373,327  
Infrastructural Services Infrastructural services, including agricultural roads, 
treatment facilities and other infrastructural facilities 
required for the facilitation of export such as fumigation services. 
1996/97 
1997/98 1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
TOP 139,668 
TOP   18,856 
TOP 263,279 TOP 140,601   
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Measures exempt from the reducti on commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6:5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(In TOP) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:3 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Measures exempt from the reduc tion commitment – Direct Payments under Production- Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"  
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference 
to criteria in Article 6:5 of the Agreement on 
Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(In TOP) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
NIL  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Description of basic products Product-specific AMS Product-specific measurements 
of support Current Total AMS 
1 2 3 4 
NIL  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:5 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measuremen ts of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar/ 
marketing year Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price Eligible 
production Associated 
fees/levies Total market 
price support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5*6)-7) 9 
NIL 
 
  
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 Page 9Supporting Table DS:6 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Product-Specific Aggregate Meas urements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measures 
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 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4+5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:7 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measures 
type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support Non-exempt 
direct 
payments Total AMS Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
NIL 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar/ 
marketing 
year Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment Data 
sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
NIL 
 
  
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Page 12 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar/marketing 
year Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-
specific support Associated fees/levies Total non-product 
specific support Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
NIL 
 
  
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 Page 13Supporting Table ES:1 
 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity 
 
Description of 
products Direct export 
subsidies Sales of stocks Producer 
financed 
subsidies Cost reduction 
measures Internal transport 
subsidies Total product 
specific export 
subsidies Quantity of 
subsidized 
exports Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 
NIL 
 
  
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