G/AG/N/ISL/71  
 
27 March  2024 
(24-2667) Page: 1/10 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 21 March  2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Iceland . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the relevant 
supporting tables) for the Calendar Year 2022 . 
 
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Table DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables of the notification contain information and 
AMS calculations with inflation adjustment . The corresponding data and calculations without 
inflation adjustment  can be found in the notes to the relevant tables.  
 
 
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Current Total Aggregate  Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  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  
130.1   115.6* 
* Current Total AMS without inflation adjustment  equals 127.6  million SDR. ( See Supporting Table DS:4)  
General notes:  
1 SDR = ISK 52.1100 (AVG exchange rate for 1988).  
1 SDR = ISK 181.0000 (AVG exchange rate for 2022).   
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- 3 - Supporting Table  DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measur e Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
ISK, million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  Research of vegetation resources, genetic resources and forestry  42  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  42   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Compensation Fund  8  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  8   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Bovine animal breeding and development programs  262  Central Government 
Accounts   
Advisory services; organic advisory services; forestry programs  469 Central Government 
Accounts   
R & D projects in horticulture, sheep and cattle farming  115 Central Government 
Accounts   
Agricultural statistics and econometrics  7 Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  853   
2 (e). Inspection services  Food and Veterinary Authority of Iceland  1,423  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  1,423   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Production balance program  113  Central Government 
Accounts   
Higher -value sheep products marketing program  112 Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  225   
2 (h). Other general services  Various appropriations to agriculture  129  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  129   
 Subtotal General Services  2,680   
6. Decoupled income support  Decoupled income support for sheep farmers  2,564  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  2,564    
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- 4 - Measur e Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
ISK, million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Prevention of animal diseases  123  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  123   
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  Cattle breeding program; investment  219  Central Government 
Accounts   
Investment aid for farmers  280 Central Government 
Accounts   
Recruitment program  145 Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  644   
12. Environmental programmes  Carbon neutrality in horticulture  16  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  16   
13. Regional assistance programmes  Regional support to sheep farmers  164  Central Government 
Accounts   
Subtotal:  164   
Grand Total Green Box  6,191   
 
  
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- 5 - Supporting Table  DS:3 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Measures exempt from the reduction 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 Monetary value  
 
ISK, million  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Payments based on fixed area and yields  Family farm and regional support  219 Central Government 
Accounts   
Land cultivation and farmland payments  875 Central Government 
Accounts   
Green house farming payments  40 Central Government 
Accounts   
Non-recurring additional land cultivation and farmland 
payments  551 Central Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Subtotal:  1,685   
(c) Livestock payments made on a fixed number of head  Dairy and beef cattle  1,840 Central Government 
Accounts   
Goat 17 Central Government 
Accounts   
Non-recurring additional payments; dairy and beef cattle  235 Central Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Non-recurring additional payements; goat  5 Central Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Subtotal:  2,097   
Grand Total Development Programmes  3,782   
Notes:  
(1) Non-recurring support payments and general support were a part of a support package which was intended to meet difficult market c onditions due to increasing input 
prices and other effects of COVID -19 and war conflicts.  
  
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- 6 - Supporting  Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product specific AMS)  
 
 Product specific 
AMS (from ST DS:5 
to DS:7)  
 
ISK, million Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
ISK, million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
ISK, million  Value of production  
 
 
 
ISK, million  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
ISK, million  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Milk 17,266.3   17,266.3  21,394 80.7%  17,266.3   
Beef 219  219 3,616 6.1%  219  
Eggs 65  65 2,086 3.1%  0 (de minimis )  
Horticulture  820  820 5,946 13.8%  820  
Pigmeat  225  225 2,862 7.9%  225  
Poultrymeat  160  160 4,247 3.8%  0 (de minimis )  
Sheep  2,394  2,394 9,220 26.0%  2,394  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)       
TOTAL  20,924.3   
General note:  
Non-recurring support payments and general  support were a part of a support package which was intended to meet difficult market conditions due to increasing input price s and 
other effects of COVID -19 and war conflicts.  
 
Current Total AMS in SDR (million)  equals 115.6 (1 SDR = ISK 181.0000 (AVG exchange rate for 2022)).  
 
Notes:  
 
(1) The support for Milk without inflation adjustment  equals ISK 19,429 .7 million. This amount represents 91% of the Value of Production of milk (2022). Taking into account  
the su pport provided to Milk without inflation adjustment , the Current Total AMS for the year 2022 would amount to ISK 23,087 .7 million. Current Total AMS without inflation 
adjustment  in SDR (milllion) equals 1 27.6 (1 SDR = ISK 181.0000 (AVG exchange rate for 20 22)). (See Supporting Table DS:5 for calculation details on inflation adjustment).  
  
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- 7 - Supporting  Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ICELAND  
REPORTING  PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate  Measurements  of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of 
basic products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
ISK External reference 
price (generally 
from AGST)  
 
ISK Eligible 
production  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
ISK, million  Total market 
price support 
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
ISK, million  Data Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Milk CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Market 
price 
support  109/Kilogram  22/Kilogram  141,957 
thousand 
Kilograms  0 12,350.3  Statistics Iceland, 
Ministry of Food, 
Agriculture and 
Fisheries  (1) 
Total Milk          12,350.3    
General note:  
(1) No market price support was provided to sheepmeat, beef, horsemeat, pigmeat, poultrymeat and eggs.  
(2) 1 SDR = ISK 52.1100 (AVG exchange rate for 1988); 1 SDR = ISK 181.0000 (AVG exchange rate for 2022).  
Note:  
(1) The External Reference Price (ERP) without inflation adjustment  corresponds to 6.30 ISK/Kilogram. The Market Price Support value resulting from applying the Annex 
3 formula of the Agreement on Agriculture taking into account the unadjusted ERP value corresponds to ISK 14,513 .7 million (i.e., (108.54 ISK/Kilogram – 6.30 
ISK/Kilogram)*141,957.364 tonnes).  
  
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- 8 - Supporting  Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC  SUPPORT: ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measur e Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
ISK External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
ISK Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
ISK, million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
ISK, million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Beef CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payments; 
quality premiums      219 0 219 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Total Beef            219   
Eggs CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Non-recurring; feed 
subsidies      65 0 65 Central 
Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Total Eggs            65   
Horticulture  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payments; 
cucumbers, bell 
peppers and tomatoes      314 0 314 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Horticulture  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Electricity subsidies      405 0 405 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Horticulture  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Non-recurring 
additional direct 
payments      101 0 101 Central 
Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Total 
Horticulture            820   
Milk CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payments      4916 0 4916 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Total Milk            4916    
Pigmeat  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Non-recurring feed 
subsidies      225 0 225 Central 
Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Total 
Pigmeat            225    
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- 9 - Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measur e Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
ISK External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
ISK Eligible 
production  Total price 
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
ISK, million  Other non 
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
ISK, million  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Poultrymeat  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Non-recurring feed 
subsidies      160 0 160 Central 
Government 
Accounts  (1) 
Total 
Poultrymeat            160   
Sheep  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payments; Wool      495 0 495 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Sheep  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payments; 
quality control scheme      1899 0 1899 Central 
Government 
Accounts   
Total Sheep            2394    
Notes : 
(1) Non-recurring support payments and general support were a part of a support package which was intended to meet difficult market c onditions due to increasing input 
prices and other effects of COVID -19 and war conflicts.  
  
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- 10 - Supporting  Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC  SUPPO RT: ICELAND  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure Types  Other 
product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
 
ISK, million  Other 
product 
specific 
support 
(with 
calculation 
details)  
 
ISK, million  Associated 
fees / 
levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Market 
price 
support 
(from ST 
DS:5)  
 
 
 
ISK, million  Non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
(from ST 
DS:6)  
 
 
ISK, million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
ISK, million  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Total Milk          12,350.3  4,916 17,266.3    
Total Beef           219 219   
Total Eggs           65 65   
Total 
Horticulture           820 820   
Total 
Pigmeat           225 225   
Total 
Poultrymeat           160 160   
Total Sheep           2,394 2,394   
General note s: 
(1) Taking into account the Market Price Support value without inflation  adjustment  for Milk (ISK 14,513 .7 million ), the Total AMS for Milk under column 10 would read 
ISK 19,429 million.  
 
 
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