RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2 
23 June 2005 
 (05-2670) 
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. 
_______________ 
  
 WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2 
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 year ly monetary value of these measures was TO P$ 1.89 million or about US$ 0.94millio n.  Total 
average yearly value of agricultural production in the sa me 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 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.   
  WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2
 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 
Research General research including research programmes 
relating to specific commodity/product, environment, 
and farming systems/land utilisation 
1996/97  
1997/98 
1998/99 Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
TOP 546,180 
TOP 176,312 
TOP 290,513 TOP 337,668 Actual Expenditures extracted from the Program 
Budget Estimates of the Government of Tonga for the 
financial years 1998/99, 1999/00, and 2000/01. 
Pest and Disease Control Quarantine and eradication, pest and disease control 
including the development of control measures 
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 Farmer training including the provision of farmer 
training facilities (centres) 1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99 Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
TOP 144,100 
TOP 141,657 
TOP 206,959 TOP 164,238  
Extension and Advisory Services Extension and advisory services including the transfer 
of information and results of government and aid-
funded research programmes 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 Includes product inspection and resource monitoring 
and other control measures 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
TOP 56,289 TOP 58,147 
TOP 34,001 
TOP 49,479   
 WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2 
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 
Marketing and Promotion Includes provision of market facilities, market 
information dissemination and advice 
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 Includes agricultural roads, treatment facilities and 
other infrastructural facilities required for the 
facilitation of export 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99 
Average 1996/97 – 1998/99  
 
 
TOP 139,668 TOP   18,856 
TOP 263,279 
TOP 140,601   
  WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2
 Page 5Supporting Tables DS: 2 - 9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1996/97 – 1998/99 
Measure type Name and description of measure  Monetary value of measure Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Domestic Support Programme 
 Measures Exempt from Reduction Commitment – 
Special and Differential Treatment – Development Programmes: Supporting Table DS: 2 
1996/97 
1997/98 1998/99  
  
NIL 
NIL NIL Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Statistics 
Department and Ministry of Finance 
Measures exempt from Reduction Commitments – 
Direct Payments under production Limiting 
Programmes – Exempt Direct Payments: Supporting Table DS: 3 
1996/97 
1997/98 1998/99  
 
  
NIL 
NIL NIL  
Calculation of Total Ag gregate Measurement of 
Support: Supporting Table DS: 4 
1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99  
 
NIL 
NIL 
NIL  
Product-Specific Aggregat e Measures of Support: 
Market Price Supporting Table DS: 5 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99  
 
NIL NIL 
NIL  
Product Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: 
Non-Exempt Direct Payments: Support Table DS: 6 1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99  
 
NIL 
NIL 
NIL  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: 
Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-
Specific AMS: Supporting Table DS: 7 
1996/97 1997/98 
1998/99  
 
 
NIL NIL 
NIL   
 WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2 
Page 6 Measure type Name and description of measure  Monetary value of measure Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Product Specific Equivalent Measurement of Support: 
Supporting Table DS: 8 
1996/97 
1997/98 1998/99  
 
NIL 
NIL NIL  
Non-Product-Specific AMS: Supporting Table DS: 9 
1996/97 
1997/98 
1998/99  
NIL 
NIL 
NIL   
  WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2
 Page 7Supporting Table ES: 1 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES: TONGA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1996/97 – 1998/99 
Export Subsidies:  Outlay and Quantity 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 6:5 Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
Subsidies on Exports Tonga did not provide any export subsidies (either direct 
or indirect) for agricultural produce or products in the 
representative period NIL Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and Ministry of 
Finance 
  
 WT/ACC/SPEC/TON/3/Rev.2 
Page 8 PART IV: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: COMMITMENTS LIMITING SUBSIDIZATION 
(ARTICLE 3 OF THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE) 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1996/97 – 1998/99 
Section I – Domestic Support: Total AMS Commitments 
Base Total AMS Annual and Final Bound Commitment Levels Relevant Supporting Tables and Document Reference 
1 2 3 
Tonga has no programmes or policies that are subject to 
reduction commitments within the meaning of Article 6 of the Agreement on Agriculture NIL Supporting Tables DS:1 – DS: 9 
 
Section II – Export Subsidies: Budgetary Ou tlay and Quantity Reduction Commitments 
Description of 
Product and Tariff 
at HS Six Digit 
Level Base Outlay Level Calendar/Other 
Year Applied Annual and Final 
Commitment Base Quantity Calendar/Other 
year Applied Annual and Final 
Commitment Relevant 
Supporting Tables 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL ES: 1 
 
__________