WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/URY/38 
20 July 2009 
 (09-3537) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 3 July 2009, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of Uruguay .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant supporting tables) for 2008 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level for period in question 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 
  Below " de minimis " level  
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to  Ur$104,464,786,000 (US$4,986,623,990) in  2008, according to preli minary estimates by the 
Central Bank of Uruguay.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008  
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 Research 13,410,014 Nati onal Budget (data from the 
National Agricultural Research 
Institute) 
 Extension and advisory services 253,800 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspection services (1) 21,129,601 National Budget 
(b) Payments under environmental 
programmes Responsible Production Project (PPR) 6,863,168 National Budget and PPR 
implementation 
(c) Direct payments to producers Traceab ility, animal health and food protection 1,724,534 Implementa tion of livestock 
programme 
(1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services cannot be separate d from those on pest and disease control; both are included in A nimal and Plant Health Programmes. 
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential Treatment - "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 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally 
available to agriculture  3,687,710 (*) National Budget and implementation of 
the Rural Uruguay Project  
 * Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Pr oject (with external funding from the Intern ational Fund for Agricultural Development , IFAD).  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products 
(including non-product-specific 
AMS) Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table 
DS:9 below) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements of 
support (from Supporting 
Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) 
1  2 3 4 
Exemption from global tariff on 
agricultural inputs (non-product-
specific) 46,337,501 0 0 de mínimis  
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTI ON (GVAP) AT PRODUCER PRICES 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
 
 2007
 2008 * 
 Total agriculture 3,131,028 4,986,624 
 Crop-farming subsector (excluding forestry) 1,494,713 2,870,514  
Fruit 139,986 268,836 ( *) 
  Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 135,274 259,786 ( *) 
 Table grapes 4,712 9,050 ( *) 
 
Grapes for wine-making 58,795 112,914 ( *) 
 (*) Estimated figures  
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year 
2008 Measure type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-specific 
support Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)
(US$) Total 
AMS 
  
 
(US$) Data 
source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized interest 
rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  Beet  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, 
tobacco, 
cotton, etc.  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
 (1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy ). 
 (2) There was no subsidization of interest rates fo r the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2007.  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2008  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year 2008 Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
(US$) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from 
payment of global 
tariff (CET) on 
imports of 
agricultural inputs 
from non-MERCOSUR 
countries (1)  - 46,337,501 (2) (3)  - 46,337,501 Declarations of 
imports effected 
 
National Customs 
Directorate of the 
Ministry of Economy and Finance 
 
 (1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent. 
 (2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not ap plying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff  (CET) to imports of  inputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
 (3) This figure represents 0.93 per cent of the 2008 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2008 GVAP amounted to Ur$ 104,464,786,000 (US$4,986,623,990), 
according to preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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