WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/URY/39 
5 July 2010 
 (10-3629) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 29 June 2010, 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 2009 . 
   
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009  
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$182,503,178,000 (US$4,043,003,000) in  2009, according to preli minary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay .  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009  
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 Research 10,118,951 National B udget (data from the National 
Agricultural Research Institute) 
 Extension and advisory se rvices 359,423 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspect ion services (1) 13,014,439 National Budget 
(b) Payments under environmental 
programmes Responsible Production Project (PPR) 7,196, 595 National Budget and PPR implementation 
(c) Direct payments to producers Traceabi lity, animal health and food protection 399, 678 Implementation of livestock programme 
  (1) Budgetary outlays on inspection services cannot be separa ted from those on pest and disease control;  both are included i n Animal and Plant Health Programmes. 
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment - Special and D ifferential 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 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally available 
to agriculture  3,278,826 (*) National Budget a nd implementation 
of the Rural Uruguay Project 
 * Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Project (with external funding from the Inte rnational Fund for Agricultural Developmen t, IFAD).  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Description of basic products (including 
non-product-specific AMS) Non-product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Table DS:9 
below) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
(US$) 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) 28,813,523 0 0 de mínimis  
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTI ON (GVAP) AT PRODUCER PRICES 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
 
   2008
 2009  
 
Total agriculture 4,986,624 4,043,003  Crop-farming subsector (excluding forestry) 2,870,514 2,433,405  
Fruit   268,836 
(*) 266,033 
  Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 259,786 
(*) 195,724 
 Grapes for wine-making and table grapes 121,964 
(*) 70,308 
 
(*) Estimated figures. 
 
Source :  Central Bank of Uruguay  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 2009 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) Total 
AMS Data source 
    (US$)  (US$)   (US$)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized interest 
rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Beet  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, 
vegetables, tobacco, cotton, 
etc.  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
 (1) Central Bank of Uruguay ( http://www.bcu.gub.uy ). 
 (2) There was no subsidization of interest rates fo r the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2008.  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2009  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year 2009 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) 
(US$) 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)  - 28,813,523 (2) (3)  - 28,813,523 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 0.71 per cent of the 2009 Gross Valu e of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2009 GVAP amounted to Ur$ 182,503,178,000 (US$4,043,003,000) 
according to preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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