WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/AG/S/21 
4 July 2005 
 (05-2894) 
Committee on Agriculture 
Special Session  
 
 
 
TOTAL VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION  
 
Note by the Secretariat1 
 
 
1. This paper concerning the total value of agricu ltural production has been prepared to assist in 
the negotiations of modalities in accordance with  Annex A of the General Council Decision of 
1 August 2004 ("the Agreed Framework").2 
2. At the October 2004 meeting of the Committee on Agriculture Special Session, the 
Secretariat was requested to collect and dissemina te relevant data to assist the ongoing agriculture 
negotiations.  In this context, the Secretariat aske d participants in the nego tiations to provide annual 
data concerning the total value of agricultural pro duction from 1995 to the most recent year for which 
data are available.  These data are needed to fac ilitate technical work with respect to the domestic 
support pillar, particularly (but not on ly) in the context of the Blue Box. 
3. This paper presents 33 Members, counting the EC(1 5) as one, that up to the cut-off date of 
1 July 2005 notified the value of total agricultura l production in the context of their domestic support 
notifications to the Committee on Agriculture and/or  submitted the relevant data in response to the 
Secretariat request.3   
4. Table 1 shows the total values of agricultu ral production expressed in US dollars as a 
common currency.  Where data were provided in do mestic currency, they we re converted into US 
dollars using the exchange rates from the IMF's "International Financial Statistics", except in cases 
where the exchange rates were notified to the Committee on Agriculture by the Member concerned.4  
In the case of Chinese Taipei, the annual exchange rates were sourced from the Federal Reserve Bank 
of New York.  Table 2 shows the total values of ag ricultural production in th e currency used by the 
Member concerned.  Annex 1 contains technical not es, including sources of data and any explanatory 
notes provided by Members. 
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared  under the Secretariat's own respon sibility and is without prejudice 
to the positions of Members or to their rights or obligations under the WTO. 
2 Throughout this paper, the term "total value of agricultural production" referred to in paragraph 15 of 
the Agreed Framework is considered to be the same c oncept as "value of ... total agricultural production" 
referred to in Article 6.4(a)(ii) of the Agreement on Agriculture. 
3 The data in domestic support notifications have generally been provided in connection with de 
minimis  calculations regarding the non-product-specific AMS.  Additional information may have been provided 
by Members in the context of the Committee's review of implementation of commitments.  To the extent that 
this information has not been notified to the Committee, it is  not reflected in the tables.  In the case of China, the 
data for the years 1996 to 1998 provided during accessi on (WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 re fers) are for reference 
only;  certain adjustment may have to be made due to the change of statistical methods.  
4 Exchange rates represent period averages for th e relevant calendar, financial or marketing year 
specified in the Schedule of the Member concerned (s ee also G/AG/W/2/Rev.4).  For Canada, the exchange 
rates represent averages for the calendar year.  For the EC (15), the exchange rates repr esent the averages for the 
period 1 July to 30 June.  In the case of Oman and for the year 1995 in the case of Georgia, the end of period 
exchange rates have been used. TN/AG/S/21 
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 5. It should be noted that in cases where the Me mber concerned provided the value of total 
agricultural production in domestic support notificat ions as well as in response to the Secretariat 
request, only the most recent data provided have been  used in the following tables.  In some cases, for 
different reasons the latest figures do not match the ones notified previously to the Committee.  
Members listed in italics indicate that figures submitte d in response to the Secretariat request have 
been used. 
6. In the following tables, a blank ("    ") indicates that no information is available for the year in 
question. 
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 Page 3Table 1 - Total Value of Agricultural Prod uction by Member, 1995-2004 (Million dollars) 
 
Member 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
China  235,262 249,289 256,583       
European Communities (15) 268,063 266,400 239,578 239,109 234, 286 216,801 220,508    
United States 190,110 205,701 203,884 190,886 184, 735 189,520 198,503    
India 76,736 85,280 84,972        
Japan 108,353 91,593 80,778 77,535 83, 952 82,603 70,981 73,206   
Brazil 56,100 57,400 57,600 58,200 39,725 42,910 38,409 37,277 44,940 30,600 
Mexico 21,795 25,686 28,207 28,429 29,234 31,220 33,626 32,445 31,945  
Korea, Republic of      29,179     
Canada 18,811 20,573 20,956 19,373 19,270 21,377 21,648 21,182 24,228  
Australia 20,752 22,117 19,325 18,113 19, 137 18,626 20,814 18,403 26,202  
Argentina 19,223 21,746 21,752 21,867 18,221 18,962 17,619 13,319 17,390 19,857 
Thailand 18,976 20,448 17,394 14,864 15,043 13,048 11,881 12,458 14,554 15,031 
Philippines 13,449 15,309 14,388 10,273 12,082 10,389 9,349 9,934 10,000  
Romania  11,600 11,600 10,900 11,000 8, 300 7,400 9,600 9,600   
Chinese Taipei 11,686 11,717 9,767 8,360 9,296 8,727 7,745 7,443 7,553  
New Zealand 5,811 6,026 6,597 5,868 5,250 5,425 5,789 6,673 7,134 8,501 
South Africa 8,248 8,499 8,786 7,633 7,320 6,707 5,993 6,439 9,434 11,080 
Hungary 5,975 6,648 5,324 4,995 4, 433 4,227 5,154 5,724   
Peru 3,985 4,584 4,448        
Bulgaria   3,308 3,682 3,724 3,185 3,427     
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Page 4 Member 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Israel 3,474 3,711 3,522 3,533 3, 164 3,375 3,311 3,239   
Chile 3,634 3,119 3,410 3,421 3,069 3,254 2,588 2,641 2,837 3,285 
Tunisia   2,836 2,821 3,040 2,824 2,453 2,326   
Paraguay 3,059 3,389 3,299 2,931 2,606 2,618 2,232 1,838 2,219  
Uruguay  2,288 2,212 2,327 1,708 1,731 1,606 1,592 2,009  
Georgia 2,666 1,536 1,478 1,394 1,042 940 1,014 982 1,154  
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia          1,101  
Jordan (a) 846 852 788 803 726 765 779 897   
Jordan (b)  817 835 839 782 753 762 787 811   
Moldova (c)  730 813 719 658 637 678 701 606  
Moldova (d)  1,008 1,103 889 608 665 672 698 739  
Oman (e) 362 384 398 388 402 388 414 404   
Estonia      358 417 374   
Trinidad and Tobago 302 307 327 319 339 337 332 348 344 333 
Mongolia 565 480 463 429 402 382 358 319 329  
Oman (f)  247 262 278 266 274 262 276 273   
Source :  Members' notifications and submissions in response to the Secretariat request. 
 
Notes:  
(i) Members listed in italics – Figures have been s ubmitted in response to the Secretariat request.  
(ii) Figures have been rounded to the nearest million and sorted in descending order with respect to the year 2002. 
(iii) For the explanatory notes (a) to (f), see the technical note s pertaining to the Member concerned in Annex 1 to this paper . 
(iv) In the case of China, the data for the years 1996 to 1998 provided during accessi on (WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 refers) are for r eference only.  Certain adjustment may have to 
be made due to the change of statistical methods.  
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 Page 5Table 2 - Total Value of Agricultural Production  as Notified/Submitted by Members, 1995-2004 
 
Member Currency 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Argentina US$'000 19,223,293 21,746,390 21,751, 838 21,866,822 18,220,830 18,962,403 17, 619,363 13,319,168 17,389,644 19,856,697 
Australia $A million 27,330 28,255 28,381 28, 871 30,418 34,618 39,733 31,467 36,712  
Brazil US$ billion 56.1 57.4 57.6 58.2 39.7 42.9 38.4 37.3 44.9 30.6 
Bulgaria € million  2,917.0 3,288. 0 3,495.0 3,457.0 3,830.0  
Canada Can$ million 25,816.4 28,051. 2 29,015.3 28,739.2 28,629.5 31, 746.6 33,528.3 33,240.3 33,945.4  
Chile Ch$ million 1,442,278 1,323,492 1, 433,073 1,574,912 1,561,702 1,755,751 1, 643,044 1,819,757 1,961,574 2,001,996 
China RMB Yuan 
million  1,955,972 2,066,355 2,124,253   
European  
Communities (15) € million 207,400 219,700 217,800 213,500 233,700 243,359 246,418  
   Estonia EEK million   6,073 7,288 6,220  
   Hungary Ft million 751,042 1,014,360 994,251 1,071, 100 1,051,971 1,193,186 1,479,077 1,476,374  
Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia  €   975,292,072  
Georgia Lari million 3,279.4 1,939.6 1,917.0 1,937. 7 2,109.2 1,857.2 2, 101.8 2,156.2 2,475.2  
India US$ million 76,736 85,280 84,972   
Israel US$'000 3,474,100 3,711,000 3, 522,454 3,532,939 3,164,082 3, 375,245 3,311,401 3,238,837  
Japan ¥ billion 10,449.8 10,316.6 9,911.3 9, 926.4 9,363.8 9,129.5 8,881.3 8,929.7  
Jordan (a) JD million 592.6 595.1 550.9 561.1 507.1 534.6 544.6 626.7  
Jordan (b)  JD million 572.5 591.8 595.1 554.4 533.6 540.2 557.9 575.2  
Korea, Republic of W billion   33,000.7  
Mexico US$ million 21,795 25,686 28,207 28, 429 29,234 31,220 33,626 32,445 31,945  
Moldova (c) MDL million  9,071 10,108.0 8,935.0 8 ,184.3 7,917 8,427.6 8,717.3 7,535.3   
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Page 6 Member Currency 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 
Moldova (d) MDL million  4,639 5,100 4,775 6,396 8,268 8,646 9,474 10,300  
Mongolia US$ million 564.87 479.56 463.38 429. 41 401.71 382.42 357.71 318.68 329.43  
New Zealand $NZ million 9,179 9,027 9,477 9,876 9,924 10,770 13,630 15,477 13,678 13,523 
Oman (e) RO million 139.2 147.7 153.1 149.2 154.5 149.2 159 155.5  
Oman (f)  RO million 95.1 100.7 106.7 102.3 105.2 100.7 106.3 104.9  
Paraguay G/ million 6,004,204 6,970,903 7,184,606 7,991,930 8,128,330 9,127, 573 9,162,817 10,504,260 14,254,131  
Peru US$ million 3,985.0 4,584.0 4,448.0   
Philippines P million 345,838.2 401,338.0 424, 043.4 420,088.6 472,287.5 459,130. 4 476,729.2 512,648.3 542.041.4  
Romania Lei billion 23,571.1 35, 730.0 78,511.4 97,689.6 127,165. 0 160,712.8 278,428.3 315,848.5  
South Africa R'000 29,941,285 36,517,109 40,478,316 42,225,295 44,748,129 46,510,983 51,596, 371 67,875,210 71,362,943 71,572,332 
Chinese Taipei NT$'000 309,630,772 321,848,027 281,056, 568 280,436,886 300,453,297 272,793,737 261,964,069 257,052,755 259,866,960  
Thailand B million 472,794.59 518,223.62 545,544. 77 614,775.25 568,833.03 523,385.89 527, 887.17 535,187.84 603,771.36 604,562.95 
Trinidad and Tobago $TT million 1,796.2 1,841.0 2 ,045.4 2,010.3 2,136.9 2,124.9 2 ,067.7 2,172.9 2,168.6 2,094.6 
Tunisia D million  3,137 3,213 3, 606 3,870 3,529.2 3,307.4  
United States US$ million 190,109.694 205,701.345 203,883.653 190,885.951 184,734.554 189, 520.316 198,502.745  
Uruguay US$'000  2,287,793 2,212,061 2,326,860 1,708,086 1,731,444 1, 606,100 1,591,690 2,008,809  
Source :  Members' notifications and submissions in  response to the Secretariat request.   
Notes:  
(i) Members listed in italics – Figures have been s ubmitted in response to the Secretariat request.  
(ii) For the explanatory notes (a) to (f), see the technical notes pertaining to the Member concerned in Annex 1 to this paper.  
(iii) In the case of  Ch ina, the data for the y ears 1996 to 1998 provided during accession  (WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 refers) are for  reference only.  Certain adjustment may have 
to be made due to the change of statistical methods.    TN/AG/S/21 
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 Annex 1 
 
Technical Notes 
 
Argentina  
 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP):  On ly the sum of agricultural crops and livestock 
breeding was considered.  
Australia
 
 
Data provided for the period from 1994/95 to 2002/03 (data for the year 1994/95 – $A million 23,710).  For the year 2003/04, data from the most recent domestic support notification (G/AG/N/AUS/58) have been used
.  Source:  Australian Bureau of Statistics, 'Australian National 
Accounts:  National Income, Expenditure and Product', June Quarter edition 2004. 
 
Brazil  
 Data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil.  Data for 2004 are for 
the period from January to June.  For the year s 1999-2003, data from the most recent domestic 
support notification (G/AG/N/BRA/22) have been used.  
 
Bulgaria 
 
 Notified in ECU until 1999, and from the year 2000 notified in Euro.  
Canada 
 
 The submission of these data is without prejudice to any future data on the value of production that 
Canada might submit, including taking into account  how value of production is estimated.  The total 
value of production of Canada's agriculture sector  for 1995-1999 is as notified in Canada's Table DS:1 
notifications (G/AG/N/CAN/17, G/AG/N/CAN/35, G/AG/N/CAN/37, G/AG/N/CAN/43 and 
G/AG/N/CAN/49).  Methodology for the years 1995-1999 is as follows:  Value of production is equal 
to farm cash receipts (source:  Statistics Canada) pl us price-related direct payments from Supporting 
Table DS:6.  Value of production is report ed on a calendar year basis for each product. 
 The farm cash receipts data does not capture or incl ude sales within a province or the value of feed 
fed on-farm.  As a result, Canada was under-reporti ng the total value of production of several feed 
crops.  After a review, Canada has revised its met hodology to more accurately reflect the total value 
of production.  The data for the years 2000-2003 is based on estimat es and Canada reserves the right to modify the 
data when final numbers are available.  Methodol ogy for the years 2000-2003 is as follows:  Value of 
production for most products is equa l to total market receipts (source:  Statistics Canada) plus price-
related direct payments.  For grains and oilseeds, value of production is e qual to production multiplied 
by price (source:  Statistics Canada) plus price-re lated direct payments.  Value of production is 
reported on a crop year basis for grains and oilseeds and on a calendar year basis for all other 
products. TN/AG/S/21 
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 Chile  
 
 
Data pertain to Chile's agricultural gross domestic product (GDP).  Agricultural GDP is the variable 
the Central Bank of Chile uses as an approximati on of the total value of agricultural production.  
Figures for 2003 - provisional.  Figures for 2004 - preliminary.  Source:  Central Bank of Chile. 
 
China  
 The data for the years 1996 to 1998 provided during accession (WT/ACC/CHN/38/Rev.3 refers) are 
for reference only.  Certain adjustment may have to be made due to the change  of statistical methods. 
 
European Communities
 
 Data for the European Communities refer to the EC (15).  Notified in ECU for the marketing years 
1995/96 to 1998/99, and from the marketing year 1999/2000 notified in Euro.   
 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
 
 Source:  State Statistical Office of the Republic of Macedonia.    
Georgia
 
 Data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.  
Japan
  
 
Data for the fiscal years.  Source:  Total Agricultu ral Output (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and 
Fisheries, Japan).  
Jordan
 
 
Two sets of data provided:  Gross output at (a) c onstant prices (1994=100) and (b) current prices.  
Source:  Department of Statistics.  
Mexico
   
 Data submitted in US dollars.  The annual average FIX exchange rate notified by the Diario Oficial 
de la Federación (Mexican Official Journal) has been used.  Source:  Agri-Food and Fishing 
Information and Statistics Service (SIAP) of th e Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural 
Development, Fisheries and Food.  
Moldova
  
 
Two sets of data submitted:  (c) agricultural pr oduction at comparative prices of 2000 (data broken 
down by vegetal and animal origin) and (d) agri cultural production at current prices (data broken 
down by vegetal origin, animal origin and servi ces).  Data from the Ministry of Economy of the 
Republic of Moldova. 
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 Mongolia   
 Data for gross agricultural output (at current prices)  also broken down by livestock and crops.  Main 
agricultural products of Mongolia are meat (beef, mu tton and goat, pork), milk , eggs, cereals, wheat, 
potato and other vegetables, wool, cashmere and hides and skins.  Source:  Ministry of Industry and 
Trade of Mongolia.  
New Zealand
   
 Data was obtained from New Zealand's system of na tional accounts and is base d on March years.  The 
data is total agricultural gross revenue less the va lue of agricultural services and non-farm income.  
This data is not inclusive of income in the ag ricultural processing sector.  New Zealand reserves the 
right to adjust the data provided, in order to be commensurate with the calculation methodologies employed by other countries.  Data for 2002 to 2004 – estimates.    
Oman
  
 Two sets of data submitted:  (e) agricultural produc tion (= agricultural sector domestic product + the 
Sectors production requisites) and (f) gross domestic product of the agricultural sector.  Source:  Annual Statistical Book – Ministry of National Economy. 
 
Paraguay
 
 Total Value of Agricultural Production (Estimate).  The basic and official economic statistics of the 
Republic of Paraguay, prepared and published by the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), contain no 
total value of agricultural production that meets th e definition of agricultural products in the WTO 
Agreement on Agriculture (Annex 1).  The values provided are therefore an approximation worked 
out using official data from the national accounts.   In addition to this problem, it should be noted that  economic statistics in ge neral have considerable 
limitations.  Currently, Paraguay draws up its  national accounts using the conceptual and 
methodological framework of the 1953 version (Revis ion: 2) of the United Nations System of 
National Accounts.  The base year or reference period is 1982, which is per se  outdated and has little 
capacity to represent current charact eristics of the economy, failing to reflect adequately changes in 
the characteristics of agricultural production.  In this connection, with the cooperation of the IADB, 
the BCP is developing a medium-term programme geared to implementing national accounts with 
updated methodological procedures and a new base y ear (1994), which is closer to the current 
circumstances of the Paraguayan economy.   
 Source:  Drawn up by MAG-CECII using data of the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP), Directorate of Economic Studies ( Gerencia de Estudios Económicos ), National Accounts and Domestic Market 
Department, Asuncion, November 2004.  
 
Peru
 
 Gross value of agricultural production – Estimate by the Agricultural Planning Office, Ministry of Agriculture. 
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 Philippines
 
 The figures for the value of production of key agri cultural products at current prices were also 
provided.  Sources:  Selected Statistics on Agricultu re 2000, BAS;  Selected Statistics on Agriculture 
2001, BAS;  Selected Statistics on Agriculture 2002,  BAS;  Selected Statistics on Agriculture 2004, 
BAS;  Selected Statistics on Agriculture 2005, BAS.  
Romania
 
 Data submitted in Lei and US dollars.  The exch ange rates from the National Bank of Romania were 
also provided.  Source:  Romanian Statistical  Yearbook – National Institute for Statistics.   
 
South Africa
   
 Data provided for the period from 1994/95 to 2003/04.  Data for the year 2003/04 are preliminary.  
Source:  Abstract of Agricultural Statis tics, Department of Agriculture, 2003. 
 
Chinese Taipei
   
 Data represent the value of primary agricultural production.  
 
Thailand
   
 Source:  Office of Agricultural Economics, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.  
Trinidad and Tobago
  
 
Data for the total value of agricultural production al so broken down by type of activity such as export 
agriculture, domestic agriculture and sugar industry.  Data for 2004 are provisional.  Source:  National 
Income (C.S.O.).  Prepared by:  Agricultural Data  and Information Unit, Ministry of Agriculture, 
Land and Marine Resources. 
 
United States   
 
The footnote concerning the value of production data  in Supporting Table DS:4 of the most recent 
domestic support notification (G/AG/N/USA/51) reads as follows:  "Value of production reported by 
National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), in general.  Cash receipts from the Economic 
Research Service were used for fruits and nuts, ve getables, horses and mules, aquaculture, and "other 
crops", excluding cash receipts for some specific crop s that are available as actual value of production 
in NASS reports."  
Uruguay
  
 
Value of production data also notified in Urugua yan Peso.  Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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