WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/URY/35 
8 September 2008 
 (08-4199) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
 The following submission, dated 8 August 2008, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Uruguay .  The notification refers to  domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant supporting tables) for 2007 . 
     
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007  
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$83,893,630,000 (US$3,574,504,880) in 2007, according to prelim inary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"  
Measure type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
 Research (1) 12,646,285 National Budget and Agricultural Services 
Programme (PSA) implementation 
 Extension and advisory serv ices 2,475,589 National Budget 
 Pest and disease control and inspection services (2) (3) 17,400,244 National B udget and PSA implementation 
 Marketing and promotion se rvices 240,335 National Budget 
(b) Payments under environmental 
programmes Responsible Production Project (PPR) 4,972,710 National Budget and PPR implementation 
(c) Direct payments to producers Traceability , animal health and food pr otection 1,308,009 Implementation of livestock programm e 
 (1) Includes outlays on the Agricultural Services Progr amme (PSA) amounting to US$6,408 (with IDB funding). 
 (2) Budgetary outlays on inspection servi ces cannot be separated from those on pest  and disease control:  both are included in  Animal and Plant Health Programmes. 
 (3) Includes PSA outlays amounting to US$96,831. 
  
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Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Speci al and Differential 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$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
Investment subsidies generally available to 
agriculture  3,410,418 (*) National Budget and Rural Uruguay Project 
implementation 
 * Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Project (with external f unding from the International Fund for Agricultural Development , IFAD).  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
Description of basic products (including non-
product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS 
(from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(US$) Product-specific measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
1 2 3 4 
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Table DS:9 below) 20,469,626  de minimis  
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  GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTI ON (GVAP) AT PRODUCER PRICES 
(IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS) 
 
 2006
 2007 * 
 
Total agriculture 2,718,768 3,574,505 
 Crop-farming subsector (excluding forestry) 1,141,892 1,635,752  Fruit 106,943 153,195 
 
 Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 103,343 148,038  Table grapes 3,600 5,157  Grapes for wine-making 44,917 64,344 
 
(*) Estimated figures  Source
:  Central Bank of Uruguay  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007  
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Ot her Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS  
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year 2007 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific 
budgetary outlaysOther 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$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Wheat  Subsidized interest 
rate (2) - 0 - 0 - - 0 (1) 
Coarse grains  " - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Oil-seeds  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Rice  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  Beet  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Sugar cane  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Fruit, vegetables, 
tobacco, cotton, 
etc.  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
Livestock  "  - 0 - 0 - - 0  
 (1) Central Bank of Uruguay (www.bcu.gub.uy). 
 (2) There was no subsidization of interest rates fo r the agricultural sector, as during the period 1995-2006.  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay  
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2007  
Non-Product-Specific AMS  
Measure type(s) Calendar year 2007 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
(US$) Associated fees/levies Total non-product-specific 
support 
 
(US$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Exemption from payment 
of global tariff (CET) on 
imports of agricultural inputs from non-MERCOSUR countries (1)  - 20,469,626 (2) (3)  - 20,469,626 Declarations of imports 
effected 
National Customs 
Directorate of the Ministry of Economy and Finance 
 (1) Inputs from MERCOSUR countries  pay a tariff of 0 per cent. 
 (2) The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not applying the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff  (CET) to imports of  inputs from non-MERCOSUR countries. 
 (3) This figure represents 0.57 per cen t of the 2007 Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP).  2007 GVAP amounted to Ur$ 83,893,630,000 (US $3,574,504,880), according to preliminary 
estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay. 
 
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