WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/CHL/28 
8 June 2009 
 (09-2711) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 22 May 2009, is  being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Chile .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for 2007 . 
 
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 The existing domestic agricultural support measur es applied by Chile are those listed in the 
attached supporting tables.  
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Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency 
(Ch$ million) 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 3 4 
- - " de minimis " * 
 
* See Supporting Table DS:4.  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007  
Measures exempt from the reduction 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 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
2.2 General services    
(a) Research Agricultural research 
Partial financing for innovation projects; 
Technological applications; 
Innovation support information.  7,897,090 Foundation for 
Agricultural Innovation 
(FIA) 
 Research and development centres 
Generation, adaptation and disseminati on of scientific and technological 
knowledge and products that contribut e to the sustainable (social, 
economic and environmental) developm ent of the competitiveness of the 
various agricultural sector actors.   9,442,028 Agricultural Research 
Institute (INIA) 
    
(c) Training services Technological development service for small-holding agriculture 
Technical Advisory Service (SAT) :  designed to build up and strengthen 
production and business capacity by means of advice on, inter alia , 
production, use of technologies, and management.  21,586,472 Agricultural Development 
Institute (INDAP) 
 Support for organizations (PR ODES:  Fund for Organizational 
Development Projects) :  support for organiza tional development and 
entrepreneurial and organizational capacity-building (management, 
training, leadership an d business development).   
 Business manageme nt centre for small producers (CEGE) :  provision of 
direct technical and economic (account ing, fiscal, lega l and strategic) 
advisory services.   
 Development promotion services  (PRODESAL and PRODECOP):  
support for the contracting of techni cal advisory services to improve 
productivity and the environmental situ ation, and to raise partnership 
levels.     
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Page 4 Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
 Training and education for women in rural areas :  about 
3,000 women are attending technical training, personal training, 
management training and organizational development workshops.   972,112 INDAP and the 
Foundation for the 
Advancement and 
Development of Women 
(PRODEMU) 
 Quality promotion :  support for enterprises in achieving better quality 
and greater productivity through sp ecialized quality management 
consulting services.   1,557,983 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/Production 
Promotion Corporation 
(CORFO) 
(d) Extension and advisory services Technical Assistance Funds (FAT) :  advice for small and 
medium-sized agricultural producer s on contracting consultancy 
services, thus facilitating access to external and specialized technical 
assistance services;  and  
Irrigation and Energy Efficiency Pre-investment Programmes (PIR 
and PIEE) :  support for the contracting of advisory services to design 
irrigation projects.   1,598,049 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/CORFO 
 Irrigation development programme for poor communes :  advice for 
poor communes on irrigation studies and management.   0 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 Real Investment and Technological Validation (PROMM) :  
technology transfer plan supporting the establishment, implementation 
and study of projects carried out by institutions engaged in research on 
irrigation.   4,725,244 CNR 
(e) Inspection services fo r sanitary, safety, etc. 
purposes Agricultural protection :  protection, maintena nce and improvement of 
plant and animal health and surveillance of the health status of plants 
and animals and the sanitary condition of plant and animal products, 
by-products and derivatives which ma y cause or carry diseases that 
could impair this resource.   22,206,943 Agriculture and Livestock 
Service (SAG) 
(f) Marketing and promotion services Promotion Programme (PROFO) :  scheme for the payment of 
incentives to encourage business m odernization through the association 
of similar or complementary enterprises established in the same area.   2,694,064 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/CORFO 
 Supplier Development Programme (PDP) :  support for the 
assessment, preparation and developm ent of business projects with a 
view to improving supplie r quality and productivity.   4,350,262 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture/CORFO  
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 Page 5Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
(g) Infrastructure services Law No. 18.450 :  promotion of private investment in irrigation and 
drainage works, as a means of encouraging the construction of 
small-scale hydraulic works for agricultural use.   23,803,600 National Irrigation 
Commission (CNR) 
 Irrigation for small-scale farming :  support for the diversification and 
greater productivity of small-scale farming by introducing, improving 
and expanding irrigation.   3,187,452 INDAP 
2.5 Direct paymen ts to producers Agricultural insurance :  instrument that allows the agricultural sector 
to protect itself against economic losse s resulting from natural disasters.  
It provides for support towards or the partial financing of the insurance 
premium.  1,613,112 Agricultural Insurance 
Committee (COMSA) 
2.8 Disaster relief payments Agricultural emergency fund :  assistance for the agricultural sector to 
offset the adverse effects of climatic events.  0 Vice-Ministry of 
Agriculture 
 
Prepared by : Office for Agricultural Research and Policy  (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007  
Measures exempt from the reduction comm itment – Special and diffe rential treatment – "D evelopment 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 
(Ch$ thousand) Data source 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture  Investment incentive 14,477,273 INDAP 
 
Prepared by : Office for Agricultural Research and Policy  (ODEPA) of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  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) 
(Ch$ million) Product-specific measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Current total AMS (aggregate) 
(Ch$ million) 
1 2 3 4 
    
Non-product-specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9 below)    26,215 de minimis (1) 
 
    
 
(1)  Total value of 2007 agricultural production (other than fruit farming):  Ch$2,458  billion (provisional figure). 
  Source :  ODEPA, on the basis of data suppl ied by the Central Bank of Chile. 
  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:9 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Chile  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2007  
Non-product-specific AMS  
Measure type(s) 2007 Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
(Ch$ million) Other 
non-product-specific 
support (include 
calculation details) Associated fees/levies Total 
non-product-specific 
support 
(Ch$ million) Data source 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Land reclamation  26,215   26,215 INDAP/SAG 
       
 
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