WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/ALB/2 
6 October 2008 
 (08-4734) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
  
 The following submission, dated 12 September 2008, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Albania .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and 
the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 2000  to 2007 . 
  
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Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2000-2007 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section 1 of Part IV of the Schedule) (from Section 1 of  Part IV of the Schedule) (from attached Supporting Tables) 
1 2 3 
 Leks ('000) de minimis 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2000-2007 
Measures exempt from the reduction 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 
('000 leks1) Data 
Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007  
(a) General services          
Research services :  Research expenditures funded 12 scientific 
institutions such as universities, technical institutions, and other 
institutions involved in primar y scientific investigation. 0 0 28,000  30,000 32,000 42,000 22,000 34,000 MAFCP; 
MES  
Training services :  Expenditures on training services were for funding an 
agricultural mechanization school. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MAFCP 
 Extension and advisory services :  Expenditures for extension and 
advisory services consist of funding for an agricultural information center 
and for a veterinary project fo r pest and diseases control. 0 0 7,200 7,000 28,500 17,500 0 0 MAFCP 
 Inspection services :  Inspection services include expenditures to fund 
diagnostic veterinary services, dia gnostic agricultural services, control 
services include veterinary, food and s eed control, and for chemicals used 
in agricultural laboratories for food/vet control. 0 0 309,000 348,000 348,000 401,000 298,000 347,000 MAFCP 
 Infrastructural services  (including those for environmental measures):  
Infrastructural services provided fundi ng for water supply facilities (e.g.,  
drainage and pumping station), the  restoration of rural infrastructure, 
restoration of irrigation systems a nd the small-scale irrigation schemes 
throughout the country that are provided by the water enterprises.  
Infrastructural services include environmental protection and 
conservation measures of the following types: dams for rivers to avoid flooding, to prevent brush fires, soil erosion, and the salination of land, 
etc. 0 0 585,000 290,000 426,000 320,000 650,000 610,000 " 
 Total general services   929,200 675,000 834,500 780,500 970,000 991,000  
            
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Page 4 Measure 
type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in question 
('000 leks1) Data 
Sources2 
1 2 3 4 
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007  
(b) "public stockholding for food security purposes"          
 The GOA has maintained grain reserves.  The budget data reflects 
storage costs, transportation and other marketing costs. The grain reserves maintained by the government of Albania do not affect prices, 
because the grain is sold by auction and quantities kept under state 
reserves account for less than one percent of total domestic requirements.  Moreover, the quantity kept under stat e reserves is being reduced as a 
commitment taken in the framework of the Enhanced Structural 
Adjustment Facilities (ISAF) program of the IMF. 0 0 52,000 40,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 MAFCP 
(f) "payments for relief from natural disasters"          
 This is an extraordinar y intervention in the form of direct payments to 
producers for relief from natural disasters (e.g., in times of severe flooding).  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MAFCP 
(i) "structural adjustment assi stance through investment aids"           
 Structural adjustment assistance th rough investment in agriculture has 
taken two forms: (1) a land regi stration program following the land 
privatization process and (2) the creati on of a market for land to facilitate 
the consolidation of ownership of la nd and physical holdings (i.e., other 
immovable assets). 0 0 30,000 38,000 80,000 88,000 0 0 MAFCP 
(k) "regional assistance programs"          
 The regional assistance programs consist of setting up of trade and for the 
building of butcher shops 0 0 0 0 0 60,000 143,000 173,000 MAFCP 
(l) "other programs"          
 Other programs consist of projects associated with central- and district-
level administration which provide general services including the commission of land (i.e., involving owne rship related matters such as the 
privatization of agricultu ral enterprises) and for dispute settlement cases 
(including cases involving joint vent ure arrangements with foreigners 
when there are dispute settlement issu es pending).  The general services 
provided for the commission of land are to assist in covering court costs 
associated with land settlement, land ow nership, and privatization issues. 0 0 14,000 15,000 25,000 32,000 163,000 3,000 MAFCP 
Total of domestic support- "Green Box"   1,025,200 768,000 949,500 970,500 1,286,00
0 1,177,000 MAFCP 
          
 
 1  The value of the exchange rate for the resp ective years is as follows:  1US$ = 143. 51 leks (year 2000);  1US$ = 143.84 leks (ye ar 2001);  1US$ = 140.64 leks (year 2002);  1US$ = 
123.20 leks (year 2003);  1US$ = 103.92 leks (year 2004);  1US$ = 99.56 leks (year 2005);  1US$ = 98.412 leks (year 2006);  1US $ = 90.88 leks (year 2007).  The data presented are 
budget data but represent actual expenditures.  The Ministry of  Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection expenditures cannot e xceed the appropriations provided in the budget. 
 2  MAFCP refers to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection;  MF re fers to the Ministry of Finance;  and MES refe rs to the Ministry of Education and Science.  
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Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2000-2007 
 
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) 
 
('000 leks) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support  
(from Supporting Table DS:8 below)
 Value of the total agricultural 
production 
 
 
('000 leks) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
 
 
('000 leks) 
1 2 3 4 54 
2000 385,000  177,713,000  0 de minimis 
2001 397,000  180,235,000  0 de minimis 
2002 243,000  184,354,000  0 de minimis 
2003 277,000  189,464,000  0 de minimis 
2004 328,000  195,861,000  0 de minimis 
2005 610,000  198,897,000  0 de minimis 
2006 500,000  205,623,000  0 de minimis Non-
product-
specific 
AMS (from 
Supporting 
Table DS:9) 
2007 976,000   207,356,721  0 de minimis 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Albania 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar years 2000-2007 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
 
Measure type(s) Calendar 
year  Non-product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
 
('000 leks) Other non-
product specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details) 
('000 leks) Associated 
fees/levies 
 
 
 
('000 leks) Total non-product-
specific support 
 
 
 
('000 leks) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Water for irrigation at subsidized rates provided to producers 2000 385,000 0 0 385,000 MAFCP 
" 2001 397,000 0 0 397,000 " 
" 2002 243,000 0 0 243,000 " 
" 2003 277,000 0 0 277,000 " 
" 2004 328,000 0 0 328,000 " 
" 2005 610,000 0 0 610,000 " 
" 2006 500,000 0 0 500,000 " 
Water for irrigation at subsidized rates provided to producers 
Plant trees like grape, apples and olives at subsidized rates 
provided to producers  2007 
2007 460,000 
516,000 0 0 976,000 " 
 
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