WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/TTO/10 
21 September 2007 
 (07-3969) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  
 The following submission, dated 17 September 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Trinidad and Tobago .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the financial year 2005/2006 . 
   
  
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Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year  October 2005 to  September 2006 
 
  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 
 
No base or annual Total AMS commitment leve ls exist in Section I of Pa rt IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers. 
  
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 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year  October 2005 to  September 2006 
 
  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 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.3) 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General Services  
(i) research, pests and disease 
control, extension and advisory 
services and inspection services Current Expenditure 2: 
Animal Production and Health 
Sugarcane Feed Centre 
Livestock and Livestock Products Board 3 
Agriculture 
Cocoa Research Unit 
Extension Division 
Land and Water Deve lopment Division  
13,603,819.62 
10,000,000.00 
896,200.20 
79,871,461.95 
- 
2,634,997.99 
49,429,017.01  
 Total Current Expenditure 156,435,496.77  
    
 Capital Expenditure: 
Enhancement of artificial breeding services capabilities 
Livestock Improve ment Programme 
Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory 
Post Harvest Handling 
Integrated Pest Management Stra tegies for Improved Crop Protection 
Research Programme Centra l Experimental Station 
Livestock Database 
Management and control of infectious diseases 
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance Programme  
199,767.62 
874,838.53 
456,238.06 
69,735.91 
943,362.88 
699,642.85 
393,397.55 
297,881.36 
4,102,210.27  
 Total Capital Expenditure 8,037,075.03  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 164,472,571.80 26,106,757.43 
  
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Measure Type Name and description of meas ure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
 
(TT$ 1) Monetary value of 
measure (US$) 
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.29) 
1 2 3 4 
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure: 
National Agricultural Market ing and Development Company  
18,722,980.00  
 Total Current Expenditure 18,722,980.00  
    
 Capital Expenditure: -  
 Total Capital Expenditure -  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 18,722,980.00 2,971,901.59 
    
Current Expenditure:  -  
Total Current Expenditure -  
   (iii) infrastructural services – drainage 
and irrigation servi ces, access roads, 
market infrastructure 
Capital Expenditure: 
Agricultural Access Roads 
Drainage and Irrigation  
16,000,000.00 
7,847,132.51  
 Total Capital Expenditure 23,847,132.51  
 Total Current and Capital Expe nditure 23,847,132.51 3,785,259.13 
    
GRAND TOTAL  207,042,684.31 32,863,918.14 
 
 1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from The Appropriation Account for the Financial Year ended 30 September 2006 .  All Capital Expenditure items 
taken from the Appropriation Account for the Financial Year ended 30 September  2006 .  Figures used are  Actual Expenditure for Financial year 2006 .   
 2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Division do not include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  Anim al Production and Health, 
Agriculture, Extension, and Land and Water Development Division. 
 3 The Livestock and Livestock Products Board (LLPB) has the gene ral responsibility for charting the development of the livestock and poultry industry 
through:  administering any programmes on behalf of the Government that are supportive of the industry, advising and influencin g policy-makers in the best interest of 
the industry, and monitoring problems affecting production and marketing and making appropriate representations.  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year  October 2005 to  September 2006 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies gene rally available to ag riculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers" or "support 
to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops". 
 
  
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Page 6 Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago 
 
  REPORTING PERIOD:  Financial year  October 2005 to  September 2006 
 
  Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Direct Payments under Production-Limiting Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payment s" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
No support is provided in the form of "direc t payments under production-limiting programmes". 
 
 
 
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