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G/AG/N/TON/3 
12 January 2012 
 (12-0152) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
  The following submission, dated 28 October 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Tonga .  The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for financial year 2009/2010 . 
 
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 The only domestic support measures applied by the Government of Tonga are those listed in 
the attached Supporting Table DS:1.  
  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Tonga 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  financial year 2009/2010 
 
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 
(T$) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
General services    
Research Research development programs and administration on 
specific commodity and products, such as vanilla, kava, 
squash, root crops, including animal health research and 
development. 
Stabex Votes: 
Vanila* 
 
Kava Development* 225,532 
 
 
 
 
41,454 
 
184,078 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
Pest and disease control Pest and diseas e control, including general and product-
specific pest and disease control measures e.g. fruit fly 
surveillances, quarantine services and operations. 52,324 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
Training services Training services, including general training on farming 
and livestock as well as specialist training facilities such 
as training on nutrition, cooking, tree planting and 
maintenance. 21,218 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
Extension and advisory 
services Extension and advisory services, including extension 
programs administration to farmers and community 
development groups; transfer of information and results 
of research to producers and consumers. 
Stabex Votes: 
Extension Advisory* 47,917 
 
 
 
 
1,264 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries  
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 Page 3Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in 
question 
(T$) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
Inspection services Inspection services, including general inspection services 
and the inspection of particular products for health, safety, 
grading or standardization purposes (the objective of 
which is to ensure that Tonga meets the requirements of 
importing countries e.g. Quarantine Agreement with 
New Zealand). 70,065 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
Marketing and promotion 
services Marketing and promotion services, including market 
information and advice, publ ications and information 
programs including library services. 
Stabex Votes: 
Market Identification* 16,380 
 
 
 
10,800 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries **" 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
Infrastructural services Infrastructural services, including agricultural roads, 
treatment facilities and other infrastructural facilities 
required for the facilitation of export such as fumigation 
services.  
Stabex Votes: 
Postharvest Facility*  
 
 
Tu’imatamoana market*  
 
Aquaculture Development*  594,063 
 
 
 
 
570,310 
 
 
12,066 
 
 
11,687 Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries ** 
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
 
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 
Forestry and Fisheries 
Total  1,027,499  
 
Notes: 
* These measures benefit from technica l and financial assistance provided by donor countries and agencies.  
** The values of the measures were extr acted from the Government's programme Budge t for 2009/2010, which show actual expenditur es incurred by the government during 2009/2010. 
 
General notes: 
1. General services are provided mainly thr ough the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Fo restry and Fisheries.   Salaries and wa ges make up the major component of Tonga's expenditure 
on domestic support. 
2. Total value of agricultural production: 2009/2010 – T$ 4,074,694 
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