WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/URY/9
28April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1824)
Original: Spanish Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning domestic support commitments (Table DS:1 andthe
relevant supporting tables) fortheyear1996 wasreceived from thedelegation ofUruguay on
8April 1997.G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 2 Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1996
Current Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Total AMS commitment levelforperiod in
questionCurrency Current Total AMS
(from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule) (from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule) (from attached Supporting Tables)
1 2 3
Below "deminimis "level
Thevalue oftheGross Agricultural Product (GAP) in1996 was$19,724,057,532 orUS$2,474,787,500 according topreliminary estimates ofthe
Central Bank ofUruguay.G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value of
measure
(million DHs)Datasources
1 2 3 4
(a)"General services" (inUS$)
Research 11,804,709 National Budget
Extension andadvisory services 6,130,773 National Budget
Pestanddisease control214,894,3801National Budget
1Includes budgetary counterpart ofIDBAnimal Health Project 840amounting toUS$538,000.
2Budgetary outlays forInspection Services cannot beseparated from PestandDisease Control: bothareincluded inAnimal andPlant Health programmes.G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -Special andDifferential Treatment -"Development Programmes"
Measure type Name anddescription of
measure withreference to
criteria inArticle 6:2Monetary value
ofmeasure
(million DHs)Datasources
1 2 3 4
(a)"Investment subsidies generally available to
agriculture" 14,382,895*Planning andBudget Office
*Includes thebudgetary counterparts ofthefollowing projects: 747Rural Development (IFAD), 748Water andNatural Resource Development (World Bank), 947Farm
Conversion andDevelopment Programme (IDB).G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 5Support Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1996
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS
Description ofbasic
productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning
1995Measure type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
supportMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)Non-exempt
direct
payments
(Support
Table DS:6)Total
AMSData
sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11
Wheat 1996 Subsidized
interest rate2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Coarse grains " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Oil-seeds " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Rice " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Sugar " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Beet " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Sugar cane " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Fruit, vegetables,
tobacco, cotton, etc. " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Livestock " "2- 0 - 0 - - 01
1Central Bank ofUruguay (Statistical Bulletin) andBanco delaRepública Oriental delUruguay (BROU).
2There wasnosubsidization ofinterest ratesfortheagricultural sector (seeBROU 'sbasic interest ratefortheagricultural sector andthepreferential market interest rateintheattached table).G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1996
Non-product-specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar /
marketing year
beginning 1995Non-product-
specific budgetary
outlaysOther non-product-
specific support
(include calculation
details)Associated
fees/leviesTotal non-
product-specific
supportData sources
1 2 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Zero tariff forimports of
agricultural inputs from
non-MERCOSUR countries11996(inUS$)
7,045,5932,3- 7,045,5933General Agricultural Services
Directorate andSoilandWater
Directorate oftheMinistry of
Agriculture (MGAP), Chamber of
Veterinary Specialties andBanco dela
República Oriental delUruguay
1Inputs from MERCOSUR countries payatariff ofzeropercent.
2Theestimate takes intoaccount thefiscal lossfrom notapplying theMERCOSUR Common External Tariff (CET) toimports ofinputs from non-MERCOSUR countries.
3Thisfigure represents 0.28percentofthe1996 Gross Agricultural Product (GAP) (1996 GAPwas$19,724,057,532 orUS$2,474,787,500 according topreliminary estimates oftheCentral Bank ofUruguay).G/AG/N/URY/9
Page 7URUGUAY
Interest Rates inNational Currency
Calendar Year 1996
(in%)
Month Private bankpreferential (6-month fixed term) BROU
Basic foragricultural sector
January 51.6 75
February 49.0 75
March 52.6 74
April 52.3 68
May 48.9 68
June 47.3 68
July 46.8 68
August 47.4 68
September 46.8 68
October 45.4 65
November 45.2 65
December 45.0 65
Annual average 48.2 68.9
Source: Central Bank ofUruguay andBanco delaRepública Oriental delUruguay.