WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/ARG/18
27 November 2001
(01-6048)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the
relevant supporting tables) for the agricultural year 1999/2000 was received from the delegation of
Argentina  on 22 November 2001.G/AG/N/ARG/18
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999-2000
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)
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$80,775,520 Pesos $80,427,747G/AG/N/ARG/18
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000
Measures Exempt from the Redu ction Commitment  - "Green Box"
Measure type
Name and description of the measure with reference to the criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of the
measure in the
year in question
(pesos)Data source
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General services
Research 75,604,104
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(a)) Special Fund for Tobacco Development of new technologies for production in Corrientes.
(Experimental stations.  INTA).94,750 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
INTA Budget implemented in research service personnel. 75,509,354 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
INTA (SAGPyA)
Pest and disease control 91,561,909
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(b)) National Agriculture and Food
Quality ServiceCentral activities
Senior management – administrative, legal and technical services.20,748,857 SENASA
Plant protection. 2,787,751
Agriculture and food control.  Approval of agro-chemicals and
pharmacological products.  Laboratory services.43,270,618
Animal health 24,754,683
Training services              1,152,161
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(c)) Special Fund for Tobacco Training of technical specialists and producers.1,152,161 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Extension and advisory
services                26,811,628
Special Fund for Tobacco Advice and technical assistance for producers for activities related to
diversification, reconversion and training.890,135 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)(Annex 2, paragraph 2(d))
INTA Budget implemented in extension services personnel.                   25,921,493 INTA (SAGPyA)G/AG/N/ARG/18
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Inspection services 2,352,669
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(e)) Special Fund for Tobacco Administration and monitoring in Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Jujuy,
Misiones, Salta and Tucumán.2,352,669 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Infrastructure services 561,380
(Annex 2, paragraph 2(g)) Special Fund for Tobacco Installation of rain-gauges in police stations in Tucumán. 26,806 DNPyEAyF (SAGP yA)
Construction and broadening of drainage channels in the municipalities of
D. Millán, El Sacrificio, La Invernada and Alto El Puesto in the province ofTucumán.100,082DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Res. 352/99
Financing of repair work on the irrigation system in Alberdi and La Cocha,
province of Tucumán.173,492 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Res. 352/99
Support programme for administrative standardization and control of the land
of 7,000 producers in the province of Misiones.161,000 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Replacement of infrastructure damaged by the water-related emergency in the
province of Chaco.100,000 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Decoupled income support              22,386,381
(Annex 2, paragraph 6(a) to
(e))Agricultural Social Programme The Social Programme benefits smallholders (minifundistas) in 21 provinces
in the country through financial and technical assistance and training.  Some
of the eligibility requirements are:  having a monthly income level notexceeding twice the rural agricultural worker's wage, not employing any
labour, living on the farm, and having working capital not exceeding
$20,000.  Smallholders who have formed a grouping may submit production
projects for a maximum of $1,200 per family and $200 in the case of
self-consumption projects.  Together with the project, the Programmefinances technical assistance provided by independent institutions or experts
for a period of not more than three years.  When receiving the funds,
beneficiary families undertake to repay them to a provincial revolving fund,which is used to finance new projects.9,312,378 SAGPyA
Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance to tobacco growing families to finance medical, health,
biochemical and dentistry benefits. (This measure benefits over 110,000people).13,074,003 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Government financial participation in income insurance and income safety net programmes 5,037,454
Special Fund for Tobacco (A) Assistance to cover damage caused by rainfall and hail in the provinces of
Misiones and Jujuy.5,037,454 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)(Annex 2, paragraph 7(a) to
(d))G/AG/N/ARG/18
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Natural disaster relief payments
(Annex 2, paragraph 8(a) to (e))5,475,353
Agricultural Emergency
Programme. Law No. 22913Contributions to the producers who suffered damage from flooding, rainfall,
hail and other phenomena in the provinces of La Pampa, Santiago del Estero
and Corrientes.3,236,762SAGPyA
Economic compensation to the wool industry for small producers of the
patagonian region in an emergency situation.1,963,000
Emergency Support
Programme for Patagonian
Agricultural Production.
Resolution 613/96.Support for provincial programmes to curb damage from animals harmful to
livestock.88.328 SAGPyA
Special Fund for Tobacco Purchase of tarred boards to help producers whose curing and drying sheds
and houses have been affected by hail and strong winds.  (This measurebenefits a thousand producers in the province of Misiones).187.263 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Structural adjustment assistance provided through
investment aid66,703,485
(Annex 2, paragraph 11(a) to
(f))Special Fund for Tobacco Assistance for the financial or physical restructuring of production activities
in response to objectively demonstrated structural disadvantages.  The
construction of centres, provision of supplementary equipment, productionand storage;   land improvement, assistance for the modernization of farms.53,466,266 DNPyEAyF (SAGPyA)
Rural change Technical and business management assistance for 14,000 producers 4,737,219 INTA (SAGPyA)
Small holdings (Minifundio) Technical assistance for production, organization and training (benefiting
19,395 producers and assisting a  population of 87,435 people).(1) INTA (SAGPyA)
Prohuerta Assistance for 321,500 family vegetable gardens, and 7,150 community
school vegetable gardens (assisting a population of over 2 million people).8,500,000 Ministry of Social
Development and the
Environment
Regional Assistance Programme 234,905
(Annex 2, paragraph 13(a) to
(f))Support programme for
patagonian agriculturalproduction.  Resolution 613/96
and 783/96, amended by
SAGPyA Resolution 376/97,716/97 and 925/97Loans to producers having between 1,000 and 6,000 sheep (297 producers). 234,905 DDA (SAGPyA)
Total 297,881,429
Notes:
SENASA:  National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service.  (Values repeated for the previous period).
SAPyA:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and FoodDNPyEAyF:  National Directorate of Agricultural and Forestry Economics
(1) In 1999, the activities of this programme were financed with resources from the Cambio Rural Programme.G/AG/N/ARG/18
Page 6Supporting Table DS.4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999-2000
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)Product-specific measurements of support
(from supporting table DS.8 below)
(pesos)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
(pesos)
1234
Tobacco 80,427,747 80,427,747G/AG/N/ARG/18
Page 7Supporting Table DS:8
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  ARGENTINA
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999-2000
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurements of Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar/
marketing
year
beginning ...Measure
type(s)Applied
administered
price
(pesos/kg.)Production
eligible to
receive the
applied
administered
price
(kg.)Market price
support
budgetary
outlays
(pesos)Equivalent
measurement
of support
(include
calculation
details)
(pesos)Non-
exempt
direct
paymentsOther
product-
specific
supportAssociated
fees/leviesTotal
monetary
value of
equivalent
commitment
(pesos)Data source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(7+8+9-10)12
Tobacco 1 December
1999 to
30 November
2000Payment
per unit0.702369 114,509,105 80,427,747 80,427,747 - - - 80,427,747 Ministry of
Agriculture
Fisheries and
Food/FET
Yearbooks
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