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ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
1 May 2003
(03-2351)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
Revision
The following revision to the notification concerning domestic support commitments
(Table DS:1  and the relevant Supporting Tables) for the calendar years 1995, 1996 and 1997  was
received from the delegation of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago  on 10 February 2003.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
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Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1995
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)
123
No base or annual Total AMS commitment levels exist in Section I of Part IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1995
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
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 5.95)
12 3 4
(a) General Services
(i) research, pests and disease control,extension and advisory services andinspection servicesCurrent Expenditure
2:
Animal Production and Health
Sugarcane Feed CentreHorticulture
Agriculture
Cocoa Research UnitEastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and ForestryExtension Division9,662,357.00
1,500,000.005,446,656.00
35,908,860.00
568,734.00
5,601,643.212,561,500.66
Total Current Expenditure 61,249,750.87
Capital Expenditure:
Sugarcane Feed Centre
Cost of Production Surveys
Construction of Plant Quarantine Store Room
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance ProgrammeArtificial Breeding Services Capabilities130,000.00
59,414.00
26,615.00
192,597.00130,734.00
Total Capital Expenditure 539,360.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 61,789.110.87 10,384,724.52G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 4Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in
question
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 5.95)
12 3 4
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure:
National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation 5,013,968.00
Total Current Expenditure 5,013,968.00
Capital Expenditure:
Production and Marketing 163,629.00
Total Capital Expenditure 163,629.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 5,177,597.00 870,184.37
Current Expenditure: -
Total Current Expenditure -(iii) infrastructural services – drainage
and irrigation services, access roads,market infrastructure
Capital Expenditure:
Drainage and Irrigation
Construction of Farmers' Wholesale Market1,199,565.00
45,000,000.00
Total Capital Expenditure 46,199,565.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 46,199,565.00 7,764,632.77
GRAND TOTAL 113,166,272.87 19,019,541.66
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Draft Estimates:  Details of Estimates of  Recurrent Expenditure for the Year 1997.   All Capital Expenditure items taken
from Draft Estimates of Development Programme for the Year 1997 , Government of Trinidad and Tobago 1996.  All Expenditure items taken from Heading 1995
Actual , giving the actual expenditures in that year.
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Divisions do not include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  An imal Production and Health,
Agriculture, and Horticulture.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1995
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Speci al and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies ge nerally available to agriculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers", or
"support to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops".G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 6Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1995
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "dir ect payments under production-limiting programmes".G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 7Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1996
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)
123
No base or annual Total AMS commitment levels exist in Section I of Part IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule.  No non-exempt  support is provided to agricultural producers.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 8Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1996
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
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.03)
12 3 4
(a) General Services
(i) research, pests and disease control,extension and advisory services andinspection servicesCurrent Expenditure
2:
Animal Production and Health
Sugarcane Feed CentreHorticulture
Agriculture
Cocoa Research UnitEastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and ForestryExtension Division10,762,000.00
1,732,000.006,322,323.00
46,748,501.00
786,000.00
6,176,177.467,113,195.00
Total Current Expenditure 79,640,196.46
Capital Expenditure:
Extension Services
Sugarcane Feed Centre
Cost of Production Surveys
Eastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and ForestryAgricultural Sector Technical Assistance Programme267,718.00
110,000.00
85,007.00
294,529.00
1,401,695.00
Total Capital Expenditure 2,158,949.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 81,799.145.46 13,565,364.09G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 9Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in
question
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.03)
12 3 4
(ii) marketing and promotion services Current Expenditure:
National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation 5,407,987.00
Total Current Expenditure 5,407,987.00
Capital Expenditure:
Production and Marketing 335,933.00
Total Capital Expenditure 335,933.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 5,743,920.00 952,557.21
Current Expenditure: -
Total Current Expenditure -(iii) infrastructural services – drainage
and irrigation services, access roads,market infrastructure
Capital Expenditure:
Drainage and Irrigation 956,288.00
Total Capital Expenditure 956,288.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 956,288.00 158,588.39
GRAND TOTAL 88,499,353.46 14,676,509.69
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Estimates:  Details of Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for the Year 1998.   All Capital Expenditure items taken from
Estimates of Development Programme and In frastructure Fund for the Year 1998 , Government of Trinidad and Tobago 1998.  All Expenditure items taken from
Heading 1996 Actual , giving the actual expenditures in that year.
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Divisions do not include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  An imal Production and Health,
Agriculture, Horticulture, and Extension.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 10Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1996
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Speci al and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies ge nerally available to agriculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers", or
"support to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops".G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 11Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1996
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "dir ect payments under production-limiting programmes".G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 12 Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1997
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)
123
No base or annual Total AMS commitment levels exist in Section I of Part IV of the Trinidad and Tobago Schedule. No non-exempt support is provided to agricultural producers.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 13Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1997
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
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.28)
12 3 4
(a) General Services
(i) research, pests and diseasecontrol, extension and advisoryservices and inspection servicesCurrent Expenditure
2:
Animal Production and Health
Sugarcane Feed CentreHorticulture
Agriculture
Cocoa Research UnitEastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and ForestryExtension Division10,251,239.00
3,419,348.005,659,865.00
41,713,790.00
800,000.00
5,079,882.69
998,679.19
Total Current Expenditure 67,922,803.88
Capital Expenditure:
Extension Services
Sugarcane Feed Centre
Artificial Breeding Services Capabilities
Corn and Sorghum ProjectVeterinary Diagnostic LaboratoryImprovement in Technology for post harvest handling
Livestock Improvement Programme
Research Programme Central Experimental StationDevelopment of a Livestock DatabaseCost of Production Surveys
Tick Control/Eradication
Agricultural Sector Technical Assistance ProgrammeEastern Caribbean Institute of Agriculture and Forestry518,348.00
340,000.00
173,258.00
70,768.0049,129.00
330,858.00
645,567.00
180,119.00
60,225.00
250,532.00
276,727.00
945,796.00634,413.00
Total Capital Expenditure 4,475,770.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 72,398,573.88 11,528,435.33G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 14Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in
question
(TT$)1Monetary value of
measure
US$
(US$ 1 = TT$ 6.28)
12 3 4
(ii) marketing and promotionservicesCurrent Expenditure:
National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation 4,418,187.00
Total Current Expenditure 4,418,187.00
Capital Expenditure:
Production and Marketing 1,223,451.00
Total Capital Expenditure 1,223,451.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 5,641,638.00 898,350.00
Current Expenditure: -
Total Current Expenditure -(iii) infrastructural services –
drainage and irrigationservices, access roads, marketinfrastructure
Capital Expenditure:
Establishment of Small Retail Markets – Feasibility Study
Construction of Debe Wholesale MarketRehabilitation of Port-of-Spain Wholesale MarketDrainage and Irrigation982,188.00
540,000.00770,000.00
6,621,576.00
Total Capital Expenditure 8,913,764.00
Total Current and Capital Expenditure 8,913,764.00 1,419,389.17
GRAND TOTAL 86,953,975.88 13,846,174.50
1 All Recurrent Expenditure items taken from Draft Estimates:  Details of Estimates of Recurrent Expenditure for the Financial Year 1998/1999.   All Capital
Expenditure items taken from Draft Estimates of Development Programme and Infras tructure Fund for the Financial  Year 1998/1999 , Government of Trinidad and
Tobago 1998.  All Expenditure items taken from Heading 1997 Actual , giving the actual expenditures in that year.
2 The recurrent expenditure figures for the following Divisions do not include Salaries and Cost of Living Allowance (COLA):  An imal Production and Health,
Agriculture, Horticulture, and Extension.G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 15Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Speci al and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "investment subsidies ge nerally available to agriculture", "input subsidies generally ava ilable to low-income or resource-poor producers", or
"support to encourage diversification from the growing of illicit narcotic crops".G/AG/N/TTO/2/Rev.1
Page 16Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Trinidad and Tobago
REPORTING PERIOD:  calendar year 1997
Measures exempt from the reduction commitmen t – Direct Payments under Production-Limiti ng Programmes – "Exempt Direct Payments"
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to  criteria in Article 6.5 Monetary value of measure in year in
questionData sources
12 3 4
No support is provided in the form of "dir ect payments under production-limiting programmes".
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