WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/URY/26
29 August 2003
(03-4533)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the
relevant supporting tables) for the year 2002  was received from the delegation of Uruguay on
18 June 2003.G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
Total AMS commitment level
for period in questionCurrency 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
Below " de minimis " level
The Gross Value of Agricultural Production (GVAP) amounted to Ur$ 34,485,746,000 (US$ 1,616,014,000) in 2002, according to prel iminary estimates by the Central Bank o f
Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure
with reference to criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure for
year in question
(in US$)Data source
123 4
(a)  General services
Research (1) 2,960,945 National Budget and PSA
implementation
Extension and advisory services (2) 1,040,620 National Budget and PSA
implementation
Pest and disease control and inspection services (3) (4) 15,890,896 National Budget and PSA
implementation
Marketing and promotion services 170,177 National Budget
PREDEG - Farm Conversion and Development Programme (5) 3,578,143 National Budget and  PREDEG
implementation
(1) Includes outlays on the Agricultural Services Programme (PSA) amounting to US$ 843,284 (with Inter-American Development Bank , IDB, funding).
(2) Includes outlays on the Agricultural Services Programme (PSA) amounting to US$ 481,330 (with IDB funding).(3) Budgetary outlays on inspection services cannot be separated from those on pest and disease control:  both are included in A nimal and Plant Health Programmes.
(4) Includes PSA 
outlays amounting to US$ 324,313.
(5) PREDEG includes the following components:  training, research, extension and advisory services and marketing and promotion s ervices ( with IDB funding ).G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 4 Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Spec ial and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure
with reference to criteria in Article 6.2Monetary value
of measure for year in question
(US$)Data source
123 4
a) Investment subsidies
generally available toagriculture1,397,752* National Budget and
Rural Uruguay Programme implementation
* Includes outlays on the Rural Uruguay Programme (with external funding from the International Fund for Agricultural Developmen t (IFAD) amounting to
US$1,397,752.G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 5Supporting Table DS:6
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of  Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments
Description of
basic productCalendar year
beginning
1/1/02Measure type(s) Applied
administered
priceExternal
reference price
(generally from
AGST/…)Eligible
productionTotal
price-related
direct paymentsOther
non-exempt
direct
payments
(US$)Associated
fees/leviesTotal
direct
payments
(US$)Data source
1 2 3 4 567
((4-5)*6)89 1 0
(7+8-9)11
Deciduous
fruit trees andcitrus trees -
PREDEG (1)Partial refund
of costs1,186,896 1,186,896
(2)PREDEG budget
Vines -
PREDEGPartial refund
of costs681,294 681,294
(3)PREDEG budget
(1)  PREDEG:  Farm Conversion and Development Programme.
(2)  This support represents 1.8 per cent of the estimated  gross value of production for deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees (2002).
(3)  This support represents 2 per cent of the estimated  gross value of production for the vine-growing sector (table grapes and grapes for wine) (2002).
(See explanatory tables attached)G/AG/N/URY/26
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PREDEG:  NON-EXEMPT DIRECT PAYMENTS - 2002
Deciduous fruit trees and citrus trees:
Twenty-five per cent of the direct notional cost per hectare of planting deciduous trees and
citrus trees is refunded to small and medium-sized fruit growers, up to a maximum of 15
hectares per grower.
US$ 942,374
Twenty-five per cent of the notional cost per hectare of clearing old deciduous trees and citrus
trees is refunded to small and medium-sized fruit growers.
US$ 244,522
Total US$ 1,186,896
Wine growing:
The notional cost per hectare of clearing old vine stocks is refunded to small and
medium-sized wine growers.
US$ 104,860
Twenty-five per cent of the direct notional cost per hectare of planting new vine stock is
refunded to small and medium-sized wine growers, up to five hectares per grower.
US$ 577,434
Total US$ 682,294
GROSS VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION (GVAP) AT
PRODUCER PRICES (IN THOUSANDS OF CURRENT US DOLLARS)
2001 2002
Total agriculture 1,606,100 1,616,014Crop-farming subsector 613,922 682,977Fruit 62,828 69,895 (*)
Fruit of deciduous and citrus trees 60,058 66,813 (*)
Table grapes 2,770 3,082 (*)
Grapes for wine-making 27,502 30,595 (*)
(*) Estimated figures.  Only aggregate GVAP and crop-farming subsector  figures  available at
present.  The figures given were estimated on the assumption that the contribution of these
items to the total for crop farming was the same as for 2001.
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay.G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 7Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Othe r Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar
year
2002Measure 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
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total
AMS
(US$)Data source
12 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)89 1 0
(7+8+9)11
Wheat Subsidized
interest rate (2)-0 - 0 - - 0 ( 1 )
Coarse grains " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Oil-seeds " - 0 - 0 - - 0Rice " - 0 - 0 - - 0Sugar " - 0 - 0 - - 0Beet " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Sugar cane " - 0 - 0 - - 0
Fruit,
vegetables,tobacco,cotton, etc."- 0 - 0 - - 0
Livestock " - 0 - 0 - - 0
(1) Central Bank of Uruguay (Statistical Bulletin) and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay  (BROU).
(2) There was no subsidization of interest rates for the agricu ltural sector (see the BROU basic interest rate for the agricultu ral sector and the preferential market interest rate in
the attached table).G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 8Annex
URUGUAY
INTEREST RATES IN NATIONAL CURRENCY
Calendar year 2002 (as a percentage)
MonthPrivate bank preferential rate
(six-month fixed term)BROU
Basic rate for agricultural sector
January 40.7 36
February 50.5 36
March 40.7 36
April 34.8 59May 45.8 59June 52.5 59
July 59.2 90
August 60.6 120
September 79.0 120
October 67.5 120November 61.0 100December 55.4 90
Annual average: 54.0 77.1
* Preliminary data.
Source:  Central Bank of Uruguay and Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay .G/AG/N/URY/26
Page 9Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar Year 2002
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar year beginning
1/1/2002Non-product-specific
budgetary outlaysOther non-product-specific
support (include calculation
details)
(in US$)Associated fees/levies Total non-product-
specific support
(in US$)Data source
12 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Exemption from
payment of global
tariff (CET) on
imports of agriculturalinputs fromnon-MERCOSURcountries (1)- 4,709,757 (2) (3) - 4,709,757General Agricultural
Services Directorate
and Soil and Water
Directorate of theMinistry ofAgriculture (MGAP).
Chamber of
Veterinary Specialities
Banco de la República
Oriental del Uruguay
Central Bank of
Uruguay
1 Inputs from MERCOSUR countries pay a tariff of 0 per cent.
2 The estimate takes into account the fiscal loss from not applying  the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff  (CET) to imports of inp uts from non-MERCOSUR countries.
3 This figure represents 0.3 per cent of the 2002 Gross Value of Agricultural Pr oduction (GVAP).  2002 GVAP amounted to Ur$ 34,485,746,000 (US$ 1,616,014,000), according to
preliminary estimates by the Central Bank of Uruguay.
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