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7May1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1792)
Original: Spanish Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification concerning domestic support commitments (Table DS:1 andthe
relevant supporting tables) fortheyear1995 wasreceived from thedelegation ofUruguay on
17April 1996.G/AG/N/URY/3
Page2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1995
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 "levelG/AG/N/URY/3
Page3Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1995
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 4,696,1031National Budget
Pestanddisease control 5,494,3692National Budget
Extension andadvisory services 5,097,447 National Budget
Inspection services 2,963,403 National Budget
1Includes budgetary counterpart ofIDBProject 624inSupport oftheNational Institute ofAgricultural Research (INIA) amounting toUS$462,600.
2Includes budgetary counterpart ofIDBAnimal Health Project 840amounting toUS$1,593,400.G/AG/N/URY/3
Page4Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1995
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" 5,085,192xPlanning andBudget Office
xIncludes thebudgetary counterparts ofthefollowing projects: 747Rural Development (IFAD), 748Water andNatural Resource Development (World Bank), 854Forest
Development (World Bank), 855Livestock Development (World Bank), 856Farm Development (World Bank).G/AG/N/URY/3
Page5Support Table DS:7 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1995
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS
Description ofbasic
productCalendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Measure 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 1995 Subsidized
interest rate2- 0 - 0 - - 01
Coarse grains " " - " - " - - "
Oil-seeds " " - " - " - - "
Rice " " - " - " - - "
Sugar " " - " - " - - "
Beet " " - " - " - - "
Sugar cane " " - " - " - - "
Fruit, vegetables,
tobacco, cotton, etc. " " - " - " - - "
Livestock " " - " - " - - "
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/3
Page6Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Uruguay
REPORTING PERIOD: Calendar Year 1995
Non-product-specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar /
marketing year
beginning ...Non-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
Tariff zeroforimports of
agricultural inputs from countries
notforming partof
MERCOSUR11995(inUS$)
5,049,7852,3- 5,049,7853General 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 (AEC) toimports ofinputs from countries notforming partofMERCOSUR.
3Thisfigure represents 0.27percentofthe1994 Gross Agricultural Product (1995 GAP notyetavailable).G/AG/N/URY/3
Page7URUGUAY
Interest Rates inNational Currency
Calendar Year 1995 (in%)
Month Private bankpreferential (6-month fixed term) BROU
Basic foragricultural sector
January 66.4 78
February 70.1 78
March 67.1 78
April 67.8 78
May 62.4 78
June 66.5 75
July 63.6 75
August 55.4 75
September 55.4 75
October 55.6 75
November 56.0 75
December 56.0 75
Annual average 61.7 76.25
Source: Central Bank ofUruguay andBanco delaRepública Oriental delUruguay.