NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 17 April 2024, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of Brazil. The notification concerns domestic
support commitments (Table DS:1 and
the relevant supporting tables) for the Agricultural
Year 2021/2022.
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Table
DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to 30-06-2022
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
|
Total
AMS commitment level
|
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)
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
912,105.15
|
USD/thousand
|
0
|
Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2022
Measures
exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
|
Measure
Type
|
Name
and description of measure with reference to criteria in
Annex 2
|
Monetary value
USD, thousand
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
2. General Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 (a). Research
|
Agricultural research
program
|
27,471
|
General budget
|
(1)
|
|
Agricultural zoning
service
|
198
|
General budget
|
(1)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
27,669
|
|
|
|
2 (b). Pest and
disease control
|
Agricultural Protecion
Program
|
12,455
|
General budget
|
(2)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
12,455
|
|
|
|
2 (c). Training
services
|
Capacity building
programs
|
770
|
General budget
|
(3)
|
|
Educational services
for rural areas
|
763
|
General budget
|
(3)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
1,533
|
|
|
|
2
(d). Extension and advisory services
|
Acquisition of
equipments by municipalities for services in rural areas
|
0
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Extension services on
agricultural production
|
2,426
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Extension services on
rural development
|
4,012
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Extension services on sustainability and
competitiveness
|
2,401
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Support for projects
of agricultural development
|
7,769
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Support for
technological innovation projects to family farming
|
2,251
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Technology transfer
|
3,604
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Weather forecast information
|
5,842
|
General budget
|
(4)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
28,305
|
|
|
|
2 (e). Inspection
services
|
Inspection of
agricultural services
|
8,236
|
General budget
|
(5)
|
|
Inspection of organic
production
|
0
|
General budget
|
(5)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
8,236
|
|
|
|
2 (f). Marketing and promotion
services
|
International
promotion services
|
2,059
|
General budget
|
(6)
|
|
Support for marketing
projects
|
0
|
General budget
|
(6)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
2,059
|
|
|
|
2 (g). Infrastructural
services
|
Support for infrastructure projects in rural areas
|
1,078
|
General budget
|
(7)
|
|
Support for irrigation programs
|
124,041
|
General budget
|
(7)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
125,119
|
|
|
|
2 (h). Other general
services
|
Aquisition of rural
land for agrarian organization
|
272
|
General budget
|
(8)
|
|
Management of the
rural settlement program
|
2,260
|
General budget
|
(8)
|
|
Preparatory measures
to acquisition of rural land
|
329
|
General budget
|
(8)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
2,861
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
General Services
|
208,237
|
|
|
|
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes
|
Inspection of public stocks
|
131
|
General budget
|
(9)
|
|
Maintenance and management
|
261
|
General budget
|
(9)
|
|
Program of acquisition of agricultural products
from family farming
|
23,773
|
General budget
|
(9)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
24,165
|
|
|
|
4. Domestic food aid
|
Meals for children in
public schools
|
490,394
|
General budget
|
(10)
|
|
Implementation of food
and nutritional security in health
|
11,941
|
General budget
|
(10)
|
|
Program of acquisition
of agricultural products from family farming
|
34,494
|
General budget
|
(11)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
536,829
|
|
|
|
8. Payments for relief
from natural disasters
|
Warranty-Crop Fund
|
90,672
|
General budget
|
(12)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
90,672
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Green Box
|
859,903
|
|
|
Notes:
(1) Budgetary expenditures, financed by
public resources, related to infrastructure, acquisition of equipment and other
expenditures in activities of coordination and maintenance of research and the
diffusion of their results.
(2) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to animal and plant health services, zoosanitary and
phytosanitary defense and alertness, inspection and disease control, training
programmes related to disease control and prevention, warning services.
(3) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to secondary education that provides intermediate
professional qualification and higher education oriented to rural activities
provided by agricultural colleges and universities.
(4) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities that provide technical assistance and rural extension services to
small producers, operation and improvement of meteorological services, services
for cooperatives and other farm associations (studies, researches and
training).
(5) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to classification and inspection of animal and vegetal
products, improvement of seed production and marketing (seed fields
registration), standardization and grading, animal genetic and zootechnic
improvement.
(6) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to improvement of the marketing system and development of
new markets, support to the creation and maintenance of expositions parks and
fair facilities, building and maintenance of central market facilities, and
improvement of agricultural market information services.
(7) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to implementation and operation of irrigation programmes,
construction and maintenance of public dams for irrigation and for urban water
supply, construction of rural roads, rural housing, rural electricity network
services and facilities, electricity distribution, forestry development and
management and environmental programmes.
(8) Agrarian organization; agrarian reform settlement.
Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to
agrarian policy, agrarian reform and settlement projects.
(9) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to expenditures with formation, maintenance and selling of
government stocks which form an integral part of a federal food security
programme as defined by Law N°8171 ("Agriculture Law"),
from 17/01/91.
(10) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to
the poor.
(11) Acquisition with Simultaneous Donation, through which the
food acquired is directly sent to eligible receiving beneficiaries (people in
situation of food and nutritional insecurity and individuals assisted by
government social assistance; education and health networks). Budgetary
expenditures, financed by public resources, in activities related to
expenditures with food assistance programmes targeted to the poor.
(12) Budgetary expenditures, financed by public resources, in
activities related to decrease risk and uncertainty in agriculture, through
agricultural insurance sponsored by the federal government.
Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to
30-06-2022
Measures
exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment –
"Development Programmes"
|
Measure
Type
|
Name
and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6.2
|
Monetary
value
USD, thousand
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
(a) Investment
subsidies generally available to agriculture
|
INVESTMENT CREDIT -
government and private funds, directed to improve rural structure,
acquisitions of machines, equipments, vehicles and animal services
|
413,462
|
MAPA
|
(1)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
413,462
|
|
|
|
(b) Input subsidies
available to low‑income or resource-poor producers
|
PRODUCTION CREDIT -
government and private funds, mostly compulsory, allocated to production at
preferential interest rates generally available to low-income or
resource-poor producers (under PRONAF Program)
|
269,320
|
MAPA
|
(2)
|
|
Subtotal:
|
269,320
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Development Programmes
|
682,782
|
|
|
Notes:
(1) Implicit subsidy based on the difference
between the interest rate of each of the following program and SELIC interest
rate: ABC (Low Carbon Agriculture Program), BNDES PSI-BK (Program for the
Sustainability of Investment in Capital Goods), BNDES/FINAME (Special Agency
for Industrial Financing), FTRA (Special Program for Acquisition of Rural
Land), Constitutional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Inovagro (Program to Encourage
Innovation in Agricultural Production), Moderagro (Program for the
Modernization of Agriculture and the Conservation of Natural Resources),
Moderfrota (Tractor Fleet Modernization Incentives Program), Moderinfra
(Incentives Program for Irrigation and Storage), PCA (Program for the
Construction and Expansion of Warehouses), PRI (Investment Enhancement
Program), Procap‑Agro (Agricultural Cooperatives Capitalization Program),
Prodecoop (Cooperative Development Program for the Enhancement of Agricultural
Value Added), Pronamp (Medium‑Scale Agricultural Producer Support Program), and
Rural Savings, Mandatory Resources and State Funds at controlled interest
rates.
(2) Implicit subsidy based on the
difference between PRONAF (Program to Strengthen Household Agriculture)
interest rate and SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest
rate (interest rate for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by
government bonds).
Supporting Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to
30-06-2022
Calculation
of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
|
Description
of basic products (including non-product specific AMS)
|
Product specific AMS
(from ST DS:5 to DS:7)
USD, thousand
|
Product‑specific EMS
(from ST DS:8)
USD, thousand
|
Total
(2 + 3)
USD, thousand
|
Value
of production
USD, thousand
|
Support as a %
of value of production
|
Current
Total AMS
USD, thousand
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
Maize
|
11,151
|
|
11,151
|
26,675,400
|
0.04%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Coffee
|
15,683
|
|
15,683
|
10,034,242
|
0.16%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Non-product-specific
AMS(from ST/DS:9)
|
2,614,453
|
208,221,628
|
1.26%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
0
|
|
Supporting Table DS:5
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to
30-06-2022
Product-Specific
Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support
|
Description
of basic products
|
Reporting
Year
|
Measure
Types
|
Applied
administered price
USD
|
External
reference price (generally from AGST)
USD
|
Eligible
production
|
Associated
fees / levies
USD, thousand
|
Total
market price support ((4-5)*6)-7
USD, thousand
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
Type
|
From
|
To
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
|
Maize
|
AY
|
01-07-21
|
30-06-22
|
AGF
|
320/Tonne
|
131/Tonne
|
59 thousand Tonnes
|
0
|
11,151
|
MAPA
|
|
|
Total
Maize
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,151
|
|
|
Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to
30-06-2022
Product-Specific
Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total
Product-Specific AMS
|
Description
of basic products
|
Reporting
Year
|
Measure
Types
|
Other
product-specific budgetary outlays
USD, thousand
|
Other
product specific support (with calculation details)
USD, thousand
|
Associated
fees / levies
|
Total
other product-specific support
(4+5-6)
USD, thousand
|
Market
price support (from ST DS:5)
USD, thousand
|
Non-exempt
direct payments (from ST DS:6)
USD, thousand
|
Total
AMS
(7+8+9)
USD, thousand
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
Type
|
From
|
To
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
|
Total
Maize
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,151
|
|
11,151
|
|
|
|
Coffee
|
AY
|
01‑07‑21
|
30‑06‑22
|
Product‑specific credit
|
|
15,683
|
|
15,683
|
|
|
|
MAPA
|
|
|
Total Coffee
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,683
|
|
|
15,683
|
|
|
General
Note:
The following products may be supported by non-exempt support
programmes, according to the available funds and the market price: barley,
Brazilian wax, canola, cashew nut, cassava, cassava flour, cassava starch,
castor beans, coffee, cotton, cottonseed, edible beans, ethanol, garlic,
grapes, guarana, jute, maize, malva, milk, oat, orange, peanuts, rice, silk
cocoon, sisal, sorghum, soybeans, sugar cane, sunflower, triticale and wheat.
If the product is not listed in this table, it means the product received no
support during the crop-year. Some products have the right to be supported only
on specific States or Regions.
Supporting Table DS:9
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: BRAZIL
Reporting Period: Agricultural Year from 01-07-2021 to
30-06-2022
Non-Product-Specific
AMS
|
Measure
Types
|
Reporting
Year
|
Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
USD, thousand
|
Other
non-product specific support (include calculation details)
USD, thousand
|
Associated
fees / levies
USD, thousand
|
Total
non-product-specific support
(3+4-5)
USD, thousand
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
Type
|
From
|
To
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
|
|
Debt rescheduling
programs
|
AY
|
01-07-21
|
30-06-22
|
|
915,292
|
|
915,292
|
National Treasure
|
(1)
|
|
Insurance Programs
|
AY
|
01-07-21
|
30-06-22
|
1,176,714
|
|
|
1,176,714
|
General Budget
|
(2)
|
|
Non-product-specific
production and marketing credit
|
AY
|
01-07-21
|
30-06-22
|
522,447
|
|
|
522,447
|
MAPA
|
(3)
|
|
TOTAL
|
2,614,453
|
|
Notes:
(1) Implicit subsidy based on the difference
between the rescheduled program interest rate and SELIC interest rate. The debt
reschedule program is Rural Debt Securitisation.
(2) Program of Support to Rural Insurance
Premiums (PSR) and Agricultural Livestock Guarantee Programme (PROAGRO).
(3) Implicit subsidy based on the
difference between the interest rate of each of the following programs and
SELIC (Special System for Liquidation and Custody) interest rate (interest rate
for the overnight interbank loans collateralized by government bonds):
Constitucional Funds (FNO, FNE and FCO), Pronamp (Medium-Scale Agricultural
Procucer Support Program), and Rural Savings and Mandatory Resources at
controled interest rates.
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