 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/807/3/Rev.1/Add.2 
23 April 2002 
 (02-2283) 
Working Party on the Accession of the 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA  
 
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in Agriculture  
 
Addendum  
   
 For the purposes of the accession of the Gove rnment of the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia to the WTO, the Government has pr esented the following information on domestic 
support and export subsidies in agriculture, with the request that it be circulated to members of the 
Working Party. 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000  
 
Measure exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box" 
EURO 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Monetary value of measure in year in question 
  1998 1999 2000 Average 
2.  "General Services"  Animal Health Protection Program 3,750,090.07 4,074,804.84 3,128,859.61 3,651,251.51 
 Research and development of livestock breeding technology 
and methodology; extension and advisory services to 
disseminate the results of research to the producers 1,146,315.74 1,765,198.86 1,992,589.54 1,634,701.38 
 Infrastructure building for irrigation purposes, consisting of 
financial support to water resource management agencies to establish and maintain generally available reticulation of water 
supply  982,556.35 900,746.33 905,722.52 929,675.07 
 Agricultural training and advisory services on agro-production 
technology and market promotion for  farmers 901,691.96 856,203.93 304,652.12 687,516.00 
 Maintenance of a network of rocket stations to disperse clouds 
containing the threat of producing hail storm 189,600.62 104,969.45 110,104.85 134,891.64 
 Funds to promote the plantation of suitable cattle food (e.g. 
esparzeta grass) and to grow the respective quality seeds 376,646.60 131,977.48 716,344.17 408,322.75 
 Introduction of modern tobacco technology 81,879.70 90,734.52 98,806.09 90,473.44 
 Agricultural market informati on services through the centers 
for agricultural stock exchange 49,127.82 49,491.56 57,636.89 52,085.42 
3. "Public stockholding for 
food security purposes"  Maintenance stock reserves for food security purposes 964,788.37 1,007,096.46 1,284,586.35 1,085,490.39 
13. "Regional assistance 
programme"  
 (1)  Support to the cost of  social security payment 
(pension and health) for farmers in officially classified 
disadvantaged regions  279,197.86 305,774.11 304,405.10 296,459.02 
 (2)  Funds for infrastructure projects for livestock farms in 
officially classified disadvantaged regions 30,863.14 87,103.42 50,918.07 56,294.88 
 (3)  Support to the interest rates for credits granted to 
farmers in officially classified disadvantaged regions 11,757.92 35,567.93 7,115.03 18,146.96 
Total: "Green Box" measures  8,764,516.15 9,409,668.89 8,961,740.35 9,045,308.46 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000  
 
Measures exempt from reduction commitment-Special and Different Treatment- "Development Programmes" 
EURO 
Measure type Name and description of 
measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6:2 of the 
Agreement on  Agriculture Monetary value of measure in 
year in question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "investment subsidies generally available to agriculture"  
---  
---  
--- 
(b)  "input subsidies available to low-income or resource poor 
producers"  
---  
---  
--- 
(c)  "support to encourage diversification from growing illicit narcotic 
crops"  
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---  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000  
 
Measures exempt from the reduc tion commitment - Direct Payments under production-  Limiting Programmes -"Exempt Direct Payments 
EURO 
Measure type Name and description of measure with 
reference to criteria in Annex 6.2 of the 
Agreement on  Agriculture Monetary value of 
measure in year in 
question Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "payments based on fixed area and yields"  
---  
---  
--- 
(b)  "payments based on 85 per cent or less of the base level of 
production"  
---  
---  
--- 
(c)  "livestock payments made on a fixed number of head"  
---  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000  
 
Calculation of Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
EURO 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product specific AMS) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 1998 1999 2000 Average 
Wheat 0 14,648,555.34 1,332,134.20 5,326,896.51 
Tobacco 13,221,4 59.47 9,561,586.48 11, 475,594.70 11 ,418,880.22 
Non-product specific AMS     
Total: 13,221,459.47 24,210,141.82 12,805,728.90 16,745,776.73 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Calculation of Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
EURO 
Description of basic products 
(including non-product specific AMS) Current Total AMS (aggregate) 
 
 1998 1999 2000 Average 
Wheat 0 14,648,555.34 0 4,882,851.78 
Tobacco 13,221,459.47 9,561,586.48 11,473,594.70 11,418,880.22 
Non-product specific AMS     
Total: 13,221,459.47 24,210,141.82 11,473,594.70 16,301,732.00 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Product Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Market Price Support 
EURO 
Description of basic products Measurement type Total Market Price Support 
  1998 1999 2000 Average 
Wheat  0 14,648,555.34 1,332,134.20 5,326,896.51 
Tobacco  13,221,459.47 9,561,586.48 11,473,594.70 11,418,880.22 
Total: Market Price Support  13,221,459.47 24,210,141.82 12,805,728.90 16,745,776.73 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1997 – 1999 
 
Product Specific Aggregate Measuremen t of Support: Market Price Support 
EURO 
External reference price Description of basic products Measurement type  1998 1999 2000 Average 
Wheat  189.96 119.11 160.23 156.43 
Tobacco  1,287.24 1,499.46 1,376.03 1,387.58 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Product Specific Aggregate Measurement of Support: Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
EURO 
Description of basic 
products Measurement 
type Total direct payments 
  1998 1999 2000 Average 
  --- --- --- --- 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Product Specific Aggregate Measuremen t of Support: Other Product Specific  Support and Total Pr oduct Specific AMS 
EURO 
Total AMS Description of basic 
products Measurement  
type 1998 1999 2000 Average 
Wheat Total Outlay 0 14,648,555.34 1,332,134.20 5,326,896.51 
Tobacco Total Outlay  13,221,459.47 9,561,586.48 11,473,594.70 11,418,880.22 
Total:  13,221,459.47 24,210,141.82 12,805,728.90 16,745,776.73 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Product-Specific Equivalent Measurement of Support  
EURO 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar / 
marketing 
year 
beginning  Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price Production 
eligible to 
receive the 
applied 
administered 
price Market 
price 
support 
budgetary 
outlays Equivalent 
measurement 
of support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Non-
exempt 
direct 
pay-
ments Other 
product-
specific 
support Associated 
fees/levies Total 
monetary 
value of 
equivalent 
commitment Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
(7+8+9-10) 12 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998 – 2000 
 
Non-Product-Specific AMS 
EURO 
Total non-product specific support Measure type 1998 1999 2000 Average 
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES: 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998-2000 
 
Export Subsidies: Outlay 
EURO 
Total product specific export subsidies 
(EURO) Description of  products Measurement 
type  1998 1999 2000 Average 
Sheep meat Direct export subsidies 208,592.00   69,530.67 
Total:  208,592.00   69,530.67 
  
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EXPORT SUBSIDIES: 
REPORTING PERIOD: Average 1998-2000 
 
Export Subsidies: Quantity 
TONS 
Total product specific export subsidies 
(TONS) Description of  products Measurement 
 1998 1999 2000 Average 
Sheep meat Direct export subsidies 271.0   90.33 
Total:  271.0   90.33 
 
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