WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/PRY/6
30 May 2001
(01-2705)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments for 1999  (Table DS:1
and the corresponding supporting tables) was received from the delegation of Paraguay  on
17 May 2001.G/AG/N/PRY/6
Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
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 in year
in question (US$)*Data sources
12 3 4
General services
Research Agricultural research, technology generation and
transfer1,785,698 Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock
Livestock research 702,869
Pest and disease control Plant health 747,955
Cotton weevil control 12,309,094Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock
Animal health 543,026
National Animal Health Service 4,834,817
Agricultural extension services Technical assistance for agri cultural producers 3,432,703 Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock
Agricultural training Training of agricultural te chnicians 2,212,039 Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock
Agricultural marketing Agricultural product marketing assistance 523,029 Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock
* The average annual US$ exchange rate was used for conversion purposes:  in 1999, US$1 = 3,119 Gs.G/AG/N/PRY/6
Page 3Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  Calendar year 1999
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - Special and D ifferential Treatment - "Development Programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure
with reference to criteria in
Article 6.2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question (US$)Data source
123 4
(b)  " Input subsidies
generally available tolow-income or resource-poor producers."Distribution of seeds to poor families in rural areas for self-consumption. 838,698 Ministry of
Agriculture and
Livestock
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