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ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/SPEC/NPL/2/Rev.1/Corr.1
26 August 2003
(03-4437)
Working Party on the
Accession of Nepal
ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF NEPAL
Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in Agriculture
Corrigendum1
- Page 1, paragraph 1 – replace as follows:
The following information on Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in Agriculture has been
received from the Ministry of Commerce  Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Kingdom of
Nepal, with the request that it be circulated to Working Party members.
- Page 2 – replacement page attached.
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Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  NEPAL
REPORTING PERIOD:   1995/96 – 1997/98
Measures exempt from the reduc tion commitment – Direct payments under Production-Li miting Programmes - "Exem pt Direct Payments"  "Green Box"
Measure typeName and description of measure with reference to
criteria in Annex 2
of the Agreement on AgricultureMonetary
value of
measure in
1995 / 1996
(NRs '000)Monetary
value of
measure in
1996 / 1997
(NRs '000)Monetary
value of
measure in
1997 / 1998
(NRs '000)Average of
the Three
YearsData sources
1 2 3456 7
a) General Services General research relating to different products
Extension services
Marketing and Promotion activities including
agriculture, market information
Infrastructural services2183,294
683,756
11,847
2,701,280133,786
774,225
32,093
2,704,345322,800
822,669
224,680
2,807,954213,293
760,217
89,540
2,737,860HMG/N,
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Ministryof Finance
b) Payment for relief from
natural disastersCrop subsidies - - 3,400 1,133
Total Green Box Measures 3,802,043
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2 Irrigation and drainage.