WORLD TRADE G/AG/N/KOR/14
15September 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3674)
Original: English Committee onAgriculture
NOTIFICATION
Theattached notification concerning domestic support commitments for1996(Table DS:1 and
therelevant Supporting Tables) wasreceived from thedelegation oftheRepublic ofKorea on
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Page2Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Current Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Total AMS commitment levelfor
period inquestionCurrency Current Total AMS
(from Section IofPartIVoftheSchedule) (from Section IofPartIVofthe
Schedule)(from attached Supporting Tables)
1 2 3
2,105.60 (*) billion won 1,967.36
(*)SeeNote 1ofSupporting Table 6inG/AG/AGST/KORG/AG/N/KOR/14
Page3Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -"Green Box"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value
ofmeasure in
yearinquestion
billion wonData sources
1 2 3 4
(a)General services
1)Research
2)Pestanddisease control
3)Training services
4)Extension andadvisory services
5)Inspection services
6)Marketing andpromotion
services
7)Infrastructural servicesResearch inconnection withtheagricultural environment, genetics, farm
management, livestock disease control, rural community planning andsafety of
pesticides,etc.
Plant andanimal disease control andprotection.
Training forfarm management andproduction techniques.
Introduction ofnewproduction techniques andnewvarieties ofcrops and
machinery.
Support formaterials andequipment tograde andinspect crops andlivestock
products.
Support fordomestic andforeign agricultural fairs, provision ofinformation
ontheinternational agricultural markets andadvice ondietary improvement
fordomestic customers, etc.
Installation ofinfrastructure such asirrigation anddrainage improvement
projects, roads, andwholesale agricultural markets, etc.354.5
37.1
43.1
70.2
62.1
19.8
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Page4Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inAnnex 2 Monetary value
ofmeasure in
yearinquestion
billion wonData sources
1 2 3 4
(b)Public stockholding forfood
security purposes
(c)Domestic food aid
(d)Decoupled income support
(f)Payments forrelief from
natural disasters
(i)Structural adjustment assistance
provided through investment aids
(j)Environmental programmes
(l)OtherFinancial expenditure forstorage andhandling ofbasic food
stuffs such asriceandbarley mandated bytheResource Management Lawfor
Emergency andFood Grains Control Law.
Lunchmeal service forelementary school children.
High school tuition payments, financial assistance todebt-ridden farmers and
pension insurance coverage forfarmers andfishermen.
Compensatory payments forlosses caused bynatural disasters.
Support forstructural adjustment, such asagricultural production facilities,
agricultural product processing facilities, machinery todisadvantaged farmers
andscale expansion.
Payments fortheprevention ofsoilerosion, soilacidification, andforthe
purification oflivestock excretions forprevention ofwater pollution.
Support forimproving farmers 'living conditions andoperation ofabuffer stock
management fund108.7
5.4
246.5
33.1
1,363.1
87.1
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Page5Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Measures exempt fromthereduction commitment -Special andDifferential Treatment -"Development Programmes"
Measure type Name anddescription ofmeasure withreference tocriteria inArticle 6:2 Monetary value
ofmeasure in
yearinquestion
billion wonData sources
1 2 3 4
(a)Investment subsidies generally
available toagriculture
(b)Input subsidies generally available
tolow-income orresource-poor
producersInvestment subsidies, such asmulberry field rehabilitation, nutproduction
inmountainous regions, etc.
Support forlow-income producers such asworking clothes forpestanddisease
control, packing materials, etc.4.8
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Page6Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Calculation oftheCurrent Total Aggregate Measurement ofSupport
Description ofbasic
products (including non-
product specific AMS)Product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Tables DS:5 to
DS:7 below)
billion wonProduct-specific equivalent
measurements ofsupport (from
Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
billion wonComments
1 2 3 4 5
Rice
Barley
Maize(Corn)
Rape seeds
Soybean
Redbean
Malting barley
Redpepper
Garlic
Apple
Pear
Citrus fruit
Chestnut
Ginseng roots1,909.87
50.86
5.62
1.01
2.27
0.11
0.66
0.94
0.51
0.84
0.33
0.13
2.39
4.411,909.87
50.86
5.62
1.01
2.27
0.11
0.66
0.94
0.51
0.84
0.33
0.13
2.39
4.41deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
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Page7Description ofbasic
products (including non-
product specific AMS)Product-specific AMS (from
Supporting Tables DS:5 to
DS:7 below)
billion wonProduct-specific equivalent
measurements ofsupport (from
Supporting Table DS:8 below)Current Total AMS (aggregate)
billion wonComments
1 2 3 4 5
Beef
Pigmeat
Silk-worm
Potatoes
Other vegetables
Other fruits
Medicinal crops
Flowering plants
Mushrooms
Other vegetables oilcrops
Other agricultural products
Non-product-specific AMS23.59
8.89
0.06
0.22
5.96
0.18
0.24
0.06
1.50
0.01
0.01
290.4423.59
8.89
0.06
0.22
5.96
0.18
0.24
0.06
1.50
0.01
0.01
290.44deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
deminimis
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deminimis
Total AMS 1,967.36G/AG/N/KOR/14
Page8Supporting Table DS:5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Market Price Support
Description of
basic productsCalendar /marketing
yearbeginning ...Measure type(s) Applied administered price
1,000 won/tonneExternal reference
price (generally from
AGST/...)
1,000 won/tonneEligible production
1,000 tonneAssociated
fees/leviesTotal market
price support
billion wonData
sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
((4-5*6)-79
Rice
Barley
1)Unhulled
barley
2)Naked
barley
Maize(Corn)
Rape seeds
Soybean
Redbean
Beef01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96Price support
Price support
Price support
Price support
Price support
Price support
Price support
Price support1,723.0
654.0
742.2
519.2
826.0
1,886.0
1,660.0
8,183.0183.9
102
152.3
96.8
217
193.4
317.3
1,823.01,240.9
37
51.6
13.3
1.65
1.28
0.08
3.531,909.87
20.42
30.44
5.62
1.00
2.17
0.11
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Page9Supporting Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements ofSupport: Other Product-Specific Support andTotal Product-Specific AMS
Description of
basic productCalendar/
marketing
year
beginning
...Measure
type(s)Other product-
specific
budgetary
outlaysOther product
specific
support
(include
calculation
details)
billion wonAssociated
fees/leviesTotal other
product-
specific
support
billion wonMarket price
support
(Supporting
Table DS:5)
billion wonNon-exempt
direct
payments
(Supporting
Table DS:6)Total AMS
billion wonData
sources
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(4+5-6)8 9 10
(7+8+9)11
Rice
Barley
Maize(Corn)
Rape seeds
Soybean
Redbean
Malting
barley
Redpepper
Garlic
Apple
Pear
Citrus fruit
Chestnut01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy0.01
0.10
0.66
0.94
0.51
0.84
0.33
0.13
2.390.01
0.10
0.66
0.94
0.51
0.84
0.33
0.13
2.391,909.87
50.86
5.62
1.00
2.17
0.111,909.87
50.86
5.62
1.01
2.27
0.11
0.66
0.94
0.51
0.84
0.33
0.13
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billion won6 7
(4+5-6)
billion won8 9 10
(7+8+9)
billion won11
Ginseng roots
Beef
Pigmeat
Silk-worm
Potatoes
Other
vegetables
Other fruits
Medicinal
crops
Flowering
plants
Mushrooms
Other
vegetable oil
crops
Other Agr.
products01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96
01.01.96Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy
Loan interest subsidy4.41
1.17
8.89
0.06
0.22
5.96
0.18
0.24
0.06
1.50
0.01
0.014.41
1.17
8.89
0.06
0.22
5.96
0.18
0.24
0.06
1.50
0.01
0.0122.424.41
23.59
8.89
0.06
0.22
5.96
0.18
0.24
0.06
1.50
0.01
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic ofKorea
REPORTING PERIOD: calendar year1996
Non-Product-Specific AMS
Measure type(s) Calendar /marketing
yearbeginning ...Non-product-specific
budgetary outlays
billion wonOther non-product-
specific support (include
calculation details)
billion wonAssociated fees/levies Total non-product-specific
support
billion wonDatasources
1 2 3 4 5 6
(3+4-5)7
Loan interest subsidy
forfarming
Loan interest subsidy
forlivestock farming
Input subsidies
Subsidy forfarmland
improvement
associations
Loan programme for
agricultural marketing01.01.1996
01.01.1996
01.01.1996
01.01.1996
01.01.199677.49
15.43
55.67
106.49
35.3677.49
15.43
55.67
106.49
35.36Documents ofbudget
Documents ofbudget
Documents ofbudget
Documents ofbudget
Documents ofbudget
TOTAL 290.44