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7 March  2024 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following submission, dated 6 March  2024, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Israel . The revised notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar Year  2018. 
 
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This revision results from  an in-depth analysis of the Israeli egg market , conducted in 2022 towards 
a reform   in egg production quotas to be implemented by 2032. Pursuant t o this analysis, Israel 
wishes to clarify that there has never been an applied administered price set by the Israeli 
government or any other regulatory authority, guaranteed to table egg producers.  Moreover, the 
pricing of eggs for the producers remains su bject to market forces and fluctuates in accordance with 
supply and demand.  
The "applied administered price" of "eggs" used for AMS calculations  in the  original  Table DS:1 
notification , based on an erroneous assumption , was  the corresponding average domestic annual 
price published ex post facto .  
This revision has accordingly corrected the market price support calculations for "eggs". The modified 
support values in the supporting table DS:5, as well as other affected tables , are highlighted in  bold.  
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
568,980  USD/thousand  467,345  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  Agriculture Research Center: Improvement of production potential, 
diversification of agro -industry and post harvest processes:  General 
operation  57,961  BB-MOA  
Agriculture Research Center: Improvement of production potential, 
diversification of agro -industry and post harvest processes: 
Infrastructure investments  55,013  BB-MOA  
Agriculture Research Center: Improvement of production potential, 
diversification of agro -industry and post harvest processes: Research 
centres and facilities operations  0 BB-MOA  
Agriculture Research Center: Improvement of production potential, 
diversification of agro -industry and post harvest processes: Research 
funds  0 BB-MOA  
Chief Scientist Research Fund: Provide grants to agriculture research : 
General operation for research  29,094  BB-MOA  
Chief Scientist Research Fund: Provide grants to agriculture research : 
"Kemah" fund – Agriculture Chief Scientist Fund  481 BB-BARD (Kemah)   
Chief Scientist Research Fund: Provide grants to agriculture research : 
Agriculture by the Torah (Bible)  0 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  142,549    
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Services provided for farmers: Plant protection services  6,435  BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Veterinary services  5,996  BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Pest prevention activities  0 BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Plant and animal protection  0 BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy 
assistance  0 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  12,431     
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- 4 - 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 (c). Training services  Services provided for farmers: Distribution of information, farmers 
training and technical assistance.  729 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  729   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Services provided for farmers: Support to farmers' organizations  0 BB-MOA (1) 
Subtotal:     
2 (e). Inspection services  Services provided for farmers: Inspection and training  0 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:     
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Services provided for farmers: Marketing promotion  3,446  BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  3,446    
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Services provided for farmers: Soil conservation and drainage 
department  16,155  BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Investment in agriculture  4,431  BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  20,586    
2 (h). Other general services  General Ministry of Agriculture Operations: Provision of overall 
management of the Ministry of Agriculture including specialised 
administrative service  141,788  BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: National park protection Authority  0 BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Pasture authorities  13,536  BB-MOA  
Services provided for farmers: Districts assistance  591 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  155,915    
 Subtotal General Services  335,656    
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Cereal Reserve: To ensure a reserve for three months of Cereal for 
emergency purposes  10,948  BB-MOA  
Melah: To ensure a reserve of foodstuff for emergency purposes  0 BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  10,948    
6. Decoupled income support  Galilee law substitute payments: Payment for meat of poultry producers 
in the Galilee area  17,243  BB-MOA (2) 
Israeli workers: Support to encourage Israeli workers in agriculture  4,977  BB-MOA (3) 
Subtotal:  22,220    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Natural Disasters Insurance Fund: Government allowance in the Natural 
Disasters Insurance programme  26,861  BB-MOA  
Advances for claims on Insurance Fund: Advance payment to farmers 
not covered by the insurance policy  47,658  BB-MOA  
Natural Disasters Compensation: Payment to farmers not covered by 
the insurance policy  8,882  BB-MOA  
Water cuts payments: Compensation for cut in water supply to farmers  0 BB-MOA (4) 
Subtotal:  83,401    
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided through 
investment aids  Small and medium farmers' loans: Governmental guarantees for SME 
loans 2,780  BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  2,780     
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- 5 - 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  
12. Environmental programmes  Environment reform in the dairy farms: Payments to milk producers 
who produce in compliance with environmental requirements  0 BB-MOA  
Jewish Shmita year: Environmental programme as part of the 
agricultural cycle mandated by the Torah  42 BB-MOA (5) 
Subtotal:  42   
13. Regional assistance programmes  Rural Department Agreement: Specific measure to Kibbutzim and 
Moshavim.  0 BB-MOA  
New Settlement Infrastructure: Specific measure to New Kibbutzim and 
Moshavim  1,395  BB-MOA  
Subtotal:  1,395    
Grand Total Green Box  456,442    
Notes:  
(1) G/AG/N/ISR/61.  
(2) G/AG/N/ISR/17.  
(3) G/AG/N/ISR/54.  
(4) G/AG/N/ISR/17.  
(5) G/AG/N/ISR/54.   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
Vegetables  3,698   3,698  1,605,388  0.23%  0 (de minimis )  
Eggs 14,578   14,578  262,909  5.54% 0 (de minimis)   
Meat of poultry  0  0 999,216  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Milk 467,345   467,345  888,956  52.57%  467,345   
Cotton  0  0 32,555  0% 0 (de minimis )  
Cereal  2,556   2,556  92,349  2.77%  0 (de minimis )  
Fruits (not citrus)  3,464   3,464  1,953,032  0.18%  0 (de minimis )  
Flowers  1,025   1,025  134,305  0.76%  0 (de minimis )  
Meat of Bovine  734  734 360,253  0.2%  0 (de minimis )  
Citrus  222  222 374,307  0.06%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)  29,907  8,475,624  0.35%  0 (de minimis )  
TOTAL  467,345   
  
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
Tomatoes  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Absorption of 
surplus  0/Tonne  257/Tonne  0 thousand Tonnes    Plant Board   
Cucumbers  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Absorption of 
surplus  0/Tonne  333/Tonne  0 thousand Tonnes    Plant Board   
Onions  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Absorption of 
surplus  0/Tonne  208/Tonne  0 thousand Tonnes    Plant Board   
Potatoes  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Absorption of 
surplus  0/Tonne  303/Tonne  0 thousand Tonnes    Plant Board   
Total Vegetables          0   
Eggs CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Production quotas 
and guaranteed 
min. price  0/Tonne  0.043/Tonne  2,014,567 thousand 
Tonnes   0 Poultry 
Board   
Total Eggs          0   
Meat of poultry  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 - 0/Tonne  1354/Tonne  0 thousand Tonnes    Poultry 
Board   
Total Meat of 
poultry          0   
Milk - tradable quota  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Production quotas 
and guaranteed 
min. price  454/Tonne  157/Tonne  894 thousand Tonnes   265,518  Dairy 
Board  (1) 
Milk - non-tradable 
fluid CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Production quotas 
and guaranteed 
min. price  454/Tonne  157/Tonne  674 thousand Tonnes   200,178  Dairy 
Board  (1) 
Total Milk          465,696     
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- 8 - Notes:  
(1) According to FAO's Gateway to Dairy Production ( http://www.fao.org/dairy -production -products/socio -economics/markets -and-trade/ ), milk products can be classified 
into non -tradable fluid and tradable, manufactured products. In 2019, the Israeli Dairy Board conducted an  evaluation of the level of tradability of dairy products 
marketed in 2018, estimated at 38%. A much more conservative estimation is reflected in Supporting Table DS:5, where HS4 codes 0401 and 0403 are calculated as 
non-tradable while all other HS4 codes are calculated as tradable.  
 
  
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total pric e 
related direct 
payments  
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Cotton  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      0  0 BB-MOA  
Total 
Cotton            0   
Cereal  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      778  778 BB-MOA  
Cereal  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Income 
Insurance      1,778   1,778  BB-MOA  
Total 
Cereal            2,556    
Vegetables  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Grower 
support      0  0 BB-MOA  
Vegetables  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      3,698   3,698  BB-MOA  
Total 
Vegetables            3,698    
Fruits  
(not citrus)  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Marketing 
Board      239  239 BB-MOA  
Fruits  
(not citrus)  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Grower 
support      278  278 BB-MOA  
Fruits  
(not citrus)  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      2,947   2,947  BB-MOA  
Total Fruits 
(not citrus)            3,464     
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- 10 - Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
USD External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST)  
 
USD Eligible 
production  Total pric e 
related direct 
payments  
((4-5)*6)  
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Other non 
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Total direct 
payment 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
USD,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Flowers  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      723  723 BB-MOA  
Flowers  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Growers 
support      302  302 BB-MOA  
Total 
Flowers            1,025    
Eggs CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Deficiency 
payment      2  2 BB-MOA  
Eggs CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 "Galillee law"      14,576   14,576  BB-MOA  
Total Eggs            14,578    
Meat of 
Poultry  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      0  0   
Meat of 
Poultry  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 "Galilee law"      0  0   
Total Meat 
of poultry            0   
Meat of 
Bovine  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      438  438 BB-MOA  
Meat of 
Bovine  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Herd aid      296  296 BB-MOA  
Total Meat 
of Bovine            734   
Milk CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Dairy farm 
reform      1,649   1,649  BB-MOA  
Total Milk            1,649    
Citrus  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Investment 
program      222  222 BB-MOA  
Total 
Citrus            222   
  
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- 11 - Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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 
Vegetables           3,698  3,698    
Total Eggs          0 14,578  14,578    
Total Meat 
of poultry           0 0   
Total Milk          465,696  1,649  467,345    
Total Cotton           0 0   
Total Cereal           2,556  2,556    
Total Fruits 
(not citrus)           3,464  3,464    
Total 
Flowers           1,025  1,025    
Total Meat 
of Bovine           734 734   
Total Citrus           222 222   
  
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- 12 - Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: ISRAEL  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2018  
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  
Non-specific support  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 834   834 BB-MOA  
Water support  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 29,073    29,073  BB-MOA  
TOTAL  29,907   
 
 
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