WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Working Party on the Accession of the Republic of Tajikistan RESTRICTED 5 October 212 (12546) Original: English ACCESSION OF TAJIKISTAN Domestic Support and Export Subsidies in the Agricultural Sector Revision The following submission, dated 4 October 212, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Page 2 EXPLANATORY NOTE The revisions made to document WT/ACC/SPEC/TJK/3/Rev.4 by the Republic of Tajikistan relate to the following: 1. In supporting Table DS:1 amounts related to "dangerous pest management", "fish farming" and "beekeeping" are removed from the "structural adjustment assistance". The amounts related to "dangerous pest management" are added to DS:1 under "Pests and Disease control". 2. In supporting Table DS:2 description of the measure is revised and only number related to Tajikistan government expenditures indicated. 3. The term "allocated funds" is replaced with "actual expenditures". 4. Columns indicating amounts in Somoni are added.
Supporting Table DS:1 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Measures exempt from the reduction commitment "Green Box" (thousand US$ and TJS) Measure Type Name and Description of Measure with Reference to Criteria in Monetary Value of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Measures Data sources 1 2 3 4 5 TJS US$ 28 3,882 7,838 29 29,98 6,721 (a) General services 21 3,232 6,89 3,341 7,123 Research Actual expenditures were from the state budget to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, state pedigree nurseries within specific zones, republic immunogenetic laboratory, state commission on sorttesting and to the Republic Centre for Artificial Insemination, for the purpose of developing scientifically valid systems of agricultural management, creation of new high productive sorts of agricultural crops and research aimed at improving reproduction quality in animals, regional enterprises on pedigree animals and sheep, scientific research activity on biotechnology, scientific research activity on improving melioration system, irrigation and water industry (management), research activity on environment protection, research activity on land management, geodesy and cartography, research activity station, financing the state enterprise on vehicle testing station, etc. 28 29 21 6,249 6,813 7,961 7,8 1,586 1,531 1,793 1,637 Pest and Disease control Actual expenditures were from the state budget to the Republic Veterinary Laboratory, Main Veterinary Department, Republic Epizootic Expedition, State Enterprise for Plant Protection and Agricultural Chemicalization, phytosanitary and plants quarantine service, Republic Veterinary Bacteriological Laboratory and other similar organizations for the purpose of monitoring presence of pests and diseases of agricultural crops, forecasting their emergences, as well as, adoption and implementation of eradication measures and creation of pests and diseases protection systems. Actual expenditures were given to mentioned governmental organizations providing services related to pest and diseases control. Services are provided for free and no funds are transferred directly to producers. 28 5,433 1,379 29 5,843 1,313 21 6,944 1,564 6,73 1,419 Budgetary documentation, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan Page 3
Measure Type Name and Description of Measure with Reference to Criteria in Monetary Value of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Measures Data sources 1 2 3 4 5 TJS US$ Training services Actual expenditures were from the state budget for the purpose of 28 2,868 728 training agricultural specialists in the Agrarian University, 29 3,231 726 professional training of qualified managing specialists for 21 3,152 71 agrarian sector in the Centre for Advanced Training under the 3,84 721 Agrarian University and in its branches. Services on distribution Actual expenditures were for financing the newspaper "Donishi" 28 11 28 of information, expertise of the Tajik Agrarian University for the advanced experience of and knowledge the science and practice information for farmers and research Ministry of Agriculture (consultative Services) workers. 37 9 Inspection services Actual expenditures were from the state budget to the State 28 213 54 Laboratory for Standardization, Certification and Licensing, State 29 213 54 Budgetary documentation, Seed Inspectorate and State Pedigree Inspectorate for the purpose 21 275 62 Ministry of Finance of the of checking quality of planting material and issuing quality 234 56 Republic of Tajikistan certificates for cultivated planting material and state technical inspectorate on agricultural machines. Infrastructure services Actual expenditures were from the state budget to the Ministry of 28 14,99 3,784 Melioration and Water Management, Land Committee, 29 13,3 2,928 Pasturableameliorative Trust for the purpose of improving 21 1,953 2,467 ameliorative conditions, purification of drainage networks, pipes of water irrigative systems, building dams, renovation of irrigative 12,964 3,59 systems, road maintenance, establishing a system for reorganization of land borders and allotment of land and implementation of controls over public pasture use and improvement of their quality by method of conducting cultivationtechnical works, development of new water supplying technologies in irrigation of agricultural crops, nature protection Budgetary documentation, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan events and others. (b) Public stockholding for food security purposes Actual expenditures were from the state budget for reconstruction of the veterinary stations with the laboratories in the Shahrinau and Nurabad and for the reconstruction of the biotechnological center in the Rudaki region. 28 5 127 29 351 79 21 351 79 41 95 28 Page 4
Measure Type Name and Description of Measure with Reference to Criteria in Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture 1 2 3 Monetary Value of Measures 4 5 TJS US$ (c) Domestic food aid 28 (d) Decoupled income support (e) Income insurance and income safetynet programmes (f) Payments for relief from natural disasters (g) Structural adjustment assistance provided through producer retirement programmes (h) Structural adjustment assistance provided through resource retirement programmes (i) Structural adjustment assistance provided through investment aids 28 28 28 28 28 28 1,95 278 29 2,995 673 21 6,212 1,399 3,434 783 Data sources Page 5
Measure Type Name and Description of Measure with Reference to Criteria in Monetary Value of Annex 2 of the Agreement on Agriculture Measures Data sources 1 2 3 4 5 TJS US$ Actual expenditures were from the state budget based on the welldefined 28 1,95 278 criteria in the framework of the governmental 29 2,995 673 programmes. Payments were made for the specific period needed 21 6,212 1,399 for realization of the investment which were specified for this. 3,434 783 28 Assistance of structural changes through investment stimulation (j) Environmental programmes (k) Regional assistance programmes 28 (l) Other 28 Grand Total "Green Box Measures" 28 31,977 8,116 29 32,93 7,394 21 36,443 8,28 Note: Exchange rate Somoni/US$ was in 28 =3.94; 29 = 4.45; 21 = 4.44 Somoni. 33,774 7,96 Budgetary documentation, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Tajikistan Page 6
Supporting Table DS:2 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Measures exempt from the reduction commitment Special and Differential Treatment "Development Programmes" (thousand US$ and TJS) Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to Article 6:2 of the Monetary Value of Agreement on Agriculture Measure Data sources 1 2 3 4 TJS US$ 5 Government expenditures as Tajikistan s contribution to foreign funded 28 2,783 5,275 assistance programs in the form of a grants and state credits were 29 21,711 4,879 provided for the compensation of the shortage of funds in the state 21 8,685 1,956 budget and to support privatization of the agricultural enterprises, 17,6 4,37 Ministry of Agriculture and development of the experience sharing and expanding system, Ministry of Finance of the improvement of the life through innovation of the agricultural Republic of Tajikistan production, learning programme on pasture and reservoir management, support for the creation of the national agricultural consulting center, support for the animal health sector, creation of the nursery on the level of the households and etc. (а) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture Total Investment Subsidies 28 2,783 5,275 29 21,711 4,879 21 8,685 1,956 17,6 4,37 Page 7
Supporting Table DS:3 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Measures exempt from the reduction commitment Direct Payments under ProductionLimiting Programmes "Exempt Direct Payments" Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Article 6:2 of the Monetary Value of Measure Data sources Agreement on Agriculture 1 2 3 4 (a) payments based on fixed area and yields (b) payments based on 85% or less of the base level of production (c) livestock payments made on a fixed number of head NIL Page 8
Supporting Table DS:4 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Description of basic products (including nonproduct specific AMS) Productspecific AMS (from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) Calculation of the Total Aggregate Measurement of Support Productspecific measurement of support (from Supporting Table DS:8 Gross production (thousand US$ and TJS) Current Total AMS (after de minimis adjustment)* TJS US$ AMS as % of TJS below) gross production TJS US$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Potato 28 1,51 381 213,939.17 226,662 21 5,985 1,348 265,364.5 2,495 576 235,324.24 Corn 28 1,51 381 48,354.78 34,23 5 127 22,682.55 Wheat 28 1,399 355 284,381.12 231,973. 212,455. 466 118 272,936.4 Cotton 28 25,966 29 2,438,6 548, 199,561 274.6 2,438,6 548, 698,76 812,867 182,667 383,96 48.7 812,867 182,667 Honey 28 228 58 13,71.4 29 142 32 15,193.2 21 222 5 23,372.2 197 47 17,212.3 Page 9
Description of basic products (including nonproduct specific AMS) Nonproduct specific AMS: Productspecific AMS (from Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) Productspecific measurement of support (from Supporting Table DS:8 below) Gross production Current Total AMS (after de minimis adjustment)* TJS US$ TJS AMS as % of gross production TJS US$ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 28 898 228 29 1,655 372 21 48,693 1,967 17,82 3,856 28 29 2,438,6 548, Total AMS 21 812,867 182,667 *Note: All AMS amounts (except for cotton in 29) are either zero or covered under the de minimis exemption. Page 1
Supporting Table DS:5 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Description of basic products Measure type(s) ProductSpecific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support Applied administered price External reference price US$ per ton Eligible production (thousand tons) Associated fees/levies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 NIL Total market price support 8 ((45*6)7 Data sources 9 Page 11
Supporting Table DS:6 Descriptio n of basic product 1 2 3 4 5 6 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Productspecific Aggregate Measurements of Support: NonExempt Direct Payments (thousand US$ and TJS) Measure type Total Other nonexempt Total direct Applied External pricerelated direct payments payments administ Eligible Associated reference ered production fees/levies price direct price payments TJS US$ TJS US$ Data sources 7 1 8(а) 9 ((45)*6) (7+89) 11 Potato 28 Potato seed was procured and distributed to seed producing farms for free and no conditionality imposed. 1,51 381 1,51 381 29 21 Potato seed was procured and 5,985 1,348 5,985 1,348 distributed as to seed producing farms for free and no conditionality imposed. 2,495 576 2,495 576 Corn 28 Corn seeds were procured and 1,497 38 1,497 38 distributed to seed producing farms for free and no conditionality imposed. 29 21 499 127 499 127 Wheat 28 Wheat seeds were procured 1,399 355 1,399 355 and distributed to seed producing farms for free and no conditionality imposed. 29 21 466 118 466 118 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan Page 12
Cotton 28 29 Debts of cotton sector of the 2,438,6 548, 2,438,6 548, Republic of Tajikistan were written off 21 Honey 28 Beekeeping equipment and materials were supplied to farmers, which were partially paid back. Subsidies indicated represent amounts provided for free. 812,867 182,667 812,867 182,667 Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan 228 58 228 58 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan 29 142 32 142 32 21 222 5 222 5 197 47 197 47 Page 13
Supporting Table DS:7 Description of basic product DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan ProductSpecific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other ProductSpecific Support and Total ProductSpecific AMS Measure type Other productspecific budgetary outlays Other productspecific support (including calculations details) Associated fees/levies 1 2 3 4 5 6 Other productspecific support 7 (4+56) Market price support (Supporting Table DS:5) 8 Nonexempt direct payments (Supporting Table DS:6) (in thousands of US$ and TJS) Total AMS Data sources 1 9 (7+8+9) 11 TJS US$ TJS US$ Potato 28 29 21 (please see Supporting Table DS:6 1,51 5,985 381 1,348 1,51 5,985 381 1,348 for 2,495 576 2,495 576 28 Descriptions 21 of Corn 28 Measures) 1,497 38 1,497 38 29 21 499 127 499 127 28 21 Wheat 28 1,399 355 1,399 355 29 21 28 21 466 118 466 118 Cotton 28 29 2,438,6 548, 2,438,6 548, 21 28 21 812,867 182,667 812,867 182,667 Honey 28 228 58 228 58 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tajikistan Page 14
Description of basic product Measure type Other productspecific budgetary outlays Other productspecific support (including calculations details) Associated fees/levies Other productspecific support Market price support (Supporting Table DS:5) Nonexempt direct payments (Supporting Table DS:6) Total AMS 29 142 32 142 32 21 222 5 222 5 28 21 197 47 197 47 Data sources Page 15
Supporting Table DS:8 Description of basic products Measure type Applied administered price DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Productspecific Equivalent Measurements Support Production, eligible to receive the applied administered price Market price support budgetary outlays Equivalent measurement of support (including calculation details) Nonexempt direct payments Other productspecific measures of support Associated fees/levies 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 Total monetary value of equivalent commitment 11 (7+8+91) Data sources 12 Page 16 NIL
Supporting Table DS:9 DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Republic of Tajikistan Measure type Budgetary outlays with specific products NonProductSpecific AMS Other specific nonproduct specific support (including calculation details) Associated fees/levies (thousands of US$ and TJS) Total nonproduct specific support Data sources 6 4 1 2 3 5 (3+45) 7 TJS US$ TJS US$ Agricultural machinery and spare parts 1 28 29 21 898 1,655 5,55 228 372 1,25 898 1,655 5,55 228 372 1,25 2,71 616 2,71 616 Poultry feed 2 28 29 21 1,83 46 1,83 46 Seasonal discount rates for electricity supply 3 Total nonproduct specific support Customs Service under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan 61 135 61 135 28 Ministry of 29 Melioration and 21 41,381 9,32 41,381 9,32 Water Resources of 13,794 3,14 13,794 3,14 the Republic of Tajikistan 28 898 228 898 228 29 1,655 372 1,655 372 21 2,47 1,967 2,47 1,967 1,674 3,856 1,674 3,856 1 According to Article 211 of Tax Code, Article 345 of Customs Code and Government Resolution No. 489 of 1 October 27 imports agricultural machinery and spare parts are exempt from VAT. 2 According to Law on State Budget of the Republic of Tajikistan for 21, imports of feed for poultry are exempt from VAT. 3 According to Government Resolution No. 259 of 19 May 21, seasonal discount rates of electricity supply were introduced for water pumping stations for irrigation. Page 17
Supporting Table ES:1 Description of products/year DOMESTIC SUPPORT: The Republic of Tajikistan Export Subsidies: Outlay and Quantity (thousands of US$ and TJS) Internal Total productspecific Quantity of Direct export Producer Cost transportation export subsidies subsidized Sales of subsidies financed reduction subsidies (in thousand US$) exports stocks (thousand US$) subsidies measures (thousand Data sources tons) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 TJS US$ TJS US$ 9 1 28 6,178 1,568 6,178 1,568 69 29 4,432 996 4,432 996 73 State Unitary Enterprises 21 1,51 34 1,51 34 163 "Tajik 4,4 967 4,4 968 11 Railways" Seasonal reduction of railway tariffs for internal transportation on export of fruit and vegetable products. Export of fruit and vegetable products Note: Page 18