1. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 1 The notifications of Viet Nam

2. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 2 Green box measures MeasureDescriptionAmount (average 1999-2001) billion dông ResearchPublic expenditures for functioning of research institutions 301.30 Formation services Expenditures to establish, maintain and develop agricultural training centre 324.92 Extension services Expenditures for functioning of national network and for plant / animal genetic selection 1,089.49 Infrastruc- ture Building and improvement of irrigation systems5,713.75 Pest and diseases Public expenditure (warning system, border control, inspection service) 263.01 Food security stocks Expenditure for storage of rice and rice seeds for food security purposes 1,178.90 Domestic food aid Food aid delivery for poor people in mountain areas or less favoured 125.00

3. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 3 Green box measures (cont’d) MeasureDescriptionAmount (average 1999-2001) billion dông Subsidies for natural disasters Food aid or basic goods for farmers in areas submit to natural disaster 1,509.21 Structural adjustment aid (investment support) To shift from low-competitive rice production to commercial production 251.45 Regional support programme Re-wood of dry areas; development of new economic areas; Infrastructures; subsidies for food transport to far region s 1,866.05 Support to investmentLoans at preferential interest rate849.64 Support to inputs for poor farmers Short term loans at preferential conditions954.11 Assistance to replace illicit crops Delivery of seeds and livestock; extension of diversification 7.39

4. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 4 Blue box No measures

5. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 5 Calculation of the AMS By product: –Price support: (Domestic price – world price) X volume of production –And all specific measures: support to storage, support to inputs General: –Tax rebate, support to inputs…

6. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 6 Price support YearMeasureAdministrat ed price (1000 d/t) External referenc e price Productio n Price support (Billion d) Rice1999Price support/ Export quota 3,166.003,508.9720,406.00-6,998.65 20002,999.003,170.8721,160.10-3,827.23 2001No0.00 Average0.00 Sugar1999Price support / import license 6,975.002,259.00947.304,467.54 20005,049.003,112.001,208.702,341.11 20016,458.003,886.001,057.802,720.69 Average3,176.45

7. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 7 General product-specificAMS (billions d) Measure199920002001Average RicePreferential loan rate for storage27.2061.940.0029.71 SugarImport support for new varieties6.70200.16 Preferential loan rate for investment and storage 392.33 Support to development of the production; support to financial losses (exchange rate) – preferential loan rates 201.45 CottonGap between import seeds price and price to farmers – Losses of cotton industry 2.009.5713.358.31 Pork meat Preferential loan rates for purchasing3.200.00 1.07

8. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 8 Non product-specific AMS 199920002001Average Tax rebate: 100 % in very poor areas, 50 % for rice and coffee n.d. 700.00233.33 Support for losses due to electricity consumption 101.82147.72301.82183.79 Cost of irrigation1,010.001,005.00999.001,004.67 Total1,111.821,152.722,000.821,421.79

9. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 9 Total AMS (average 1999-2001) (billions dông) Product specific AMS Total value of the production (billions d) De minimis (10% of the value) Global AMS Rice29.7167,883.036,788.3029.71 Sugar3,376.616,630.00663.003,376.61 Cotton8.31125.2012.528.31 Pork meat1.0717,027.621,702.761.07 AMS product3,415.69122,904.1012,290.413,415.69 Non-product AMS 1,421.79 Total AMS4,837.5

10. Training session - Vietnamese agriculture and WTO - Hanoi - sept. 2005 10 Export subsidies (in billions dông) 199920002001Average Subsidies by product486.00600.00822.77636.26 Rice49.7031.3031.4837.49 Pork203.00348.60536.35362.65 Coffee12.009.90165.0062.30 Fruits & Veg0.00 10.553.52 Export premium, linked to results 750.70989.601,566.161,102.02