G/AG/N/PHL/78  
 
8 November  2021 
(21-8434) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 26 October  2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the Philippines . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table  DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar Year 2020. 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 20 20  
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  
  0 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 20 20  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
PHP,  thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2.General Services      
2 (a). Research  General research relating to particular products  7,454,893 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  7,454,893   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Pest and disease control, including plant and animal quarantine  122,301 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  122,301   
2 (c). Training services  General training services  3,622,351 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  3,622,351   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Extension and advisory services  40,771,659 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  40,771,659   
2 (e). Inspection services  Inspection services of particular products for health, safety, grading or 
standardization purposes  3,706,099 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  3,706,099   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Marketing and promotion activities, including agricultural statistics 
generation, market information, advice and promotion activities  2,322,345 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  2,322,345   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Production and market infrastructure, including construction, rehabilitation 
and repair of irrigation and drainage systems, slaughterhouses, solar 
dryers, and food terminals  41,631,942 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  41,631,942   
 Subtotal General Services  99,631,590   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Stabilization and Food Security  7,000,000 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  7,000,000   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Crop insurance  3,500,000 2020 General Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  3,500,000   
Grand Total Green Box  110,131,590   
 
   
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 20 20  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
 
PHP,  thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Soft-loans and Grants for Agricultural Investment. These 
involve the provision of loans and grants for irrigation and 
other farm infrastructure support, farm equipment, post -
harvest facilities, research and development, training and 
extension activities  6,055,924 Department of 
Agriculture   
Funds for agricultural investment - Investment credits and 
grants. Government funds directed to improve rural 
structure, acquisition of machines, equipment and post -
harvest facilities.  2,589,493 Department of 
Agriculture   
Subtotal:  8,645,417   
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor producers  Provision of access to farm inputs. This measure provides 
low-income resource -poor producers the opportunity to 
have easier access to good quality inputs such as seeds, 
planting materials, fertilizers and animal stocks in order to 
improve farm productivity  5,593,702 Department of 
Agriculture   
Subtotal:  5,593,702   
Grand Total Development Programmes  14,239,119   
 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 20 20  
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)  
 
PHP,  thousand  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Total  
(2 + 3) 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Value of production  
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Palay (Paddy Rice)  6,411,876.95   6,411,876.95  318,711,000 2.01%  0 (de minimis )  
Corn 0  0 - 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)       
TOTAL  0  
Value of Production is obtained from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)  
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 20 20  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of 
basic products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
PHP External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
PHP Eligible production  Associated 
fees / levies  
 
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Total market 
price support 
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Palay (Paddy Rice) CY 01-01-20 31-12-20 Price support  19/Kilogram  4.56/Kilogram  444,035.8 thousand Kilograms   6,411,876.95  NFA  
Total Palay 
(Paddy Rice)          6,411,876.95    
Yellow Corn Grain  CY 01-01-20 31-12-20 Price Support  12.3/Kilogram  2.26/Kilogram    0  (1) 
White Corn Grain  CY 01-01-20 31-12-20 Price Support  13/Kilogram  2.26/Kilogram    0  (1) 
Total Corn          0   
General n otes: 
NFA - National Food Authority  
Eligible production refers to the procured volume of Palay (paddy rice). 
WGN = White Corn Grain  
YGN = Yellow Corn Grain  
 
Notes:  
 
(1): No procurement  
 
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