WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/COL/20 
21 July 2000 
 (00-3015) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
   
NOTIFICATION  
 
  The attached notification concerning domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for 1998 and 1999  was received from the Permanent Mission of 
Colombia  on 20 June 2000.  G/AG/N/COL/20 
Page 2 Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998  
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current Total AMS 
1 2 3 
 
 
 
376,555 
  
 
US$'000  
 
9,771 
  
   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
 
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of  measure 
in year in question 
(US$'000) Data sources 
 
1 2 3 4 
 
GENERAL SERVICES Training services:   Training in agricultural policies and in  participation, planning, programming, 
execution and business management. 2,554.2 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development
 Technology research and development:   Strengthening of research activities to improve 
agricultural productivity and to protect the environment. 9,449.0 " 
 Marketing services:   Setting up and operation of price and market information system for 
agricultural products and support for the ma rketing of panela cane and pita fibre ( fique).  8,259.6 " 
 Infrastructure services:   Construction of irrigation works to enable producers to use land 
efficiently, installation of electr icity supply networks, constructi on of water supply and drainage 
works;  market facilities. 45,727.1 " 
  Phytosanitary services:   Animal and plant disease prevention and control. 
 
Extension and advisory services:   Agricultural information network. 
 
Administration: 
Provision of specialized administrative services (re gional planning, staff tr aining, management and 
advisory services, dissemination of technical assistance, institutional organization and control). 5,816.2 
 
2,569.9 
 
 
18,344.5 
 " 
 
" 
 
 
" 
  G/AG/N/COL/20 
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STRUCTURAL 
ADJUSTMENT 
ASSISTANCE PROVIDED 
THROUGH 
INVESTMENT AIDS 
 Payments relating to: 
 
- Land purchase and award 
- Promotion and agricultural credit for small producers  
 
 31,426.7  11,727.4  
Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development
 
REGIONAL ASSISTANCE Payments relating to:  Agricultural development programmes for indigenous communities and 
reservations, and depressed areas.  1,177.7 " 
PAYMENTS RELATING 
TO RELIEF FROM 
NATURAL DISASTERS Disaster relief:   Payments to farmers to help make good da mage from climatologi cal causes.  14,440.2  
TOTAL   151,492.5  
   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Speci al and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question (US$'000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture  Promotion of capitalization fo r new investment projects 
aimed at modernizing agri cultural production:  Rural 
Capitalization Incentive.     12,241.5 Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development 
  Encouragement of forestry plantations, through 
reafforestation:  Forestry incentive certificate.     1,647.3 " 
 
  Promotion of the developm ent of agricultural marketing 
channels:  Undertaking Fund.   
   2,803.9 " 
  Housing for rural workers:  Subsidy to cost of construction of 
housing for rural workers in order to improve their living 
conditions.     12,065.8 " 
  Assistance to rural job creation programmes.     7,465.5 " 
Support to encourage diversification from 
growing illicit narcotic crops 
 Abandonment of illicit crops:  Al ternative Development.   8, 510 President of the Republic 
 
TOTAL    44,734  
  G/AG/N/COL/20 
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 
 
Calculation of Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(thousands of US dollars)  
 Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support (from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) 
 Current total AMS (aggregate)  
 
(thousands of US dollars) 
1 2 3 4 
Sesame 2.1 0 2.1 
Cotton 817.0 0 817.0 
Rice 4,672.6 0 4,672.6 
Arracacha 4.7 0 4.7 
Oats 0.1 0 0.1 
Bananas and plantains 97.1 0 97.1 
Cocoa 10.1 0 10.1 
Colza canola 0.0 0 0.0 
Cane (panela) 76.5 0 76.5 
Sugar cane 284.6 0 284.6 
Barley  0.2 0 0.2 
Coconuts 0.5 0 0.5 
Crotalaria 0.0 0 0.0 
Beans 37.0 0 37.0 
Sunflower 0.0 0 0.0 
Maize/corn 70.1 0 70.1 
Groundnuts 2.8 0 2.8 
Yams 2.4 0 2.4 
Potatoes 229.4 0 229.4 
African palm 68.5 0 68.5 
Sorghum 32.7 0 32.7 
Soya 30.2 0 30.2 
Wheat 1.0 0 1.0 
Seeds 18.3 0 18.3 
Vegetables 77.1 0 77.1   G/AG/N/COL/20
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Fruit1 17.2 0 17.2 
Dark tobacco 20.5 0 20.5 
Light tobacco 81.4 0 81.4 
Yucca 46.9 0 46.9 
Poultry 467.1 0 467.1 
Swine 42.3 0 42.3 
Bovine and dairy 2,063.4 0 2,063.4 
Sheep and goats 15.4 0 15.4 
Other fruit 96.6 0 96.6 
Coffee 261.6 0 261.6 
Flowers 6.3 0 6.3 
Pasture and forage 107.9 0 107.9 
Commercial forests 6.4 0 6.4 
Other products 3.0 0 3.0 
TOTAL  0 9,770.5 
 
1Avocados, mangoes, plums, pears and peaches .  G/AG/N/COL/20 
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Supporting Table DS:6 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1998 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Meas urements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
 
Description of 
basic product  
Calendar/ 
marketing year 
beginning 
1998  
Measure type(s)  
Applied 
administered 
price 
 
US$/ton  
External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/COL) 
US$/ton  
Eligible 
production 
 
 
Ton  
Total price-
related direct 
payments 
 
US$'000  
Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
US$'000  
Associated 
fees/levies  
Total direct 
payments 
 
 
US$'000  
Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Rice  STOR     3,576.6   3,576.6  Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development 
Maize/corn  STOR     0.2   0.2   
Cotton   INCEN     757.1   757.1   
TOTAL         4,333.9   
 
STOR:  Storage incentive. 
INCEN:  Incentive and direct support for producers. 
   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 9Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1998 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS  
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year 
beginning 
1998 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(US$'000) Other product 
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support: 
total US$'000 Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(US$'000) Total AMS 
 
 
 
(US$'000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Sesame  CR  2.1    2.1   
Cotton  CR  59.9    59.9   757.1 817.0 
Rice  CR  1,096.0    1,096.0   3,576.6 4,672.6 Finagro 
Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development
Arracacha  CR  4.7    4.7   4.7  
Oats  CR  0.1    0.1   0.1  
Bananas and 
plantains   CR  97.1    97.1   97.1  
Cocoa  CR  10.1    10.1   10.1  
Colza canola  CR  0.0    0.0   0.0  
Cane (panela)  CR  76.5    76.5   76.5  Sugar cane  CR  284.6    284.6   284.6  
Barley  CR  0.2    0.2   0.2  
Coconuts  CR  0.5    0.5   0.5  
Crotalaria  CR  0.0    0.0   0.0  Beans  CR  37.0    37.0   37.0  Sunflower  CR  0.0    0.0   0.0  Maize/corn  CR  69.8    69.8   0.2 70.1   G/AG/N/COL/20 
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(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Groundnuts  CR 2.8    2.8    2.8   
Yams  CR 2.4    2.4    2.4   
Potatoes  CR 229.4    229.4    229.4   African palm  CR 68.5    68.5    68.5   Sorghum  CR 32.7    32.7    32.7   Soya  CR 30.2    30.2   30.2  
Wheat  CR 1.0    1.0   1.0  
Seeds  CR 18.3    18.3   18.3  Vegetables  CR 77.1    77.1   77.1  Fruit
1  CR 17.2    17.2   17.2  
Dark tobacco  CR 20.5    20.5   20.5  
Light tobacco  CR 81.4    81.4   81.4  
Yucca  CR 46.9    46.9   46.9  Poultry  CR 467.1    467.1   467.1  Swine  CR 42.3    42.3   42.3  Bovine and dairy  CR 2, 063.4    2,063.4   2,063.4  
Sheep and goats  CR 15.4    15.4   15.4  
Other fruit  CR 96.6    96.6   96.6  
Coffee  CR 261.6    261.6   261.6  Flowers  CR 6.3    6.3   6.3  Pasture and forage  CR 107.9    107.9   107.9  Commercial forests  CR 6.4    6.4   6.4  
Other products  CR 3.0    3.0   3.0  
TOTAL   5,436.6    5, 436.6   4,333.9 9,770.5  
 
1Avocados, mangoes, plums, pears, apples and peaches. 
 
CR = Credit.   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 11Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999  
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in question Currency Current total AMS 
1 2 3 
 
 
371,251 
 
   
 
US$'000  
 
6,804.9 
 
 
  G/AG/N/COL/20 
Page 12 Supporting Table DS:1 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia  
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999  
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
 
 
Measure type Name and descripti on of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of  measure 
in year in question 
(US$'000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
GENERAL SERVICES Training services:   Training in agricultural policies;  wa tershed management and conservation;  
efficient soil and water manageme nt;  use of new technologies.   1,052.6 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development
 Technology research and development:   Strengthening of research activities to improve 
agricultural productivity;  support for the preservation of agricultural, animal and microbial species.   15,204.0 " 
 Marketing services:   Strengthening of price and market information system for agricultural 
products;  support for the development of micro-enterprises;  compiling and processing of 
agricultural information. 
   4,514.7 " 
 Infrastructure services:   Design, adaptation and construction of  irrigation areas to enable producers 
to use land efficiently. 
   7,191.2 " 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
STRUCTURAL 
ADJUSTMENT 
ASSISTANCE THROUGH 
INVESTMENT AIDS 
 Phytosanitary services:   Animal and plant disease prevention and control;  quality control of 
agricultural inputs and protection in genetic resources and bio-safety. 
 
Extension and advisory services:   Nation-wide dissemination of ag ricultural information and setting 
up of the agricultural protection information system. 
 
Administration: 
Provision of administrative services to the followi ng programmes:  Training of  the rural population;  
diagnostic centres, laboratories and offi ces for health prevention and control. 
 
Payments relating to: 
 
- Land purchase and award to black and indigenous communities and rural families.
 
-  Promotion and agricultural credit for small producers to revitalize the agricultural sector at the  
national level.   10,699.2 
 
 
  562.6 
 
 
  10,322.3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15,389.7 
 
  7,403.5 " 
 
 
" 
 
 
" 
 
 
 
Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development
   G/AG/N/COL/20
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REGIONAL ASSISTANCE Payments relating to:   Agricultural development programmes for indigenous communities and 
reservations, and depressed rural areas.  2,338.9 " 
NATURAL DISASTER 
RELIEF PAYMENTS Disaster relief:   Payments to small farmers to help repair  damage from climatolog ical causes.  4,556.0 " 
 
TOTAL   
 79,234.6  
 
  G/AG/N/COL/20 
Page 14 Supporting Table DS:2 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - Speci al and Differential Treatment - "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of m easure with reference to criteria in 
Article 6:2 Monetary value of measure in year 
in question (US$'000) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
 
Investment subsidies ge nerally available to 
agriculture  Promotion of capitalization fo r new investment projects 
aimed at modernizing agricultural production:  Rural 
capitalization incentive.   18,112.3 Ministry of Agriculture and 
Rural Development 
  Encouragement of forestry plantations, through 
reafforestation:  Forestry  incentive certificate.   8,058.5 " 
 
  Rural housing:  Joint financin g of nation-wide projects for 
the construction of housing for rural workers in order to 
improve their living conditions. 
   3,701.8 " 
Support to encourage diversification from 
illicit narcotic crops 
 Abandonment of illicit crops:  Al ternative development.   10,359.2 President of the Republic 
 
TOTAL    40,231.7  
 
   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 15Supporting Table DS:4 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Calculation of Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
 
Description of basic products (including 
non-product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
(thousands of US dollars)  
 Product-specific equiva lent measurements 
of support (from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) 
 Current total AMS (aggregate)  
 
(thousands of US dollars) 
1 2 3 4 
Sesame  2.3 0  2.3 
Cotton  2,311.5  0  2,311.5  
Rice  3,675.4  0  3,675.4  
Arracacha  0.4 0  0.4 
Oats  0.2  0  0.2  
Bananas and plantains  12.6  0  12.6  
Cocoa  6.2 0  6.2 
Colza canola  0.0 0  0.0 
Cane (panela)  17.0  0  17.0  
Sugar cane  62.7  0  62.7  
Barley   0.1 0  0.1 
Coconuts  0.2 0  0.2 
Crotalaria  0.1  0  0.1  
Beans  3.0  0  3.0  
Sunflower  0.0 0  0.0 
Maize/corn  14.0  0  14.0  
Groundnuts  0.5 0  0.5 
Yams  0.0 0  0.0 
Potatoes  36.1 0  36.1 
African palm  23.6  0  23.6  
Sorghum  6.2  0  6.2  
Soya  7.0 0  7.0 
Wheat  0.3 0  0.3 
Seeds  5.2 0  5.2 
Vegetables  19.2 0  19.2  G/AG/N/COL/20 
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Fruit1  2.4 0  2.4 
Dark tobacco  19.6 0  19.6 
Light tobacco  3.9 0  3.9 
Yucca  4.0  0  4.0  
Poultry  107.2  0  107.2  
Swine  10.8  0  10.8  
Bovine and dairy  364.0  0  364.0  
Sheep and goats  0.4 0  0.4 
Other fruit  19.9 0  19.9 
Coffee  38.5 0  38.5 
Flowers  5.7 0  5.7 
Pasture and forage  18.9 0  18.9 
Commercial forests  1.5 0  1.5 
Asparagus  4.3 0  4.3 
TOTAL  0 6,804.9 
 
1Avocados, mangoes, plums, pears, apples and peaches.  
   G/AG/N/COL/20
 Page 17Supporting Table DS:6 
 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD: 1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Meas urements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year beginning
1997 Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price 
 
 
 
US$/ton External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/COL) 
US$/ton Eligible 
production 
  
 
 
ton Total price-
related direct 
payments 
 
 
 
US$'000 Other non-
exempt 
direct 
payments 
 
 
US$'000 Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments 
  
 
 
US$'000 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Rice  STOR     3,406.3   3,406.3  Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development 
Cotton  STOR     1,110.5   1,110.5   
Cotton     INCEN     1,196.0   1,196.0   
TOTAL         5,712.8   
 
STOR:  Storage incentive. 
INCEN:  Incentive and direct support for producers. 
 
  G/AG/N/COL/20 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Colombia 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements  of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Pr oduct-Specific AMS  
 
Description of basic 
product Calendar/ 
marketing 
year 
beginning 
1999 Measure type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
(US$'000) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support: 
total US$'000 Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
(US$'000) Total AMS 
 Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Sesame  CR 2.3   2.3   2.3  
Cotton  CR 5.0   5.0   2,306.5 2,11.5
Rice  CR 269.1   269.1   3,406.3 3,675.4Finagro 
Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development 
Arracacha  CR 0.4   0.4   0.4  
Oats  CR 0.2   0.2   0.2  
Bananas and 
plantains   CR 12.6   12.6   12.6  
Cocoa  CR 6.2   6.2   6.2  
Colza canola  CR 0.0   0.0   0.0  
Cane (panela)  CR 17.0   17.0   17.0  
Sugar cane  CR 62.7   62.7   62.7  
Barley  CR 0.1   0.1    0.1  
Coconuts  CR 0.2   0.2   0.2  Crotalaria  CR 0.1   0.1   0.1  Beans  CR 3.0   3.0   3.0  Sunflower  CR 0.0   0.0   0.0  
Maize/corn  CR 14.0   14.0    14.0    G/AG/N/COL/20
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(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Groundnuts  CR  0.5     0.5     0.5   
Yams  CR  0.0     0.0     0.0   
Potatoes  CR  36.1     36.1     36.1   African palm  CR  23.6     23.6     23.6   
Sorghum  CR  6.2     6.2     6.2   
Soya  CR  7.0     7.0    7.0  Wheat  CR  0.3     0.3    0.3  Seeds  CR  5.2     5.2    5.2  Vegetables  CR  19.2     19.2    19.2  Fruit
1  CR  2.4     2.4    2.4  
Dark tobacco  CR  19.6     19.6    19.6  
Light tobacco  CR  3.9     3.9   3.9  Yucca  CR  4.0     4.0    4.0  Poultry  CR  107.2    107.2   107.2  Swine  CR  10.8     10.8    10.8  
Bovine and dairy  CR  364.0     364.0    364.0  
Sheep and goats  CR  0.4     0.4    0.4  Other fruit  CR  19.9     19.9    19.9  Coffee  CR  38.5     38.5    38.5  Flowers  CR  5.7     5.7    5.7  Pasture and forage 
  CR  18.9     18.9    18.9  
Commercial forests  CR  1.5     1.5   1.5  
Asparagus  CR  4.3     4.3    4.3  
TOTAL   1,092.1    1, 092.1   5,712.8 6,804.9  
 
1Avocados, mangoes, plums, pears, apples and peaches. 
 
CR = Credit. 
 
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