G/AG/N/COL/ 73  
2 June  2021 
(21-4548) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
 
NOTIFICA TION  
The following submission, dated  12 May 2021, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Colombia . The notification concerns domestic support commitments (Table DS:1  and the 
relevant supporting tables ) for the calendar year  2017. 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  2017 
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  
344,733 USD thousand  0  
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2017 
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 Source s Note 
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Support for the development of research and technology transfer with a 
view to improving and increasing the productivity, competitiveness and 
modernization of agricultural activities.  95,008 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  95,008   
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Strengthening of measures to prevent and control animal and plant 
diseases that could affect agricultural production , and strengthening of the 
National Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures System.  47,228 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  47,228    
2 (c) Training services  Support with a view to stimulating and strengthening the management 
skills of agricultural sector entities and contributing to the development of 
the agricultural sector, in line with the economic and social changes in the 
country.  122,753 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development  (1) 
Subtotal  122,753   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Support to facilitate the transfer of information and research results to 
producers and consumers through the implementation of the information 
systems required for agricultural decision -making.  4,257 Ministry of Agriculture  
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  4,257   
2 (e)Inspection services  Support for diagnostic centres and health laboratories with a view to 
prevention, monitoring and safety at national level in relation to 
agricultural products.  0 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  0   
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Support for the promotion and consolidation of agricultural business 
organization activities with a view  to improv ing the competitiveness of the 
regions, and support for agricultural produce marketing services.  27,623 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  27,623   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Support for the analysis, design, construction, rehabilitation and 
modernization of irrigation and drainage infrastructure at national level.  34,048 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  34,048   
 General services  Subtotal  330,917    
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- 4 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value   
 
USD thousand  Data Source s Note 
1 2 3 4  
13. Regional assistance programmes  Purchase and award of land . Support  to assist rural populations displaced 
by violence; to guarantee property rights and legal regularization for 
indigenous communities as a means of protecting their culture and 
respecting their identity; to legalize the ownership of land occupied by 
settler  communities of small -scale producers to enable them to own their 
own production resources; and to contribute to the sustainability of rural 
areas through the development of efficient methods that allow rural land to 
be used appropriately in keeping with i ts agricultural potential.  52,588 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  52,588   
Grand Total Green Box  383,506   
Note:  
(1) Corresponds to the total allotted  budget  for projects , which covers support for further production projects, technical assistance and training services . A breakdown of the data 
to indicate training services  alone is therefore unavailable . 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table  DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2017 
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   
 
USD thousand  Data Source s Note 
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Incentives for producers who undertake investment 
projects geared towards improving the competitiveness 
of agriculture and facilitating adjustment processes in the 
various sectors or who develop new p roduction projects 
that revive agricultural activities.  188,724 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Production loans for small -scale producers to finance 
investments enabling them to improve the productivity of 
their farming activities.  58,250 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  246,973   
(c) Support for diversification from growing illicit narcotic crops  Support for communities affected by illicit crops, through 
investment in production projects, technology, 
environmental regeneration and rural development.  172,804 Office of the President 
of the Republic, 
National 
Comprehensive 
Programme for the 
Substitution of Illicit 
Crops (PNIS)   
Subtotal  172,804   
Total Development Programmes  419,777   
General note:  
Following  the signing on 24 November 2016  of the peace agreement with the FARC , Colombia increased budgets to implement programmes for the substitution of illicit crops.  
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table  DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2017 
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 p roduction  
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS   
 
 
 
 
 
COP thousand  Note 
 
1 2 3    4  
Rice 6,387   6,387  1,011,072  0.63%  0 (de minimis )  
Cassava  373  373 668,175  0.06%  0 (de minimis )  
Maize  (corn)  1,195   1,195  540,097  0.22%  0 (de minimis )  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from ST/DS:9)       
TOTAL  0  
Source: National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE).  
General note:  
The calculation of value of production corresponds to the revised methodology from base year 2015 and Central Product Classif ication (CPC ). 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table  DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2017 
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 price -
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 Source s  Note 
Type From  To           
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Rice CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
support for 
producers      6,387   6,387  Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total Rice            6,387    
Cassava  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
support for 
producers      373  373 Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total Cassava            373   
Maize  (corn)  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
support for 
producers      1,195   1,195  Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total Maize  (corn)            1,195    
 
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