G/AG/N/COL/ 75  
2 June  2021 
(21-4561) 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  2019. 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  2019  
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  2019  
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.  104,840  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  104,840    
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.  47,963  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  47,963    
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.  21,221  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development  (1) 
Subtotal  21,221    
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.  6,384  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  6,384    
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.  16,318  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Deve lopment   
Subtotal  16,318    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Support for the analysis, design, construction, rehabilitation and 
modernization of irrigation and drainage infrastructure at national level.  29,958  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  29,958    
 General services Subtotal  226,684     
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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.  42,336  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  42,336    
Total Green Box  269,020    
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  2019 
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 production projects 
that revive agricultural activities.  323,665  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.  63,239  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  386,904    
(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.  91,728  Office of the President 
of the Republic, 
Regional 
Revitalization Agency   
Subtotal  91,728    
Grand Total Development Programmes   478,632    
 
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  2019  
Calculation of th e 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 production  
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS   
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Note 
 
1 2 3    4  
Cotton  141  141 31,697  0.45%  0 (de minimis )  
Rice 6,174   6,174  1,000,887  0.62%  0 (de minimis )  
Milk 19  19 2,009,088  0% 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 (2019 , provisional ) corresponds  to the revised methodology from base year 2015 and Central Product Classification (CPC ). 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table  DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2019  
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  
Cotto n CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Direct 
support for 
producers      141  141 Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total 
Cotton            141   
Rice CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Direct 
support for 
producers      6,174   6,174  Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total Rice            6,174    
Milk CY 01-01-19 31-12-19 Direct 
support for 
producers      19  19 Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
Total Milk            19   
 
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