G/AG/N/PAN/66  
 
26 May 2023  
(23-3598) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 23 May 2023, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Panama . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and the relevant 
supporting tables) for the calendar year 2022 . 
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PANAMA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
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  
  61,472,314.94  
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PANAMA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
PAB  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Agricultural Research Programme (IDIAP): The IDIAP develops, implements and 
promotes mechanisms and instruments that guarantee and facilitate timely access 
to new technologies, goods and scientific and other services, derived from research 
and adaptation w ork, with a view to developing the country's agricultural 
production.  8,320,592  IDIAP   
Subtotal:  8,320,592    
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Screwworm eradication and control: Eradication of the screwworm fly; 
establishment and maintenance of a control barrier and the release of sterile 
screwworm flies in Panama through the plant in operation.  8,971,839  MIDA -DPS  
Health campaigns for prevention, treatment (toxicology and diseases), 
standardization and integrated pest management: General plant a nd animal health 
campaigns, including control and eradication of bovine tuberculosis from the Bocas 
del Toro area, a traceability system, a diagnostic system, a monitoring system and 
a disease eradication programme.  507,973  MIDA -DPS  
Subtotal:  9,479,812    
2 (c) Training services  Subsistence farming and sustainable agriculture programmes, including crop 
promotion, use of accessible technology and environmental protection: Fostering of 
food and nutrition security for vulnerable rural households through self -production 
of food. Income improvement programmes and rural employment creation 
programmes. Programmes for the development of rural communities through agro -
tourism, participatory development and rural modernization.  614,431  MIDA -DPS  
Subtotal:  614,431    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Farming promotion and technological development programmes: Development of 
controlled -environment farming, improvement of established plantations and 
dissemination of technology to goat breeders through training, transfer of 
technology, visits and demonstrations of production activities. Administrative and 
business self -management coaching for groups of producers, and business and 
market information services.  682,936  MIDA  
Subtotal:  682,936    
2 (e) Inspection services  General inspection, diagnostic and standardization services programmes: Bioburden 
monitoring programmes for the purpose of disease screening, as well as diagnostic 
centres, phytosanitary surveillance and certification.  550,864  MIDA   
Subtotal:  550,864     
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- 4 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
PAB  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Promotion programmes: Agricultural Marketing Institute: Modernization of the Open 
Fairs Programme to improve producers' direct marketing of agricultural production, 
providing access to points of sale, logistical support, collection centres (stall 
awnings, shelving, freezers, scale weights, vehicles, lorries, lifting devices, etc.).  3,632,271.86  IMA  
Subtotal:  3,632,271.86    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Programme to modernize and strengthen regions and outreach agencies: Provision 
of supplementary equipment and rehabilitation of MIDA regional agencies. 
Rehabilitation of storage facilities. Power generation systems, etc.  1,433,857  MIDA -DPS  
Production road programmes: Rehabilitation of rural roads in national agricultural 
areas, with the construction of ditches and roads and spraying of selected materials.  21,422  MIDA -DPS  
Irrigation programmes: Modernization of irrigation infrastructure, including the 
construction, rehabilitation, maintenance and repair of hydraulic structures and 
conduits, and acquisition of  pumping equipment for irrigation systems for public 
use, and cove rage of the cost of works on the Remigio Rojas, Rio Sereno and Altos 
de Bambito irrigation systems, construction of the Rio Chico dam and construction 
of the La Coca irrigation system.  139,438  MIDA -DPS  
Rehabilitation of other infrastructure: Rehabilitat ion and equipping of public 
infrastructure with a view to providing producer support, e.g. cleaning and 
adaptation of silos and cold -storage facilities to help producers with produce 
storage, and provision of other agro -industrial services (storage, drying , milling, 
packing, etc.) and a cold chain.  1,211,249.26  IMA  
Subtotal:  2,805,966.26    
2 (h) Other general services  Ministry of Agricultural Development: Establishes general policy for the agriculture 
sector; provides technical assistance for the country's producers; is responsible for 
pest control and sanitary surveillance at the domestic level and for agricultural 
exports; and establishes the basis for running the sector in general.  60,431,273.25  MIDA -DPS Operating 
budget and associated 
funds  (1) 
Subtotal:  60,431,273.25    
 Subtotal General Services  86,518,146.37    
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Special Contingency Credit Fund (FECC) - Law No. 24: Financial assistance 
programme providing credit at preferential interest rates to agricultural producers 
affected by adverse weather conditions and other contingencies.  2,500,000  MIDA -DINIFI   
National Emergency Plan: Compensation programme for damage to farms caused 
by adverse weather conditions (2020: Hurricanes Eta and Iota).  211,167  MIDA -DPS  
Subtotal:  2,711,167    
11. Structural adjustment assistance provided 
through investment aids  Cattle improvement programme: Large scale bovine breeding stock replacement 
scheme and establishment of a bovine reproduction laboratory to accelerate 
improvement of herd productive capacity and improve the quality of bovine meat 
and meat products on domestic and international markets.  251,227  MIDA -DPS  
Goat genetic improvement programme i n Panama: Programme to improve the 
quantity and quality of the ovicaprid population in Panama through genetic, 
nutritional and zootechnical improvement, thereby offering a real alternative to 
small and medium -sized producers interested in the development o f this activity.  22,075  MIDA -DPS  
Agricultural processing programme - Law No. 25: Direct non -refundable support 
covering part of the technological investment in agricultural processing with a view 
to overcoming structural weaknesses in the relevant production chain.  40,973.15  MIDA -DINIFI    
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- 5 - Measure type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
PAB  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
Agricultural competitiveness programme: Direct support at a percentage of the 
investment made by the producer with bank or cooperative financing, with a view to 
increasing the productivity of agricultural  activities   in order to consolidate existing 
production. Investment assistance and support geared towards the use of private 
specialized technical services that generate technological changes, improvements to 
the marketing of produce and business management for agric ultural producers, 
including risk management through insurance for productive hectares and other 
vulnerabilities.  97,530.73  MIDA -DINIFI   
 Incentive programme for the domestic production of grain and other crops: Direct 
support for part of the investment made by the producer, in the form of incentives 
for each additional hectare under crops and yields equal to or higher than those 
specified in Law No. 7 of 21 November 2013, with a view to increasing production 
and productivity in the rice, maize , bean, sorghum, soya, potato, onion and 
industrial tomato subsectors.  10,880,128.37  MIDA -DING   
 Subtotal:  11,291,934.25    
Total Green Box  100,521,247.62    
General note:  
Sources and comments:  
MIDA -DPS: Information supplied by the Sectoral Planning Directorate of the Ministry of Agricultural Development.  
DINIFI: Information supplied by the National Incentives and Trust Funds Directorate . PLANEMAP: National Emergency Plan in Support of Producers.  
DINAG: National Directorate of Agriculture.  
BDA: Information supplied by the Agricultural Development Bank.  
IDIAP: Information supplied by the Agricultural Research Institute.  
IMA: Information supplied by the Agricultural Marketing Institute.  
ISA: Information supplied by the Agricultural Insurance Institute.  
Note: 
(1) General services: figures refer to the annual operating budget in balboas of the Ministry of Agricultural Devel opment, as recorded by the Sectoral Planning Directorate in 
the fiscal year 2022.   
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PANAMA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Calculation of the 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)  
 
 
 
PAB  Product -
specific EMS 
(from 
Supporting 
Table DS:8)  
 
PAB  Total  
(2+3)  
 
 
 
 
 
PAB  Value of production  
 
 
 
 
 
PAB  Support as a 
% of value of 
produ ction  
 Current total AMS  
 
 
 
 
 
 
PAB  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Rice 61,472,314.94   61,472,314.94  275,827,530  22.29%  61,472,314.94  (1) 
Maize  6,986,440.17   6,986,440.17  92,217,050  7.58%  0 (de minimis )  
Milk 6,379,657.05   6,379,657.05  122,156,931  5.22%  0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)       
TOTAL  61,472,314.94   
General note:  
Prepared by the Trade Policy Office of the Ministry of Agricultural Development.   
Note:  
(1) *: Amount includes support for previous years. Note: Exchange rate: USD 1 = PAB 1.   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PANAMA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2022  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
 
PAB External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
 
 
PAB Eligible 
production  Total price -
related direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
 
PAB  Other non -
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
 
 
 
PAB  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
 
PAB  Total direct 
payments 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
 
 
PAB  Data 
source  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Rice CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payment for 
price differential  0/kg 0/kg 371,784,560.82 
Kg   61,472,314.94   61,472,314.94  MIDA -
DINIFI  (1) 
Total Rice            61,472,314.94    
Maize  CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payment for 
price differential  0/kg 0/kg 105,634,975.37 
Kg   6,986,440.17   6,986,440.17  MIDA -
DINIFI  (2) 
Total Maize            6,986,440.17    
Milk CY 01-01-22 31-12-22 Direct payment for 
price differential  0/kg 0/kg 63,796,570.5 
Kg   6,379,657.05   6,379,657.05  MIDA -
DINIFI  (3) 
Total Milk            6,379,657.05    
General note:  
Prepared by the Trade Policy Office of the Ministry of Agricultural Development.  
Notes:  
(1) The budgetary outlay of PAB 61,472,314.94 is the result of price support of PAB 7.50 per quintal purchased by mills, producers and producer associations.  
- Resolution No. OAL -193-ADM-2021 establishes transitional, single and non -extendible support of PAB 2.00 per quintal purchased by mills, producers and producer 
associations, whose outlay was PAB 16,16 8,203.32. This support stems from the need to maintain the sustainability of rice production owing to disruptions in 
international markets caused by the COVID -19 pandemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.   
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- 8 - - Resolution No. OAL -044-ADM-2022 establis hes transitional, single and non -extendible support of PAB 2.00 plus PAB 6.50 per quintal purchased by mills, producers 
and producer associations, whose outlay was PAB 833,087.38. This support stems from the need to maintain the sustainability of rice prod uction owing to 
disruptions in international markets caused by the COVID -19 pandemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.  
(2) The budgetary outlay of PAB 6,986,440.17 is the result of price support of PAB 3.00 per quintal purchased by processors of  maize.  
- Resolution No. OAL -019-ADM-2022 establishes transitional, single and non -extendible support of PAB 1.00 per quintal purchased by processors of balanced animal 
feed, whose outlay was PAB 2,080,589.96. This support stems from the need to maintain the  sustainability of maize production owing to disruptions in international 
markets caused by the COVID -19 pandemic and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.  
(3) The budgetary outlay of PAB 6,379,657.05 is the result of support per litre of Grade C milk sold to processors, equivalent to the difference between the maximum price 
per litre of PAB 0.50 and the purchase price of milk marketed by the parties (producers and processors); up to a maximum of P AB 0.10 per litre of milk.  
 
 
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