G/AG/N/COL/ 74  
2 June  2021 
(21-4551) 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  2018. 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  2018 
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  2018 
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.  89,976  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  89,976    
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.  62,471  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  62,471    
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.  84,616  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development  (1) 
Subtotal  84,616    
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.  6,259  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  6,259    
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.  42,299  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  42,299    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Support for the analysis, design, construction, rehabilitation and 
modernization of irrigation and drainage infrastructure at national level.  31,226  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  31,226    
 General services  Subtotal  316,846     
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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.  42,849  Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  42,849    
Grand Total Green Box  359,696    
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  2018 
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 p rojects 
that revive agricultural activities.  160,342 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.  60,712 Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Subtotal  221,054   
(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.  155,279 Office of the President 
of the Republic, 
National 
Comprehensive 
Programme for the 
Substitution of Illicit 
Crops (PNIS)   
Subtotal  155,279   
Grand Total Development Programmes   376,333   
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  2018 
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  
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Note 
1 2 3    4  
Maize  (corn)  506  506 546,943  0.09%  0 (de minimis )  
Rice 3,597   3,597  928,485  0.39%  0 (de minimis )  
Cassava  323  323 1,211,596  0.03%  0 (de minimis )  
Milk 461  461 2,131,287  0.02%  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  2018 
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  
Maize  (corn)  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Direct 
support for 
producers      506  506 Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Total Maize  (corn)            506   
Rice CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Direct 
support for 
producers      3,597   3,597  Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Total Rice            3,597    
Cassava  CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Direct 
support for 
producers      323  323 Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Total Cassava            323   
Milk CY 01-01-18 31-12-18 Direct 
support for 
producers      461  461 Ministry of 
Agriculture 
and Rural 
Development   
Total Milk            461   
 
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