G/AG/N/PHL/85  
 
29 July 2022 
(22-5750) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 28 July  2022, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of  
the Philippines . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar Year 2021 . 
 
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
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  
  0 
  
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
PHP,  thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  General research relating to particular products  3,414,932  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  3,414,932   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Pest and disease control, including plant and animal quarantine  240,090  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  240,090   
2 (c). Training services  General training services  841,780  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  841,780   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Extension and advisory services  22,363,754  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  22,363,754   
2 (e). Inspection services  Inspection services of particular products for health, safety, grading or 
standardization purposes  1,989,634  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  1,989,634   
2 (f). Marketing and promotion services  Marketing and promotion activities, including agricultural statistics 
generation, market information, advice and promotion activities  1,532,611  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  1,532,611   
2 (g). Infrastructural services  Production and market infrastructure, including construction, rehabilitation 
and repair of irrigation and drainage systems, slaughterhouses, solar 
dryers and food terminals  49,192,532  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  49,192,532   
 Subtotal General Services  79,575,333   
3. Public stockholding for food security purposes  Stabilization and Food Security  7,000,000  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  7,000,000   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Crop insurance  3,500,000  2021 General 
Appropriations Act   
Subtotal:  3,500,000    
Grand Total Green Box  90,075,333    
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
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  
 
PHP,  thousand  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Soft-loans and Grants for Agricultural Investment. These involve the 
provision of loans and grants for irrigation and other farm infrastructure 
support, farm equipment, post -harvest facilities, research and development, 
training and extension activities  6,426,758 Department of 
Agriculture   
Funds for agricultural investment - Investment credits and grants. 
Government funds directed  to improve rural structure, acquisition of 
machines, equipment and post -harvest facilities.  2,523,322 Department of 
Agriculture   
Subtotal:  8,950,080   
(b) Input subsidies available to low -income or resource -poor 
producers  Provision of access to farm inputs. This measure provides low -income 
resource -poor producers the opportunity to have easier access to good 
quality inputs such as seeds, planting materials, fertilizers and animal 
stocks in order to improve farm productivity  14,188,318 Department of 
Agriculture   
Subtotal:  14,188,318   
Grand Total Development Programmes  23,138,398   
 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING  PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
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)  
 
PHP,  thousand  Product -specific 
EMS (from ST DS:8)  
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Value of production  
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS  
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Note  
 
1 2 3    4  
Palay (Paddy Rice)  6,599,080  6,599,080 403,893,000 1.63%  0 (de minimis )  
Corn 0  0 - 0% 0 (de minimis )  
Non-product -specific AMS(from ST/DS:9)       
TOTAL  0  
 
Value of Production is obtained from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).  
 
  
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- 6 - Supporting Table DS:5  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PHILIPPINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2021  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Market Price Support  
Description of basic 
products  Reporting Year  Measure 
Types  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
 
PHP  External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
 
PHP  Eligible production  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Total market 
price support 
((4-5)*6) -7 
 
 
 
PHP,  thousand  Data 
Sources  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  
Palay (Paddy Rice)  CY 01-01-21 31-12-21 Price support  19/Kilogram  4.56/Kilogram  457,000 thousand 
Kilograms   6,599,080 NFA  
Total  Palay  (Paddy  Rice)          6,599,080   
Yellow Corn Grain  CY 01-01-21 31-12-21 Price support  12.3/Kilogram  2.26/Kilogram    0  (1) 
White Corn Grain  CY 01-01-21 31-12-21 Price support  13/Kilogram  2.26/Kilogram    0  (1) 
Total Corn          0   
General notes:  
NFA: National Food Authority . 
Eligible production refers to the procured volume of Palay (paddy rice).  
WGN: White Corn Grain .  
YGN: Yellow Corn Grain . 
Volume of Production (2021) 19,960.17 thousand metric tonnes (PSA) . 
 
Notes:  
(1) No procurement.  
 
 
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