G/AG/N/COL/69   
17 October  2019 
(19-6784) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
 
NOTIFICA TION  
The following submission, dated  2 October  2019, 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 calendar year  2016 . 
 
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- 2 - Table  DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR  2016  
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  2016  
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.  72,332   
Subtotal  72,332   
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.  40,809   
Subtotal  40,809   
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.  105,457  (1) 
Subtotal  105,457   
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.  6,194   
Subtotal  6,194   
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   
Subtotal     
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.  25,695   
Subtotal  25,695   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Support for the analysis, design, construction, rehabilitation and 
modernization of irrigation and drainage infrastructure at national level.  14,780   
Subtotal  14,780   
 General services  Subtotal  265,267    
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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 identi ty; 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 al low rural land to 
be used appropriately in keeping with its agricultural potential.  21,251   
Subtotal  21,251   
Total Green Box  286,518   
(1) Corresponds to the total allotted  budget  for projects , which covers support for production projects, technical assistance and training services. A  breakdown of the data is not 
available . 
   
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- 5 - Supporting Table  DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2016  
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.  233,858 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.  50,824 Fund for the 
Financing of the 
Agricultural Sector 
(Finagro)   
Subtotal  284,682   
(c) Support to encourage diversification from growing illicit narcotic crops  Support for communities affected by illicit crops, through 
investment in production projects, technology, 
environmental regeneration and rural development.  42,609 Office of the President 
of the Republic, 
Consolidation Unit   
Subtotal  42,609   
Total Development Programmes   327,291   
 
   
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- 6 - Supporting Table  DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: COLOMBIA  
REPORTING PERIOD : CALENDAR YEAR  2016  
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 ) 
 
 
USD thousand  Product -specific 
measurements of 
support (from 
Supporting  
Table DS:8 ) 
 
USD thousand  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Production value  
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Support as a 
% of value of 
production  
 Current Total AMS   
 
 
 
 
 
USD thousand  Note 
 
1 2 3    4  
Cotton  2,924  2,924 82,596 3.5% 0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Rice 10,090  10,090 1,141,929 0.9% 0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Total non -product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)        
TOTAL  0  
(1) Source: National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) . The calculation of value of production 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  2016  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support: Non -Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  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 
payments 
(7+8 -9)  
 
 
 
USD thousand  Data source s   Note 
Type From  To           
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Cotton  CY 01-01-
16 31-12-16 Direct support 
for producers      2,924  2,924 Ministry of 
Agriculture and 
Rural 
Development   
                                                                                                                       
Total 
Cotton            2,924   
Rice CY 01-01-1
6 31-12-16 Direct support 
for producers      10,090  10,090   
Total Rice           10,090   
 
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