G/AG/N/MEX/41  
14 September  2018 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 1 2 September 2 018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
relevant supporting tables) for calendar year 2017 . 
 
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Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support  
Total AMS commitment level  Currency  Current total AMS  
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule )1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule )  (from attached supporting tables )  
1  2  3 
25,161. 2 MXN* million  109.2 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1 994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV.  
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC), base year 1991  = 9.0301.  
* The new peso, worth 1,000 old pesos, entered into circulation on 1 January 1 993. The commitment level has been divided by 1,000 to reflect the change . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment – "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure  with reference to  
criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
MXN million  Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Research  782.4 SHCP   
Subtotal  782.4   
2 (b) Pest and disease control  Pest and disease control  463.0 SHCP   
Subtotal  463.0   
2 (c) Training services  Training  204.4 SHCP   
Subtotal  204.4   
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Extension and advisory services  20.7 SHCP   
Subtotal  20.7   
2 (e) Inspection services  Inspection services  170.5 SHCP   
Subtotal  170.5   
2 (f) Marketing and promotion services  Marketing and promotion services  28.2 SHCP   
Subtotal  28.2   
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Infrastructural works  512.7 SHCP   
Subtotal  512.7   
4. Domestic food aid  Food Support P rogramme  0.0 SHCP   
Rural Supply P rogramme  227.8 SHCP   
Milk Supply Programme  133.2 SHCP   
Subtotal  361.0   
8. Payments for relief from natural disasters  Agricultural Disaster Response (formerly  CADENA)  358.0 SHCP   
Subtotal  358.0   
11. Investment aids  Productive PROAGRO  905.8 SHCP   
Agriculture Promotion Programme  779.0 SHCP   
Livestock P romotion programme  152.3 SHCP   
Agrifood Productivity and Competitiveness P rogramme  221.6 SHCP   
Small Producers Support P rogramme  509.5 SHCP   
Cooperation P rogramme  240.5 SHCP   
Subtotal  2,808. 7     
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Measure type  Name and description of measure  with reference to  
criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
MXN million  Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
12. Environmental programmes  Soil and Water Productivity Enhancement  36.0 SHCP   
IPASSA : Productive Infrastructure for Sustainable Soil and Water 
Management  160.9 SHCP   
Subtotal  196.9   
13. Regional assistance programmes  PET: Temporary Employment Programme  223.3 SHCP   
PRODEZA : Arid Zone Development Programme  85.7 SHCP   
Rural Area Food Security Project  (formerly  PESA)  279.7 SHCP   
Subtotal  588.7   
Total green box  6,495.0   
Source:  Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), Federal Public Treasury accounts for 2017.  
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
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  
MXN million  Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Rural Sector Capitalization and Investment Fund (FOCIR)  17.7 SHCP   
Special Fund for Technical Assistance and Guarantees for 
Agricultural Loans  66.4 SHCP   
Access to Financing to  Support Agriculture and Livestock  
(formerly  Access to Productive and Competitive F inancing ) 112.1 SHCP   
Liquid Guarantee Programme (National Agricultural, Rural, 
Forestry and Fisheries Development Bank ) 45.4 SHCP   
Reduction of the Cost of Credit Access (National 
Agricultural, Rural, Forestry and Fisheries Development 
Bank) 27.7 SHCP   
Agricultural insurance  programme  171.0 SHCP   
Subtotal  440.3   
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to low -income or resource -poor producers  Electric power subsidy  889.9 SAGARPA  (1) 
Subtotal  889.9   
Total development programmes  1,330.2   
(1) Electricity charges for agricultural use.  
Source : Ministry of Finance and Public Credit  (SHCP), Federal Public Treasury accounts for  2017; and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
(SAGARPA), internal estimate by the Research Unit . 
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:4  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PE RIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
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)  
MXN million  Product -specific 
measurements of 
support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 ) 
MXN million  Total  
(2 + 3)  
 
 
MXN million  Production value  
 
 
 
MXN million  Support as a % 
of value of 
production  
 Current total 
AMS 
 
 
MXN million  Note 
 
1 2 3    4  
Cotton  6.85  6.85 1,369.36 0.5% 0 (de minimis ) (1) 
Coffee  109.17  109.17 543.25 20.1% 109.17  
Beans  28.23  28.23 1,813.46 1.56% 0 (de minimis )  
Bovine animals  126.15  126.15 14,105.59 0.89% 0 (de minimis )  
Goats  4.02  4.02 275.57 1.46% 0 (de minimis )  
Sheep  5.39  5.39 471.46 1.14% 0 (de minimis )  
Swine  15.52  15.52 6,887.04 0.23% 0 (de minimis )  
Milk 14.11  14.11 7,824.91 0.18% 0 (de minimis )  
Maize (corn)  205.13  205.13 11,096.88 1.85% 0 (de minimis )  
Honey  11.68  11.68 242.57 4.82% 0 (de minimis )  
Sorghum  113.16  113.16 1,695.10 6.68% 0 (de minimis )  
Soya 8.41  8.41 336.23 2.5% 0 (de minimis )  
Wheat  79.44  79.44 1,471.62 5.4% 0 (de minimis )  
Total non -product -specific AMS (from Supporting Table DS:9)   16.91 111,880.70 0.02%  0 (de minimis ) (2) 
TOTAL  109.17  
(1) Production value for cotton corresponds to seed cotton.  
(2) Production value corresponds to the total value of agricultural production.  
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:6  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support : Non-Exempt Direct Payments  
Description 
of basic 
products  Reporting period  Measure 
type(s)  Applied 
administered 
price  
 
 
MXN  External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from AGST)  
MXN  Eligible 
production  Total  
price -related 
direct 
payments 
((4-5)*6)  
MXN million  Other non -
exempt 
direct 
payments  
 
MXN million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
MXN million  Total direct 
payments 
(7+8 -9) 
 
 
MXN million  Data 
source  Note  
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Maize (corn)  
Total Maize 
(corn)  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
payment per 
tonne    617.8 
thousand 
tonnes   
11.9  11.9 
11.9 ASERCA   
Sorghum  
Total 
Sorghum  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
payment per 
tonne    2,929.2 
thousand 
tonnes   
60.1  60.1 
60.1 ASERCA   
Soya 
Total Soya  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
payment per 
tonne    8.9 
thousand 
tonnes   
0.7  0.7 
0.7 ASERCA   
Wheat  
Total 
Wheat  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Direct 
payment per 
tonne    1,328.6 
thousand 
tonnes   
25.1  25.1 
25.1 ASERCA   
Source : Support Services for Agricultural Marketing Agency (ASERCA), Fourth Quarter Report for  2017.  
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:7  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Product -Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product -Specific Support and Total Product -Specific AMS  
Description 
of basic 
product  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Other  
product -specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
MXN million  Other  
product -specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details)  
 
MXN million  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
MXN million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
MXN million  Non-exemp t 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
MXN million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
MXN million  Data 
source  Note  
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
Maize (corn)  
Total Maize 
(corn)  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage + 
marketing 
incentives  193.22    193.22  
193.22   11.92  205.13  ASERCA  
 
Sorghum  
Total 
Sorghum  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage + 
marketing 
incentives  53.05    53.05  
53.05   60.11  113.16  ASERCA  
 
Soya CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage  7.74   7.74  0.66 8.41 ASERCA   
Total Soya        7.74    
Wheat  
Total Wheat  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage + 
incentives to 
solve specific 
marketing 
problems  54.37    54.37  
54.37   25.07  79.44  ASERCA  
 
Cotton  
Total Cotton  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage  6.85   6.85 
6.85   6.85 ASERCA  
 
Coffee  
Total Coffee  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Price coverage 
and production 
promotion  109.17    109.17  
109.17    109.17  ASERCA  
 
Beans  
Total Beans  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Marketing 
incentives  28.23    28.23  
28.23    28.23  ASERCA  
 
Bovine  
animals  
Total 
Bovine 
animals  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Certified TIF 
("Federal 
Inspection 
Type") abattoirs, 
and Programme 126.15    126.15  
 
126.15    126.15  SENASICA 
and 
SAGARPA   
   
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Description 
of basic 
product  Reporting period  Measure type(s)  Other  
product -specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
 
MXN million  Other  
product -specific 
support (include 
calculation 
details)  
 
MXN million  Associated 
fees/levies  Total other 
product -
specific 
support 
(4+5 -6) 
 
MXN million  Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5)  
 
 
MXN million  Non-exemp t 
direct 
payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6)  
 
MXN million  Total AMS  
(7+8+9)  
 
 
 
 
MXN million  Data 
source  Note  
Type From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  
for Sustainable 
Livestock 
Production and 
Livestock and 
Apiculture 
Planning 
(PROGAN)  
Swine  
Total Swine  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 Certified TIF 
("Federal 
Inspection 
Type") abattoirs  15.52    15.52  
15.52    15.52  SENASICA 
and 
SAGARPA  
 
Goats  
Total Goats  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 PROGAN  4.02   4.02 
4.02   4.02 SENASICA 
and 
SAGARPA   
Sheep  
Total Sheep  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 PROGAN  5.39   5.39 
5.39   5.39 SENASICA 
and 
SAGARPA   
Milk 
Total Milk  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 PROGAN  14.11    14.11  
14.11    14.11  SENASICA 
and 
SAGARPA   
Honey  
Total Honey  CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 PROGAN  11.68    11.68  
11.68    11.68  SAGARPA  
 
Source : Support Services for Agricultural Marketing Agency  (ASERCA), Fourth Quarter Report for  2017; National Health, Food Safety and Agrifood Quality Service  (SENASICA) 
and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARP A), Internal communication . 
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
    
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Supporting Table DS:9  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Non-Product -Specific AMS  
Measure type(s)  Reporting period  Non-product -
specific 
budgetary 
outlays  
 
MXN million  Other non -product -
specific support 
(include calculation 
details)  
 
MXN million  Associated 
fees/levies  
 
 
 
MXN million  Total non -
product -specific 
support (3+4 -5) 
 
 
MXN million  Data 
source  Note 
Type  From  To 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
Financial risk management component (formerly 
"mechanism for market risk management 
through rural financial intermediaries ") CY 01-01-17 31-12-17 16.9   16.91 SHCP   
TOTAL  16.91  
Source : Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP), Federal Public Treasury accounts for 2017.  
Note: Owing to rounding of figures, the sum of separate items may differ from the total shown . 
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