G/AG/N/PNG/1  
 
25 July  2018 
(18-4711) Page: 1/9 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 24  April 2018, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Papua New Guinea . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and the relevant supporting tables) for the calendar year s 2013 , 2014, 2016 and 2017 . 
 
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With respect to Article 18.2 of the Agreement on Agriculture concerning domestic support, the 
Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea notifies the Committee on Agriculture 
that it has taken domestic support actions during the p eriod 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017. The only 
domestic support measures applied by Papua New Guinea in these years  are those reported 
in Supporting  Table  DS:1.  
 
The Government of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea hereby stresses that there were 
no information available for the calendar year 2015.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
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- 2 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2013 
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 
34.2 USD/million  - 
 
   
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- 3 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2013 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment  – "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question  
 
(PGK  million ) Data Sources  
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "General S ervices"     
Productive Partnership for Agriculture  
Development  (i) The main objective of the project is to improve the access of 
smallholder  markets by strengthening Public and Private Partnerships to 
enhance  provision of support services and increase investments in market 
access  infrastructure.  
(ii) The first component of the program is to improve the livelihoods  of 
smallholder cocoa and coffee producers through the improvement  of 
performance and sustainability of value chains of cocoa and coffee  
producing areas supported by the project  15.4  National Budget  Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 03131  
Freight Assurance S ubsidy Scheme  To facilitate market access for coffee growers from the remote areas by 
assisting in transporting c offee to the nearest marketing depots, 
facilitating and processing.  4   National Budget  Volume  3: 
Public Investment Program #: 
02472  
 
 
   
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- 4 - Table  DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2014 
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 
34.2 USD/million  - 
  
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- 5 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2014 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment  – "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in 
Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year 
in question  
 
(PGK  million ) Data Sources  
1 2 3 4 
(a)  "general services"     
Productive Partnership in Agriculture 
Production  Development  (i) The main objective of the project is to improve the access of 
smallholder markets by strengthening Public and Private Partnerships to 
enhance provision of support services and increase investments in market 
access infrastructure.  
(ii) The first component of the program is to improve the liveliho ods of 
smallholder cocoa and coffee producers through the improvement of 
performance and sustainability of value chains of cocoa and coffee 
producing areas supported by the project.  110.5  National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 03131  
Remote  Area Freight Subsidy Project  To provide a sustainable freight subsidy scheme to all remote cocoa 
growers in Papua New Guinea who are not easily accessible by road 
networks. This means that most of them can only be accessible by sea 
and air transport.  7  CBPNG  
Website  
www.cocoaboard.org.pg  
Freight Assurance Subsidy Scheme  To facilitate market access for coffee growers from the remote areas by 
ng in transporting c offee to the nearest marketing depots, facilitating and 
processing.  3.8 National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 02472  
District Cocoa Nursery Project  Increase cocoa production thus increases  GDP of the country in line with 
National Government expectations. Through increased produ ction, 
household income will also increase resulting in better and improved 
livelihoods for cocoa farming households.  5 CBPNG  
Website  
www.cocoaboard.org.pg  
  
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- 6 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  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 
34.2 USD/million  - 
 
   
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- 7 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PA PUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 20 16 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment -- "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure  
with reference to criteria  
in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year  
in question  
(PGK  million ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services     
Productive Partnership in Agriculture 
Production  for Development  (i) The main objective of the project is to improve the access of 
smallholder markets by strengthening Public and Private Partnerships to 
enhance provision of support services and increase investments in 
market access infrastructure.  0.0168 National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 03131  
District Cocoa Nursery Project  Increase cocoa production thus increases  GDP of the country in line with 
National Government expectations. Through increased production, 
household income will also increase resulting in better and improved 
livelihoods for cocoa farming households.  5  Cocoa Board of Papua New 
Guinea (CBPNG)  
Website: 
http://www.cocoaboard.org.pg/  
Remote Area Freight Subsidy Project  To provide a sustainable freight subsidy scheme to all remote cocoa 
growers in Papua New Guinea who are not easily accessible by road 
networks. This means that most of them can only be accessible by sea and 
air transport. (ii) Increase production by moving  mass volume of cocoa 
that are stranded from outlaying rural areas to the market.  5  CBPNG  
Website: 
http://www.cocoaboard.org.pg/  
Freight Assurance Subsidy Scheme  To facilitate market access for coffee growers  from the remote areas by 
assisting in transporting coffee to the nearest marketing depots, 
facilitating processing and marketing.  2.8  National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 02472  
District Cocoa Nursery Project   Increase cocoa production thus increase GDP of the country in line with 
National  Government expectations. Through increased production, 
household income  will also increase resulting in better and improved 
livelihoods for cocoa farming households.  5 CBPNG  
Website: 
http://www.cocoaboard.org.pg/  
 
 
   
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- 8 - Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  PAPUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD:  2017 
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 
34.2 USD/million  - 
 
   
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- 9 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PA PUA NEW GUINEA  
REPORTING PERIOD: 20 17 
Measures exempt from  the reduction commitment -- "Green Box"  
Measure type  Name and description of measure  
with reference to criteria  
in Annex 2  Monetary value of 
measure in year  
in question  
(PGK  million ) Data source  
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services     
Productive Partnership in  Agriculture 
Production  for Development  To improve the livelihoods of smallholder cocoa and coffee producers 
through the improvement of performance and sustainability of value 
chains of cocoa and coffee producing areas supported by the project.  0.0158 National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 03131  
Remote Area Freight Subsidy Project  To provide a sustainable freight subsidy scheme to all remote cocoa 
growers in Papua New Guinea who are not easily accessible by road 
networks. This means that most of them can only be accessible by sea and 
air transport.  7  CBPNG  
Website: 
http://www.cocoaboard.org.pg/  
District Cocoa Nursery Project  Increase cocoa production thus increases  GDP of the country in line with 
National Government expectations. Through increased production, 
household income will also increase resulting in better and improved 
livelihoods for cocoa farming households.  5  CBPNG  
Website: 
http://www.cocoaboard.org.pg/  
Coconut Replanting Project  Seed collection and nursery establishment in strategic locations starting 
in two provinces. Distribution to farmers done once the seedlings are 
ready for planting.  5  National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 04783  
Market Development & Trade  Support to MSME  involved in processing of coconut into high value coconut 
products mainly on the upgrading of processing facilities, improving of 
packaging & labelling, and assistance in promotion of PNG coconut 
products in domestic & international markets.  7  National B udget Volume  3: 
Public Investment 
Program  #: 04078  
Coconut Gene Bank Relocation & Bogia 
Coconut Disease Project  International Coconut Genebank  for the South Pacific Region is based in 
Madang Province of PNG and currently coconuts there are threatened by 
this disease and collaborative efforts are been done to relocate the 
genebank to the Milne Bay Province.  2  National Budget Volume  3: 
Public Inv estment 
Program  #: 04782  
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