G/AG/N/CUB/45  
23 April 2013  
(13-2151)  Page: 1/4  
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
 The following submission, dated 21 April 2013, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Cuba . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  and 
the relevant supporting tables) for 2012 . 
  The only domestic support measures applied by Cuba during 2012, as covered by 
the Agreement on Agriculture, are those listed in the attached Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2. 
 
 
 
   
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CUBA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box" 
Measure Type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(in millions of Cuban pesos)  Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services    
Science and technology; 
basic and applied 
research Coordination and maintenance of agricult ural research services and facilities, 
transfer of scientific and technical information, technical assistance and advisory 
services to producers (A nnex 2, §2(a) and (d)) 43.15 CITMA, MINAG, 
AZCUBA and MFP 
Animal and plant health 
services Scientific and technical research concerning animal and plant health 
(Annex 2, §2(a) and (b)) 48.85 MES and MINAG 
Education and vocational 
training in rural areas (primary, secondary and higher education) State budget for rural education and vocati onal training at primary, secondary and 
higher levels (Annex 2, §2(c)) 1,602.5 MES and MFP 
(c) Domestic food aid Retail price subsidy for certain products that constitute the basic food basket 
(Annex 2, §4) 1,694.9 MFP 
(f) Natural disaster relief Payments for relief in the event of natural disasters (pests and diseases) 
(Annex 2, §8) 194.02 MFP 
(i) Structural adjustment 
assistance provided through investment aid Payments made to improve rural structur es and for the purcha se of equipment, 
machinery, etc. (Annex 2, §11) 449.9 MFP   
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- 3 - Measure Type Name and description of measure with refere nce to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure 
in year in question 
 
(in millions of Cuban pesos)  Data Sources 
1 2 3 4 
(k) Regional development 
aid programmes Financial assistance programmes and projects for regional development 
(Turquino Manatí Development Plan for mountain areas) (Annex 2, §13) 373.4 MFP 
 
CITMA Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment 
MINAG Ministry of Agriculture AZCUBA State sugar enterprise Grupo Azucarero  
MES Ministry of Higher Education 
MFP Ministry of Finance and Prices    
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- 4 - Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: CUBA 
REPORTING PERIOD: 2012 
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 of measure 
in year in question 
 
(in millions of Cuban pesos) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 
(b) Agricultural input 
subsidies generally 
available to low-income 
or resource-poor producers Compensation from the State Budget for inputs by ag ricultural producers  182.8 Ministry of Finance 
and Prices 
 
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