G/AG/N/SLV/68  
11 January  2021 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following communication, dated 1 7 December 2 020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of El Salvador . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and the relevant supporting tables) for the financial  year 2011 . 
 
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The only existing agricultural domestic support measures applied by El Salvador are those set out 
in Supporting Tables DS:1 and DS:2 attached hereto.  
 
 
   
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT : EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD: FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 1 JUNE 2011 TO 31 MAY 2012  
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  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (c) Training services  Technical assistance for the coffee sector to improve businesses' entrepreneurial 
vision  21.10  MAG  
Technical assistance and training to help improve agro -industrial processes  35.70  MAG  
Procurement of technical assistance services to implement business plans - coffee  87.18  MAG  
Training for rural organizations in the dairy sector  51.10  MAG  
Training in and technical assistance with business management and the marketing 
of fruit, honey, livestock and vegetables  151.70  MAG  
Technical assistance and training through the production development centres  242.29  MAG  
Subtotal  589.07    
2 (d) Extension and advisory services  Support for the implementation of investment projects to help improve agro -
industrial processes and sales 57.18  MAG  
Support for the implementation of the artisanal bean seed production project  18.65  MAG  
Technical assistance to link with markets in the staple grain, dairy, vegetable and 
small livestock chain  464.79  MAG  
Subtotal  540.62    
2 (h) Other general services  Technical assistance with managing natural resources, implementing soil 
conservation measures and constructing reservoirs  258.10  MAG  
Projects to protect natural resources and the environment  258.09  MAG  
Subtotal  516.19    
 General Services Subtotal  1.645.88    
6. Decoupled income support  Direct payments to dairy organizations to improve their members' service 
capability  231.73  MAG  
Subtotal  231.73    
Total Green Box 1.877.61    
 
MAG: Ministerio  de Agricultura  y Ganadería  (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)    
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: EL SALVADOR  
REPORTING PERIOD : FINANCIAL YEAR F ROM 1  JUNE 2011  TO 31 MAY 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   
  
USD thousand  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
(a) Investment subsidies generally available to agriculture  Investment support and technical assistance to link with 
markets in the staple grain, fruit, dairy, vegetable, small 
livestock and coffee chain  802.66  MAG  
Subtotal  802.66    
(b) Agricultural input subsidies generally available to low -income or resource -
poor producers  Agricultural inputs for maize production  15,875.02  MAG  
Agricultural inputs for bean production  10,638.73  MAG  
Metal silos for staple grain storage  2,548.80  MAG  
Credits for the cultivation of staple grains (maize, bean, 
sorghum and rice), vegetables and fruit  29,000.00  MAG  
Investment for staple grain cooperatives to implement 
production projects  85.00  MAG  
Investment for production projects to implement 
vegetable cooperatives' business plans  75.00  MAG  
Incentives to diversify nutritional production and improve 
farm and household conditions for subsistence farming 
families  231.56  MAG  
Subtotal  58,454.11    
Total Development Programmes  59,256.77    
 
MAG: Ministerio de Agricultura  y Ganadería  (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)  
 
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