G/AG/N/GTM/60  
14 March  2018 
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Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 5 March  2018, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Guatemala . The notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1 and the 
relevant Supporting Tables) for calendar year 2017 . 
 
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Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: GUATEMALA  
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  
(US$  thousand)*  Data source  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General services      
2 (a) Research  Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology  
 
Seed variety research and development  4,530.61  Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
Subtotal  4,530.61    
2 (c) Training services  Agricultural training schools (EFAS)  
 3,350.05  Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
 Agriculture -oriented basic formal education and technical training for 
students in rural areas  
 Subtotal  3,350.05    
2 (g) Infrastructural services  Support for the development of alternative agriculture  
 
Improved water management for sustainable production in the 
municipalities of Tajumulco and Ixchiguán, in San Marcos  6,967.43  Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
Subtotal  6,967.43    
4. Domestic food aid  Food security support  
 
Food aid for vulnerable segments of the population  33,480.71  Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
Subtotal  33,480.71    
12. Environmental programmes  
 Forests and Water Trust Fund for Concord  
 
Guatemalan Government -initiated project for the reforestation of 
municipally owned areas and/or areas without forest cover, with financial 
incentives for former civil patrol members to restock an anticipated 
25,000  ha of deforested soil  1,297.78  Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
Subtotal  1,297.78    
Total Green Box  49,626.58    
MAGA:  Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food . 
* Average exchange rate for 2017 according to the Department of Economic Studies of the Bank of Guatemala : 7.35 quetzals = US$1 . 
This table was prepared by the international trade section of the Planning Directorate, on the basis of data provided by the Technical Directorate for the Budget (DTP).    
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Supporting Table DS:2  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: GUATEMALA  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2017  
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment – Special and Differential Treatment – "Development Programmes " 
Measure type  Name and descri ption of measure with  
reference to criteria in Article 6.2  Monetary value  
(US$  thousand )* Data source  Note 
1 2 3 4  
(b) Agricultural input subsidies to low -income or resource -poor 
producers  Subsidies for farmers in the form of coupons for agricultural input subsidies  
 
Distribution of coupons (one coupon for the year) to support producers 
living below the minimum subsistence level, and to improve their food 
security . Coupons redeemable by agricultural inputs equivalent to US$27.21  32,522.42 Integrated Accounting 
System (SICOIN)   
Subtotal  32,522.42   
Total development programmes  32,522.42   
* Average exchange rate for 2017 according to the Department of Economic Studies of the Bank of Guatemala : 7.35 quetzals = US$1 . 
This table was prepared by the international trade section of the Planning Directorate, on the basis of data provided by the Technical Directorate for the Budget (DTP).  
 
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