G/AG/N/MEX/33  
22 November  2016 
(16-6406) Page: 1/15 
Committee on Agriculture  Original:  Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 14 November 2 016, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures 
exempt from reduction (Table DS: 2). 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUP PORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Food Support Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Political Constitution of the United Mexi can States  (Article  4) and General Law on Social 
Development  (Article s 14, 19 and 21) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (4) Domestic food aid  
 
This p rogramme grants beneficiary families direct monthly financial  support  with a view to 
improving  their diet in terms of quantity, quality and  variety  and thereby their nutrition . It also 
grants monthly financial assistance  known  as "supplementary food support ", the aim o f which is to 
help beneficiary families to offset  the impact  of the international increase in food prices . 
Furthermore, b eneficiary families receive financial support every two months for each of their 
children from birth  to nine years  of age . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  3,695,138 thousand  current pesos = 515 .2 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  4,053,035 thousand  current pesos = 542 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  4,787,398 thousand  current pesos = 617 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  6,271,924 thousand  current pesos = 777 .9 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  6,384,201 thousand  current pesos = 770 .9 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to the sectors of  the population in greatest need  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Rural Supply Programme  
 
2. Domestic legis lation reference : 
 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States  (Article  4) and General Law on Social 
Development  (Article s 14, 19  and 21) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex 2: Green Box : (4) Domestic food aid  
 
The Rural Supply Programme supports the provision  of good quality  and affordable basic and 
complementary commodities  to people living in highly and very highly marginalized rural areas , 
thereby helping to address  aspects of  food security  related to  the physical and economic 
accessibility of  food. 
 
The support consists of  the implementation , through sales points in rural areas , of a supply 
service for good quality  basic and complementary commodities , primarily  food wi th a high 
nutritional value . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  2,586,955 thousand  current pesos = 360 .7 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  1,801,000 thousand  current pesos = 241 .2 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  1,858,860 thousand  current pesos = 239 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 2014: 2,149,437 thousand  current pesos = 266 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  1,994,437 thousand  current pesos = 240 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individua l product ): 
 Applicable to the sectors of the population in greatest need  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Milk Supply Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States  (Article  4) and General Law on Social 
Development  (Article s 14, 19  and 21) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria est ablished, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (4) Domestic food aid  
 
 The Milk Supply Programme distributes  fortified milk with a high nutritional value  at a 
preferential price per litre , saving  beneficiary households  the difference between  the price of milk 
produced by the company Liconsa and commercial milk  as well as  contributing to capacity 
development by improv ing the nutrition levels of the population . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  1,180,000 thousand  current pesos = 164 .5 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  1,050,000 thousand  current pesos = 140 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  1,086,750 thousand  current pesos = 140 .2 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  1,128,059 thousand  current pesos = 139 .9 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  1,166,413 thousand  current pesos = 140 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to the sectors of the population in greatest need  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 PROMUSAG : Programme for Women Working in the Agricultural Sector  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustaina ble Rural Development  (Articles 15, 144 and  162) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (11) Structural adjustment assistance through investment aids  
 
The objective s of this programme are to create jobs  and boost the income of  women 
entrepreneurs of 18 years of age or over  who live in rural areas . The support  consist s of 
investment aids and training  to enable them to implement profitable production projects in 
rural areas. 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  879,260 thousand  current pesos = 122 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  1,046,533 thousand  current pesos = 140 .2 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  1,053,560 thousand  current pesos = 135 .9 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  928,192 thousand  current pesos = 115 .1 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  End of programme  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTI C SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 PROMETE : Programme in Support of Production Projects by Women Entrepreneurs (formerly  
PROMUSAG)  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Articles 15, 144 and  162) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (11) Structural adjustment assistance through investment aids  
 
The objective of this programme is to  encourage  women entrepreneurs living in  rural areas 
to implement  production projects by means of direct  contributions  to those eligible . Support  is 
granted to working groups of women  comprising  a minimum of three members and a maximum of 
six and to l egally incorporated associations  with a minimum of three members  (no upper limit ). 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2015: 951,634 thousand  current pesos = 114.9 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry i nto effect : 
 2015 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or M odified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 FAPPA : Support Fund for Production Projects in Agrarian Clusters  (in 2011 this measure was 
referred to as the  Support Fund for Production Projects ) 
 
2. Domestic legislation  reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Articles 15, 70, 116 and  148) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (11) Structural adjustment assistance through i nvestment aids  
 
 This fund  delivers financial support  for the  implementa tion of  technical, economic, financial 
and environmentally sustainable production projects  in order to contribute to income generation 
for men and women over 18 years of age  living in rural areas . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  766,111 thousand  current pesos = 106 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  833,521 thousand  current pesos = 111 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  967,673 thousand  current pesos = 124 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  827,714 thousand  current pesos = 102 .7 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  680,730 thousand  current pesos = 82.2 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Young Rural Entrepreneur Programme  
 
2. Domestic leg islation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Article s 15, 144,  154 and 162) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (11) Structural adjustment assistance through investment aids  
 
This programme seeks to encourage  young rural entrepreneurs to implement  and develop  their 
own profitable and sustainable agro -enterprise s, prefer ably in or nearby their rural area of origin . 
Support is provided in respect of training, rent al of land parcel s, purchase of inputs  and business 
support service s and access to financing . The aim is to encourage  young people  in rural areas to 
remain into their  communities of origin by affording them  access to  community land and boosting 
their earnings  and thereby to  alleviate the problem of  rural exodus . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  327,925 thousand  current pesos = 45.7 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  260,429 thousand  current pesos = 34.9 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  173,195 thousand  current pesos = 22.3 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  198,968 thousand  current pesos = 24.7 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  226,876 thousand  current pesos = 27.4 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally be nefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  G/AG/N/MEX/33  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 COUS SA: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Soil and Water  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Articles 32, 83, 84 and  131) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (12) Payments under environmental programmes  
 
The purpose  of the COUSSA programme is to  contribute to the conservation, use and 
sustainable management of  soil, water, and vegetation used in agricultural production . It provide s 
rural producers with financing  and service s that enable them to engage in their activities while 
using these  natural resources  appropriate ly, thereby helping to ensure  resource  conservatio n for 
the benefit of  future generations of rural producers . Progra mme support  is mainly geared towards  
the construction  of water catchment and erosion control  infrastructure . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2008:  893,478 thousand  current pesos = 164 .8 million  1991 pesos  
 2009:  1,192,043 thousand  current pesos = 179 .0 million  1991 pesos  
 2010:  488,597 thousand  current pesos = 70.4 million  1991 pesos  
 2011:  669,437 thousand  current pesos = 93.3 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  3,223 thousand  current pesos = 0.4 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  877,542 thousand  current pesos = 113 .2 million  1991 pe sos 
 2014:  1,721,529 thousand  current pesos = 213 .5 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  987,000 thousand  current pesos = 119.2 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2008 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any in dividual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Small -Scale Hydraul ic Works Construction Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Planning Law (Article s 16, 22  and 26), National Waters Law (Articles 52 bis, 61, 71 and 99) 
and Law on Sustainable Rural Development (Articles  32, 81, 82, 83 and 118) 
 
3. Detailed descrip tion of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (12) Payments under environmental programmes  
 
The objective of th is programme is to construct  infrastructur e for harvesting and storing 
water for hu man use and production  with a view to improving the  conditions of supply  and primary 
production of the  rural population in highly marginalized municipalities and localities . Furthermore , 
through small -scale hydraulic works , it seeks to promote the conserva tion and sustainable use of 
natural resources in the  agriculture sector and  encourage  productive investment in the  
beneficiary  areas . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2010:  466,115 thousand  current pesos = 67.2 million  1991 pesos  
 2011:  367,565 thousand  current pesos  = 51.2 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  466,668 thousand  current pesos = 62.5 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  21,280 thousand  current pesos = 2.7 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  None 
 2015:  None 
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2010 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Native Mexican Maize (Corn) Conservation Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Article  4) and General Law on Wildlife (Articles  4, 5, 
9 and 10) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (12) Payments under environmental programmes  
 
The purpose  of this programme is to  encourage  agro-biodiversity management through the 
multi-crop agricultural system  known  as "milpa " and promote  the conserva tion and regeneration of 
species  and varieti es of native Mexican maize (corn) and their wild relatives i n their natural 
environments , using  different  crop-growing system s depending on the region s and local custom 
and usa ge. Farmer groups receive specific  financial support  to preserve the genetic diversity of  
native Mexican maize (corn).  
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  33,642 thousand  current pesos = 4.7 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  31,170 thousand  current pesos = 4.2 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  19,832 thousand  current pesos = 2.6 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  17,003 thousand  current pesos = 2.1 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  17,257 thousand  current pesos = 2.1 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 A range of  native maize (corn) varieties  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exemp t from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 PRODEZA : Arid Zone Development Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Article  190) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (13) Payments under regional assistance programmes  
 
This programme  seeks to  raise the standard of living of agricultural producers based in 
highly marginalized localities and municipali ties in Mexico's arid and  semi-arid regions . It 
concurrently supports  a number of  measures designed to ensure the  implementation of  
comprehensive territorial development  projects . Strategies are  drawn up in accordance with  the 
specific condition s of arid and semi -arid areas and other areas  that, in view of  the current  level of 
deterioration of their agricultural land , are considered to be  in the process of desertification . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2011:  628,068 thousand  current pesos = 87.6 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  801,624 thousand  current pesos = 107 .4 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  1,632,344 thousand  current pesos = 210 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  1,194,991 thousand  current pesos = 148 .2 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  680,331 thousand  current pesos = 82.1 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2011 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 PESA: Strategic Food Security Programme  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Political Constitution of the United Mexican States  (Article  4), General Law on Social 
Develop ment (Article s 14, 19  and 21) and Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Article s 5, 7, 
15, 82  and 182) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
 Annex  2: Green Box : (13) Payments under regio nal assistance programmes  
 
This programme seeks to  boost  the productivity of small -scale subsistence farmers in highly 
and very highly marginalized rural areas  by providing  assistance for the  introduction of  relatively 
simple, economical and sustainable te chnologies , with a view to  improving the  farmers' livelihoods , 
stimulat ing growth in rural areas and enhancing  beneficiaries' food security . 
 
4. Cost of measure : 
 2010:  1,346,359 thousand  current pesos = 194 .1 million  1991 pesos  
 2011:  2,247,420 thousand  current pesos = 313 .4 million  1991 pesos  
 2012:  2,573,012 thousand  current pesos = 344 .6 million  1991 pesos  
 2013:  2,960,989 thousand  current pesos = 382 .0 million  1991 pesos  
 2014:  2,967,158 thousand  current pesos = 368 .0 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  2,924,520 thousand  current pesos = 353 .1 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2010 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that principally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
 
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  Table DS: 2 
DOMESTIC SUP PORT: MEXICO  
Notification under Article 18.3 of the Agreement : 
New or Modified Domestic Support Measures Exempt from Reduction  
 
1. Full title of measure : 
 Productive PROAGRO (formerly  PROCAMPO)  
 
2. Domestic legislation reference : 
 Law on Sustainable Rural Development  (Article s 7, 8, 32  and 71) and Decision announcing 
the Rules of Operation of the Agricultural Promotion Programme of the Ministry of Agriculture, 
Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, SAGARPA ( published in the Mexican Official 
Journ al on 18 December 2 013) 
 
3. Detailed description of measure with reference to the criteria established, 
respectively (in Annex 2 ): 
Annex  2: Green Box : (11) Structural adjustment assistance through investment aids  
 
This programme  provides support to produce rs who are already  registered  with the PROCAMPO  
programme and who demonstrate  that they have grown  any legal crop  on eligible land. Payments 
are made on the basis of the number of hectares registered , irrespective of the  type or volume of 
production  or the related domestic or international prices . 
 
Support is granted per hectare or  fraction of a hectare of the eli gible area per production unit , 
defined as the  total surface area of the land eligible for this incentive belonging to a producer , as 
follows : 
 
Category  Water regime  
Rain-fed  Irrigated  
Subsistence  Up to 5 ha  Up to 0.2 ha  
Transitional  More than  5 ha and up to 20 ha  More than 0.2 ha and up to 5 ha  
Commercial  More than 20 ha  More than 5 ha 
 
The maximum amount of the incentive  per production uni t and per agricultural  cycle corresponds 
to 80 hectare s both for natural  persons  and/or for natural persons within a juridical  person , in 
accordance with the per-hectare allocation set out below : 
 
 Category Allocation  per eligible 
hectare or fraction  there of 
Subsistence  Producers with production units of up to 
three  hectares of rain -fed land located in "National 
Crusade against Hunger" municipalities   Mex$ 1,500.00  
Rest of country * Mex$ 1,300.00  
Transitional  Mex$ 800.00  
Commercial  Mex$ 700.00  
* Correspond s to production units of up to three hectares of rain -fed land not located in "National Crusade 
against Hunger" municipalities , as well as all other  production units of up to five hectares of rain-fed 
land and production units of up to 0.2 hectares of irrigated land . 
PROAGRO beneficiaries must demonstrate that the subsidy was used for  training and technical 
assistance , mechanization , use of  improved seeds or  selected native seeds , plant nutrition , 
production restructuring,  agricultural insurance , inter alia . 
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  4. Cost of measure : 
 2014:  13,329,966 thousand  current pesos = 1,653.3 million  1991 pesos  
 2015:  13,006,525 thousand  current pesos = 1,570.5 million  1991 pesos  
 
5. Date of entry into effect : 
 2014 
 
6. Period of application : 
 Annual  
 
7. Products that pri ncipally benefit (if any individual product ): 
 Applicable to agriculture in general  
 
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