G/AG/N/PRY/35  
 
22 April 2022  
(22-3222) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 24 March 2022, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation 
of Paraguay . The notification concerns new or modified domestic support measures exempt from 
reduction ( Table DS:2 ). 
 
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  Table  DS:2   
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PARAGUAY  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
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(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
Agricultural census and surveys  
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
Law No. 3600/2019 and Decrees No. 3299/2020, No. 4795/2021 and No. 6089/2021 . 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA:  
The 2021 National Agricultural Census (CAN), "Information for develop ment", is a statistical exercise 
through which data on the country's agricultural production is collect ed, process ed and disseminat ed. 
It seeks to foster understanding of the sector's structural components and to provide answers  to the 
following questions:  
 
What is produced? How much is produced? Who produces ? Where does production take place? How 
is production carried out? What is the purpose of production?   
 
The Census draws on recent technology to capture field data using mobile devices, digital mapping,  
farm georeferencing and satellite image -based land models, and records the data in an agricultural 
information system.  
https://can2021.mag.gov.py/   
 
The measure falls under Annex 2, paragraph 2(h), "Other general services".  
 
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
USD 683,360 budgeted for calendar year 2020.  
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
1 January 2020  - 31 December 2020  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
From 2020 onwards.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRO DUCT(S)):  
The Census c overs the main items grown by family farms for domestic consumption, and export 
items.  
- Fruit and vegetables (domestic consumption).  
- Non-traditional items: medicinal plants, some small animals, eggs (domestic consumption).  
- Traditional items grown on family farms: cassava, maize, beans, peanuts (domestic 
consumption).  
- Export items: meat of bovine animals and swine, cereals, sesame.  
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  Table  DS:2   
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: PARAGUAY  
Notification under Article 18:3 of the Agreement:  
New or modified domestic support measures exempt from reduction  
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(1) FULL TITLE OF MEASURE:  
COVID -19 contingency measure  
(2) DOMESTIC LEGISLATION REFERENCE:  
Law No.   6524/2020 "declaring a state of emergency throughout the territory of the Republic of 
Paraguay in view of the C OVID -19 or coronavirus pandemic declared by the World Health 
Organization and establishing administ rative, fiscal and financial measures".  
Law No. 6469/2020 "adopting the general budget of the nation for fiscal year 2020" . 
(3) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MEASURE WITH REFERENCE TO CRITERIA:  
COVID -19 emergency and contingency measures for the provision of see ds, inputs and technical 
assistance for 50,000 plots of farmland used by vulnerable families to produce food for their own 
consumption.  
The production plan amounts to 8  million dollars. The Agricultural Outreach Directorate (DEAg) of 
the Ministry of Agricu lture and Livestock (MAG) is responsible for coordination and implementation.  
The measure falls under Article 6.2(b) of the Agreement on Agriculture, "Agricultural input subsidies 
generally available to low -income or resource -poor producers" .  
(4) COST OF MEASURE:  
USD 8,000,000  
(5) DATE OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT:  
From 26 March 2020 onwards.  
(6) PERIOD OF APPLICATION:  
Until fully disbursed.  
(7) PRODUCTS TO PRINCIPALLY BENEFIT (IF ANY INDIVIDUAL PRODUCT(S)):  
The measure is not sector - or product -specific.  
 
 
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