WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2∗ 
25 October 2007 
 
 (07-4590) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
 The following communication, dated 21 March 2007, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico .  The revised notification concerns domestic support commitments ( Table DS:1  
and relevant supporting tables) for 1999-2004 . 
 
_______________ 
 
  Attached are the revised DS:2 supporting tables for 2001-2004 on Domestic Support:  Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment – Special and Differential Treatment –"Development Programmes". 
                                                     
 
∗ In English only.  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 2 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question  Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
27,084.0 Millions of 1991 pesos 211.3 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 4.0105 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 3Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment –  "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Mone tary value of measure in year in questio n 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,382.7  
 General research (indent (a)), training (i ndent (c)) and extension and advisory 
(indent (d)) services 602.6 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Ag encies (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO 
and INCA Rural and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 304.6 SAGAR 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budge t for CONASAG and Countryside Alliance 
Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 475.5 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irri gation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic 
agricultural and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,336.9  
 Decoupled income support 2,336.9 SAGAR 
 PROCAMPO    
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(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11)1 677.6  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 677.6 SAGAR 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricultural and livestock programmes and 
CNA)   
(4) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13)2 523.5     
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural  development programmes) 361.8 SAGAR 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas)   
 Temporary Employment Programme 161.6 SAGAR 
 Support to generate employment opportun ities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 1999. 
1 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
*SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGAR = Ministry of Agriculture, Live stock and Rural Development  
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 Page 5Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture 447.2  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole 352.7 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers 94.5 SHCP 
NOTES: 
1 Includes FINA and FOCIR transfers. 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 1999. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 6 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(millions of 1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  93.7 ( de minimis )  6,421.5 642.2 0.0 
Wheat  211.3  1,030.9 103.1 211.3 
Sorghum  53.5 ( de minimis )  1,396.5 139.6 0.0 
Rice  10.5 ( de minimis )  144.6 14.5 0.0 
Cotton  5.8 ( de minimis )  504.2 50.4 0.0 
Safflower  0.2 ( de minimis )  128.0 12.8 0.0 
Soya  0.0 ( de minimis )  81.6 8.2 0.0 
Beans  0.0 ( de minimis )  1,387.6 138.8 0.0 
Non-product-specific AMS -    - 
Total AMS      211.3 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2:  The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 1999. 
Note 3: The value of cotton production corresponds to seed cotton.  
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 Page 7Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of basic 
products Calendar year  Measure type(s) Applied administered 
price External reference 
price (generally 
from AGST/…) Eligible production
 Associated 
fees/levies Total market price 
support 
 Data sources* 
   
(in 1991 pesos/tonne) (in 1991 
pesos/tonne) (thousands of 
tonnes)  (millions of 1991 
pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
Maize1    363.0  506.8  444.0   0.0 SAGAR 
Beans1    1,273.4  1,680.9  10.0   0.0 SAGAR 
1 The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO and was replaced by marketi ng support channelled through ASERCA  and notified in supporting 
table DS:6. * SAGAR = Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development  
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Page 8 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar  year  Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External reference 
price (generally 
from AGST/…) Eligible 
production Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments Data sources* 
     (thousands of 
tonnes)  (millions of 
1991 pesos)  (millions of 
1991 pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing    2,820.5  207.2  207.2 SAGAR 
Rice Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing    281.5  10.5  10.5 SAGAR 
Maize Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing    1,377.5  91.8  91.8 SAGAR 
Sorghum Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing    1,435.1  50.1  50.1 SAGAR 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 1999. 
SAGAR = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 9Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  1999 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year  Measurement 
type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting 
Table DS:6) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize  Price coverage 1.9   1.9 0.0 91.8 93.7 SAGAR 
Wheat  Price coverage 4.1   4.1 0.0 207.2 211.3 SAGAR 
Sorghum  Price coverage 3. 4   3.4 0.0 50.1 53.5 SAGAR 
Rice   0.0   0.0 0.0 10.5 10.5 SAGAR 
Cotton  Price coverage 5.8   5.8 0.0 0.0 5.8 SAGAR 
Safflower  Price coverage 0. 2   0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 SAGAR 
Soya  Price coverage 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0. SAGAR 
Beans   0.0   0. 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SAGAR 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 1999. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos 
* SAGAR = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development  
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Page 10 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question  Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
26,699.5 Millions of 1991 pesos 351.4 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994,  Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 4.3912. 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 11Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in 
year in question 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,308.2  
 General research (indent (a)), training (indent (c)) a nd extension and advisory (i ndent (d)) services 610.8 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Agencies  (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO, INCA Rural 
and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 270.7 SAGAR 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budget for CONASAG and Countryside Alliance Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 426.7 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irrigation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic agricultural 
and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,363.6  
 Decoupled income support 2,363.6 SAGAR 
 PROCAMPO   
(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11) 1 559.0  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 559.0 SAGAR 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricu ltural and livestock programmes and CNA)    
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(4) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13)2 560.5     
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural  development programmes) 435.4 SAGAR 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas   
 Temporary Employment Programme 125.1 SAGAR 
 Support to generate employment opport unities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2000. 
1 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
*SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGAR = Ministry of Agriculture, Live stock and Rural Development  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 13Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture  117.0  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole  0.0 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers  117.0 SHCP 
NOTES: 
1 BANRURAL and FOCIR have been operati ng with their own resources since 2000. 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2000. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit   
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 14 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to 
DS:7 below) 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 
1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  251.0 ( de minimis )  6,028.4 602.8 0.0 
Wheat  335.7  1,167.4 116.7 335.7 
Sorghum  80.2 ( de minimis )  1,399.0 139.9 0.0 
Rice  15.7  117.4 11.7 15.7 Cotton  2.1 ( de minimis )  185.9 18.6 0.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  -    - 
Total AMS      351.4 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2: The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2000. Note 3: The value of cotton production = seed cotton  
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 Page 15Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar year  Measure 
type(s) Applied administered 
price External reference 
price (generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible production Associated 
fees/levies Total market price 
support Data sources 
   (in 1991 pesos/tonne) (in 1991 pesos/tonne) (t housands of tonnes)  (millions of 1991 pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
 
 
Note: The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to  an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO.  Marketing support i s channelled through the Agricultural Marketing Support Services 
(ASERCA).  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 16 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar  
year  Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments Data sources* 
     (thousands of 
tonnes)  (millions of 
1991 pesos)  (millions of 1991 
pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat  Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing   3,277.9  329.7  329.7 SAGAR 
Rice  Direct payment per 
tonne   276.3  15.7  15.7 SAGAR 
Maize  Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing   3,447.3  249.6  249.6 SAGAR 
Sorghum  Direct payment per 
tonne to support 
marketing   1,806.6  71.9  71.9 SAGAR 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2000. 
SAGAR = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development   
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 17Supporting Table DS:7 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2000 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year  Measurement 
type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Maize  Price coverage 1.3   1.3 0.0 249.6 251.0 SAGAR 
Wheat   Price coverage 6. 0   6.0 0.0 329.7 335.7 SAGAR 
Sorghum  Price coverage 8. 3   8.3 0.0 71.9 80.2 SAGAR 
Rice   0.0   0.0 0.0 15.7 15.7 SAGAR 
Cotton  Price coverage 2.1   2.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 SAGAR 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2000. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGAR = Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 18 Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
26,314.9 Millions of 1991 pesos 1,040.0 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 4.6708. 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 19Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Mone tary value of measure in year in questio n 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,401.2  
 General research (indent (a)), training (indent (c)) and extension and advisory (indent (d)) 
services 645.7 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Ag encies (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO, 
INCA Rural and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 360.1 SAGARPA 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budge t for SENASICA and Countryside Alliance 
Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 395.4 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irri gation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic 
agricultural and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,357.5  
 Decoupled income support 2,357.5 SAGARPA 
 PROCAMPO    
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(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11) 1 686.8  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 686.8 SAGARPA 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricultural and livestock programmes and 
CNA)   
(4) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13)2 681.9     
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural development programmes) 554.1 SAGARPA 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas   
 Temporary Employment Programme 127.8 SAGARPA 
 Support to generate employment opportun ities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
1 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
*SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGARPA = Minist ry of Agriculture, Livestock, Ru ral Development, Fisheries and Food  
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 21Supporting Table DS:2 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture 94.5  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole 0.0 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers 94.5 SHCP 
(b) Input subsidies generally available to lo w-income or resource-poor producers 694.1  
 Electric power subsidy 
Subsidy for electricity ch arges for agricultural use 694.1 CFE and LFC 
NOTES: 
1 In 2000, BANRURAL and FOCIR operated with their own resources, therefore no fiscal transfers were recorded. 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  CFE = Fede ral Electricity Commission;  LFC = Central Light and Power  
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Page 22 Supporting Table DS:4 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic 
products (including non-
product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from Supporting 
Tables DS:5 to DS:7 below) 
  
(millions of 1991 pesos) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 
1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  484.6 ( de minimis )  6,255.1 625.5 0.0 
Wheat  239.7  859.0 85.9 239.7 
Sorghum  161.4  1,393.2 139.3 161.4 
Rice  27.1  71.9 7.2 27.1 
Soya  11.1  48.1 4.8 11.1 
Safflower  11.8  31.4 3.1 11.8 
Cotton  1.4 ( de minimis )  258.6 25.9 0.0 
Groundnuts  0.9 ( de minimis )  127.5 12.8 0.0 
Barley  0.2 ( de minimis )  265.3 26.5 0.0 
Canola  0.2  0.3 0.0 0.2 
Copra  3.2 ( de minimis )  126.0 12.6 0.0 
Coffee  81.6  653.7 65.4 81.6 
Beans  113.2 ( de minimis )  1,421.3 142.1 0.0 
Sugar  507.0  2,818.2 281.8 507.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  2.7 ( de minimis )  67,232.9 6,723.3 0.0 
Total AMS      1,040.0 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2: The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
Note 3: The value of cotton production = seed cotton.  
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 Page 23Supporting Table DS:5 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar year  Measure type(s) Applied administered 
price External reference 
price (generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible production 
 Associated 
fees/levies Total market price support Data sources 
   
(in 1991 pesos/tonne) (in 1991 pesos/tonne) (thousands of tonnes)  (millions of 
1991 pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
 
 
Note: The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to  an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO.  Marketing support i s channelled through the Agricultural Marketing Support Services 
(ASERCA).  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
Page 24 Supporting Table DS:6 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year  Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible 
production Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments Data sources* 
     (thousands 
of tonnes)  (millions of 
1991 pesos)  (millions of 1991 
pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    2,698.9  203.6  203.6 SAGARPA 
Rice Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    458.3  27.1  27.1 SAGARPA 
Maize Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    6,323.4  432.1  432.1 SAGARPA 
Sorghum Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    4,212.5  150.0  150.0 SAGARPA 
Soya Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    81.7  10.8  10.8 SAGARPA 
Safflower Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    133.2  11.7  11.7 SAGARPA 
Groundnuts Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    16.0  0.9  0.9 SAGARPA 
Canola Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    2.2  0.2  0.2 SAGARPA 
Copra Direct payment per tonne 
to support marketing    20.0  3.2  3.2 SAGARPA 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livestoc k, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year  Measurement type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize  Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage, cabotage, 
storage ( pignoración ), 
conversion programmes)  52.5    52.5  0.0  432.1  484.6 SAGARPA 
Wheat   Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage, contract 
farming, storage (pignoración ), conversion 
programmes)  36.1    36.1  0.0  203.6  239.7 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage, storage 
(pignoración ))  11.3    11.3  0.0  150.0  161.4 SAGARPA 
Rice    0.0    0.0  0.0  27.1  27.1 SAGARPA 
Soya  Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage)  0.3    0.3  0.0  10.8  11.1 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage)  0.0    0.0  0.0  11.7  11.8 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Non-exempt direct 
payments (price 
coverage)  1.4    1.4  0.0  0.0  1.4 SAGARPA  
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(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Groundnuts    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.9  0.9 SAGARPA 
Barley  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight)  0.2    0.2  0.0  0.0  0.2 SAGARPA 
Canola    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.2  0.2 SAGARPA 
Copra    0.0    0.0  0.0  3.2  3.2 SAGARPA 
Coffee  Special Coffee Growers' 
Income Support 
Programme  81.6    81.6  0.0  0.0  81.6 SAGARPA 
Beans  Special Support Fund for 
Investment in Beans and 
conversion programmes  113.2    113.2  0.0  0.0  113.2 SAGARPA 
Sugar  Fund for Expropriated 
Sugar Sector Enterprises  507.0    507.0  0.0  0.0  507.0 SAGARPA 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2001 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support 
 
Measure type(s) Fiscal 
year Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Other non-product-specific support 
(include calculation details) 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-specific 
AMS 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Direct Support 
Programme for  Crop 
Conversion  2.7 0.0  2.7 SAGARPA 
Non-product-specific 
AMS     2.7 Non-product-specific AMS need not 
be counted in Total AMS because it is less than 10% of the production value 
 
(10%*67,232.89 million 1991 pesos = 6,723.3 million 1991 pesos) 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2001. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question  Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
25,930.3 Millions of 1991 pesos 672.7 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 4.9058. 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure  type Name and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Monetary value of measure in year in questi on 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,375.8  
 General research (indent (a)), training (indent (c)) and extension and advisory (indent (d)) 
services 643.3 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Ag encies (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO, 
INCA Rural and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 389.5 SAGARPA 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budge t for SENASICA and Countryside Alliance 
Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 343.0 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irri gation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic 
agricultural and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,415.6  
 Decoupled income support 2,415.6 SAGARPA 
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(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11) 1 699.7  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 699.7 SAGARPA 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricultural and livestock programmes and 
CNA)   
(4) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13)2 689.3     
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural development programmes) 580.0 SAGARPA 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas   
 Temporary Employment Programme 109.3 SAGARPA 
 Support to generate employment opportun ities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2002. 
1 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
*SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGARPA = Minist ry of Agriculture, Livestock, Ru ral Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture 6,839.1  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole 6,766.9 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers 72.2 SHCP 
(b) Input subsidies generally available to  low-income or resource-poor producers  768.1  
 Electric power subsidy 
Subsidy for electricity ch arges for agricultural use 768.1 CFE and LFC 
NOTES: 
1 In 2002, extraordinary resources were granted to BANRURAL for its dismantling and liquidation, and for the creation of Financiera Rural (OJ of 26 December 2002). 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2002. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  CFE = Fede ral Electricity Commission;  LFC = Central Light and Power  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic 
products (including non-
product-specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
 
(millions of  1991 pesos) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 below) 
(millions of 1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  378.1  ( de minimis )  5,902.7 590.3 0.0 
Wheat  286.1  801.2 80.1 286.1 
Sorghum  86.7 ( de minimis )  1,267.7 126.8 0.0 
Rice  18.8  75.9 7.6 18.8 
Soya  0.4 ( de minimis )  35.8 3.6 0.0 
Safflower  9.2  19.2 1.9 9.2 
Cotton  65.2  58.8 5.9 65.2 
Coffee  293.5  560.2 56.0 293.5 
Beans  0.0 ( de minimis )  1,809.1 180.9 0.0 
Sugar  203.0 ( de minimis )  4,529.9 453.0 0.0 
Cattle  0.5 ( de minimis )  6,641.1 664.1 0.0 
Swine  0.01 ( de minimis )  4,430.2 443.0 0.0 
Non-product-specific 
AMS  21.3 ( de minimis )  63,924.8 6,392.5 0.0 
Total AMS      672.7 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2: The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2002. Note 3: The value of cotton production = seed cotton.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar year  Measure 
type(s) Applied administered 
price External reference 
price (generally from 
AGST/…) Eligible production 
 Associated 
fees/levies Total market price support 
 Data sources 
   (in 1991 pesos/tonne) (in 1991 pesos/tonne) (t housands of tonnes)  (millions of 1991 pesos)  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
 
Note: The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to  an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO.  Marketing support i s channelled through the Agricultural Marketing Support Services 
(ASERCA).  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar year  Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/...) Eligible 
production  
  
(thousands of 
tonnes) Total price-
related 
direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments  
  
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   2,716.9  248.5  248.5 SAGARPA 
Rice  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   223.3  18.8  18.8 SAGARPA 
Maize  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   3,847.4  286.3  286.3 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   1,243.0  61.0  61.0 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   55.5  9.1  9.1 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Direct payment 
per tonne to 
support marketing   205.0  42.1  42.1 SAGARPA 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2002. 
SAGARPA = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Rural De velopment, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT: Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year  Measurement type(s) Other product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
  
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Other product-
specific support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Non-exempt direct 
payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize  Non-exempt direct payments 
(price coverage, cabotage, and 
storage ( pignoración )  91.9    91.9  0. 0 286.3 378.1 SAGARPA 
Wheat  Non-exempt direct payments 
(coverage and freight)  37.7    37.7  0. 0 248.5 286.1 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Price coverage  25.7    25.7  0.0 61.0 86.7 SAGARPA 
Rice    0.0    0.0  0.0 18.8 18.8 SAGARPA 
Beans    0.0    0. 0  0.0 0.0 0.0 SAGARPA 
Soya  Price coverage  0.4    0.4  0.0 0.0 0.4 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Price coverage  0.1    0.1  0.0 9.1 9.2 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Price coverage  23.0    23.0  0.0 42.1 65.2 SAGARPA 
Coffee  Fund for the Stabilization, 
Strengthening and 
Reorganization of the Coffee-
Growing Sector  293.5    293.5  0. 0 0.0 293.5 SAGARPA 
Sugar  Fund for Expropriated Sugar 
Sector Enterprises  203.0    203.0  0. 0 0.0 203.0 SAGARPA 
Cattle  Price coverage  0.5    0.5  0.0 0.0 0.5 SAGARPA 
Swine  Price coverage  0.01    0.01  0.0 0.0 0.01 SAGARPA 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2002. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2002 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support 
 
Measure type(s) Fiscal 
year Non-product-specific budgetary 
outlays 
  
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
data) 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-specific AMS
 
  
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Direct Support Programme 
for Crop Conversion 
  21.3 0.0  21.3 SAGARPA 
Non-product-specific AMS     21.3 Non-product-specific AMS need not be 
counted in Total AMS because it is less 
than 10% of the production value 
 
(10%*63,924.8 million 1991 pesos 
 = 6,392.5 million 1991 pesos) 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2002. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question  Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
25,545.8 Millions of 1991 pesos 633.5 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 5.1289. 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Commitment  - "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Mone tary value of measure in year in questio n 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,659.9  
 General research (indent (a)), training (indent (c)) and extension and advisory (indent (d)) 
services 726.8 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Ag encies (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO, 
INCA Rural and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 427.2 SAGARPA 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budge t for SENASICA and Countryside Alliance 
Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 505.9 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irri gation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic 
agricultural and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,556.2  
 Decoupled income support 2,556.2 SAGARPA 
 PROCAMPO    
   G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2
 Page 391 2 3 4 
(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11) 1 701.6  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 701.6 SAGARPA 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricu ltural and livestock programmes and CNA)   
(4) Payments under environmental programmes (paragraph 12)  198.9  
 Programme for the Acquisition of Water-Use Rights 89.7 SAGARPA 
 To promote the sustainability of irrigati on districts with water supply problems   
 Comprehensive Programme for Sustainable Agri culture and Conversion of Production in Areas 
Liable to Recurrent Damage (PIASRE) 109.2 SAGARPA 
 
 Support to encourage sustainable development in ar eas frequently affected by adverse weather   
(5) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13) 2 599.4  
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural development programmes) 554.4 SAGARPA 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas   
 Temporary Employment Programme 45.0 SAGARPA 
 Support to generate employment opportun ities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2003. 
1Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
*SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGARPA = Minist ry of Agriculture, Livestock, Ru ral Development, Fisheries and Food  
  G/AG/N/MEX/13/Rev.2 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion  
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture 258.9  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole 185.8 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers 73.1 SHCP 
(b) Input subsidies generally available to  low-income or resource-poor producers  1,059.0  
Electric power subsidy 
Subsidy for electricity ch arges for agricultural use 823.6 CFE and LFC  
Agricultural diesel 
Subsidy for agricultural diesel 235.4 ASERCA 
NOTES: 
1 Includes the Support Programme for Access to the Rural Financial System (PAASFIR) and FOCIR. 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers and the Ag ricultural Insurance Premium Subsidy. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2003. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  CFE = Federal Elect ricity Commission;  LFC = Central Light and Power;  ASERCA = Agricultural Marketing Support Services  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Product-specific equivalent 
measurements of support 
(from Supporting Table DS:8 
below) (millions of 1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  305.1 ( de minimis )  6,530.7 653.1 0.0 
Wheat  218.5  750.8 75.1 218.5 
Sorghum  152.8 ( de minimis )  1,709.1 170.9 0.0 
Rice  4.0 ( de minimis )  88.5 8.9 0.0 
Soya  1.9 ( de minimis )  73.7 7.4 0.0 
Safflower  36.1  88.9 8.9 36.1 
Cotton  24.1  158.7 15.9 24.1 Canola  0.02 ( de minimis )  0.7 0.1 0.0 
Coffee  146.2  578.8 57.9 146.2 
Beans  208.6  1,400.7 140.1 208.6 Chickpeas  3.3 ( de minimis )  112.9 11.3 0.0 
Sugar  2.0 ( de minimis )  4,578.9 457.9 0.0 
Cattle  311.4 ( de minimis )   6,938.5 693.9 0.0 
Swine  43.1 ( de minimis )  4,312.3 431.2 0.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  28.9 ( de minimis )  67,261.0 6,726.1 0.0 
Total AMS      633.5 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2: The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2003. Note 3: The value of cotton production = seed cotton.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description of 
basic products Calendar 
year  Measure 
type(s) Applied administered price
 
  
(in 1991 pesos/tonne) External reference 
price (generally from 
AGST/…) 
 
(in 1991 pesos/tonne) Eligible production 
 
  
(thousands of tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies Total market price 
support 
  
(millions of 1991 pesos Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
 
 
Note: The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to  an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO.  Marketing support i s channelled through the Agricultural Marketing Support Services 
(ASERCA).  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar year  Measure type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference price 
(generally from 
AGST/...) Eligible 
production 
  
 
(thousands 
of tonnes) Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-
exempt direct 
payments  
 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments  
  
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat1  Direct payment per 
tonne    2,404.9  177.6  177.6 SAGARPA 
Rice  Direct payment per 
tonne    34.5  3.3  3.3 SAGARPA 
Maize  Direct payment per 
tonne    3,539.7  207.1  207.1 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Direct payment per 
tonne    2,030.8  106.0  106.0 SAGARPA 
Soya  Direct payment per 
tonne    0.0  0.0  0.0 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Direct payment per 
tonne    151.7  35.5  35.5 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Direct payment per 
tonne    1.9  0.6  0.6 SAGARPA 
Canola  Direct payment per 
tonne    0.09  0.02  0.02 SAGARPA 
1 Includes triticale. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2003. 
SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livestoc k, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year  Measurement type(s) Other product-
specific budgetary 
outlays 
 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight, storage 
(pignoración ) and price 
coverage)  97.9    97.9  0.0  207.1  305.1 SAGARPA 
Wheat  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight, storage 
(pignoración ) and price 
coverage)  40.8    40.8  0.0  177.6  218.5 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight, storage 
(pignoración ) and price 
coverage)  46.7    46.7  0.0  106.0  152.8 SAGARPA 
Rice  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight)  0.7    0.7  0.0  3.3  4.0 SAGARPA 
Soya  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight and price 
coverage)  1.9    1.9  0.0  0.0  1.9 SAGARPA 
Canola    0.0    0.0  0.0  0.02  0.02 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Price coverage  0.6    0.6  0.0  35.5  36.1 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Price coverage  23.5    23.5  0.0  0.6  24.1 SAGARPA 
Chickpeas  Non-exempt direct 
payments (freight)  3.3    3.3  0.0  0.0  3.3 SAGARPA  
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(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Cattle  Non-exempt direct 
payments (slaughter in 
certified TIF ("Federal 
Inspection Type") abattoirs, Livestock 
Production Incentives 
Programme and price coverage)  311.4    311.4  0.0  0.0  311.4 SAGARPA 
Swine  Non-exempt direct 
payments (slaughter in 
certified TIF ("Federal 
Inspection Type") abattoirs 
and price coverage)  43.1    43.1  0.0  0.0  43.1 SAGARPA 
Coffee  Fund for the Stabilization, 
Strengthening and 
Reorganization of the 
Coffee-Growing Sector  146.2    146.2  0.0  0.0  146.2 SAGARPA 
Beans  Non-exempt direct 
payments (liquid 
guarantees and storage)  208.6    208.6  0.0  0.0  208.6 SAGARPA 
Sugar  Fund for Expropriated 
Sugar Sector Enterprises  2.0    2.0  0.0  0.0  2.0 SAGARPA 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2003. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2003 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support 
 
Measure type(s) Fiscal year Non-product-specific 
budgetary outlays 
  
(millions of 1991 pesos) Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-specific 
aggregate measurements of 
support 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Direct Support Programme for 
Crop Conversion  28.9 0.0  28.9 SAGARPA 
Non-product-specific AMS     28.9 Non-product-specific AMS need not be 
counted in Total AMS because it is less 
than 10% of the production value 
 
(10%*67,260.96 million 1991 pesos 
 = 6,726.1 million 1991 pesos) 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2003. 
1 Includes support for contract farming, stor age, cabotage, access to lives tock feed, and dealing with critical factors (storage,  freight, drying, liquid guarantee). 
2 Support for producers in covering crop storage costs, with the crops serving as a guarantee. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Total AMS commitment level for period in  question  Currency Current Total AMS 
(from Section I of Part IV of the Schedule)1 (from Section I of Part IV of the Sc hedule) (from attached supporting tables) 
1 2 3 
25,161.2 Millions of 1991 pesos 488.7 
1 Official Journal of the Federation, December 1994, Schedule LXXVII, Section 1, Part IV, p. 59. 
Note 1: The deflator used was the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) base 1991 = 5.3693. 
Note 2: Three zeros were eliminated in  the conversion of pesos to new pesos.  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduc tion Commitment – "Green Box" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Annex 2 Mone tary value of measure in year in questio n 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(1) General services (paragraph 2)  1,754.2  
 General research (indent (a)), training (indent (c)) and extension and advisory (indent (d)) 
services 736.5 SHCP 
 National Research, Advisory and Training Ag encies (budgets for INIFAP, IMTA, FIRCO, 
INCA Rural and higher education institutions)   
 Pest and disease control (indent (b)) 532.8 SAGARPA 
 Agricultural and Livestock Health (budge t for SENASICA and Countryside Alliance 
Programmes)   
 Infrastructural works (indent (g)) 484.9 SHCP 
 Development of infrastructural works (in irri gation areas and storm zones, for non-hydraulic 
agricultural and livestock production)   
(2) Decoupled income support (paragraph 6)  2,572.0  
 Decoupled income support 2,572.0 SAGARPA 
 PROCAMPO    
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(3) Structural adjustment assistance provi ded through investment aids (paragraph 11) 1 577.4  
 Structural assistance provided thr ough investment aids 577.4 SAGARPA 
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (including agricultural and livestock programmes and 
CNA)   
(4) Payments under environmental programmes (paragraph 12) 550.6     
 Programme for the Acquisition of  Water-Use Rights 470.1 SAGARPA 
 To promote the sustainability of irrigati on districts with water supply problems   
 Comprehensive Programme for Sustainable Ag riculture and Conversion of Production in 
Areas Liable to Recurrent Damage (PIASRE) 80.5 SAGARPA 
 Support to encourage sustainable development in areas frequently affected by adverse 
weather   
(5) Payments under regional assistance programmes (paragraph 13)2 668.8  
 Countryside Alliance Programmes (rural development programmes) 541.8 SAGARPA 
 Support for the implementation of production projects in marginal rural areas   
 Temporary Employment Programme 127.0 SAGARPA 
 Support to generate employment opportun ities in areas of extreme poverty   
Source :  Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2004. 
1 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
2 Includes the Federal and State budgets for the Countryside Alliance Programme. 
* SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  SAGARPA = Minist ry of Agriculture, Livestock, Ru ral Development, Fisheries and  Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction Co mmitment – Special and D ifferential Treatment – "Development Programmes" 
 
Measure type Name and description of measur e with reference to criteria in Article 6.2 Monetary value of measure in year in que stion  
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 
(a) Investment subsidies generally available for agriculture 249.7  
Transfers through interest rates1 
Preferential rates available for agriculture as a whole 173.6 SHCP  
Transfers through insurance2 
Insurance premium subsidy available to all producers 76.1 SHCP 
(b) Input subsidies generally available to  low-income or resource-poor producers  1,024.7  
Electric power subsidy 
Subsidy for electricity ch arges for agricultural use 818.6 CFE and LFC  
Agricultural diesel 
Subsidy for agricultural diesel 206.1 ASERCA 
NOTES: 
1 Includes the Support Programme for Access to the Rural Financial System (PAASFIR) and FOCIR. 
2 Includes AGROASEMEX transfers and the Ag ricultural Insurance Premium Subsidy. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2004. 
SHCP = Ministry of Finance and Public Credit;  CFE = Federal Elect ricity Commission;  LFC = Central Light and Power;  ASERCA = Agricultural Marketing Support Services  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Calculation of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support 
 
Value of production Current Total AMS 
(aggregate) Description of basic products 
(including non-product-
specific AMS) Product-specific AMS (from 
Supporting Tables DS:5 to DS:7 
below) 
 (millions of 1991 pesos) Product-specific 
equivalent measurements 
of support (from 
Supporting Table DS:8 
below) (millions of 1991 pesos) (10% of the value of 
production) (millions of 1991 pesos) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
Maize  417.7 ( de minimis )  6,779.6 678.0 0.0 
Wheat  26.9 ( de minimis )  717.4 71.7 0.0 
Sorghum  127.3 ( de minimis )  1,733.6 173.4 0.0 
Rice  13.5  94.2 9.4 13.5 
Soya  0.9 ( de minimis )  67.5 6.8 0.0 
Safflower   44.5  101.2 10.1 44.5 Cotton  79.0  n.a. n.a. 79.0 Barley  0.1 ( de minimis )  310.6 31.1 0.0 
Canola  0.1 ( de minimis )  1.4 0.1 0.0 
Coffee  149.2  533.8 53.4 149.2 Beans  202.5  1,241.0 124.1 202.5 
Sugar  1.6 ( de minimis )  4,853.5 485.3 0.0 
Cattle  288.1 ( de minimis )  7,615.5 761.5 0.0 
Swine  36.4 ( de minimis )  4,903.0 490.3 0.0 
Citrus  16.5 ( de minimis )  581.1 58.1 0.0 
Non-product-specific AMS  38.9 ( de minimis )  72,147.7 7,214.8 0.0 
Total AMS      488.7 
Note: The data are in millions of 1991 pesos. 
Note 2: The data correspond to the Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2004. Note 3: The value of cotton production = seed cotton. 
n.a. = not available 
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Market Price Support 
 
Description 
of basic 
products Calendar 
year  Measure 
type(s) Applied 
administered price 
 
(in 1991 
pesos/tonne)  External reference price 
(generally from AGST/…) 
 
(in 1991 pesos/tonne) Eligible production 
 
 
(thousands of tonnes) Associated 
fees/levies Total market price support 
 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
((4-5)*6)-7 9 
 
Note: The market price support scheme for maize and beans came to  an end with the dismantling of CONASUPO.  Marketing support i s channelled through the Agricultural Marketing Support Services 
(ASERCA).  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Non-Exempt Direct Payments 
 
Description of 
basic product Calendar 
year  Measurement 
type(s) Applied 
administered 
price External 
reference 
price 
(generally 
from 
AGST/...) Eligible 
production
  
(thousands 
of tonnes) Total price-
related direct 
payments Other non-exempt 
direct payments 
  
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total direct 
payments 
  
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
((4-5)*6) 8 
 9 10 
(7+8-9) 11 
Wheat1  Direct payment 
per tonne    576.0  12.0  12.0 SAGARPA 
Rice  Direct payment 
per tonne    153.6  13.4  13.4 SAGARPA 
Maize  Direct payment 
per tonne    7,942.5  247.9  247.9 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Direct payment 
per tonne    593.8  8.0  8.0 SAGARPA 
Soya  Direct payment 
per tonne    17.8  0.8  0.8 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Direct payment 
per tonne    214.6  42.6  42.6 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Direct payment 
per tonne    92.2  71.1  71.1 SAGARPA 
Canola  Direct payment 
per tonne    0.6  0.1  0.1 SAGARPA 
1 Includes triticale. 
* All departmental sources relate to th e Federal Public Treasury Accounts for 2004. 
SAGARPA = Ministry of  Agriculture, Livestock, Rural De velopment, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support:  Other Product-Specific Support and Total Product-Specific AMS 
 
Description 
of basic 
product Calendar 
year  Measurement type(s) Other 
product-
specific 
budgetary 
outlays Other 
product-
specific 
support 
(include 
calculation 
details) Associated 
fees/levies Total other 
product-
specific 
support Market price 
support 
(Supporting 
Table DS:5) 
 
(millions of 
1991 pesos) Non-exempt 
direct payments 
(Supporting Table 
DS:6) 
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Total AMS 
 
  
 
(millions of 1991 
pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Maize  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight, storage 
(pignoración ) and price 
coverage) 169.8   169.8 0.0 247.9 417.7 SAGARPA 
Wheat  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight, storage (pignoración ) and price 
coverage) 14.9   14.9 0.0 12.0 26.9 SAGARPA 
Sorghum  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight, storage (pignoración ) and price 
coverage) 119.4   119.4 0.0 8.0 127.3 SAGARPA 
Rice  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight) 0.0   0.0 0.0 13.4 13.5 SAGARPA 
Soya  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight and price coverage) 0.1   0.1 0.0 0.8 0.9 SAGARPA 
Safflower  Price coverage 1. 9   1.9 0.0 42.6 44.5 SAGARPA 
Cotton  Price coverage 7.9   7.9 0.0 71.1 79.0 SAGARPA 
Barley  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight)  0.1   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 SAGARPA 
Canola   0.0   0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 SAGARPA  
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(4+5-6) 8 9 10 
(7+8+9) 11 
Cattle  Non-exempt direct payments 
(slaughter in certified TIF ("Federal Inspection Type") 
abattoirs, Livestock 
Productivity Incentives Programme and price 
coverage) 288.1   288.1 0.0 0.0 288.1 SAGARPA 
Swine  Non-exempt direct payments 
(slaughter in certified TIF 
("Federal Inspection Type") abattoirs and price coverage) 36.4   36.4 0.0 0.0 36.4 SAGARPA 
Coffee  Fund for the Stabilization, 
Strengthening and Reorganization of the 
Coffee-Growing Sector 149.2   149.2 0.0 0.0 149.2 SAGARPA 
Beans  Non-exempt direct payments 
(liquid guarantees and 
storage ( pignoración ) 202.5   202.5 0.0 0.0 202.5 SAGARPA 
Citrus  Non-exempt direct payments 
(freight) 16.5   16.5 0.0 0.0 16.5 SAGARPA 
Sugar  Fund for Expropriated Sugar 
Sector Enterprises 1.6   1.6 0.0 0.0 1.6 SAGARPA 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2004. 
Note: Data in millions of 1991 pesos. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Mexico 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2004 
 
Non-Product-Specific Aggregate Measurements of Support 
 
Measure type(s) Fiscal year Non-product-specific budgetary 
outlays 
  
(millions of 1991 pesos) Other non-product-specific 
support (include calculation 
details) 
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Associated 
fees/levies Total non-product-
specific aggregate 
measurements of support
 
(millions of 1991 pesos) Data sources* 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
(3+4-5) 7 
Direct Support Programme for  
Crop Conversion  38.9 0.0  38.9 SAGARPA 
Non-product-specific AMS     38.9 Non-product-specific AMS need not be 
counted in Total AMS because it is less 
than 10% of the production value 
 
(10%*72,147.7 million 1991 pesos  
= 7,214.8 million 1991 pesos) 
Source :  Data from the Federal Pub lic Treasury Accounts for 2004. 
1 Includes support for contract farming, storage ( pignoración ), cabotage, access to livesto ck feed and dealing with critical factors (storage, freight, drying, liquid guarantee). 
2 Support for producers in covering crop storage costs, with the crops serving as a guarantee. 
* SAGARPA = Ministry of Agriculture, Livest ock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food 
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