WORLD TRADE  
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G/AG/N/DOM/20 
5 July 2012 
 (12-3603) 
Committee on Agriculture Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following submission, dated 21 June 2012, is  being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Dominican Republic .  The notification concerns  domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1 ) for 2009, 2010 and 2011 . 
 
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The only domestic support measures applied by the Dominican Republic in 2009, 2010 and 
2011, as covered by the Agreement on Agriculture, are those listed in the attached supporting tables.  
Only subheading (a) of Supporting Table DS:1 w as considered applicable in the case of the 
Dominican Republic (see annexes).   
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Dominican Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2009 
 
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 
(DR$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services (i) Agricultural research 299,106,002.65  
 National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (CONIAF) 54,359,256.28  
 Dominican Agricultural and Forestry Re search Institute (IDIAF) 244,746,746.37  
    
 (ii) Pest and disease control (plant and anim al health and inspection services) 137,171,607.00  
 Animal health, technical  assistance and livestock development 732,056.00  
 Epidemiology, and disease cont rol and eradication 136,008,301.00  
 Health research and producti on of biologicals 431,250.00  
    
 (iii) Training services  32,469,490.76  
 Technical assistance and agricultural training 9,000,842.50  
 
 Training (grants:  Autonomous Univer sity of Santo Domingo (UASD), Higher 
Agricultural Institute (ISA), Salesiano and Loyola Institutes) 17,806,847.45  
 Tropical Agricultural Research and Highe r Education Centre (CATIE) - Agricultural 
and Forestry Development Centre (CEDAF) 5,661,800.81  
    
 (iv) Extension and advisory services (agricultural) 24,205,615.26  
 Rural organization 23,421,335.44  
 Institutional Strengthening of the Dominican  Agricultural Sector (FISADO) 784,279.82  
     
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 (v) Marketing and promotion services 1,484,183,047.88  
 Promotion of rice production 140,751,478.79  
 Promotion of other crops (agricultural promotion) 751,839,736.14  
 Seed promotion and distribution 82,483,700.77   Development of cocoa plantations 84,177,049.98  
 Land preparation (agricultural mechanization) 33,261,316.63  
 Provision of inputs and sm all-scale tools 5,472,187.18  
 Promotion and development of  agribusinesses 77,038,805.18  
 Promotion of fruit production 7,212,000.00  
 Project to support the transition to a comp etitive agrifood industry (PATCA) 249,803,306.21  
 Construction and rehabilitation of farm roads 52,143,467.00  
    
 (vi) Infrastructure services 46,197,814.33  
 Wholesale Market, Cold-Storage Facility a nd Greenhouse Programme (PROMEFRIN) 46,197,814.33  
Total  2,023,333,577.88  
 
Source : Income Budget and Law on Public  Expenditure 2009 (Directorate-G eneral of the Budget, DIGEPRES ) and information on the impleme ntation of programmes, proj ects and activities by the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Programme 99 (a s at December 2009), run by the Monitoring,  Control and Evaluation Department in the  Agricultural Sectoral Planning Division of the 
Ministry of Agriculture.  Agricultural da ta from the Ministry of Agriculture.  Data compiled by the Agricultural Trade Agreemen ts Bureau (OTCA) for the pur poses of this notification. 
 
  
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Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Dominican Republic 
 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2010 
 
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 
(DR$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services (i) Agricultural research 280,187,097.20  
 National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (CONIAF) 54,279,739.70  
 Dominican Agricultural and Forestry Re search Institute (IDIAF) 225,907,357.50  
    
 (ii) Pest and disease control (plant and anim al health and inspection services) 26,471,702.00  
 Animal health, technical assistance and livestock development* 14,871,813.00  
 Epidemiology, and disease cont rol and eradication* 569,699.00  
 Health research and producti on of biologicals* 11,030,190.00  
    
 (iii) Training services  50,884,331.97  
 Technical assistance and agricultural training 25,578,332.67  
 Training (grants:  Autonomous Univ ersity of Santo Domingo (UASD), Higher 
Agricultural Institute (ISA), Salesiano and Loyola Institutes) 17,739,999.96  
 Tropical Agricultural Research and Highe r Education Centre (CATIE) - Agricultural 
and Forestry Development Centre (CEDAF) 7,565,999.34  
    
 (iv) Extension and advisory services (agricultural) 35,138,789.32  
 Rural organization 32,596,553.25  
 Boosting the development of economic organizati ons of the rural poor in border areas 1,876,823.00  
 Institutional Strengthening of the Dominican  Agricultural Sector (FISADO) 665,413.07  
     
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 (v) Marketing and promotion services 1,659,586,437.14  
 Promotion of rice production 243,083,790.27  
 Promotion of other crops (agricultural promotion) 859,557,933.36  
 Seed promotion and distribution 15,821,874.21   Development of cocoa plantations 179,802,160.27  
 Land preparation (agricultural mechanization) 132,064,441.49  
 Provision of inputs and sm all-scale tools 11,862,579.31  
 Promotion and development of  agribusinesses 74,818,309.21  
 Promotion of fruit production 4,380,265.60  
 Project to support the transition to a comp etitive agrifood industry (PATCA) 55,394,790.01  
 Construction and rehabilitation of farm roads 82,800,293.41  
    
 (vi) Infrastructure services 309,768,279.37  
 Wholesale Market, Cold-Storage Facility a nd Greenhouse Programme (PROMEFRIN) 309,768,279.37  
Total  2,362,036,637.00  
 
* Amount originally budgeted, but not necessari ly corresponding to ac tivities impl emented. 
 
Source : Income Budget and Law on Public  Expenditure 2010 (Directorate-G eneral of the Budget, DIGEPRES ) and information on the impleme ntation of programmes, proj ects and activities by the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Programme 99 (at December 2010), run by the Monitoring, Control and Evaluation Department in the Ag ricultural Sectoral Planning Division of the Ministry 
of Agriculture.  Agricultural data from the Ministry of Agricultu re.  Data compiled by the Agricultural Trade Agreements Bureau  (OTCA) for the purposes of this notification. 
 
  
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DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Dominican Republic 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2011 
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 
(DR$) Data source 
1 2 3 4 
(a) General services (i) Agricultural research 266,566,929.21  
 National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (CONIAF) 50,635,501.68  
 Dominican Agricultural and Forestry Re search Institute (IDIAF) 215,931,427.53  
    
 (ii)Pest and disease control (plant and animal  health and inspection services) 42,741,228.97  
 Health forecasting, safety and quarantine 2,350,244.00  
 Improvement of animal and plant he alth and agrifood safety 15,403,630.97  
 Animal health, technical assistance and livestock development* 24,987,354.00  
    
 (iii) Training services  61,395,749.30  
 Technical assistance and agricultural training 21,566,703.90  
 Training (grants:  Autonomous Univ ersity of Santo Domingo (UASD), Higher 
Agricultural Institute (ISA), Salesiano and Loyola Institutes) 32,041,292.40  
 Tropical Agricultural Research and Highe r Education Centre (CATIE) - Agricultural 
and Forestry Development Centre (CEDAF) 7,787,753.00  
    
 (iv) Extension and advisory services (agricultural) 55,929,643.80  
 Rural organization 40,486,742.83  
 Boosting the development of economic organizati ons of the rural poor in border areas 15,442,900.97  
     
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 (v) Marketing and promotion services 1,559,933,825.97  
 Promotion of rice production 274,061,784.66  
 Promotion of other crops (agricultural promotion) 859,249,128.64  
 Seed promotion and distribution 62,100,285.81   Development of cocoa plantations 76,448,249.83  
 Land preparation (agricultural mechanization) 104,293,073.74  
 Provision of inputs and sm all-scale tools 3,798,282.51  
 Promotion and development of  agribusinesses 75,689,329.22  
 Promotion of fruit production 11,462,547.37  
 Project to support the transition to a co mpetitive agrifood industry (PATCA) 393,721.15  
 Construction and rehabilitation of farm roads 92,437,423.04  
    
 (vi) Infrastructure services 125,936,408.98  
 Wholesale Market, Cold-Storage Facility a nd Greenhouse Programme (PROMEFRIN) 125,936,408.98  
Total  2,112,503,786.23  
 
* Amount originally budgeted, but not necessari ly corresponding to ac tivities impl emented. 
 
Source : Income Budget and Law on Public  Expenditure 2011 (Directorate-G eneral of the Budget, DIGEPRES ) and information on the impleme ntation of programmes, proj ects and activities by the 
Ministry of Agriculture and Programme 99 (at December 2011), run by the Monitoring, Control and Evaluation Department in the Ag ricultural Sectoral Planning Division of the Ministry 
of Agriculture.  Agricultural data from the Ministry of Agricultu re.  Data compiled by the Agricultural Trade Agreements Bureau  (OTCA) for the purposes of this notification. 
 
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