WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/AG/N/DOM/18/Rev.1 
23 March 2010 
 (10-1580) 
Committee on Agriculture Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
  
The following submission, dated 9 March 2010, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the Dominican Republic .  The revised notification concerns domestic support 
commitments ( Table DS:1  and relevant supporting tables) for 2008 . 
 
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The only domestic support measures applie d by the Dominican Republic in 2008, as 
covered by the Agreement on Agriculture, are those listed in the attached supporting table.  Only subheading (a) of Supporting Table DS:1 was considered applicable in the case of the 
Dominican Republic (see Annex). 
  
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Page 2 Supporting Table DS:1 
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Dominican Republic 
REPORTING PERIOD:  2008 
Measures Exempt from the Reduction 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 (a) Agricultural Research  290,803,737.82  
 National Council for Agricultural and Forestry Research (CONIAF) 46,469,294.01  
 Dominican Agricultural and Forestry Re search Institute (IDIAF) 244,334,443.81  
    
 (b) Pest and Disease Control (Plant and An imal Health and Inspection Services) 132,592,054.00  
 Health forecasting, safety and quarantine 1,857,323.00  
 Epidemiology, and disease cont rol and eradication 124,745,894.00  
 Health research and productio n of biologicals 2,279,995.00  
 Animal quarantine and risk analysis 3,708,842.00  
    
 (c) Training Services  37,354,329.96  
 Technical assistance and agricultural training 9,205,675.62  
 Training (grants:  Autonomous Univer sity of Santo Domingo (UASD), Higher 
Agricultural Institute (ISA), Salesiano and Loyola Institutes) 18,940,300.17  
 Tropical Agricultural Research and Highe r Education Centre (CATIE) - Agricultural 
and Forestry Development Centre (CEDAF) 9,208,354.17  
    
 (d) Extension and Advisory Services (Agricultural) 6,026,086.25  
 Programme to Transform Livelihoods in Rural Areas 3,400,354.17  
 Institutional Strengthening of the Dominican  Agricultural Sector (FISADO) 2,625,730.08  
     
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 (e) Marketing and Promotion Services 1,666,054,951.14  
 Rice production and market ing programme 600,052,371.94  
 Marketing incentive programme  for other crops 586,821,423.25  
 Distribution of seeds 73,665,648.85  
 Development of cocoa plantations 223,019,830.98  
 Land preparation 46,352,087.11  
 Provision of inputs and sm all-scale tools 5,222,801.46  
 Development of agri businesses 63,758,332.51  
 Development of fruit production 12,022,100.00  
 Project to support the transition to a comp etitive agrifood industry (PATCA) 55,140,355.04  
    
 (f) Infrastructure Services 47,308,778.00  
 Special Programme for Food Security (PESA) 2,800,588.00   
 Wholesale Market, Cold-Storage Facility a nd Greenhouse Programme (P ROMEFRIN) 44,508,190.00  
Total  2,180,139,935.17  
 
Source : Income Budget and Law on Public Expend iture 2008 (National Budget Office, ONAPRES) and information on the implementation ther eof from the Department of Follow-up and 
Evaluation under the Agricultural Sectoral Planning Division of the Ministry of Agriculture.  Prepared by the Agricultural Trad e Agreement Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
 
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