WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/AG/N/PRY/3
8 June 1998
(98-2300)
Committee on Agriculture Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification concerning domestic support commitments for 1996 (Table DS:1
and the corresponding Supporting Tables) was received from the delegation of Paraguay on
29 April 1998.G/AG/N/PRY/3
Page 2Supporting Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 1996
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – "Green Box"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Annex 2Monetary value of measure in
year in question (US$)Data sources
12 3 4
General services
Agricultural marketing Technical assistance and price information for agricultural producers 670,482 Ministry of Agriculture and L ivestock
Inspection and assistance Inspection of the distribution and quality of cotton and tobacco seed 1,518,882 Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Food aid
Distribution of staple
foods to producers6,366,343 Ministry of Agriculture and LivestockG/AG/N/PRY/3
Page 3Supporting Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT:  Paraguay
REPORTING PERIOD:  CALENDAR YEAR 1996
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment – special and differential treatment - "development programmes"
Measure type Name and description of measure with
reference to criteria in Article 6.2Monetary value of
measure in year in
question (US$)Data sources
12 3 4
No assistance was provided under development programmes in 1996.
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