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15 July  2022 
(22-5410) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Agriculture  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following submission, dated 22 April  2020, is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Saint Vincent  and the Grenadines . The notification concerns domestic support commitments 
(Table DS:1 and the relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar Year 2019 . 
 
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In accordance with the notification requirement s, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines notifies that 
domestic support to agricultural producers in 2019 was provided through the operation of the 
Department of Agriculture and other government departments. All such support is covered by the 
domestic categories which are exempt from reduction commitment under the Agreement on 
Agriculture. The attached Supporting Table DS :1 provides details of these exempt measures.  
 
All values in this document are quoted in Eastern Caribbean Dollars.   
 
 
  
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- 2 - Supporting Table DS:1  
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  
REPORTING PERIOD: CALENDAR YEAR 2019  
Measures exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"  
Measure Type  Name and description of measure with reference to 
criteria in Annex 2  Monetary value  
 
XCD  Data Sources  Note  
1 2 3 4  
2. General Services      
2 (a). Research  Research to provide valid technologies aimed at improving 
the production of agricultural produce.  2,923,152  Government of St.  Vincent and the 
Grenadines.  
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, 
Fisheries, Rural Transformation, 
Industry and Labour   
Subtotal:  2,923,152   
2 (b). Pest and disease control  Provide Veterinary expertise and quarantine services that 
would control and prevent transmission of diseases in the 
form of eradication programme.  2,016,165  Government of St.  Vincent and the 
Grenadines.  
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, 
Fisheries, Rural Transformation, 
Industry and Labour   
Subtotal:  2,016,165   
2 (d). Extension and advisory services  Provision of extension and advisory services on farm that 
would facilitate the transfer of information and results 
from research to producers and consumers.  2,026,542  Government of St.  Vincent and the 
Grenadines.  
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, 
Fisheries, Rural Transformation, 
Industry and Labour   
Subtotal:  2,026,542   
 Subtotal General Services  6,965,859   
Grand Total Green Box  6,965,859   
 
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