NOTIFICATION
The following submission, dated 19 March 2025, is being
circulated at the request of the delegation of Thailand. The notification concerns domestic
support commitments (Table DS:1 and
the relevant supporting tables) for the Calendar
Year 2018.
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Table
DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THAILAND
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2018
Current
Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
|
Total
AMS commitment level
|
Currency
|
Current
Total AMS
|
|
(from Section I of
Part IV of the Schedule)
|
(from Section I of
Part IV of the Schedule)
|
(from attached
Supporting Tables)
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
19,028.48
|
THB/million
|
0
|
Supporting
Table DS:1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THAILAND
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2018
Measures
exempt from the reduction commitment - "Green Box"
|
Measure
Type
|
Name
and description of measure with reference to criteria in Annex 2
|
Monetary
value
THB, million
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
2.General Services
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 (a). Research
|
Agricultural Research
and Development Plan. The research programmes aim at planting and breeding
improvement, rural development, rainmaking research and reformation of land
use. The results of the research programmes are disseminated to producer in
rural areas through relevant government agencies.
|
1,732.73
|
-_ Department of Royal Rainmaking
and Agricultural Aviation
-_ Rice Department
-_ Department of Agriculture
-_ Department of Livestock
-_ Department of Sericulture
-_ Land Development Department
-_ Office of Agricultural
Economics
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
1,732.73
|
|
|
|
2 (b). Pest and
disease control
|
Pest and Disease
Control Project. The project aims to control and prevent the spread of
contagious diseases in order to cope with the diseases problem which might
affect to the human.
|
349.47
|
-_ Department of Livestock
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
349.47
|
|
|
|
2 (c). Training
services
|
Agricultural Training
Services. Training services aim at providing producers the knowledge to
improve their farming techniques.
|
1,035.51
|
-_ Cooperative Auditing
Department
-_ Agricultural Land Reform
Office
-_ Rice Department
-_ Department of Livestock
-_ Royal Irrigation Department
-_ Department of Agriculture
-_ Cooperative Promotion
Department
-_ Land Development Department
-_ Highland Research and
Development Institute
-_ Department of Agriculture
Extension
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
1,035.51
|
|
|
|
2 (d). Extension and advisory services
|
National Extension and Advisory Services. The
services include: transfer of knowledge from research projects to producers,
advice on viable options for producers to increase income, provide know-how
concerning seeds, plants and livestock as well as provide knowledge on new
technologies to increase agricultural productivity.
|
13,263.19
|
-_ Office of Permanent Secretary
for Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
-_ Highland Research and
Development Institute
-_ The Golden Jubilee Museum of
Agriculture Office
-_ Department of Livestock
-_ Land Development Department
-_ Department of Agriculture
-_ Department of Agriculture
Extension
-_ Rice Department
-_ Agricultural Land Reform
office
-_ Department of Sericulture
-_ Cooperative Promotion
Department
-_ National Bureau of
Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
13,263.19
|
|
|
|
2 (e). Inspection
services
|
Inspection Services.
Inspection services are undertaken to ensure the safety and quality of
agricultural products as well as the quality of feedstuffs.
|
1,379.85
|
-_ Department of Livestock
-_ Department of Agriculture
-_ National Bureau of
Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards
-_ Agricultural Land Reform
office
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
1,379.85
|
|
|
|
2 (f). Marketing and
promotion services
|
Marketing and
Promotion of Farmers’ Organisation Programme. The programme provides
assistance in term of advice on market information and management of farmers’
organization to improve the efficiency of marketing.
|
313.66
|
-_ The Golden Jubilee Museum of
Agriculture Office
-_ Cooperative Promotion
Department
-_ Bank for Agriculture and
Agricultural Cooperations
-_ Department of Sericulture
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
313.66
|
|
|
|
2 (g). Infrastructural
services
|
Infrastructural
Services. The services include: construction of dam and drainage systems and
maintenance of the facilities throughout the country in order to have
sufficient water resources for the cultivated areas and to prevent flood and
landslide from the river-bank wall, consolidation of land-use in agricultural
irrigation area to have enough water for cultivation and consumption in dry
season, construction of roads and bridges and other means of transportation
in rural areas.
|
54,119.99
|
-_ Department of Royal Rainmaking
and Agricultural Aviation
-_ Royal Irrigation Department
-_ Land Development Department
-_ Agricultural Land Reform
Office
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
54,119.99
|
|
|
|
|
Subtotal
General Services
|
72,194.40
|
|
|
|
8. Payments for relief
from natural disasters
|
Government financial participation
in crop insurance schemes and government financial contribution for relieve
from natural disaster e.g.inundation or typhoon
|
1,279.92
|
-_ Bank for Agriculture and
Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC)
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
1,279.92
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Green Box
|
73,474.32
|
|
|
Supporting
Table DS:2
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THAILAND
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2018
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 6.2
|
Monetary
value
THB, million
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
|
|
(a) Investment
subsidies generally available to agriculture
|
Subsidies generally
available to agricultural producer to improve agriculture production and
increase productivity
|
0.19
|
DIT
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
0.19
|
|
|
|
(b) Input subsidies
available to low-income or resource-poor producers
|
Government
expenditures to low-income or resource-poor farmers for inputs (fertilizer,
harvest, equipment or agriculture mechinary)
|
58,046.71
|
DIT, BAAC
|
|
|
Subtotal:
|
58,046.71
|
|
|
|
Grand Total Development Programmes
|
58,046.90
|
|
|
General notes:
BAAC - Bank for
Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives
DIT - Department of
Internal Trade
Supporting
Table DS:4
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THAILAND
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2018
Calculation
of the Current Total Aggregate Measurement of Support
|
Description
of basic products (including non-product specific AMS)
|
Product
specific AMS (from ST DS:5 to DS:7)
THB, million
|
Product-specific
EMS
(from ST DS:8)
THB, million
|
Total
(2 + 3)
THB, million
|
Value
of production
THB, million
|
Support
as a % of value of production
|
Current
Total AMS
THB, million
|
Note
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
Cassava
|
35.26
|
|
35.26
|
61,967
|
0.06%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Maize
|
40.2
|
|
40.2
|
40,378
|
0.1%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Palm oil
|
3,780.43
|
|
3,780.43
|
48,231
|
7.84%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Rice
|
6,105.73
|
|
6,105.73
|
306,750
|
1.99%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Sugarcane
|
450
|
|
450
|
102,926
|
0.44%
|
0 (de minimis)
|
|
|
Non-product-specific
AMS(from ST/DS:9)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supporting
Table DS:7
DOMESTIC SUPPORT: THAILAND
Reporting Period: Calendar Year 2018
Product-Specific
Aggregate Measurements of Support: Other Product-Specific Support and Total
Product-Specific AMS
|
Description
of basic products
|
Reporting
Year
|
Measure
Types
|
Other
product-specific budgetary outlays
THB, million
|
Other
product specific support (with calculation details)
THB, million
|
Associated
fees / levies
|
Total
other product-specific support
(4+5-6)
THB, million
|
Market
price support (from ST DS:5)
THB, million
|
Non-exempt
direct payments (from ST DS:6)
THB, million
|
Total
AMS
(7+8+9)
THB, million
|
Data
Sources
|
Note
|
|
Type
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
|
|
Cassava
|
CRY
|
Government Subsidy
|
35.26
|
|
|
35.26
|
|
|
|
PWO
|
|
|
Total
Cassava
|
|
|
|
|
|
35.26
|
|
|
35.26
|
|
|
|
Maize
|
CRY
|
Government Subsidy
|
40.2
|
|
|
40.2
|
|
|
|
PWO, BAAC
|
|
|
Total
Maize
|
|
|
|
|
|
40.2
|
|
|
40.2
|
|
|
|
Palm oil
|
CRY
|
Government Subsidy
|
3,274.09
|
|
|
3,274.09
|
|
|
|
BAAC
|
|
|
Palm oil
|
CRY
|
Surplus management
|
506.34
|
|
|
506.34
|
|
|
|
DIT
|
|
|
Total
Palm oil
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,780.43
|
|
|
3,780.43
|
|
|
|
Rice
|
CRY
|
Government Subsidy
|
4,598.47
|
|
|
4,598.47
|
|
|
|
DIT, BAAC
|
|
|
Rice
|
CRY
|
Payment for Government
Stockpile
|
1,507.26
|
|
|
1,507.26
|
|
|
|
PWO
|
|
|
Total
Rice
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,105.73
|
|
|
6,105.73
|
|
|
|
Sugarcane
|
FSY
|
Government Subsidy
|
450
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
|
Office of The Cane and
Sugar Board
|
|
|
Total
Sugarcane
|
|
|
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
450
|
|
|
General
Notes:
BAAC
- Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives
DIT - Department of Internal
Trade
PWO - Public Warehouse
Organization
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