Amounts incurred on procurement of products under PSS are available at web link agricoop.nic.in/Agristatistics.htm.
Colombia 21:
According to paragraph 37, pp. 134 135, of the Secretariat Report: "In 2009, the statutory minimum price (SMP) for sugarcane was replaced by the fair and remunerative price (FRP); a minimum price set at the central level, below which no sugar mill may purchase sugarcane from a farmer. State governments also set a state advisory price (SAP) for sugarcane. If the SAP is higher than the FRP, the state government bears the loss. In addition to the price intervention, a quota of the sugar production (at present 10 per cent), referred to as 'levy sugar', is earmarked for distribution under the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS). The remaining sugar may be sold under the monthly regulated release system. Exports of sugar are also controlled through a quota system."
21. Would India please provide information regarding the amount of support granted to the sugar sector in recent years and explain how such measures are consistent with the domestic support disciplines in the Agreement on Agriculture?
Reply: There is no procurement of sugarcane by public agencies. Domestic support up to 2003 04 has been notified in India's notification to the WTO, G/AG/N/IND/7 dated 9 June 2011, which covered the period 1998 99 to 2003 04.
Comment regarding agriculture notifications
On pages 133 and 134, the Report notes that India's latest notification on export subsidies was made in 2002 and that on domestic support in 2011, but that the latter covered domestic subsidies applied in 2004. The Colombian Government invites the Government of India to update its notifications on export subsidies and domestic support as soon as possible. It is important that Members should not forget that the notification mechanism is a tool for enhancing transparency, because it shows the programmes and measures applied by Members and whether they comply with the commitments undertaken.
