RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/PAK/4
3April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1347)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofPAKISTAN1
Thefollowing communication, dated 25March 1997 hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
oftheUnited States.
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1. Pakistanhasprovidedmonetaryvaluesforanumberofsubsidyprogrammes,buthasnotprovided
"sufficiently specific" information, asrequired under Article 25.3oftheWTO Agreement onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures (e.g., information ontheform ofsubsidy, subsidy perunit, policy
objectives, andduration ofprogrammes). WillPakistan notify thisinformation?
2. Weareaware ofthefollowing programmes, allorsome portion ofwhich maymeet the
notification requirements ofGATT Article XVI:1 andArticle 25.2. Please explain thebasisonwhich
Pakistan determined thateach ofthefollowing programmes donotfallwithin thenotification
requirements oftheabove articles:
A. Export Finance Scheme (short-term export financing atpreferential rates forupto
90days)
B. Export Credit Insurance (preferential credit terms forindustries thatproduce forexport)
C. Income TaxReduction Programme (reductions inthetotalincome taxliability offirms
which export)
D. Customs Duty Rebate Programme
E. Import Duty Rebate Programme
F. Excise TaxRebate Programme
G. Sales TaxRebate Programme
1G/SCM/N/3/PAK.