RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/CRI/6
21 July 1999
(99-3028)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions from the UNITED STATES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of COSTA RICA1
The following communication, dated 19 July 1999, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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1. In Section B of your notification, in regard to the program referred to as “Exemptions and
Other Incentives Given to Enterprises Exporting Non-traditional Products to Third Markets Which
Signed an Export Contract Before 30 September 19 96 And, Prior to That, Requested Extension of the
Contract”, what is the definition of a “non-traditional” export product?
2. Also in Section B, was there a limit to the exemption amount an exporter could claim under
the programme?  If so, what was the limit?
3. In Section B, it states that, "[t]his exemption applies until the expiry of the contract extension,
which is up to 30 September 1999".  Will exemptions be extended beyond this date?  Is there a similarprogramme which will continue to provide these benefits, or will all exemptions end completely on
this date?
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1 G/SCM/N/38/CRI