RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q2/THA/12
20 July 2001
(01-3618)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Questions Posed by the EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Regarding the New and Full Notification of THAILAND1
The following communication, dated 18 July 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Delegation of the European Commission.
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Q1. Investment promotion incentives
(a) Can Thailand please indicate the scope of the exemption and the level of reduction of
import duties for machinery and raw materials?
(b) Which expenditures qualify for "special deduction"?(c) Please explain the relationship and the difference, if any, between the two
programmes called "Investment promotion incentives" on pages 1 and 4 of the
notification document.
Q2. Packing credit facility and direct packing credit facility
The notification states that the interest rate to exporters is "not more than 7 per cent as of end
2000".    Can Thailand please explain how the actual interest rate charged to the exporter iscalculated?
Q3. Export market diversification promotion programme
Can Thailand please elaborate on how the interest rate rebate is calculated?
Q4. Machinery upgrading financing
Can Thailand please list the 13 industries eligible under this programme?
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1 G/SCM/N/71/THA