. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/CRI/5
12 June 2002
(02-3250)
Committee on Subsidies and
Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Replies to Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES1
Regarding the Notification of COSTA RICA2
The following communication, dated 10 June 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Costa Rica.
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1. Could Costa Rica please provide  a break-down of the industry sectors included in the
299 enterprises receiving benefits under Duty-Free Zone status and the 121 benefiting from the
Inward Processing Regime?
Enterprises benefiting under Duty-Free Zone status belong to i ndustries in the following
sectors: machines and mechanical appliances, yarn, textiles and clothing, electronic machines and
equipment, medical apparatus, pharmaceutical products, plastics and articles thereof, r ubber and
articles thereof, jewellery, hides, leathers and products thereof, aluminium and articles thereof, aircraft
parts, fish and marine products, inter alia .
The main activities of the enterprises benefiting under the Inward Processing Regime are
concentrated in particular in the textile industry, timber industry, chemical and pharmaceuticalproducts, furniture, electronic machines and equipment, footwear, aircraft parts and spares, inflatable
vessels, machines and mechanical appliances.
2. Could Costa Rica also provide, if available,  the export values of the industry sectors
under each of these programmes?
                                                     
1 G/SCM/Q3/CRI/4
2 G/SCM/N/74/CRI, G/SCM/N/71/CRI.G/SCM/Q3/CRI/5
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The table below contains information on the industry sectors benefiting under Duty-Free
Zone status in 2001:
Industry Millions of US$
Machines and mechanical appliances 859.8
Yarn, textiles and clothing 372.7
Electronic machines and equipment 345.3
Medical apparatus 329.7
Pharmaceutical products 82.2
Plastics and articles thereof 60.0
Rubber and articles thereof 51.6
Jewellery 27.1
Hides, leathers and products thereof 26.7
Aluminium and articles thereof 24.4
Aircraft parts 22.2
Fish and marine products 16.8
Other industries 159.2
Total 2,377.5
The following table presents the export values by industry sector for 2001 under the Inward
Processing Regime:
Industry Millions of US$
Yarn, textiles and clothing 270.0
Timber 15.2
Chemical and pharmaceutical products 19.4
Office furniture and equipment 11.5
Electronic machines and equipment 11.1
Footwear 2.0
Aircraft parts and spares 1.5
Inflatable vessels 1.5
Machines and mechanical appliances 1.4
Other industries 11.4
Total 345.0
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