WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/THA/19
22 April 2003
(03-2149)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Extension under Article 27.4 of the Transition Period under
Article 27.2(b) for the Elimination of Export Subsidies
Questions from the UNITED STATES
on the Notification from THAILAND
The United States appreciates the notification from Thailand, regarding the Industrial Estate
Authority of Thailand (IEAT), circulated as G/SCM/101/Suppl.1 (2 April 2003).
According to G/SCM/101 (13 January 2003), Thailand committed itself, as from
1 January 2003, to reduce the export requirement under the IEAT programme to no more than 20 per
cent.  According to the information provided in this notification, clause 10 of the Industrial Estate
Authority of Thailand provides that “Land users (industrial operators) in EPZs shall produce for
exporting by which export value in each year is not less than forty percent of total sale.”
• Please specifically explain how Thailand reduced the export performance percentage from 40 per
cent to no more than 20 percent, in accord ance with the commitment contained in G/SCM/101
(13 January 2003)?  Did Thailand amend Clause 10 of the IEAT to reduce the export performance
percentage from 40 per cent to no more than 20 per cent?  Please identify the new export
performance percentage that came into effect as from 1 January 2003 and provide a copy of therelevant implementing regulation.
• Are IEAT “industrial operators’ in EPZs currently permitted to sell up to 80 per cent of their
production in the domestic market in Thailand, including to purchasers not operating in EPZs,bonded warehouses or duty free zones?
• Did Thailand notify all operators in the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand EPZ of the change
in the export performance requirement percentage?  If so, please describe how the operators wereso notified and provide a copy of any public notifications.
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