RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/COL/2
27September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3851)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from THAILAND Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofCOLOMBIA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofThailand.
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I. TaxReimbursement Certificate (CERT)
1. Normally CERT iscalculated fromapercentage ofthef.o.b. value oftheexports. Isthere
anyother method? Ifyes,please givedetails.
2. What criteria havebeenusedinsetting thepercentage ofCERT fromthef.o.b. value? Do
theyvarybyproduct ordestination? Dotherates change annually?
3. According tothenotification (document G/SCM/N/3/COL) page2,section I(7)fiscal costof
thesubsidy, whatisthedifference between CERT value andsubsidy value?
Please provide thevalue ofCERT subsidy classified byproduct andmarket.
4. What types oftaxes canclaim credit under CERT?
5. Please givethelistofsecondary andnon-traditional exports andexplain howtheyareclassified.
6. WillColombia terminate theprogramme by2002?
II. Special Machinery Import-Export System
1. According tothenotification (document G/SCM/N/3/COL) page3,section II(b)towhom and
howthesubsidy ispaid, please givedetails ofimport quota assigned under thisscheme and
itsrelationship toexporters.
2. Does Colombia maintain anyother dutyfreeimport ofrawmaterials andinputs besides
machinery andparts asanincentive toexporters?
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3. What aretherequirements forexporters tobegiven incentives?
4. WillColombia terminate theprogramme by2002?
III. FreeZone
1. Howmany freezones existinColombia? What aretheGovernment 'scriteria forestablishing
freezones?
2. According tothenotification (document G/SCM/N/3/COL/3/Suppl.1) page5,section III(9),
please classify export value byproducts anddestinations.
Subsidy programmes notnotified totheWTO
Please givedetails oftheVallejo PlanSystem andtheImport-Export System according tothe
notification format.