RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/JAM/7
30 May 2002
(02-2973)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Follow-Up Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of JAMAICA1
The following communication, dated 28 May 2002, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the United States.
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The following questions are submitted with respect to the request for extension of the
transition period for export subsidies under Article 27.4 of the Agreement on Subsidies and
Countervailing Measures Agreement (ASCM).  These questions are submitted without prejudice to
our final position.  We reserve the right to ask further questions.
Export Industry Encouragement Act
Jamaica Export Free Zone ActForeign Sales Corporation Act
Industrial Incentives (Factory Construction) Act
1. Could Jamaica please provide the implementing legislation for each of these programmes?
Jamaica Export Free Zone Act
2. Could Jamaica please provide additional statistical data on this programme, including the
value of exports, by industry sector, of all companies located in the free zones?
Industrial Incentives (Factory Construction) Act
3. Please explain whether companies benefiting from this programme must make available some
or all of the factory space to companies that have status under the Export Industry Encouragement
Act.
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1 G/SCM/N/74/JAM;  G/SCM/N/71/JAM and G/SCM/Q3/JAM/6.