RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/STR/Q1/JAM/1
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3624)
Original: English Working Party onState Trading Enterprises
QUESTIONS POSED BYTHE UNITED STATES CONCERNING
THE ARTICLE XVII NOTIFICATION OFJAMAICA1
Thefollowing communication, dated 12September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Questions
1. FortheCoconut Industry Board, Jamaica reports under part(c)offunctions oftheBoard that
theBoard arranges forissuing licences formanufacturers. Could Jamaica report onthecriteria
forissuing alicence?
2. FortheCoconut Industry Board, Jamaica reports under part(d)offunctions oftheBoard that
theBoard markets thecoconut crop. Could Jamaica explain whatactivities theBoard engages
in(e.g., sales, licences, promotion, etc.)andiftheBoard hasanyspecial orexclusive rights
orprivileges?
3. FortheSugar Industry Authority, Jamaica reports under part(4)ofFunctions oftheBoard
thatithastheauthority toissueexport licences. Could Jamaica explain thecriteria forgranting
alicence?
4. ForthePetroleumCorporationofJamaica(PCJ),Jamaicareportsunderpart(ii)ofthefunctions
ofthePCJthatitimports, exports, refines anddistributes petroleum andpetroleum products.
Could Jamaica explain thecriteria forimporting orexporting, andhowprices aredetermined
forthese transactions?
1G/STR/N/1/JAM.