RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/THA/3
1October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3922)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from JAPAN Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofTHAILAND1
Thefollowing communication, dated 20September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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1. (1) Industrial Credit Refinancing Scheme
There isadescription in1.1(a)(i) and1.2(a)(i) ofthenotification thattheBank ofThailand
isauthorized toprovide financial assistance topriority sectors andprojects through refinancing schemes.
Inthisconnection, could Thailand explain thefollowing points?
- What "priority sectors andprojects" include.
- What thecriteria toselect "priority sectors andprojects" are.
2. (2) Livestock Raising andAqua-Culture Credit
There isadescription attheendofthenotification thatitisThailand 'sunderstanding thata
subsidy provided toagricultural producers issubject tocommitment asspecified intheAgreement
onAgriculture only. However, theagricultural subsidies arealsosubject toreview attheCommittee
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures. Inthisconnection, willThailand notify theagricultural
subsidies totheSCM Committee?
3. (3) Rural Development Credit Refinancing Scheme
There isadescription attheendofthenotification thatitisThailand 'sunderstanding thata
subsidy provided toagricultural producers issubject tocommitment asspecified intheAgreement
onAgriculture only. However, theagricultural subsidies arealsosubject toreview attheCommittee
onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures. Inthisconnection, willThailand notify theagricultural
subsidies totheSCM Committee?
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4. (4) Incentives topromoted industries under theBoard ofInvestment (BOI's)privileges
onZone 3programmes
There isadescription in(a)(i) ofthenotification thattheBank ofThailand isauthorized to
provide financial assistance topriority sectors andprojects through refinancing schemes. Inthis
connection, could Thailand explain thefollowing points?
- What arethecriteria forselecting projects by"theBoard ofInvestment".
- Ifthescheme iscontingent uponexport performance orupontheuseofdomestic over
imported goods regarding theselection ofthose projects orthegrant ofsubsidies.