. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/THA/18
14 January 2003
(03-0172)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4  of the Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions to THAILAND Posed by Various Delegations
The following additional information in respect of the Board of Investment Programme of
Thailand has been requested by delegations during the course of informal consultations concerningThailand's request for extension of the programme based on Article 27.4 of the SCM Agreement.
1. Description of process of removal of the export requirement for joint venture projects.
2. Phase-out profile of non-joint venture pr ojects (cf 'Annex 5' to G/SCM/Q3/THA/17).
3. Number and phase-out profile of projects receiving exemption of corporate income tax
(including sectoral information).
4. Number and phase-out profile of projects in the following sectors:  motor vehicles for
transport of goods, air conditioning, rubber, textiles, clothing, and footwear.
5. Please provide a table, in electronic spreadsheet format, listing each BOI project which is
eligible for income tax exemption, regardless of whether such exemption has actually been claimed.
If Thailand considers the name of the recipient to be confidential, Thailand may number the projects
or otherwise identify each project in a manner which protects the confidential name.  For each BOIproject listed, please provide in separate columns of the spreadsheet the following information:
(a) A specific description of the product(s) produced under the project during the period
1 January 2001 through 31 December 2002.
(b) The HTS number (at least at the 4-digit level) for each of the products produced
under the project during the period 1 January 2001 through 31 December 2002.
(c) If a production facility is subject to more than one BOI project, please indicate which
other rows of the spreadsheet relate to the same production facility.
(d) The value, in US Dollars, of the products produced under the project which were
exported during calendar year 2001 and during calendar year 2002.
(e) The value, in US Dollars, of the products produced under the project which were sold
in the Thai domestic market during calendar year 2001 and during calendar year
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(f) The amount of the income tax exemption granted for calendar year 2001 and for
calendar year 2002.  If 2002 figures are not yet available, please so indicate, and
provide an estimate of when such information will be available.  If no income tax
exemption was claimed, please insert $0 in the column.  If the amount of exemption
listed is an estimate, please provide a detailed description of how the estimate wasderived, including the sources of information used.  Please provide sample
calculations.
(g) The date on which the income tax exemption benefit is scheduled to expire.
(h) The percentage of production which is required to be exported under the project.
(i) The date on which the export requirement is scheduled to expire.
(j) A description of any benefits, other than income tax exemption, provided for under
the project.  Please indicate which of these benefits were actually granted during theperiod 1 January 2001 through 31 December 2002.
(k) Whether the project relates to a joint-venture entitled to benefit from the process of
removal of export requirements referred to in question 1.
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