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ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/JAM/5
19 April 2002
(02-2213)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES
Regarding the Notification of JAMAICA1
The following communication, dated 17 April 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).  Thes e questions are preliminary in nature and are
submitted without prejudice to our final position.  We reserve the right to ask further questions.
Export Industry Encouragement Act
Jamaica Export Free Zone Act
Foreign Sales Corporation Act
Industrial Incentives (Factory Construction) Act
1. Could Jamaica please explain whether these programmes provide any incentives apart from
the full or partial exemption from import duties and internal taxes?
2. Please provide the normal customs duty, consumption tax and income tax rates companies
would pay absent these programmes.
Jamaica Export Free Zone Act
3. Because incentives granted to Free Zone entities are for an indefinite period, please explain
how Jamaica would modify this programme so that subsidies do not extend beyond any extension
period provided.
4. Could Jamaica please provide statistical data on the number of companies that benefit from
each of these programmes, and the industry sectors represented by these companies?
                                                     
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Industrial Incentives (Factory Construction) Act
5. Is receipt of benefits under this prog ramme contingent upon export performance?
6. Because incentives granted under this programme are for up to 15 years, please explain how
Jamaica would modify this programme so that subsidies do not extend beyond any extension period
provided.
7. Could Jamaica please provide statistical data on the number of companies that benefit from
each of these programmes, and the industry sectors represented by these companies?
Foreign Sales Corporation Act
8. Because incentives granted under this programme are for up to 15 years, with a possible
additional 15-year extension, please explain how Jamaica would modify this programme so that
subsidies do not extend beyond any extension period provided.
9. Could Jamaica please provide statistical data on the number of companies that benefit from
each of these programmes, and the industry sectors represented by these companies?
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