RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/Q3/SLV/6
30 May 2002
(02-2982)
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 EL SALVADOR1
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.
1. Please provide the implementing legislation for these programmes.
2. Could El Salvador please explain how many companies operate in free-trade zones and
inward processing warehouses, and what industry sectors these companies represent?
3. Could El Salvador please provide the total value of exports the Export Processing Zones, as
well as exports from the zones broken down by industry sector for the past five years?
4. At the recent special meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures,
El Salvador stated that there was a 20 per cent value added requirement for the Export Processing
Zones.  Could El Salvador please explain in detail this requirement?
5. Please describe the duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it as
provided for in the current legislation for the programme.
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1 G/SCM/N/74/SLV/1;  G/SCM/N/74/ SLV/2 and G/SCM/N/71/SLV + Suppl.1