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27 January 2022  
(22-0693) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES  REGARDING  
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF COSTA RICA1 
The following communication, dated and received on 24 January 2022 , is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of the United States . 
 
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The United States appreciates Costa Rica's 2021  subsidy notification  and poses the following 
questions regarding programs contained in the notification.  
 
Questi on 1 
 
These questions relate to the Fuel Subsidy  Programme  (Differentiated  Pricing ) 
 
a. What is the difference between the differentiated pricing rate for fuel paid under the program 
and the commercial, non -subsidized fuel rate?  
 
b. Is the program conditioned on buying fuel from the Costa Rican Petroleum Refinery 
(RECOPE)?  
 
Question 2 
 
For the program entitled "Exemption from  the Single Tax on Fuel", what is the single tax rate on fuel 
from which commercial fishers are exempt?  
 
 
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1 G/SCM/N/372/CRI  