RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/Q2/PER/3
8October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-4070)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SUBSIDIES
Questions from theUNITED STATES Regarding theNew
andFullNotification ofPERU1
Thefollowing communication, dated 27September 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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I. General
Please provide information concerning thefollowing programmes which were notincluded
within Peru'snotification, yetmaymeetthenotification requirements ofGATT 1994and/or theSCM
Agreement. Ifthese programmes aresomehow encompassed inPeru'snotification, please explain.
Ifnot,please include information relevant totheelements requested inthenotification format, orexplain
thebasis onwhich Perudetermined thateachprogramme didnotmeetthenotification requirements
referenced above.
A. SubsidiestotheNationalInputsMarketingCorporation(EmpresaNacionaldeComercialización
deInsumos orENCI)
B. Subsidies totheNational Coca Corporation (Empresa Nacional delaCoca orENACO)
C. SubsidiestotheMiningProductsMarketingCorporation(MineroPerúComercialorMINPECO)
D. Subsidies tothePeruvian Petroleum Company (Petróleos delPerúorPETROPERU)
E. Subsidies totheNational Fisheries Enterprise (Empresa Nacional Pesquera orPESCAPERU)
F. SubsidiestotheIronandSteelCorporationofPeru(EmpresaSiderúrgicadelPerúorSIDERPU)
G. Subsidies toother statemanufacturing inthefollowing areas, including toholdings ofthe
Corporación Nacional deDesarollo (CONADE), COFIDE S.A., thebanco delaNación and
other statebanks:
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textiles
petrochemicals
paper
chemicals
fertilizers
rubber
diesel engines
dairies
salt
handicrafts
ships
telecommunications
railway transport
H. FreeZones (Zonas Francas) -export promotion scheme topromote industrial andtourist
activities. Enterprises inthese zones areexempt from anynational, regional orlocaltaxor
contribution toSENATI andFONAVI overaperiod of15years. There arecurrently believed
tobesixindustrial freezones: Chimbote, Ilo,Matarani, Paita, Pisco andTrujillo.
I. Special Trade Treatment Zones (Zonas deTratamiento Especial Comercial) -export promotion
scheme todealexclusively withtrade activities inborder andtropical forest areas (zonas de
frontera ydeselva). Some goods enjoy totalorpartial taxexemptions when consumed inthe
zone. Zone users arenotsubject totheIGVandISCindirect taxes. There arecurrently
believed tobetwoSpecial Trade Treatment Zones: Tacna andTumbes.
J. Special Development Zones (Zonas Especiales deDesarrollo) -export promotion scheme to
promote public andprivate activities inthenational interest. Thekindoffiscal benefits which
aregranted totheusers canbeselected among therange offacilities available totheIndustrial
FreeZones.
K. ExportpromotionprogrammesofMITINCI,theMinistryofExternalRelations,OficinaTécnica
dePromoción Comercial, theExport Committee (Comité deExportaciones), Asociación de
Exportadores (ADEX), theSociedad Nacional deIndustrias (SNI), theCámara deComercio
deLima, andtheSociedad Nacional deExportadores (SNE).
L. Subsidies tosmall traditional enterprises inthefisheries sector
M. Financial assistance toagriculture inpoorareas through rotating funds
N. Taxincentives toagro-industry firms thatdevote two-thirds oftheirexpenditures toagricultural
activities
O. Assistance tosmall- andmedium-sized farms through theFONDEAGROS
P. Subsidies tothemining sector through CENTRMIN, MINEROPERU andTINTAYA.