WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/74/BOL
10 January 2002
(02-0107)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
SUBSIDIES
Requests Pursuant to Article 27.4 of the Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures
Requests Pursuant to the Procedure Established
in Document G/SCM/39
BOLIVIA
The following communication, dated 28 December 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Bolivia.
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With reference to extensions of the transition period provided for in Article 27.4 of the
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, Bolivia hereby notifies its Free Zone and
Temporary Admission Regime for Inward Processi ng (RITEX - Temporary Import Regime for Export
Promotion) programmes, in accordance with docume nt G/SCM/39 ("Procedures for extensions under
Article 27.4 for certain developing country members" ).  A description of both programmes is enclosed
herewith.
I also wish to draw your attention to the fact that Bolivia reserves the  right to make use of the
extension procedure as indicated in paragraphs 6(b)  and (c) of document G/SCM/39 since it considers
this necessary for its economic and financial development.G/SCM/N/74/BOL
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In the light of document G/SCM/39 of 20 No vember 2001 "Procedures for extensions under
Article 27.4 for certain developing country member s", Article XVI.1 of the General Agreement on
Tariffs and Trade (GATT 1994) and Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures, in particular paragraph 7 thereof, whereby notification of a measure does not prejudge
either its legal status under GATT 94 or the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures orthe nature of the programmes and measures which are being notified and adopted in the light of the
economic, financial and development needs of Bolivia, listed as a developing country member in
Annex VII of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, the Government of Bolivia
hereby notifies the following programmes:
FREE ZONES
Free zones are fully delimited and enclosed areas of national customs territory with an
appropriate infrastructure for carrying out trade and industrial operations subject to the principle of
customs and fiscal segregation.  In accordance with this principle, free-zone operations are exempt
from payment of internal taxes and customs duties.
The general legal framework of free zones is mainly constituted by Law No. 1,489 of
16 April 1993 (Law on the Development and Tax Treatment of Exports), Law No. 1,990 (General
Customs Law) and Supreme Decrees Nos. 22,410 of 11 January 1990, 22,526 of 13 June 1990 and
23,565 of 22 July 1993.G/SCM/N/74/BOL
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NO. CORPORATE NAME TYPES OF CONCESSION IN OPERATION
1. Zona Franca de Oruro Industrial and trade TRADE
2. Zona Franca Central Portuaria
Aguirre S.A.Industrial and trade TRADE
3. Zona Franca Cochabamba S.A. Industrial and trade TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL
4. Zona Franca El Alto GIT S.A. Industrial and trade TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL
5. Zona Franca Santa Cruz GIT S.A. Industrial and trade TRADE
6. Zona Franca Desaguadero Trade TRADE
7. Zona Franca Guayaramerin Industrial and trade TRADE
8. Zona Franca San Matías Trade TRADE
9. Zona Franca Puerto Suárez Industrial and trade TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL
(under construction)
10. Zona Franca Yacuiba Industrial and trade TRADE
11. Zona Franca WINNER S.A. Industrial and trade TRADE
12. Zona Franca Villazón Industrial and trade TRADE
13. Zona Franca Oruro GRAN Trade TRADE (under
construction)
14. Zona Franca Patacamaya Industrial and trade Under construction
TEMPORARY ADMISSION FOR INWARD PROCESSING – RITEX (TEMPORARY
IMPORT REGIME FOR EXPORT PROMOTION)
This customs regime allows raw materials and intermediate goods to enter national customs
territory with suspended import duties on condition that they are incorporated in a production process
which generates export products.
In general, this regime is governed by Laws Nos. 1,489 (Law on the Development and Tax
Treatment of Exports) and 1,990 (General Cust oms Law), as well as by Supreme Decree No. 25,706
of 14 March 2000.
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