G/SCM/N/284/MEX/Suppl.1  
11 November 2015  
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: Spanish  
 
  SUBSIDIES 
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:1 
OF THE GATT 1994 AND ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
MEXICO 
Supplement 
The following communication, dated 9 November 2015,  is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Mexico.  
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CONTENTS 
 
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I. LEATHER AND FOOTWEAR SECTOR .............................................................................. 2  
A. Financing Programme for the Leather and Footwear Sector and its Chain of Production ........... 2  
II. HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTOR ........................................................................................ 3  
A. Programme for Development of the Software Industry  (PROSO FT) ...................................... 3  
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  I. LEATHER AND FOOTWEAR SECTOR 
A. Financing Programme for the Leather and Footwear Sector and its Chain of 
Production 
1. Title 
Financing Programme for the Leather and Footwear Sector and its Chain of Production. 2. Period covered by the notification 
Year 2014. 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose 
To offer a programme created to satisfy the economic growth needs of Mexico's enterprises active 
in this sector and its chain of production. 
4. Background and authority 
National Organic Financing Law, dated 26 December 1986. Law on Credit Institutions, dated 
18 July 1990. 
5. Form of the subsidy 
Financial support. 6. To whom and how assistance is provided 
The subsidy is granted to enterprises involved in the leather and footwear industry and its chain of 
production. It has national coverage. Total financing granted to a beneficiary may not exceed 
4.5 million pesos, subject to the enterprise m eeting the basic requirements of being legally 
incorporated, forming part of the production chain of the leather and footwear sector, having been in operation for at least two years, having a good  record with the credit bureau, possessing sound 
financial records and having joint and several guarantees and/or liability. 
7. Amount 
Funding of approximately 900 million pesos is scheduled for the period from August 2014 to 
October 2015. 
8. Duration 
The programme started in 2014. 
9. Trade effects 
It is not possible to estimate what, if any, trade effects may result from the use of these 
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  II. HIGH TECHNOLOGY SECTOR 
A. Programme for Development of the Software Industry (PROSOFT) 
1. Title 
Programme for Development of the Software Industry (PROSOFT) 
2. Period covered by the notification 
Years 2013 and 2014. 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose 
To contribute to the growth of the information technology (IT) sector in Mexico. 4. Background and authority 
Agreement notifying the Operating Rules of the Programme for Development of the Software 
Industry (PROSOFT) for the financial years 2013 and 2014, dated 27 February 2013 and 
20 December 2013, respectively. 
5. Form of the subsidy 
Temporary cash support. 
6. To whom and how assistance is provided 
In accordance with the Operating Rules of PROSOFT, the Directorate-General of Innovation, 
Services and Internal Trade (DGISCI) of the Minist ry of the Economy (SE) has a target population 
of natural persons engaged in business activities and legal persons set up in accordance with 
Mexican legislation, whose main activity relates to software, IT services, outsourcing of business processes and creative digital media. To serve the above-mentioned population, the PROSOFT Fund will have IT ecosystem stakeholders as its beneficiaries, under the following classifications. 
IT supply: natural persons engaged in business activities and legal persons established under 
Mexican law, whose main activity relates to software, IT services, outsourcing of business processes and creative digital media, identified as a target population. 
IT demand: natural persons engaged in business activities and legal persons established under 
Mexican law that seek to implement or facilitate the production of IT products and/or services generated in the country by IT sector enterprises, with the aim of supporting the sector indirectly. 
IT ecosystem enabling services, in the following categories: organizations, business groupings, 
integrator companies and civil associations, as well as the IT sector chamber; academic institutions offering IT sector-related courses; decentralized public, private or semi-public bodies whose objectives include promotion of the IT sector. 
Federal funding support is granted for the developm ent and implementation of projects conforming 
to certain provisions. The contribution of the applicant must amount to at least 50% of the total project investment, except in the case of strategic projects and priority projects under the 
PROSOFT 3.0 Agenda, with the authorization of th e Governing Board and in accordance with the 
provisions of the calls for proposals. 
In any event, the allocation of support funds wi ll be subject to an assessment carried out by the 
executing agency and the corresponding agreem ent of the Governing Board, based on the 
parametric model, the methodology for the calculation of support benchmarks, the State distribution strategy and the priority virtua l exchanges, approved by the same board. G/SCM/N/284/MEX/Suppl.1 
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  7. Amount 
From 2013 to 2014 grants amounted to 1,448.1 million pesos, of which 1,414.8 million 
represented investment subsidies and 33.3 million operating costs. 
2013: 707.4 million pesos 
Investment subsidies: 691.1 million pesos. 
Operating costs: 16.3 million pesos. 
2014: 740.7 million pesos 
Investment subsidies: 723.7 million pesos. 
Operating costs: 17 million pesos. 
8. Duration 
The programme started in 2004. 
9. Trade effects 
It is not possible to estimate what, if any, trade effects may result from the use of these 
provisions. 
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