G/SCM/Q2/MEX/45  
24 October  2022 
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
REPLIES TO QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES1 REGARDING  
THE NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION OF MEXICO2 
The following communication, dated and received on 2 4 October  2022, is being circulated at the 
request of the delegation of Mexico . 
 
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Question 1 – Pertaining to the Modernization of Large Vessels and Modernization of small 
vessels Programs  
A. How does this program ensure that modernization does not lead to 
overcapacity or overfishing ? 
Reply 
Mexico's General Law on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture (L GPAS) has been in force 
since 2007. It seeks to encourage the comprehensive and sustainable development of fisheries and 
aquaculture, while regulating, promoting  and administering  the exploita tion of fishery and 
aquaculture resources  in Mexican territory and areas under national jurisdiction . 
The Law is binding and establishes the basis for the management, conservation , protection , 
restocking and sustainable exploitation  of fishery and aquaculture resources , and the protection and 
restoration of the ecosystems in which such resources are found . Overcapacity or overfishing is 
therefore not possible . 
B. Please explain exactly what type of financial assistance is provided under  
these programs . 
Reply 
At present, support is provided only under the BIENPESCA  program . This means that s upport is no 
longer granted  for the modernization of large and small vessels . 
Question 2 – Pertaining to the marine diesel and coastal gasoline programs  
A. Please  explain whether the preferential fuel prices that are provided under 
these programs are provided directly to fisherman and/or large commercial 
fishing industries . 
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/MEX/42. Please note that the replies to questions 3, 4 and 5 have not yet been provided.  
2 G/SCM /N/372/MEX.  G/SCM/Q2/MEX/45  
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  Reply 
No support is currently granted for marine diesel and coastal gasoline . Previously, s upport was 
provided to the beneficiaries  included on  the preceding  year's list of beneficiaries . 
B. Why do these firms need subsidization if they are already profitable ? 
Reply 
Targeted support is no longer provided under these programs . 
C. What percentage of these subsidy programs is provided to fishing vessels ? 
Reply 
Benefits under the BIENPESCA program  are granted directly to natural persons included on the 
fisheries and aquaculture list ( Padrón de Pesca y Acuicultura ) who conduct  their activity under a 
fisheries or aquaculture concession or permit that is valid or in the process of being extended, who 
have recorded their output through notices of arrival or harvest , or who have been registered with 
a CONAPESCA fishing effort legal regularization programme  or fisheries or aquaculture management 
programme . 
Question 3 – Pertaining to the Industrial Product ivity and Competitiveness Program and 
the Sectoral Promotion Programmes (PROSEC ) 
Please explain what sectors and industries have benefited from these programs 
during the reporting period . 
Question 4 – Pertaining To USMCA  Foreign Trade Product (Bancomext) program  
A. The notification states that the objective of this program is "To increase access 
to financing for exporting companies and those linked to value chains in 
strategic sectors with export potential…" . Please explain how this program 
works and how funds are channelled to exporters . 
B. Please explain what sectors and industries have benefited from this program 
during the reporting period . 
C. What proportion of funding is provided to exporting companies as opposed to 
tourism c ompanies ? 
Question 5 – Pertaining to the tax incentive for technology research and development 
program  
Please explain what sectors and industries have benefited from this program 
during the reporting period . 
 
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