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ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q3/JAM/13 
G/SCM/Q4/JAM/3/Rev.11 
14 September 2006 
 (06-4393) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
REQUESTS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
 
PROCEDURES FOR EXTENSIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES  
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
 
Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES  
  
 The following communication, dated 1 September 2006, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States.  
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JAMAICA
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Export Industry Encouragement Act  
Jamaica Export Free Zone Act  
Foreign Sales Corporation Act  
Industrial Incentives (Factory Construction) Act  
 
 Jamaica has requested an ex tension for the above listed programmes through calendar year 
2018, pursuant to the 2001 Doha Ministerial De cision on the Procedures for Extension under 
Article 27.4 of the ASCM.3 
 
 
• Please describe what efforts Jamaica has made, if any, to phase out the programmes within 
the extension period that has already been granted, as provided under the “Procedures for Extension Under Article 27.4 for Cert ain Developing Country Members. ”
4  Please further 
describe how Jamaica will conti nue to ensure that the programmes will be phased out, if an 
additional extension were granted.   
 
• Please describe changes to the programmes since 2001.  Also, please provide any updated or 
revised implementing legislation, and any re levant amendments, under these programmes and 
any accompanying regulations and decrees.   
                                                      
1 Document G/SCM/Q4/JAM/3 dated 5 September 2006 should have been distributed as a double-
symbolled document as the questions posed by the United States pertain not only to the proposal in G/SCM/W/535 but also to the annual review of compliance with the transparency and standstill requirements set 
forth in G/SCM/39. 
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3 G/SCM/W/535 
4 G/SCM/39 G/SCM/Q3/JAM/13 
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• How many beneficiaries of these programmes we re there in 2001?  How many beneficiaries 
are there currently under each of these progra mmes?  What types of industries currently 
benefit under the programmes?  
 
• Did Jamaica undertake any commit ments to provide export subsidies to new beneficiaries 
beyond the year 2009?  If so, please indicate the numb er of such beneficiaries by the year in 
which those commitments extend. 
 
• If available, please provide the amount of the subsidy provided under these programmes for 
each year from 2001 through 2005.   
 
• Please explain whether exports by qualifying companies to CARICOM members are eligible 
for the benefits provided under these programmes.  If not, please explain what benefits, if any, 
such exports to CARICOM countries are eligible  for, and the reason for differentiating among 
exports to CARICOM members and other exports.   
 
Export Industry Encouragement Act  
 
• Under this programme, an “approved” manufact urer has production that “is geared for non-
CARICOM markets”.5  Please explain the reason for differentiating among exports to 
CARICOM members and other exports. 
 
• We note that the statistical data for this programme has not been updated for the period 
covered by this notification.  Please provide the updated information for the 2006 notification 
period. 
 
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