G/SCM/Q2/CHL/30  
4 November  2020 
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Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
SUBSIDIE S 
REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONS POSED BY THE UNITED STATES1  
REGARDING THE NEW AND FULL  NOTIFICA TION OF CHILE2 
The following communication, dated 4 November  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Chile.  
 
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Fund for the Promotion and Development of Remote Areas  
Question  1 
Among other industries, this program me targets small scale fishing. Please clarify 
whether the support for investment in production provided through this program me might 
increase the production of fishing vessels or the capacity of the fishing industry . 
Reply: 
The subsidy is not focused on small -scale fishing , and the projects and sums awarded do not account 
for a significant percentage of the total . It is therefore difficult to assert that the subsidy for the 
promotion and development of r emote  areas contributes to  significant ly increa sing the fishing fleet 
or fishing capacity in each region . 
Question  2 
Please provide an amount for this subsidy, especially as it relates to the fishing industry.  
Reply: 
From 2018 to 2020, around 44 projects in the sector  of, or relating to , small -scale fishing were 
awarded  at a value of  CLP 277,885,431.3 
Small -Scale Fishing Promotion Fund (FFPA)  
Question  3 
Please explain whether this program me might increase the overall capacity of the fishing 
industry . 
Reply: 
No, this programme does not increase the capacity of the fishing industry . The FFPA programme 
generally seeks to foster  the sustainable development of the Chilean small -scale fish ing sector and 
support the efforts of small -scale fish eries organizations legally established  in Chile that work to 
 
1 G/SCM/Q2/CHL/29.  
2 G/SCM/N/343/CHL.  
3 This sum is an estimate and for reference purposes onl y. G/SCM/Q2/CHL/30  
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  improv e the living and working conditions of their members, in a resource - and environment -friendly 
manner, through the development of infrastructure  for small -scale fishing . This involves providing  
training and technical assi stance for small -scale fishermen and their organizations,  restock ing 
hydrobiological resources mainly exploited by small -scale fishermen , market ing fisheries products 
and manag ing production centres . 
Question 4 
Please explain whether any funds provided through this program me directed towards 
"developing infrastructure for small scale fishermen" went towards increasing the 
number of fishing vessels operating or discounting fuel prices for fishermen.  
Reply: 
Neither the small -scale nor industrial f ishing sector in Chile receive s fuel discounts or subsidie s. As 
a result , the funds directed towards "developing infrastructure for small -scale fishermen " do not fall 
under this category. Instead, funds are primarily allocated to  the establishment  of proce ssing plants, 
the modernization of technological equipment for these  plants and the installation of stand -alone 
seawater desalination systems . 
Fisheries Administration Fund (FAP)  
Question  5 
Please elaborate on the financing for "fisheries and aquaculture research projects" and 
"high -level technical study programmes" supported under this program, specifically 
noting the types of projects funded and the intent or policy objective of support for this 
research.  
Reply: 
"Fisheries and aquaculture res earch projects " were listed as one of the recipients of financing from 
the FAP, yet these projects have not been funded by the FAP in over five years . 
The high-level technical study programmes for 2018 are listed below : 
• Social support programme for former fishing industry workers who lost their job s as a result  
of the implementation of Law No. 18.892.  
• High-level technical study programme for current and former fishing industry workers who 
lost their job s as a result of  Law No. 18.892.  
• Training programme for current  and former fishing industry workers who lost their job s as a 
result of the implementation of Law No.  18.892.  
• Social support programme for workers displaced from the industrial fishing sector  under 
Law No. 19.713 , 2018.  
Questi on 6 
Please explain whether this program me might increase the overall capacity of the fishing 
industry in Chile.  
Reply: 
None of the above -mentioned programmes increase fishing capacity.  
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