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G/SCM/Q2/MEX/18 
26 July 2011 
 (11-3800) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES 
 
Questions Posed by AUSTRALIA Regarding the New and Full 
Subsidy Notification of MEXICO1 
   The following communication, dated 25 July 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Australia. 
 
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Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector 
 
 Australia notes its sincere appreciation to Mexico for the comprehensive notification of its 
fisheries and aquaculture sector programmes.  
 
Voluntary Decommissioning of Shrimp Boats 
 
 With regard to the programme notified in Section I.A of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico please provide: 
 
(a) information on whether the vessel being decommissioned must be scrapped as a 
requirement of the programme?; and 
(b) information on whether the licences held are only for fishing on the high seas? 
Modernisation of the Fishing Fleet 
 
 With regard to the programme notified in Section I.C of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico 
please provide:  
(a) details of how “large vessels” are defined? 
(b) details of the number of vessels that are expected to benefit from the programme, and 
the average size of each grant provided?; 
(c) details of the extent to which the programme ’s modernisation of the fishing fleet is 
expected to increase vessel capacity, engine size, or other changes leading to greater 
catch yields and catch volumes?; 
                                                      
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  (d) further details on how the subsidy provi ded will promote sustainable fisheries 
practice by “promot[ing] the use of better fishing technologies”?; and 
(e) further details on whether the subsidies will be used to acquire new vessels? 
Marine Diesel Component 
 
 With regard to the programme notified in Section I.D of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico 
please advise:  
(a) what percentage of the total cost of fuel  used by the recipients is funded by the 
programme?; and 
(b) what is the percentage of the programme  that benefits wild capture (i.e. non-
aquaculture) fishing? 
Fisheries Exchanges 
 
 With regard to the programme notified in Section I.F of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico please advise: 
 
(a) whether the programme is limited to the fisheries sector only?; and 
(b) how are “small vessels” defined? 
Multipurpose Berths 
 
 With regard to the programme notified in Section I.G of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico 
please advise:  
(a) whether the programme is limited to the fisheries sector only?; and 
(b) how are “small vessels” defined? 
 
High-Technology Sector 
 
 In respect of the grants to the High-Technology Sector notified in Section II of G/SCM/N/220/MEX, can Mexico please provide details of any conditions placed on recipients of the 
grants relating to the export or sale of products pr oduced by recipients involved in the manufacture of 
"machinery and equipment", "transport equipment and parts of automotive vehicles" or their 
suppliers, or any conditions related to the use of  inputs of domestic origin by these recipients? 
 
Forestry Sector 
  Can Mexico please provide details of any conditio ns relating to the export or sale of products 
produced by recipients of the grants to th e forestry sector notified in Section III of 
G/SCM/N/220/MEX?    
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