WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SCM/Q2/USA/49 
11 May 2012 
 (12-2558) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
  
 
  
SUBSIDIES 
 
Replies to Questions Posed by BRAZIL
1 Regarding the New  
and Full Notification of the UNITED STATES2 
  
 The following communication, dated 7 May 2012, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States.   
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Federal Programmes 
 
Title of the programmes: "Energy Supply:  Renewable Energy Resources"; "Energy 
Conservation Programmes: Transportation S ector"; "Energy Conservation Programmes: 
Building Technologies"; and "Energy Conservation: Industry Sector" – pages 12-16  (a) With regard to the form of the programmes,  the US notifies the cooperative research 
and development agreements (CRADAs) that are "negotiated, contractual agreement between a 
federal agency or agency laboratory and a private sector partner or partners (including universities and independent research institutions) in which the parties agree on the designation 
of personnel, facilities, equipment and other reso urces to a collaborative R&D activity, as well 
as to the disposition of any intellectual property which the R&D yields." (Footnote 2)  
Question 1 
  Could the US provide more information on the terms of those contracts?  
 
Reply 
  DOE Order 483.1 on CRADAs, as well as th e associated CRADA Manual and model 
CRADA agreement specifically address the contract ual relationships governi ng joint R&D involving 
an agency laboratory and a private sector partner.  DOE utilizes a different contractual mechanism, 
known as a financial assistance grant or cooperative agreement, where the contractual relationship is 
between the agency and the private sector partner.   The terms of these contractual agreements are 
governed by the Code of Federal Regulation, specifically 10 CFR 600 
(http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr;sid=24a438de51b7a82cc367e7d01596e506;r gn=div5;view=text;node=10%3A4.0.1.3.9;id
no=10;cc=ecfr). 
                                                      
1 G/SCM/Q2/USA/48.   
2 G/SCM/N/186/USA. G/SCM/Q2/USA/49 
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  Question 2 
 
 Could the private sector partner or partners benefit from patents resulting from the 
activities developed under those programmes?  
 Reply 
 
 Under a DOE financial assistance award, wh ere the private sector entity has a direct 
agreement with the agency, patent rights will va ry depending on the entity type (for-profit small 
business, for-profit large business, non-profit, state or local government, educational institution).  
10 CFR 600.325 outlines the rights for both small and large for-profit entities 
(http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-
idx?c=ecfr;sid=24a438de51b7a82cc367e7d01596e506;r gn=div5;view=text;node=10%3A4.0.1.3.9;id
no=10;cc=ecfr#10:4.0.1.3.9.4.22.21 ).  In the case of a small business,  the entity has the right to elect 
title to any inventions resulting from the agreement.  In the case of a large business, title resides with 
the agency unless the agency  elects to waive this right.  In general, DOE will grant waivers to large 
businesses;  the terms of this waiver will be nego tiated as part of the contract negotiation process. 
  While DOE largely relies on a competitive pr ocess, non-competitive partnerships can be 
established between an agency laboratory and a private sector partner, consistent with DOE 
order 483.1.   
 
(b) Regarding "to whom and how assistance is provided", the notification states that 
participation in the programmes "is determined through various competitive procedures, which 
are open to all eligible private parties." 
Question 3 
 
 What are the criteria that determine an "eligible private party"?   
Reply 
  Under a competitive announcement, the announcemen t itself will define the eligible private 
parties.  Under its competitive announcements, refe rred to as Funding Opportunity Announcements 
(FOA), DOE typically allows any domestic entity to apply.  So long as the entity is incorporated or 
formed under the laws of a State within the Unite d States, DOE generally recognizes it as a domestic 
entity even if it is partially or wholly owned by  a foreign entity.  However, foreign entities can 
typically also partner on another entity's application.   Where a federal lab partner is also included, 
DOE would expect a CRADA to be negotiated be tween the lab and the prime applicant.   
 
Question 4 
 
 What are the parameters of the "competitive procedures"?  
 
Reply 
 
 DOE follows the Code of Federal Regulation,  specifically 10 CFR 600.8 for its competitive 
procedures (http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/textidx?c= ecfr;sid=24a438de51b7a82 cc367e7d01596e506;rgn=di
v5;view=text;node=10%3A4.0.1.3.9; idno=10;cc=ecfr#10:4.0.1.3.9.1.13.8 ).  All announcements are 
published on grants.gov.  A standa rd application process is used.  All applications are reviewed 
following the procedures outlined in DOE's Merit Review Guide.  
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  Question 5 
 
 Do foreign companies benefit from th ese programmes under similar conditions? 
 
Reply 
  Typically, DOE limits the eligible applicants to domestic entities.  So  long as the entity is 
incorporated or formed under the laws of a State within the Unite d States, DOE generally recognizes 
it as a domestic entity even if it is partially or whol ly owned by a foreign entity.  Foreign entities can 
typically also partner on another entity's application.  DOE may restrict the percentage of funding that 
can be expended outside of the U.S.   
 
(c) In relation to the trade effects of the progra mmes, the US informs that "in light of the 
scope and nature of the R&D activities being assisted, it is not possible to determine what, if any, trade effects may ever result from this programme." 
Question 6 
  Do the US export products that inco rporate technologies developed under those 
programmes?  
 
Reply 
  Technologies developed under past DOE financ ial assistance awards may have resulted in 
products that the U.S. now exports.  However,  the assistance is not contingent upon export 
performance.   
 
Title of the Programme: "Alternative Fuel Production Credits" – page 22  
 (a) With regard to whom and how assistance is provided, the US informs that "[p]roducers 
and royalty owners of qualifying production are permitted credits against federal income tax."   
Question 1 
 
 What are the criteria that determine a "qualifying production"?  
 
Reply 
  The fuel must meet the definition of an alterna tive fuel and the alternative fuel mixture must 
be sold for use as a fuel or used as a fuel.  
 
Question 2   Do foreign companies benefit from these programmes under similar conditions? 
 Reply 
 
 Any firm producing qualifying fuel in or for use in the United States may qualify for the credit. G/SCM/Q2/USA/49 
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(b) Concerning the amount of the programme, the notification informs absolute amounts of 
the revenue loss per year ($2,920 milli on in 2007 and $590 million in 2008). 
Question 3 
 
 What percentage would that revenue loss repr esent in terms of the total tax revenue in 
the sector? 
 
Reply 
 
 Data are not available to answer this question.   Tax revenue data cannot  be disaggregated to 
the level of specific commodities.  
 
Title of the Programme: "Capital Gains Trea tment of Royalties on Coal" – page 23 
 
 Under "trade effects", the US notifies that "It is not possible to estimate what, if any, 
trade effects may result from the use of this provision."  Question 1   Are the products benefited by this progra mme used as inputs in the domestic steel 
industry? 
 
Reply 
  Data are not available to answer this question.   
 Question 2 
 
 In case of an affirmative answer to the prior question: what is the percentage of this 
input costs on the total costs of steel production?  
 Reply 
 
 Data are not available to answer this question.    
Title of the Programme: "Fisheries Fi nance Programme (FFP)" – page 32 
 
(a) According to the notification, the pr ogramme also benefits aquaculture. 
Question 1 
  Could the US inform if the benefici aries of the programme include shrimp 
producers/fishermen? If that is the case, what would be the amount of the programme destined 
to those producers/fishermen?  
Reply 
  Shrimp fishermen or shrimp processors coul d apply for FFP financing.  The current FFP 
portfolio does not have any active loans to either shrimp processors or fishermen. 
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  (b) With regard to the form of the programme, the notification makes reference to the 
interest rates involved ("2 percentage points abov e comparable maturity Treasury bond yields 
as of the date of the loan closing").  
Question 2 
 
 What would be the other terms of financing under the programme?  
Reply 
  Terms are based largely on the project. Financ ing of quota shares may be up to 25 years.  
Other projects may have terms that do not exceed  the useful life of the asset being financed.  
Processing facilities may carry a term up to 25 years, but most fall into a 10 – 20 year range.  Vessel term depends on the age and expectations of the v essel.  Loans are repaid in quarterly payments of 
principal and interest.  Collateral includes the pr oject property, secondary collateral and guaranties. 
 (c) With regard to whom and how assistance is provided, the notification states that 
"loans are provided directly to individuals or business enterprises that have qualified projects". 
Question 3 
  What are the criteria that would qualify a project to benefit from the programme? 
 
Reply 
 
 Among the qualifying factors are: necessary experience and management expertise, 
demonstrated ability to repay, adequate collateral, excellent credit history, adequate working capital, 
lack of fisheries violations and necessary permits and quotas.  
 Question 4   Do foreign companies or persons in the US  benefit from the programme under the same 
conditions of national companies or persons? 
 Reply 
 
 No.  Individuals must be U.S. citizens to apply.  Business entities must be 75% owned by 
U.S. citizens. 
 
Title of the programme: "Saltonstall-Kennedy  Grant Programme: Fisheries Research and 
Development" – page 34  
 
(a) With regard to the policy objective and/or purpose of the programme, the notification 
indicates that it uses funds derived from duties collected on fishery imports. 
Question 1 
 
 Is that duty also collected when the product is  sold in the domestic market by a national 
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  Reply 
 
 Yes.  The S-K program is capitalized through an nual transfers by the Secretary of Agriculture 
to the Secretary of Commerce into the Promote and Develop Fishery Products account in amounts equal to 30 per cent of the gross receipts collected under the customs laws on imports of fish and fish 
products.   
 
(b) With regard to the form of the programme, the notification states that donations are 
made on competitive basis. 
Question 2 
 
 What are the parameters that inform the selection of the beneficiaries? 
 
Reply 
 
 Grants and cooperative agreements under this  program are made annually on a competitive 
basis (subject to funding).  The program prioriti es used during FY2010 evaluation period are listed 
below.  Priorities are subject to change each y ear based on the current priorities of NMFS, NOAA, 
and the DOC.  Program Priorities 
 
 Aquaculture - Projects which demonstrate the fe asibility of culturing marine fish species 
identified as potential or suitable candidates fo r aquaculture (e.g. redfish, pompano, cod, 
halibut, sablefish, mussels, scallops, milkfish, a nd other baitfish species, and tuna).  Projects 
should include, where feasible, participation of  the traditional fishing communities.  Projects 
which explore alternate feed sources that reduce the demand for marine protein in aquaculture 
feeds such as use of fish processing trimmi ngs in aquaculture feeds.  Projects which 
investigate alternative ways to minimize inte ractions with marine mammals and other living 
marine resources. 
 Optimum Utilization of Harvested Resources unde r Federal or State Management - Reduce or 
eliminate factors such as diseases, human health  hazards, and quality problems that limit the 
utilization of fish and their products in th e United States and abroad through cooperative 
research with fishing industry participation.  Increase public knowledge of the safe handling 
and use of fish and their products.  Develop seafood fraud detection and reduction techniques.  
Develop usable products from economic discards (defined in the Magnuson-Stevens Act as 
fish which are the target of a fishery, but are not retained because they are of an undesirable 
size, sex, or quality, or for other economic reas ons") and by-products of processing.  Facilitate 
industry (including restaurants and seafood marketing facilities, etc.) cooperation and 
outreach to promote and enhance marketability. Collect data on population dynamics, life 
histories, etc., of fish not currently under federal management plans, for the management 
councils to determine the feasibility of a new federally managed fishery that could provide 
additional fishing opportunity. 
 Fisheries Socioeconomics - Improve the unders tanding of the socioeconomic aspects of 
fisheries to increase the knowledge base for ma king decisions that affect commercial, 
recreational, and subsistence fishing.  Exam ples could include, but are not limited to 
ethnographic baseline data on specific fishing co mmunities; cost-income data; analyses of the 
socioeconomic impacts of specific management measures in certain fisheries; analyses of 
factors influencing demand for recreational fishing trips by anglers;  and market analyses to determine factors that influence demand and supply of specific seafood products, including 
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   Conservation Engineering - Reduce or elimin ate adverse interactions between fishing 
operations and non-targeted, protected, or prohi bited species, including the inadvertent take, 
capture, or destruction of such species.  These include juvenile or s ublegal-sized fish and 
shellfish, females of certain crabs, fish listed under the Endangere d Species Act (ESA), 
marine turtles, seabirds, or marine mammals.  Improve the survivability of fish discarded or 
intentionally released and of protected speci es released in fishing operations.  Reduce or 
eliminate impacts of fishing activity on essential fish habitat (EFH) that adversely affect the 
sustainability of the fishery.  Activities coul d focus on the development of gear technologies 
and/or changes to fishing practi ces to reduce the bycatch of sea turtles in bottom otter trawl or 
gillnet gear;  development or improvement of existing gear modifications designed to reduce 
incidental interactions between fishing gear (e .g., traps/pots, gillnets, and trawls) and marine 
mammals, including studies to investigate new gear which could effectively reduce serious 
injury and mortality of right whales and other large whales in the U.S. Atlantic commercial fixed gear fisheries and through the developmen t of entanglement mitigation gear.  Projects 
that aid in the understanding and integration of all the interactions that a target fish stock has 
with predators, competitors, and prey species;  other ocean uses e.g. en ergy projects that can 
prohibit/inhibit fishing biology and ecology;  th e complex interactions between fisheries and 
their habitat;  the effects of fishing on fish stocks and their habitat, or improve the seafood industry's use of the ecosystem.  
 
Title of the programme: "Sea Grant" – page 35 
 
(a) With regard to the policy objective and/or purpose of the programme, the notification 
indicates that the "programme provides grants to selected universities to carry out research 
that addresses many aspects of the long-t erm economic development, environmental 
stewardship, and responsible use of marine and inland resources, including fish and shellfish" 
but some "Sea Grant projects benefit industry". 
Question 1 
  How would the industry benefit from the programme? 
 
Reply 
 
 The industry can use the results of the research.  The Sea Grant program also has an extension 
service.  
(b) With regard to trade effects, notificati on states that the results of the researches 
conducted under this programme in gen eral belongs to public domain.   
Question 2 
  Is there the possibility that so me researches result in intellectual property rights? If so, 
who would hold those IP rights?  
 On pages 37 and 38 and pages 42 to 44 of the notification, the US describes the 
programmes: "Capital Gains Treatment of Certain Timber Income"; "Expensing of Multi-period Timber Growing Costs"; "Excess of P ercentage over Cost Depletion for Non-fuel 
Minerals"; "Expensing of Exploration and Development Costs for Non-fuel Minerals"; 
"Capital Gains Treatment of Iron Ore"; and "Sp ecial Rules for Mining Reclamation Reserves".  
The amount of revenue loss for each programme is given per year (2007 and 2008) in absolute 
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  Reply 
 
 The inventor and the Federal Government hold the patent rights.  The inventor can use the 
patent however he or she chooses, but the Federal government must be able to use the patent in-house 
i.e., in a Federal lab or other facility or institution.  
 
 On pages 37 and 38 and pages 42 to 44 of the notification, the US describes the programmes: 
"Capital Gains Treatment of Certain Timber Income";  "Expensing of Multi-period Timber 
Growing Costs";  "Excess of Percentage over Cost Depletion for Non-fuel Minerals";  
"Expensing of Exploration and Development Cost s for Non-fuel Minerals";  "Capital Gains 
Treatment of Iron Ore";  and "Special Rules for Mining Reclamation Reserves".   The amount of 
revenue loss for each programme is given per year  (2007 and 2008) in absolute terms (US$).  
 
Question 3 
 
 What percentage would the revenue loss of those programmes represent in terms of the 
total tax revenue of the related industries: "L umber and Timber" and "Metals, Minerals and 
Extraction (non-fuel)?  
 
Reply 
 
 Data are not available to answer this question.   Tax revenue data cannot  be disaggregated to 
the level of specific commodities.  
 
Title of the Programme: "Emergency Steel  Loan Guarantee Programme" – page 45 
 
 With regard to the policy objective and/or purpose of the programme, the notification 
states that "the programme is to assist steel companies injured since the beginning of the steel import crisis in 1998". Further the notification  states that the "programme guarantees loans 
provided to qualified steel companies".  Question 1 
 
 What are the criteria that qualify a steel company to benefit from the programme?  
Reply 
  Pursuant the Emergency Steel Loan Guarante e Act of 1999, "The term 'qualified steel 
company' means any company that — (A) is incorporated under the laws of any State;  (B) is engaged 
in the production and manufacture of a product define d by the American Iron and Steel Institute as a 
basic steel mill product, including ingots, slab a nd billets, plates, flat-rolled steel, sections and 
structural products, bars, rail type products, pipe and tube, and wire rod; and (C) has experienced 
layoffs, production losses, or financial losses sin ce the beginning of the steel import crisis, in 
January 1998 or that operates substantial assets of a company that meets these qualifications".  (see 
Pub L 106-51, Sec. 101(c)(3)).  The authority of the Board to make commitments to guarantee any loan under the Program terminated on 31 December 2011.  
 
Question 2 
 
 Do those companies also benefit from trade remedies measures?  G/SCM/Q2/USA/49 
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  Reply 
 
 Two of the companies that received loan gua rantees under this program have been petitioners 
in U.S. trade remedies cases.   
Sub-federal Programmes 
 
Title of the Programme: "Enterprise Zo ne Tax Credit" (Alabama) – page 56  
 
 According to the notification, the Enterprise Zone Tax Credit "is a performance driven 
programme and provides credits for specifi c accomplishments of the company". 
 Question 1   What are the specific accomplishments required  by the companies to benefit from this 
programme?  
Reply 
  Qualifying companies must expand the labour fo rce, make new capital investments or prevent 
loss of employment.  Companies must certify annua lly that at least 35 per cent of its employees are 
residents of the hosting urban region, or are reside nts of the hosting rural enterprise zone county and 
were considered unemployable by traditional standards.  
 
Title of the Programmes: "Ad hoc Incentive Packages" (Indiana) and "Ad hoc Incentive Package" (Iowa) – pages 97 to 99 
 
 According to the notification, all these programmes have the purpose to assist the construction of new facilities of particular companies of the steel industry.  Question 1  
 What trade effects have resulted or are expected to result from these programmes?  
Reply 
  The United States does not maintain information regarding possible trade effects of these 
programs.   
 
Title of the Programmes: "Aerospace Initiative" (Mississippi) and "Aircraft Manufacturing Tax Deduction" (New Mexico) – pages 124 and 141   According to the notification, the policy ob jectives of these programmes are (i) to assist 
qualified companies, in the aerospace industry, that promise significant development of the 
economy of the State of Mississippi through the c reation of quality jobs; and (ii) "[r]eceipts of 
an aircraft manufacturer or affiliate from se lling aircraft or aircraft parts, or from selling 
services performed on aircraft or aircraft compon ents or from selling aircraft flight support, 
pilot training or maintenance training serv ices may be deducted from gross receipts." 
 
Question 1   What trade effects have resulted or are expected to result from these programmes? 
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  Reply 
 
 The United States does not maintain information regarding possible trade effects of these 
programs.   
 
Title of the Programme: "Ethanol Tax Credit" (Nebraska)  – page 131 
 
 According to the notification, the amount of subsidy under this programme is 
"$0.18 per gallon".  
Question 1 
  What is the volume of production that benefit from that subsidy?   
Reply 
  Over the 96 month life of the incentive program, 10 Nebraska ethanol producers received a 
total of $178,070,431 in production tax credits from the State of Nebraska.  Qualifying gallons 
totalled 989,280,172 million gallons.  Final credits were  issued in March, 2012.  The program ends 
officially on 30 June 2012.  
 
Question 2  
 Do the producers that benefit from this pr ogramme also benefit from the national 
programme "Alcohol Fuel Credits" (page 24 of the Notification)? 
 Reply 
 
 The Alcohol Fuels Credits program referred to in Question 2 ended on 12/31/2011.  No 
Nebraska ethanol producers qualified to receive this  credit as it was only available to ethanol buyers 
and blenders.    
 
Programmes not notified by the US 
 
Low cost credit provided by the "Export-Import Bank of the US" and other official sources.  
  According to the report by the Secretariat in the last TPR of the US (WT/TPR/S/235), 
"Ex-Im Bank accepts risks that the private sector  is unwilling or unable to take". The report 
indicates that at least in some transactions the Ex-Im Bank provides financing under conditions 
that are more favorable than those available in the market place. In addition, in different 
programmes administered by the Bank there would be some import substitution requirements.  
  According to the same report, below-mark et conditions export credits would also be 
available under some programmes administered by  the "Small Business Administration", like 
the "Export Working Capital Programme".  Question 1  
 Please also explain how these programmes a re consistent with US's obligations under 
Article 3 of the SCM Agreement.  G/SCM/Q2/USA/49 
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  Reply 
 
 Ex-Im Bank is a fully self-sustaining agency th at returns earnings to the US Treasury every 
year that are generated by the fees and premia earned (less net claims) on our risk protection programs, reflecting that the premia/fees charged ha ve more than fully compensated the Bank for the 
risks it has accepted and has consistently offset our  long term operating costs and losses.  Moreover, 
as noted above, while Ex-Im Bank accepts risks the priv ate sector is not willing or able to accept, the 
Secretariat's report also states in full:    
"Ex-Im Bank accepts risks that the privat e sector is unwilling or unable to take;  
however, Ex-Im Bank support is contingent upon a finding of "reasonable assurance 
of repayment."  Hence, Ex-Im Bank bases its credit judgments upon sound commercial underwriting principles with the fu ll expectation that it will be repaid."   
  With regard to Article 3, US Ex-Im Bank' s Congressional and legal requirements stipulate 
that the purpose of the financing Ex-Im provides is to support US jobs.  To meet this mandate, Ex-
Im's financing covers the US value and other amount s (such as local costs) necessary to maintain US 
exporter competitiveness.  Hence, Ex-Im Bank do es not impose any requirement over the use of 
domestic over imported goods; it simply limits its support to the US portion and other eligible 
amounts.   
 
 The Export Working Capital Program (EWCP) is  only available for small businesses, and has 
no domestic content requirements.  The terms of EWCP loans are market-based, negotiable commercial rates. 
 
Question 2 
 
 Could the US further describe the terms of financing provided under these 
programmes? Are the interest rates charged und er these programmes above the interest rates 
the loan recipients would have paid on a comparable commercial loan?  
Reply 
  The financing terms Ex-Im Bank offers in all of  its medium and long term programs are fully 
consistent and compliant with the OECD Arrangeme nt on Export Credits.  For example, when Ex-Im 
Bank offers a direct loan, the interest rate the Ba nk charges is no less than the Commercial Interest 
Reference Rate (CIRR), the rates established by th e OECD.  In transactions guaranteed and insured by 
Ex-Im Bank, the guaranteed/insured party pays a pr emium or fee for the risk protection which is 
passed along to the buyer in addition to the interest  rates set by the private lender (e.g., commercial 
interest rates)  Hence, the all-in cost of an Ex-Im supported transaction is comparable to what a 
private lender would charge on a non-Ex-Im covered transaction.  It may also be the case that during periods of high market volatility or involving higher ri sk buyers that there is no commercial market.    
 
 With regard to the Export Working Cap ital Program (EWCP), the U.S. Small Business 
Administration does not provide direct financing to  borrowers under this program.  Rather, the SBA 
provides a 90% guaranty to commercial lenders on  loans made by commercial lenders to small 
businesses.  Recent legislative changes provide for a maximum gross loan amount of $5,000,000, with 
a maximum guaranteed portion of $4 ,500,000.  Interest rates and fees (including servicing fees) are 
fully negotiable between the borrower and the comm ercial lender.  SBA does not cap the rates of 
interest that commercial lenders may charge borro wers on EWCP loans.  An up-front guaranty fee 
must be paid to the SBA and that guaranty fee may be passed on to the borrower.  As noted above, 
since EWCP loans are made at market-based, nego tiable commercial rates, it is not possible to 
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  EWCP loans which exceed 12 months in maturity, the SBA guaranty fee can go as high as 3.75% of 
the guaranteed amount, in which case the all-in co st for such financing could easily exceed what 
would be available on comparable commercial lo ans that do not carry a government guaranty.  
Additionally, as a condition of receipt of a EWCP  loan, the SBA requires the personal guarantee of 
significant owners of the loan recipient.    Question 3   What are the specific requirements und er the Ex-Im Bank programmes to purchase 
domestic goods or services? 
 
Reply 
  As noted above, Ex-Im Bank has no specific requirements that buyers purchase a certain 
amount of U.S. goods and services.  Ex-Im Bank will only finance the U.S. portion but the buyer can 
include however much non-US content they would like to include in a given contract.   
   
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