. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/Q3/ATG/11 
G/SCM/Q4/ATG/3/Rev.11 
14 September 2006 
 (06-4402) 
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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ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
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Fiscal Incentives Act Cap 172 (December 1975)  
Free Trade and Process Zone Act (FTPZ)  
 
 Antigua and Barbuda has requested an extens ion for the above listed programmes through 
calendar year 2018, pursuant to the 2001 Doha Mini sterial Decision on the Procedures for Extension 
under Article 27.4 of the ASCM.3 
 
• Please describe what efforts Antigua and Ba rbuda has made to phase out the programmes 
within the extension period that has already b een granted, as provided under the "Procedures 
for Extension Under Article 27.4 for Certain Developing Country Members."4  Please further 
describe how Antigua and Barbuda will continue  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/ATG/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. 
2 G/SCM/N/146/ATG 
3 G/SCM/W/535 
4 G/SCM/39 G/SCM/Q3/ATG/11 
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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 Antigua and Barbuda undertake any commitm ents to provide export subsidies to new 
beneficiaries beyond the year 2009?  If so, please i ndicate the number 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.   
 
• We note that the statistical data for these programmes have not been updated for the period 
covered by this notification.  Please provide the updated information for the 2006 notification 
period. 
 
• 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.   
 
Fiscal Incentives Act Cap 172 (December 1975)  
 
• Please explain whether there are any requirements that the receipt of benefits are contingent 
upon the use of domestic over imported goods.   
 
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