G/SCM/110/Add.8
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World Trade
Organization
G/SCM/110/Add.8
16 June 2011
(11-2975)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing Measures

SUBSIDIES

Annex VII(b) of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Updating GNP per capita for Members listed in Annex VII(b) as foreseen in
Paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision and in accordance
with the methodology in G/SCM/38

Note by the Secretariat

Addendum

  1. In paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns (document WT/MIN(01)/17, para. 10.1) Ministers:

"Agree[d] that Annex VII(b) to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures includes the Members that are listed therein until their GNP per capita reaches US$1,000 in constant 1990 dollars for three consecutive years. This decision will enter into effect upon the adoption by the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures of an appropriate methodology for calculating constant 1990 dollars. If, however, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures does not reach a consensus agreement on an appropriate methodology by 1January2003, the methodology proposed by the Chairman of the Committee set forth in G/SCM/38, Appendix 2 shall be applied. A Member shall not leave AnnexVII(b) so long as its GNP per capita in current dollars has not reached US$1,000 based upon the most recent data from the World Bank."

  1. Pursuant to this paragraph, as of 1 January 2003, the methodology set forth in document G/SCM/38, Appendix 2 applies.
  2. As foreseen in paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns and in application of the methodology in G/SCM/38, the Secretariat informs the Committee of updated calculations reflecting: (i)GNI[1] per capita in constant 1990 dollars covering the three most recent years for which data are available (2007-2009)[2]; and (ii)GNI per capita in current dollars for the year 2009.

(i)Annex VII(b) Members,GNI per capita at constant 1990 dollars, 2007-2009

2007* / 2008* / 2009
Bolivia, Plurinational State of / 841 / 860 / 868
Cameroon / 954 / 957 / 949
Congo / 871 / 820 / 874
Cote d'Ivoire / 704 / 682 / 692
Dominican Republic / 1568 / 1603 / 1639
Egypt, Arab Rep. / 953 / 1001 / 1023
Ghana / 580 / 550 / 627
Guatemala / 1150 / 1168 / 1118
Guyana / 830 / 945 / 1003
Honduras / 856 / 894 / 850
India / 780 / 816 / 871
Indonesia / 947 / 929 / 944
Kenya / 410 / 407 / 403
Morocco / 1344 / 1398 / 1445
Nicaragua / 590 / 602 / 571
Nigeria / 370 / 407 / 420
Pakistan / 586 / 584 / 594
Philippines / 1053 / 1104 / 1052
Senegal / 862 / 869 / 870
Sri Lanka / 916 / 952 / 989
Zimbabwe / -- / -- / 328

*2007 and 2008 data as circulated in document G/SCM/110/Add.7.

(ii)Annex VII(b) Members,GNI per capita at current dollars, 2009

2009

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Bolivia, Plurinational State of1690

Cameroon1130

Congo1865

Côte d'Ivoire1063

Dominican Republic4462

Egypt2272

Ghana1085

Guatemala2575

Guyana2678

Honduras1852

India1185

Indonesia2080

Kenya736

Morocco2797

Nicaragua1028

Nigeria1053

Pakistan980

Philippines1752

Senegal1019

Sri Lanka2044

Zimbabwe416

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  1. Accordingly, Annex VII(b) to the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures includes the following Members that are listed therein until their GNP per capita reaches US$1,000 in constant 1990 dollars for three consecutive years: Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Cameroon; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Egypt; Ghana; Guyana; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Kenya; Nicaragua; Nigeria; Pakistan; Senegal; Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

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[1] The World Bank data series formerly identified as Gross National Product ("GNP") is now published as Gross National Income ("GNI"). This change reflects the implementation of the System of National Accounts 1993 ("SNA 93"). Although the underlying concepts are different (GNP being a measure of product, and GNI being a measure of income), the values calculated are the same.

[2] Figures for 1990-1999 are as already contained in G/SCM/38. As agreed in G/SCM/38, step 3, values of GNI per capita at constant 1990 dollars for the period 1990 - 1999 are not modified with subsequent revisions of the series. To derive GNI per capita at constant 1990 dollars for 2000, the growth rates for 2000 over 1999 at constant 1995 dollars, derived as foreseen in G/SCM/38 tableB, have been applied to the 1999 GNI per capita values in constant 1990 dollars, as set forth in G/SCM/38, tableC. Similarly, the growth rates of 2001 over 2000, 2002 over 2001,2003 over 2002, 2004 over 2003, 2005 over 2004, 2006 over 2005, 2007 over 2006, 2008 over 2007 and 2009 over 2008 have been applied to data for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.