Reply: Minimum import price is one of the criteria to determine quality. Several factors are kept in mind while determining the minimum price.
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Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (vi) Import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing: Page 58, paragraph 66:
Please explain the rationale for restricting imports including motor vehicles to the three identified ports.
Reply: Imports of vehicles are allowed at specified ports for better monitoring of imports.
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Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (vi) Import prohibitions, restrictions, and licensing: Page 58, Section III(2)(vi)(d):
The United States understands that India offers subsidized rates (i.e., above market) when purchasing solar power generated by projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). A developer may only get these subsidized rates, however, if it complies with what the JNNSM guidelines call "domestic content requirements," which require that certain solar equipment used by developers in such projects be manufactured in India, i.e., of domestic (Indian) origin. How does India view these requirements in light of its obligation under Article 3.1(b) of the SCM Agreement?
Reply: In India's views, the power purchase arrangements under the India's Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) do not involve subsidies which are prohibited under Article 3.1 (b) of ASCM.
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Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249): III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (vii) State trading: Page 58, paragraph 70:
The Secretariat says that "India last filed its STE notification in 2010; however, the statistics were on STEs imports up to 2006." When will India bring its STE import notification up to date?
