Evidence on the scope and scale of government support in industrial sectors remains relatively scarce. The complexity of industrial support can also obscure the true amount of support being provided.
The OECD uses an innovative approach based on using firm level data to measure support that companies receive across a range of industrial sectors. The granular evidence thus obtained from subsidy recipients casts an unprecedented light on the various ways in which governments support manufacturers, including government grants, corporate tax concessions, debt and equity financing provided on below-market terms, and subsidized energy inputs. Resources include deep dive studies that have examined support received by large firms in the value chains for aluminum, semiconductors, rolling stock, solar modules, and wind turbines, as well as horizontal evidence for all 15 industrial sectors covered by the firm-level OECD MAGIC database of industrial subsidies.
Please also refer to the information under “Cross-sectoral and economywide”. Data sources listed therein can contain relevant information on industrial subsidies.