China Provides WTO With First Half of 2021 Update on Its Countervailing Duty Actions
Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the SCM Agreement, China recently provided its semi-annual report of its countervailing duty actions, covering the period January 1 – June 30, 2021 (WTO document G/SCM/N/379/CHN).
In an annex to the report, China provided the following table of the seven definitive countervailing measures it had in force as of June 30, 2021:
|
Country/Customs Territory |
Product, |
Measure(s) |
Date of original imposition; publication reference |
Date(s) of extension; publication reference(s) |
|
Australia |
Barley ID: 18‑0003 |
Duties |
19.05.2020 Gazette, 2020 No. 15 |
- |
|
European Union |
Potato starch ID: 10-0001 |
Duties |
17.09.2011 Gazette, 2011 No. 54 |
15.09.2017 Gazette, 2017 No. 38 |
|
India |
Ortho chloro para nitroaniline ID: 17-0001 |
Duties |
13.02.2018 Gazette, 2018 No. 18 |
- |
|
United Kingdom |
Potato starch ID: 10-0001-UK |
Duties |
01.01.2021 Gazette, 2011 No. 54 |
- |
|
United States |
Solar-grade polysilicon ID: 12-0007 |
Duties |
20.01.2014 Gazette, 2014 No. 04 |
20.01.2020 Gazette, 2020 No. 02 |
|
|
Distillers dried grains with or without solubles ID: 16-0001 |
Duties |
12.01.2017 Gazette, 2016 No. 80 |
- |
|
|
n‑Propanol (NPA) ID: 19‑0001 |
Duties |
18.11.2020 Gazette, 2020 No. 47 |
- |
It also provided details on the following ongoing or recently completed investigations (including the specific subsidy programs being examined and trade data for the product under investigation):
- Australia: Wines in containers holding 2 litres or less (preliminary determination of 6.3%-6.4%, but no duties applied in final determination)
- United States: Polyphenylene ether
- United States: Certain monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol
- United States: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)