China Updates WTO 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 July 1 – December 31, 2020 (WTO document G/SCM/N/371/CHN).
In an annex to the report, China provided the following table of the six definitive countervailing measures it had in force as of December 31, 2020:
| Country/Customs Territory | Product, investigation ID number |
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 States | Solar-grade polysilicon
ID: 12-0007 |
Duties | 20.01.2014
Gazette, 2014 No. 4 |
20.01.2020
Gazette, 2020 No. 2 |
| 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: 6.3%-6.4%; All others: 6.4%)
- United States: n-Propanol (NPA) (definitive determination: 34.2%-37.7%; All others: 37%)
- United States: Polyphenylene ether
- United States: Certain monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol
- United States: Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)