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,
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 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)