G/SCM/N/39 9/COL  
28 March  2023 
(23-2203) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
COLOMBIA  
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 July to 31 December  2022 
from Colombia . 
 
 
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Reporting Member : COLOMBIA1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER  2022 
Original Investigations  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Provisional 
measures and 
preliminary  
determinations  Final measures  No final 
measures/  
termination  Other  Trade data  
(from published 
report(s) ) Countervailed 
programme(s)  Definitive 
duty Undertaking  
Description ; 
HS 6-digit 
category 
covering 
investigated 
product3; 
ID number;  
(*) if 
investigation of 
>1 country  Date;  
period of 
investigation  
(S-subsidization  
I-injury)  Date of 
measures ; range 
of individual 
amounts of 
subsidy ; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of duties ; 
range of 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy ; 
"other" rates ; 
[range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of 
application ; 
range of 
individual 
amount s of 
subsidy  
or minimum 
prices  Date,  
Reason  Date, 
explanation  Import 
volume or 
value 
(units/  
currency) ; 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different 
from cols.  
2/3 Import 
volume as 
% of 
apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Name(s) of the subsid y 
programme(s) 
countervailed  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
None 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: https://www.mincit.gov.co/mincomercioexterior/defensa -comercial . 
2 All terms and column headings used i n this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
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Reviews/Other subsequent proceedings  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Preliminary 
results/  
determination  Final results  Revocation 
of Measures  Other (e.g., 
procedures 
not 
affecting 
the duty 
level)  Trade Data  
(if available from published 
report(s) on proceeding)  Countervailed 
programme(s)  Definitive duty  Undertaking  
Description;  
HS 6-digit 
category 
covering 
investigated 
product3; ID 
number;  
(*) if 
investigation of 
>1 country  Date, Type of 
Review or 
Procedure 
(code), Period 
Covered  Effective date ; 
range of 
individua l 
amounts of 
subsidy ; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Effective date, 
range of 
individua l 
amounts of 
subsidy ; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Effective date ; 
range of 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy  
or minimum 
prices ; or 
other outcome 
(code) Date, 
Reason  Date,  
explanation  Import volume 
or value 
(units/  
currency) ; 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different from  
cols. 2/3  Import 
volume as 
% of 
apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Name(s) of the 
subsidy 
programme(s) 
countervailed  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
United States  Fuel alcohol 
(ethanol)  
2207.20  
SB-249-01-
01/Fuel alcohol  03.05.2022  
Sunset/expiry 
review  - ESV-
249-1-1 
I: 01.01.2018 -
30.06.2021  
 - - - - - 2018: 
140,696,248 kg  
 
2019: 
209,726,796 kg  
 
2020: 
200,095,260 kg  
 
2021 (first 
half): 
34,596,593 kg  - Rural Energy for 
America 
Program; Value -
Added Producer 
Grant Program; 
Bioenergy 
Program for 
Advanced 
Biofuel s; among 
others  
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 31 DECEMBER  2022 
Country/Customs 
territory  Product, investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition ; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension ; 
publication 
reference(s)  
United States  Fuel alcohol (ethanol)  
SB-249-01-01/Fuel 
alcohol  
 Duties  07/05/2020  
Official Journal  
No. 51.307 of 
07.05.2020  - 
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER  2022 
Country/Customs 
territory  Product, investigation  
ID number  Date of  
termination  Reason for  
termination  
None 
 
 
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