G/SCM/N/407/COL  
 
18 September  2023 
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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  January to 30  June 2023 
from Colombia . 
 
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  G/SCM/N/407/COL  
 
- 2 - Reporting Country: COLOMBIA1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1  JANUARY -30 JUNE 2023 
Original investigations  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Provisional 
measures and 
preliminary 
determinations  Final measures  No final 
measures/ter
mination  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 
amounts 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 
subsidy 
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 in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
  G/SCM /N/407/COL  
 
- 3 - 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  Undertakin
g 
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 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy; 
"other" rates; 
[range of 
applied rates 
if different, 
reason]  Effective date; range of 
individual 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  - Final determination: 
14/03/20234 
Affirmative  
Measure extended  
P: 14/03/2023  
C: 15/03/2023  
Specific duty of 
USD 0.06646/kg per unit.  
To maintain the definitive 
countervailing duties 
imposed pursuant to 
Resolution  No. 069 of 
30 April 2020, in the form 
of a specif ic duty of 
USD 0.06646/kg per unit.  
For a period of 
five (5) years, which will be 
reviewed within 
three  (3) years.  - - - 2018: 
140,696,248  kg 
2019: 
209,726,796  kg 
2020: 
200,095,260  kg 
2021: 
48,484,627  kg - FEDERAL PROGRAMMES FOR 
MAIZE (CORN): Crop 
Insurance, Supplemental 
Coverage Option, Price Loss 
Coverage and Agricultural Risk 
Coverage.  
STATE PROGRAMMES FOR 
ETHANOL: High Quality Jobs 
programme, Iowa; Ethanol 
Production Tax Credit, 
Kentucky; Ethanol Production 
Inventive, North Dakota; 
Industrial Co mmission 
Renewable Energy Program, 
North Dakota; Standard 
Enterprise Zone Program, 
Oregon; Ethanol and 
Biobutanol Production 
Incentive, South Dakota; 
Green Jobs Tax Credit, Virginia.  
          FEDERAL PROGRAMMES FOR 
ETHANOL: Rural Energy for 
America Program (REAP), 
Value -Added Producer Grants 
(VAPG), Programme to Support 
the Enhancement, Bioenergy 
Program for Advanced Biofuels 
(BPAB)  
P - Publication date  
C - Date of commencement of duty collection  
 
 
4 Sunset review of the countervailing duties on imports of fuel alcohol (ethanol), classified under tariff subheading 2207.20.00.10 originating in the United States of America.  G/SCM/N/407/COL  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE AS OF 30  JUNE 2023 
Country/customs 
territory  Product, investigation  
ID number  Measure  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  15/03/2023  
Official Journal 
No. 52.336 of 
14/03/2023  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD 1  JANUARY -30 JUNE 2023 
Country/customs 
territory  Product, investigation  
ID number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
None 
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