G/SCM/N/379/ GBR 
 20 October 2021 
(21-7944) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2 021 from the 
United Kingdom . 
 
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Reporting Member : UNITED KINGDOM1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PER IOD 1  JANUARY -30 JUNE 2021  
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 o f 
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 
NIL 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: https://www.trade -remedies.service.gov.uk/public/cases/ . 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purpo ses only.    
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Reviews/Other subsequent proceedings4 
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 
China  Filament glass fibre products 
(certain)  
7019 11 00 00 , 7019 12 00 22 , 
7019 12 00 25 , 7019 12 00 26 , 
7019 12 00 39 , 7019 31 00 00  
2020/08 CN5 29.01.2021  
Transition review (TR)6 
TS0009 CN  
I.P (S) 01.01.2020 – 
31.12.2020  
I.P. (I) 01.01.2017 – 
31.12.2020  - - - - - - - - 
Turkey  Trout (certain rainbow)  
0301 91 90  
(TARIC code: 0301 91 90 11)  
0302 11 80  
(TARIC code: 0302 91 90 11)  
0303 14 90  
(TARIC code: 0303 14 90 11)  
0304 42 90  
(TARIC code: 0304 42 90 10)  
0304 82 90  
(TARIC code: 0304 82 90 10), and 
0305 43 00  
(TARIC code: 0305 43 90 11)  
2020/02 TR7, 8 04.03.2020  
Transition review (TR)  
TS0002 TK  
I.P (S) 01.01.2019 -
31.12.2019  
I.P. (I) 01.01.2016 -
31.12.19  - - - - - - - - 
 
4 Since February 2020, the Trade Remedies Authority (formerly known as the Trade Remedies Investigations Directorate)  in the United Kingdom has undertaken reviews of 
European Union's trade defence measures that the Secretary of State had determin ed by public notice to retain pursuant to  Part 12 of the Trade Remedie s (Dumping and 
Subsidisation) (E uropean Union Exit) Regulations 2019 (as amended).  
5 European Union's ID number AS603 CN.  
6 Transition reviews are reviews of certain transitioned Europea n Union's trade defence measures under Part 12 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) 
(European Union Exit) Regulations  2019 (as amended).  
7 European Union's ID number AS606 TR.  
8 Please note that this ID Number was incorrectly reported in the p revious semi -annual reports contained in documents G/SCM/N/363/GBR and G/SCM/N/371/GBR. Please 
consider this ID Number as the correct one.    
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
United 
States  Biodiesel (*)  
1516 20 98 (TARIC 1516 20 98 21, 
1516 20 98 29, 1516 20 98 30)  
1518 00 91 (TARIC 1518 00 91 21, 
1518 00 91 29, 1518 00 91 30)  
1518 00 99 (TARIC 1518 00 99 21,  
1518 00 99 29, 1518 00 99 30)  
2710 19 43 (TARIC 2710 19 43 21, 
2710 19 43 29,  2710 19 43 30)  
2710 19 46 (TARIC 2710 19 46 21, 
2710 19 46 29, 2710 19 46 30)  
2710 19 47 (TARIC 2710 19 47 21, 
2710 19 47 29, 2710 19 47 30)  
2710 20 11 (TARIC 2710 20 11 21, 
2710 20 11 29, 2710 20 11 30)  
2710 20 16 (TARIC 2710 20 16 21,  
2710 20 16 29, 2710  20 16 30)  
3824 99 92 (TARIC 3824 99 92 10, 
3824 99 92 12, 3824 99 92 20)  
3826 00 10 (TARIC 3826 00 10 20, 
3826 00 10 29, 3826 00 10 50,  
3826 00 10 59, 3826 00 10 89,  
3826 00 10 99)  
3826 00 90 (TARIC 3826 00 90 11, 
3826 00 90 19, and 3826 00 90 30)  
2020/ 05 US9, 10 11.08.2020  
Transition review (TR)11 
TS0005 US  
I.P (S) 01.07.2019 – 
30.06.2020  
I.P. (I) 01.07.2016 – 
30.06.2019  - - - - - - - - 
CF - Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality  
n/a - not available  
LDR - Lesser duty  
SNR - Sunset review  
IR - Interim review  
EXP - Measure expired without review   P - Publication date  
NER - New exporter review  
AC - Anti-circumvention  
C - Date of commencement of duty collection  
TR - Transition Review   
 
 
 
9 European Union's ID number AS532 US.  
10 Please note that this ID Number was incorrectly reported in the previous semi -annual report contained in document G/SCM/N/371/GBR. Please consider this ID Number 
as the correct one.  
11 Please note that in the previous semi -annual report contained in docume nt G/SCM/N/371/GBR, in addition to the transition review conducted on this product from the 
United States, another transition review for Canada on the same product was erroneously reported separately. As the transitio n review on this product from the Unite d States 
encompassed both the measure imposed on the imports from the United States and the AC extension to the imports from Canada, n o transition review should have been reported 
separately for Canada.  G/SCM/N/379/ GBR 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 3 0 JUNE 2021 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original imposition1; 
publication reference  Date(s) of 
extension ; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Argentina  Biodiesel  
2020/26 AR2 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/26: 
countervailing duty on biodiesel 
originating in Argentina  - 
China  Electric bikes  
2020/25 CN3 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/25: 
countervailing duty on electric 
bicycles originating in the 
People's Republic of China  - 
 Filament glass fibre 
products (certain)  
2020/08 CN4 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/08: 
countervailing duty on certain 
filament glass fibre products 
originating in the 
People 's Republic of China  - 
 Hot-rolled flat products 
of iron, non -alloy or 
other alloy steel  
2020/15 CN5 Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/15: 
countervailing duty on certain 
hot-rolled flat products of iron, 
non-alloy or other alloy steel 
originating in the  
People's  Republic of China  - 
 Organic coated steel 
products (certain)  
2020/29 CN6 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/29: 
countervailing duty on certain 
organic coated steel products 
originating in the 
People 's Republic of China  - 
 Retreaded tyres for 
buses or lorries  
2020/23 CN7 Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/23: 
countervailing duty on certain 
pneumatic tyres, new or 
retreaded, of rubber, of a kind 
used for buses or lorries and 
with a load index 
exceeding  121 originating in 
the People's Republic of China  - 
Egypt  Continuous filament 
glass fibre  
2020/37 EG8 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/37: 
countervailing duty on 
continuous filament glass fibre 
products originating in Egypt  - 
India Polyethylene 
terephthalate (PET)  
2020/32 IN9 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/32: 
countervailing duty on certain 
polyethylene terephthalate 
(PET) originating in India  - 
 
1 On 31 December 2020, when the agreed transition per iod with the European Union ended, the 
definitive trade remedy measures imposed by the European Union on behalf of the United Kingdom that the 
United Kingdom determined should be retained after the end of the transition period, continued to apply in the 
United Kingdom, as detailed in this table of definitive countervailing  measures in force.  Under the terms of the 
Northern Ireland Protocol, measures terminated for the whole of the United Kingdom will continue to apply to 
certain imports into Northern Irelan d. For the date of original imposition, please refer to the European Union 's 
ID number in respect of each measure.  
2 European Union's ID Number AS644 AR.  
3 European Union's ID Number AS646 CN . 
4 European Union's ID Number  AS603 CN.  
5 European Union's ID Nu mber AS634 CN.  
6 European Union's ID Number  AS587 CN.  
7 European Union's ID Number  AS641 CN. 
8 European Union's ID Number  AS657 EG.  
9 European Union's ID Number  AS426 IN . G/SCM/N/379/ GBR 
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  Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original imposition1; 
publication reference  Date(s) of 
extension ; 
publication 
reference(s)  
India (Cont'd)  Stainless steel bars 
(certain)   
2020/16 IN10  Duties  Taxation notice 2020/16: 
countervailing duty on certain 
stainless steel bars and rods 
originating in India  - 
Indonesia  Biodiesel  
2020/36 ID11  Duties  Taxation notice 2020/36: 
countervailing duty on biodiesel 
originating in Indonesia  - 
Turkey  Trout (certain rainbow)  
2020/02 TR12  Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/02: 
countervailing duty on certain 
rainbow trout originating in 
Turkey  - 
United States   Biodiesel  
2020/05 US13 
 
AC Extension -Canada - 
2020/0 5 CA AC14 Duties  Taxation notice: 2020/05: 
countervailing duty on biodiesel 
originating in the United States 
of America (including biodiesel 
consigned from Canada)  - 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY T HROUGH 30  JUNE 2021  
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Date of  
termination  Reason for  
termination  
NIL 
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10 European Union's ID Number  AS556 IN . 
11 European Union's ID Number  AS650 ID . 
12 European Union's ID Number  AS606 TR . 
13 European Union's ID Number  AS532 US.  
14 European Union's ID number AS532 CA AC.