G/SCM/N/356/IND  
6 May  2020 
(20-3473) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
INDIA 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 July-31 December  2019 from India . 
 
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Reporting Member : INDIA1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PER IOD 1  JULY-31 DECEMBER  2019 
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 
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 
China  Stainless steel welded 
pipes (*) 
7306.4000, 7306 .6110,  
7306.1100, 7306 .2100 
6/22/2018 -DGAD -1/2 09.08.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - 17.09.2019  
21.74 to 
29.88% of CIF 
value  - - Final Finding 
issued on 
31.07.2019*  - - - 
 Saccharin 
2925.1100 
6/18/2018 -DGAD -1/1 10.08.2018 
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - 30.08.2019  
20% of CIF 
value  - - Final Finding 
issued on 
19.06.2019*  - - - 
 Atrazine  
3808.9199, 3808 .9390, 
3808.9990 
6/19/2018 -DGAD -1/1 27.08.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - 17.09.2019  
9.52% of CIF 
value  - - Final Finding 
issued on 
22.08.2019*  - - - 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: http://www.dgtr.gov.in/ . 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For refe rence purposes only.    
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Indonesia  Continuous cast copper 
wire rods (*) 
7407.1010, 7407.1020, 
7408.1190, 7408.1920, 
7408.1990, 7409.11, 
7409.19  
6/17/2018 -DGAD -1/4 10.09.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - - - - Final Finding 
issued on 
05.11.2019*  
Custom 
notification 
awaited  - - - 
 Flat products of stainless 
steel 
7219 and 7220  
6/16/2019 -DGTR -1/1 18.10.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
 Fiberboards  (*) 
4411 
6/17/2019 -DGTR -1/5 05.11.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
Korea, Rep. 
of Styrene  butadiene rubber  
4002.19 
6/21/2019 -DGTR -1/1 29.10.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
Malaysia  Continuous cast copper 
wire rods (*) 
7407.1010,  7407.1020, 
7408.1190, 7408.1920, 
7408.1990, 7409.11, 
7409.19  
6/17/2018 -DGAD -2/4 10.09.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - - - - Final Finding 
issued on 
05.11.2019*  
Custom 
notification 
awaited  - - - 
 Textured tempered glass 
whether coated or 
uncoated  
7007.1900 
6/13/2019 -DGTR -1/1 12.09.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
 Clear float glass 
7005.1090 
6/14/2019 -DGTR -1/1 01.10.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
 Fiberboards  (*) 
4411 
6/17/2019 -DGTR -2/5 05.11.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
Sri Lanka  Fiberboards  (*) 
4411 
6/17/2019 -DGTR -3/5 05.11.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - -   
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Thailand  Continuous cast copper 
wire rods (*) 
7407.1010, 7407.1020, 
7408.1190, 7408.1920, 
7408.1990, 7409.11, 
7409.19  
6/17/2018 -DGAD -3/4 10.09.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - - - - Final Finding 
issued on 
05.11.2019*  
Custom 
notification 
awaited  - - - 
 Fiberboards  (*) 
4411 
6/17/2019 -DGTR -4/5 05.11.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
Viet Nam  Continuous cast copper 
wire rods (*) 
7407.1010, 7407.1020, 
7408.1190, 7408.1920, 
7408.1990, 7409.11, 
7409.19  
6/17/2018 -DGAD -4/4 10.09.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - -  - Final Finding 
issued on 
05.11.2019*  
Custom 
notification 
awaited  - - - 
 Stainless steel welded 
pipes (*) 
7306.4000, 7306 .6110,  
7306.1100, 7306 .2100 
6/22/2018 -DGAD -2/2 09.08.2018  
S: 01.04.2017 -
31.03.2018  
I: 01.04.2014 -
31.03.2018  - 17.09.2019  
Nil to 11.96% 
of CIF value  - - Final Finding 
issued on 
31.07.2019*  - - - 
 Fiberboards  (*) 
4411 
6/17/2019 -DGTR -5/5 05.11.2019  
S: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2019  
I: 01.04.2015 -
31.03.2019  - - - - Ongoing 
investigation  - - - 
* The Final findings issued by DGTR are in the form of recommendations to the Central Governmen t for imposition of Anti -Subsidy Duty . Duty imposition is based on final 
decision of the Ministry of Finance . Accordingly, dates mentioned in column 8 indicate the date on which a recommendation for imposition of CVD measure was made to  
the Central Government and the date in co lumn 5 indicate the date on which the recommendation was accepted and duty was notified.  
 
   
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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 apparen t 
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 
 
 
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 3 1 DECEMBER  2019 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition ; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension ; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China  Castings of wind 
operated electricity 
generators  
17/6/2013 -1/1 Duties  19.01.2016  
01/2016 -Customs  
(CVD)  - 
 Certain hot rolled 
and cold rolled 
stainless steel flat 
products  
14-18-2015-1/1 Duties  07.09.2017  
01/2017 -Customs  
(CVD)  - 
 New pneumatic 
tyres for buses and 
lorries  
6/8/2018 -DGAD -1/1 Duties  24.06.2019  
01/2019 -Customs 
(CVD)  - 
 Saccharin 
6/18/2018 -DGAD -
1/1 Duties  30.08.2019  
02/2019 -Customs 
(CVD)  - 
 Atrazine  
06/19/2018 -DGAD -
1/1 Duties  17.09.2019  
03/2019 -Customs 
(CVD)  - 
 Stainless steel 
welded pipes 
6/22/2018 -DGAD -
1/2 Duties  17.09.2019  
04/2019 -Customs 
(CVD)  - 
Viet Nam  Stainless steel 
welded pipes 
6/22/2018 -DGAD -
2/2 Duties  17.09.2019  
04/2019 -Customs 
(CVD)  - 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JULY THRO UGH 3 1 DECEMBER  2019 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Date of  
termination  Reason for  
termination  
Nil 
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