G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
16 April 2019 
(19-2511) Page: 1/36 
Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT U NDER  
ARTICLE 25.11 OF THE  AGREEMENT  
UNITED STATES 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 July-31 December 2018 from 
United  States . 
 
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  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
- 2 - Reporting Member : UNITED STATES  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT O F COUNTERVAILING DUT Y ACTIONS1 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER 2018 
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 
product2; 
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 91 101 1115 
Canada  Certain Uncoated 
Groundwood Paper  
HTSUS: 4801.00, 
4802.61, 4802.62,  
4802.69, 4805.91  
ID #: C -122-862 01.09.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  16.01.18  
0.65% de minimis – 
9.93%; All Others 
6.53%  
 
09.08.18  
0.82% (de minimis) 
– 9.81%; All Others 
8.54%  
/9/ 
   27.9.18;  
/12/  1,358,061,126 
kg 
CY 2016  
/8/ 77.7%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Provision of Stumpage for Less 
Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)  
2. British Columbia Log and Wood 
Residue Export Restraints  
3. Federal Accelerated Capital Cost 
Allowance (ACCA) for Class 29 Assets  
4. Powell River City Tax Exemption 
Program  
5. School Tax Credit for Class 4 Major 
Industrial Properties  
6. Lower Tax Rates for Coloured Fuel 
/ BC Coloured Fuel Certification  
7. Newfoundland and Labrador 
Scientific Research and Development 
Tax Credit  
8. Waiver of Managed Forest Lan d Tax  
9. Credits for the Construction and 
Major Repair of Public Access Roads 
and Bridges in Forest Areas  
 
                                                
1 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
2 For reference purposes only.   
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Canada  
(Cont'd)  Certain Uncoated 
Groundwood Paper  
HTSUS: 4801.00, 
4802.61, 4802.62,  
4802.69, 4805.91  
ID #: C -122-862 
(Cont'd)          10. Québec Scientific Research and 
Development Tax Credit   
11. Québec Tax Credit for the 
Acquisition of Manufacturing and 
Processing Equipment in Québec  
12.The Federal Pulp and Paper Green 
Transformation Program (FPPGTP)  
13. Canada -BC Job Grant Program  
14. BC Hydro Power Smart Program  
A. BC Hydro Power Smart: Industrial 
Energy Managers Program  
B. BC Hydro Power Smart: TMP 
Program  
C. BC Hydro Power Smart: Load 
Curtailment  
D. BC Hydro Power Smart: Incentives  
15. Labour Market Partnership (LMP ) 
16. Maintenance of Competitive 
Position Grant  
17. Forest Insect Control and Survey 
Assistance  
18. Productive Forest Lands Inventory 
Program  
19. Ontario Northern Industrial 
Electricity Rate Program  
20. Independent Electricity System 
Operator (IESO) Demand  Response  
21. The GOO’s Provision of IESO 
Industrial Electricity Incentives  
22. Hydro -Québec Interruptible 
Electricity Option  
23. Debt to Equity Conversion for 
KPPI 
24. Equity Infusion into KHLP  
25. Partial Cut Investment Program 
(PCIP)  
26. Investment Program in Public 
Forests Affected by Natural or 
Anthropogenic  
Disturbance – Incentives for 
Harvesting Areas Infested by Spruce 
Budworm  
27. Paix des Braves  
28. Newfoundland and Labrador 
Provision of Loans to CBPP  
29. BC Hydro Electricity Purchase 
Agreement s (EPAs)  
30. GOQ Purchase of Electricity for 
MTAR   
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China  Aluminum Wire and 
Cable  
HTSUS: 8544.42, 
8544.49  
ID #: C -570-096 18.10.18  
(01.17 - 12.17)       104,219,957 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 34.9%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
Cast Iron Soil Pipe  
HTSUS: 7303.00  
ID #: C -570-080 23.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  02.07.18  
13.11% - 111.20%; 
All Others 13.11%      25,838,311 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 74.6%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Provision of Pig Iron for LTAR  
2. Provision of Ferrous Scrap for LTAR  
3. Provision of Metallurgical Coke  for 
LTAR 
4. Policy Loans to the Cast Iron Soil 
Pipe Industry  
Cast Iron Soil Pipe 
Fittings  
HTSUS: 7307.11  
ID #: C -570-063 08.08.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  19.12.17  
8.66% - 102.31%; 
All Others 10.37%  
19.01.18  
7.37% - 96.96%; 
All Others 8.12% 
/2/ 
11.07.18  
7.37% - 133.94%; 
All Others 23.28%  
/9/ 31.08.18  
7.37% - 
133.94%; 
All Others 
23.28%     10,519,917 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 79.2%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Policy Loans to the Cast Iron Soil 
Pipe Fittings Industry  
2. Provision of Ferrous Scrap for LTAR  
3. Provision of Pig Iron for LTAR  
4. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
5. "Other Subsidies"  
a. Grants,  
b. Direct Taxes  
6. Provision of Metallurgical Coke for 
LTAR 
7. Provision of Iron Ore for LTAR  
 Common Alloy 
Aluminum Sheet  
HTSUS: 7606.11, 
7606.12, 7606.91, 
7606.92, 7607.11  
ID #: C-570-074 04.12.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  23.04.18  
31.20% - 113.30%; 
All Others 33.10%  
 
15.11.18  
46.48% 116.49%; 
All Others 50.75%  
/9/     479,889,630 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 43.4%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Policy Loans to the Common Alloy 
Sheet Industry  
2. Export Loans from Chinese  State -
Owned Banks  
3.Export Seller’s Credit  
4. Export Buyer’s Credit  
5. Income Tax Deductions for 
Research and Development Expenses 
Under the Enterprise Income Tax Law  
6. Income Tax Credits for Purchase of 
Special Equipment  
7. VAT Rebates on Domestically -
Produced Equipment  
8. Government Provision of Land for 
LTAR 
9. Government Provision of Primary 
Aluminum  
10. Government Provision of Steam 
Coal for LTAR  
11. Government Provision of 
Electricity for LTAR  
12. "Other Subsidies"   
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China 
(Cont'd)  Forged Steel Fittings  
HTSUS: 7307.92, 
7307.99, 7326.19  
ID #: C -570-068 01.11.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  14.03.18  
13.79%; All others 
13.79  
 
05.10.18  
13.41%; All Others 
13.41%  
/9/ 26.11.18  
13.41%; All 
Others 
13.x41%     85,974,146 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 35.3%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Provision of SBQ Bar for LTAR  
2. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
3. Provision of Land and/or Land -Use 
Rights for LTAR in Jiangsu Province 
and the Western Region of China  
4. Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions 
on Imported Equipment for 
Encoura ged Industries  
5. VAT Refunds for FIEs on Purchases 
of Chinese -Made Equipment  
6. Technology Reward from Jiangyan 
Economic Development Zone  
7. Reward from Financial Bureau of 
Jiangyan City  
8. Year 2015 Technology Innovation 
Reward from Financial Bureau of 
Jiangyan Cityss  
 Glycine*  
HTSUS: 2922.49  
ID #: C -570-081 25.04.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  04.09.18  
144.01%; All Others 
144.01%      36,779,797 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 62.3%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
 Large Diameter 
Welded Pipe*  
HTSUS: 7305.11, 
7305.12, 7305.19, 
7305.31, 7305.39  
ID #:  C-570-078 20.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  29.06.18  
198.49%; All Others 
198.49%  
 
14.11.18  
198.49%; All Others 
198.49%  
/9/     19,011,187 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 2.8%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
 Certain Plastic 
Decorative Ribbon  
HTSUS: 3920.10, 
3920.20, 3920.30, 
3920.43, 3920.49, 
3920.62, 3920.69,   
3921.90, 3926.90, 
4601.99, 4602.90, 
5404.90, 5609.00, 
6307.90  
ID #: C -570-076 23.01.18  
(01.16 – 12.16)  22.06.18  
12.81% - 94.67%; 
All Others 13.54%      1,908,519 units  
CY 2016  
/8/ 56.3%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Export Buyer’s Credit  
2. Government Provision of 
Petrochemical Inputs for LTAR  
3. Government Provision of Electricity 
for LTAR  
 Polyester Textured 
Yarn*  
HTSUS: 5402.33  
ID #: C -570-098 19.11.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)       19,332,446 kg  
CY 2017  
/8 32.6%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA  
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China 
(Cont'd)  Certain Quartz 
Surface Products  
HTSUS: 2506.10, 
2506.20, 6810.11, 
6810.19, 6810.91, 
6810.99, 6815.99  
ID #: C -570-085 16.05.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  21.09.18  
34.38% - 178.45%; 
All Others 34.38%      772,822 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 5.3%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Preferential Income Tax Program 
for HNTEs  
2. Provision of Polyester Resin for 
LTAR 
3. Provision of Quartz for LTAR  
4. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
5. Policy Loans to Quartz Surface 
Products Industry  
6. Other  Subsidies  
a. 2016 Market Development 
Assistance (Special Fund for Domestic 
& Foreign Economic and Trade 
Development);  
b. 2016 Guangdong Province High -
Tech Enterprise Assistance;  
c. Utility Model Patent Assistance;  
d. Foshan City’s Subsidy for 
Recognition as High -Tech Enterprises  
e. Special Award for Guangdong 
Province’s Stable Growth Structure  
f. High and New Technology 
Enterprise for Education and Training  
g. Gaoming District Engineering 
Center Assistance  
 Refillable Stainless 
Steel Kegs  
HTSUS: 7310.00,  
7310.10, 7310.29  
ID #: C -570-094 16.10.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)       152,200,405 
units 
CY 2017  
/8/ 33.5%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
 Rubber Bands*  
HTSUS: 4016.99  
ID #: C -570-070 27.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  09.07.18  
125.77%; All Others 
125.77%  
 
20.11.18  
125.77%; All Others 
125.77%  
/9/     139,196 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 42.4%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
 Sodium Gluconate, 
Gluconic Acid, and 
Derivative Products  
HTSUS: 2918.16,  
2932.20, 3824.99  
ID #: C -570-072 04.01.18  
(01.16 – 12.16)  23.05.18  
194.67%; All Others 
194.67%  
 
21.09.18  
194.67%; All Others 
194.67%  
/9/ 13.11.18  
194.67%; 
All Others 
194.67%     84,536,087 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 13.0%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA  
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China 
(Cont'd)  Certain Steel 
Propane Cylinders  
HTSUS: 7311.00  
ID #: C -570-087 18.06.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  
 26.10.18  
42.77% - 145.37%; 
All Others 42.77%      2,971,973 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 14.2%  
CY 2017  
/8/ 1. Policy Loans to the Steel Propane 
2. Cylinders Industry  
3. Export Seller’s Credit  
4. Export Buyer’s Credit  
5. Provision of Electricity for Less 
Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)  
6. Provision of Hot -Rolled Steel for 
LTAR 
Certain Steel Racks  
HTSUS: 7308.90, 
9403.20,  
9403.90  
ID #: C -570-089 17.07.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  03.12.18  
5.04% - 150.49%; 
All Others 8.81%      911,988,762 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 43.8%  
CY 2017  
/8/ 1. Provision of Cold-Rolled Steel for 
LTAR 
2. Provision of Hot -Rolled Steel for 
LTAR 
3. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
4. Policy Loans  
5. Provision of Land in Economic 
Development Zones (EDZs) for LTAR  
6. “Other Subsidies”  
Certain Steel 
Wheels  
HTSUS: 4011.20, 
8708.70, 8708.99,  
8716.90  
ID #: C -570-083 24.04.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  31.08.18  
58.75% - 172.51%; 
All Others 58.75%      325,879,703 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 77.5%  
CY 2017  
/8/ 1. Export Buyer’s Credit  
2. Government Provision of Hot -
Rolled Steel Inputs for LTAR  
3. Government Provision of Electricity 
for LTAR  
4. Government Provision of Land for 
LTAR 
5. Export Seller’s Credit  
6. Grants for Export Credit Insurance  
7. Foreign Trade Development Fund 
Program Grants  
8. Enterprises Income Tax Law, R&D 
Program  
9. Preferentia l Tax Policies for the 
Development of Western -Regions of 
China  
10. Direct Government Grants to 
Xiamen Sunrise  
Certain Steel 
Wheels 12 to 16.5 
Inches in Diameter  
HTSUS: 8716.90  
ID #: C -570-091 05.09.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)       298,004,259 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 80.1%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
India Glycine*  
HTSUS: 2922.49  
ID #: C -533-884 25.04.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  04.09.18  
3.03% - 26.07%; 
All Others 14.55%      3,853,163 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 6.5%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Export Promotion Capital Goods 
Scheme (EPCGS)  
2. Status Holder Incentive Scrip 
(SHIS)  
3. Merchandise Export from India 
Scheme (MEIS)  
4. Duty Drawback (DDB) Program  
5. Water for Less Than Adequate 
Remuneration;   
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India 
(Cont'd)  Large Diameter 
Welded Pipe*  
HTSUS: 7305.11, 
7305.12, 7305.19, 
7305.31, 7305.39  
ID #: C -533-882 20.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  29.06.18  
541.15%; All Others 
541.15%  
 
14.11.18  
541.15%; All Others 
541.15%  
/9/     29,682,481 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 4.4%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
 Polyester Textured 
Yarn*  
HTSUS: 5402.33  
ID #: C -533-886 19.11.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)       11,901,978 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 20.1%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
 Polytetrafluoro - 
ethylene Resin  
HTSUS: 3904.61, 
3904.69  
ID #: C -533-880 26.10.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  08.03.18  
3.90%; All Others 
3.90%  
 
21.05.18  
3.60%; All Others 
3.60%  
/9/   11.07.18  
/12/  1,719,421 kg 
CY 2016  
/8/ 5.8%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Export Promotion of Capital Goods 
Scheme (EPCGS)  
2. Advance Authorization Program 
(AAP) aka Advance License Program 
(ALP)  
3. Status Holders Incentive Scrip 
(SHIS)  
4. Exemption from Electricity Duty  
5. State Government of Gujarat 
(SGOG) Preferential Water Rates  
6. Renewable Energy Certificate  
Stainless Steel 
Flanges*  
HTSUS: 7307.21  
ID #: C -533-878 11.09.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  23.01.18  
5.00% - 239.61%;  
All Others 5.00%  
 
16.08.18  
4.92% - 256.16%; 
All Others 4.92%  
/9/ 05.10.18  
4.92% - 
256.16%; 
All Others 
4.92%     8,030,809 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 45.1%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Duty Drawback (DDB)  
2. Export Promotion of Capital Goods 
Scheme (EPCG) \ 
3. Merchandise Export from India 
Scheme (MEIS)  
4. Interest Equalization Scheme 
(IES) for Export Financing  
5. Status Holders Incentive Scrip 
Scheme (SHIS)  
6. State Government of Maharashtra 
(SGOM) Subsidy Programs  
7. Special Capital Incentive under 
Package Scheme of Incentives 1988 
Scheme  
Israel  Magnesium  
HTSUS: 8104.11, 
8104.19, 8104.30  
ID #: C-508-813 20.11.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)       11,449,787 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 46.7%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
Korea, Rep. 
of Large Diameter 
Welded Pipe*  
HTSUS: 7305.11, 
7305.12, 7305.19, 
7305.31, 7305.39  
ID #: C -580-898 20.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  29.06.18  
0.01% - 3.31%; All 
Others 3.31%      174,590,602 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 25.7%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA  
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Spain  Ripe Olives  
HTSUS: 2005.70  
ID #: C -469-818 19.07.17  
(01.16 – 12.16)  28.11.17  
2.31% - 7.24%; All 
Others 4.47%  
 
18.06.18  
7.52% - 27.02%; 
All Others 14.75%  
/9/ 
 
01.08.18  
7.52% - 27.02%; 
All Others 14.97%  
/4/ 01.08.18  
7.52% - 
27.02%; All 
Others 
14.97%     76,524,775 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 54.9%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. European Union (EU) Common 
Agricultural Policy (CAP) Pillar I: 
Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) - 
Direct Payment  
2. EU CAP Pillar II -BPS - Greening 
Program  
3. EU CAP: SPS  
4. EU CAP Pillar II: Agricultural Fund 
for Rural Development  
Thailand  Glycine*  
HTSUS: 2922.49  
ID #: C -549-838 25.04.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  04.09.18  
0.00%      615,229 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1.0%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
Rubber Bands*  
HTSUS: 4016.99  
ID #: C -549-836 27.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  09.07.18  
0.23% (de minimis) 
– 0.37% (de 
minimis)      1,278 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 0.0%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
Turkey  Large Diameter 
Welded Pipe*  
HTSUS: 7305.11, 
7305.12, 7305.19, 
7305.31, 7305.39  
C-489-834 20.02.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  29.06.18  
1.08% - 3.76%; All 
Others 1.89%  
     108,545,760 kg  
CY 2016  
/8/ 16.0%  
CY 2016  
/8/ 1. Provision of Hot -Rolled Steel 
(HRS) for Less than Adequate 
Remuneration (LTAR)  
2. Provision of Cut -to-Length Plate 
(CTL Plate) for LTAR  
3. Deductions from Taxable Income 
for Export Revenue  
4. Export Financing: Rediscount 
Program  
5. Investment Encouragement 
Program (IEP): Customs Duty and 
VAT Exemptions  
6. Property Tax Law 1319: 
Exemption from Property Tax  
7. Inward Processing Certificate 
Exemption Program  
8. Free Zones Law 3218: Corporate 
Income Tax Exemptions  
9. Free Zones Law 3218: Exemption 
from Income Tax on Wages Paid to 
Workers   
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Viet Nam  Laminated Woven 
Sacks  
HTSUS: 3917.39, 
3921.90, 3923.21, 
3923.29, 4601.99, 
4602.90, 5903.90,  
6305.33  
ID #: C -552-824 03.04.18  
(01.17 – 12.17)  13.08.18  
3.24% - 6.15%; All 
Others 5.19%      22,976,317 kg  
CY 2017  
/8/ 5.8%  
CY 2017  
/8/ 1. Preferential Lending to Exporters  
2. Income Tax Preferences for 
Companies in Special Zones  
3. Import Duty Exemptions on 
Imports of Raw Materials for 
Exporting Goods  
4. Import Duty Exemptions on 
Imported Raw Materials for Export 
Processing Enterprises  
and Export Processing Zones  
5. Import Duty Exemption on Imports 
of Spare Parts and  Accessories for 
Companies in Industrial Zones  
Table Notes:  
1  Figures refer to the 12 -month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise specified.  
2 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.  
3 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand.  
4 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.  
5 Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countries investigated simultaneously . 
6 Denotes revocation of order pursuant to determination in sunset review . 
7 Denotes revocation of order pursuant to negotiated agreement . 
8 Source:  U.S. ITC Dataweb http://www.usitc.gov , based on 6 -digit HTSUS numbers provided in column 2 . 
9 Date of final countervailable subsidies determination. Under the US system, the final injury determination is made after the final countervailable subsidies 
 determination.  Definitive measures may not be imposed until there are affirmative findings of both countervailable subsidies and injury, thr eat of injury or material retardation.   
10 Date of final determination of the likelihood of continuation  or recurrence of subsidization. Under the US system, the final injury determination is made after the final 
 determination of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization. Measures may not be continued until there are  affirmative findings of both subsid ization and 
 injury.  
11 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement . 
12 Denotes termination of investigation due to finding of no injury.  
13 Source:  U.S. ITC Trade Remedy publication http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/publications/opinions_index.htm . 
14 Denotes termination of investigation due to final negative countervailing duty determination . 
15 The precise name of a given subsidy program may di ffer from case to case reflecting, in part, differences in how the program was alleged.  
16 Denotes termination of investigation do to withdrawal of petition  
Abbreviations/Symbols/Other:  
(R- y) Denotes review - review period      (ER) Denotes expedited review  
(C- y) Denotes circumvention inquiry - review period    CL Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality  
(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review     NS Denotes No Shipments during period  
(SNR)  Denotes sunset review       NA Statistics not available or not collected  
(NR-y) Denotes new shipper review - review period    *  Denotes simultaneous investigation of product from multiple countries/customs territories  
(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement     CY Calendar year  
Dates are listed in the following format: DD.MM.YY or MM.YY  
Countervailing Duty actions are published in the Federal Register  or available at  http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html   
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- 11 - Reviews / Other subsequent pr oceedings  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Preliminary 
results/  
determination  Final measures  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 
product;  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,  
explana tion Import 
volume or 
value (units/  
currency); 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different from  
cols. 2 / 3  Import 
volume as 
% of 
apparent 
domestic 
consump -
tion or as % 
of total 
imports  Name(s) of the subsidy programme(s) 
countervailed  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91 101 1113 
 Argentina  Biodiesel  
HTSUS: 3826.00  
ID #: C -357-821 13.11.18  
(CR)        NA 
Canada  Softwood Lumber 
Products  
HTSUS: 4407.10,   
4409.10, 4415.20, 
4418.99, 4421.99  
ID #: C -122-858 08.03.18  
(ER 01.15 – 
12.15)      21.05.18  
Partial 
Rescission of 
Expedited 
Review    NA 
Supercalendered 
Paper  
HTSUS: 4802.61, 
4802.62, 4802.69  
ID #: C -122-854 14.05.18  
(CR)    12.07.18  
/14/    NA 
Supercalendered 
Paper  
HTSUS: 4802.61, 
4802.62, 4802.69  
ID #: C -122-854 23.02.18  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)      12.07.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
Supercalendered 
Paper  
HTSUS: 4802.61, 
4802.62, 4802.69  
ID #: C -122-854 13.02.17  
(R 08.15 – 
12.15)  03.01.18  
1.79% - 
15.65%     12.07.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 1-Hydroxyethylidene -
1, 1-Diphoshonic Acid 
(HEDP)  
HTSUS: 2931.90  
ID #: C -570-046 12.07.18  
(R 09.16 – 
12.17)         NA  
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China  Aluminum Extrusions  
HTSUS: 6603.90, 
7604.21, 7604.29, 
7608.20, 7609.00, 
7610.10, 7610.90, 
7615.10, 7615.19, 
7615.20, 7616.10, 
7616.99, 8302.10, 
8302.20, 8302.30, 
8302.41, 8302.42, 
8302.49, 8302.50, 
8302.60, 8305.10, 
8306.30, 8414.59, 
8415.90, 8418.99, 
8419.90, 8422.90, 
8424.9 0, 8473.30, 
8479.89, 8479.90, 
8481.90, 8486.90, 
8487.90, 8503.00, 
8508.70, 8513.90, 
8515.90, 8516.90, 
8517.70, 8529.90, 
8536.90, 8538.10, 
8543.90, 8708.29, 
8708.80, 8803.30, 
9013.90, 9031.90, 
9401.90, 9403.10, 
9403.20, 9403.90, 
9405.99, 9506.11, 
9506.51, 9 506.59, 
9506.70, 9506.91, 
9506.99, 9507.30, 
9507.90, 9603.90  
ID #: C -570-968 12.07.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
   
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China 
(Cont'd)  Aluminum Extrusions  
HTSUS: 7604.21, 
7604.29, 7608.20, 
7609.00, 7610.10, 
7610.90, 7615.10, 
7615.19, 7615.20, 
7616.10, 7616.99, 
8302.10, 8302.20, 
8302.30, 8302.41, 
8302.42, 8302.49, 
8302.50, 8302.60, 
8305.10, 8306.30, 
8414.59, 8415.90, 
8418.99, 8419.90, 
8422.90, 8424.90, 
8473.30, 8479.89, 
8479.90, 8486.90, 
8487.90, 8503.00, 
8508.70, 8513.90, 
8515.90, 8516.90, 
8517.70, 8529.90, 
8536.90, 8538.10, 
8543.90, 8708.29, 
8708.80, 8803.30, 
9013.90, 9031.90, 
9401.90, 9403.10, 
9403.20, 9403.90, 
9405.99, 9506.11, 
9506.51, 9506.59, 
9506.70, 9506.91, 
9506.99, 9507.30, 
9507.90, 9603.90  
ID #: C -570-968 05.03.18  
(C)        NA 
   
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China 
(Cont'd)  Aluminum Extrusions  
HTSUS: 7604.21, 
7604.29, 7608.20, 
7609.00, 7610.10, 
7610.90, 7615.10, 
7615.19, 7615.20, 
7616.10, 7616.99, 
8302.10, 8302.20, 
8302.30, 8302.41, 
8302.42, 8302.49, 
8302.50, 8302.60,  
8305.10, 8306.30, 
8414.59, 8415.90, 
8418.99, 8419.90, 
8422.90, 8424.90, 
8473.30, 8479.89, 
8479.90,  8486.90, 
8487.90, 8503.00, 
8508.70, 8513.90, 
8515.90, 8516.90, 
8517.70, 8529.90, 
8536.90, 8538.10, 
8543.90, 8708.29, 
8708.80, 8803.30, 
9013.90, 9031.90, 
9401.90, 9403.10, 
9403.20, 9403.90, 
9405.99, 9506.11, 
9506.51, 9506.59, 
9506.70, 9506.91, 
9506.99, 9507.30, 
9507.90, 9603.90  
ID #: C -570-968 06.07.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  15.03.18  
198.61%  25.07.18  
198.61%       NA 
Certain Carbon and 
Alloy Steel Cut -to-
Length Plate 
HTSUS: 7208.40, 
7208.51, 7208.52, 
7208.53, 7208.90, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7211.13, 7211.14, 
7211.19, 7211.90, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7214.10, 7214.30, 
7214.91, 7225.11, 
7225.19, 7225.40, 
7225.99, 7226.11, 
7226.19, 7226.20, 
7226.91, 7226.99  
ID #: C -570-048 22.05.17  
(R 01.15 – 
12.15)  21.03.18  
29.43%  19.07.18  
26.90%  
 
23.08.18  
24.04%  
/4/      1. Policy Loans for the CTL Plate Industry  
2. Preferential Income Tax Reductions for 
HNTEs  
3. Preferential Deduction of R&D Expenses for 
HNTEs  
4. Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions for FIEs 
and Certain Domestic Enterprises  Using 
Imported Equipment in Encouraged Industries  
5. Provision of Steam Coal for LTAR  
6. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
7. Provision of “Other Subsidies”  
8. Provision of Land -Use Rights for LTAR   
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China 
(Cont'd)  Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates  
HTSUS: 2933.69, 
3808.50, 3808.94, 
3808.99  
ID #: C -570-991 11.01.18  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  07.12.18  
1.54% - 
1.71%        1. Electricity for LTAR  
2. Export Buyer’s Credit from the Export -
Import Bank  of China  
3. Self -Reported Grant Programs  
a. Market Development Fund for Middle -and-
Small Sized Enterprise  
b. Enterprise Technology Center of Shandong 
Province  
c. 2015 Municipal Foreign Trade Development 
Special Fund  
d. Grants for the Application of Patent s 
 Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe 
HTSUS: 7306.19, 
7306.30, 7306.50  
ID #: C -570-911 01.11.18  
(SNR)       60,704,272 
kg 
CY 2017  
/8/ 3.1%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
 Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe 
HTSUS: 7306.19, 
7306.30, 7306.50  
ID #: C -570-911 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not 
Assembled into 
Modules  
HTSUS: 8501.61, 
8507.20, 8541.40, 
8501.31  
ID #:  C -570-980 20.07.18  
(CR) 20.08.18  20.12.18       NA 
 Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not 
Assembled into 
Modules HTSUS: 
8501.61, 8507.20, 
8541.40, 8501.31  
ID #:  C -570-980 23.02.18  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)         NA 
 Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not 
Assembled into 
Modules  
HTSUS: 8501.61, 
8507.20, 8541.40, 
8501.31  
ID #:  C -570-980 01.11.17  
(SNR)  09.03.18  
/10/     4,321,680,3
96 units  
CY 2016  
/8/ 41.0%  
CY 2016  
/8 NA  
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China 
(Cont'd)  Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not  
Assembled into 
ModulesHTSUS: 
8501.61, 8507.20, 
8541.40, 8501.31  
ID #:  C -570-980 13.02.17  
(R 01.15 – 
12.15)  10.01.18  
10.93% - 
13.72%  23.07.18  
11.39% - 
14.34%  
 
30.10.18  
9.12% - 
11.59%  
/4/      1. Provision of Solar Grade Polysili -con for LTAR  
2. Provision of Solar Glass for LTAR  
3. Provision of Aluminum Extrusions for LTAR  
4. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
5. Provision of Land for LTAR  
6. Preferential Tax Program for High or New 
Technology Enterprises (HNTEs)  
7. Enterprise Income Tax Law, Research and 
Development (R&D) Program  
8. Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions for Use of 
Imported Equipment – Encouraged Industries  
9. Golden Sun Demonstration Pro -gram 
10. Export Buyer’s Credits  
11. Export Seller’s Credits Program  
12. Other Subsidy Programs  
 Certain Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic 
ProductsHTSUS: 
8501.31, 8501.61, 
8507.20, 8541.40  
ID #: C -570-011 16.04.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Drawn Stainless Steel 
Sinks  
HTSUS: 7324.10  
ID #: C -570-984 05.03.18  
(SNR)  25.07.18  
/10/ 28.08.18     2,809,928 
units 
CY 2017  
/8/ 43.6%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
 Certain Hardwood 
Plywood Products  
HTSUS: 4412.10, 
4412.31, 4412.32, 
4412.94, 4412.99  
ID #: C -570-052 21.09.18  
(C)        NA 
 High Pressure Steel 
Cylinders  
HTSUS: 7311.00  
 ID #: C -570-978 10.08.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 High Pressure Steel 
Cylinders  
HTSUS: 7311.00  
 ID #: C -570-978 01.08.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  10.07.18  
37.77%  10.12.18  
25.57%       1. Pension Fund Grants  
2. Provision of Hot -Rolled Steel for Less Than 
Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)  
3. Provision of Seamless Tube Steel for LTAR  
4. Provision of Standard Commodity Steel 
Billets and Blooms, and High -Quality 
Chromium Molybdenum Alloy Steel Billets and 
Blooms for LTAR  
5. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
6. Preferential Loans for SOEs  
7. Export Credit from  Export -Import Bank of 
China: Export Buyer’s Credit  
8. Other Subsidy Programs   
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China 
(Cont'd)  Magnesia Carbon 
Bricks  
HTSUS: 6902.10, 
6815.91, 6815.99  
ID #: C -570-955 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Magnesia Carbon 
Bricks  
HTSUS: 6902.10, 
6815.91, 6815.99  
ID #: C -570-955 13.11.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  11.10.18  
NS       NA 
 Certain New 
Pneumatic Off -The-
Road Tires  
HTSUS: 4011.20, 
4011.62, 4011.70, 
4011.80, 4011.90   
ID #: C -570-913 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Certain  New 
Pneumatic Off -The-
Road Tires  
HTSUS: 4011.20, 
4011.61, 4011.62, 
4011.63, 4011.69, 
4011.92, 4011.93, 
4011.94  
ID #: C -570-913 13.11.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  11.07.18  
91.94%  26.12.18  
129.72%       NA 
 
Multilayered Wood 
Flooring  
HTSUS: 4412.31, 
4412.32, 4412.39, 
4412.94, 4412.99, 
4418.71, 4418.72, 
4418.74, 4418.75, 
4418.79, 9801.00  
ID #: C -570-971 23.02.18  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  28.12.18  
2.17% - 
3.25%        1. Allowance for Attorney’s Fees  
2. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
3. Policy Loans to the MLWF Indust ry 
4. Provision of Veneers for LTAR  
5. Provision of Cut Timber for LTAR  
6. Provision of Land -Use Rights to Certain 
Industrial Zones for LTAR  
7. Export Buyers’ Credit  
8. “Other Subsidies”  
a. Grants  
b. Direct Taxes  
Narrow Woven 
Ribbons with Woven 
Selvedge  
HTSUS: 5806.31, 
5806.32, 5806.39, 
5808.90, 5810.91, 
5810.99, 5903.90, 
5907.00, 5810.92, 
6307.90  
ID #: C -570-953 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         
NA  
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China 
(Cont'd)  Narrow Woven 
Ribbons with Woven 
Selvedge  
HTSUS: 5806.32, 
5806.31, 5806.32, 
5806.39, 5808.90, 
5810.91, 5810.99, 
5903.90, 5907.00, 
5810.92, 6307.90  
ID #: C -570-953 13.11.17  
(R 01.16 -
12.16)  10.10.18  
23.70%        1. Policy Loans to Narrow Woven Ribbon 
Producers from State -owned Commercial 
Banks  
2. Income Tax Reduct ion for High and New 
Technology Enterprises (HNTEs)  
3. Preferential Tax Policy for Wages of 
Disabled Employees  
4. Provision of Synthetic Yarn for LTAR  
5. Provision of Caustic Soda for LTAR  
6. Provision of Electricity for LTAR  
7. Export Buyer’s Credits  
8. Xiamen Municipal Science and Technology 
Grant Program  
9. International Market Development Fund 
Grants for Small and Medium Enterprises  
10. Assistance for Recruiting Rural Labor  
11. Assistance for Recruiting Vocational 
Institution and/or College Graduates  
12. Insurance Expense Assistance  
13. Interest Assistance for Loans Obtained for 
Technology Projects  
14. Assistance for Textile Exhibition  
15. Training Fee Rebate  
16. Payments from Xiamen Commerce Bureau  
 Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods  
HTSUS: 7304.29, 
7304.39, 7304.59, 
7305.20, 7305.31, 
7306.29, 7306.30, 
7306.50  
ID #: C -570-944 16.03.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)      02.10.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light 
Truck Tires  
HTSUS: 4011.10, 
4011.20, 4011.99, 
8708.70  
ID #:  C-570-017 04.10.18  
(01.17 – 
12.17)         NA  
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China 
(Cont'd)  Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light 
Truck Tires  
HTSUS: 4011.10, 
4011.20, 4011.99, 
8708.70  
ID #: C -570-017 16.10.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  10.09.18  
23.68% - 
26.83%        1. Government Policy Lending  
2. Export Seller’s Credits from State -Owned 
Banks  
3. Export Buyer’s Credits  
4. Provision of Inputs for LTAR  
a. Provision of Carbon Black  
b. Nylon Cord  
c. Synthetic Rubber and Butadiene  
d. Natural Rubber for LTAR  
e. Provision of  Electricity for LTAR  
f. Provision of Land -Use Rights for FIEs for 
LTAR 
5. Enterprise Income Tax Law, R&D Program  
6. Import Tariff and VAT Exemptions for Use of 
Imported Equipment  
7. Income Tax Reductions for HNTEs  
8. Other Subsidy Programs – Various Small  
Grants  
 Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip  
HTSUS: 7219.13, 
7219.14, 7219.23, 
7219.24, 7219.32, 
7219.33, 7219.34, 
7219.35, 7219.90, 
7220.12, 7220.20, 
7220.90  
ID #: C -570-043 06.06.18  
(R 07.16 – 
12.17)      17.12.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 Utility Scale Wind 
TowersHTSUS: 
7308.20, 8502.31  
ID #: C -570-982 02.01.18  
(SNR)  17.05.18  
/10/     1,149,342 
kg 
CY 2017  
/8/ 0.67%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
India Corrosion -Resistant 
Steel Products  
HTSUS: 7210.30, 
7210.41, 7210.49, 
7210.61, 7210.69, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7212.20, 7212.30, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7212.60, 7215.90, 
7217.20, 7217.30, 
7217.90, 7225.91, 
7225.92, 7225.99, 
7226.99, 7228.60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -533-864 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)      13.12.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA  
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India 
(Cont'd)  Corrosion -Resistant 
Steel Products  
HTSUS: 7210.30, 
7210.41, 7210.49, 
7210.61, 7210.69, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7212.20, 7212.30, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7212.60, 7215.90, 
7217.20, 7217.30, 
7217.90, 7225.91, 
7225.92, 7225.99, 
7226.99, 7228.60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -533-864 13.09.17  
(R 11.15 – 
12.16)  10.08.18  
11.30% - 
15.45%        1. Advance Authorization 
Program(AAP)/Advance License Program(ALP)  
2. Duty Free Import Authorization 
Program(DFIA Scheme)  
3. Export Promotion of Export Promotion of 
Capital G oods Scheme (EPCG Scheme)  
4. Status Certificate Program  
5. Incremental Export Incentivization Scheme  
6. Duty Drawback Program (DDB)  
7. Market -Linked Focus Product Scheme  
8. Focus Market Scheme  
2. Merchandise Exports from India Scheme 
(MEIS)  
10. Advance Authorization Exemption from 
Safeguard, Antidumping, and Countervailing 
Duties  
11.State Government of Maharashtra (SGOM) 
Subsidy Programs  
12. State Government of Karnataka Subsidy 
Programs  
 Finished Carbon Steel 
Flanges  
HTSUS: 7307.91  
ID #: C -533-872 04.10.18  
(R 11.16 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Lined Paper Products  
HTSUS: 4810.22, 
4811.90, 4820.10  
ID #: C -533-844 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Lined Paper Products  
HTSUS: 4810.22, 
4811.90, 4820.10  
ID #: C -533-844 13.11.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  10.10.18  
188.70%        NA 
 Certain New 
Pneumatic Off -the-
Road Tires HTSUS:  
4011.20, 4011.62, 
4011.70, 4011.80, 
4011.90  
ID #: C -533-870 02.05.18  
(R 06.16 – 
12.17)      21.08.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film, Sheet,  and Strip  
HTSUS: 3920.62  
ID #: C -533-825 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA  
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India 
(Cont'd)  Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film, Sheet, and Strip  
HTSUS: 3920.62  
ID #: C -533-825 13.09.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  10.08.18  
7.47% - 
10.71%        1. Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme 
(EPCGS;  
2. Status Holder Incentive Scrip (SHIS);  
3. Special Economic Zones (SEZs) formerly 
known as Export Process Zones/Export  
Oriented Units (EPZs/EOUs);  
4. Advance Authorization Scheme (AAS), 
formerly Advance License Program (ALP);  
5. Merchandise Export from India Scheme 
(MEIS);  
6. Incremental Exports Incentivization Scheme 
(IEIS);  
7. Duty Drawback (DDB) Program;  
8. State Government of Maharashtra Subsidies 
Under the Package Scheme of Incentive s 1993 
and 2007;  
9. State and Union Territory Sales Tax 
Incentive Programs  
Indonesia  Certain Uncoated 
Paper  HTSUS: 
4802.56, 4802.57, 
4802.62, 4802.69, 
4811.90  
ID #: C -560-829 02.05.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)      14.11.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 Certain Uncoated 
Paper  HTSUS: 
4802.56, 4802.57, 
4802.62, 4802.69, 
4811.90  
ID #: C -560-829 09.05.17  
(R 06.15 – 
12.16)  10.04.18  
15.09% 
(2015)  
4.13% (2016)  
 17.10.18  
11.71% 
(2015) 5.13% 
(2016)  
 
14.11.18  
11.73% 
(2015)  
5.13% (2016)  
/4/   15.09.17  
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    1. Provision of Standing Timber for Less Than 
Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)  
2. Government Prohibition of Log Exports  
3. Exemption from Import Income Tax 
Withholding for Companies in Bonded Zone 
Locations  
Italy Certain Pasta  
HTSUS: 1901.90, 
1902.19  
ID #: C -475-819 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)      13.12.18  
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    NA 
 Certain Pasta  
HTSUS: 1901.90, 
1902.19  
ID #: C -475-819 01.08.18  
(SNR)  06.12.18  
/10/     162,377,91
4 kg 
CY 2017  
/8/ 32.7%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Italy 
(Cont'd)  Certain Pasta  
HTSUS: 1901.90, 
1902.19  
ID #: C -475-819 13.09.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  
 09.08.18  
1.21%  14.12.18  
1.18%       1.1. Law 488/92 - Industrial Development 
Grants  
2.2. ERDF ROP 2000 -2006 Measure 4.1 - Real 
Services to Businesses  
3.3. ERDF 2007 -2013, Action 6.1.4, Assistance 
to Improve the Competitiveness of Micro and 
Small Businesses  
4.4. ERDF 2007 -2013, Action 6.1.11 - 
Assistance to Small Enterprises for Integrated 
Projects (PIA)  
5.5. Social Security R eductions and Exemptions 
1089/68 (Unico) and Subsequent Laws - 
Sgravi Law 407/90  
6.6. Regional Tax on Income of Productive 
Activities: Deduction in Accordance with 
Article 11 of Legislative Decree n. 446/1997 
(IRAP)  
Korea, 
Rep. of  Carbon and Alloy 
Steel Cut-to-Length 
Plate 
HTSUS: 7208.40, 
7208.51, 7208.52, 
7208.53, 7208.90, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7211.13, 7211.14, 
7211.19, 7211.90, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7214.10, 7214.30, 
7214.91, 7225.11, 
7225.19, 7225.40, 
7225.99, 7226.11, 
7226.19, 7226.20, 
7226.91, 7226.99  
ID #:  C-580-888 12.07.18  
(R 09.16 – 
12.17)         NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Korea, 
Rep. of 
(Cont'd)  Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products  
HTSUS: 7209.15, 
7209.16, 7209.17, 
7209.18, 7209.25, 
7209.26, 7209.27, 
7209.28, 7209.90, 
7210.70, 7211.23, 
7211.29, 7211.90, 
7212.40, 7225.50, 
7225.99, 7226.92, 
7210.90, 7212.50, 
7215.10, 7215.50, 
7215.90, 7217.10, 
7217.90, 7225.19, 
7226.19, 7226.99, 
7228.50, 7228.60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -580-882 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products  
HTSUS: 7209.15, 
7209.16, 7209.17, 
7209.18, 7209.25, 
7209.26, 7209.27, 
7209.28, 7209.90, 
7210.70, 7211.23, 
7211.29, 7211.90, 
7212.40, 7225.50, 
7225.99, 7226.92, 
7210.90, 7212.50, 
7215.10, 7215.50, 
7215.90, 7217.10, 
7217.90, 7225.19, 
7226.19, 7226.99, 
7228.50, 7228 .60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -580-882 02.08.18  
(C)        NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Korea, 
Rep. of 
(Cont'd)  Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products HTSUS: 
7209.15, 7209.16, 
7209.17, 7209.18, 
7209.25, 7209.26, 
7209.27, 7209.28, 
7209.90, 7210.70, 
7211.23, 7211.29, 
7211.90, 7212.40, 
7225.50, 7225.99, 
7226.92, 7210.90, 
7212.50, 7215.10, 
7215.50, 7215.90, 
7217.10, 7217.90, 
7225.19, 7226.19, 
7226.99, 7228.50, 
7228.60, 7229.90  
ID #: C -580-882 13.11.17  
(R 07.16 – 
12.16)  11.10.18  
0.65% - 
1.73%        1. Restriction of Speci al Location Taxation Act 
(RSLTA) - Local Tax Exemptions on Land 
Outside Metropolitan Areas – Article 78  
2. Tax Deduction Under Restriction of Special 
Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 26: GOK Facilities 
Investment Support  
4. RSTA Article 11: Tax Credit for Investment 
in Facilities for Research and Manpower  
5. RSTA Article 25(3): Tax Credit for 
Investment in Environmental and Safety 
Facilities  
6. RSTA Article 30: Special Depreciation Tax 
Credit  
7. Technical Development Fund RSTA Article 9, 
formerly TERCL Arti cle 8 
8. Restriction of Special Taxation Agreement 
(RSTA) Article 10(1)(3): Tax Reduction for 
Research and Human Resources Development  
9. RSTA Article 25(2): Tax Deductions for 
Investments in Energy Economizing Facilities  
10. Electricity Discounts under Tr ading of 
Demand Response Resources (DRR) Program  
11. Various Research and Development Grants 
Provided Under the Industrial Technology 
Innovation Promotion Act  
12.Modal Shift Program  
13. Suncheon Harbor  
14. Loans and Credits - KEXIM Overseas 
Investment C redit Program  
15. Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Other 
Policy Banks’ Short -Term Discounted Loans for 
Export Receivables  
16. Long -Term Loans from the Korean 
Resources Corporation (KORES) and the Korea 
National Oil Corporation (KNOC)  
 Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
HTSUS: 7210.30, 
7210.41, 7210.49, 
7210.61, 7210.69, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7212.20, 7212.30, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7212.60, 7215.90, 
7217.20, 7217.30, 
7217.90, 7225.91, 
7225.92, 7225.99, 
7226.99, 7228.60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -580-879 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Korea, 
Rep. of 
(Cont'd)  Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
HTSUS: 7210.30, 
7210.41, 7210.49, 
7210.61, 7210.69, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7212.20, 7212.30, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7212.60, 7215.90, 
7217.20, 7217.30, 
7217.90, 7225.91, 
7225.92, 7225.99, 
7226.99, 7228.60, 
7229.90  
ID #: C -580-879 02.08.18  
(C)        NA 
 Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products HTSUS: 
7210.30, 7210.41, 
7210.49, 7210.61, 
7210.69, 7210.70, 
7210.90, 7212.20, 
7212.30, 7212.40, 
7212.50, 7212.60, 
7215.90, 7217.20, 
7217.30, 7217.90, 
7225.91, 7225.92, 
7225.99, 7226.99, 
7228.60, 7229.90 ID 
#: C-580-879 13.09.17  
(R 11.15 – 
12.16)  
 10.08.18  
0.55% - 
7.63% for 
2015; 0.57% 
- 8.47% for 
2016       1. Dongbu’s  Debt Restructuring  
a. Restructured Loans  
b. Debt to Equity Conversions  
2. Korea Development Bank (KDB) and 
Industrial Base Fund (IBF) Short -Term 
Discounted Loans for Export Receivables  
3. Restriction of Special Location Taxation Act 
(RSLTA) - Local Tax Ex emptions on Land 
Outside Metropolitan Areas – Article 78  
4. Tax Credit for Investment in Environmental 
and Safety Facilities under RSTA Article 25(3)  
5. Tax Deduction Under Restriction of Special 
Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 26: GOK Facilities 
Investment Su pport  
6. Tax Credit for Research and Human 
Resource Development Expenses under RSTA 
Article 10 (1)(3)  
7. Electricity Discounts under Trading of 
Demand Response Resources (DRR) Program  
8. Various Research and Development Grants 
Provided Under the Industrial  Technology 
Innovation Promotion Act  
9. Modal Shift Program  
10. Suncheon Harbor   
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Korea, 
Rep. of 
(Cont'd)  Certain Cut -to-Length 
Carbon -Quality Steel 
Plate 
HTSUS: 7208.40, 
7208.51, 7208.52, 
7208.53, 7208.90, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7211.13, 7211.14, 
7211.90, 7212.40, 
7212.50, 7225.40, 
7225.50, 7225.99, 
7226.91, 7226.99  
ID #: C -580-837 16.04.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
Certain Cut -to-Length 
Carbon -Quality Steel 
Plate 
HTSUS: 7208.40, 
7208.51, 7208.52, 
7208.53, 7208.90, 
7210.70, 7210.90, 
7211.13, 7211.14, 
7211.90, 7212.40, 
7212.50, 7225.40, 
7225.50, 7225.99, 
7226.91, 7226.99  
ID #: C -580-837 10.04.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  12.03.18  
0.21% (de 
minimis) – 
0.54%  16.07.18  
0.21% (de 
minimis) – 
0.54%       1. Restriction of Special Location Tax ation Act 
(RSLTA) - Local Tax Exemptions on Land 
Outside Metropolitan Areas – Article 78  
2. Tax Deduction Under Restriction of Special 
Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 26  
3. Electricity Discounts under Trading of 
Demand Response Resources (DRR) Program  
4. Various Research and Development Grants 
Provided Under the Industrial Technology 
Innovation Promotion Act  
5. Modal Shift Program  
 Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products  
HTSUS: 7208.10, 
7208.25, 7208.26, 
7208.27, 7208.36, 
7208.37, 7208.38, 
7208.39, 7208.40, 
7208.53, 7208.54, 
7208.90, 7210.70, 
7210.90, 7211.14, 
7211.19, 7211.90, 
7212.40, 7212.50, 
7214.91, 7214.99, 
7215.90, 7225.11, 
7225.19, 7225.30, 
7225.40, 7225.99, 
7226.11, 7226.19, 
7226.91, 7226.99, 
7228.60  
ID #: C -580-884 11.12.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Korea, 
Rep. of 
(Cont'd)  Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products  
HTSUS: 7208.10, 
7208.25, 7208.26, 
7208.27, 7208.36, 
7208.37, 7208.38, 
7208.39, 7208.40, 
7208.53, 7208.54, 
7208.90, 7210.70, 
7210.90, 7211.14, 
7211.19, 7211.90, 
7212.40,  7212.50, 
7214.91, 7214.99, 
7215.90, 7225.11, 
7225.19, 7225.30, 
7225.40, 7225.99, 
7226.11, 7226.19, 
7226.91, 7226.99, 
7228.60  
ID #: C -580-884 07.12.17  
(R 08.16 – 
12.16)  06.11.18  
0.65% - 
1.73%        1. Restriction of Special Location Taxation Act 
(RSLTA) - Local Tax Exemptions on Land 
Outside Metropolitan Areas – Article 78  
2. Tax Deduction Under Restriction of Special 
Taxation Act (RSTA) Article 26: GOK Facilities 
Investment Support  
4. RSTA Article 11: Tax Credit for Investment 
in Facilities for Research and Manpower  
5. RSTA Article 25(3): Tax Credit for 
Investment in Environmental and Safety 
Facilities  
6. RSTA Article 30: Special Depreciation Tax 
Credit  
7. Technical Development Fund RSTA Article 9, 
formerly TERCL Article 8  
8. Restriction of Special Taxat ion Agreement 
(RSTA) Article 10(1)(3): Tax Reduction for 
Research and Human Resources Development  
9. RSTA Article 25(2): Tax Deductions for 
Investments in Energy Economizing Facilities  
10. Electricity Discounts under Trading of 
Demand Response Resources (D RR) Program  
11. Various Research and Development Grants 
Provided Under the Industrial Technology 
Innovation Promotion Act  
12.Modal Shift Program  
13. Suncheon Harbor  
14. Loans and Credits - KEXIM Overseas 
Investment Credit Program  
15. Korea Development Bank (KDB) and Other 
Policy Banks’ Short -Term Discounted Loans for 
Export Receivables  
16. Long -Term Loans from the Korean 
Resources Corporation (KORES) and the Korea 
National Oil Corporation (KNOC);  
 Large Residential 
Washers  
HTSUS: 8450.20, 
8450.11, 8450.90  
ID #: C -580-869 11.05.18  
(CR) 14.11.18        NA 
Large Residential 
Washers  
HTSUS: 8450.20, 
8450.11, 8450.90  
ID #: C -580-869 02.01.18  
(SNR)  02.05.18  
/10/     622,960 
units 
CY 2017  
/8/ 5.7%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
Mexico  Sugar  
HTSUS: 1701.12, 
1701.13, 1701.14, 
1701.91, 1701.99, 
1702.90, 1703.10  
ID #: C -201-846 23.02.18  
(SR 10.17 – 
12.17)  20.12.18        NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Sri Lanka  Certain New 
Pneumatic Off -the-
Road Tires  
C-542-801     25.07.18 
Court remand      
Turkey  Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes  
HTSUS: 7306.61  
ID #: C -489-825 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes  
HTSUS: 7306.61  
ID #: C -489-825 13.11.17  
(R 12.15 – 
12.16)  14.08.18  
1.18%  21.11.18  
1.18%       1. Provision of HRS for LTAR  
2. Provision of Land for LTAR  
3. Deductions from Taxable Income for Export 
Revenue  
Oil Country Tubular 
Goods HTSUS: 
7304.29, 7304.39, 
7304.59, 7305.20, 
7305.31, 7306.29, 
7306.30, 7306.50  
ID #: C -489-817 15.11.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
Oil Country Tubular 
Goods HTSUS: 
7304.29, 7304.39, 
7304.59, 7305.20, 
7305.31, 7306.29, 
7306.30, 7306.50  
ID #: C -489-817 13.11.17  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  11.10.18  
0.66%        1. Deductions from Taxable Income for Export 
Revenue  
2. Inward Processing Certificate  
3. Export Financing - Rediscount Program  
4. Provision of Hot Rolled Steel (HRS) for Less 
Than Adequate Remuneration  
 Certain Pasta  
HTSUS: 1902.19  
ID #: C -489-806 01.08.18  
(SNR)  06.12.18  
/10/     8,372,124 
kg 
CY 2017 
/8/ 1.7%  
CY 2017  
/8/ NA 
 Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar  
HTSUS: 7213.10, 
7214.20, 7215.90, 
7221.00, 7222.11, 
7222.30, 7227.20, 
7227.90, 7228.20, 
7228.30, 7228.60  
ID #: C -489-830 10.09.18  
(R 03.17 – 
12.17)         NA  
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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Turkey  
(Cont'd)  Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar  
HTSUS: 7213.10, 
7214.20, 7228.30, 
7215.90, 7221.00, 
7222.11, 7222.30, 
7227.20, 7227.90, 
7228.20, 7228.30, 
7228.60  
ID #: C -489-819 11.01.18  
(R 01.16 – 
12.16)  10.12.18  
0.04 (de 
minimis) - 
1.37%        1.Deduction from Taxable Income for Export 
Revenue  
2.Rediscount Program  
3.Purchase of Electricity Generated from 
Renewable Resources for More Than Adequate 
Remuneration (MTAR) – Renewable Energy 
Sources Support Mechanism (YEKDEM)  
4.Investment Incentive Certificates  
5.Provi sion of Natural Gas for LTAR  
 Welded Steel Carbon 
Pipe and Tube 
HTSUS: 7306.30, 
7306.90  
ID #:  C -489-502 02.05.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
 Welded Line Pipe  
HTSUS: 7305.11, 
7305.12, 7305.19, 
7306.19  
ID #: C -489-823 13.02.17  
(R 03.15 – 
12.15)  10.01.18  
0.78%  19.07.18  
0.78%    09.05.17  
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review    1. Deduction from Taxable Income for Export 
Revenue  
2. Short -Term Pre -Shipment Redis -count 
Program  
3. Provision of Hot -Rolled Steel for Less Than 
Adequate Remuneration  
4. Inward Processing Certificate Exemption  
5. Investment Encouragement Pro -gram (IEP): 
Customs Duty and Value Added Tax 
Exemptions  
Viet Nam  Steel Nails  
HTSUS: 7317.00, 
7907.00, 8206.00  
ID #: C -552-819 10.09.18  
(R 01.17 – 
12.17)         NA 
Steel Wire Garment 
Hangers HTSUS: 
7323.99, 7326.20  
ID #: C -552-813 01.11.17  
(SNR)  12.03.18  
/10/ 20.08.18     1,400 units  
CY 2016  
/8/ 0.0%  
CY 2016  
/8/ NA 
Table Notes : 
1 Figures refer to the 12 -month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise specified.  
2 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.  
3 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand.  
4 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.  
5 Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countries investigated simultaneously .  
6 Denotes revocation of order pursuant to determination in sunset review . 
7 Denotes revocation of order pursuant t o negotiated agreement . 
8 Source:  U.S. ITC Dataweb http://www.usitc.gov , based on 6 -digit HTSUS numbers provided in column 2 . 
9 Date of final countervailable subsidies determination. Under the US system, the final injur y determination is made after the final countervailable subsidies 
determination.  Definitive measures may not be imposed until there are affirmative findings of both countervailable subsidies and injury, thr eat of injury or material retardation.  
10 Date of final determination of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization . Under the US system, the final injury determination is made after the final 
determination of the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of subsidization. Measures may n ot be continued until there are affirmative findings of both subsidization and 
injury.   
  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
- 30 - 11 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement . 
12 Source:  U.S. ITC Trade Remedy publication http://www.usitc.gov/trade_remedy/publications/opinions_index.htm . 
13 The precise name of a given subsidy program may differ from case to case reflecting, in part, differences in how the program was alleged.  
14 Denotes r evocation of order pursuant to changed circumstances . 
Abbreviations/Symbols/Other:  
(R- y) Denotes review - review period  
(C- y) Denotes circumvention inquiry - review period  
(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review  
(SNR)  Denotes sunset review  
(NR- y) Denotes new shipper review - review period  
(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement  
(ER) Denotes expedited review  
CL Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality  
NS Denotes No Shipments during period  
NA Statistics not available or not collected  
*  Denotes simultaneous investigation of product from multiple countries/customs territories  
CY Calendar year  
Dates are listed in the following format: DD.MM.YY or MM.YY  
Countervailing Duty actions are published in the Federal Register  or available at  http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVA ILING MEASURES IN FO RCE 
AS OF 31 DECEM BER 2018  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Argentina  Biodiesel  
C-357-821 Duties  04.01.18  
83 FR 522   
Brazil  Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod  
C-351-833 Duties  22.10.02  
67 FR 64871  03.07.14  
79 FR 38008  
Certain Cold -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-351-844 Duties  20.09.16  
81 FR 64436   
Certain Hot -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-351-846 Duties  03.10.16  
81 FR 67960   
Iron Construction 
Castings  
C-351-504 Duties  15.05.86  
51 FR 17786  06.01.17  
82 FR 1699  
Canada  Certain Softwood 
Lumber Products  
C-122-858 Duties  03.01.18  
83 FR 347   
China  1-Hydroxyethylidene -
1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid  
C-570-046 Duties  18.05.17  
82 FR 22809   
Aluminum Extrusions  
C-570-968 Duties  26.05.11  
76 FR 30653  25.04.17  
82 FR 19025  
Certain Aluminum Foil  
C-570-054 Duties  19.04.18  
83 FR 17360   
Ammonium Sulfate  
C-570-050 Duties  09.03.17  
82 FR 13094   
Certain Amorphous 
Silica Fabric  
C-570-039 Duties  17.03.17  
82 FR 14316   
Certain Biaxial Integral 
Geogrid Products  
C-570-037 Duties  03.03.17  
82 FR 12437   
Boltless Steel Shelving 
Units Prepackaged for 
Sale 
C-570-019 Duties  21.10.15  
80 FR 63745   
Calcium Hypochlorite  
C-570-009 Duties  30.01.15  
80 FR 5082   
Certain Carbon and 
Alloy Steel Cut -to-
Length Plate  
C-570-048 Duties  20.03.17  
82 FR 14346   
Cast Iron Soil Pipe 
Fittings  
C-570-063 Duties  31.08.18  
83 FR 44566   
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod  
C-570-013 Duties  08.01.15  
80 FR 1018   
Chlorinated 
Isocyanurates  
C-570-991 Duties  13.11.14  
79 FR 67424   G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China (Cont'd)  Circular Welded 
Austenitic Stainless 
Pressure Pipe  
C-570-931   Duties  19.03.09  
74 FR 11712  12.08.14  
79 FR 47089  
 Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Line Pipe  
C-570-936 Duties  23.01.09  
74 FR 4136  20.05.14  
79 FR 28894  
 Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe 
C-570-911  Duties  22.07.08  
73 FR 42545  04.12.13  
78 FR 72863  
 Citric Acid and Certain 
Citrate Salts  
C-570-938   Duties  29.05.09  
74 FR 25705  24.06.15  
80 FR 36318  
 Certain Coated Paper 
Suitable for High -
Quality Print Graphics 
Using Sheet -Fed 
Presses  
C-570-959 Duties  17.11.10  
75 FR 70201  
Corrected  
06.12.10  
75 FR 75663  06.01.17  
82 FR 1692  
 Certain Cold -Drawn 
Mechanical Tubing of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel  
C-570-059 Duties  01.02.18  
83 FR 4637   
 Certain Cold -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-570-030 Duties  14.07.16  
81 FR 45960   
 Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
C-570-027 Duties  25.07.16  
81 FR 48387   
 Crystalline Silicon 
Photovoltaic Cells, 
Whether or Not  
Assembled into 
Modules  
C-570-980 Duties  07.12.12  
77 FR 73018   
 Certain Crystalline 
Silicon Photovoltaic 
Products  
C-570-011 Duties  18.02.15  
80 FR 8592   
 Drawn Stainless Steel 
Sinks  
C-570-984 Duties  11.04.13  
78 FR 21596  28.08.18  
83 FR 43847  
 Fine Dernier  Polyester 
Staple Fiber  
C-570-061 Duties  16.03.18  
83 FR 11681   
 Forged Steel Fittings  
C-570-068 Duties  26.11.18  
83 FR 60396   
 Certain Hardwood 
Plywood Products  
C-570-052 Duties  04.01.18  
83 FR 513   
 High Pressure Steel 
Cylinders  
C-570-978 Duties  21.06.12  
77 FR 37384  05.12.17  
82 FR 57427  
 Certain Kitchen 
Appliance Shelving and 
Racks  
C-570-942  Duties  14.09.09  
74 FR 46973  12.03.15  
80 FR 12983  
 Laminated Woven 
Sacks  
C-570-917 Duties  07.08.08  
73 FR 45955  27.03.14  
79 FR 17134  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China (Cont'd)  Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and 
Tube  
C-570-915 Duties  05.08.08  
73 FR 45404  23.06.14  
79 FR 35522  
 Lightweight Thermal 
Paper  
C-570-921  Duties  24.11.08  
73 FR 70958  30.01.15  
80 FR 5083  
 Certain Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks  
C-570-955 Duties  21.09.10  
75 FR 57442  12.02.16  
81 FR 7502  
 Melamine  
C-570-021 Duties  28.12.15  
80 FR 80751   
 Multilayered Wood 
Flooring  
C-570-971 Duties  08.12.11  
76 FR 76693  03.01.18  
83 FR 344  
 Narrow Woven Ribbons 
with Woven Selvedge  
C-570-953 Duties  01.09.10  
75 FR 53642  22.09.16  
81 FR 65341  
 Certain New Pneumatic 
Off-the-Road Tires  
C-570-913  Duties  04.09.08  
73 FR 51626  04.02.14  
79 FR 6539  
 Non-Oriented Electrical 
Steel 
C-570-997 Duties  03.12.14  
79 FR 71749   
 Oil Country Tubular 
Goods  
C-570-944 Duties  20.01.10  
75 FR 3203  18.05.15  
80 FR 28224  
 Certain Passenger 
Vehicle and Light Truck 
Tires  
C-570-017 Duties  10.08.15  
80 FR 47902   
 Certain Potassium 
Phosphate Salts  
C-570-963 Duties  22.07.10  
75 FR 42682  21.12.15  
80 FR 79305  
 Certain Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Resin  
C-570-025 Duties  06.05.16  
81 FR 27977   
 Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand  
C-570-946 Duties  07.07.10  
75 FR 38977  13.10.15  
80 FR 61372  
 Raw Flexible Magnets  
C-570-923  Duties  17.09.08  
73 FR 53849  05.02.14  
79 FR 6886  
 Certain Seamless 
Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Standard, Line, and  
Pressure Pipe  
C-570-957 Duties  10.11.10  
75 FR 69050  16.03.16  
81 FR 14089  
 Sodium Gluconate, 
Gluconic Acid, and 
Derivative Products  
C-570-072 Duties  13.11.18  
83 FR 56299   
 Sodium Nitrite  
C-570-926   Duties  27.08.08  
73 FR 50595  05.09.14  
79 FR 53016  
 Stainless Steel Flanges  
C-570-065 Duties  05.06.18  
83 FR 26006   
 Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip  
C-570-043 Duties  03.04.17  
82 FR 16166   
 Certain Steel Grating  
C-570-948 Duties  23.07.10  
75 FR 43144  12.11.15  
80 FR 69940  
 Certain Tool Chests and 
Cabinets  
C-570-057 Duties  24.01.18  
83 FR 3299   G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China (Cont'd)  Certain Uncoated 
Paper  
C-570-023 Duties  03.03.16  
81 FR 11187   
 Utility Scale Wind 
Towers  
C-570-982 Duties  15.02.13  
78 FR 11152   
India Carbazole Violet 
Pigment 23  
C-533-839 Duties  29.12.04  
69 FR 77995  17.11.15  
80 FR 71773  
 Certain Cold -Drawn 
Mechanical Tubing of 
Carbon and Alloy Steel  
C-533-874 Duties  01.02.18  
83 FR 4637   
 Certain Cold -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-533-866 Duties  20.09.16  
81 FR 64436   
 Commodity 
Matchbooks  
C-533-849 Duties  11.12.09  
74 FR 65740  30.04.15  
80 FR 24232  
 Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
C-533-864 Duties  25.07.16  
81 FR 48387   
 Certain Cut -to-Length 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Plate 
C-533-818   Duties  10.02.00  
65 FR 6587  12.03.18  
83 FR 10672  
 Fine Dernier Polyester 
Staple Fiber  
C-533-876 Duties  16.03.18  
83 FR 11681   
 Finished Carbon Steel 
Flanges  
C-533-872 Duties  24.08.17  
82 FR 40138   
 Certain Hot -Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products  
C-533-821  Duties  03.12.01  
66 FR 60198  07.02.14  
79 FR 7425  
 Certain Lined Paper 
Products  
C-533-844 Duties  28.09.06  
71 FR 56949  06.03.18  
83 FR 9479  
 Certain New Pneumatic 
Off-the-Road Tires  
C-533-870 Duties  06.03.17  
82 FR 12556   
 Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods  
C-533-858 Duties  10.09.14  
79 FR 53688   
 Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Film, 
Sheet, and Strip (PET 
Film) 
C-533-825   Duties  01.07.02  
67 FR 44179  06.08.14  
79 FR 45762  
 Certain Polyethylene 
Terephthalate Resin  
C-533-862 Duties  06.05.16  
81 FR 27977   
 Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand  
C-533-829  Duties  04.02.04  
69 FR 5319  23.04.15  
80 FR 22708  
 Stainless Steel Flanges  
C-533-878 Duties  05.10.18  
83 FR 50336   
 Sulfanilic Acid  
C-533-807   Duties  02.03.93  
58 FR 12026  09.05.17  
82 FR 21520  G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
India (Cont'd)  Welded Stainless 
Pressure Pipe  
C-533-868 Duties  17.11.16  
81 FR 81062   
Indonesia  Biodiesel  
C-560-831 Duties  04.01.18  
83 FR 522   
Certain Coated Paper 
Suitable for High -
Quality Print Graphics 
Using Sheet -Fed 
Presses  
C-560-824 Duties  17.11.10  
75 FR  70206  06.01.17  
82 FR 1692  
Certain Cut -to-Length 
Carbon Quality Steel  
C-560-806 Duties  10.02.00  
65 FR 6587  12.03.18  
83 FR 10672  
Certain Hot -Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products  
C-560-813 Duties  03.12.01  
66 FR 60198  07.02.14  
79 FR 7425  
Certain Uncoated 
Paper  
C-560-829 Duties  03.03.16  
81 FR 11187   
Iran In-Shell Pistachio Nuts  
C-507-501   Duties  11.03.86  
51 FR 8344  NA* 
Roasted In -Shell 
Pistachios  
C-507-601  Duties  07.10.86  
51 FR 35679  NA* 
Italy Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod  
C-475-837 Duties  21.05.18  
83 FR 23420   
Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
C-475-833 Duties  25.07.16  
81 FR 48387   
Certain Pasta  
C-475-819 Duties  24.07.96  
61 FR 38543  17.09.13  
78 FR 57129  
Korea, Rep. of  Certain Carbon and 
Alloy Steel Cut -To-
Length Plate  
C-580-888 Duties  25.05.17  
82 FR 24103   
Certain Cold -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-580-882 Duties  20.09.16  
81 FR 64436   
Certain Corrosion -
Resistant Steel 
Products  
C-580-879 Duties  25.07.16  
81 FR 48387   
Certain Cut -to-Length 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Plate 
C-580-837   Duties  10.02.00  
65 FR 6587  12.03.18  
83 FR 10672  
 
Certain Hot -Rolled 
Steel Flat Products  
C-580-884 Duties  03.10.16  
81 FR 67960   
Large Residential 
Washers  
C-580-869 Duties  15.02.13  
78 FR 11154   
Stainless Steel Sheet & 
Strip in Coils  
C-580-835   Duties  06.08.99  
64 FR 42932  03.10.17  
82 FR 46036  
Mexico  Sugar  
C-201-846 Suspension 
Agreement  29.12.14  
79 FR 78044  
Amended:  
11.07.17  
82 FR 31942   G/SCM/N/342/USA  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
South Africa  Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils C -791-806   Duties  11.05.99  
64 FR 25288  09.01.17  
82 FR 2322  
Spain  Ripe Olives  
C-469-818 Duties  01.08.18  
83 FR 37469   
Chinese Taipei  Non-Oriented Electrical 
Steel  
C-583-852 Duties  03.12.14  
79 FR 71749   
Thailand  Certain Hot -Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products  
C-549-818 Duties  03.12.01  
66 FR 60197  07.02.14  
79 FR 7425  
Turkey  Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod  
C-489-832 Duties  21.05.18  
83 FR 23420   
Heavy Walled 
Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes  
C-489-825 Duties  13.09.16  
81 FR 62874  ’ 
Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods  
C-489-817 Duties  10.09.14  
79 FR 53688   
Certain Pasta  
C-489-806  Duties  24.07.96  
61 FR 38546  17.09.13  
78 FR 57129  
Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar  
C-489-819 Duties  06.11.14  
79 FR 65926   
Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar  
C-489-830 Duties  14.07.17  
82 FR 32531   
Welded Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipe  
C-489-502  Duties  07.03.86  
51 FR 7984  07.02.18  
83 FR 5402  
Welded Line Pipe  
C-489-823 Duties  01.12.15  
80 FR 75054   
Viet Nam  Polyethylene Retail 
Carrier Bags  
C-552-805 Duties  04.05.10  
75 FR 23670  05.05.16  
81 FR 27087  
Certain Steel Nails  
C-552-819 Duties  14.07.15  
80 FR 41006   
Steel Wire Garment 
Hangers  
C-552-813 Duties  05.02.13  
78 FR 8107  20.08.18  
83 FR 42111  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASU RES DURING THE PERIO D 
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DE CEMBER 2018  
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation 
ID number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
Canada  Supercalendered Paper  
C-122-854 12.07.18  Changed circumstances  
Sri Lanka  Certain New Pneumatic 
Off-the-Road Tires  
C-542-801 25.07.18  Court remand  
Countervailing Duty actions are published in the Federal Register  or available at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html  
*  Iran is not a WTO member. Therefore, there are no injury/sunset reviews for CVD orders.  
 
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