G/SCM/N/379/EU  
20 August  2021 
(21-6315) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original:  English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE  25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
EUROPEAN UNION 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2021 from 
the European Union . 
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Reporting Member : EUROPEAN UNION1 
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 
China  Aluminium converter foil  
CN code  
ex 7607 11 19 
(TARIC  codes  7607 11 19 60 , 
7606 11 19 91  
AS675 CN  04.12.2020  
I.P. (S)  
01.07.2019 -
30.06.2020  
I.P. (I)  
01.01.2017 -
30.06.2020  - - - - - - - - 
 Optical fibre cables  
CN code  
ex 8544 70 00 
(TARIC  code 8544 70 00 10)  
AS677 CN  21.12.2020  
I.P. (S)  
01.07.2019 -
30.06.2020  
I.P. (I)  
01.01.2017 -
30.06.2020  - - - - - - - - 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: http://eur -lex.europa.eu . 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
India Stainless steel cold -rolled flat 
products  (*) 
CN codes  
7219 31 00, 7219  32 10, 
7219 32 90, 7219  33 10, 
7219 33 90, 7219  34 10, 
7219 34 90, 7219  35 10, 
7219 35 90, 7219  90 20, 
7219 90 80, 7220  20 21, 
7220 20 29, 7220  20 41, 
7220 20 49, 7220  20 81, 
7220 20 89, 7220  90 20 , 
7220 90 80.  
AS678  IN 17.02.2021  
I.P. (S)  
01.07.2019 -
30.06.2020  
I.P. (I)  
01.01.2017 -
30.06.2020  - - - - - - - - 
Indonesia  Stainless steel cold -rolled flat 
products  (*) 
CN codes  
7219 31 00, 7219  32 10, 
7219 32 90, 7219  33 10, 
7219 33 90, 7219  34 10, 
7219 34 90, 7219  35 10, 
7219 35 90, 7219  90 20, 
7219 90 80, 7220  20 21, 
7220 20 29, 7220  20 41, 
7220 20 49, 7220  20 81, 
7220 20 89, 7220  90 20 , 
7220 90 80.  
AS678  ID 17.02.2021  
I.P. (S)  
01.07.2019 -
30.06.2020  
I.P. (I)  
01.01.2017 -
30.06.2020  - - - - - - - - 
Turkey  Certain hot -rolled flat products 
of iron, non -alloy or other alloy 
steel.  
CN codes  
7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 
7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 
7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 
7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 
7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 
7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 
7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 
7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 
7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10 
(TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 
7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60 
(TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 
7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10 
(TARIC code 7226 19 10 90), 
7226 91 91, 7226 91 99  
AS667 TR  12.06.2020  
I.P. (S)  
01.01.2019 -
31.12.2019  
I.P. (I)  
01.01.2016 -
31.12.2019  - - - 27.05.2021  
Withdrawal 
of complaint  - - - - 
    
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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 
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 
China  Filament glass fibre products 
(certain)  
CN codes  
ex. 7019 11 00, ex  7019 12 00, 
ex 7019 31 00 
AS603 CN  17.12.2019  
I.P. 01.01.2019 -
31.12.2019  
SNR - 25.02.2021  
4.9% -10.3%  
Others 10.3%  - - - 51,512 
tonnes  5% mkt 
share  Preferential loans and 
provision of credit lines by 
State -owned banks, export 
credit subsidy programmes, 
export guarantees and 
insurances and grant 
programmes; preferential 
income tax treatment & tax 
offset for R & D, accelerated 
depreciation of instruments 
and equipment used by 
High-Tech enterprises for 
High-Tech development and 
production,  dividend 
exemption  between qualified 
resident enterprises, 
withholding tax reduction for 
dividends from 
foreign -invested Chinese 
enterprises  to their 
non-Chinese parent 
companies, land use tax 
exemptions, export tax 
rebates, i mport tariff 
rebates and VAT exemptions 
and import tariff rebates for 
the use of imported 
equipment and technology 
and VAT rebates on  Foreign 
Invested Enterprise (FIE) 
purchases of Chinese -made 
equipment.    
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
China 
(Cont'd)  Glass fibre fabrics  
CN codes  
ex 7019 39 00, ex  7019 40 00, 
ex 7019 59 00, ex  7019 90 00 
(TARIC  codes  7019 39 00 80, 
7019 40 00 80, 7019  59 00 80, 
7019 90 00 80) 
AS656 CN  AC 31.05.2021  
AC - - - - - - - - 
 Glass fibre fabrics  
CN codes  
ex 7019 39 00, ex  7019 40 00, 
ex 7019 59 00 , ex 7019 90 00 
(TARIC  codes 7019 39 00 80, 
7019 40 00 80, 7019 59 00 80 , 
7019 90 00 80)  
AS656 EG  AC 31.05.2021  
AC - - - - - - - - 
India Tubes and pipes of ductile cast iron  
CN codes  
ex 7303 00 10 
(TARIC  code 7303 00 10 10) , 
ex 7303 00 90, 
(TARIC  code 7303 00 90 10)  
AS618  IN 17.03.2021  
I.P. (S) 
01.01.2020 -
31.12.2020  
(I) 01.01.2017 -
31.12.2020  
SNR - - - - - - - - 
Turkey  Trout (Certain rainbow)  
CN codes  
ex 0301 91 90, ex 0302 11 80, 
ex 0303 14 90, ex 0304 42 90, 
ex 0304 82 90 , ex 0305 43 00 
(TARIC codes 0301 91 90 11, 
0302 11 80 11, 0303 14 90 11, 
0304 42 90 10, 0304 82 90 10 , 
0305 43 00 11)  
AS606 TR  27.02.2020  
I.P. (S) 
01.01.2019 -
31.12.2019  
(I) 01.01.2016 -
31.12.2019  
SNR4 - 25.05.2021  
1.5% -8% 
Others 9.5%  - - - - - Direct transfer of funds – 
grants: — Support of trout 
production weighing less 
than 1 kg — Support of 
trout production weighing 
more than 1 kg but not 
more than 1 .2 kg. Revenue 
foregone: Support to 
investments made in the 
aquaculture sector. Direct 
transfer of funds — 
preferential financing: — 
Supported insurance for the 
aquaculture sector .  
 Trout (Certain rainbow)  
CN codes  
ex 0301 91 90, ex 0302 11 80, 
ex 0303 14 90, ex 0304 42 90, 
ex 0304 82 90 , ex 0305 43 00 
(TARIC codes 0301 91 90 11, 
0302 11 80 11, 0303 14 90 11, 
0304 42 90 10, 0304 82 90 10 , 
0305 43 00 11)  
AS606  TR 05.01.2021  
I.P. 01.01.2020 -
31.12.2020  
IR (partial)  - - - - - - - - 
 
4 This investigation was omitted in error in G/SCM/N/363/EU and G/SCM/N/371/EU.    
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United 
States  Biodiesel  
CN codes  
ex 1516 20 98 
(TARIC  code 1516 20 98 29), 
ex 1518 00 91 
(TARIC  code 1518 00 91 29), 
ex 1518 00 99 
(TARIC  code 1518 00 99 29), 
ex 2710 19 43 
(TARIC  code 2710 19 43 29), 
ex 2710 19 46 
(TARIC  code 2710 19 46 29), 
ex 2710 19 47 
(TARIC  code 2710 19 47 29), 
ex 2710 20 11 
(TARIC  code 2710 20 11 29), 
ex 2710 20 16 
(TARIC  code 2710 20 16 29), 
ex 3824 99 92 
(TARIC  code 3824 99 92 12), 
ex 3826 00 10 
(TARIC  codes  3826 00 10 29, 
3826 00 10 59, 3826  00 10 99), 
ex 3826 00 90 
(TARIC  code 3826 00 90 19)  
AS532 US  14.09.2020  
I.P. 01.07.2019 -
30.06.2020  
SNR - - - - - - - - 
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  
HMP - Home market price  
TMP - Third country price  
CV - Constructed value  
P - Publication date  NER - New exporter review  
AC - Anti-circumvention  
C - Date of commencement of duty collection  
   
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 30 JUNE 20211 
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition ; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of extension ; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Argentina  Biodiesel  
AS644  AR Duties  12.02.2019  
OJ L 40, p. 1 - 
  Undertakings  12.02.2019  
OJ L 40, p. 1  - 
China  Retreaded tyres for buses  
or lorries  
AS646 CN  Duties  12.11.2018  
L 293, p. 1  - 
 Coated fine paper  
AS557 CN  Duties  14.05.2011  
L 128, p. 18  04.07.2017  
OJ L 171 p. 134  
 Filament glass fibre products 
(certain)  
AS603 CN  Duties  23.12.2014  
OJ L 367, p. 22  25.02.2021  
OJ L 65  
 Hot-rolled flat products of 
iron, non -alloy or other alloy 
steel 
AS634 CN  Duties  09.06.2017  
OJ L 146, p. 17  - 
 Organic coated steel products 
(certain)  
AS587 CN  Duties  15.03.2013  
OJ L 73, p. 16  03.05.2019  
OJ L 116  
 Solar glass  
AS599 CN  Duties  14.05.2014  
OJ L 142, p. 23  23.07.2020  
OJ L 238  
 Electric bikes  
AS646 CN  Duties  18.01.2019  
OJ L 16, p. 5  - 
 Glass fibre fabrics  
AS656 CN  Duties  15.06.2020  
OJ L 189, p. 1  - 
Egypt  Glass fibre fabrics  
AS656 EG  Duties  15.06.2020  
OJ L 189, p. 1  - 
 Continuous filament glass 
fibre 
AS657 EG  Duties  25.06.2020  
OJ L 201, p. 10  - 
India Graphite electrode systems  
AS470 IN  Duties  18.09.2004  
OJ L 295, p. 4  16.12.2010  
L 332, p. 1  
 
10.03.2017  
OJ L 64, p. 10  
 Polyethylene terephthalate 
(PET)  
AS426 IN  Duties  30.11.2000  
OJ L 301, p. 1  27.02.2007  
L 59, p. 34  
 
09.09.2011  
L 232, p. 19  
 
23.05.2013  
OJ L 137 p. 1  
 
31.07.2019  
OJ L 202, P. 81  
 
1 Please note that the measures on imports of Solar panels (Crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and 
key components), from Malaysia (AS594 MY) and from Chinese Taipei (AS594 TW), originally imposed on 
12 February 2016, expired on 3 September 2018. The measures were incorrectly reported in the Annex of 
Measures in Force in G/SCM/N/342/EU, G/SCM/N/349/EU, G/SCM/N/356/EU, G/SCM/N/363/EU and 
G/SCM/N/ 371/EU.  G/SCM/N/379/EU  
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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)  Stainless steel bars (certain)  
AS556 IN  Duties  28.04.2011  
L 108, p. 3  27.07.2013  
OJ L 202 p. 2  
 
28.06.2017  
OJ L 165, p. 2  
 Tubes and pipes of ductile 
cast iron  
AS618 IN  Duties  18.03.2016  
OJ L 73, p. 1  - 
Indonesia  Biodiesel  
AS650 ID  Duties  09.12.2019  
OJ L 317, P. 42  - 
Turkey  Trout (certain rainbow) 
AS606 TR  Duties  27.02.2015  
OJ L 56, p. 12  25.05.2021  
OJ L 183, p5  
United States  Biodiesel  
AS532 US  
 
AC Extension -Canada - 
AS532 CA AC  Duties  10.07.2009  
L 179, p. 1  11.05.2011  
L 122, p. 1 [extension 
due to circumvention - 
Biodiesel from 
Canada -AS532 CA AC]  
 
15.09.2015  
OJ L 239, p. 99  
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY  THROUGH 30 JUNE 2021 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
NIL 
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