WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/L/1005 
25 October 2012 
 (12-5831) 
  
  
 
REPORT (2012) OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUBSIDIES 
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
 
 
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE 
1. The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ("Agreement") entered into force 
on 1 January 1995.  All Members of the WTO are ipso facto  members of the Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures ("Committee") established under the Agreement.   
2. Observer governments in the General Council of  the WTO have Observer status in the 
Committee.  The IMF, World Bank, UNCTAD and FAO have regular Observer status in the 
Committee.  Pursuant to decisions made by the Committee in April and November 1998, respectively, 
the OEDC and the ACP Group are invited to attend meetings on an ad hoc  basis.  Requests for 
Observer status from the Common Market for Easter n and Southern Africa and the Gulf Organization 
for Industrial Consulting are under consideration by Members.  
3. This Report covers the period 27 October 2011-23  October 2012 ("review period").  During 
the review period, the Committee held two regul ar and two special meetings, on 26 April and 
23 October 2012. 
4. As of the beginning of the review period, Mr  Andreas Krallmann (Germany) was Chairperson 
and Ms Hilda Ali Rashid AL-HINAI (Oman) Vice Chairperson.  At the regular meeting held on 26 April 2012, the Committee elected Mr Sam C. S. Hui (Hong Kong, China) as Chairperson and 
Mr William Kendall (Canada) as Vice Chairperson. 
II. PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS 
5. The Committee is required by Article 24.3 of the Agreement to establish a Permanent Group 
of Experts ("PGE").  The tasks assigned to the PG E by the Agreement are:  to provide assistance to a 
Panel, on request, with regard to whether a measur e is a prohibited subsidy;  to provide a Member 
with confidential advisory opinions on the nature  of any subsidy proposed to be introduced or 
currently maintained by that Member; and to pr ovide the Committee with advisory opinions on the 
existence and nature of any subsidy. 
6. As of the beginning of the review period, the PGE had four members, Mr Zhang Yuqing; 
Mr Jeffrey A. May; Mr Gérard Depayre and Mr Ak io Shimizu.  At the regular meeting held on 
26 April 2012, the Committee elected Mr Zhang Yuqing to replace Dr. Manzoor Ahmad as from Spring 2011 and Mr Welber Barral to replace Mr Zhang Yuqing as from Spring 2012 as members of the PGE. 
7. As of the end of the review period, the five members of the PGE are:  Mr Jeffrey A. May 
(until Spring 2013);  Mr Gérard Depayre (until Spring  2014);  Mr Akio Shimizu (until Spring 2015);  
Mr Zhang Yuqing (until Spring 2016) and Mr Welber Barral (until Spring 2017). G/L/1005 
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  III. NOTIFICATION OF SUBSIDIES 
8. 2011 new and full notifications:  In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article XVI of GATT 1994, all Members were requi red to submit new and full notifications of 
subsidies by 30 June 2011.  As of 23 October 2012, 381 Members had submitted such notifications.  
In addition, 15 Members had notified that they di d not maintain any subsidies notifiable pursuant to 
these provisions.  These notifications may be foun d in document series G/SCM/N/220/... .  A table 
indicating the status of 2011 notifications is reproduced in Annex A to this Report. 
9. The Committee had decided at its  special meeting of 3 May 2011 that the procedures adopted 
in April 2005 for the review of the 2005 new and fu ll notifications (G/SCM/117) would also apply to 
the review of the 2011 new and full notifications.2  Pursuant to this decision, the Committee, at its 
special meetings held on 26 April and 23 October 2012 reviewed the 2011 notifications of Australia;  
Burkina Faso;  Canada;  Chile;  the European Uni on;  Honduras;  Israel;  Japan;  Korea;  Macao, 
China;  Malaysia;  New Zealand;  Norway;  Switz erland;  Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu;  Tonga;  Ukraine;  Alba nia;  Argentina;  Bahrain;  Brazil;  India;  
Liechtenstein;  Nicaragua;  Kingdom of Saudi Arab ia;  Singapore;  Turkey;  the United States and 
Zambia. 
10. 2009 new and full notifications:  In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article XVI of the GATT 1994, all Members were re quired to submit new and full notifications of 
subsidies by 30 June 2009.  As of 23 October 2012, 413 Members had submitted such notifications.  
In addition, 20 Members had notified that they di d not maintain any subsidies notifiable pursuant to 
these provisions.  These notifications may be foun d in document series G/SCM/N/186/... .  A table 
indicating the status of 2009 notifications is reproduced in Annex B to this Report. 
11. At the special meeting held on 23 October 2012, the Committee reviewed the 2009 new and 
full subsidy notification of China. 
12. Annex C to this report indicates the periods covere d by the last subsidy notifications made by 
Members. 
13. Article 25.8 of the Agreement provides:  "Any Member may, at any time, make a written 
request for information on the nature and extent of  any subsidy granted or maintained by another 
Member (including any subsidy referred to in Part IV ), or for an explanation of the reasons for which 
a specific measure has been considered as not subject to the requirement of notification".  Information 
requests made under this provision are circulated in document series G/SCM/Q2/... .  Some of the 
questions presented to date pursuant to  this provision remain unanswered. 
IV. WORKING PARTY ON SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
14. The Working Party on Subsidy Notifications did not meet during the review period. 
                                                      
1 The European Union is counted as one Member.   
2 The procedures provide that questions on a subsid y notification and answers to such questions should 
be submitted in writing in advance of the special meeting held to review the notification.  Such written questions 
and answers can be found in the G/SCM/Q2/... document series.   
3 The European Union is counted as one Member.    G/L/1005 
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  V. NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAWS AND/OR 
REGULATIONS 
15. As of 23 October 2012, pursuant to Article 32. 6 of the Agreement and in accordance with a 
decision by the Committee, 994 Members had notified the Committee of their domestic countervailing 
duty legislation or made communications in th is respect to the Committee (G/SCM/N/1 and 
Addenda).  31 Members had not yet made notificati ons under Article 32.6 of the Agreement.  A table 
indicating the status of these notifications is reproduced in Annex D  to this Report.   
16. At the regular meetings held on 26 April and 23 October 2012, the Committee reviewed 
notifications regarding countervailing duty legislati on of the United States;  Tonga;  Burkina Faso;  
Australia;  Brazil;  Indonesia;  Nepal and Pakistan. 
VI. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS ON COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS 
17. Notifications for 1 July-31 December 2011:  As  of 23 October 2012, 8 Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken duri ng the period 1 July-31 December 2011.  45 Members had notified 
the Committee that they had not taken any counterv ailing action during this period.  52 Members had 
not submitted a notification.  These semi-annual reports were circulated in document series 
G/SCM/N/235.  The status of semi-annual reports is set out in Annex E to this Report.   
18. Notifications for 1 January-30 June 2012:  As of 23 October 2012, 8 Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken during the period 1 January-30 June 2012.   37 Members had notified the 
Committee that they had not taken any countervailin g action during this period.  60 Members had not 
submitted a notification.  These semi-annual re ports were circulated in document series 
G/SCM/N/242.  The status of semi-annual reports is set out in Annex E to this Report.   
19. A table summarizing notifications of new c ountervailing duty actions taken by Members 
during the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012 and measures in force as of 30 June 2012 is reproduced in Annex F to this Report.   
VII. REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY OR FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
ACTIONS 
20. Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the Agreement, Members are to report to the Committee without 
delay all preliminary and final c ountervailing actions taken.  Guidelines for the information to be 
contained in these reports are set forth in G/SCM/3/Rev.1.  During the review period, the Committee received reports of preliminary and final counter vailing actions from Australia;  Brazil;  Canada;  
China;  the European Union;  Mexico;  Pakist an;  Peru and the United States (G/SCM/N/233-234, 
236-239, 240-241 and 244-247).  The Committee review ed these reports of preliminary and final 
actions at its regular meetings held  on 26 April and 23 October 2012. 
VIII.  CONTINUATION OF EXTENSIONS UNDER ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES 
21. A General Council Decision adopted on 27 July 2007 (WT/L/691) lays down procedures 
whereby during the period 2008-2012 the Committ ee will continue to grant extensions under 
Article 27.4 of the Agreement of the transition period for the elimination of export subsidies.  At its 
regular meeting held on 23 October 2012, the Comm ittee conducted a review of the transparency and 
                                                      
4 The European Union is counted as one Member.  These 99  notifications do not include notifications 
submitted by Bulgaria, Cyprus, the C zech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, 
Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia before th ese Members acceded to the European Communities.   G/L/1005 
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  standstill requirements contained in this Decision and agreed to continue for calendar year 2013 
the extensions of the transition period that the Committee had previously granted for calendar 
years 2003-2012.
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IX. TIMELINESS AND COMPLETENESS OF NOTIFICATIONS 
22. As part of the Committee's efforts on "ways to  improve the timeliness and completeness of 
notifications and other information flows on trade me asures" in the context of the SCM Agreement, as 
requested by the Chairperson of the Trade Policy Review Body ("TPRB") on 12 April 2010, the former Chairman circulated document G/SCM/ W/546/Rev.3 dated 12 April 2012, providing an 
updated list of the state of compliance with various notification obligations under the 
SCM Agreement.  The Committee continued its discussi ons on this matter at the regular meetings on 
26 April and 23 October 2012.  At these meetings , the Committee discussed the Proposed Procedure 
for Submission of Questions and Answers under Articles 25.8 and 25.9 of the SCM Agreement, 
submitted by the United States.
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X. ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES FOR TEXTILES AND APPAREL BY 
INDIA PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27.5 OF THE SCM AGREEMENT - REQUEST 
FROM THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY 
23. At its regular meetings on 26 April and 23 Oc tober 2012, the Committee discussed the issue 
of the elimination of export subsidies for textiles a nd apparel by India pursuant to Article 27.5 of the 
Agreement. 
XI. REQUEST FROM THE UNITED STATES TO CHINA AND INDIA PURSUANT TO 
ARTICLE 25.10 OF THE AGREEMENT 
24. Article 25.10 provides: "Any Member which c onsiders that any measure of another Member 
having the effects of a subsidy has not been notifie d in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 
of Article XVI of GATT 1994 and this Article may bring the matter to the attention of such other 
Member.   If the alleged subsidy is not thereafter notified promptly, such Member may itself bring the 
alleged subsidy in question to the notice of the Comm ittee".  At its regular meetings of 26 April and 
23 October 2012, the Committee discussed the non-no tification by China and India of alleged 
subsidies contained in the requests by the United States7 under Article 25.10 of the Agreement. 
                                                      
5 The Committee decisions continuing the extensions of the transition period for calendar year 2013 
may be found in the following documents:  Antigua & Barbuda (G/SCM/50/Add.10-51/Add.10);  Barbados 
(G/SCM/52/Add.10-56/Add.10);  Belize (G/SCM/57/Add.10-59/Add.10);  Costa Rica (G/SCM/61/Add.10-
62/Add.10);  Dominica (G/SCM/63/Add.10);  Dominican Republic (G/SCM/64/Add.10);  El Salvador (G/SCM/65/Add.10);  Fiji (G/SCM/66/Add.10-67/Add.10);  Grenada (G/SCM/69/Add.10-71/Add.10);  
Guatemala (G/SCM/72/Add.10-74/Add.10);  Jamaica (G/SCM/75/Add.10-78/Add.10);  Jordan 
(G/SCM/79/Add.10);  Mauritius (G/SCM /83/Add.10);  Panama (G/SCM/84/Add.10-85/Add.10);  Papua New 
Guinea (G/SCM/86/Add.10);  St. Lucia (G/SCM/ 87/Add.10-89/Add.10);  St. Kitts and Nevis 
(G/SCM/90/Add.10);  St. Vincent an d the Grenadines (G/SCM/91/Add.10) and Uruguay (G/SCM/92/Add.10). 
6 G/SCM/W/557 dated 25 April 2012. 
7 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/42 and G/SCM/Q2/IND/20.  G/L/1005 
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XII. OTHER ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD 
25. On 23 July 2012, the Committee held open-ende d informal consultations to discuss the 
process of election of members to the PGE. 
26. Under other business at the regular meeti ng held on 23 October 2012, the Committee 
considered the concerns regarding the process fo r the modification of certain parts of document 
G/SCM/W/546/Rev.3 and the issue of certain possi ble government assistance provided to a pulp and 
paper mill in Nova Scotia, Canada. G/L/1005 
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  ANNEX A 
2011 NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS (G/SCM/N/220/...) 
as at 23 October 2012 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania X Cyprus X Hong Kong, China X Papua New Guinea None 
Angola None Czech Republic X Iceland None Paraguay None 
Antigua & Barbuda X Denmark X India X Peru None 
Argentina X Estonia X Indone sia None Philippines None 
Armenia N Finland X Israel X Qatar N 
Australia X France X Jamaica X Russian Federation N/A 
Bahrain, Kingdom of N Germa ny X Japan X Rwanda None 
Bangladesh None Greece X Jordan X Samoa N/A 
Barbados X Hungary X Kenya None St. Kitts & Nevis None 
Belize X Ireland X Korea, Rep. of X St. Lucia X 
Benin None Italy X Kuwait, the State of None St. Vincent & Grenadines None 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of None Latvia X Kyrgyz Republic None Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of N 
Botswana None Lithuania X Lesotho None Senegal None 
Brazil X Luxembourg X Liechtenstein N Sierra Leone None 
Brunei Darussalam None Malta X Macao, China X Singapore N 
Burkina Faso N Netherlands X Madagascar None Solomon Islands None 
Burundi None Poland X Mala wi None South Africa None 
Cambodia None Portugal X Malaysia X Sri Lanka None 
Cameroon None Romania X Maldives None Suriname None 
Canada X Slovak Republic X Mali None Swaziland N 
Cape Verde None Slovenia X Ma uritania None Switzerland X 
Central African Rep. None Spain X Mauritius X Chinese Taipei X 
Chad None Sweden X Mexico X Tanzania None 
Chile X United Kingdom X Moldova None Thailand None 
China None Ecuador N Mongolia None The FYR of Macedonia X 
Colombia N Egypt None Montenegro N/A Togo  None 
Congo None El Salvador X Morocco None Tonga N 
Costa Rica X Fiji None Mozambique None Trinidad & Tobago None 
Côte d'Ivoire None Gabon None  Myanmar None Tunisia  None 
Croatia X The Gambia None Namibia None Turkey  X 
Cuba N Georgia N Nepal None Uganda None 
Dem. Rep. of Congo None Ghana None New Zealand X Ukraine X 
Djibouti None Grenada X Nicaragua  N United Arab Emirates None 
Dominica None Guatemala X Niger None United States X 
Dominican Rep. X Guinea Bissau None Nigeria None Uruguay X 
European Union X Guinea, Rep. of None Norw ay X Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of  None 
Austria X Guyana None Oman None Vanuatu N/A 
Belgium X Haiti None Pakistan None Viet Nam None 
Bulgaria X Honduras X Panama None Zambia N 
      Zimbabwe None 
"N" means that the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies. 
"X" means that the Member notified subsidies. "None" means that no notification was submitted. 
"N/A" is used for Members that were not a WTO Member as of the due date of the 2011 new and full subsidy 
notifications, i.e. 30 June 2011.  G/L/1005 
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ANNEX B   
2009 NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS (G/SCM/N/186/...) 
as at 23 October 2012 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania X  Cyprus X Hong Kong, China X Papua New Guinea None
Angola None  Czech Republic X Iceland None Paraguay N
Antigua & Barbuda X Denmark X India X Peru None
Argentina X  Estonia X Indonesia None Philippines None
Armenia N  Finland X Israel X Qatar N
Australia X France X Jamaica X Russian Federation N/A 
Bahrain, Kingdom of None  Germany X Japan X Rwanda None
Bangladesh None  Greece X Jordan X Samoa N/A 
Barbados X Hungary X Kenya None St. Kitts & Nevis None
Belize None  Ireland X Korea, Rep. of  X St. Lucia X
Benin None  Italy X Kuwait, the State of None St. Vincent & Grenadines X
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of None Latvia X Kyrgyz Republic N  Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of N
Botswana None Lithuania X Lesotho N Senegal None
Brazil X Luxembourg X Liechtenstein N Sierra Leone None
Brunei Darussalam None  Malta X Macao, China X Singapore None
Burkina Faso N  Netherlands X Madagascar N Solomon Islands None
Burundi None Poland X Malawi N South Africa None
Cambodia None  Portugal X Malaysia X Sri Lanka None
Cameroon None  Romania X Maldives None Suriname N
Canada X Slovak Republic X Mali None Swaziland N
Cape Verde None  Slovenia X Mauritania None Switzerland X
Central African Rep. None  Spain X Mauritius X Chinese Taipei X
Chad None Sweden X Mexico X Tanzania  None
Chile X  United Kingdom X Moldova, Rep. of None Thailand X
China X  Ecuador N Mongolia None The FYR of Macedonia X
Colombia N Egypt None Montenegro N/A Togo  None
Congo None  El Salvador X Morocco None Tonga None 
Costa Rica X  Fiji None Mozambique None Trinidad & Tobago N
Côte d'Ivoire None Gabon N Myanmar None Tunisia  None
Croatia X  The Gambia None Namibia X Turkey  X
Cuba N  Georgia N Nepal None Uganda None
Congo, Dem. Rep. of None Ghana None New Zealand X Ukraine X
Djibouti None  Grenada X Nicaragua None United Arab Emirates None
Dominica None  Guatemala X Niger None United States X
Dominican Rep. X Guinea Bissau None Nigeria N Uruguay X
European Union X  Guinea, Rep. of None Norway X Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of  None
Austria X  Guyana None Oman None Vanuatu N/A 
Belgium X Haiti None Pakistan None Viet Nam None
Bulgaria X  Honduras X Panama None Zambia N
      Zimbabwe None
"N" means that the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies. 
"X" means that the Member notified subsidies. 
"None" means that no notification was submitted. 
"N/A" is used for Members that were not a WTO Member as of the due date of the 2009 new and full subsidy 
notifications, i.e. 30 June 2009. G/L/1005 
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  ANNEX C 
 
PERIODS COVERED BY THE MOST RECENT SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS BY MEMBERS 
as at 23 October 2012 
 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania 2010 Cyprus 2009-2010 Hong Kong, 
China 04/10-03/11 Papua New Guinea 2001-2002 
Angola None Czech Republic 2009-2010  Iceland 2004 Paraguay 2007-2008 
Antigua & Barbuda 07/10-06/11 Denmark 2009-2010 India 2009-2010 Peru 1998 
Argentina 2008-2010 Estonia 2009-2 010 Indonesia 1995 Philippines 1996 
Armenia 2009-2010 Finland 2009-2010 Israel 2009 Qatar 2009-2010 
Australia 07/10-06/11 France 2009-2010 Jamaica 2010 Russian Federation N/A 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  2009-2010 Germany 2009-2010 Japan 04/09-03 /10 Rwanda None 
Bangladesh None Greece 2009-2011 Jordan 2010 Samoa N/A 
Barbados 2009-2010 Hungary  2009-2010 Kenya None St. Kitts & Nevis 2007 
Belize 07/10-06/11 Ireland 2009-2010 Korea, Rep. of 2009-2010 St. Lucia 07/10-06/11 
Benin 1997 Italy 2009-2010 Kuwait, the State 
of None St. Vincent & 
Grenadines 07/08-06/09 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of 2000-2002 Latvia 2009-2010 Kyrgyz Republic 2009 Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of 2006-2011 
Botswana 1994 Lithuania 2009-2010 Lesotho 2008-2010 Senegal 1995-1997 
Brazil 2009-2010 Luxembourg 2009-2010 Liechte nstein 2009-2010 Sierra Leone None 
Brunei Darussalam 1995 Malta 2009-2010 Macao, China 2010 Singapore 2009-2010 
Burkina Faso 2009-2010 Netherlands 2009-2010  Madagascar 2010 Solomon Islands None 
Burundi 2000 Poland 2009-2010 Malawi 2007-2008 South Africa 2001-2002 
Cambodia None Portugal 2009-2010 Malaysia 2010 Sri Lanka None 
Cameroon 1995 Romania 2009-2010 Maldives None Suriname 2007-2008 
Canada 2008-2010 Slovak 
Republic 2009-2010 Mali 2000 Swaziland 2003-2004 
Cape Verde None Slovenia 2009-2010 Ma uritania None Switzerland 2009-2010 
Central African Rep. None Spain 2009-2010 Mauritius 06/10-06/11 Chinese Taipei 2007-2009 
Chad None Sweden 2009-2010 Mexico 2009-2010 Tanzania None 
Chile 2009-2011 United 
Kingdom 2009-2010 Moldova, Rep. of  None Thailand 2007-2008 
China 2007-2008 Ecuador 2009-2010 Mongolia 2001-2002 The FYR of 
Macedonia 2010 
Colombia 2009-2011 Egypt 1997 Montenegro N/A Togo  None 
Congo None El Salvador 2010 Morocco 2001-2002 Tonga 2009-2010 
Costa Rica 2010 Fiji 2003-2004 Mozambique  None Trinidad & Tobago 2007-2008 
Côte d'Ivoire 1996 Gabon 2010 Myanmar 2001-2002 Tunisia  2001-2003 
Croatia 2009 The Gambia 1998 Namibia 2002-2009 Turkey  2010-2011 
Cuba 2009-2010 Georgia 2009-2010 Nepal None Uganda 2003-2004 
Dem. Rep. of Congo,  None Ghana 2001-2002 New Zealand 2009-2010 Ukraine 2009-2010 
Djibouti None Grenada 07/10-
06/11 Nicaragua 2009-2010 United Arab Emirates 1999 
Dominica 2006-06/08 Guatemala 07/10-
06/11 Niger None United States 10/08-09/10 
Dominican Rep. 2010 Guinea Bissau None  Nigeria 2007-2008 Uruguay 07/10-06/11 
European Union 2009-2010 Guinea, Rep. of 2001-2002 Norway 2009-2010 Venezuela Bolivarian 
Republic of  1995-1996 
Austria 2009-2010 Guyana None Oman 2003-2004 Vanuatu N/A  G/L/1005 
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  Member  Member  Member  Member  
Belgium 2009-2010 Haiti None Pa kistan None Viet Nam None 
Bulgaria 2009-2010 Honduras 2011 Panama 2003-2004 Zambia 2010-2011 
      Zimbabwe 1996 
 
In principle, the table uses "yyyy" format to refer to the rele vant years.  Exceptionally, where reference is made to a specifi c month, 
this is indicated in "mm/yy" format. 
"None" is used for Members that have not made any subsidy notification.  
"N/A" is used for Members that were not a WTO Member as of the due date of the 2011 new and full subsidy notifications, i.e. 30 June 2011. G/L/1005 
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  ANNEX D 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS 
as at 23 October 2012 
 
MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Albania G/SCM/N/1/ALB/2 + Rev.1 
Angola None 
Antigua and Barbuda G/SCM/N/1/ATG/2 
Argentina G/SCM/N/1/ARG/1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & Suppl.3/Corr.1 + 
Suppl.4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 
Armenia G/SCM/N/1/ARM/1 
Australia G/SCM/N/1/AUS/2 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & 4 
Bahrain, Kingdom of G/SCM/N/1/BHR/1 
Bangladesh None 
Barbados G/SCM/N/1/BRB/1 
Belize None 
Benin G/SCM/N/1/BEN/1 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1 + Suppl.1 
Botswana None 
Brazil G/SCM/N/1/BRA/2 + Suppl.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 
Brunei Darussalam G/SCM/N/1/BRN/1 
Burkina Faso G/SCM/N/1/BFA/1 
Burundi G/SCM/N/1/BUR/1 
Cambodia G/SCM/N/1/KHM/1 
Cameroon None 
Canada G/SCM/N/1/CAN/4 
Cape Verde None 
Central African Republic None 
Chad G/SCM/N/1/TCD/1 
Chile G/SCM/N/1/CHL/2 
China G/SCM/N/1/CHN/1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & 4 
Colombia G/SCM/N/1/COL/1 
Congo None 
Costa Rica G/SCM/N/1/CRI/4 
Côte d'Ivoire None 
Croatia G/SCM/N/1/HRV/2 + Corr.1 
Cuba G/SCM/N/1/CUB/1 + Suppl.1 
Democratic Republic of the Congo None 
Djibouti None 
Dominica G/SCM/N/1/DMA/1 
Dominican Republic G/SCM/N/1/DOM/2 + Corr.1 (Spanish only) + 
Suppl.1/Corr.1 
Ecuador  G/SCM/N/1/ECU/3 
European Union G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2 + Suppl.1, 2,3, 4, 5, 61 & 72 
Egypt G/SCM/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1 + Rev.1/Suppl.1 
                                                      
1 Document G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.6 provides information on the status of laws and regulations of 
the following WTO Members:  Cyprus;  the Czech Republic;  Estonia;  Hunga ry;  Latvia;  Lithuania;  Malta;  
Poland;  the Slovak Republic and Slovenia, all of which became Member States of the European Communities 
on 1 May 2004.   
2 Document G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.7 provides information on the status of laws and regulations of 
Bulgaria and Romania, which became Member States  of the European Commun ities on 1 January 2007.   G/L/1005 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
El Salvador G/SCM/N/1/SLV/3 
Fiji G/SCM/N/1/FJI/2 
Gabon G/SCM/N/1/GAB/2 
The Gambia None 
Georgia G/SCM/N/1/GEO/1 
Ghana G/SCM/N/1/GHA/1 
Grenada G/SCM/N/1/GRD/2 
Guatemala G/SCM/N/1/GTM/3 
Guinea Bissau None 
Guinea, Rep. of G/SCM/N/1/GIN/1 
Guyana G/SCM/N/1/GUY/1 
Haiti G/SCM/N/1/HTI/1 
Honduras G/SCM/N/1/HND/3 
Hong Kong, China G/SCM/N/1/HKG/1 
Iceland G/SCM/N/1/ISL/1 
India G/SCM/N/1/IND/2 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1, 2 ,3 & 4 
Indonesia G/SCM/N/1/IDN/3 
Israel G/SCM/N/1/ISR/3 + Corr.1 
Jamaica G/SCM/N/1/JAM/2 
Japan G/SCM/N/1/JPN/2 + Corr.1 & 2 + Suppl.1, 2, 3, 4 & 
Suppl.4/Corr.1, Suppl.5, 6 & 7 
Jordan G/SCM/N/1/JOR/3 
Kenya G/SCM/N/1/KEN/2 
Korea, Rep. of G/SCM/N/1/KOR/4 
Kuwait, the State of G/SCM/N/1/KWT/1  
Kyrgyz Rep. G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/1 
Lesotho None 
Liechtenstein G/SCM/N/1/LIE/1 
Macao, China G/SCM/N/1/MAC/1 
Madagascar None 
Malawi G/SCM/N/1/MWI/1 
Malaysia G/SCM/N/1/MYS/1 + Add.1 
Maldives G/SCM/N/1/MDV/2 
Mali None 
Mauritania None 
Mauritius G/SCM/N/1/MUS/2 
Mexico G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1& Suppl.2 + 
Corr.1 & Suppl.3 
Moldova G/SCM/N/1/MDA/1 
Mongolia G/SCM/N/1/MNG/2 
Montenegro None 
Morocco G/SCM/N/1/MAR/2 + Rev.1 (French only) 
Mozambique None 
Myanmar G/SCM/N/1/MYN/1 
Namibia G/SCM/N/1/NAM/1 
Nepal G/SCM/N/1/NPL/1 
New Zealand G/SCM/N/1/NZL/2 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 
Nicaragua G/SCM/N/1/NIC/2 
Niger None 
Nigeria G/SCM/N/1/NGA/1 
Norway G/SCM/N/1/NOR/4 + Corr.1 G/L/1005 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Oman  G/SCM/N/1/OMN/2 
Pakistan G/SCM/N/1/PAK/2 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 
Panama G/SCM/N/1/PAN/2 + Suppl.1 
Papua New Guinea None 
Paraguay G/SCM/N/1/PRY/2 + Corr.1 
Peru G/SCM/N/1/PER/2 + Suppl.1 
Philippines G/SCM/N/1/PHL/2 
Qatar G/SCM/N/1/QAT/1 
Russian Federation G/SCM/N/1/RUS/1 
Rwanda None 
Samoa None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None 
Saint Lucia G/SCM/N/1/LCA/1 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  G/SCM/N/1/SAU/1 
Senegal G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1 
Sierra Leone None 
Singapore G/SCM/N/1/SGP/2 + Suppl.1 
Solomon Islands None 
South Africa G/SCM/ N/1/ZAF/2 + Add.1 
Sri Lanka G/SCM/N/1/LKA/1 
Suriname G/SCM/N/1/SUR/1 
Swaziland None 
Switzerland G/SCM/N/1/CHE/1 
Chinese Taipei G/SCM/N/1/TPKM/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 
Tanzania None 
Thailand G/SCM/N/1/THA/4 + Corr.1 
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia G/SCM/N/1/MKD/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 
Togo G/SCM/N/1/TGO/1  
Tonga  G/SCM/N/1/TON/1  
Trinidad and Tobago G/SCM/N/1/TTO/1 + Suppl.1 
Tunisia G/SCM/N/1/TUN/2 
Turkey G/SCM/N/1/TUR/3 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 + Corr.1 
Uganda G/SCM/N/1/UGA/2 
Ukraine G/SCM/N/1/UKR 
United Arab Emirates G/SCM/N/1/ARE/1 
United States G/SCM/N/1/USA/1 + Corr.1 + Supp l.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
8, 9, 10 & 11 
Uruguay G/SCM/N/1/URY/1 + Suppl.1 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  G/SCM/N/1/VEN/1 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Vanuatu None 
Viet Nam None 
Zambia G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1 
Zimbabwe G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2 + Suppl.1  G/L/1005 
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  ANNEX E 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS OF CO UNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS,  
1 JULY 2011-30 JUNE 2012  
 
MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2011 
(G/SCM/N/235) 1 January-30 June 2012 
(G/SCM/N/242) 
Albania N None 
Angola None None 
Antigua and Barbuda None None 
Argentina N N 
Armenia None None 
Australia X X 
Bahrain None None 
Bangladesh None None 
Barbados OTN 
Belize None None 
Benin None None 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of None None 
Botswana N N 
Brazil X X 
Brunei Darussalam None None 
Burkina Faso OTN 
Burundi OTN 
Cambodia None None 
Cameroon None None 
Canada X X 
Cape Verde None None 
Central African Republic None None 
Chad None None 
Chile N N 
China X N 
Colombia N N 
Congo None None 
Costa Rica N N 
Côte d'Ivoire None None 
Croatia N N 
Cuba OTN 
Democratic Republic of the Congo None None 
Djibouti None None 
Dominica OTN 
Dominican Republic N N 
European Union X X 
Ecuador  N N 
Egypt N N 
El Salvador N N 
Fiji None None 
Gabon None None 
The Gambia None None 
Georgia OTN 
Ghana OTN 
Grenada None None 
Guatemala N N 
Guinea None None 
Guinea-Bissau None None 
Guyana OTN 
Haiti OTN 
Honduras None None G/L/1005 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2011 
(G/SCM/N/235) 1 January-30 June 2012 
(G/SCM/N/242) 
Hong Kong, China OTN 
Iceland None None 
India N N 
Indonesia N None 
Israel N N 
Jamaica N N 
Japan N N 
Jordan N N 
Kenya None None 
Korea, Rep. of N N 
Kuwait, the State of None None 
Kyrgyz Republic None None 
Lesotho N N 
Liechtenstein OTN 
Macao, China OTN 
Madagascar None None 
Malawi None None 
Malaysia N None 
Maldives None None 
Mali None None 
Mauritania None None 
Mauritius None None 
Mexico X X 
Moldova, Republic of N None 
Mongolia OTN 
Montenegro1 N/A -- 
Morocco N None 
Mozambique OTN 
Myanmar None None 
Namibia N N 
Nepal OTN 
New Zealand N N 
Nicaragua N N 
Niger None None 
Nigeria None None 
Norway N N 
Oman  N None 
Pakistan X X 
Panama None N 
Papua New Guinea None None 
Paraguay N N 
Peru N X 
Philippines N N 
Qatar None None 
Russian Federation2 N/A N/A 
Rwanda None None 
Samoa3 N/A -- 
Saint Kitts & Nevis OTN 
Saint Lucia None None 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None None 
Saudi Arabia,  Kingdom of None None 
Senegal OTN 
                                                      
1 Became a Member on 29 April 2012. 
2 Became a Member on 22 August 2012. 
3 Became a Member on 10 May 2012.  G/L/1005 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2011 
(G/SCM/N/235) 1 January-30 June 2012 
(G/SCM/N/242) 
Sierra Leone OTN 
Singapore N None 
Solomon Islands None None 
South Africa N N 
Sri Lanka OTN 
Suriname OTN 
Swaziland N N 
Switzerland OTN 
Chinese Taipei N N 
Tanzania N None 
Thailand N N 
The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia N N 
Togo None None 
Tonga  None None 
Trinidad and Tobago N N 
Tunisia None None 
Turkey N N 
Uganda None None 
Ukraine N N 
United Arab Emirates None None 
United States X X 
Uruguay N N 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  N N 
Vanuatu4 N/A N/A 
Viet Nam None N 
Zambia N None 
Zimbabwe N None 
 
X       = Semi-annual report of actions taken submitted. N       = Report of no actions taken submitted. 
None = No report submitted. 
OTN = One time notification. --      = Became a Member during the review period. 
N/A  = Not applicable. 
 
                                                      
4 Became a Member on 24 August 2012.  
  G/L/1005 
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Summary of Countervailing Duty Action s and Measures as reported in  
documents G/SCM/N/235/...  and G/SCM/N/242/... 
(1 July 2011-30 June 2012) 
as of 23 October 2012  
 
Initiations Provisional Measures 
(negative preliminary determinations and 
affirmative preliminary determinations where no 
measures imposed are 
not included) Definitive Duties (negative determinations not 
included) Price Undertakings Revoca- 
tions 
notified1 Measures in force 
on 30 June 2012 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 
involved   
 
 AUSTRALIA             
2 CHN (2)   2 CHN (2)   0    0  1 2 
 
 BRAZIL             
3 IND (1) IDN (1) THA (1) 0    0    0  0 1 
 
 CANADA             
7 CHN (3) IND (1) OMN (1) 2 CHN (2)   2 CHN (2)   0  0 11 
 PAK (1) ARE (1)              
 
 CHINA             
0    0    2 EU (1) USA (1)  0  0 4 
 
 EUROPEAN UNION         0    
3 CHN (2) USA (1)  1 IND (1)   0    0  1 10 
 
 MEXICO             
2 CHN (1) IND (1)  2 IND (2)   0    0  0 0
 
 PAKISTAN             
2 IDN (1) THA (1)  0    0    0  0 0 
 
 PERU             
1 USA (1)   0    0    0  0 2 
 
 SOUTH AFRICA             
0    0    0    0  0 1 
 
                                                      
1 Includes measures notified as ha ving been fully or partially revoked, and as having lapsed.   
2 Certain of the measures in force were notified as having been fully or partially suspended.   
3 "Countries" refers in all cases to countries or customs territo ries.  A list of the abbreviations used in this table can be fo und following the table.  
   G/L/1005
 Page 17Initiations Provisional Measures 
(negative preliminary determinations and 
affirmative preliminary determinations where no 
measures imposed are 
not included) Definitive Duties (negative determinations not 
included) Price Undertakings Revoca- 
tions 
notified1 Measures in force 
on 30 June 2012 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 
involved   
 TURKEY             
0    0    0    0  0 1 
 
 UNITED STATES             
9 CHN (3) 
 IND (1) KOR (1)  11 CHN (5) IND (1) KOR (2) 2 CHN (2)   0  2 50 
 OMN (1) ARE (1) VNM (2)  OMN (1) VNM (2)          
 
 
  
 
    G/L/1005 
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  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ANNEX F  
AFG AFGHANISTAN 
ALB ALBANIA 
DZA ALGERIA 
AND ANDORRA AGO ANGOLA 
ATG ANTIGUA AND 
BARBUDA 
ARG ARGENTINA 
ARM ARMENIA 
AUS AUSTRALIA AUT AUSTRIA 
AZE AZERBAIJAN 
BHS BAHAMAS BHR BAHRAIN, KINGDOM OF 
BGD BANGLADESH 
BRB BARBADOS BLR BELARUS 
BEL BELGIUM 
BLZ BELIZE BEN BENIN BMU BERMUDA 
BTN BHUTAN 
BOL BOLIVIA, 
PLURINATIONAL STATE 
OF 
BIH BOSNIA AND 
HERZEGOVINA 
BWA BOTSWANA 
BRA BRAZIL BRN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 
BGR BULGARIA 
BFA  BURKINA FASO BDI BURUNDI 
KHM CAMBODIA 
CMR CAMEROON CAN CANADA 
CPV CAPE VERDE 
CAF CENTRAL AFRICAN 
REPUBLIC 
TCD  CHAD 
CHL CHILE CHN CHINA 
COL COLOMBIA 
COG CONGO CRI COSTA RICA CIV COTE D'IVOIRE 
HRV CROATIA 
CUB CUBA CYP CYPRUS 
CZE CZECH REPUBLIC 
COD CONGO, D.R. OF THE DNK DENMARK 
DJI DJIBOUTI  
DMA DOMINICA DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
ECU ECUADOR 
EGY EGYPT SLV EL SALVADOR 
GNQ EQUATORIAL GUINEA 
EST  ESTONIA ETH ETHIOPIA 
EU EUROPEAN UNION 
FRO FAROE ISLANDS FJI FIJI 
FIN FINLAND 
MKD MACEDONIA, F.Y.R. OF FRA FRANCE GAB GABON 
GMB THE GAMBIA 
GEO GEORGIA 
DEU GERMANY GHA GHANA 
GRC GREECE 
GRD GRENADA GTM GUATEMALA 
GIN GUINEA 
GNB GUINEA BISSAU GUY  GUYANA 
HTI HAITI 
HND HONDURAS HKG HONG KONG, CHINA 
HUN HUNGARY 
ISL ICELAND IND INDIA 
IDN INDONESIA 
IRN  IRAN IRQ IRAQ IRL IRELAND 
ISR ISRAEL 
ITA ITALY JAM JAMAICA 
JPN JAPAN 
JOR JORDAN KAZ KAZAKHSTAN 
KEN KENYA 
PRK KOREA, D.R. OF KOR KOREA, REP. OF 
KWT KUWAIT 
KGZ KYRGYZ REPUBLIC LAO LAO, P.D.R 
LVA LATVIA 
LBN LEBANON LSO LESOTHO 
LBY LIBYA 
LIE LIECHTENSTEIN LTU LITHUANIA 
LUX  LUXEMBOURG 
MAC MACAO, CHINA MDG MADAGASCAR 
MWI MALAWI 
MYS MALAYSIA MDV MALDIVES MLI MALI 
MLT MALTA 
MRT MAURITANIA MUS MAURITIUS 
MEX MEXICO 
MDA MOLDOVA MNG MONGOLIA 
MAR MOROCCO 
CGR MONTENEGRO MOZ  MOZAMBIQUE 
MYN MYANMAR 
NAM NAMIBIA NPL NEPAL 
NLD NETHERLANDS 
NZL NEW ZEALAND NIC NICARAGUA 
NER NIGER 
NGA NIGERIA NOR NORWAY 
OMN OMAN 
PAK PAKISTAN PAN PANAMA PNG PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
PRY PARAGUAY 
PER PERU 
PHL PHILIPPINES POL POLAND 
PRT PORTUGAL 
QAT QATAR ROM ROMANIA 
RWA RWANDA 
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION  KNA SAINT KITTS AND      
NEVIS 
LCA SAINT LUCIA 
VCT SAINT VINCENT AND 
THE GRENADINES 
WSM SAMOA STP SAO TOME AND 
PRINCIPE 
SAU KINGDOM OF SAUDI  
ARABIA 
SEN SENEGAL 
SRB SERBIA  
SYC SEYCHELLES SLE SIERRA LEONE 
SGP SINGAPORE 
SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIC SVN  SLOVENIA 
SLB SOLOMON ISLANDS 
ZAF SOUTH AFRICA ESP SPAIN  
LKA SRI LANKA 
SDN SUDAN SUR SURINAME 
SWZ SWAZILAND 
SWE SWEDEN CHE SWITZERLAND 
SYR SYRIAN ARAB 
REPUBLIC 
TPKM CHINESE TAIPEI 
TJK TAJIKISTAN 
TZA TANZANIA THA THAILAND 
TGO TOGO 
TON TONGA TTO TRINIDAD AND  
TOBAGO 
TUN TUNISIA 
TUR TURKEY TKM TURKMENISTAN 
UGA UGANDA 
UKR UKRAINE ARE UNITED ARAB 
EMIRATES 
GBR UNITED KINGDOM USA UNITED STATES OF 
AMERICA 
URY URUGUAY UZB UZBEKISTAN 
VUT VANUATU 
VEN BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC 
OF VENEZUELA 
VNM VIET NAM 
YEM YEMEN ZMB ZAMBIA 
ZWE ZIMBABWE
 
 
 
  
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