G/SCM/N/305/CHN  
 
5 September  2016 
(16-4711) Page: 1/5 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER  
ARTICLE 25.11 OF THE  AGREEMENT  
CHINA 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2016 from China . 
 
 
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- 2 - Reporting Member: China1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COU NTERVAILING DUTY ACT IONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY -30 JUNE 2016 
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)  Count ervailed 
programme(s)  Definitive 
duty Undertaking  
Description;  HS 
6-digit category 
covering 
investigated 
product3; ID 
number;  
(*) if 
investigation of 
>1 country  Date;  
period of 
investigation  
(S-subsidization  
I-injury)  Date of 
measures; range 
of individual 
amounts of 
subsidy; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of 
duties; 
range of 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy; 
"other" 
rates; 
[range of 
applied rates 
if different, 
reason]  Date of 
application; 
range of 
individual 
amount s 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 su bsidy 
programme(s) 
countervailed  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
United 
States  Distillers dried 
grains with or 
without solubles  
23033000  
ID:16 -0001 12.01.2016  
S: 10/2014 -
09/2015  
I: 01/2012 -
09/2015       5,610,155 
tons 
（10/2014
-
09/2015 ） 99.96%  
of total 
imports  1) Federal Crop Insurance; 
2) Price Loss Coverage; 3) 
Agriculture Risk Coverage; 
4) Value Added Producer 
Grants; 5) Volumetric 
Ethanol Excise Tax Credit; 
6) Small Ethanol Producer 
Tax Credit; 7) Export 
Credit Guara ntee Program; 
8) Foreign Market 
Development Program; 9) 
Market Access Program; 
10) Farm Loan Programs; 
11) Biofuel Production 
Facility Tax Credit; 12) 
Investment Incentives and 
Job Creation Incentives; 
13) Arkansas Alternative 
Development Fund; 14) 
Alterna tive Fuel 
Infrastructure Tax Credit;  
                                                
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available : http://gpj .mofcom .gov.cn   
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the mea nings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
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United 
States  
(Cont'd)  Distillers dried 
grains with or 
without solubles  
23033000  
ID:16 -0001 
 
(Cont'd)          15) Alternative Fuel 
Production Facility Tax  
Exemption ; 16 ）Ethanol 
facility Tax Credit ; 17)  
Renewable Fuels 
Development Program ; 18) 
Economic Development 
Tax Credit ; 19)  Enterprise 
Zone Program ; 20)  High 
Impact Business Program ; 
21) Small Business Jobs 
Creation  Tax Credit 
Program ; 22)  Ethanol 
Production Tax Credi t; 23)  
High Quality Jobs Program ; 
24) Alternative Energy 
Revolving Loan  Program ; 
25) Value -Added 
Agriculture Program ; 26)  
Ethanol Production 
Incentive ; 27)  Ethanol 
Production Tax Credit ; 28)  
On-farm Biofuel Production 
Grants ; 29)  Biofuels 
Production Tax Cr edit; 30)  
Biofuels Production 
Incentive ; 31)  Biofuels 
Production Incentive ; 32)  
Ethanol Production 
Incentive ; 33)  Ethanol 
Production Incentive ; 34)  
Ethanol Production Facility 
Property Tax  Exemption ; 
35) Biofuel Production 
Facility Tax Credit ; 36)  
Biofuels  Loan Program ; 37) 
Ethanol Production 
Incentive ; 38)  Corporate 
Tax Credit For New 
Industry ; 39)  Alternative 
Fuel Loans ; 40) Biofuels 
Production Property Tax  
Exemption ; 41)  Biofuels 
Production Facility Tax  
Credit ; 42)  Ethanol and 
Biobutanol Production  
Incent ive 
 
  
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- 4 - 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 pub lished 
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), Perio d 
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 
European 
Union  Solar-grade 
polysilicon;  
28046190  
12-0011  29.04.2016  
(SNR)  
D: 01/2015 -
12/2015  
I: 01/2015 -
12/2015          
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASU RES IN FORCE  
AS OF 30 JUNE 2016 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
European Union  Potato Starch  
ID:10 -0001 Duties  17.09.2011,  
Gazette 2011 No. 54   
Solar-grade 
Polysilicon;  
ID:12-0010 Duties  
Undertaking  30.04.2014  
Gazette 201 4 No. 26 
  
United States  Broiler Products;  
ID:09 -0002 Duties  29.08.2010,  
Gazette 2010 No. 52  28.08.2015 , 
Gazette 2015 No. 33 
Solar-grade 
Polysilicon;  
ID:12-0007 Duties  20.01.2014  
Gazette 201 4 No.4  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASU RES DURING THE PERIO D 
1 JANUARY  THROUGH 30 JUNE 2016 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
Nil 
 
 
 
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