G/SCM/N/313/CHN  
 
1 March  2017 
(17-1237) Page: 1/4 
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 July-31 December 2016 from 
China . 
 
 
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  G/SCM/N/313/CHN  
 
- 2 - Reporting Member: China1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COU NTERVAILING DUTY ACT IONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER  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) ) Countervailed 
programme(s)  Definitive 
duty Undertaking  
Description;  HS 
6-digit category 
covering 
investigated 
product3; ID 
number;  
(*) if 
investigation of 
>1 country  Date;  
period of 
investigation  
(S-subsidization  
I-injury)  Date of 
measures; range 
of individual 
amounts of 
subsidy; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of 
duties; 
range of 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy; 
"other" 
rates; 
[range of 
applied rates 
if different, 
reason]  Date of 
application; 
range of 
individual 
amounts of 
subsidy  
or minimum 
prices  Date,  
Reason  Date, 
explanation  Import 
volume or 
value 
(units / 
currency); 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different 
from cols.  
2 / 3 Import 
volume as 
% of 
apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Name(s) of the  subsidy 
programme(s) 
countervailed  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
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  30.09.2016  
10.0% -10.5%;  
10.7%  n/a n/a   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) Enterprise Zone 
Program  of Illinois ; 
5) Ethanol Production Tax 
Credit  of Indiana ; 
6) High Quality Jobs 
Program  of Iowa ; 
7) Ethanol  and Biobutanol 
Production  Incentive  of 
South Dakota  
 
 
 
 
                                                
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 meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
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- 3 - Reviews / Other subsequent proceedings  
 
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Preliminary 
results /  
determination  Final results  Revocation 
of Measures  Other (e.g., 
procedures 
not 
affectin g 
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 coun try 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; [rang e 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  Potato Starch  
11081300  
ID:10 -0001 14/09/2016  
(SNR)  
S: 04/2015 - 
31/03/2016  
I: 01/2012 -
03/2016          
United States  Broiler products  
02071100;  
02071200;  
02071311;  
02071319;  
02071321;  
02071329;  
02071411;  
02071419;  
02071421;  
02071422;  
02071429 and 
05040021  
ID: 09 -0002 28.08.2015  
(SNR)  
S: 01/2014 -
12/2014  
I: 01/2011 -
12/2014   28.08.201 6 
4.0% -4.2%  
All Others: 4.2%        
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVA ILING MEASURES IN FO RCE 
AS OF 31 DECEMBER  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  29.08.20 10, 
Gazette 2010 No. 52  28.08.201 6, 
Gazette 201 6 
No. 41 
Solar-grade 
Polysilicon;  
ID:12-0007 Duties  20.01.2014  
Gazette 201 4 No.4  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASU RES DURING THE PERIO D 
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER  2016 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigatio n ID 
number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
Nil 
 
 
 
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