G/SCM/N/414/GBR  
 
12 April 2024  
(24-3093) Page: 1/9 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 July -31 December  2023 from 
the United Kingdom . 
 
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  G/SCM/N/414/GBR  
 
- 2 - Reporting Member: UNITED KINGDOM1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY -31 DECEMBER 2023  
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 
China  Optical fibre cables  
85 44 70 00 104 
2022/02 CN5 26.04.2022  
S: 01.01.2021 -
31.12.2021  
I: 01.01.2018 -
31.12.2021  - Final determination: 
25.08.2023  
Affirmative  
Measure applied  
P: 23.10.2023  
C: 24.10.2023  
10.62%  
All others: 11.79%  - - - 535,565 fkm  SIPTI: 
18.8%  Various grant  
programmes, 
enterprise income tax 
of 15% for HNTEs, 
Loans, Credit line fees, 
Land use rights  
 Certain excavators  
8429521000  
2023/02 CN6 15.11.2023  
S: 01.07.2022 -
30.06.2023  
I: 01.07.2019 -
30.06.2023  - - - - - - - - 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available:  https://www.trade -remedies.service.gov.uk/public/cases/ . 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.  
4 Please note that the HS Codes were reported as "85 44 70 00 10, 85 44 70 00 90" in documents G/SCM/ N/392/GBR , G/SCM/ N/399/GBR  and G/SCM/ N/407/GBR . Please 
consider these HS Co des as the correct ones.  
5 Unique investigation identifier AS0022.  
6 Unique investigation identifier AS0046.   
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Türkiye  Ironing boards  
7323 93 00 10, 
7323 99 00 10,  
8516 79 70 10,  
8516 90 00 51  
2022/01 TR7 07.04.2022  
S: 01.01.2021 -
31.12.2021  
I: 01.01.2018 -
31.12.2021  Preliminary 
determination: 
13.02.2023  
Affirmative   
Measure applied  
P: 25.05.2023  
C: 26.05.2023  
4.42%  Final determination: 
28.06.2023  
Affirmative  
Measure applied  
P: 07.09.2023  
C: 26.05.2023  
4.02%  - - - Volume 
(indexed): 77  SIPTI: 
(% of 
non-EU 
imports)  
114%  Corporate -tax 
exemptions, Income -
tax exemptions, 
property -tax 
exemptions, Eximbank 
loans  
 
7 Unique investigation identifier AS0020.   
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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 
published report(s) on 
proceeding)  Countervailed programme(s)  
Definitive 
duty Undertaking  
Description; HS 6 -digit category 
covering investigated product8;  
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 
Argentina  Biodiesel  
1516209821 , 1516209829 , 
1518009121 , 1518009129 , 
1518009510 , 1518009921 , 
1518009929 , 1518009930 , 
2710194321 , 2710194329 , 
2710194621 , 2710194629 , 
2710194721 , 2710194729 , 
2710201121 , 2710201129 , 
2710201621 , 2710201629 , 
3824999210 , 3824999212 , 
3824999220 , 3826001020 , 
3826001029 , 3826001050 , 
3826001059 , 3826001089 , 
3826001099 , 3826009011 , 
3826009019 , 1516209830 - 
replaced by 151 6209131 , 
1516209832 , 1516209839  
1518009130 - replaced by 
1518009131 , 1518009132 , 
1518009139 , 2710194330 - 
replaced by 2710194331 , 
2710194332 , 2710194339 
2710194630 - replaced by 
2710194631 , 2710194632 , 
2710194639 , 2710194730 - 
replaced by 2710194731 , 
2710194732 , 2710194739  05.10.2023  
Transition 
Review  
TS0044 AR  
S: 01.10.2022 -
30.09.2023  
I: 01.10.2019 -
30.09.2023  - - - - - - - - 
 
8 For reference purposes only.   
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Argentina 
(Cont'd)  2710201130 - replaced by  
2710201131 , 2710201132 , 
2710201139 , 2710201630 - 
replaced by 2710201631 , 
2710201632 , 2710201639 
2710201690 - replaced by 
2710201691 , 2710201692 , 
2710201699 , 3826009030 - 
replaced by 3826009031 , 
3826009032 , 3826009039  
2020/26 AR9          
China  Hot-rolled flat products of iron, 
non-alloy or other alloy steel  
72 08 10 00 00 , 72 08 40 00 10 , 
72 11 19 00 10 , 72 08 26 00 00 , 
72 08 52 99 00 , 72 25 30 90 00 , 
72 08 27 00 00 , 72 08 53 10 00 , 
72 25 40 60 90 , 72 08 36 00 00 , 
72 08 53 90 00 , 72 25 40 90 00 , 
72 08 37 00 10 , 72 08 37 00 90 , 
72 08  54 00 00 , 72 08 38 00 10 , 
72 08 38 00 90 , 72 11 13 00 00 , 
72 26 91 91 00 , 72 08 40 00 90 , 
72 08 39 00 10 , 72 08 39 00 90 , 
72 11 14 00 10 , 72 26 91 99 00 , 
72 11 14 00 90 , 72 11 19 00 90 , 
72 08 25 00 00 , 72 08 52 10 00 , 
72 25 19 10 90 , 72 26 19 10 91,  
72 26 19 10 95  
2020/15 CN10 05.04.2022  
Transition 
Review  
TS0018 CN  
S: 01.04.2021 -
31.03.2022  
I: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2022  - Final 
determination: 
16.05.2023  
Affirmative  
Measure 
extended  
P: 29.08.2023  
C: 10.06.2022  
4.6%  - 35.9%  
All others: 
35.9%  - - - 14 tonnes  SIPTI: 
<0.002%  Preferential lending; Land Use 
Rights; Enterprise Income Tax 
(EIT) privileges for Resource 
Products from Synergistic 
Utilisation; EIT offset for research 
and development expenses; Land 
use tax exemption; VAT 
exemptions and import tariff 
rebates for the use  of imported 
equipment and technology; Tax 
exemptions for policy -based 
relocation; Energy saving and 
conservation grants; Grants related 
to technological upgrading or 
transformation; Ad hoc  grants 
provided by municipal/regional 
authorities  
 Retreaded tyres for buses or 
lorries  
4011209000 , 4012120010  
2020/23 CN11 03.05.2023  
Transition 
Review  
TS0036 CN  
S: 01.01.2022 -
31.12.2022  
I: 01.01.2019 -
31.12.2022  - - - - - - - - 
 
9 European Union's ID number AS644 AR . 
10 European Union's ID number AS634 CN.  
11 European Union's ID number AS641 CN.   
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China  
(Cont'd)  Electric bikes  
8711 60 10 10 , 8711 60 90 10  
2020/25 CN12 22.05.2023  
Transition 
Review  
TS0038 CN  
S: 01.04.2022 -
31.03.2023  
I: 01.04.2019 -
31.03.2023  - - - - - - - - 
Egypt  Continuous filament glass fibre  
70 19 14 00 90  
2020/37 EG13 07.07.2023  
Scope Inquiry  
SC0039 EG  
01.04.2022 -
31.03.2023  - - - - - - - - 
Türkiye  Ironing boards  
7323 93 00 10, 7323 99 00 10, 
8516 79 70 10, 8516 90 00 51  
2022/01 TR  08.12.2023  
Judicial Review  
Reconsideration  
AS0020 TR  - - - - - - - - 
P - Publication date  
C - Date of commencement of duty collection  
SIPTI  - Subsidized imports as % of total imports  
 
 
Transition reviews  are reviews under Part 12 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (as amended) of certai n trade defence measures 
imposed by the European Union that the Secretary of State for International Trade determined by public notice to retain with resp ect to the United Kingdom following the end of 
the United Kingdom -European Union transition period, pursuant to Part 12 of the afor ementioned Regulations.  
 
Scope inquiries  are review s that consider whether the goods or the description of goods to which the countervailing amount is applicable should be varied.  
 
Reconsideration  is a feature of the United Kingdom trade remedies framework by which interested parties can request that the Trade Remedies Authority revisit a d ecision that 
affects them.
 
12 European Union's ID number AS646 CN.  
13 European Union's ID number AS657 EG . G/SCM/N/414/GBR  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 31 DECEMBER  2023 
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition1; publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Argentina  Biodiesel  
2020/26 AR2 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/26: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in 
Argentina  - 
China  Electric bikes  
2020/25 CN3 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/25: 
countervailing duty on 
electric bicycles 
originating in the People's 
Republic of China  - 
 Filament glass fibre products 
(certain)  
2020/08 CN4 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/08: 
countervailing duty on 
certain filament glass fibre 
products originating in the 
People's  Republic of China  30.01.2021  
Trade remedies 
notice 2023/02: 
countervailing duty 
on certain 
continuous  filament 
glass fibre products 
originatin g in the 
People 's Republic of 
China of  31.01.2023  
 Hot-rolled flat products of 
iron, non -alloy or other alloy 
steel 
2020/15 CN5 Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/15: 
countervailing duty on 
certain hot -rolled flat 
products of iron, non -alloy 
or other alloy steel 
originating in the 
People's  Republic of China  10.06.2022  
Trade Remedies 
Notice 2023/15: 
countervailing duty 
on certain hot -rolled 
flat products of iron, 
non-alloy or other 
alloy steel 
originating in the 
People 's Republic of 
China of  29.08.2023  
 Organic coated steel products 
(certain)  
2020/29 CN6 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/29: 
countervailing duty on 
certain organic coated 
steel products originating 
in the People's  Republic of 
China  - 
 
1 On 31 December 2020, when the agreed transition period with the European Union ended, the 
definitiv e trade remedy measures imposed by the European Union on behalf of the United Kingdom that the 
United Kingdom determined should be retained after the end of the transition period, continued to apply in the 
United Kingdom, as detailed in this table of defin itive countervailing measures in force.  Under the terms of the 
Northern Ireland Protocol, measures terminated for the whole of the United Kingdom will continue to apply to 
certain imports into Northern Ireland. For the date of original imposition, please refer to the European Union 's 
ID number in respect of each measure.  
2 European Union's ID Number AS644 AR.  
3 European Union's ID Number AS646 CN.  
4 European Union's ID Number  AS603 CN.  
5 European Union's ID Number  AS634 CN.  
6 European Un ion's ID Number  AS587 CN.  G/SCM/N/414/GBR  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition1; publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China 
(Cont'd)  Retreaded tyres for buses or 
lorries  
2020/23 CN7 Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/23: 
countervailing duty on 
certain pneumatic tyres, 
new or retreaded, of 
rubber, of a kind used for 
buses or lorries and with a 
load index exceeding  121 
originating in the 
People's  Republic of China  - 
 Optical fibre cables  
2022/02 CN  Duties  24.10.2023  
Trade remedies notice 
2023/23: definitive 
anti-subsidy duty on 
optical fibre cables 
originating in the People 's 
Republic of China of 
23.10.2023  - 
Egypt  Continuous filament glass 
fibre 
2020/37 EG8 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/37: 
countervailing duty on 
continuous filament glass 
fibre products originating 
in Egypt  - 
India Polyethylene terephthalate 
(PET)  
2020/32 IN9 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/32: 
countervailing duty on 
certain polyethylene 
terephthalate (PET) 
originating in India - 
Indonesia  Biodiesel  
2020/36 ID10  Duties  Taxation notice 2020/36: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in 
Indonesia  - 
Türkiye  Trout (certain rainbow)  
2020/02 TR11  Duties  Taxation Notice 2020/02: 
countervailing duty on 
certain rainbow trout 
originating in Türkiye   30.01.2021  
Trade Remedies 
Notice 2021/12: 
countervailing duty 
on certain rainbow 
trout originating in 
Türkiye of 
30.11.2021  
 Ironing boards  
2022/01 TR  Duties  26.05.2023  
Trade remedies notice 
2023/18: definitive 
countervailing duty on 
ironing boards originating 
from Türkiye  
of 07.09.2023  - 
 
7 European Union's ID Number  AS641 CN.  
8 European Union's ID Number  AS657 EG.  
9 European Union's ID Number  AS426 IN . 
10 European Union's ID Number  AS650 ID . 
11 European Union's ID Number  AS606 TR . G/SCM/N/414/GBR  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition1; publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
United States  Biodiesel  
2020/05 US12 
 
AC Extension -Canada - 
2020/05 CA AC13 Duties  Taxation notice: 2020/05: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in the 
United States of America 
(including biodiesel 
consigned from Canada)  30.01.2021  
Trade remedies 
notice 2022/09: 
countervailing duty 
on biodiesel 
products originating 
in the United States 
of America 
(includ ing biodiesel 
consigned from 
Canada) of 
10.11.2022  
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JULY  THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 2023  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Date of  
termination  Reason for  
termination  
NIL 
 
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12 European Union's ID Number  AS532 US.  
13 European Union's ID number AS532 CA AC.