G/SCM/N/328/BRA  
 
9 April 2018 
(18-2144) Page: 1/6 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER  
ARTICLE 25.11 OF THE  AGREEMENT  
BRAZIL 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 July-31 December  2017 from 
Brazil . 
 
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SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COU NTERVAILING DUTY ACT IONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER  2017 
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  Hot-rolled steel  
NCM 
7208.10.00, 
7208.25.00, 
7208.26.10, 
7208.26.90, 
7208.27.10, 
7208.27.90, 
7208.36.10, 
7208.36.90, 
7208.37.00, 
7208.38.10, 
7208.38.90, 
7208.39.10, 
7208.39.90, 
7208.40.00, 
7208.53.00, 
7208.54.00 
7208.90.00, 
7225.30.00 and 
7225.40.90  
ID 1601160  21/11/2016  
S: 01-
12/2015  
I: 01/2013 - 
12/2015  22/09/2017  
Affirmative 
preliminary 
determination 
(no measures 
applied)      205,201.5t  54.8% of 
total imports  Preferential loans  
Preferential loans for companies 
classified as "honorable 
enterprises " 
Preferential loans for companies 
based on northeast region 
(northeast revitalization plan)  
Credit for sales abroad  
Credit for the buyer of Chinese 
exports  
Insurance for exported goods  
Guarantees on export credits  
Debt forgiveness and debt 
conversion in capital  
Capital injections  
Subsidies provided in the Law of 
The People's Republic of China 
On Enterprise Income Tax  
Subsidies for enterprises with 
foreign capital  
Tax preferences for companies 
based on northeast region  
                                                
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available : http://www.mdic.gov.br/ . 
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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China 
(Cont'd)           Preferential policies of enterprise 
income tax for supporting the 
development and openness of 
Binhai new area of Tianjin  
Other tax preferences related to 
the income tax  
VAT deductions  
VAT and import duties 
exemptions  
Deed tax exemption  
Regulatory Tax Reduc tion 
Supply by of goods and services 
at reduced prices: land, mineral 
resources (iron and coal) and 
power  
State key technology project 
fund 
Fund for reducing gas emissions 
and energy conservation  
Fund for development of foreign 
trade  
Fund for productivity control  
Subsidy for compensation for 
anti-dumping applied on Chinese 
products  
Grant to state enterprises with 
losses  
Subsidies for scientific and 
technological development in the 
provinces of Jiangsu and Hebei   
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India Grinding balls  
NCM 
7325.91.00  
ID 1701361  02/10/2017  
S: 01 -12/2016  
I: 01/2012 - 
12/2016       13,732.00t  95.5% of 
total 
imports.  Advanced Authorization Scheme 
(AAS)  
Export promotion Capital goods 
scheme (EPCG)  
Export oriented units (EOU)  
Special economic zones (SEZ)  
Duty free import authorization 
(DFIA)  
Duty entitlement passbook 
scheme (DEPB)  
Export and trading houses (ETH)  
Status holder incentive scrip 
(SHIS)  
Focus product scheme (FPS)  
Duty drawback scheme (DDS)  
Section 80IC  
Assistance to states for 
developing infrastructure and 
allied activities (ASIDE)  
Market Access Initiative (MAI)  
Marketing development 
assistance (MDA)  
Merchandise exports incentive 
scheme (MEIS)  
Scheme of assistance to 
mega/innovative projects  
Schemes for assistance to critical 
infrastructure projects  
Gujarat special economic zone 
act 
Exemption from electricity duty  
Refund of Octroi/Entry tax in 
Lieu of Octroi  
Waiver of stamp duty  
Mega projects   
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- 5 - 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 
 
Nil 
 
CF – Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality  
n/a – not available  
LDR – Lesser duty  
SNR – Sunset review  
EXP – Measure expired without review  
P – Publication date  
C – Date of commencement of duty collection  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVA ILING MEASURES IN FO RCE 
AS OF 31 DECEMBER  2017 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
India Pet Film  
NCM 3920.62.19  
3920.62.91 
3920.62.99  
ID 1401361  Duty 22/04/2016  
Resolução CAMEX  
36/2016   
 
TERMINATION OF MEASU RES DURING THE PERIO D 
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER  2017  
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
Nil 
 
 
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