G/L/1157  
G/SCM/148  
 
31 October 2016  
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REPORT (2016) OF THE  COMMITTEE ON SUBSIDI ES 
AND COUNTERVAILING M EASURES  
(ADOPTED 25 OCTOBER 2 016) 
1  ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTE E 
1.  The Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures ("the Agreement") entered into force 
on 1 January 1995. All Members of the WTO are ipso facto  members of the Committee on 
Subsidies and Countervailing Measur es ("the 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 m ade by the Committee in April and November 1998, 
respectively, the OECD and the ACP Group are invited to attend meetings on an ad hoc  basis. 
Requests for Observer status from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the 
Gulf Organization for I ndustrial Consulting are under consideration by Members.  
3.  This Report covers the period 2 7 October 201 5 – 25 October 201 6 ("review period"). During 
the review period, the Committee held two regular and two special meetings, on 2 6 April1 and 
25 October 2016 .2 
4.  As of the beginning of the review period, Mr Mitsuhiro Fukuyama (Japan) was Chairperson and 
Ms Katia Angeles Vargas (Peru)  was Vice Chairperson. The Committee elected Mr Jin-dong Kim  
(Korea ) as Chairperson and M r Bruno Raphaël Hässig  (Switzerland ) as Vi ce Chairperson.  
2  PERMANENT GROUP OF E XPERTS  
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 PGE by the Agreement are: to provide assistance to a 
Panel, on request, with  regard to whether a measure 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 provide the Committee with advisory opinions  on the 
existence and nature of any subsidy.  
6.  As of the beginning of the review period, the PGE's five members were: Mr  Ichiro Araki ; 
Mr Zhang Yuqing; Mr  Welber Barral; Mr Chris Parlin; and Mr Subash Pillai.  Since t he term of office 
of Mr Zhang Yuqing expired, the Committee elected Ms Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre as the new 
member of the PGE  to replace him . 
7.  As of the end of the review period, the five members of the PG E are: Mr  Welber Barral (until 
spring 2017); Mr  Chris Parlin (until s pring 2018); Mr  Subash  Pillai (until s pring 2019); 
Mr Ichiro Araki (until spring 2020); and Ms Luz Elena Reyes de la Torre  (until spring 2021).  
                                                
1 The minutes of the April 201 6 special a nd regular meetings can be found in G/SCM/M/9 6 and 
G/SCM/M/9 7, respectively . 
2 The minutes of the October 201 6 special and regular meetings will be circulated in G/SCM/M/9 8 and 
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  3  NOTIFICATION OF SUBS IDIES  
8.  2015 new and full notifications : In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article  XVI of GATT 199 4, all Members were required to submit new and full notifications of 
subsidies by 30 June 2015 .3 As of 25 October 2016, pursuant to these provisions, 334 Members 
had notified measures, and 15  Members had notified that they did not maintain any notifiable 
subsidies. These notifications can be found in document series G/SCM/N/284/... . A table 
indicating the status of 2015 notifications is provided in Annex A to this Report.  
9.  At its regular meeting of 28 April 2015, the Committee decided that the procedures ad opted in 
April 2005 for the review of the 2005 new and full notifications (G/SCM/117) also would apply to 
the review of the 2015 new and full notifications5. Pursuant to this decision, at its special meeting 
held on 2 6 April 2016, the Committee reviewed th e 2015 notifications of Canada; China6; 
Costa  Rica6; Dominica6; Ecuador; El Salvador6; European Union7; Hong Kong, China; Japan; 
Korea, Republic of; Lesotho6; Liechtenstein; Macao, China; Mauritius6; Mexico; Montenegro; 
New Zealand; Norway; Peru; Qatar6; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6; Switzerland; Thailand; 
Chinese Taipei; Turkey; and Ukraine. In addition, at its special meeting held on 25 October  2016, 
the Committee reviewed the 201 5 notifications of  Australia; Belize6; Chile; Congo; Dominican 
Republic6; European Union8; Jamaica6; Mexico; United Arab Emi rates; and United States.  
10.  2013 new and full notifications : In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article  XVI of GATT 1994, all Members were required to submit new and full notifications of  
subsidies by 30 June 20133. As of 25 October 2016, pursuant to these provisions, 434 Members 
had notified measures, and 27 Members had notified that they did not maintain any notifiable 
subsidies, pursuant to these provisions . These notifications can be f ound in document series 
G/SCM/N/253/... . A table indicating the status of 2013 notifications is provided in Annex B to this 
Report.  
11.  At its special meeting held on 2 6 April 201 6, the Committee reviewed the 2013 notification s of 
China, Lesotho, Qatar, and  Viet Nam . In addition, at its special meeting held on 25 October  2016, 
the Committee reviewed the 2013 notification of India.  
12.  2011 new and full notifications : In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article  XVI of GATT 1994, all Members were r equired to submit new and full notifications of 
subsidies by 30 June 20113. As of 25 October 2016, pursuant to these provisions, 424 Members 
had notified measures and 28  Members had notified that they did not maintain any notifiable 
subsidies. These notifi cations can be found in document series G/SCM/N/220/... . A table 
indicating the status of 2011 notifications is provided in Annex C to this Report.  
13.  At its special meeting held on 2 6 April 201 6, the Committee reviewed the 201 1 notification s of 
China and L esotho . 
14.  At its special meetings held on 26 April and 25  October 2016, the Committee continued its 
reviews that had not been completed at previous meetings of 2015, 2013, 2011, and 2009 new 
and full notifications.  
15.  Annex D to this report indicates the perio d covered by the most recent new and full subsidy 
notification made by each Member.  
                                                
3 In 2005, the Committee extended for an indefinite p eriod its prior (2001 and 2003) provisional 
decisions that new and full notifications should be submitted every two years, and that annual updating 
notifications should be de -emphasized.   
4 The European Union is counted as one Member.  
5 The procedures pro vide that questions on a subsidy 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 serie s. 
6 Multi-symbolled document reviewed only once, as a 2015 new and full notification.  
7 Addenda to the European Union's notification pertaining to Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, 
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithua nia, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, 
and Sweden.  
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  16.  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 b y 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 ci rculated in document series G/SCM/Q2/... . 
Some of the questions presented to date pursuant to this provision remain unanswered.  
4  WORKING PARTY ON SUB SIDY NOTIFICATIONS  
17.  The Working Party on Subsidy Notifications did not meet during the review period.  
5  ARTICL E 27.4 EXTENSIONS OF  THE TRANSITION PERIO D FOR THE ELIMINATIO N OF 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES  
18.  Transparency notifications covering calendar year 2014  submitted pursuant to the procedures 
in WT/L/691, regarding extensions  under Article 27.4  of the Agreement : At its spe cial meeting s 
held on 26 April and 25 October 201 6, the Committee considered transparency notifications 
covering calendar year 2014 (the first of the two final phase -out years for the covered export 
subsidies) submitted by Belize; Costa Rica; Dominica; Dom inican Republic; El Salvador; 
Guatemala; Jamaica; Jordan; Mauritius; and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the context of 
Article 27.4 extensions. These notifications , which were due by 30 June 2015,  can be found in 
document series G/SCM/N/290/… .  
19.  Final transparency notifications covering calendar year 2015 submitted pursuant to the 
procedures in WT/L/691, regarding Article 27.4 extensions : As of the Committee's regular meeting  
held on 25 October  2016, Belize, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, J amaica, and 
Jordan  had submitted the final transparency notifications required by paragraph 2(c) of the 
procedures in WT/L/691. These notifications were due by 30 June 201 6 in respect of calendar year 
2015, the final year  of the two final phase -out years f or the covered export subsidies.9 They can 
be found in d ocument series G/SCM/N/299/… . The Committee considered these notifications at its 
25 October 2016 regular meeting. As discussed at that meeting, this issue – including reporting by 
the Chair on the s tatus of the notifications - will be on the agenda of the spring 2017 meeting  
6  NOTIFICATION AND REV IEW OF COUNTERVAILIN G DUTY LAWS AND/OR 
REGULATIONS  
6.1  National Legislation - Review of notifications of new or amended legislation or 
regulations not previously  reviewed by the Committee (including supplemental 
notifications of existing provisions not previously reviewed)  
20.  As of 25 October 201 6, pursuant to Article 32.6 of the Agreement and in accordance with a 
decision by the Committee, 11010 Members had notified the Committee of their domestic 
countervailing duty legislation or made communications in this respect to the Committee 
(document series G/SCM/N/1/…). Twenty -six Members had not yet made notifications under 
Article  32.6 of the Agreement. A table indicating  the status of these notifications is provided in 
Annex E to this Report.  
21.  At its regular meetings held on 2 6 April and 25 October 201 6, the Committee reviewed 
notifications regarding countervailing duty legislation of Australia; Bahrain,  Kingdom of;  
Camer oon; Canada; Dominican Republic; India, Kazakhstan; Kuwait, the State of; Kyrgyz 
Republic; Lesotho; Oman; Pakistan; Qatar; Russian Federation; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; 
Seychelles; United Arab Emirates; United States; and Vanuatu.  
                                                
9 A Reminder was circulated in G/SCM/N/299.  
10 The European Union is counted as one Member. These notifications  do not include the notifications 
that were submitted by Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, 
Malta, Poland, Romania, the Slovak Republic,  and Slovenia before the y joined the European Communities.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  6.2  National Legislation - Continuing review of legislative notifications previously 
reviewed by the Committee  
22.  At its regular meeting held on 25 October 2016, the Committee continued its review of the 
previously -reviewed legislative notification of Bahrain, Kingdom of; Colombia; Domin ican Republic; 
Oman; Pakistan; and Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of . 
7  SEMI -ANNUAL REPORTS ON CO UNTERVAILING ACTIONS11 
23.  Notifications for 1 July - 31 December 201 5: As of 25 October 2016, 1412 Members had 
notified countervailing actions taken during the period 1 July - 31 December 201 5. Seventy -
five Members (including those that submitted one -time notifications) had notified the Committee 
that they had not taken any countervailing action during this period. Forty -five Members had not 
submitted a notification. These semi -annual reports were circulated in document series 
G/SCM/N/ 298/… and were reviewed at the Committee's regular meeting held on 2 6 April 201 6. 
The status of semi -annual reports due during the review period is set out in Annex  F to this 
Report.  
24.  Notifications  for 1 January - 30 June 201 6: As of 25 October 2016, 1513 Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken during the period 1 January -30 June 201 6. Seventy -eight Members 
(including those that submitted one -time notifications) had notified the Committee that they had 
not taken any countervailing action during this period. 41 Members had not submitted a 
notification. These semi -annual reports were circulated in document series G/SCM/N/ 305/… and 
were reviewed at the Committee's regular meeting held on 25 October 201 6. The status of semi -
annual reports due during the review period is set out in Annex  F to this Report.  
25.  As of 25 October 2016, the following 37  Members had submitted one -time notifications of 
having no authority competent to conduct countervailing  investigations, of having never taken 
countervailing actions, and of not anticipating taking any such actions for the foreseeable future: 
Barbados; Belize; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Congo; Côte d'Ivoire; Cuba; Dominica; The 
Gambia; Georgia; Ghana; Guinea; Guyana; Haiti; Hong Kong, China; Kenya; Lao People's 
Democratic Republic; Liechtenstein; Macao, China; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritius; Mongolia; 
Mozambique; Nepal; Papua New Guinea; Saint Kitts and Nevi s; Saint Lucia; Senegal; 
Sierra  Leone; Sr i Lanka; Suriname; Switzerland; Uganda;  and Vanuatu .13 
26.  A table summarizing notifications of new countervailing duty actions taken by Members during 
the period 1  July 201 5 to 30 June 201 6, and measures in force as of 30 June 201 6, is provided in 
Annex G to this Report.  
8  REPORTS ON ALL PRELI MINARY OR FINAL COUN TERVAILING DUTY ACTI ONS14 
27.  Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the Agreement, Members are to report to the Committee without 
delay all preliminary and final countervailing actions taken. During the review period,  the 
Committee received reports of preliminary and final countervailing actions from Australia, Brazil, 
Canada, China, the European Union, India, Pakistan, Peru, Ukraine, and the United States 
(G/SCM /N/296, 297, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 306, 307, 308, 309 , and 310 ). The Committee 
reviewed these reports of preliminary and final actions at its regular meetings held on 2 6 April and 
25 October 201 6. 
9  TIMELINESS AND COMPL ETENESS OF NOTIFICAT IONS  
28.  As part of the Committee's efforts, pursuant to the 2009 request fro m the Chairperson of the 
Trade Policy Review Body, on "ways to improve the timeliness and completeness of notifications 
and other information flows on trade measures", at the request of the Committee Chairperson the 
Secretariat circulated document G/SCM/W/ 546/Rev. 7 + Corr.1 + 2, dated 31 March 201 6, 
13 April 2016 and 19 May 2016, respectively. The documents pr ovide updated information on the 
state of compliance with various notification obligations under the SCM  Agreement. The Committee 
                                                
11 The format  for these reports is contained in document G/SCM/2/Rev.1.  
12 The European Union is counted as one Member . 
13 These notifications can be found  in the G/SCM/N/202 … series.  
14 Guidelines regarding  the information to be provid ed in these reports are set forth i n G/SCM/3/Rev.1.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  continued its discus sions on this matter at its regular meetings on 2 6 April and 25 October  2016. 
At those meetings, the Committee also continued to discuss a "Proposed Procedure for Submission 
of Questions and Answers under Articles 25.8 and 25.9 of the SCM Agreement," submi tted by the 
United States15, as well as proposals  by Australia for a new annex in future versions of the W/546 
document , and for adding a new column in existing Annex C of that document . 
10  CONSTANT DOLLAR METH ODOLOGY FOR GRADUATI ON FROM SCM AGREEMEN T 
ANNEX  VII(B)  
29.  Pursuant to the Doha Ministerial Decision on Implementation -Related Issues and Concerns16 
Annex VII (b) to the SCM Agreement lists Members until their GNP per capita reaches US$1,000 in 
constant 1990 dollars for three consecutive years, calculated usi ng the methodology set forth in 
G/SCM/38, Appendix 2. Updated calculations were circulated by the Secretariat in 
G/SCM/110/Add.1 3, dated  19 May  2016.  
11  ELIMINATION OF EXPOR T SUBSIDIES FOR TEXT ILES AND APPAREL BY INDIA 
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 27.5 OF THE SCM AGR EEMENT – ITEM REQUESTED BY TH E 
UNITED STATES  
30.  Article 27.5 of the Agreement  provides: "A developing country Member which has reached 
export competitiveness in any given product shall phase out its export subsidies for such 
product(s) over a period of two y ears. However, for a developing country Member which is referred 
to in Annex VII and which has reached export competitiveness in one or more products, export 
subsidies on such products shall be gradually phased out over a period of eight years." At its 
regular meetings held on 26 April and 25 October 2016, the Committee continued to discuss the 
issue raised by the United States of the elimination of export subsidies for textiles and apparel by 
India, pursuant to Article 27.5 of the Agreement.  
12  2016 REQUEST T O CANADA FROM BRAZIL  PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25.8 OF THE SCM 
AGREEMENT  
31.  At its regular meeting on 25 October 2016, the Committee discussed the 201617 request to 
Canada from Brazil pursuant to Article  25.8.  
13  2011, 2014 , 2015 , AND 2016  REQUESTS TO CHINA FR OM THE U NITED STATES 
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  25.10 OF THE SCM AGR EEMENT  
32.  Article 25.10 of the Agreement  provides: "Any Member which considers that any measure of 
another Member having the effects of a subsidy has not been notified in accordance with the 
provisions of p aragraph  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 th e Committee".  At its 
regular meetings held on 26 April and 25 October 201 6, the Committee continued its discussion of 
the non -notification by China of alleged subsidies, as contained in the 201118, 201419, 201520, and 
201621 requests to China from the United S tates pursuant to Article  25.10 of the Agreement.  
14  CREATION OF A WORKIN G GROUP ON IMPLEMENT ATION – ITEM REQUESTED BY 
BRAZIL  
33.  At its regular meetings held on 26 April and 25 October 2016, the Committee discussed a 
proposal from Brazil22 regarding the establi shment of a Working Group on Implementation.  
                                                
15 G/SCM/W/557/Rev.1 dated 22 September 2014 . 
16 WT/MIN(01)/17, paragraph 10.1  
17 G/SCM/Q2/C AN/67. 
18 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/42 . 
19 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/51 and G/SCM/Q2/CHN/51/Corr.1.  
20 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/53.  
21 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/59.  
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  15  GOVERNMENT SUPPORT F OR THE CANADIAN AIRC RAFT INDUSTRY – ITEM 
REQUESTED BY THE UNI TED STATES  
34.  At its regular meeting on 26 April 2016, the Committee discussed this item requested by the 
United States regarding gov ernment support for the Canadian aircraft industry.  
16  ENHANCING FISHERIES SUBSIDIES TRANSPAREN CY – ITEM REQUESTED BY TH E 
UNITED STATES  
35.  Upon the request by the United States, the Committee discussed the issue of enhancing 
transparency on fisheries subsidies at its regular meetings held on 26 April and 25 October  2016. 
17  SUBSIDIES AND OVERCA PACITY: FOLLOW UP FR OM THE G20 PROCESS – ITEM 
REQUESTED BY THE EUR OPEAN UNION, JAPAN, MEXICO, AND THE UNIT ED STATES  
36.  At its regular meeting on 25 October 2016, the Committee d iscussed a proposal by the 
European Union, Japan, Mexico, and the United States23 regarding the contribution of the WTO to 
the G20 call for action to address certain measures contributing to overcapacity in a number of 
industrial sectors.  
18  OTHER ISSUES DISCU SSED DURING THE REVI EW PERIOD  
37.  At the Committee's regular meetings held on 26 April and 25 October 2016, under "Other 
Business", the following issues were raised:  
 Countervailing measures by the EU on ductile cast iron tubes and pipes from India – Item 
reque sted by India  
 
 Japanese government support for the development of regional aircraft – Item requested by 
Brazil;  
 
 Countervailing duty investigations by the US on hot -rolled and cold -rolled steel products 
from Brazil – Item requested by Brazil.  
  
 Request from  the EU to China pursuant to Article 25.8.24 
 
                                                
23 G/SCM/W/569.  
24 G/SCM/Q2/CHN/67.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  ANNEX A  
2015 NEW AND FULL SU BSIDY NOTIFICATIONS  
(G/SCM/N/284/...)  
Member   Member   Member   Member   
Afghanistan1 N Czech Republic  X Indonesia  None Philippines  None 
Albania  N Denmark  X Israel  None Qatar  N 
Angola None Estonia  X Jamaica  X Russian 
Federation  X 
Antigua & Barbuda  None Finland  X Japan  X Rwanda  None 
Argentina  None France  X Jordan  X St. Kitts & Nevis  None 
Armenia  N Germany  X Kazakhstan2 X St. Lucia  None 
Australia  X Greece  X Kenya  None St. Vincent &  
Grenadines  X 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of None Hungary  X Korea, Rep. of  X Samoa  None 
Bangladesh  None Ireland  X Kuwait, State of  None Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  None 
Barbados  None Italy X Kyrgyz Republic  None Senegal  None 
Belize  X Latvia  X Lao, People's 
Democrati c Rep. 
of None Seychelles3 X 
Benin  None Lithuania  X Lesotho  N Sierra Leone  None 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of None Luxembourg  X Liechtenstein  N Singapore  N 
Botswana  None Malta  X Macao, China  X Solomon Islands  None 
Brazil  None Netherlands  X Madagascar  None South Africa  None 
Brunei Darussalam  None Poland  X Malawi  None Sri Lanka  None 
Burkina Faso  None Portugal  X Malaysia  None Suriname  None 
Burundi  None Romania  X Maldives  None Swaziland  None 
Cabo Verde  None Slovak Republic  X Mali N Switzerland  X 
Camb odia None Slovenia  X Mauritania  None Chinese Taipei  X 
Cameroon  None Spain  X Mauritius  X Tajikistan  None 
Canada  X Sweden  X Mexico  X Tanzania  None 
Central African 
Rep. None United Kingdom  X Moldova, Rep. of  None Thailand  X 
Chad None Ecuador  N Mongolia  None The FYR of 
Macedonia  None 
Chile X Egypt  None Montenegro  X Togo None 
China  X El Salvador  X Morocco  None Tonga  None 
Colombia  None Fiji None Mozambique  None Trinidad & Tobago  None 
Congo  N Gabon  None Myanmar  None Tunisia  None 
Costa Rica  X The Gambia  None Namibia  None Turkey  X 
Côte d'Ivoire  None Georgia  None Nepal  None Uganda  None 
Cuba N Ghana  None New Zealand  X Ukraine  X 
Dem. Rep. of 
Congo  None Grenada  None Nicaragua  None United Arab 
Emirates  N 
Djibouti  None Guatemala  None Niger  None United States  X 
Dominica  X Guinea  None Nigeria  None Uruguay  None 
Dominican Rep.  N Guinea -Bissau  None Norway  X Vanuatu  None 
EU X Guyana  N Oman  None Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  None 
Austria  X Haiti None Pakistan  None Viet Nam  None 
Belgium  X Honduras  X Panama  None Yemen  None 
Bulgaria  X Hong Kong, China  X Papua New 
Guinea  None Zambia  None 
Croatia  X Iceland  None Paraguay  None Zimbabwe  N 
Cyprus  X India X Peru X   
 
"N" - the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies.  
"X" - the Member has noti fied subsidies.  
"None" - no notification has been submitted.  
                                                
1 Became a Member on 29 July 2016.  
2 Became a Member on 30 November 2015.  
3 Became a Member on 26 April 2015.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  ANNEX B  
2013 NEW AND FULL SU BSIDY NOTIFICATIONS  
(G/SCM/N/253/...)  
Member   Member   Member   Member   
Albania  N Denmark  X Israel  X Russian 
Federation  X 
Angola  None Estonia  X Jamaica  X Rwanda  None 
Antigua & Barbuda  X Finland  X Japan  X St. Kitts & Nevis  X 
Argentina  None France  X Jordan  X St. Lucia  X 
Armenia  N Germany  X Kenya  None St. Vincent & 
Grenadines  X 
Australia  X Greece  X Korea, Rep. of  X Samoa  None 
Bahrain, Kingdom 
of N Hungary  X Kuwait , the State 
of N Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  N 
Bangladesh  None Ireland  X Kyrgyz Republic  None Senegal  N 
Barbados  X Italy X Lao, People's 
Democratic Rep. 1 X Sierra Leone  None 
Belize  None Latvia  X Lesotho  N Singapore  N 
Benin  None Lithuania  X Liechtenstein  N Solomon Islands  None 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational State 
of None Luxembourg  X Macao, China  X South Africa  None 
Botswana  N Malta  X Madagascar  N Sri Lanka  None 
Brazil  X Netherlands  X Malawi  None Suriname  None 
Brunei Darussalam  None Poland  X Malaysia  X Swazila nd None 
Burkina Faso  N Portugal  X Maldives  None Switzerland  X 
Burundi  N Romania  X Mali N Chinese Taipei  X 
Cambodia  None Slovak Republic  X Mauritania  None Tajikistan2 None 
Cameroon  N Slovenia  X Mauritius  None Tanzania  None 
Canada  X Spain  X Mexico  X Thailand X 
Cabo Verde  None Sweden  X Moldova, Rep. of  N The FYR of 
Macedonia  None 
Central African 
Rep. None United Kingdom  X Mongolia  None Togo N 
Chad None Ecuador  N Montenegro  None Tonga  None 
Chile X Egypt  None Morocco  None Trinidad & Tobago  None 
China  X El Salvador  X Mozambique  None Tunisia  None 
Colombia  None Fiji None Myanmar  None Turkey  X 
Congo  N Gabon  N Namibia  None Uganda  None 
Costa Rica  X The Gambia  None Nepal  None Ukraine  X 
Côte d'Ivoire  None Georgia  N New Zealand  X United Arab 
Emirates  None 
Cuba N Ghana  None Nicaragua  None United States  X 
Dem. Rep. of 
Congo  None Grenada  X Niger  None Uruguay  X 
Djibouti  None Guatemala  X Nigeria  None Vanuatu  None 
Dominica  X Guinea  None Norway  X Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  None 
Dominican Rep.  X Guinea -Bissau None Oman  N Viet Nam  X 
EU X Guyana  N Pakistan  None Yemen3 None 
Austria  X Haiti N Panama  X Zambia  None 
Belgium  X Honduras  X Papua New 
Guinea  X Zimbabwe  N 
Bulgaria  X Hong Kong, China  X Paraguay  None   
Croatia4 X Iceland  None Peru X   
Cyprus  X India X Philippines  None   
Czech Republic  X Indonesia  None Qatar  N   
 
"N" - the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies.  
"X" - the Member has notified subsidies.  
"None" - no notification has been submitted.  
                                                
1 Became a Member on 2 February 2013.  
2 Became a Member on 2 March 2013.  
3 Became a Member on 26 Ju ne 2014.  
4 Joined the EU on 1 July 2013.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  ANNEX C  
2011 NEW AND FULL  SUBSIDY NOTIFICATION S 
(G/SCM/N/220/...)  
Member   Member   Member   Member   
Albania  X Cyprus  X Hong Kong, 
China  X Paraguay  None 
Angola  None Czech Republic  X Iceland  None Peru X 
Antigua & Barbuda  X Denmark  X India X Philippines  None 
Argentina  X Estonia  X Indonesia  None Qatar  N 
Armenia  N Finland  X Israel  X Rwanda  None 
Australia  X France  X Jamaica  X St. Kitts & Nevis  None 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  N Germany  X Japan  X St. Lucia  X 
Bangladesh  None Greece  X Jordan  X St. Vincent & 
Grenadines  None 
Barbados  X Hungary  X Kenya  None Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  X 
Belize  X Ireland  X Korea, Rep. of  X Senegal  None 
Benin  None Italy X Kuwait, the 
State of  N Sierra Leone  None 
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  None Latvia  X Kyrgyz Republic  None Singapore  N 
Botswana  N Lithuania  X Lesotho  N Solomon Islands  None 
Brazil  X Luxembourg  X Liechtenstein  N South Africa  None 
Brunei Darussalam  None Malta  X Macao, China  X Sri Lanka  None 
Burkina Faso  N Netherlands  X Madagascar  N Suriname  None 
Burundi  N Poland  X Malawi  None Swaziland  N 
Camb odia None Portugal  X Malaysia  X Switzerland  X 
Cameroon  N Romania  X Maldives  None Chinese Taipei  X 
Canada  X Slovak Republic  X Mali N Tanzania  None 
Cabo Verde  None Slovenia  X Mauritania  None Thailand  X 
Central African Rep.  None Spain  X Mauritius  X The FY R of 
Macedonia  X 
Chad None Sweden  X Mexico  X Togo  N 
Chile X United Kingdom  X Moldova, Rep. of  N Tonga  N 
China  X Ecuador  N Mongolia  None Trinidad & Tobago  None 
Colombia  N Egypt  None Morocco  None Tunisia  None 
Congo  N El Salvador  X Mozambique  None Turkey  X 
Costa Rica  X Fiji None Myanmar  None Uganda  None 
Côte d'Ivoire  None Gabon  N Namibia  None Ukraine  X 
Croatia  X The Gambia  None Nepal  None United Arab 
Emirates  None 
Cuba N Georgia  N New Zealand  X United States  X 
Dem. Rep. of Congo  None Ghana  None Nicaragua  N Uruguay  X 
Djibouti  None Grenada  X Niger  None Venezuela, 
Bolivarian Republic 
of None 
Dominica  None Guatemala  X Nigeria  None Viet Nam  None 
Dominican Rep.  X Guinea  None Norway  X Zambia  N 
EU X Guinea -Bissau  None Oman  N Zimbabwe  None 
Austria  X Guyana  N Pakistan  None   
Belgium  X Haiti N Panama  None   
Bulgaria  X Honduras  X Papua New 
Guinea  None   
 
"N" - the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies.  
"X" - the Member has notified subsidies.  
"None" - no notification has been  submitted.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  ANNEX D 
STATUS OF SUBSIDY NO TIFICATIONS BY WTO M EMBERS (1995 -2015):  
PERIODS COVERED BY T HE MOST RECENT  
NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY  NOTIFICATIONS OF MEM BERS  
Member  
Afghanistan1 2013-2014 
Albania  2013-2014 
Angola  None 
Antigua & Barbuda  07/11 -06/12  
Argentina  2008-2010 
Armenia  2013-2014 
Australia  07/13 -06/15  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  2013 
Bangladesh  None 
Barbados  2012 
Belize  07/13 -06/15  
Benin  1997 
Bolivia, Plurinational  
State of  2000-2002 
Botswana  2003-2013 
Brazil  2011-2012 
Brunei Darussalam  1995 
Burkina Faso  2011-2012 
Burundi  2000 
Cambodia  None 
Cameroon  2003-2013 
Canada  2012/13 -2013/14  
Cabo Verde  None 
Central African Rep.  None 
Chad None 
Chile 2013-2015 
China  2009-2014 
Colombia  2009-2011 
Congo  2013-2014 
Costa Rica  2014 
Côte d'Ivoire  1996 
Cuba 2013-2014 
Dem. Rep . of Congo  None 
Djibouti  None 
Dominica  06/14 -06/15 
Dominican Rep.  2014 
European Union  2013-2014 
Austria  2011-2012 
Belgium  2013-2014 
Bulgaria  2013-2014 
Croatia2 2013 
Cyprus  2013-2014 
Czech Republic  2013-2014 
Denmark  2012-2014 
Estonia  2013-2014 
Finland  2013-2014 
France  2013-2014 
Germany  2013-2014 
Greece  2013-2014 
Hungary  2013-2014 
Ireland  2013-2014 
Italy 2011-2014 
Latvia  2013-2014 
Lithuania  2013-2014 
Luxembourg  2013-2014 
Malta  2013-2014 
Netherlands  2013-2014 
Poland  2013-2014 
 
 
 
                                                
1 Became a Member on 29.07.2016  
2 Joined  the EU on 01.07.2013.  
3 Became a Member on 30.11.2015. 
4 Became a Member on 02.02.2013.  
5 Became a Member on 29.04.2012.  
6.Became a Member on 26.04.2015.  
7 Became  a Member on  02.03.2013  
8 Became a Member on 26.06.2014.  Member  
Portugal  2013-2014 
Roman ia 2013-2014 
Slovak Republic  2013-2014 
Slovenia  2011-2012 
Spain  2013-2014 
Sweden  2013-2014 
United Kingdom  2013-2014 
Ecuador  2013-2014 
Egypt  1997 
El Salvador  2014 
Fiji 2003-2004 
Gabon  2011-2012 
The Gambia  1998 
Georgia  2011-2012 
Ghana  2001-2002 
Grenada  07/12 -06/13  
Guatemala  07/12 -06/13  
Guinea  2001-2002 
Guinea -Bissau  None 
Guyana  2015 
Haiti None 
Honduras  2015 
Hong Kong, China  04/14 -03/15  
Iceland  2004 
India 2010-2014 
Indonesia  1995 
Israel  2010-2013 
Jamaica  2014 
Japan  04/12 -03/14  
Jordan  2014 
Kazakhstan3 2015 
Kenya None 
Korea, Rep. of  2013-2014 
Kuwait, the State of  None 
Kyrgyz Republic  2009 
Lao, People's Dem.  2010-2013 
Republic4 
Lesotho  2010-2015 
Liechtenstein  2013-2014 
Macao, China  2014 
Madagascar  2009-2012 
Malawi  2007-2008 
Malaysia  2011-2013 
Maldives  None 
Mali 2013-2014 
Mauritania  None 
Mauritius  2014 
Mexico  2013-2014 
Moldova, Rep. of  None 
Mongolia  2001-2002 
Montenegro5 2013-2014 
Morocco  2001-2002 
Mozambique  None 
Myanmar  2001-2002 
Namibia  2002-2009 
Nepal  None 
New Zealand  FY 2012 /13-2013/14 
Nicaragua  2009-2010 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Member  
Niger  None 
Nigeria  2007-2008 
Norway  2012-2014 
Oman  2005-2013 
Pakistan  1991-1995 
Panama  2012 
Papua New Guinea  2011-2012 
Paraguay  2007-2008 
Peru 2013-2014 
Philippines  1996 
Qatar 2013-2014 
Russian Federation  2013-2014 
Rwanda  None 
St. Kitts and Nev is 07/12 -06/13  
St. Lucia  07/12 -06/13  
St. Vincent and Grenadines    01/14 -12/14  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of    20012 -2013 
Senegal  2013 
Seychelles6 01/15 -12/15  
Sierra Leone  None 
Singapore  2013-2014 
Solomon Islands  None 
South Africa  2001-2002 
Sri Lanka  1995-1997 
Suriname  2007-2008 
Swaziland  2009-2010 
Switzerland  2013-2014 
Chinese Taipei  2011-2014 
Tajikistan7 None 
Tanzania  None 
Thailand  2013-2014 
The FYR of Macedonia  2010 
Togo  2009-2013 
Tonga  2009-2010 
Trinidad & Tobago  2007-2008 
Tunisia  2001-2003 
Turkey  2013-2015 
Uganda  2003-2004 
Ukraine  2013-2014 
United Arab Emirates  2013-2014 
United States  10/12-09/14  
Uruguay  07/11 -06/12  
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. of  1995-1996 
Viet Nam  2011-2013 
Yemen8 None 
Zambia  2010-2011 
Zimbabwe  2013-2014 
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  ANNEX E 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICA TIONS UNDER  
ARTICLE 32.6 OF THE SCM AGREEMENT  
AS AT 25 OCTOBER 201 6 
 
 
Key: "*" - Nil notification (no CVD legislation)  
 "None" - No notification submitted  
 
MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Afghanistan1 None 
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/2  
Australia  G/SCM/N/1/AUS/2 + Suppl.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 
11, 12, 13 & 14  
Bahrain, Kingdom of  G/SCM/N/1/BHR/2 + Corr.1 & Suppl. 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 , 8, 9, 10 
& 11 
Brunei Darussalam  G/SCM/N/1/BRN/1  
Burkina Faso  G/SCM/N/1/BFA/1  
Burundi  G/SCM/N/1/BDI/1  
Cambodia  G/SCM/N/1/KHM/1  
Cameroon  G/SCM/N/1/CMR/1+Corr.1 & Suppl.1  
Canada  G/SCM/N/1/CAN/4 + Suppl.1  
Cabo Verde  None 
Central African Republic  None 
Chad G/SCM/N/1/TCD/1  
Chile G/SCM/N/1/CHL/2 + Suppl.1  
China  G/SCM/N/1/CHN/1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & 4  
Colombia  G/SCM/N/1/COL/1  
Congo  G/SCM/N/1/COG/1  
Costa Rica  G/SCM/N/1/CRI/4  
Côte d'Ivoire  G/SCM/N/1/CIV/1  
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 + Suppl. 2  
Ecuador  G/SCM/N/1/ECU/3  
European Union  G/SCM/N/1/EU/2  
Egypt  G/SCM/N /1/EGY/2/Rev.1 + Rev.1/Suppl.1  
El Salvador  G/SCM/N/1/SLV/4  
Fiji G/SCM/N/1/FJI/2  
Gabon  G/SCM/N/1/GAB/2  
The Gambia  G/SCM/N/1/GMB/1  
Georgia  G/SCM/N/1/GEO/1  
                                                
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Ghana  G/SCM/N/1/GHA/1  
Grenada  G/SCM/N/1/GRD/2  
Guatemala  G/SCM/N/1/GTM/3  
Guinea  G/SCM/N/1/GIN/1  
Guinea -Bissau  None 
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, 5, 6 & 7  
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 & 8  
Jordan  G/SCM/N/1/JOR/3  
Kazakhstan  G/SCM/N/1/KAZ/1 + Rev.1 + Corr.1  
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 + Suppl.1 + Corr.1  
Kyrgyz Rep.  G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/3  
Lao, People's Democratic Republic  None 
Lesotho  G/SCM/N/1/LSO/1  
Liberia2 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 G/SCM/N/1/MLI/1  
Mauritania  None 
Mauritius  G/SCM/N/1/MUS/2  
Mexico  G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1, 2, 
Suppl.2/Corr.1, Suppl.3, & Suppl.4  
Moldova, Rep. of  G/SCM/N/1/MDA/1  
Mongolia  G/SCM/N/1/MNG/2  
Montenegro  G/SCM/N/1/MNE/1 + Suppl.1  
Morocco  G/SCM/N/1/MAR/3  
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, 4 & 5  
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  
Oman  G/SCM/N/1/OMN/3 + Suppl.1  
Pakistan  G/SCM/N/1/PAK/3  
Panama  G/SCM/N/1/PAN/2 + Suppl.1  
Papua New Guinea  G/SCM/N/1/PNG/1  
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/3 + Suppl.1  
Russian Federation  G/SCM/N/1/RUS/2  
                                                
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Rwanda  None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis  None 
Saint Lucia  G/SCM/N/1/LCA/1  
Saint Vincent & Grenadines  None 
Samoa  None 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  G/SCM/N/1 /SAU/2 + Suppl. 1  
Senegal  G/SCM/N/1/SEN/1  
Seychelles  G/SCM/N/1/SYC/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  
Tajikistan  None 
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 & Suppl.3/Corr.1  
Uganda  G/SCM/N/1/UGA/2  
Ukraine  G/SCM/N/1/UKR + Suppl.1 & Suppl.1/Corr.1  
United Arab Emirates  G/SCM/N/1/ARE /2 
United States  G/SCM/N/1/USA/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 
23, 24 + Corr.1  
Uruguay  G/SCM/N/1/URY/1 + Suppl.1  
Vanuatu  G/SCM/N/1/VUT/1  
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  G/SCM/N/1/VEN/ 1 + Suppl.1 & 2  
Viet Nam  None 
Zambia  G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1  
Zimbabwe  G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2 + Suppl.1  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  ANNEX F 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS OF COUNTERVAILING DU TY ACTIONS,  
1 JULY 2014 - 30 JUNE 2015  
MEMBER  1 July -31 December 2015  
(G/SCM/N/298)  1 January -30 June 2016  
(G/SCM/N /305)  
Afghanistan1 NM NM 
Albania  None None 
Angola  None None 
Antigua and Barbuda  None None 
Argentina  N N 
Armenia  None X 
Australia  X X 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  None N 
Bangladesh  None None 
Barbados  OTN 
Belize  OTN 
Benin  None None 
Bolivia, Plurinational  State of  None None 
Botswana  N N 
Brazil  X X 
Brunei Darussalam  None None 
Burkina Faso  OTN 
Burundi  OTN 
Cabo Verde  None None 
Cambodia  None None 
Cameroon  OTN 
Canada  X X 
Central African Republic  None None 
Chad None None 
Chile N N 
China  X X 
Colombi a N N 
Congo  OTN 
Costa Rica  N N 
Côte d'Ivoire  OTN 
Cuba OTN 
Democratic Republic of the Congo  None None 
Djibouti  None None 
Dominica  OTN 
Dominican Republic  N N 
Ecuador  N N 
Egypt  X N 
El Salvador  N N 
European Union X X 
Fiji None None 
Gabon  None None 
The Gambia  OTN 
Georgia  OTN 
Ghana  OTN 
Grenada  None None 
Guatemala  None N 
Guinea  OTN 
Guinea -Bissau  None None 
Guyana  OTN 
Haiti OTN 
Honduras  N N 
Hong Kong, China  OTN 
Iceland  None None 
India X X 
Indonesia  N N 
Israel  N N 
Jamaica  N N 
                                                
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  MEMBER  1 July -31 December 2015  
(G/SCM/N/298)  1 January -30 June 2016  
(G/SCM/N /305)  
Japan  N N 
Jordan  N N 
Kazakhstan2 X X 
Kenya  OTN 
Korea, Republic of  N N 
Kuwait, the State of  N N 
Kyrgyz Republic  X X 
Lao, PDR  OTN 
Lesotho  N N 
Liberia3 NM NM 
Liechtenstein  OTN 
Macao, China  OTN 
Madagascar  OTN 
Malawi  OTN 
Malaysia  N N 
Maldives  None None 
Mali OTN 
Mauritania  None None 
Mauritius  OTN 
Mexico  N N 
Moldova, Republic of  None None 
Mongolia  OTN 
Montenegro  None None 
Morocco  N N 
Mozambique  OTN 
Myanmar  None None 
Namibia  N N 
Nepal  OTN 
New Zealand  N N 
Nicaragua  N None 
Niger  None None 
Nigeri a None None 
Norway  N N 
Oman  N N 
Pakistan  N X 
Panama  None None 
Papua New Guinea4 OTN 
Paraguay  N N 
Peru X X 
Philippines  N N 
Qatar  None N 
Russian Federation  X X 
Rwanda  None None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis  OTN 
Saint Lucia  OTN 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines  None None 
Samoa  None None 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  None N 
Senegal  OTN 
Seychelles  N N 
Sierra Leone  OTN 
Singapore  N N 
Solomon Islands  None None 
South Africa  N N 
Sri Lanka  OTN 
Suriname  OTN 
Swaziland  N N 
Switzerland  OTN 
Chinese Taipei  N N 
Tajiki stan None None 
Tanzania  None None 
Thailand  N N 
                                                
2 Became a Member on 30 November 2015.  
3 Became a Member on 14 July 2016.  
4 The Member submitted one -time notification on 12 April 2016 in document G/SCM/N/202/PNG.  G/L/1157 • G/SCM/148  
 
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  MEMBER  1 July -31 December 2015  
(G/SCM/N/298)  1 January -30 June 2016  
(G/SCM/N /305)  
The former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia  None None 
Togo None None 
Tonga  None None 
Trinidad and Tobago  N N 
Tunisia  None None 
Turkey  X X 
Uganda5  
OTN 
Ukraine  X X 
United Arab Emirates  N N 
United Sta tes X X 
Uruguay  None None 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  None None 
Vanuatu6  
OTN 
Viet Nam  N N 
Yemen  None None 
Zambia  None None 
Zimbabwe  N N 
 
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 reporting period, and no report submitted.  
NM = Not a Member during the reporting period.  
 
                                                
5 The Member submitted one -time notification on 1 December 2015 in document G/SCM/N/202/UGA.  
6 The Member submitted one -time notification on 19 July 2016 in document G/SCM/N/202/VUT.   
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SUMMARY OF COUNTERVA ILING DUTY ACTIONS A ND MEASURES AS REPOR TED IN  
DOCUMENTS  G/SCM/N/ 298/... AND G/SCM/N/ 305/... 
(1 JULY 201 5 - 30 JUNE 201 6) 
AS OF 2 5 OCTOBER 201 6 
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 2015 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Coun tries3 
involved    
 AUSTRALIA              
5 CHN (4)  IDN (1)   1 CHN (1)    0    0  1 8 
 
 BRAZIL              
0    0    1 IND (1)    0  0 1 
 
 CANADA              
2 CHN (2)    4 CHN (2)  IND (1)  RUS (1)  2 CHN (2)    0  0 20 
 
 CHINA              
1 USA (1)   0    0      0 4 
 
 EUROPEAN UNION              
2 CHN (1)  TUR (1)   0    3 IND (1)  MYS (1)   0  3 15 
         TPKM 
(1)       
 
 INDIA              
1 CHN (1)    0    1 CHN (1)    0  0 1 
 
 MEXICO              
0 0   0    0    0  0 3 
              
 PAKISTAN              
1 IND (1)    0    0    0  0 0 
              
 PERU              
0    0    1 ARG (1)    0  0 2 
 
                                                
1 Includes measures notified as having 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 territories. A list o f the abbreviations used in this table can be found following th is table.   
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- 18 - 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 2015 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Countries3 involved  Total  Coun tries3 
involved    
 TURKEY              
0    0    0    0  0 1 
 
 UKRAINE              
0    0    1 RUS (1)    0  0 1 
 
 UNITED STATES              
24 BRA (3)  CHN 
(10) IND (3)  19 BRA (2)  CAN (1)  CHN (5)  10 CAN (1)  CHN (4)  IND 
(1) 0  0 70 
 KOR (3)  PAK (1)  RUS (1)   IND (5)  ITA (1)  KOR (1)   IDN (1)  MEX (1)  TUR 
(1)     
 LKA (1)  TUR (2)    PAK (1)  RUS (1)  LKA (1)   VNM (1)        
     TUR (1)            
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  LIST  OF ABBREVIATIO NS USED IN ANNEXES  
 
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  
CPV CABO VERDE  
KHM CAMBODIA  
CMR CAMEROON  
CAN CANADA  
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 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 
 OF THE CONGO  
DNK DENMARK  
DJI DJIBOUTI  
DMA DOMINICA  
DOM DOMINICAN REP UBLIC  
ECU ECUADOR  
EGY EGYPT  
SLV EL SALVADOR  
GNQ EQUATORIAL GUINEA  
EST ESTONIA  
ETH ETHIOPIA  
EU EUROPEAN UNION  
FRO FAROE ISLANDS  
FJI FIJI 
FIN FINLAND  
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, STATE OF  
KGZ KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
LAO LAO, P.D.R  
LVA LATVIA  
LBN LEBANON  
LSO LESOTHO  
LBY LIBYA  
LBR LIBERIA  
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, REP. OF  
MNG MONGOLIA  
MAR MOROCCO  
MNE 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  
ROU 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 SAUDI ARABIA, 
KINGDOM OF  
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  
MKD THE FORMER YUGOSLAV 
REP. OF MACEDONIA  
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 VENEZUELA, 
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC 
OF  
VNM VIET NAM  
YEM YEMEN  
ZMB ZAMBIA  
ZWE ZIMBABWE  
 
  
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