G/SCM/N/328/CHN  
 
6 April 2018 
(18-2115) Page: 1/7 
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 2017 from 
China . 
 
 
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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 
India Ortho  chloro 
para 
nitroaniline;  
29214200;  
ID:17-0001 13.02.2017  
S:10/2015 -9/2016  
I:1/2013 -9/2016  20.10.2017  
20.4% 
All others: 
166.0 %     2,231  tons 
(1/201 5-
12/2015) 44% 
of apparent 
domestic 
consumption  1) Status Holder Incentive 
Scrip; 2) Export Promotion 
Capital Goods ; 3) Focus 
Product Scheme ; 4) Focus 
Market Scheme ; 5) Market 
Linked Focus Products 
Scrip; 6)  Merchandise 
Exports from India 
Scheme ;  7) SEZ Act: 
Duty-free import of all 
types of goods, including 
capital goods and raw 
materials ; 8) S EZ Act: 
Exemption From Excise 
Duties on Goods Machine ry 
and Capital Goods Brought 
from the Domestic Tariff 
Area for Use by an 
Enterprise in the SEZ ; 
 
  
                                                
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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India 
(Cont'd)  Ortho  chloro 
para 
nitroaniline;  
29214200;  
ID:17-0001   
 
(Cont'd)          9) SEZ Act: 100 Percent 
Exemption from Income Taxes 
on Export Income for the First 
5 Years of Operation, 50 
Percent for the Next 5 Years, 
and a Further 50 Percent 
Exemption on Export Income 
Reinvested in India for an 
Additional 5 Years ; 10) SEZ 
Act: Exemptio n from Payment 
of Central Sales Tax (CST) on 
Purchases of Capital Goods and 
Raw Materials ; 11)  SEZ Act: 
Exemption from National 
Service Tax ; 12)  SEZ Act: 
Exemption from Stamp Duty of 
all Transactions and Transfers 
of Immovable Property within 
the SEZ ; 13)  SEZ Act: 
exemption from electricity duty 
and cess thereon on the sale or 
supply to the SEZ unit ;  14) 
Exemption from minimum 
alternate tax ; 15)  Duty-Free 
Import of Capital Goods and 
Raw Materials ; 16)  Exemption 
from payment of Central Excise 
Duty on goods  manufactured in 
India and procured from a 
Domestic Tariff Area ; 17)  
Reimbursement of Central 
Sales Tax (“CST”) paid on 
goods manufactured in India ; 
18) Market Access Initiative  & 
Market Development 
Assistance; 19)  Interest 
Equalisation Scheme ; 20)  
Investm ent Allowance under 
Section 32AC of Income Tax 
Act 1961 ; 21)  Gujarat Special 
Economic Zone Act (SGOG SEZ 
Act): Stamp Duty and 
Registration Fees for Land 
Transfers, Loan Agreements, 
Credit Deeds, and Mortgages ; 
22) Gujarat Special Economic 
Zone Act (SGOG SE Z Act): 
Sales Tax, Purchase Tax, and 
Other Taxes Payable on Sales 
and Transactions ; 23) Gujarat 
Special Economic Zone Act 
(SGOG SEZ Act): Sales and 
Other State Taxes on 
Purchases of Inputs (Both 
Goods and Services) for the 
SEZ or a Unit Within the SEZ ; 
   
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India 
(Cont'd)  Ortho  chloro 
para 
nitroaniline;  
29214200;  
ID:17-0001   
 
(Cont'd)          24) Scheme for Assistance to 
Manufacturing Sector 2013: 
Scheme of Interest Subsidy ; 
25) Scheme for Incentive to 
Industries ; 26) Scheme for 
assistance to Micro, Small and 
Medium Enterprises: 
Assistance of Capital 
Investment Subsidy ; 27)  
Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance for 
Interest Subsidy ; 28) Scheme 
for assistance to Micro, Small 
and Medium  Enterprises: 
Assistance for Venture Capital ; 
29) Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance for 
Quality Certification ; 30)  
Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance for 
Technology Acquisition ; 31) 
Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance for 
Patent Registration ; 32)  
Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance for 
saving in consumption of 
Energy and Water ; 33) 
Scheme for assistance to 
Micro, Small and Medium 
Enterprises: Assistance to SME 
for raising Capital through SME 
Exchange ; 34)  Schemes for 
Market  Development 
Assistance ; 35)  Scheme for 
Assistance to Manufacturing 
Sector 2013: Assistance for 
Core Infrastructure ; 36)  
Package Scheme of Incentives 
2013: Industrial Promotional 
Subsidy ; 37)  Package Scheme 
of Incentives 2013: Waiver of 
Stamp Duty ; 38)  Package 
Scheme of Incentives 2013: 
Electricity Duty Exemption ; 39) 
Package Scheme of Incentives 
2013: Interest Subsidy ; 40) 
Package Scheme of Incentives 
2013: Power Tariff Subsidy ;  
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India 
(Cont'd)  Ortho  chloro 
para 
nitroaniline;  
29214200;  
ID:17-0001   
 
(Cont'd)          41) Package Scheme of 
Incentives 2013: Incentives for 
Strengthening MSMEs and LSIs 
– Assistance to promote Water 
& Energy Conservation ; 42) 
Package Scheme of Incentives 
2013: Incentives for 
Strengthening MSMEs and LSIs 
– Assistance to promote 
Quality Competit iveness, 
Research & Development, 
Technology Upgradation, 
Cleaner Production Measures 
and Credit Rating ; 43) Package 
Scheme of Incentives 2013: 
Incentives for Mega Projects 
and Ultra Mega Projects  
 
  
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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 
European 
Union  Potato Starch  
11081300  
ID:10 -0001 14/09/2016  
(SNR)  
S: 04/2015 - 
31/03/2016  
I: 01/2012 -
03/2016   15/09/ 2017 
7.5% -12.4%  
All others 12 .4%    57,220  tons 
(1/201 5-
12/2015) 87.26 % 
of total 
imports  
(1/201 5-
12/2015) 1) Voluntary 
coupled support ; 
2) Basic Payment  
Scheme ; 
3) Green Payment  
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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)  
European Union  Potato starch 
ID:10 -0001 Duties  17.09.2011,  
Gazette 2011 No. 54  15.09.201 7, 
Gazette  2017  
No. 38 
Solar-grade 
Polysilicon;  
ID:12-0010 Duties  
Undertaking  30.04.2014  
Gazette 201 4 No. 26 
 28.04.2017  
Gazette, 2017  
No. 23 
United States  Broiler products;  
ID:09 -0002 Duties  29.08.2010,  
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  
Distillers dried 
grains with or 
without solubles  
ID:16 -0001 Duties  12.01.2017  
Gazette 2016 No.80   
 
 
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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