G/SCM/N/289/CHN  
 
22 October 2015  
(15-5587)  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 January-30 June 2015 from China . 
  
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- 2 - Reporting Member: China1 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUN TERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY-30 JUNE 2015 
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 
NIL 
 
  
 
                                               
1 Website address where published report s on investigations are available: http://gpj.mofcom.gov.cn   
2 All terms and column headings used in this format ha ve 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 
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 
United States Grain oriented flat-
rolled electrical steel; 
ID:09-0001     10.04.2015 
The authority 
received no 
application of 
review 
     
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  ANNEXES 
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE 
AS OF 30 JUNE 2015 
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 2014 No. 26 
  
United States Broiler Products; 
ID:09-0002 Duties 29.08.2010, 
Gazette 2010 No. 52  
Solar-grade 
Polysilicon; ID:12-0007 Duties 20.01.2014 
Gazette 2014 No.4  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD 
1 JANUARY THROUGH 30 JUNE 2015 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product,  
investigation ID 
number Date of termination Reason for termination  
United States Grain Oriented Flat rolled 
Electrical Steel; ID:09-0001 10.04.2015 The authority received no 
application of review 
 
  
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