G/SCM/N/334/CHN  
 
22 October  2018 
(18-6583) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT U NDER  
ARTICLE 25.11 OF THE  AGREEMENT  
CHINA 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2018 from China . 
 
 
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- 2 - Reporting Member: China1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT O F COUNTERVAILING DUT Y ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY -30 JUNE 2018 
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 % 13.02.2018  
21.2%  
All others: 
166.8%    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 Machinery 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: Exemption 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) Investment 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 Econom ic 
Zone Act (SGOG SEZ 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 M icro, 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 ; 43) Fertilizer subsidy ; 
44) preferential loan 
programme;  45) providing 
water and electricity with less 
remuneration  
United 
States  Grain sorghum ; 
10079000 ; 
ID:18-0001 04.02.2018  
S: 11/2016 -
10/2017  
I: 1/2013 -10/2017     18.05.2018  
Public 
Interests     1) Crop Insurance ; 2) Price 
Loss Coverage ; 3) Agriculture 
Risk Coverage ; 4) Marketing 
Loan; 5) Export Credit 
Guarantee Program ; 6) Market 
Access Program ; 7) Foreign 
Market Development 
Cooperator Program  
 
  
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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 
United States  Broiler products;  
ID:09 -0002      27.02.2018  
The authority 
received the 
termination 
application      
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVA ILING MEASURES IN  FORCE  
AS OF 30 JUNE 2018 
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 
India Ortho chloro para 
nitroaniline;  
29214200;  
ID:17 -0001   Duties  13.02.2018 
Gazette , 2018 No. 18  
United States  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 JANUARY  THROUGH 30 JUNE 2018 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID 
number  Date of termination  Reason for termination  
United States  Broiler products;  
ID:09 -0002 27.02.2018 The authority received 
the termination 
application  
 
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