WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SCM/N/235/MEX 
12 March 2012 
 (12-1356) 
Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures Original: Spanish 
 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
MEXICO 
 
  Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual repor t for the period 1 July to 31 December 2011 
from Mexico. 
 
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  G/SCM/N/235/MEX 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  MEXICO1 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
 
For the period 1 July to 31 December 2011 
 
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 Amoxicillin 
trihydrate* (2941.10.12) 
26/10-CHN 12.7.11 
(S:  1.1.10-31.12.10;  
I:  1.1.07-31.12.10)    20.10.11
4    Tax exemptions and 
reductions for 
productive 
foreign-invested 
enterprises (FIEs); 
Tax reductions for 
FIEs located in 
designated areas5 
                                                      
1 Website address where published reports on investigations ar e available for consultation:  http://www.pymes.gob.mx/upci/. 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions. 
3 For reference purposes only. 
4 Date of announcement of the withdrawal of  the case by the domestic producer (Fersins a, GB, S.A. de C.V.) and of the terminatio n of the investigation. 
5 Owing to the large number of subsidy programmes giving rise to countervailing measures, only a sample is presented here.  
   G/SCM/N/235/MEX
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India Dicloxacillin 
sodium 
(2941.10.08) 
22/10 IND 24.2.11 
(S:  1.1.10 31.12.10;  
I:  1.1.07 31.12.10)      n/a 91% of total 
imports in the 
first half of 2010 
 Amoxicillin 
trihydrate* 
(2941.10.12) 
26/10-IND 12.7.11 
(S:  1.1.10-31.12.10;  
I:  1.1.07-31.12.10)      n/a 41% of total 
imports in the 
first half of 2010Duty Entitlement 
Passbook Scheme 
(DEPBS);  Export 
Promotion Capital 
Goods Scheme 
(EPCGS);  Advance 
Authorization Scheme 
(AAS)6 
 
                                                      
6 Owing to the large number of subsidy programmes giving rise to countervailing measures, only a sample is presented here.  
  G/SCM/N/235/MEX 
Page 4 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 
- - - - - - - - - - - 
 
CF - Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality 
n/a - Not available 
LDR - Lesser duty 
SNR - Sunset review 
EXP - Measure expire d without review 
P - Publication date 
C - Date of commencement of duty collection 
  G/SCM/N/235/MEX 
 Page 5 
 
 
  ANNEXES 
 
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE 
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2011 
 
Country/ 
Customs territory Product; 
investigation 
ID number Measure(s) Date of original 
imposition;  
publication 
reference Date(s) of extension;  
publication 
reference(s) 
- - - - - 
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD 
1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 2011 
 
Country/ 
Customs territory Product; 
investigation ID number Date of termination Reason for 
termination 
- - - - 
 
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