WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/798 
8 November 2006 
 (06-5361) 
 
 
REPORT (2006) OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUBSIDIES 
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
 
 
I. ORGANIZATION OF THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE 
1. This Report covers the period since the Comm ittee's last annual report (G/L/754), that is, 
28 October 2005 to 26 Oct ober 2006.  During this period, the Committee held two regular meetings, 
on 25 April and 26-27 October 2006, and two specia l meetings, on 25 April and 26 October 2006.  
Minutes of these meetings have been circulated in documents G/SCM/M/56-59.  Pursuant to the 
Committee's decisions at its regular meeting in October 1998, the OECD and the ACP Group were 
invited on an ad hoc  basis to attend these meetings.   
2. As of the beginning of the review period, Ms . Victoria Campeanu (Romania) was Chair and 
Mr. Matthew Wilson (Barbados) was Vice-Chair.  At its regular meeting held on 25 April 2006, the 
Committee elected Mr. Keiya Iida (Japan) as Chair of the Committee and elected Mr. Pablo Klein 
(Mexico) as Vice-Chair.   
II. OBSERVERSHIP – INTERNATIONAL INTERGOVERNMENTAL 
ORGANIZATIONS 
3. During the period under review, the requests of COMESA and the Gulf Organization for 
Industrial Consulting for observership in the Co mmittee remained pending.  These requests are the 
subject of ongoing consultations among Members.  
III. PERMANENT GROUP OF EXPERTS 
4. The Committee is required by Article 24.3 of  the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures ("SCM Agreement" or "Agreement") to est ablish 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 Members 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.  As of the beginning of the period u nder review, the members of the Permanent Group of 
Experts were:  Prof. Okan Aktan, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa and Mr. Asger Petersen. The Committee has not 
yet decided on the appointment of new members to succeed Mr. Hyung-Jin Kim and 
Mr. Terence P. Stewart, whose terms as members of the PGE expired in 2005 and 2006, respectively.   
IV. NOTIFICATION OF SUBSIDIES 
5. 2005 new and full notifications .  In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article XVI of GATT 1994, all Members were re quired to submit a new and full notification of 
subsidies by 30 June 2005.  As of 27 October 2006, 391 Members had notified subsidies pursuant to 
Article 25 of the Agreement and Article XVI of GATT 1994.  In a ddition, 13 Members had notified 
that they maintain no subsidies notifiable pursuant to these provisions.  These notifications may be found in document series G/SCM/N/123/...  A table indicating the status of 2005 notifications is 
reproduced in Annex A to this Report.  
                                                     
 
1 The European Communities is counted as one Member.  G/L/798 
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  6. Pursuant to the procedures agreed at its meeting of 14 April 2005 (G/SCM/117), the 
Committee held special meetings on 25 April and 26 October 2006 to review the 2005 new and full 
subsidy notifications of Armenia; Australia; Br azil; Bulgaria; Canada; China; Cuba; European 
Communities; Honduras; Hong Kong, China; Iceland;  Israel; Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Norway; 
Qatar; the Separate Customs Territory of Ta iwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; Singapore; 
Switzerland; Thailand; Turkey and Uganda. 
V. WORKING PARTY ON SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
7. The Working Party on Subsidy Notifications did not meet during the review period.  
VI. NOTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAWS 
AND/OR REGULATIONS 
8. As of 27 October 2006, pursuant to Article  32.6 and in accordance with a decision by the 
Committee, 88
2 Members had notified the Committee of th eir domestic countervailing duty legislation 
or made communications in this respect to the Committee (G/SCM/N/1 and Addenda).  Thirty-five 
Members had not, as yet, made notifications under Ar ticle 32.6 of the Agreement.  A table indicating 
the status of these notifications is reproduced in Annex B  to this Report.  At the regular meetings on 
25 April and 26-27 October 2006 the Committee review ed notifications regarding countervailing duty 
legislation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of  Macedonia; Mexico; China and Israel.  Written 
questions and answers regarding these notifications  may be found in documents of the G/SCM/Q1/… 
series.  
VII. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS ON COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS 
9. Notifications for 1 July-31 December 2005 .  As of 27 October 2006, four Members had 
notified countervailing actions taken during the peri od 1 July-31 December 2005.  Forty-six Members 
had notified the Committee that they had not taken an y countervailing duty action during this period.  
Seventy-four Members had not submitted a notificati on.  These semi-annual reports were circulated in 
document series G/SCM/N/138.  The status of semi- annual reports is set out in Annex C to this 
Report.  
10. Notifications for 1 January-30 June 2006 .  As of 27 October 2006, four Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken duri ng the period 1 January-30 June 2006.  Forty-three Members had 
notified the Committee that they had not taken any countervailing action during this period.  Seventy-
seven Members had not submitted a notification.  These semi-annual reports were circulated in document series G/SCM/N/144.  The status of semi -annual reports is set out in Annex C to this 
Report. 
11. A table summarizing notifications of new c ountervailing duty actions taken by Members 
during the period 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006 and measures in force as of 30 June 2006 is reproduced in Annex D to this Report. 
VIII.  REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY OR FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
ACTIONS  
12. Pursuant to Article 25.11 of the Agreement, Members are to report to the Committee without 
delay all preliminary and final c ountervailing actions taken.  Guidelines for the information to be 
contained in these reports are set forth in G/SCM/3.   As of 27 October 2006, reports of preliminary 
                                                     
 
2 The European Communities is count ed as one Member.  These 88  notifications do not include 
notifications submitted by the Czech Re public, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, the Slovak 
Republic and Slovenia before they acceded to the European Communitie s on 1 May 2004.    G/L/798 
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  and final countervailing actions had been received during the review period from Canada, the 
European Communities, Japan, Mexico and the Un ited States (G/SCM/N/137, 139-141, 142-143, 145, 
145 and 147-148).  The Committee reviewed these repor ts of preliminary and final actions at its 
regular meetings in April and October 2006. 
IX. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW OF CHINA  
13. In accordance with Paragraph 18 of the Protoc ol of Accession of the People's Republic of 
China to the WTO (WT/L/432), the Committee reviewed China's implementation of the Agreement (G/SCM/M/...).  The Committee agreed that its repo rt to the Council for Trade in Goods would be 
prepared by the Chair on his own responsibility, and would take the form of a brief factual report, 
with references to the documents concerned, and attaching the portion of the minutes of the meeting 
which relate to the transitional review. 
X. CONSTANT DOLLAR METHODOLOGY FOR GRADUATION FROM 
ANNEX VII(B) OF THE AGREEMENT 
14. In paragraph 10.1 of the Doha Ministerial Decision on Implementati on-Related Issues and 
Concerns ("Implementation Decision") (documen t WT/MIN(01)/17, para. 10.1) Ministers: 
"Agree[d] that Annex VII(b) to the Ag reement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures includes the Members that are lis ted therein until their GNP per capita 
reaches US $1,000 in constant 1990 dollars fo r three consecutive years.  This decision 
will enter into effect upon the adop tion by the Committee on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures of an appropriate  methodology for calculating constant 
1990 dollars.  If, however, the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures 
does not reach a consensus agreement on an appropriate methodology by 
1 January 2003, the methodology proposed by the Chairman of the Committee set forth in G/SCM/38, Appendix 2 shall be a pplied.  A Member shall not leave Annex 
VII(b) so long as its GNP per capita in current dollars has not reached US $1000 based upon the most recent data from the World Bank." 
15. Pursuant to this paragraph, as of 1 January  2003, the methodology set forth in document 
G/SCM/38, Appendix 2, applies.  As foreseen in paragraph 10.1 of the Implementation Decision and 
in application of the methodology in G/SCM/38, th e Secretariat circulated updated calculations in 
document G/SCM/110/Add. 3.   
XI. ARTICLE 27.4 REQUESTS FOR EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES AND RESERVATIONS OF RIGHTS AS MEMBERS LISTED 
IN ANNEX VII(B) 
A. C
OMMITTEE 'S REVIEW OF TRANSPARENCY AND STANDS TILL OBLIGATIONS IN THE DECISIONS 
IN G/SCM/50-92  AND ADDENDA 1-3 AND G /SCM/93-94  AND ADDENDA 1 RELATING TO THE 
ARTICLE 27.4  PROCESS (EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIODS FOR THE ELIMINATION OF 
EXPORT SUBSIDIES UNDER ARTICLE 27.4  OF THE AGREEMENT ) 
16. At its October 2005 regular meeting, the Committee agreed on th e deadlines for the 
submission of notifications (30 June 2006) an d questions (1 September 2006) and answers 
(6 October 2006) for the Committee's 2005 review of  transparency and standstill obligations.  Those 
notifications were circulated in document ser ies G/SCM/N/146.  Questions and answers were 
circulated in document series G/SCM/Q3. G/L/798 
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  17. At its October 2006 regular meeting, the Committee conducted a review of the transparency 
and standstill obligations containe d in G/SCM/39 and in decisions in documents G/SCM/50-94 and 
addenda.   
B. 
COMMITTEE DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF EXTENSIONS FOR 2007  OF TRANSITION PERIODS FOR 
THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT  SUBSIDIES UNDER ARTICLE 27.4  OF THE AGREEMENT  
18. During its October 2006 regular meeting, the Co mmittee agreed to continue, for calendar year 
2007, the extensions previously granted by the Committee for calendar year s 2003, 2004 and 2005.  
These continuations of the extensions were grante d pursuant to the procedures in G/SCM/39 and can 
be found in the following documents:  Antigua a nd Barbuda (G/SCM/50/Add. 4-51/Add.4); Barbados 
(G/SCM/52/Add.4-56/Add.4);  Belize (G/SCM/57/Add.4-60/Add.4);  Costa Rica (G/SCM/61/Add.4-
62/Add.4);  Dominica (G/SCM/63/Add.4);  Dominican Republic (G/SCM/64/Add.4);  El Salvador 
(G/SCM/65/Add.4);  Fiji (G/SCM/66/Add.4-68/A dd.4);  Grenada (G/SCM/69/Add.4-71/Add.4);  
Guatemala (G/SCM/72/Add.4-74/Add.4); Jamai ca (G/SCM/75/Add.4-78/Add.4);  Jordan 
(G/SCM/79/Add.4);  Mauritius (G/SCM/80/Add.4-83/ Add.4);  Panama (G/SCM /84/Add.4-85/Add.4);  
Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86/Add.4);  St. Lucia (G /SCM/87/Add.4-89/Add.4);  St. Kitts and Nevis 
(G/SCM/90/Add.4);  St. Vincent and the Grenadines (G/SCM/91/Add.4);  and Uruguay 
(G/SCM/92/Add.4).  
XII. PROCEDURES FOR EXTENSIONS UNDER ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
19. At the regular meeting of the Committee he ld on 25 April 2006, a proposal was introduced 
that provides that, in respect of certain subsid y programmes of small, vulnerable economies, the 
procedures adopted in November 2001 at the Doha Ministerial Conference for the extension of the 
transition period for the elimination of export subs idies (document G/SCM/39) be extended until 2018 
(G/SCM/W/535 and addenda).  Subsequently, a propo sal was submitted providing for an extension of 
these procedures until 2018 with respect to all export subsidy programmes that currently benefit from 
an extension of the transition period pursuan t to the procedures set forth in G/SCM/39 
(G/SCM/W/537 and addenda).  These proposals were th e subject of discussion at informal meetings 
held on 23 June, 21 July and 13 October and at  the regular meeting held on 26-27 October 2006.  
Written questions and answers on these proposals have been circulated in the G/SCM/Q4 series.   
XIII.  REQUEST FOR INFORMATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25.8 OF THE 
AGREEMENT  
20. At the regular meeting held on 26-27 Octobe r, the Committee consid ered a communication 
from the United States (G/SCM/Q2/MYS/10) pursuan t to Article 25.8 of the Agreement requesting 
Malaysia to provide certain information.  The dele gate of Malaysia provided answers to some of the 
questions posed in this communication. 
21. During the period under review, the following items were raised under "Other Business": 
• Export credit provided by China with respect to procurement of telecommunications 
equipment by Tunisia.  G/L/798 
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  ANNEX A 
 
2005 NEW AND FULL SUBS IDY NOTIFICATIONS 
(G/SCM/N/123/...) 
 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania N Cyprus X Honduras X Panama N 
Angola None Czech Republic X Hong K ong, China X Papua New Guinea None 
Antigua & Barbuda X Denmark X Iceland X Paraguay None 
Argentina X Estonia X I ndia None Peru None 
Armenia N Finland X Indonesi a None Philippines None 
Australia X France X Israel X Qatar N 
Bahrain None Germany X Jamaica X Romania None 
Bangladesh None Greece X Japan X Rwanda None 
Barbados X Hungary X Jord an X St. Kitts & Nevis X 
Belize X Ireland X Kenya None St. Lucia X 
Benin None Italy X Korea X St. Vincent & 
Grenadines X 
Bolivia None Latvia X Kuwa it None Saudi Arabia n.a. 
Botswana None Lithuania X Kyrg yz Republic None Senegal None 
Brazil X Luxembourg X Lesotho None Sierra Leone None 
Brunei Darussalam None Malta X Liechtenstein N Singapore N 
Bulgaria X Netherlands X Macao, China N Solomon Islands None 
Burkina Faso None Poland X Madaga scar None South Africa None 
Burundi None Portugal X Mala wi None Sri Lanka None 
Cambodia None Slovak Republic X Malaysia None Suriname N 
Cameroon None Slovenia X Maldives None Swaziland N 
Canada X Spain X Mali None Switzerland X 
Central African Rep. None Sweden X Mauritania None Chinese Taipei X 
Chad None United Kingdom X Mauritius X Tanzania  None 
Chile X Ecuador None Mexico None Thailand X 
China X Egypt None Moldova None T ogo None 
Colombia X El Salvador X Mongolia  None Trinidad & Tobago None 
Congo None Fiji X Morocco None Tunisia X 
Congo, Democratic 
Republic of the None Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia None Mozambique None Turkey X 
Costa Rica X Gabon None Myanmar None Uganda N 
Côte d'Ivoire None Gambia None Nami bia None United Arab Emirates None 
Croatia None Georgia N Nepal None United States None 
Cuba N Ghana None New Zealand X Uruguay X 
Djibouti None Grenada X Nicaragua None Venezuela None 
Dominica X Guatemala X Niger None Zambia None 
Dominican Rep. X Guinea Bissau None  Nigeria None Zimbabwe None 
EC X Guinea, Rep. of None Norway X   
Austria X Guyana None Oman N   
Belgium X Haiti None Pakistan None   
"N" means that the Member has indicated that it maintains no notifiable subsidies. 
"X" means that the Member notified subsidies. 
"None" means that no notification was submitted. "n.a." means that, at the time when the notification was due to be submitted, the status of WTO Member had not 
yet been acquired. G/L/798 
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  ANNEX B 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS 
 
MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Albania G/SCM/N/1/ALB/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 
Armenia G/SC M/N/1/ARM/1 
Australia G/SCM/N/1/AUS/2 + Suppl.1 
Bahrain None 
Bangladesh None 
Barbados G/SCM/N/1/BRB/1 
Belize None 
Benin G/SCM/N/1/BEN/1 
Bolivia G/SCM/N/1/BOL/1 + Suppl.1 
Botswana None 
Brazil G/SCM/N/1/BRA/2 + Suppl.1 
Brunei Darussalam G/SCM/N/1/BRN/1 
Bulgaria G/SCM/N/1/BGR/1 
Burkina Faso None 
Burundi G/SCM/N/1/BUR/1 
Cambodia None 
Cameroon None 
Canada G/SCM/N/1/CAN/4 
Central African Republic None 
Chad G/SCM/N/1/TCD/1 
Chile G/SCM/N/1/CHL/2 
China G/SCM/N/1/CHN/1 + Suppl.1, 2, 3 & 4 
Colombia G/SCM/N/1/COL/1 
Congo None 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the None 
Costa Rica G/SCM/N/1/CRI/2 + Corr.1 (Spanish only) 
Côte d'Ivoire None 
Croatia G/SCM/N/1/HRV/2 
Cuba G/SCM/N/1/CUB/1 + Suppl.1 
Djibouti None 
Dominica G/SCM/N/1/DMA/1 
Dominican Republic G/SCM/N/1/DOM/2 + Corr.1 (Spanish only) 
Ecuador  G/SCM/N/1/ECU/2 
European Communities G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2 + Suppl.1, 2,3, 4, 5 & 6 
Egypt G/SCM/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1 
El Salvador G/ SCM/N/1/SLV/2 
Fiji G/SCM/N/1/FJI/2 
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia G/SCM/N/1/MKD/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 
Gabon None 
Gambia None 
Georgia G/SCM/N/1/GEO/1 
Ghana G/SCM/N/1/GHA/1 
Grenada G/SCM/N/1/GRD/2 
Guatemala G/SCM/N/1/GTM/2 
Guinea Bissau None 
Guinea, Rep. of G/SCM/N/1/GIN/1 
Guyana None 
Haiti G/SCM/N/1/HTI/1  G/L/798 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Honduras G/SCM/N/1/HND/2 
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 
Indonesia G/SCM/N/1/IDN/2 + Suppl.1 
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   
Jordan G/SCM/N/1/JOR/3 
Kenya G/SCM/N/1/KEN/1 
Korea G/SCM/N/1/KOR/4 
Kuwait None 
Kyrgyz Rep. G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/1 
Lesotho 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 None 
Mauritania None 
Mauritius G/SCM/N/1/MUS/2 
Mexico G/SCM/N/1/MEX/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1+ Corr.1 & 
Suppl.2  
Moldova G/SCM/N/1/MDA/1 
Mongolia G/SCM/N/1/MNG/2 
Morocco G/SCM/N/1/MAR/2 + Rev.1 (French only) 
Mozambique None 
Myanmar G/SCM/N/1/MYN/1 
Namibia G/SCM/N/1/NAM/1 
Nepal None 
New Zealand G/SCM/N/1/NZL/2 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Nicaragua G/SCM/N/1/NIC/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1 
Niger None 
Nigeria None 
Norway G/SCM/N/1/NOR/3 
Oman  G/SCM/N/1/OMN/1 
Pakistan G/SCM/N/1/PAK/2 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Panama G/SC M/N/1/PAN/2 
Papua New Guinea None 
Paraguay G/SCM/N/1/PRY/2 + Corr.1 
Peru G/SCM/N/1/PER/2  
Philippines G/SCM/N/1/PHL/2 
Qatar G/SCM/N/1/QAT/1 
Romania G/SCM/N/1/ROM/1 
Rwanda None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None 
Saint Lucia G/ SCM/N/1/LCA/1 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None 
Saudi Arabia None 
Senegal G/SCM/N/1/SEN/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 G/L/798 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
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 
Tanzania None 
Thailand G/SCM/N/ 1/THA/4 + Corr.1 
Togo None 
Trinidad and Tobago G/SCM/N/1/TTO/1 + Suppl. 1 
Tunisia G/SC M/N/1/TUN/2 
Turkey G/SCM/N/1/TUR/3 + Suppl.1, 2 & 3 + Corr.1 
Uganda G/SC M/N/1/UGA/2 
United Arab Emirates G/SCM/N/1/ARE/1 
United States G/SCM/N/1/USA/1 + Corr.1 + Suppl.1,2,3,4,5 & 6 
Uruguay G/SCM/N/1/URY/1 + Suppl.1 
Venezuela G/SCM/N/1/VEN/1 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Zambia G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1 
Zimbabwe G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2 + Suppl.1 
 
"None" means that no notification was submitted. 
  G/L/798 
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  ANNEX C 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS  
 
MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2005 1 January-30 June 2006 
Albania None None 
Angola None None 
Antigua and Barbuda None None 
Argentina N N 
Armenia N N 
Australia N N 
Bahrain None None 
Bangladesh None None 
Barbados N N 
Belize None None 
Benin None None 
Bolivia N N 
Botswana None None 
Brazil N N 
Brunei Darussalam N None 
Bulgaria N N 
Burkina Faso None None 
Burundi None None 
Cambodia None None 
Cameroon None None 
Canada X X 
Central African Republic None None 
Chad None None 
Chile N None 
China N N 
Colombia N N 
Congo None None 
Congo, Democratic Republic 
of the None None 
Costa Rica N N 
Côte d'Ivoire None None 
Croatia N N 
Cuba N N 
Djibouti None None 
Dominica None None 
Dominican Republic N None 
European Communities X X 
Ecuador  N N 
Egypt N N 
El Salvador N N 
Fiji None None 
Former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia None None 
Gabon None None 
Gambia None None 
Georgia N None 
Ghana None None 
Grenada None None 
Guatemala N N 
Guinea-Bissau None None 
Guinea, Republic of None None 
Guyana None None 
Haiti None None G/L/798 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2005 1 January-30 June 2006 
Honduras N N 
Hong Kong, China N N 
Iceland None None 
India N None 
Indonesia N N 
Israel N N 
Jamaica None None 
Japan N X 
Jordan N N 
Kenya N None 
Korea N N 
Kuwait None None 
Kyrgyz Republic None None 
Lesotho None None 
Liechtenstein None N 
Macao, China N N 
Madagascar None None 
Malawi None None 
Malaysia N None 
Maldives None None 
Mali None None 
Mauritania None None 
Mauritius None None 
Mexico X N 
Moldova None N 
Mongolia None None 
Morocco N N 
Mozambique None None 
Myanmar None None 
Namibia None None 
Nepal None None 
New Zealand N N 
Nicaragua None None 
Niger None None 
Nigeria None None 
Norway N N 
Oman  None N 
Pakistan None N 
Panama None None 
Papua New Guinea None None 
Paraguay None None 
Peru N N 
Philippines N N 
Qatar N None 
Romania N N 
Rwanda None None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None None 
Saint Lucia None None 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None None 
Saudi Arabia n.a. None 
Senegal None None 
Sierra Leone None None 
Singapore N N 
Solomon Islands None None 
South Africa N N 
Sri Lanka None None 
Suriname None None  G/L/798 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2005 1 January-30 June 2006 
Swaziland None N 
Switzerland N N 
Chinese Taipei N N 
Tanzania None None 
Thailand N N 
Togo None None 
Trinidad and Tobago N N 
Tunisia N N 
Turkey N N 
Uganda None None 
United Arab Emirates None None 
United States X X 
Uruguay None None 
Venezuela None None 
Zambia None None 
Zimbabwe None None 
 
X       = Semi-annual report of actions taken submitted. 
N       = Report of no actions taken submitted. 
None = No report submitted. n.a.    = At the time when the notification was due to be submitted, the status of WTO Member had not yet been 
acquired. 
 
  
   G/L/798 
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  ANNEX D 
 
Summary of Countervailing Duty Actions and Measures as reported in  
documents G/SCM/N/138/... and G/SCM/N/144/... 
(1 July 2005-30 June 2006) 
as of 26 October 2006 
 
 
 
Initiation 
  
Provisional Measures 
(negative preliminary 
determinations not 
included)  
 
Definitive Duties  
 
Undertakings Measures in 
force on 
30 June 2006 
(definitive 
duties and 
undertakings) 
No. Countries1 involved No. Countries4 involved No. Countries4 involved No. Countries4 
involved  
 ARGENTINA 
              
0    0    0        3 
 AUSTRALIA              
0    0    0        1 
 BRAZIL              
0    0    0        1 
 CANADA 
              
2 USA 
(1) CHN 
(1)  1 USA 
(1)   0        5 
 COSTA RICA 
              
0   
  0    0        1 
 EEC 
              
0    0    0        14 
 JAPAN 
              
0   
  0    1 KOR 
(1)       1 
 MEXICO 
              
0   
  0    1 EEC 
(1)       2 
 NEW ZEALAND 
              
0   
  0    0        1 
 PERU 
              
0   
  0    0        1 
 SOUTH AFRICA 
              
0   
  0    0        4 
 UNITED STATES 
              
2 IND 
(1) IDN 
(1)  2 IND 
(1) IDN 
(1)  1 ITA 
(1)       45 
                                                      
1 "Countries" refers in all cases to countries or customs territories.  A list of the abbreviations used in 
this table can be found following the table.  G/L/798 
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  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ANNEX D  
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 BIH BOSNIA AND 
HERZEGOVINA 
BWA BOTSWANA BRA BRAZIL 
BRN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 
BGR BULGARIA BFA  BURKINA FASO 
BUR BURUNDI 
KHM CAMBODIA CMR CAMEROON 
CAN CANADA 
CPV CAPE VERDE 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 CONGO, D.R. OF THE 
DNK DENMARK 
DJI DJIBOUTI  DMA DOMINICA 
DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
ECU ECUADOR EGY EGYPT 
SLV EL SALVADOR 
GNQ EQUATORIAL GUINEA EST  ESTONIA 
ETH ETHIOPIA 
EEC EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES 
FRO FAROE ISLANDS 
FJI FIJI FIN FINLAND 
MKD MACEDONIA, F.Y.R. OF 
FRA FRANCE GAB GABON 
GMB THE GAMBIA 
GEO GEORGIA 
DEU GERMANY GHA GHANA 
GRC GREECE 
GRD GRENADA GTM GUATEMALA 
GNB GUINEA 
GIN 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 
KGZ KYRGYZ REPUBLIC LAO LAO, P.D.R 
LVA LATVIA 
LBN LEBANON LSO LESOTHO 
LBY LIBYAN ARAB 
JAMAHIRIYA 
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 
MNG MONGOLIA 
MAR MOROCCO 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 
ROM ROMANIA 
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION RWA RWANDA 
KNA SAINT KITTS AND      
NEVIS 
LCA SAINT LUCIA 
VCT SAINT VINCENT AND 
THE GRENADINES 
SAM SAMOA 
STP SAO TOME AND 
PRINCIPE 
SAU SAUDI ARABIA 
SEN SENEGAL 
SCG SERBIA AND 
MONTENEGRO 
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 
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 
VNM VIET NAM 
YEM YEMEN ZMB ZAMBIA 
ZWE ZIMBABWE 
 
 
 
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