WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/L/869 
11 November 2008 
 (08-5498) 
 
 
REPORT (2008) 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/840), that is, 
25 October 2007 to 29 Oct ober 2008.  During this period, the Committee held two regular meetings, 
on 29 April and 29 October 2008, and two special meetings, on 5 December 2007 and 31 July 2008.  Pursuant to the Committee's decisions at its regul ar meeting in October 1998, the OECD and the ACP 
Group were invited on an ad hoc  basis to attend these meetings.  The Committee also held a number 
of informal meetings.   
2. As of the beginning of the review period,  Mr. Pablo Klein (Mexico) was Chair and 
Ms Astrid Holtan (Norway) was Vice-Chair.  At the regular meeting held on 29 April 2008, the 
Committee elected Mr. Jun K azeki (Japan) as 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 a Member with confidential 
advisory opinions on the nature of any subsidy prop osed 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.   
5. As of the beginning of the period under review , the PGE had two members, Mr. Yuji Iwasawa 
and Mr. Asger Petersen, as the Committee had been unable to reach agreement on the appointment of 
new members to succeed the three experts whose terms had expired in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
1  At its 
regular meeting held on 25 October 2007, the Ch airman announced his intention to hold informal 
consultations on this matter.  Following informal  consultations held in March and April 2008, the 
Chairman announced at the regular meeting held  on 29 April 2008 that Members had reached an 
understanding on the procedures to be followed to fill  the four vacant positions in the PGE.  Pursuant 
to these procedures, the Committee elected four expe rts at a special meeting held on 31 July 2008:  
                                                      
1 Mr. Iwasawa's term expired in Spring 2008.   G/L/869 
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  Dr. Chang-fa Lo (Chinese Taipei);  Dr. Manzoor Ah mad (Pakistan);  Mr Zhang Yuqing (China);  and 
Mr. Jeffrey A. May (United States ).
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IV. NOTIFICATION OF SUBSIDIES 
6. 2007 new and full notifications .  In accordance with Article 25.1 of the Agreement and 
Article XVI of the GATT 1994, all Members were re quired to submit new and full notifications of 
subsidies by 30 June 2007.  As of 29 October 2008, thirty3 Members had submitted such notifications.  
In addition, six Members had notified that they did not maintain any subsidies notifiable pursuant to 
these provisions.  These notifications may be foun d in document series G/SCM/N/155/... .  A table 
indicating the status of 2007 notifications is  reproduced in Annex A to this Report.   
7. The Committee decided at its meeting of 26 April 2007 that the procedures adopted in 
April 2005 for the review of the 2005 new and full no tifications (G/SCM/117) would also apply to the 
review of the 2007 new and full notifications.4  Pursuant to this decisi on, the Committee held special 
meetings on 29 April and 29 October 2008 at whic h it reviewed the 2007 new and full subsidy 
notifications of the following Members:  Albania;  Argentina;  Australia;  Brazil;  Canada;  Cuba;  
the European Communities;  Hong Ko ng, China;  Japan;  New Zealand;  Norway;  Paraguay;  Qatar;  
the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu;  Switzerland;  Thailand;  
Turkey;  and Ukraine.   
8. At the special meetings held on 29 April and 29 October 2008, the Committee also reverted to 
the 2005 notifications of China (G/SCM/N/123/CHN) and the United States (G/SCM/N/123/USA).   
V. WORKING PARTY ON SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS 
9. The Working Party on Subsidy Notifications di d not meet during the review period.   
VI. NOTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY LAWS 
AND/OR REGULATIONS 
10. As of 29 October 2008, pursuant to Article  32.6 and in accordance with a decision by the 
Committee, eighty-eight5 Members had notified the Committee of their domestic countervailing duty 
legislation or made communications in this resp ect to the Committee (G/SCM/N/1 and Addenda).  
Thirty-eight Members had not, as yet, made notifi cations under Article 32.6 of the Agreement.  A 
table indicating the status of these notifications is reproduced in Annex B  to this Report.   
11. At the regular meetings held on 29 April and 29 October 2008, the Committee reviewed 
notifications regarding countervailing duty legislation of Albania;  Canada;  China;  Costa Rica;  
Egypt;  El Salvador;  the European Communities;  Guatemala;  Nicaragua;  the United States and 
Ukraine.  Written questions and answers regarding these notifications may be found in documents of 
the G/SCM/Q1/… series.   
                                                      
2 The terms of the four members appointed in July 2008 are:   
 Dr. Chang-fa Lo   Spring 2005-Spring 2010  Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Spring 2006-Spring 2011 
 Mr. Zhang Yuqing Spring 2007-Spring 2012 
 Mr. Jeffrey A. May  Spring 2008-Spring 2013 
3 The European Communities is counted as one Member.   
4 The procedures provide that questions on a subsid y notification and answers to such questions should 
be submitted in writing in advance of the special meeting held to review the notification.  Such written questions and answers can be found in the G/SCM/Q2/... document series.   
5 The European Communities is count ed as one Member.  These 88  notifications do not include 
notifications submitted by Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary , Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, 
Romania, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia before th ese Members acceded to the European Communities.    G/L/869 
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  VII. SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS ON COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS 
12. Notifications for 1 July-31 December 2007  as of 29 October 2008, five Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken during the period 1 July-31 December 2007.  Forty-four Members had 
notified the Committee that they had not taken an y countervailing duty action during this period.  
Seventy-five Members had not submitted a notificati on.  These semi-annual reports were circulated in 
document series G/SCM/N/170.  The status of semi- annual reports is set out in Annex C to this 
Report.   
13. Notifications for 1 January-30 June 2008  as of 29 October 2008, nine Members had notified 
countervailing actions taken during the period 1 January-30 June 2008.   Thirty-seven Members had 
notified the Committee that they had not taken an y countervailing action during this period.  Eighty-
one Members had not submitted a notification.  These semi-annual reports were circulated in 
document series G/SCM/N/178.  The status of semi -annual reports is set out in Annex C to this 
Report.   
14. A table summarizing notifications of new c ountervailing duty actions taken by Members 
during the period 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 and measures in force as of 30 June 2008 is reproduced 
in Annex D to this Report.   
VIII.  REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY OR FINAL COUNTERVAILING DUTY 
ACTIONS 
15. 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.  During the review period the Committee 
received reports of preliminary and final c ountervailing actions from Canada, Chile, the 
European Communities, Japan, South Africa and the United States (G/SCM/N/168-169, 171-176, and 
179-181).  The Committee reviewed these reports of  preliminary and final actions at its regular 
meetings in April and October 2008.   
16. At its meeting of 29 October 2008, the Committee ag reed, in light of recent decisions taken in 
the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices on the standard format for semi-annual reports on anti-
dumping actions and on the minimum information to be provided in reports on preliminary and final 
anti-dumping actions, to hold informal consultations to  consider whether it is desirable to review the 
standard format for semi-annual reports and the mi nimum information to be provided in reports on 
notifications of countervailing duty actio ns under Article 25.11 of the Agreement.  
IX. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW OF CHINA 
17. 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 at 
its regular meeting held on 29 October 2008.  The Co mmittee agreed that its report 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 docum ents concerned, and attaching the portion of the 
minutes of the meeting which relate to the transitional review.   
X. CONTINUATION OF EXTENSIONS UNDER ARTICLE 27.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD FOR THE ELIMINATION OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES 
18. A General Council Decision adopted on 27 Ju ly 2007 (WTL/691) lays down procedures 
whereby during the period 2008-2012 the Committ ee will continue to grant extensions under 
Article 27.4 of the Agreement of the transition period for the elimination of export subsidies.  At its G/L/869 
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  regular meeting of 29 October 2008, the Committee  conducted a review of the transparency and 
standstill requirements contained in this Decision a nd agreed to continue for calendar year 2009 the 
extensions of the transition period that the Comm ittee had previously granted for calendar years 2003-
2008.
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XI. OTHER ISSUES DISCUSSED DURING THE PERIOD UNDER REVIEW 
19. At the regular meeting of 29 October 2008, Me xico made a statement regarding measures 
applied by South Africa under the Motor Industry Development Programme.7   
                                                      
6 The Committee decisions continuing the extensions of the transition period for calendar year 2009 
may be found in the following documents:  Antigua & Barbuda (G/SCM/50/Add.6-51/Add.6); Barbados 
(G/SCM/52/Add.6-56/Add.6);  Belize (G/SCM/57/Add.6-60/Add.6);  Costa Rica (G/SCM/61/Add.6-62/Add.6);  
Dominica (G/SCM/63/Add.6);  Dominican Republic (G/SCM /64/Add.6);  El Salvador (G/SCM/65/Add.6);  Fiji 
(G/SCM/66/Add.6-68/Add.6);  Gr enada (G/SCM/69/Add.6-71/Add.6 ); Guatemala (G/SCM/72/Add.6-
74/Add.6); Jamaica (G/SCM/75/Add.6-78/Add.6);  Jo rdan (G/SCM/79/Add.6);  Mauritius (G/SCM/80/Add.6-
83/Add.6);  Panama (G/SCM/84/Add.6-85/Add.6);  Papua New Guinea (G/SCM/86/Add.6);  St. Lucia (G/SCM/87/Add.6-89/Add.6);  St. Kitts and Nevis (G /SCM/90/Add.6); St. Vincent and the Grenadines 
(G/SCM/91/Add.6) and Uruguay (G/SCM/92/Add.6).  
7 Written questions posed by Mexico on this programme have been circulated in document 
G/SCM/Q2/ZAF/10.  G/L/869 
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  ANNEX A 
2007 NEW AND FULL SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS (G/SCM/N/155/...) 
as at 29 October 2008 
Member  Member  Member  Member  
Albania X Cyprus X Honduras X Papua New Guinea None 
Angola None Czech Republic X H ong Kong, China X Paraguay N 
Antigua & Barbuda X Denmark X Iceland None Peru None 
Argentina X Estonia X Indi a None Philippines None 
Armenia N Finland X I ndonesia None Qatar N 
Australia X France X Israel None Rwanda None 
Bahrain None Germany X Jamaic a None St. Kitts & Nevis X 
Bangladesh None Greece X Japan X St. Lucia X 
Barbados X Hungary X Jordan X St. Vincent & Grenadines X 
Belize X Ireland X Kenya None Saudi Arabia None. 
Benin None Italy X Korea None Senegal None 
Bolivia None Latvia X Kuwa it None Sierra Leone None 
Botswana None Lithuania X Kyrg yz Republic None Singapore N 
Brazil X Luxembourg X Lesotho None Solomon Islands None 
Brunei Darussalam None Malta X Liechte nstein None South Africa None 
Burkina Faso None Netherlands X Macao, China X Sri Lanka None 
Burundi None Poland X Madaga scar None Suriname None 
Cambodia None Portugal X Ma lawi None Swaziland None 
Cameroon None Romania X Ma laysia None Switzerland X 
Canada X Slovak Republic X Maldives None Chinese Taipei X 
Cap Verde n.a. Slovenia X Mali None Tanzania  None 
Central African Rep. None Spai n X Mauritania None Thailand X 
Chad None Sweden X Mauritius X Togo  None 
Chile None United Kingdom X Mexico None Tonga n.a. 
China None Ecuador None Moldova None Trinidad & Tobago None 
Colombia None Egypt None M ongolia None Tunisia  None  
Congo None El Salvador X Morocco None Turkey  X 
Congo, Dem. Rep. None Fiji None  Mozambique None Uganda None 
Costa Rica X FYR of Macedonia None Myanmar None Ukraine X 
Côte d'Ivoire None Gabon None Namibi a None United Arab Emirates None 
Croatia None Gambia None Nepa l None United States None 
Cuba N Georgia None New Zealand X Uruguay None 
Djibouti None Ghana None Nica ragua None Venezuela None 
Dominica X Grenada X Niger None Viet Nam None 
Dominican Rep. X Guatemala None Nigeria N Zambia None 
EC X Guinea Bissau None Norway X Zimbabwe None 
Austria X Guinea, Rep. of None Oman None   
Belgium X Guyana None Pakistan None   
Bulgaria X Haiti None Panama 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/869 
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  ANNEX B 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS 
as at 29 October 2008 
 
MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
Albania G/SCM/N/1/ALB/2 + Rev.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 
Burkina Faso None 
Burundi G/SCM/N/1/BUR/1 
Cambodia None 
Cameroon None 
Canada G/SCM/N/1/CAN/4 
Cap Verde1 None 
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/3 
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, 62 & 73 
Egypt G/SCM/N/1/EGY/2/Rev.1 + Rev.1/Suppl.1 
El Salvador G/ SCM/N/1/SLV/3 
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 
                                                      
1 Cap Verde became a Member of WTO on 23 July 2008. 
2 Document G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.6 provides information on the status of laws and regulations of 
the following WTO Members:  Cyprus; the Czech Repub lic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, 
Poland, the Slovak republic and Slovenia, all of which became Member States of the European Communities on 
1 May 2004.   
3 Document G/SCM/N/1/EEC/2/Suppl.7 provides information on the status of laws and regulations of 
Bulgaria and Romania, which became Member States  of the European Commun ities on 1 January 2007.   G/L/869 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
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/3 
Guinea Bissau None 
Guinea, Rep. of G/SCM/N/1/GIN/1 
Guyana None 
Haiti G/SCM/N/1/HTI/1 
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 & 4 
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 & Suppl.5  
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 & 3 
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 & 3 
Nicaragua G/SCM/N/1/NIC/2 
Niger None 
Nigeria G/SC M/N/1/NGA/1 
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 
Rwanda None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None 
Saint Lucia G/ SCM/N/1/LCA/1 G/L/869 
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  MEMBER/OBSERVER  NOTIFICATION PROVIDED  
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 
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 
Tonga  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 
Ukraine4 G/SCM/N/1/UKR 
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 & 7 
Uruguay G/SCM/N/1/URY/1 + Suppl.1 
Venezuela G/SCM/N/1/VEN/1 + Suppl.1 & 2 
Viet Nam None 
Zambia G/SCM/N/1/ZMB/1 
Zimbabwe G/SCM/N/1/ZWE/2 + Suppl.1 
 
                                                      
4 Ukraine became a Member of  the WTO on 16 May 2008.  G/L/869 
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  ANNEX C 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS OF CO UNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS,  
1 JULY 2007-30 JUNE 2008  
 
MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2007 
(G/SCM/N/170) 1 January-30 June 2008 
(G/SCM/N/178) 
Albania N N 
Angola None None 
Antigua and Barbuda None None 
Argentina N N 
Armenia N N 
Australia N1 X 
Bahrain None None 
Bangladesh None None 
Barbados N N 
Belize None None 
Benin None None 
Bolivia None None 
Botswana None None 
Brazil N2 X 
Brunei Darussalam None None 
Burkina Faso None None 
Burundi None None 
Cambodia None None 
Cameroon None None 
Canada X X 
Cap Verde n.a. - -3 
Central African Republic None None 
Chad None None 
Chile N X 
China N N 
Colombia N N 
Congo None None 
Congo, Democratic Republic of the None None 
Costa Rica N4 N5 
Côte d'Ivoire None None 
Croatia N N 
Cuba N N 
Djibouti None None 
Dominica None None 
Dominican Republic N N 
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 
                                                      
1 Australia notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/170/AUS. 
2 Brazil notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/170/BRA. 
3 Cap Verde became a Member of the WTO on 23 July 2008. 
4 Costa Rica notified undertakings in force in document G/SCM/N/170/CRI. 
5 Costa Rica notified undertakings in force in document G/SCM/N/178/CRI. G/L/869 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2007 
(G/SCM/N/170) 1 January-30 June 2008 
(G/SCM/N/178) 
Georgia None None 
Ghana None None 
Grenada None None 
Guatemala N N 
Guinea None None 
Guinea-Bissau None None 
Guyana None None 
Haiti None None 
Honduras N N 
Hong Kong, China N N 
Iceland None None 
India N N 
Indonesia N N 
Israel N None 
Jamaica N N 
Japan N6 N7 
Jordan N N 
Kenya None None 
Korea N N 
Kuwait None None 
Kyrgyz Republic N None 
Lesotho None None 
Liechtenstein None None 
Macao, China N N 
Madagascar None None 
Malawi None None 
Malaysia N N 
Maldives None None 
Mali None None 
Mauritania None None 
Mauritius None None 
Mexico N8 N9 
Moldova None None 
Mongolia None None 
Morocco None None 
Mozambique None None 
Myanmar None None 
Namibia None None 
Nepal None None 
New Zealand N10 N11 
Nicaragua None None 
Niger None None 
Nigeria N N 
Norway N N 
Oman  None None 
Pakistan N None 
Panama None None 
Papua New Guinea None None 
Paraguay None None 
                                                      
6 Japan notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/170/JPN. 
7 Japan notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/178/JPN. 
8 Mexico notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/170/MEX. 
9 Mexico notified definitive duties in force in document G/SCM/N/178/MEX. 
10 New Zealand notified definitive duties in  force in document G/SCM/N/170/NZL. 
11 New Zealand notified definitive duties in  force in document G/SCM/N/178/NZL.  G/L/869 
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  MEMBER 1 July-31 December 2007 
(G/SCM/N/170) 1 January-30 June 2008 
(G/SCM/N/178) 
Peru X X 
Philippines N N 
Qatar None None 
Rwanda None None 
Saint Kitts & Nevis None None 
Saint Lucia N None 
Saint Vincent & Grenadines None None 
Saudi Arabia None None 
Senegal None None 
Sierra Leone None None 
Singapore N N 
Solomon Islands None None 
South Africa X X 
Sri Lanka None None 
Suriname None None 
Swaziland None None 
Switzerland N N 
Chinese Taipei N N 
Tanzania None None 
Thailand N N 
Togo None None 
Tonga  - -12 None 
Trinidad and Tobago N N 
Tunisia N N 
Turkey N X 
Uganda None None 
Ukraine n.a. N13 
United Arab Emirates None None 
United States X X 
Uruguay None None 
Venezuela None None 
Viet Nam None None 
Zambia None None 
Zimbabwe N N 
 X       = Semi-annual report of actions taken submitted. N       = Report of no actions taken submitted. 
None = No report submitted. 
 
 
                                                      
12 Tonga became a Member of the WTO on 27 July 2007. 
13 Ukraine became a Member of  the WTO on 16 May 2008.  
  G/L/869 
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Summary of Countervailing Duty Action s and Measures as  reported in  
documents G/SCM/N/170/...  and G/SCM/N/178/... 
(1 July 2007-30 June 2008) 
as of 29 October 2008  
 
Initiations Provisional Measures 
(negative preliminary determinations and 
affirmative preliminary determinations where no 
measures imposed are 
not included) Definitive Duties (negative determinations not 
included) Price Undertakings Revoca- 
tions 
notified1 Measures in force 
on 30 June 2008 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 
involved   
 
 AUSTRALIA             
1 CHN (1)   0    0       1 
 
 BRAZIL              
0    0    0       1 
 
 CANADA              
3 CHN (3)   2 CHN (2)   1 CHN (1)      7 
 
 COSTA RICA              
0    0    0       1 
 
 EEC              
1 USA (1)   0    0       10 
 
 JAPAN              
0    0    0       1 
 
 MEXICO              
0    0    0       2 
 
 NEW ZEALAND             
0    0    0       1 
 
 PERU              
1 USA (1)   0    0      1 0 
 
                                                      
1 Includes measures notified as ha ving been fully or partially revoked, and as having lapsed.   
2 Certain of the measures in force were notified as having been fully or partially suspended.   
3 "Countries" refers in all cases to countries or customs territo ries.  A list of the abbreviations used in this table can be fo und following the table.  
   G/L/869
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(negative preliminary determinations and 
affirmative preliminary determinations where no 
measures imposed are 
not included) Definitive Duties (negative determinations not 
included) Price Undertakings Revoca- 
tions 
notified1 Measures in force 
on 30 June 2008 
(definitive duties 
and price 
undertakings)2 
Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 involved Total Countries3 
involved   
 SOUTH AFRICA             
0    0    0       1 
 
 TURKEY             
1 IND (1)   0    0       0 
 
 UNITED STATES              
10 CHN (10)   7 CHN (7)   1 CHN (1)     2 29  
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  LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN ANNEX E  
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 
BDI 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 GIN GUINEA 
GNB 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 ROU ROMANIA 
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION 
RWA RWANDA KNA SAINT KITTS AND      
NEVIS 
LCA SAINT LUCIA VCT SAINT VINCENT AND 
THE GRENADINES 
WSM SAMOA 
STP SAO TOME AND 
PRINCIPE 
SAU SAUDI ARABIA SEN SENEGAL 
SRB 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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