Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Semi-annual report under article 25.11 of the Agreement - 1 July - 31 December 2023 - United Kingdom

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11
OF THE AGREEMENT

United Kingdom

Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July-31 December 2023 from the United Kingdom.

 

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Reporting Member: UNITED KINGDOM[1]

SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS[2]

FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER 2023

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 product[3];
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

Optical fibre cables

85 44 70 00 10[4]

2022/02 CN[5]

26.04.2022

S: 01.01.2021-31.12.2021

I: 01.01.2018-31.12.2021

-

Final determination: 25.08.2023

Affirmative

Measure applied

P: 23.10.2023

C: 24.10.2023

10.62%

All others: 11.79%

-

-

-

535,565 fkm

SIPTI: 18.8%

Various grant  programmes, enterprise income tax of 15% for HNTEs, Loans, Credit line fees, Land use rights

 

Certain excavators

8429521000

2023/02 CN[6]

15.11.2023

S: 01.07.2022-30.06.2023

I: 01.07.2019-30.06.2023

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Türkiye

Ironing boards

7323 93 00 10,

7323 99 00 10,

8516 79 70 10,

8516 90 00 51

2022/01 TR[7]

07.04.2022

S: 01.01.2021-31.12.2021

I: 01.01.2018-31.12.2021

Preliminary determination: 13.02.2023

Affirmative

Measure applied

P: 25.05.2023

C: 26.05.2023

4.42%

Final determination: 28.06.2023

Affirmative

Measure applied

P: 07.09.2023

C: 26.05.2023

4.02%

-

-

-

Volume (indexed): 77

SIPTI: (% of non‑EU imports) 114%

Corporate-tax exemptions, Income-tax exemptions, property-tax exemptions, Eximbank loans


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 product[8];
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

Argentina

Biodiesel

1516209821, 1516209829, 1518009121, 1518009129, 1518009510, 1518009921, 1518009929, 1518009930, 2710194321, 2710194329, 2710194621, 2710194629, 2710194721, 2710194729, 2710201121, 2710201129, 2710201621, 2710201629, 3824999210, 3824999212, 3824999220, 3826001020, 3826001029, 3826001050, 3826001059, 3826001089, 3826001099, 3826009011, 3826009019, 1516209830 - replaced by 1516209131, 1516209832, 1516209839
1518009130 - replaced by 1518009131, 1518009132, 1518009139, 2710194330 - replaced by 2710194331, 2710194332, 2710194339 2710194630 - replaced by 2710194631, 2710194632, 2710194639, 2710194730 - replaced by 2710194731, 2710194732, 2710194739

05.10.2023

Transition Review

TS0044 AR

S: 01.10.2022-30.09.2023

I: 01.10.2019-30.09.2023

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

Argentina (Cont'd)

2710201130 - replaced by

2710201131, 2710201132, 2710201139, 2710201630 - replaced by 2710201631, 2710201632, 2710201639 2710201690 - replaced by 2710201691, 2710201692, 2710201699, 3826009030 - replaced by 3826009031, 3826009032, 3826009039

2020/26 AR[9]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China

Hot-rolled flat products of iron, non‑alloy or other alloy steel

72 08 10 00 00, 72 08 40 00 10,
72 11 19 00 10, 72 08 26 00 00,
72 08 52 99 00, 72 25 30 90 00,
72 08 27 00 00, 72 08 53 10 00,
72 25 40 60 90, 72 08 36 00 00,
72 08 53 90 00, 72 25 40 90 00,
72 08 37 00 10, 72 08 37 00 90,
72 08 54 00 00, 72 08 38 00 10,
72 08 38 00 90, 72 11 13 00 00,
72 26 91 91 00, 72 08 40 00 90,
72 08 39 00 10, 72 08 39 00 90,
72 11 14 00 10, 72 26 91 99 00,
72 11 14 00 90, 72 11 19 00 90,
72 08 25 00 00, 72 08 52 10 00,
72 25 19 10 90, 72 26 19 10 91,
72 26 19 10 95

2020/15 CN[10]

05.04.2022

Transition Review

TS0018 CN

S: 01.04.2021-31.03.2022

I: 01.04.2018-31.03.2022

-

Final determination: 16.05.2023

Affirmative

Measure extended

P: 29.08.2023

C: 10.06.2022

4.6% - 35.9%

All others: 35.9%

-

-

-

14 tonnes

SIPTI: <0.002%

Preferential lending; Land Use Rights; Enterprise Income Tax (EIT) privileges for Resource Products from Synergistic Utilisation; EIT offset for research and development expenses; Land use tax exemption; VAT exemptions and import tariff rebates for the use of imported equipment and technology; Tax exemptions for policy-based relocation; Energy saving and conservation grants; Grants related to technological upgrading or transformation; Ad hoc grants provided by municipal/regional authorities

 

Retreaded tyres for buses or lorries

4011209000, 4012120010

2020/23 CN[11]

03.05.2023

Transition Review

TS0036 CN

S: 01.01.2022-31.12.2022

I: 01.01.2019-31.12.2022

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

China (Cont'd)

Electric bikes

8711 60 10 10, 8711 60 90 10

2020/25 CN[12]

22.05.2023

Transition Review

TS0038 CN

S: 01.04.2022-31.03.2023

I: 01.04.2019-31.03.2023

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Egypt

Continuous filament glass fibre

70 19 14 00 90

2020/37 EG[13]

07.07.2023

Scope Inquiry

SC0039 EG

01.04.2022-31.03.2023

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Türkiye

Ironing boards

7323 93 00 10, 7323 99 00 10, 8516 79 70 10, 8516 90 00 51

2022/01 TR

08.12.2023

Judicial Review Reconsideration

AS0020 TR

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

P        -    Publication date

C        -    Date of commencement of duty collection

SIPTI  -    Subsidized imports as % of total imports

 

 

Transition reviews are reviews under Part 12 of the Trade Remedies (Dumping and Subsidisation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (as amended) of certain trade defence measures imposed by the European Union that the Secretary of State for International Trade determined by public notice to retain with respect to the United Kingdom following the end of the United Kingdom-European Union transition period, pursuant to Part 12 of the aforementioned Regulations.

 

Scope inquiries are reviews that consider whether the goods or the description of goods to which the countervailing amount is applicable should be varied.

 

Reconsideration is a feature of the United Kingdom trade remedies framework by which interested parties can request that the Trade Remedies Authority revisit a decision that affects them.


ANNEXES

DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE
AS OF 31 December 2023

Country/
Customs Territory

Product,
investigation
ID number

Measure(s)

Date of original imposition[14]; publication reference

Date(s) of extension; publication reference(s)

Argentina

Biodiesel

2020/26 AR[15]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/26: countervailing duty on biodiesel originating in Argentina

-

China

Electric bikes

2020/25 CN[16]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/25: countervailing duty on electric bicycles originating in the People's Republic of China

-

 

Filament glass fibre products (certain)

2020/08 CN[17]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/08: countervailing duty on certain filament glass fibre products originating in the People's Republic of China

30.01.2021
Trade remedies notice 2023/02: countervailing duty on certain continuous filament glass fibre products originating in the People's Republic of China of 31.01.2023

 

Hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel

2020/15 CN[18]

Duties

Taxation Notice 2020/15: countervailing duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China

10.06.2022

Trade Remedies Notice 2023/15: countervailing duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the People's Republic of China of 29.08.2023

 

Organic coated steel products (certain)

2020/29 CN[19]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/29: countervailing duty on certain organic coated steel products originating in the People's Republic of China

-

China (Cont'd)

Retreaded tyres for buses or lorries

2020/23 CN[20]

Duties

Taxation Notice 2020/23: countervailing duty on certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries and with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the People's Republic of China

-

 

Optical fibre cables
2022/02 CN

Duties

24.10.2023
Trade remedies notice 2023/23: definitive anti‑subsidy duty on optical fibre cables originating in the People's Republic of China of 23.10.2023

-

Egypt

Continuous filament glass fibre

2020/37 EG[21]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/37: countervailing duty on continuous filament glass fibre products originating in Egypt

-

India

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)

2020/32 IN[22]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/32: countervailing duty on certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) originating in India

-

Indonesia

Biodiesel

2020/36 ID[23]

Duties

Taxation notice 2020/36: countervailing duty on biodiesel originating in Indonesia

-

Türkiye

Trout (certain rainbow)

2020/02 TR[24]

Duties

Taxation Notice 2020/02: countervailing duty on certain rainbow trout originating in Türkiye

30.01.2021

Trade Remedies Notice 2021/12: countervailing duty on certain rainbow trout originating in Türkiye of 30.11.2021

 

Ironing boards
2022/01 TR

Duties

26.05.2023

Trade remedies notice 2023/18: definitive countervailing duty on ironing boards originating from Türkiye of 07.09.2023

-

United States

Biodiesel

2020/05 US[25]

 

AC Extension-Canada-

2020/05 CA AC[26]

Duties

Taxation notice: 2020/05: countervailing duty on biodiesel originating in the United States of America (including biodiesel consigned from Canada)

30.01.2021

Trade remedies notice 2022/09: countervailing duty on biodiesel products originating in the United States of America (including biodiesel consigned from Canada) of 10.11.2022

 

TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 2023

Country/
Customs Territory

Product,
investigation
ID number

Date of
termination

Reason for
termination

NIL

 

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[1] Website address where published reports on investigations are available: https://www.trade-remedies.service.gov.uk/public/cases/.

[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] Please note that the HS Codes were reported as "85 44 70 00 10, 85 44 70 00 90" in documents G/SCM/N/392/GBR, G/SCM/N/399/GBR and G/SCM/N/407/GBR. Please consider these HS Codes as the correct ones.

[5] Unique investigation identifier AS0022.

[6] Unique investigation identifier AS0046.

[7] Unique investigation identifier AS0020.

[8] For reference purposes only.

[9] European Union's ID number AS644 AR.

[10] European Union's ID number AS634 CN.

[11] European Union's ID number AS641 CN.

[12] European Union's ID number AS646 CN.

[13] European Union's ID number AS657 EG.

[14] On 31 December 2020, when the agreed transition period with the European Union ended, the definitive trade remedy measures imposed by the European Union on behalf of the United Kingdom that the United Kingdom determined should be retained after the end of the transition period, continued to apply in the United Kingdom, as detailed in this table of definitive countervailing measures in force. Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, measures terminated for the whole of the United Kingdom will continue to apply to certain imports into Northern Ireland. For the date of original imposition, please refer to the European Union's ID number in respect of each measure.

[15] European Union's ID Number AS644 AR.

[16] European Union's ID Number AS646 CN.

[17] European Union's ID Number AS603 CN.

[18] European Union's ID Number AS634 CN.

[19] European Union's ID Number AS587 CN.

[20] European Union's ID Number AS641 CN.

[21] European Union's ID Number AS657 EG.

[22] European Union's ID Number AS426 IN.

[23] European Union's ID Number AS650 ID.

[24] European Union's ID Number AS606 TR.

[25] European Union's ID Number AS532 US.

[26] European Union's ID number AS532 CA AC.