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15 September 2023  
(23-6146) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM  
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2023  from 
the United Kingdom . 
 
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  G/SCM/N/407/GBR  
 
- 2 - Reporting Member: UNITED KINGDOM1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY -30 JUNE 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 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 
cover age, 
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,  
85 44 70 00 90  
2022/02 CN4 26.04.2022  
S: 01.01.2021 -
31.12.2021  
I: 01.01.2018 -
31.12.2021  - - - - - - - - 
Türkiye  Ironing boards  
7323 93 00 10,  
7323 99 00 10,  
8516 79 70 10,  
8516 90 00 51  
2022/01 TR5 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 
Rate of individual 
amounts of 
subsidy: 4.42%  - - - - Volume 
(indexed): 77  SIPTI: (%  of non -EU 
imports) : 114%  - 
 
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 me anings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.  
4 Unique investigation identifier AS0022.  
5 Unique investigation identifier AS0020.   
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- 3 - 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 product6;  
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 
China  Filament glass fibre products 
(certain)  
7019 11 00 00, 7019 12 00 22, 
7019 12 00 25, 7019 12 00 26, 
7019 12 00 39, 7019 15 00 10, 
7019 15 00 90, 7019 14 00 10, 
7019 14 00 907 
2020/08 CN8 29.01.2021  
Transition 
Review9 
TS0009 CN  
S: 01.01.2020 -
31.12.2020  
I: 01.01.2017 -
31.12.2020  - Final determination:  
07.07.2022  
Affirmative  
Measure extended  
P: 31.01.2023  
C: 30.01.2021  
4.9% -10.3% (Duty 
rate) 
The countervailing 
amount is 
maintained except 
for glass fibre 
filament mats. The 
countervailing duty 
is revoked from 
30.01.2021 on mats 
falling under 
commodity codes: 
7019 15 00 10, 
7019 15 00 90, 
7019 14 00 10, 
7019 14 00 90. - - - Value: 
GFR chopped 
strands: 0.4%  
GFR rovings: 
15.2%  SIPTI:  
GFR chopped 
strands: 0.3%  
GFR rovings: 
20.0%  - 
 
6 For reference purposes only.  
7 Please note that these HS Codes were reported as "7019 11 00 00, 7019 12 00 22, 7019 12 00 25, 7019 12 00 26, 7019 12 00 39, 7019 31 00 00" in documents 
G/SCM/N/379/GBR , G/SCM/N/386/GBR , G/SCM/N/392/GBR  and G/SCM/N/399/GBR . Please consider these updated HS Codes as the correct ones.  
8 European Union's ID number AS603 CN.  
9 Transition reviews are reviews under Part 12 of the Trade Re medies (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 ret ain 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.   
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China  
(Cont'd)  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 CN10 05.04.2022  
Trans ition 
Review  
TS0018 CN  
S: 01.04.2021 -
31.03.2022  
I: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2022  - - - - - - - - 
 Retreaded tyres for buses or 
lorries  
4011209000 , 4012120010  
2020/23 CN11 03.05.2023  
Transition 
Review  
TS0036 CN  
S: 01.01.2022 -
31.12.2022  
I: 01.01.2019 -
31.12.2022  - - - - - - - - 
 Electric bikes  
8711 60 10 10 , 8711 60 90 10  
2020/25 CN12 22.05.2023  
Transition 
Review  
TS0038 CN  
S: 01.04.2022 -
31.03.2023  
I: 01.04.2019 -
31.03.2023  - - - - - - - - 
 
10 European Union's ID number AS634 CN.  
11 European Union' s ID number AS641 CN . 
12 European Union' s ID number AS646 CN .  
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India Stainless steel bars (certain)  
7222 20 21, 7222  20 29, 
7222 20 31, 7222  20 39, 
7222 20 81, 7222  20 89 
2020/16 IN13 21.06.2022  
Transition 
Review  
TS0023 IN14 
S: 01.04.2021 -
31.03.2022  
I: 01.04.2018 -
31.03.2022  - - - Final 
determination: 
15.06.2023 
Negative  
Measure not 
extended  
15.06.2023 (P)  
TS0023 IN  
The TRA  
determined that, 
on the balance of 
probabilities, 
injury to UK 
industry would 
not recur if this 
countervailing 
measure were no 
longer applied on 
certain stainless 
steel bars and 
rods originating in 
the Republic of 
India. The 
measure is 
revoked as of 
29.06.2022.  - - - - 
P - Publication date  
C - Date of commencement of duty collection  
SIPTI  - Subsidized imports as % of total imports  
 
 
 
13 European Union's ID number AS556 IN.  
14 Please note that this identifier has been reported as "TS0023" in documents G/SCM/N/392/GBR  and G/SCM/N/399/GBR . Please consider this identifier as the correct one.  G/SCM/N/407/GBR  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE COUNTERVAILING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 30 JUNE 2023  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition1; publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Argentina  Biodiesel  
2020/26 AR2 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/26: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in 
Argentina  - 
China  Electric bikes  
2020/25 CN3 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 CN4 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 CN5 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  - 
 Organic coated steel products 
(certain)  
2020/29 CN6 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/29: 
countervailing duty on 
certain organic coated 
steel products originating 
in the People's  Republic of 
China  - 
 Retreaded tyres for buses or 
lorries  
2020/23 CN7 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  - 
 
1 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 fo rce. 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 num ber in respect of each measure.  
2 European Union's ID Number AS644 AR.  
3 European Union's ID Number AS646 CN.  
4 European Union's ID Number  AS603 CN.  
5 European Union's ID Number  AS634 CN.  
6 European Union's ID Number  AS587 CN.  
7 European Union's ID Number  AS641 CN.  G/SCM/N/407/GBR  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition1; publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Egypt  Continuous filament glass 
fibre 
2020/37 EG8 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/37: 
countervailing duty on 
continuous filament glass 
fibre products originating 
in Egypt  - 
India Polyethylene terephthalate 
(PET)  
2020/32 IN9 Duties  Taxation notice 2020/32: 
countervailing duty on 
certain polyethylene 
terephthalate (PET) 
originating in India - 
Indonesia  Biodiesel  
2020/36 ID10  Duties  Taxation notice 2020/36: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in 
Indonesia  - 
Türkiye  Trout (certain rainbow)  
2020/02 TR11  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  
United States  Biodiesel  
2020/05 US12 
 
AC Extension -Canada - 
2020/05 CA AC13 Duties  Taxation notice: 2020/05: 
countervailing duty on 
biodiesel originating in the 
United States of America 
(including biodiesel 
consigned from Canada)  30.01.202114 
Trade remedies 
notice 2022/09: 
countervailing duty 
on biodiesel 
products originating 
in the United States 
of America 
(including biodiesel 
consign ed from 
Canada) of 
10.11.2022  
 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY  THROUGH 30 JUNE 2023  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation  
ID number  Date of  
termination  Reason for  
termination  
India Stainless steel bars (certain)  
2020/16 IN15 15.06.2023  
Effective from 29.06.2022  Terminated by review: 
Transition Review initiated on 
21.06.2022.  
 
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8 European Union's ID Number  AS657 EG.  
9 European Union's ID Number  AS426 IN . 
10 European Union's ID Number  AS650 ID . 
11 European Union's ID Number  AS606 TR . 
12 European Union's ID Number  AS532 US.  
13 European Union's ID number AS532 CA AC.  
14 Please note that this date of extension has been reported as 11.11.2022 in document 
G/SCM/N/399/GBR , which refers to when the public notice took effect. Please consider the date listed here 
(30.01.2021) the correct one.  
15 European Union's ID Numb er AS556 IN . 