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Statistics
Countervailing Duties
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2018 and 2020 saw record levels of countervailing duty investigations.
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There appears to have been a significant fall in CVD investigations in 2021.​
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The US has by far been the most active in countervailing duties, with the EU and Canada also initiating significant numbers of cases.
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Over the whole period, an average of 59% of CVD investigations resulted in measures. This is lower than anti-dumping (67%) but higher than safeguards (50%).
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As with anti-dumping China is the exporting country most involved in CVD investigations.
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India has also faced a significant number of investigations.
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Over the period 1995-2022, almost half of investigations initiated have involved metals/steel products.
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Chemicals also accounts for around one third of CVD investigations, a similar rate to the proportion of anti-dumping investigations it faces.
Source: WTO