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III. Countervailing Duty Investigations: Global Scenario
Fig. 7: CVD Measures by WTO Members
(Initiated and Measures Imposed)

250
219
200

150
122

100
79
65 67
50 38 38
29 28
15 13 12
5 8 3 2
0
United European Canada Australia South Brazil India Others
States Union Africa

Initiated Measures imposed

Source: WTO data (01.01.1995 to 31.12.2017).

9. Fig.7 presents the global scenario of CVD investigations initiated by WTO
member countries and measures imposed by them. The USA (219
initiated, 122 Measures imposed), European Union (79 initiated, 38
measures imposed), Canada (65 initiated, 29 measures imposed) and
Australia (28 initiated and 15 measures imposed) are among the major
users of CVD measures. India had initiated only 3 CVD investigations from
1995 to 2017. Duties were imposed in two cases and investigation in one
case was terminated. In 2018, India has initiated 6 CVD investigations to
protect its domestic industries from rising incidents of subsidies provided by
its trading partners.

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