WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/106/USA 
12 March 2004 
 (04-1096) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
  Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2003 
from the United States
. 
 
  
 G/SCM/N/106/USA 
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Reporting Member:  United States 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS 
 
For the Period 1 July–31 December 2003 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
   
Country 
 or 
 Customs  
Territory  
 
Product  
 
Initiation  
 
Provisional  
Measures Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking No subsidiza-
tion No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
 
Trade 
 Volume  
Subsidized 
Imports as 
% of  
Domestic 
Consump- 
tion  
Volume of 
Trade 
Investi- 
gated (of 
Exporting 
Country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  1 12 1 13 
  Date Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date;  
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date; 
Amount of 
Benchmark Date Date Date Date; 
Result    
Certain Hot-Rolled 
Steel Flat Products 
(R 1/01-12/01) 24.10.02 16.05.03 
      22.09.03 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm Argentina 
Honey 
(R 1/01-12/02) 22.01.03 15.12.03 
5.77% (2001) 
0.57% (2002)       NA NA NA 
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
(CR) 21.08.03 06.10.03 12.11.03      NA NA NA Brazil 
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
(R 8/02-12/02) 28.11.03        NA NA 3 Firms 
Alloy Magnesium 
(R 1/02-12/02) 30.09.03        NA NA 2 Firms 
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
(CR) 21.08.03 06.10.03 12.11.03      NA NA NA 
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
(CR) 03.11.03 
 12.12.03      12.12.03 
Intent to 
Revoke 
Order NA NA NA Canada 
Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
(R 2/02-12/02) 28.11.03        NA NA 1 Firm  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Certain Durum Wh eat* 29.10.02 10.03.03 
3.94% 
05.09.03 
5.29%    20.10.03 
ITC 
Negative 
Final   587,615 
MT 
(2001-2002)NA 1 Firm 
Spring Wheat* 29.10.02 10.03.03 
3.94% 
05.09.03 
5.29% 23.10.03 
5.29%      1,519,117 
MT 
(2001-2002)NA 1 Firm 
Certain Hard Red 
Spring Wheat 
(ER 8/01-7/02) 31.12.03        NA NA NA 
Pure and Alloy  
Magnesium 
(R 1/01-12/01) 25.09.02 12.05.03 
1.68% 15.09.03 
1.68%  
    03.12.02 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review NA NA 2 Firms 
Pure Magnesium 
(R 1/02-12/02) 30.09.03        NA NA 2 Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(ER 4/00-3/01) 17.07.02 14.08.02 
1.16-13.42% 05.11.02 
1.16-13.42%     08.01.03 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review NA NA 13 Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(ER 4/00-3/01) 17.07.02 14.08.02 
0.23-0.88% 07.05.03 
0.12-13.42%      NA NA 3 Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(ER 4/00-3/01) 17.07.02 & 
20.09.02 08.05.03 
0.00-13.72%      08.05.03 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review NA NA 27 Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(ER 4/00-3/01) 17.07.02 
& 
20.09.02 24.11.03 
2.89-33.27%      24.11.03 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review NA NA 14 Firms 
 
Softwood Lumber 
NR (1/02-12/02) 08.01.03 31.10.03 
0.08%       NA NA 1 Firm Canada 
(Cont'd) 
Softwood Lumber 
(R 5/02-3/03) 01.07.03        NA NA All Firms 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03        NA NA 1 Firm 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils 
(R 1/01-12/01) 25.09.02 09.05.03 
1.11% 15.09.03 
1.11%      NA NA 2 Firms France 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils 
(R 1/02-12/02) 30.09.03        NA NA 1 Firm  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Certain 
Corrosion-Resistant 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(CR) 03.12.03        NA NA NA 
Certain Cut- to-Length 
Carbon Steel Plate 
Products 
(CR) 03.12.03        NA NA NA Germany 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03        NA NA 1 Firm 
Carbazole Violet 
Pigment 23 19.12.03        NA NA NA 
 Certain Colored 
Synthetic Organic 
Oleoresinous Pigment 
Dispersions 02.07.03     21.07.03 
ITC 
Negative 
Prelim.   NA NA NA 
Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 4/01-12/02) 22.01.03        NA NA 1 Firm 
Diamino 
Stilbenedisulfonic Acid 
& Stilbenic Fluorescent 
Whitening Agents  10.06.03     08.07.03 
ITC 
Negative 
Prelim.   NA NA NA 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film 
(R 10/01-12/02) 22.08.03        NA NA 3 Firms India 
Prestressed Concrete 
Steel Wire Strand 27.02.03 08.07.03 
62.92% 
08.12.03 
62.92%       14,845,000 
pound  
(2001) 1.95% NA 
In-Shell Raw Pistachios 
(R 1/01-12/01) 24.04.02 04.04.03 
53.63% 11.07.03 
60.77%      NA 
 NA 1 Firm Iran 
In-Shell Raw Pistachios 
(R 1/02-12/02) 21.04.03       25.07.03 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Pasta 
(C 7/98-6/99) 27.04.00 06.08.03 19.09.03      NA NA NA Italy 
Certain Pasta 
(R 1/01-12/01) 27.08.02 09.04.03 
0.00-2.06% 14.08.03 
0.00-2.01%     09.04.03 
Partial 
Rescission of Review NA NA 5 Firms  
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Certain Pasta 
NR (1/02-12/02) 27.02.03       05.12.03 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Pasta 
(CR) 07.04.03 07.04.03 14.07.03      NA NA NA Italy (Cont'd) 
Certain Pasta 
(R 1/02-12/02) 22.08.03        NA NA 6 Firms 
Dynamic Random 
Access Memory 
Semiconductors 27.11.02 07.04.03 
0.16-57.37% 
29.06.03 
0.04-44.71% 
28.07.03 
0.04-44.29% 
4 11.08.03 
44.29%      340,781,328
Units 
(2002) NA 2 Firms 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils 
(CR)  28.09.01 03.06.02       NA NA 1 Firm 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils 
(R 1/01-12/01) 25.09.02 09.09.03 
0.56%       NA NA 2 Firms Korea, 
Republic of 
Structural Steel Beams 
(CR) 28.09.01 03.06.02       NA NA 1 Firm 
Mexico Cut-to-Length Carbon 
Steel Plate 
(R 1/01-12/01) 25.09.02 08.09.03 
13.37%       NA NA 1 Firm 
Netherlands Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03        NA NA 1 Firm 
Pasta 
(CR) 07.04.03 07.04.03 14.07.03      NA NA NA 
Pasta 
(R 1/02-12/02) 22.08.03       26.11.03 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm Turkey 
Pasta 
(CR) 17.11.03 17.11.03       NA NA NA 
United 
Kingdom Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02)  25.03.03        NA NA 1 Firm 
  
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Page 6 Table Notes  
 
1  Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise spec ified. 
2 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. 
3 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand. 
4 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. 
5 Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countries investigated simultaneously 
6 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement. 
 
Abbreviations/Symbols 
 
(R- y) Denotes review - review period  
(C- y) Denotes circumvention inquiry – review period 
(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review 
(NR - y) Denotes new shipper review – review period 
(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement 
(ER) Denotes expedited review 
CL Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality NS Denotes No Shipments during period 
n/a Statistic not available or not collected 
 *  Indicates existence of concurrent anti-dumping investigation G/SCM/N/106/USA 
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 COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT  
as of 31 December 2003  
 
Country Product Effective Date 
Honey 10.12.01 Argentina 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 11.09.01 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Belgium 
 Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Brass Sheet & Strip 08.01.87 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 22.10.02 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Brazil   
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86 
Certain Hard Red Spring Wheat 23.10.03 
New Steel Rails 22.09.89 
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92 Canada 
Softwood Lumber 22.05.02 
EU Sugar 31.07.78 
Brass Sheet & Strip 06.03.87 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93 
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 France 
 
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  Products 17.08.93 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Germany 
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid 08.11.02 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET Film) 01.07.02 India 
Sulfanilic Acid 02.03.93 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 Indonesia 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
In-Shell Pistachio Nuts 11.03.86 Iran 
 Roasted In-Shell Pistachios 07.10.86 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel  02.10.00 
Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel 07.06.94 
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95 
Stainless Steel Bar 08.03.02 
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 Italy 
 Stainless Steel Wire Rod 15.09.98 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  17.08.93 
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 Korea, Republic of 
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors 11.08.03 G/SCM/N/106/USA 
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 Structural Steel Beams  14.08.00 
Korea (Cont'd) 
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
Mexico Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Netherlands Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
Norway Fresh & Chilled Atlantic Salmon 12.04.91 
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels 09.03.84 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 South Africa 
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Spain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Sweden  Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Chinese Taipei Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
Thailand Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Turkey 
 Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube 07.03.86 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 United Kingdom 
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
 
 
 
SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS 
as of 31 December 2003 
 
Country Product Effective Date 
Brazil  Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 19.07.99 
 
 
 
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS 
For the Period of 1 July-31 December 2003 
 
Country Product Order Date Result of Review Effective 
Date  
-none- -none- -none- -none- -none- 
 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS REVOKED 
For the Period of 1 July–31 December 2003  
 
Country Product Order Date Effective Date 
-none- - none- -none- -none- 
 
 
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