WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/81/USA
18 March 2002
(02-1405)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  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-31 December 2001 from
the United StatesG/SCM/N/81/USA
Page 2Reporting Member:  UNITED STATES
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS
for the period 1 July-31 December 2001
FINAL OUTCOME
Final Measures No Final Measures
Country
or
Customs
TerritoryProduct Initiation Provisional
measuresDefinitive
dutyPrice
undertakingNo
subsidiza-
tionNo
injuryCase
with-
drawnOther Trade
volumeSubsidized
imports as
% of
domestic
consumptionVolume of
trade
investigated
(of
exporting
country)
12 3 45 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1  1 12 1 13
Date Date;
amount of
subsidization
(ad valorem)Date; amount of
subsidization
(ad valorem)Date;
amount of
benchmarkDate Date Date Date;
result
Cold Rolled CarbonSteel Flat Products*26.10.01 NA NA All
Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat
Products*12.12.00 21.02.01
40.79%11.09.01
41.69%NA NA AllArgentina
Honey* 02.11.00 13.03.01
5.23%04.10.01
5.85%NA NA All
Belgium Stainless Steel Plate in
Coils(R - 9/98-12/99)07.07.00 23.04.01
2.90%27.08.01
3.25%
(9/98-12/98)
1.78%
(5/99-12/99)NA NA 1 Firm
Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 NA NA All Brazil
Cold Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 NA NA All
Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 NA NA All
Pure and Alloy
Magnesium
(R-99)02.10.00 09.05.01
1.21%10.09.01
1.21%NA NA 1 FirmCanada
Pure and Alloy
Magnesium
(R-00)01.10.01 NA NA 2 FirmsG/SCM/N/81/USA
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Canada
(Cont'd)Softwood Lumber* 30.04.01 17.08.01
19.31%NA NA All
Chile Red Raspberries* 28.06.01 16.10.01
0.00%
(de minimis)NA NA All
Cold Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 NA NA All
Enriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
13.94%21.12.01
13.21%NA NA AllFrance
Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils
( R - 1/00-12/00)01.10.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 NA NA NA Germany
Enriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%NA NA All
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid* 26.10.01 NA NA All
Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel FlatProducts*12.12.00 20.04.01
8.08-34.27%03.12.01
8.28-31.89%
4NA NA All
India
Polyethylene
Terephthalate FilmSheet and Strip*13.06.01 22.10.01
19.85-28.14%39,356,000
lbs
(2001)5.63% All
Indonesia Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel FlatProducts*12.12.00 20.04.01
16.53%03.12.01
10.21%
4NA NA All
In-Shell Pistachios
(NR - 10/00-9/01)07.11.01 NA NA 1 Firm Iran
In-Shell Roasted
Pistachios
(NR - 10/00-9/01)27.11.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Industrial Phosphoric
Acid (R-99)02.10.00 31.08.01
4.80%11.12.01
4.80%NA NA 1 Firm Israel
Pure Magnesium* 14.11.00 22.02.01
13.39%27.09.01
16.52%20.11.01
ITC Negative
Final11,778 MT
(1999)NA AllG/SCM/N/81/USA
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Certain Pasta
(R-99)06.09.00 06.08.01
1.08-7.48%12.12.01
0.99-7.18%06.08.01
Partial
Recession of
ReviewNA NA 10 Firms
Certain Pasta
(R-00)20.08.01 NA NA 5 Firms
Stainless Steel Bar* 25.01.01 06.06.01
0.00-12.59%23,294,835
kg
(2000)NA 6 FirmsItaly
Stainless Steel Wire
Rod
(R- 1/00-12/00)26.10.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Cut-to-Length Steel
Plate
(R- 7/99-12/00)22.03.01 25.07.01
Review
RescindedNA NA 1 Firm
Cold Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 NA NA 4 Firms
Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils(R -11/98-12/99)02.10.00 10.09.01
2.93%10.09.01
Partial
Rescission o
f
ReviewNA NA 2 Firms
Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils(CR)28.09.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils(R-1/00-12/00)01.10.01 NA NA 2 FirmsKorea,
Rep. Of
Structural Steel Beams
(CR)28.09.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Netherland
sEnriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%NA NA All
Shop Towels
(R- 1/99-12/99)01.05.00 09.04.01
0.08-7.26%13.08.01
2.97-10.24%09.04.01
Partial
Rescission o f
ReviewNA NA 11 Firms Pakistan
Shop Towels
(R - 1/00-12/00)30.04.01 NA NA 24 Firms
South
AfricaCertain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel FlatProducts*12.12.00 20.04.01
0.45-13.53%16.11.01
5.76%
4NA NA AllG/SCM/N/81/USA
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Certain Hot-Rolled
Carbon Steel Flat
Products*12.12.00 20.04.01
6.55%03.10.01
2.38%NA NA All Thailand
Certain Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe
( R- 00)20.08.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Trinidad
and
TobagoCarbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 NA NA All
Certain Pasta (R-99) 06.09.00 08.08.01
0.00-10.76%12.13.01
0.00-6.52%NA NA 4 Firms Turkey
Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 NA NA All
United
KingdomEnriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%NA NA All
Table Notes
1 Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise specifi ed.
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) Denotes circumvention inquiry(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review
(NR) Denotes new shipper review
(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement(ER) Denotes expedited review
CL Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality
NS Denotes no shipments during periodn/a Statistic not available or not collected
* Indicates existence of concurrent anti-dumping investigation.G/SCM/N/81/USA
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COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
as of 31 December 2001
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
Brass Sheet & Strip 08.01.87
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93Brazil
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86
New Steel Rails 22.09.89 Canada
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92
Chinese Taipei Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87
European Communities 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 17.08.93France
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  Products 17.08.93 Germany
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01India
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 Plate In Coils 11.05.99
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99Italy
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
Structural Steel Beams 14.08.00Korea, Republic of
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87
Mexico Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
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
Spain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
Sweden Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
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
United Kingdom Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93G/SCM/N/81/USA
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SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS
as of 31 December 2001
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, 2001
Country Product Order Date Outcome Effective Date
 Italy Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Continuation
(Final)16.11.01
Oil Country Tubular Goods 11.08.95 Continuation of
Order25.07.01
Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy
Steel Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe(DOC Determination issued on July 16,2001)08.08.95 Revocation of
Order(Final)08.08.00
Turkey Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Continuation
Final16.11.01
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