WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/87/USA
12 September 2002
(02-4814)
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 January-30 June 2002 from
the United StatesG/SCM/N/87/USA
Page 2Reporting Member:  UNITED STATES
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING ACTIONS
for the period 1 January-30 June 2002
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
Argentina Cold Rolled Carbo n
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 04.03.02
IA Negative
Prelim83,705
MT
(2000)CL 1 Firm
Austria Oil Country Tubula r
Goods26.04.02 NA NA NA
Carbon and Certai n
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 08.02.02
IA Negative
Prelim252,239
MT
(2000)CL 2 Firms Brazil
Cold Rolled Carbo n
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 04.03.02
8.22-12.58%NA NA NA
Carbon and Certai n
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 08.02.02
0.00-6.37%565,785,783
kg
(2000)CL 3 Firms
Pure and Allo y
Magnesium
(R 1/00-12/00)01.10.01 08.05.02
1.59%08.05.02
PartialRescission o
f
ReviewNA NA  4 FirmsCanada
Pure and Allo y
Magnesium
NR (1/01-12/01)03.04.02 NA NA NAG/SCM/N/87/USA
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Canada
(Cont'd)Softwood Lumber* 30.04.01 17.08.01
19.31%02.04.02
19.34%
22.05.02
18.79%
430.05.02
Scope
Amended18,483
mmbf
(2001)36.21% All Firms
Chile Red Raspberries* 28.06.01 16.10.01
IA Negative
Prelim
22.05.02
IA Negative
FinalNA NA NA
Cold Rolled Carbo n
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 04.03.02
1.32%164,137
MT
(2000)CL 1 Firm
Enriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
13.94%21.12.01
13.21%
13.02.02
12.15%
4CL CL 1 FirmFrance
Stainless Steel Shee t
and Strip in Coils
(R 1/00-12/00)01.10.01 10.05.02
1.29%NA NA 1 Firm
Carbon and Certai n
Alloy Steel Wire Rod*01.10.01 08.02.02
1.60-2.53%82,920,000
kg
(2000)CL 2 Firms Germany
Enriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%
13.02.02
2.23%
4CL CL 1 Firm
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid* 26.10.01 04.03.02
10.69%119,120
kg
(2000)CL 1 Firm
India Certain Iron-metal
Castings
(R 1/92-12/92)16.05.02
4.18-12.36%
3NA NA NAG/SCM/N/87/USA
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Certain Iron-metal
Castings
(R 1/93-12/93)16.05.02
0.00-4.60%
3NA NA NA
Certain Iron-metal
Castings(R 1/94-12/94)16.05.02
1.42-12.82%
3NA NA NAIndia
(Cont'd)
Polyethylene
Terephthalate FilmSheet and Strip*13.06.01 22.10.01
19.85-28.14%16.05.02
19.48-25.47%39,356,000
lbs
(2001)5.63% All
In-Shell Pistachio
NutsNR (10/00-9/01)07.11.01 NA NA 1 Firm
In-Shell Roasted
PistachiosNR (10/00-9/01)27.11.01 NA NA 1 FirmIran
In-Shell Raw
Pistachios(R 1/01-12/01)24.04.02 NA NA 1 Firm
Certain Pasta
(R-99)06.09.00 06.08.01
1.08-7.48%12.12.01
0.99-7.18%
02.01.02
0.99-7.12%
406.08.01
PartialRescission o
f
ReviewNA NA 29 Firms
Certain Pasta
(R 1/00-12/00)20.08.01 08.04.02
0.00-2.83%08.04.02
Partial
Rescission o f
ReviewNA NA 5 Firms
Stainless Steel Bar* 25.01.01 06.06.01
0.00-12.59%23.01.02
0.00-13.17%6,498
MT
(2002)CL 6 FirmsItaly
Stainless Steel Wire
Rod(R 1/00-12/00)26.10.01 07.06.02
0.27%
(de minimis)NA NA 1 FirmG/SCM/N/87/USA
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Cold Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat Products*26.10.01 04.03.02
0.32-7.00%313,830
ST
(2000)0.78% 4 Firms
Stainless Steel Sheet
and Strip in Coils(R 11/98-12/99)02.10.00 10.09.01
2.93%15.01.02
4.21%
22.02.02
2.45%
415.01.02
PartialRescission o
f
ReviewNA NA 1 Firm
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-1/00-12/00)01.10.01 NA NA 2 FirmsKorea,
Republic of
Structural Steel
Beams
(CR)28.09.01 03.06.02 NA NA 1 Firm
Netherlands Enriched Uranium*  05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%
13.02.02
2.23%
4CL CL 1 Firm
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels
(R 1/00-12/00)30.04.01 08.04.02
1.75-4.53%08.04.02
PartialRescission o
f
ReviewNA NA 14 Firms
Thailand Certain Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe(R-00)20.08.01 NA NA 1 Firm
Trindad and
TobagoCarbon and Certain
Alloy Steel WireRod*01.10.01 08.02.02
8.38%260,825
MT
(2000)CL 1 Firm
Carbon and Certain
Alloy Steel WireRod*01.10.01 08.02.02
IA Negative
Prelim137,381,000
kg
(2000)CL 2 Firms
Turkey
Certain Welded
Carbon Steel Pipe
and Tube(R 1/01-12/01)24.04.02 24.06.02
Review
RescindedNA NA 1 FirmG/SCM/N/87/USA
Page 6 123 45 678 9 1 0 11 12 13
United
KingdomEnriched Uranium* 05.01.01 14.05.01
3.72%21.12.01
2.26%
13.02.02
2.23%
4CL CL 1 Firm
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 enquiry
(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/87/USA
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COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
as of 30 June 2002
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
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92Canada
Softwood Lumber 22.05.02
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 17.08.93
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02France
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  Products 17.08.93
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93Germany
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02
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 Bar 08.03.02
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
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
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 07.03.86G/SCM/N/87/USA
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Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 United Kingdom
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02
SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS
as of 30 June 2002
Brazil Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 19.07.99
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
For the Period of 1 January-30 June 2002
Country Product Order Date Outcome Effective Date
None None None None None
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