WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/68/USA
14 March 2001
(01-1250)
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 2000 from
the United States.G/SCM/N/68/USA
Page 2Reporting Member: UNITED STATES
ANNEX I
Semi-Annual Report of Countervailing Duty Actions
For the period 1 July – 31 December 2000
Final Outcome
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES
Country/
Customs
territoryProduct Initiation Provisional
measuresDefinitive
DutyPrice
undertakingNo
subsidisationNo injury Case
withdrawnOther Trade volume Subsidised
imports as % of
domestic
consumptionVolume of
trade
investigated
(Exporting
country)
1 234 5 67 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 121 13
Date Date;
Amount of
subsidization ( ad
valorum )Date;
Amount of
subsidization
(ad valorum )Date;
Amount of
benchmarkDate Date Date Date;
Result
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon
Steel Flat
Products*12.12.00 NA NA All
Argentina
Honey* 02.11.00 NA NA All
Belgium Stainless Steel
Plate in Coils (R-
9/98-12/99)07.07.00 NA NA 1 Firm
Pure and Alloy
Magnesium
(R-99)02.10.00 NA NA 1 Firm Canada
Pure and Alloy
Magnesium(R-98)01.10.99 04.05.00;
1.38%08.09.00;
1.38%NA NA 1 Firm
Germany Cut-to-Length
Carbon SteelPlate (R-97,
R-98)01.10.99 08.09.00;
0.00%
(de minimis)NA NA 2 FirmsG/SCM/N/68/USA
Page 31 234 5 67 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 121 13
Certain Hot-
Rolled CarbonSteel FlatProducts*12.12.00 NA NA All
India
Iron Metal
Castings
 (R-99)30.11.00 NA NA
IndonesiaCertain Hot-
Rolled CarbonSteel Flat
Products*12.12.00 NA NA
Industrial
Phosphoric Acid
(R-99)02.10.00 NA NA
Industrial
Phosphoric Acid
(R- 98)01.10.99 06.09.00;
4.26%06.09.00
Partial
Rescission o f
ReviewNA NAIsrael
Pure
Magnesium*14.11.00 NA NA
Certain Pasta
(R-98)30.08.99 08.08.00;
0.53-3.86%08.08.00
Partial
Rescission o f
ReviewNA NA
Certain Pasta
(R-99)06.09.00 NA NA
Grain Oriented
Electrical Steel
(R-98)29.07.99 07.07.00;
12.44%NA NAItaly
Stainless Steel
Plate in Coils
(R-99)07.07.00 05.09.00
Review
RescindedNA NAG/SCM/N/68/USA
Page 4 1 234 5 67 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 121 13
Stainless Steel
Sheet and Stripin Coils(R-11/98-12/99)02.10.00 NA NA
Korea, Rep.
of
Structural Steel
Beams*03.08.99 14.12.99;
0.35-0.93% (de
minimis)14.08.00;
0.15-3.88%400,523 net
tons
(1998)18.77% All Firms
Mexico Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon
Steel Plate
 (R-98)01.10.99 07.09.00;
10.72%NA NA 1 Firm
South Africa Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon
Steel FlatProducts*12.12.00 NA NA All
Sweden Certain Carbon
Steel Products
(R-98)03.12.99 07.09.00;
0.62%NA NA 1 Firm
Thailand Certain Hot-
Rolled CarbonSteel Flat
Products*12.12.00 NA NA All
Certain Pasta
(R-99)06.09.00 NA NA 5 Firms
Certain Welded
Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes(R-98)30.04.99 06.04.00;
0.20%
(de minimis)11.08.00;
0.20%
(de minimis)NA NA 1 FirmTurkey
Certain Welded
Carbon SteelPipe and Tube
and Welded
Carbon SteelLine Pipe (R-96)24.4.97 09.12.97;
3.26-3.81%18.10.00;
3
2.85-3.75%NA NA 2 FirmsG/SCM/N/68/USA
Page 5Table Notes:
1 Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise specif ied.
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 period.
n/a Statistic not available or not collected.
* Indicates existence of concurrent anti-dumping investigation.G/SCM/N/68/USA
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ANNEX II
COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
Country Product Effective Date
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
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 17.08.93France
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 India
Sulfanilic Acid 02.03.93
Indonesia Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00
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
Seamless Line and Pressure Pipe 08.08.95
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99Italy
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99G/SCM/N/68/USA
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Country Product Effective Date
Italy (cont'd) 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
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
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Turkey
Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube 07.03.86
United Kingdom Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
ANNEX III
SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS
Country Product Effective Date
Brazil Certain hot rolled carbon steel flat products 19.07.99G/SCM/N/68/USA
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ANNEX IV
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
Country Product Order Date Outcome Effective Date
Belgium Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Brazil Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Canada Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92 Continued
(Final)16.08.00
France Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93 Revoked
(Final)01.01.00
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Flat Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00Germany
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Flat
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final – DOC)15.12.00
Grain Oriented Electrical Steel 07.06.94 Continued
(Final)01.11.00
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95 Continued
(Prelim)30.10.00Italy
Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel
Standard, Line and Pressure Pipe08.08.95 Continued
(Prelim)27.10.00
Korea, Rep.
ofCold-Rolled Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93 Revoked (Final) 01.01.00
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Mexico Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00 Spain
Stainless Steel Wire Rod 03.01.83 Revoked
(Final)01.01.00
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Products 11.10.85 Revoked (Final) 01.01.00 Sweden
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00G/SCM/N/68/USA
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Country Product Order Date Outcome Effective Date
Turkey Welded Carbon Steel Line Pipe 07.03.86 Continued
(Final)22.08.00
United
KingdomCut-to-Length Carbon Steel
Products17.08.93 Continued
(Final)15.12.00
Venezuela Gray Portland Cement and Cement
Clinker17.03.92 Revoked
(Final)01.01.00
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