WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/62/EEC
9 November 2000
(00-4744)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11
OF THE AGREEMENT
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 January-30 June 2000 from
the European Community.G/SCM/N/62/EEC
Page 2SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
For the period 1 January 2000 to 30 June 2000
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES
Country or
customs
territoryProduct Initiation Provisional
measures/
determination
sDefinitive
DutyPrice
undertakingNo
subsidizationNo
injuryCase
withdrawnOther Trade
volume *Subsidized
imports as %
of domestic
consumption
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Australia Synthetic
polyester fibres22/04/99 20/01/2000
(duties: 6%)08/05/2000
(duties:6%)€9 million 2%
Styrene-
butadiene-styrene26/08/99 24/05/00
(duties:1%-8.2%)
Flat rolled steel 08/01/99 05/02/00
(duties: 0%-4,4%)€304
million9%
Synthetic
polyester fibres22/04/99 08/05/2000
(duties: 0%-1.5%)€30 million 6%Chinese
Taipei
Polyethylene
terephthalate(PET)06/11/99 €37 million 5%
Flat rolled steel 08/01/99 05/02/00
(duties:
13.1%)05/02/00
(Essar Steel Ltd
Steel Authorityof India LtdTata Iron &
steel company
Ltd)€132
million4%
Stainless steel
wire (diameter
1mm or more)09/10/99
(R)n/a n/a
Stainless
Steel bars29/10/99
(R)n/a n/a
Stainless
Steel bars26/01/00
(R)
Stainless
Steel bars03/03/00
(R)
Stainless steel
wire (diameter1mm or more)03/03/00
(R)India
Polyethylene
terephthalate(PET)06/11/99 € 20 million 3%G/SCM/N/62/EEC
Page 3FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES
Country or
customsterritoryProduct Initiation Provisional
measures/
determination
sDefinitive
DutyPrice
undertakingNo
subsidizationNo
injuryCase
withdrawnOther Trade
volume *Subsidized
imports as %
of domestic
consumption
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Synthetic
polyester fibres22/04/99 08/05/2000
(duties: 0%-
10%)€19 million 4% Indonesia
Polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)06/11/99 €24 million 3%
Stainless steel
fasteners26/06/99 22/03/2000
(duties: 0%-
4.5%)€12 million 8% Malaysia
Polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)06/11/99 €27 million 3%
Philippines Stainless steel
fasteners26/06/99 22/03/2000
(duties: 3.9%)€9 million 5%
Singapore Stainless steel
fasteners26/06/99 €12 million 6%
South
AfricaFlat rolled steel 08/01/99 05/02/00
(de minimis)€130
million4%
South Korea Synthetic
polyester fibres22/04/99 20/01/2000
(de minimis)€60 million 11%
South Korea Polyethylene
terephthalate
(PET)06/11/99 €59 million 7%
Thailand Synthetic
polyester fibres22/04/99 20/01/2000-
(de minimis)€10 million 2%
Thailand Stainless steel
fasteners26/06/99 €7 million 4%
Thailand Polyethylene
terephthalate(PET)06/11/99 €18 miilion 2%
* Trade volume of the subject product from the country under investigation.G/SCM/N/62/EEC
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COUNTERVAILING DUTY MEASURES IN FORCE
As at 30 June 2000
Country Product Date of finding
Norway Farmed Atlantic Salmon 17.04.99 (definitive duty of
3.8%)
1.10.97 (undertaking)
Large spectrum antibiotics 10.10.98 (definitive duties of
from 0% to 14.6%)
Stainless steel bars 15.11.98 (definitive duties of
from 0% to 25.5%)
Stainless steel wire (diameter
less than 1mm)25/03/99 (definitive duties of
from 0% to 44.4%)
Stainless steel wire (diameter
1mm or more)25/03/99 (definitive duties of
from 0% to 48.8%)
Polyethylene terephthalate
(PET film)17/08/99 (definitive duties of
from 3.8% to 19.1%)India
Flat rolled steel 04/02/00 (definitive duties of13.1%)
Australia Synthetic polyester fibres 08/05/00 (definitive duties of6%)
Indonesia Synthetic polyester fibres 08/05/00 (definitive dutiesfrom 0% to 10%)
Flat rolled steel 05/02/00 (definitive dutiesfrom 0% to 4.4%)
Synthetic polyester fibres 08/05/00 (definitive duties
from 0% to 1.5%)Chinese Taipei
Styrene-butadiene-styrene 24/05/00 (definitive duties
from 1% to 8.2%)G/SCM/N/62/EEC
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ON-GOING INVESTIGATIONS AS OF 30 JUNE 2000
Country Product Date of initiation
Chinese Taipei PET 06/11/99
India Stainless steel bars 23/01/99 (review)
India Stainless steel bars 29/10/99 (review)
India Stainless steel wire (diameter
1mm or more)01/10/99 (review)
India PET 06/11/99
Indonesia PET 06/11/99
Malaysia PET 06/11/99
South Korea PET 06/11/99
Malaysia Stainless steel fasteners 26/06/99
Philippines Stainless steel fasteners 26/06/99
Singapore Stainless steel fasteners 26/06/99
PET 06/11/99 Thailand
Stainless steel fasteners 26/06/99
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