WT/DS586/1  
G/L/1321  
G/ADP/D132/1  
 
9 July 2019  
(19-4557) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
UNITED STATES - ANTI -DUMPING MEASURES ON  CARBON -QUALITY STEE L FROM RUSSIA  
REQUEST FOR CONSULTA TIONS BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATI ON 
The following communication, dated  5 July 2019 , from the delegation of the Russian Federation  to 
the delegation of the United States , is circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body in accordance with 
Article 4.4 of the DSU.  
 
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My authorities have instructed me to request consultations with the United States of America 
("United States ") pursuant to Articles 1 and 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"), Article XXIII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs 
and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994"), and Article 17 of the Agreement on Implementation o f Article VI of 
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 ("Anti -Dumping Agreement") with respect to 
anti-dumping measures imposed by the United States on hot -rolled flat -rolled carbon -quality steel 
products (hereinafter – hot-rolled steel) from the Russian Federation.  
These anti -dumping measures were originally imposed, subsequently reviewed and are currently 
levied pursuant to:  
(1) Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled 
Carbon -Quality Steel Produ cts From the Russian Federation , 64 Fed. Reg. 9312 
(February  25, 1999);  
(2) Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled Carbon -
Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation , 64 Fed. Reg. 38626 (July 19, 1999);  
(3) Termination of the Suspension Agreement on Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled Carbon -Quality Steel 
Products From the Russian Federation, Rescission of 2013 –2014 Administrative Review, and 
Issuance of Antidumping Duty Order , 79 Fed. Reg. 77455 (December 24, 2014);  
(4) Certai n Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled Carbon -Quality Steel Products From the Russian Federation: 
Final Results of the Expedited Sunset Review of  the Antidumping Duty Order , 81 Fed. 
Reg. 62094 (September 8, 2016);  
(5) Certain Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled Carbon -Quality Steel Pr oducts From the Russian Federation: 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order,  81 Fed. Reg. 72569 (October 20, 2016);  
(6) Certain Hot -Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From the Russian Federation: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 201 4-2015,  82 Fed. Reg. 1318 
(January  5, 2017);  
(7) Certain Hot -Rolled Flat -Rolled Carbon -Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014 -2015,  82 Fed. Reg. 31559 
(July 7, 2017);  
(8) Certain Hot -Rolled  Flat-Rolled Carbon -Quality Steel Products from the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016 -2017, 84 Fed. 
Reg. 4776, (February 19, 2019),  WT/DS586/1 • G/L/1321 • G/ADP/D132/1  
 
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  including any and all amendments and corrections, as well as any and a ll annexes, memoranda 
and any other documents underlying, supplementing and accompanying the abovementioned 
acts or referred to in them,  
and 
(9) any other ongoing or future anti -dumping administrative reviews, and the preliminary and 
final results thereof, related to the imports of hot -rolled steel from Russia pursuant to case 
number A -821-809, amendments, replacements, extensions, related and implementing 
measures and any act of the United States that would affect the measures at issue, as well as 
any assessment instructions, cash deposit requirements, and revocation determinations, or 
other measures issued pursuant to such reviews.  
The measures at issue appear to be inconsistent with the WTO obligations of the United States, in 
particular, under th e following provisions of the Anti -Dumping Agreement and the GATT 1994:  
1. Articles 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 and 9.4 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement and Article VI:2 of the 
GATT  1994 because the United States imposed anti -dumping duties at the level of the "all 
others " rate which exceeds the margin of dumping that should have been established under 
Article 2 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement.  
2. Article 6.10 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement because the United States failed to determine 
an individual dumping margin for each known ex porter or producer concerned of the product 
under investigation and instead relied on "all others " rate. 
3. Articles 2.1 and 2.2 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement and Article VI:1 of the GATT 1994 
because the United States failed to establish normal value s based on the way enshrined 
in Article 2.1 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement or on any of the al ternatives enshrined in 
Article  2.2 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement.   
4. Article 2.2.1.1 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement because the United States failed to calculate 
the costs of production of the product under consideration as required by this Article.  
5. Articles 2.1 and 2.4 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement because the United States compared 
export prices to normal values established in violation of A rticles 2.1 and 2.2 of the  
Anti-Dumping Agreement.  
6. Articles 11.1, 11.2, 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4 of Anti -Dumping Agreement because  the United States 
failed to properly review the need for continued imposition of the anti -dumping duties and 
to terminate the duties that were not necessary to  offset dumping.  
7. Articles 11.1, 11.3, 2.1, 2,2 and 2.4 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement because  the United 
States has extended the measures at issue relying on flawed dumping margins and on 
erroneous likelyhood of recurrence or continuation of dumping determi nations.  
8. Article 6.8 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement because the United States refused to rely on 
information provided by Russian exporters, whereas the conditions to resort to facts 
available were not met.  
9. Articles 1, 18.1 of the Anti -Dumping Agreement and Articles VI:1 and VI:2 of the GATT 1994 
as a consequence of the breaches of the Anti -Dumping Agreement described above.  
The above -mentioned United States' measures appear to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to 
Russia directly or indirectly under the  cited agreements.  
Russia reserves the right to raise additional factual and legal issues, and to address additional 
measures and claims regarding the above matters, in the course of the consultations and in any 
request for the establishment of a panel.  
The Russian Federation looks forward to receiving the reply of the United States to the present 
request and to fixing a mutually convenient date to hold consultations.  
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