WT/DS217/84  
 
13 February 2024  
(24-1247) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND  
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION  
The following communication, dated 8 February 2024 , was received from the delegation of the 
European  Union with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).  
 
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On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the 
European  Union to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on 
Tariff an d Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in 
United  States - Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000 . The authorization was made 
pursuant to the European Union request (WT/DS217/39) made under Article 22.7 of the 
Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that 
request, the European Communities undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on 
which the additional import duty would apply, prior to the entr y into force of a level of suspension 
of concessions.  
On 29 April 2005, the European Union notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1  May 2005, 
the application of concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain 
products orig inating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/47). The duty rate was modified on 
1 May 2006 (WT/DS217/49), on 1 May 2007 (WT/DS217/51), on 1 May 2008 (WT/DS217/53), on 
1 May 2009 (WT/DS217/55), on 1  May 2010 (WT/DS 217/57), on 1 May 2011 (WT/DS217/59),  on 
1 May 2012 (WT/DS217/61), on 1 May 2013 (WT/DS217/63), on 1  May 2014 (WT/DS217/65), on 
1 May 2015 (WT/DS217/67), on 1 May 2016 (WT/DS217/69), on 1 May 2017 (WT/DS217/71), on 
1 May 2018 (WT/DS217/73), on 1 May 2019 (WT/DS217/75), on 1  May 2020 (WT/DS217 /77), on 
1 May 2021 (WTO/DS217/80), and on 1 May 2022 (WT/DS217/81).  
The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/858 of 23 February 2023  (OJ L 111, 26  April 2023) 
maintains unchanged the list of products subject to retaliation. On the other hand, the rate of 
additional duty to which those products are subjected changes to 0,164% in order to adjust to the 
level of retaliation.  
The updated list is attached. The suspension, which applies as from 1 May 2023, covers, over one 
year, a total value of trade that does not exceed USD 317 877,22.  
The amount of USD  317 877,22 is the European Union's current level of authorization established 
through a rbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 percent  of 
USD 441 496,15c ollected from the European Union' exports and disbursed to U.S. companies in the 
distribution under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000  for the most recen t year 
for which data are available. The amount of relevant disbursements was identified based on the 
CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2022 , published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.  
The European Union kindly asks the Secretariat to circulate thi s notification to the Members of the 
DSB. 
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  Products subject to a 0, 164% additional import duty  
as from 1 May 202 3 
The products on which the 0, 164% additional import duty would apply are those that are classified 
under the eight -digit CN codes and match the given descriptions.  
CN codes  Description of products  
0710 40 00  Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen  
6204 62 31  Women or girls’ cotton denim trousers and breeches, other than industrial 
and occupational, of denim cotton  
8705 10 00  Crane lorries (excl. breakdown lorries)  
ex 9003 19 00  Frames and mountings for spectacles, goggles or the like, of base metal  
 
 
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