. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
WT/DS217/62 
27 August 2012 
 (12-4631) 
 Original:   English 
  
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from Japan 
  
 The following communication, dated 23 August 2012, from the delegation of Japan to the 
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is ci rculated at the request of that delegation. 
 
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On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to Japan 
to suspend concessions and re lated obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1994  ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States – Continued 
Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (WT/DS217/ARB/JPN). The authorization was made 
pursuant to Japan's request made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes  ("DSU") (WT/DS217/24). In that request, Japan undertook to 
notify the DSB every year the list indicating the level of additional import duties on the selected 
products, prior to the entry into force of a level of suspension of concessions or other obligations. 
On 18 August 2005, Japan notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1 September 2005, 
the applications of concessi ons and related obligations unde r GATT 1994 on imports of certain 
products originating in the United States (WT/DS 217/48). Japan was extending the suspension of 
concessions for the second year starting from 1 September 2006 (WT/DS217/50), the third year 
starting from 1 September 2007 (WT/DS217/52), the fourth year starting from 1 September 2008 (WT/DS217/54), the fifth year starting from 1 September 2009 (WT/DS217/56), the sixth year starting from 1 September 2010 (WT/DS217/58) and the seventh year starting from 1 September 2011 (WT/DS217/60). The product subject to this suspensi on will be tapered roller b earings, including cone 
and tapered roller assemblies, and the rate of ad valorem  additional duty that will apply to this product 
will be 4.0% for the eighth year that will start from 1 September 2012.
1 The suspension for the eighth 
year covers, over one year, a total value of  trade that does not exceed US$1.41 million. 
US$1.41 million is Japan's current level of aut horization established th rough arbitration under 
Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent  of US$1.96 million collected from Japan's exports 
and disbursed to US companies in the distribution under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset 
Act of 2000  for the most recent year for which data  are available. The amount of relevant 
disbursements was identified based on the CDSOA A nnual Report for Fiscal Year 2011, published by 
US Customs and Border Protection on 1 February 2012. 
Japan would be grateful if you could ask the Secr etariat to circulate this notification to the 
Members of the DSB. 
 
                                                      
1 Cabinet Order No. 209 of 10 August 2012, Official Gazette No.5861 dated on 10 August 2012, at 
page 7. See also attached product list. WT/DS217/62 
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  ANNEX: LIST
 OF PRODUCT 
 
 An ad valorem  additional duty of 4.0% will apply to the product originating in the United States of 
America classified in the list below. The list u ses the 9-digit code classification found in the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of Japan. The descriptions  provided herein are for information purposes 
only.  
HS Codes Description of product 
848220000 Tapered roller bear ings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies 
 
 
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