G/ADP/Q2/USA/4  
 
3 November 2014  
(14-6361)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices  Original: English  
 
ARTICLE 16.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
REPLIES BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE QUESTIONS1 POSED BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
REGARDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL (GOES) 
ORIGINATING IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (INVESTIGATION NO. A-821-821) 
The following communication, dated 30 October 2014, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the United States. 
 
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The United States thanks The Russian Federation for its questions and replies as follows: 
 Question 1 
 
Does the United States intend to impose defi nitive measures on im port of Russian GOES? 
 
Reply 
 
On 23 October 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission determined that a U.S. industry is neither materially injured nor threatened with mate rial injury by reason of imports of GOES from 
Russia and other countries found to have been sold at less than normal value. As a result, no 
definitive antidumping measure will be applied on imports of GOES from Russia.  
Question 2 
 Should the verification visit had been cond ucted, would the USDO C not have received 
sufficient data to calculate the dumping margin on the basis of the cost and price 
information provided by the Russian exporter?  Reply 
 This is a hypothetical question which calls for speculation based on unknown circumstances and events. The United States cannot speculate as to what may have happened had this investigation 
proceeded differently. 
 Question 3 
 
What exact criteria for reasonability of time  limits for collection of evidence by the 
USDOC and for the assessment of sufficiency, accuracy and reliability of the information 
submitted did the USDOC use in respect of the Russian producer? 
 
Reply 
 
All of the time limits and procedures followed in this investigation, which are public information 
and available on the U.S. Department of Commerce's website (http://trade.gov/enforcement/index.asp ), were in accordance with U.S. law and consistent with 
the obligations of the United States under Arti cle 6 of the Agreement on Implementation of 
Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994.  
                                               
1 G/ADP/Q2/USA/3 (dated 21 October 2014) (all questions have been repeated as presented). G/ADP/Q2/USA/4 
 
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Question 4  How did the United States ensure the fulfillm ent of its obligation that all verifiable 
information provided by the exporter should be taken into account during the 
investigation and the " proper " establishment and " unbiased and objective " evaluation of 
facts in this investigation? Moreover, did the USDOC make any adjustments to the data 
provided by the producer in order to take  it into account when determinations on 
dumping margin were made?  Reply 
 After careful consideration of the record evidence, the United States found the information provided by the Russian exporter in this investigation to be so incomplete as to be considered 
unusable for purposes of this investigation. As a result, the United States concluded verification 
was not warranted and that the respondent had failed to cooperate by not acting to the best of its ability in responding to our questionnaires. Regardless, as noted above, because the United States 
did not find a U.S. industry is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of 
imports found to have been sold at less than normal value, no definitive antidumping measure will be applied on imports of GOES from Russia.  
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