WT/DS217/73  
 
14 May 2018  
(18-2846) Page: 1/2 
  Original: English  
 
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND  
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE EUROPEAN UNION  
The following communication, dated 7 May  2018, from the del egation of the European Union  to the 
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of that delegation.  
 
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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 and 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 Unio n 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 ad ditional import duty would apply, prior to the entry 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 originating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/47). The list of products subject 
to this suspension of concessions 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) and on 1 M ay 2017 (WT/DS217/71). The relevant Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2018/632 of 19 February 2018 (OJ L 105/3, 25 April 2018) maintains unchanged 
the list of products subject to retaliation. On the other hand, the rate of additional duty to which 
those  products are subjected decreases to 0,3% in order to adjust to the level of retaliation.  
 
The updated list is attached. The suspension, which applies as from 1 May 2018, covers, over one 
year, a total value of trade that does not exceed USD 682 823.  
 
The amount of USD 682 823 is the European Union's current level of authorization established 
through arbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per  cent of USD 948 365 
collected from the European Unio n' exports and disbursed to US  companies i n 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 
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2017 , published by U S Customs and Border Protection on 
2 October  2017.  
 
The European Union kindly asks the Secretariat to circulate this notification to the Members of the 
DSB. 
 
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Products subject to a 0,3% additional import duty  
as from 1 May 2018  
 
The products on which the 0,3% additional import duty would apply are those are classified under 
the eight -digit CN codes and match the given descriptions.  
 
 
Subject to the 
0,3% additional 
import duty as 
from 1 May 2018   
 
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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