WT/DS217/64  
 
27 August 2013  
(13-4562)  Page: 1/2  
  Original: English  
 
 UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN 
 The following communication, dated 23 August 2013, from the delegation of Japan 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 Bo dy ("DSB") granted authorization to Japan 
to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with th e 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 indi cating 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 concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain 
products originating in the United States (WT/ DS217/48). 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), the seventh year starting from 
1 September 2011 (WT/DS217/60) and the eighth  year starting from 1 September 2012 
(WT/DS217/62). For the ninth year starting from 1 September 2013, the coverage of the products subject to this suspension will be adjusted and the rate of ad valorem  additional duty that will 
apply to those products will be 17.4%.
1 For convenience, attached is the list of the products on 
which the ad valorem  additional duty of 17.4% will be im posed when they are originated in the 
United States. The suspension for the ninth year covers, over one year, a total value of trade that does not exceed US$74.47 million. 
 
US$74.47 million is Japan's current level of au thorization established through arbitration 
under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent  of US$103.43 million collected from 
Japan's exports and disbursed to US co mpanies 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 Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012, published by US Customs and Border Protection on 27th November 2012. 
 
Japan would be grateful if you could ask the Secretariat to circulate this notification to the 
Members of the DSB. 
 
                                               
1 Cabinet Order No. 238 of 20 August 2013, Official  Gazette No.6113 dated on 20 August 2013, at 
page 2. See also a ttached product list. WT/DS217/64 
 
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  ANNEX:  LIST OF PRODUCTS 
An ad valorem  additional duty of 17.4% will apply to the products originating in the 
United States of America classified in the list below. The list uses 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 
722211000 Bars and rods of stainless steel (not further worked than hot-rolled, hot-drawn or extruded) 
(of circular cross-section) 
722220000 Bars and rods of stainless steel (not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished) 
722230000 Bars and rods of stainless steel (not covered by Nos. 722100000–722220000) 
730459020 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (not 
covered by Nos.730411000–730449020) (of circular cross-section, of other alloy steel) 
(excluding those of cold-drawn or cold-ro lled (cold-reduced)) (excluding drill pipe) 
848210000 Ball bearings 
848220000 Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies 
848240000 Needle roller bearings 
848250000 Cylindrical roller bearings (excluding those of spherical or needle) 
848280000 Roller bearings, including combined ball/roller bearings (excluding those of tapered, 
spherical, needle or other cylindrical) 
848291000 Parts of ball or roller bearings: balls, needles and rollers 
848299000 Parts of ball or roller bearings (excluding balls, needles and rollers) 
848330010 Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings (for motor 
vehicles) 
848330090 Bearing housings, not incorporating ball or roller bearings; plain shaft bearings (not for motor 
vehicles) 
 
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