. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS217/52 
27 August 2007 
 
 (07-3575) 
 Original:   English 
  
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from Japan
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 23 August 2007, from the delegation of Japan to the Chairman 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 Japan to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Ag reement on Tariff and Trade 1994 
("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States - Continued 
Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 .  The authorization was made pursuant to Japan's request 
made under Article 22.7 of the U nderstanding on Rules and Procedur es Governing the Settlement of 
Disputes ("DSU").  In that request, Japan undertook  to notify the DSB every year the list indicating 
the level of additional import duties on the selected pr oducts, 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 
application of concessions and rela ted obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of  certain products 
originating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/48).  On 22 August 2006, Japan notified the DSB that it was extending the suspension of concession for one year starting from 1 September 2006 (WT/DS217/50).  The products subject to this su spension of concessions will be unchanged for the 
third year that will start from 1 September 2007.
1  For convenience, attached is the list of the products 
on which an ad valorem  additional duty of 15% will continue to be imposed when originating in the 
United States of America.  The suspension for the third year covers, over one year, a total value of 
trade that does not exceed US$48.18 million.   US$48.18 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$66.92 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 using the CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006
, published by 
US Customs and Border Protection on 5 March 2007. 
 
 Japan would be grateful if you could ask the Se cretariat to circulate this notification to the 
Members of the DSB. 
                                                      
1 Cabinet Order No.262 of 15 A ugust 2007, Official Gazette No.4647 , 15 August 2007, at page 4. WT/DS217/52 
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  ANNEX:  LIST
 OF PRODUCTS  
 
  An ad valorem  additional duty of 15% will continue to 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 products 
591000020 Transmission or conveyor belts or belting,  of textile material, whether or not 
impregnated, coated, covered or  laminated with plastics, or reinforced with metal or 
other material (excluding of cotton) 
721090010 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, 
plated or coated (excluding those of plated  or coated with tin, lead, zinc, chromium 
oxides, chromium and chromium oxides or aluminum, and those of painted, vanished 
or coated with plastics): containing by weight less than 0.6% of carbon 
722012000 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm: not further 
worked than hot-rolled: of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm 
722699190 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm (excluding 
those of silicon-electrical steel, those of high speed steel, those not further worked than 
hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced), those plat ed or coated with zinc): bimetal, clad 
or combined, containing by weight more than 10% of nickel 
842720000 Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitt ed with lifting or handling equipment: self-
propelled trucks (excluding those powered by an electric motor) 
844316000 Flexographic printing machinery 
846610010 Tool holders 
848210000 Ball bearings 
848220000 Tapered roller bear ings, 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/rolle r bearings (excluding those of tapered, 
spherical, needle or other cylindrical) 
848291000 Parts of ball or roller bear ings: balls, needles and rollers 
848299000 Parts of ball or roller bearings (excluding balls, needles and rollers) 
901480000 Navigational instruments and appliances (e xcluding direction finding compasses and 
instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation) 
 
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