WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/122/USA 
3 March 2005 
 (05-0906) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
  Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual repor t for the period 1 July to 31 December 2004 
from the United States
. 
 
  
 G/SCM/N/122/USA 
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Reporting Member:  United States 
 
COUNTERVAILING ACTIVITY  
 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 2004 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
   
Country 
 or 
Customs  
Territory  
 
Product  
 
Initiation  
 
Provisional  
Measures Definitive 
Price Duty 
UndertakingNo subsidiza-
tion No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
 
Trade 
Volume  
Subsidized 
Imports as 
% of  
Domestic 
Consump- 
tion  
Volume of 
Trade 
Investi- 
gated (of 
Exporting 
Country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  1 12 1 13 
 Date Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date;  
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date; 
Amount of 
Benchmark Date Date Date Date; 
Result  
Argentina Honey 
(R 1/03-12/03) 22.01.04 21.12.04 
0.08%       NA NA All Firms 
Pure & Alloy 
Magnesium 
(R 1/02-12/02) 30.09.03 11.05.04 
1.07-1.84% 14.09.04 
1.07-1.84%      NA NA 2 Firms 
Pure & Alloy 
Magnesium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 22.09.04        NA NA 2 Firms 
Certain Hard Red 
Spring Wheat 
(ER 8/01-7/02) 31.12.03 21.10.04 
0.00%       NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Hard Red 
Spring Wheat 
(R 3/03-12/03) 19.11.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Live Swine 14.04.04    23.08.04 
IA Negative 
Prelim.    7,429,000 
head 
(2003) 7.35% 7 Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(certain) 
(R 4/02-3/03) 01.07.03 14.06.04 
9.24% 20.12.04 
17.18%      NA NA All Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(certain) 
(R 4/03-3/04) 30.06.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Canada 
Softwood Lumber 
NR (1/03-12/03) 08.07.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
 
  G/SCM/N/122/USA
 Page 3FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
   
Country 
 or 
Customs  
Territory  
 
Product  
 
Initiation  
 
Provisional  
Measures Definitive 
Price Duty 
UndertakingNo subsidiza-
tion No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
 
Trade 
Volume  
Subsidized 
Imports as 
% of  
Domestic 
Consump- 
tion  
Volume of 
Trade 
Investi- 
gated (of 
Exporting 
Country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  1 12 1 13 
 Date Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date;  
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date; 
Amount of 
Benchmark Date Date Date Date; 
Result  
Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon-Quality Steel 
Plate   24.09.04 
0.00% 
3     24.09.04 
Partial Orde r 
Revocation NA NA 2 Firms 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03 05.02.04 
6.54% (2001) 
3.03% (2002) 07.07.04 
3.63% (2001) 
0.71% (2002)      NA NA 1 Firm 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
France 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils   01.09.04 
0.00% 
3     01.09.04 
Revocation 
of Order NA NA 1 Firm 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03 05.02.04 
1.66% (2001) 
1.40% (2002) 07.07.04 
1.57% (2001) 
1.47% (2002)      NA NA 1 Firm 
Germany 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Carbazole Violet 
Pigment 23 19.12.03 27.04.04 
17.93-22.29% 
17.11.04 
17.33-33.61% 29.12.04 
17.33- 
33.61%      12,242 kg 
(2003) BPI 3 Firms 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film 
(R 10/01-12/02) 22.08.03 08.04.04 
21.49% (2001) 
23.05% (2002) 17.08.04 
20.62% (2001) 
19.63% (2002)     08.04.04 
Partial 
Rescission o f 
Review (2) NA NA 3 Firms 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film 
(R 1/03-12/03) 30.08.04        NA NA 7 Firms 
India 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Resin (Bottle-Grade) 20.04.04 30.08.04 
1.62-30.24%       35,622,020 
kg 
(2003) 1.60% 4 Firms 
Iran In-Shell Raw Pistachios 
(R 1/03-12/03) 28.04.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
 
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Page 4 FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
   
Country 
 or 
Customs  
Territory  
 
Product  
 
Initiation  
 
Provisional  
Measures Definitive 
Price Duty 
UndertakingNo subsidiza-
tion No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
 
Trade 
Volume  
Subsidized 
Imports as 
% of  
Domestic 
Consump- 
tion  
Volume of 
Trade 
Investi- 
gated (of 
Exporting 
Country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  1 12 1 13 
 Date Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date;  
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem) Date; 
Amount of 
Benchmark Date Date Date Date; 
Result  
Iran (Cont'd) Certain In-Shell Roasted 
Pistachios 
(R 1/03-12/03) 19.11.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Pasta 
(R 1/02-12/02) 22.08.03 30.07.04 
0.00-2.76% 07.12.04 
0.00-0.30%     30.07.04 
Partial 
Rescission o f 
Review (1) NA NA 6 Firms 
Italy 
Certain Pasta 
(R 1/03-12/03) 30.08.04        NA NA 4 Firms 
Dynamic Random 
Access Memory  Semiconductors 
(R 4/03-12/03) 22.09.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils 
(CR)  28.09.01 03.06.02       NA NA 1 Firm 
Korea, 
Republic of 
Structural Steel Beams 
(CR) 28.09.01 03.06.02       NA NA 1 Firm 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03 05.02.04 
1.66% (2001) 
1.40% (2002) 07.07.04 
1.57% (2001) 
1.47% (2002)      NA NA 1 Firm 
Netherlands 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
Thailand Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Resin (Bottle-Grade) 20.04.04    30.08.04 
IA Negative 
Prelim.    93,149,855 
kg 
(2003) 4.20% 3 Firms 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 5/01-12/02) 25.03.03 05.02.04 
1.66% (2001) 
1.40% (2002) 07.07.04 
1.57% (2001) 
1.47% (2002)      NA NA 1 Firm 
United 
Kingdom 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04        NA NA 1 Firm 
  
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 Page 5Table Notes 
1  Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period pr ior to and including the initiatio n month, unless otherwise spec ified. 
2 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. 
3 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand. 
4 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. 
5 Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countri es investigated simultaneously 
6 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement. 
 
Abbreviations/Symbols  
(R- y) Denotes review - review period  
(C- y) Denotes circumvention inquiry - review period  
(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review 
(NR- y) Denotes new shipper review - review period  
(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement 
(ER) Denotes expedited review 
CL Information not provided fo r reasons of confidentiality 
NS Denotes No Shipments during period 
n/a Statistic not available or not collected 
 *  Indicates existence of conc urrent antidumping investigation 
  G/SCM/N/122/USA 
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 COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
 
as of 31 December 2004  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Honey 10.12.01 Argentina 
Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 11.09.01 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Belgium 
 Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Brass Sheet & Strip 08.01.87 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 22.10.02 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Hot-Rolled, Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products 26.09.04 Brazil  
 
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86 
Certain Hard Red Spring Wheat 23.10.03 
New Steel Rails 22.09.89 
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92 Canada 
Softwood Lumber 22.05.02 
Chinese Taipei Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
EU Sugar 31.07.78 
Brass Sheet & Strip 06.03.87 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93 France 
 
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
Germany Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid 08.11.02 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 20.12.04 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip (PET 
Film) 01.07.02 
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand 04.02.04 India 
Sulfanilic Acid 02.03.93 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 Indonesia 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
In-Shell Pistachio Nuts 11.03.86 Iran 
 Roasted In-Shell Pistachios 07.10.86 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel  02.10.00 
Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel 07.06.94 Italy 
 
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95  G/SCM/N/122/USA 
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 COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Stainless Steel Bar 08.03.02 
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03  
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel 02.10.00 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  17.08.93 
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors 11.08.03 
Structural Steel Beams  14.08.00 Korea, Republic of 
 
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
Mexico Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Netherlands Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
Norway Fresh & Chilled Atlantic Salmon 12.04.91 
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels 09.03.84 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
South Africa Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Spain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Sweden Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 
Thailand Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Turkey 
 Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube 07.03.86 
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 United Kingdom 
Low Enriched Uranium 13.02.02 
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 SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS
 
as of 31 December 2004  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
None None None 
  
 
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
 
For the Period of 1 July-31 December 2004  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT  ORDER 
DATE  RESULT 
OF 
REVIEW  EFFECTIVE 
DATE  
Italy Stainless Steel Wire Rod 15.09.98 Revocation 
of Order 02.07.04 
 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS REVOKED 
For the Period of 1 July-31 December 2004  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT ORDER DATE EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
France Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 06.08.99 01.09.04 
Italy Stainless Steel Wire Rod 15.09.98 02.07.04 
 
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