WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/130/USA 
15 September 2005 
 (05-4064) 
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 report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 from 
the United States
. 
 
  
 G/SCM/N/130/USA 
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Reporting Member:  United States 
 
COUNTERVAILING ACTIVITY  
 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 30 JUNE 2005 
 
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withdrawn Other  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  
Honey 
(R 1/03-12/03) 22.01.04 21.12.04 
0.08%       NA NA All Firms 
Argentina 
Honey 
(R 1/04-12/04) 31.01.05       18.04.05 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA All Firms 
Pure & Alloy 
Magnesium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 22.09.04 10.05.05 
1.21-5.40%       NA NA 2 Firms 
Certain Hard Red 
Spring Wheat 
(ER 8/01-7/02) 31.12.03 21.10.04 
0.00% 26.01.05 
0.00%      NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Hard Red 
Spring Wheat 
(R 3/03-12/03) 19.11.04       18.02.05 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm 
Softwood Lumber 
(certain) 
(R 4/02-3/03) 01.07.03 14.06.04 
9.24% 20.12.04 
17.18% 
24.02.05 
16.37%      NA NA All Firms 
Softwood Lumber 
(certain) 
(R 4/03-3/04) 30.06.04 07.06.05 
8.18%       NA NA 1 Firm 
Canada 
Softwood Lumber 
NR (1/03-12/03) 08.07.04 03.05.05 
2.22%       NA NA 1 Firm 
 
  G/SCM/N/130/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withdrawn Other  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  
Canada 
(Cont'd) Softwood Lumbe r 
(certain) 
(R 4/04-3/05) 30.06.05        NA NA All Firms 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04 07.03.05 
1.23%       NA NA 1 Firm 
France 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/04-12/04) 23.03.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04 07.03.05 
0.00%       NA NA 1 Firm 
Germany 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/04-12/04) 23.03.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 1/04-12/04)  31.01.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
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% 
21.03.05 
6.15-20.26% 
22.04.05 
6.15-19.97% 
4    19.04.05 
ITC 
Negative 
Final   35,622,020 
kg 
(2003) 1.60% 4 Firms 
In-Shell Raw Pistachios 
(R 1/03-12/03) 28.04.04 07.04.05 
0.00%       NA NA 1 Firm 
In-Shell Raw Pistachios 
(R 1/04-12/04) 22.04.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
Iran 
Certain In-Shell Roasted 
Pistachios 
(R 1/03-12/03) 19.11.04        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  
Italy Certain Pasta 
(R 1/03-12/03) 30.08.04 08.04.05 
0.00-0.06%      08.04.05 
Partial 
Rescission o f 
Review (2) NA NA 4 Firms 
Certain Cut-to-Length 
Carbon Quality Steel 
Plate 
(R 1/04-12/04) 23.03.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
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 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04 07.03.05 
0.00%       NA NA 1 Firm 
Netherlands 
Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/04-12/04) 23.03.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Resin (Bottle-Grade) 20.04.04 30.08.04 
0.09-0.57%. 
21.03.05 
0.31-0.73%    19.04.05 
ITC 
Negative 
Final   93,149,855 
kg 
(2003) 4.20% 3 Firms 
Thailand 
Certain Hot-Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 1/03-12/03) 31.01.05       01.06.05 
Review 
Rescinded NA NA 1 Firm 
Turkey Certain Welded Carbon 
Steel Standard Pipe 
(R 1/04- 12/04) 22.04.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
United 
Kingdom Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/03-12/03) 26.03.04 07.03.05 
0.00%       NA NA 1 Firm 
 
  G/SCM/N/130/USA
 Page 5FINAL 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  
United 
Kingdom 
(Cont'd) Low Enriched Uranium 
(R 1/04-12/04) 23.03.05        NA NA 1 Firm 
 
Table 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 
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 COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
 
as of 30 June 2005 
 
 
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 
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92 Canada 
Softwood Lumber 22.05.02 
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 10.02.00 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  G/SCM/N/130/USA 
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 COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel  02.10.00 
Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel 07.06.94 
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95 
Stainless Steel Bar 08.03.02 
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 Italy 
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 
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 
Chinese Taipei Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
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 30 June 2005  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
None None None 
  
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS
 
For the Period of 1 January - 30 June 2005  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT  ORDER 
DATE  RESULT 
OF 
REVIEW  EFFECTIVE 
DATE  
Canada Steel Rails  22.09.89 Revoked 09.02.05 
Brazil Heavy Iron Construction 
Castings 15.05.86 Continuation 
of Order 29.06.05 
Brazil Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon 
Steel  06.07.99 Continuation 
of Order 12.05.05 
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels 09.03.83 Revoked 17.02.05 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING  DUTY  ORDERS  REVOKED  
For the Period of 1 January - 30 June 2005  
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT ORDER DATE EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Canada Steel Rails  22.09.89 09.02.05 
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels 09.03.83 17.02.05 
 
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