WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/185/USA 
10 March 2009 
 (09-1192) 
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 from 1 July-31 December 2008 
from the United States
.  
  G/SCM/N/185/USA 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  UNITED STATES 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS 
 
For the Period from 1 July to 31 December 2008  
  
Final measures No final measures 
Initiation Provisional 
measures /  
determinationsDefinitive 
duty Price 
undertaking No 
subsidy No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other Country or 
Customs 
territory Product 
Date Date, amount 
of subsidy Date, amount 
of subsidy Date, 
amount of 
subsidy Date Date Date Date Trade 
volume Subsidized 
imports as 
% of 
domestic 
consumption% of trade 
volume 
investigated 
(of the 
exporting 
country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 
(R 01/06-12/06) 29.06.07 06.06.08 
0.48% 12.12.08 
0.20% (de 
minimis)      NA NA NA 
Belgium Stainless Steel 
Plate in Coils 
(R 01/07 – 12/07)01.07.08        NA NA NA 
Certain Kitchen 
Appliance 
Shelving and Racks 26.08.08        NA NA NA 
Certain New 
Pneumatic Off-
the-Read Tires  07.08.07 17.12.07 
2.38%-6.59% 
15.07.08 
2.45% - 
14.00% 04.09.08 
2.45% - 
14.00%     22.04.08 
Preliminary 
Negative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances 
15.07.08 
Final Negative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances NA NA NA China, People's 
Republic of 
Certain Tow-
Behind Lawn 
groomers and 
Certain Parts, Thereof 21.07.08 24.11.08 
0.95% (de 
minimis) - 
254.52%       NA NA NA 
  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Circular Welded 
Austenitic 
Stainless Pressure Pipe 25.02.08 10.07.08 
1.47% - 
106.85% 
07.08.08 
0.35% - 
105.73% 
/2/       NA NA NA 
Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe 29.04.08 09.09.08 
18.89% - 
31.65% 
24.11.08 
35.63%-
40.05%       NA NA NA 
Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality 
Steel Pipe 05.07.07 13.11.07 
0.00%- 
264.98% 
 
05.06.08 
29.57% - 
615.92% 22.07.08 
29.62% - 
616.83% 
/4/     13.11.07 
Preliminary 
Affirmative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances 
05.06.08 
Final 
Affirmative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances NA NA NA 
Citric Acid and 
Certain Citrate 
Salts 12.05.08 19.09.08 
1.41% - 
97.72%       NA NA NA 
Laminated 
Woven Sacks 25.07.07 03.12.07 
2.57%-57.14% 
24.06.08 
29.54% - 
352.82% 07.08.08 
29.54% - 
352.82%     03.12.07 
Preliminary 
Affirmative 
Critical 
Circumstances, 
In Part 
24.06.08 
Final 
Affirmative 
Critical 
Circumstances, 
In Part NA NA NA China, People's 
Republic of 
(Cont'd) 
Light Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube 24.07.07 30.11.07 
0.27% - 
77.85% 
27.12.07 
0.27%-45.60% 
/2/ 
24.06.08 
2.17% - 
200.58% 05.08.08 
2.17% - 
200.58%      NA NA NA 
  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Lightweight 
Thermal Paper 02.11.07 14.03.08 
0.57% - 
59.50% 
02.10.08 
0.57% (de 
minimis) – 
137.25% 24.11.08 
0.57% - 
138.53% 
/2/      NA NA NA 
Raw Flexible 
Magnets 18.10.07 25.02.08 
70.41% 
10.07.08 
109.95% 17.09.08 
109.95%      NA NA NA China, People's 
Republic of 
(Cont'd) 
Sodium Nitrite 05.12.07 11.04.08 
93.56% 
08.07.08 
169.01% 27.08.08 
169.01%      NA NA NA 
Carbazole Violet 
Pigment 23 
(R 01/06 – 12/06)28.01.08       31.07.08 
Rescission of 
Countervailing 
Duty 
Administrative 
Review NA NA NA 
Certain Lined 
Paper Products 
(R 02/06-12/06) 31.10.07 06.10.08 
8.75%       NA NA NA 
Certain Lined 
Paper Products (R 01/07 – 12/07)29.10.08        NA NA NA 
Certain Hot-
Rolled 
Carbon Steel Flat 
Products (R 01/06-12/06) 02.02.07 09.01.08 
12.87% - 
505.20% 14.07.08 
15.27% - 
484.41%      NA NA NA 
Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat 
Products (R 01/07 – 12/07)28.01.08 30.12.08 
21.95%       NA NA NA 
Commodity 
Matchbooks 24.11.08        NA NA NA India 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate 
(PET) Film 
(R 01/05-12/05) 30.08.06 06.08.07 
10.35% - 
33.72% 11.02.08 
10.37% - 
33.94% 
21.03.08 
31.25% 
/4/     06.08.07 
Rescission in 
Part (1) NA NA NA 
  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate 
(PET) Film 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07 07.08.08 
66.61% 12.12.08 
65.59%     10.04.08 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review (1) NA NA NA 
India 
(Cont'd) Polyethylene 
Terephthalate 
(PET) Film (R 01/07 – 12/07)26.08.08        NA NA NA 
Certain Pasta 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07 06.08.08 
0.00% - 3.85%      05.11.07 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review NA NA NA 
Italy 
Certain Pasta 
(R 01/07 – 12/07)26.08.08        NA NA NA 
Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07 09.09.08 
0.09% - 0.22%       NA NA NA 
Corrosion-
Resistant Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 01/07 – 12/07)30.09.08        NA NA NA 
Dynamic 
Random Access Memory Semiconductors 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07 13.08.08 
4.91%       NA NA NA Korea 
Dynamic 
Random Access 
Memory Semiconductors 
(R 01/07 – 12/07)30.09.08        NA NA NA 
 
Table Notes  
 1 Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise speci fied. 
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 countries investigated simultaneously 
6 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement.  
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Page 6 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 for reasons of confidentiality NS Denotes No Shipments during period 
n/a Statistic not available or not collected 
 *  Indicates existence of concurrent antidumping investigation  
 
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  COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS IN EFFECT 
(As of 31 December 2008) 
 
Country Goods Effective  
Date 
Argentina Honey 10.12.01 
Belgium Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 22.10.02 
Hot-Rolled, Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel 
Products 26.05.05 Brazil 
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86 
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires 04.09.08 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe 22.07.08 
Laminated Woven Sacks 07.08.08 
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube  05.08.08 
Lightweight Thermal Paper 24.11.08 
Raw Flexible Magnets 17.09.08 China, People's 
Republic of 
Sodium Nitrite 27.08.08 
Carbazole Violet Pigment 23 29.12.04 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate 10.02.00 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Certain Lined Paper Products 28.09.06 
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 
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 Indonesia 
Certain Lined Paper Products 28.09.06 
In-Shell Pistachio Nuts 11.03.86 
Iran Roasted In-Shell Pistachios 07.10.86 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 
Italy Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate 10.02.00 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate 10.02.00 
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products 17.08.93 
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99 Korea, Republic of 
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87 
Norway Fresh & Chilled Atlantic Salmon 12.04.91 
South Africa Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99 
Amended: 
11.03.03 
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Country Goods Effective  
Date 
Thailand Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 03.12.01 
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 
Turkey Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe  07.03.86 
 
 
SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS 
(as of 31 December 2008) 
 
Country Goods Effective  
Date 
None 
 
 
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS 
For the Period of 1 July – 31 December 2008 
 
Country Goods Order Date Result of 
Review Effective  
Date 
Korea, 
Republic of Dynamic Random Access 
Memory Semiconductors 11.08.03 Revocation 11.08.08 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS REVOKED 
For the Period of 1 July – 31 December 2008 
 
Country Goods Order Date Effective  
Date 
Korea, Republic of Dynamic Random Access Memory 
Semiconductors 11.08.03 11.08.08 
 
  
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