WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/178/USA 
5 September 2008 
 (08-4175) 
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 January-30 June 2008 from 
the United States . 
 
 
  
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Page 2 REPORTING MEMBER:  UNITED STATES 
  
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS 
For the period 1 January – 30 June 2008 
 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
Initiation  Provisional 
measures Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking No 
subsidy No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other Country/ 
customs 
territory  Product  
Date Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization 
(ad valorem ) Date; 
Amount of 
Subsidization
(ad valorem ) Date; 
Amount of 
Benchmark Date Date Date Date; 
Result Trade 
volume  Subsidized 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption  Volume of 
Trade 
Investigated 
(of Exporting 
Country) 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Belgium  Stainless Steel 
Plate in Coils 
(R 01/06-12/06)  29.06.07  06.06.08 
0.48%       
 n/a n/a n/a 
Certain New 
Pneumatic Off-
the-Road Tyres  07.08.07 17.12.07 
2.38%-6.59%      22.04.08 
Preliminary 
Negative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances n/a n/a n/a 
Circular Welded 
Austenitic 
Stainless 
Pressure Pipe 25.02.08        n/a n/a n/a 
Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality 
Steel Line Pipe 29.04.08        n/a n/a n/a 
Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality 
Steel Pipe 05.07.07 13.11.07 
0.00%- 
264.98% 05.06.08 
29.57% - 
615.92%     13.11.07 
Preliminary 
Affirmative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances 
05.06.08 
Final 
Affirmative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances n/a n/a n/a China, 
People’s 
Republic 
of  
Citric Acid and 
Certain Citrate 
Salts 12.05.08        n/a n/a n/a  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Laminated 
Woven Sacks  25.07.07 03.12.07 
2.57%-57.14% 
24.06.08 
29.54% - 
352.82%      03.12.07 
Preliminary 
Affirmative 
Critical 
Circumstances, 
In Part 
24.06.08 
Final 
Affirmative 
Critical 
Circumstances, 
In Part n/a n/a n/a 
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%       n/a n/a n/a 
Lightweight 
Thermal Paper 02.11.07 14.03.08 
0.57% - 59.50%       n/a n/a n/a 
Raw Flexible 
Magnets 18.10.07 25.02.08 
70.41%       n/a n/a n/a China, 
People’s 
Republic 
of (cont'd) 
Sodium Nitrite 05.12.07 11.04.08 
93.56%       n/a n/a n/a 
Carbazole Violet 
Pigment 23 
(R 01/06 – 
12/06) 28.01.08        n/a n/a n/a 
Certain Lined 
Paper Products 
(R 02/06-12/06) 31.10.07        n/a n/a n/a 
Certain Hot-
Rolled 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products 
(R 01/06-12/06) 02.02.07 09.01.08 
12.87% - 
505.20%       n/a n/a n/a India 
Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon 
Steel Flat 
Products 
(R 01/07 – 
12/07) 28.01.08        n/a n/a n/a  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
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) n/a n/a n/a 
India 
(cont'd) 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate 
(PET) Film 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07       10.04.08 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review (1) n/a n/a n/a 
Iran Certain In-Shell 
Roasted 
Pistachios 
(NR 01/06-
12/06) 01.06.07 28.11.07 
0.00% 25.02.08 
0.00%      n/a n/a n/a 
Certain Pasta 
(R 01/05-12/05) 30.08.06 06.08.07 
0.00%-2.02% 07.02.08 
0.00% - 
2.02%      n/a n/a n/a 
Italy 
Certain Pasta 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07       05.11.07 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review  n/a n/a n/a 
Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon 
Quality Steel 
Plate 
(R 01/06-12/06) 28.03.07 20.11.07 
0.29%  
 19.03.08 
0.29%      06.07.07 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review (1) 
20.11.07 
Preliminary 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review (1) 
19.03.08 
Final Partial 
Rescission (1) n/a n/a n/a 
Korea 
Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon 
Quality Steel 
Plate  
(R 01/07-12/07) 31.03.08       07.05.08 
Rescission of 
Countervailing 
Duty 
Administrative 
Review n/a n/a n/a 
 
  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Corrosion-
Resistant 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products 
(R 01/05 – 
12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
0.10% - 0.27% 15.01.08 
0.09% - 
0.27%      n/a n/a n/a 
Corrosion-
Resistant 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07        n/a n/a n/a 
Dynamic 
Random Access 
Memory  
Semiconductors 
(R 01/05-12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
23.82% 17.03.08 
23.78%      n/a n/a n/a 
Dynamic 
Random Access 
Memory 
Semiconductors 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07        n/a n/a n/a Korea 
(cont'd) 
Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip 
in Coils 
(R 01/05-12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
0.03%  15.01.08 
0.03%       n/a n/a n/a 
Turkey Certain Welded 
Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipe 
(R 01/06-12/06) 27.04.07 07.11.07 
0.23%  06.03.08 
0.23%       n/a n/a n/a 
 
Table Notes 
 1  Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the 
 initiation month, unle ss otherwise specified. 
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 DUTY ORDER IN EFFECT 
 
as of June 2008 
 
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT 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 26.09.04 Brazil 
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86 
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 
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors 11.08.03 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 
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 
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SUSPENSION AGREEMENTS 
as of June 30, 2008 
 
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
None None None 
 
 
 
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS  
For the Period of 1 January – 30 June, 2008  
  
COUNTRY  PRODUCT  ORDER 
DATE RESULT OF 
REVIEW  EFFECTIVE 
DATE
 
Italy Stainless Steel Bar 
(FR Publication date is 
February 07, 2008)  08.03.02 Revocation 08.03.07 
India Polyethylene Terephthalate 
Film, Sheet, and Strip 
(PET Film) 01.07.02 Continuation 08.05.08 
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid 
(FR Publication date is 
February 08, 2008)  08.11.02 Revocation 08.11.07 
 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS REVOKED 
For the Period of 1 January – 30 June 2008 
 
 
COUNTRY PRODUCT ORDER DATE EFFECTIVE 
DATE 
Italy Stainless Steel Bar (FR Publication 
date is February 07, 2008)  08.03.02 08.03.07 
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid (FR Publication date 
is February 08, 2008)  08.11.02 08.11.07 
 
 
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