. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS217/58 
31 August 2010 
 
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 Original:   English 
  
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from Japan
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 25 August 2010, 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 re lated obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1994  ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States – Continued 
Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (WT/DS217/ARB/JPN). The authorization was made 
pursuant to Japan's request made under article 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures 
Governing the Settlement of Disputes  ("DSU") (WT/DS217/24). In that request, Japan undertook to 
notify the DSB every year the list indicating the level of additional import duties on the selected products, 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 applications of concessi ons and related obligations unde r GATT 1994 on imports of certain 
products originating in the Unites States (WT/DS 217/48). Japan was extending the suspension of 
concessions for the second year starting from 1 September 2006 (WT/DS217/50), the third year starting from 1 September 2007(WT/DS217/52), the fourth year starting from 1 September 2008 (WT/DS217/54) and the fifth year starting from 1 September 2009 (WT/DS217/56). Although the 
products subject to this suspension are the same, the rate of ad valorem  additional duty that will apply 
to these products will be reduced to 4.1% for the sixth year that will start from 1 September 2010.
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For convenience, attached is the list of the products on which the ad valorem  additional duty of 4.1% 
will be imposed when they are originated in th e United States. The suspension for the sixth year 
covers, over one year, a total value of tr ade that does not exceed US$ 8.05 million. 
 
 US$ 8.05 million is Japan's current level of authorization established through arbitration 
under article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent of US$ 11.18 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 based on the CDSOA A nnual Report for Fiscal Year 2009, published by 
US Customs and Border Protection on 10 December 2009.   Japan would be grateful if you could ask the S ecretariat to circulate th is notification to the 
Members of the DSB. 
                                                     
 
1 Cabinet Order NO.187 of 13 August 2010, Official Gazette No.5375 of Issue dated on 
13 August 2010, at page 2. WT/DS217/58 
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  ANNEX:  LIST
 OF PRODUCTS  
 
  An ad valorem  additional duty of 4.1% will 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 
848210000 Ball bearings 
848220000 Tapered roller bear ings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies 
 
 
 
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