. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/DS217/48 
19 August 2005 
 
 (05-3695) 
 Original:   English 
  
 
UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND 
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000 
 
Communication from Japan
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 18 August 2005, 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 related obligations un der the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade 
1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States - Continued 
Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 .  The authorization was made pursuant to Japan's request 
made under Article 22.7 of the U nderstanding on Rules and Procedur es Governing the Settlement of 
Disputes ("DSU").  In that request, Japan undertook  to notify the DSB every year the list indicating 
the level of additional import duties on the selected pr oducts, prior to the entry into force of a level of 
suspension of concessions or other obligations.  
 Japan hereby notifies the DSB that it is susp ending, as of 1 September 2005, the application 
of concessions and related obliga tions under GATT 1994 on imports of certain products originating in 
the United States of America.  For the first year, an ad valorem  additional duty of 15 per cent will be 
imposed on the products listed in the annex and or iginating in the United States of America.  This 
suspension covers, over one year, a total value of trade that does not exceed US$ 52.10 million. 
 
 US$ 52.10 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$ 72.36 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 using the CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2004
, published by US 
Customs and Border Protection on 17 December 2004. 
  Japan should be grateful if you could ask the S ecretariat to circulate th is notification to the 
Members of the DSB.  WT/DS217/48 
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 ANNEX:  LIST OF PRODUCTS
 
 
  The imposition of additional duties 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 descripti ons provided herein are for information purposes 
only.  
HS Codes Description of products 
591000020 Transmission or conveyor belts or belting, of textile  material, whether or not 
impregnated, coated, covered or  laminated with plastics, or reinforced with metal or 
other material (excluding of cotton) 
721090010 Flat-rolled products of iron or non-allo y steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, 
plated or coated (excluding those of plated  or coated with tin, lead, zinc, chromium 
oxides, chromium and chromium oxides or  aluminium, and those of painted, 
vanished or coated with plastics): cont aining by weight less than 0.6% of carbon 
722012000 Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a width of less than 600 mm: not further 
worked than hot-rolled: of a thickness of less than 4.75 mm 
722699010 Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel , of a width of less than 600 mm (excluding 
those of silicon-electrical steel, those of high speed steel, those not further worked 
than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced ), those plated or coated with zinc): 
bimetal, clad or combined, containing by weight more than 10% of nickel 
842720000 Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks f itted with lifting or handling equipment: self-
propelled trucks (excluding those powered by an electric motor) 
844330000 Flexographic printing machinery 
846610010 Tool holders 
848210000 Ball bearings 
848220000 Tapered roller bear ings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies 
848240000 Needle roller bearings 
848250000 Cylindrical roller bearings (excluding those of spherical or needle) 
848280000 Roller bearings, including combined ball/roller bearings (excluding those of 
tapered, spherical, needle or other cylindrical) 
848291000 Parts of ball or roller bear ings: balls, needles and rollers 
848299000 Parts of ball or roller bearings (excluding balls, needles and rollers) 
901480000 Navigational instrume nts and appliances (excluding direction finding compasses 
and instruments and appliances for aeronautical or space navigation) 
 
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