WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/170/USA 
14 March 2008 
 (08-1164) 
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 July-31 December 2007 from 
the United States . 
  
  G/SCM/N/170/USA 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  UNITED STATES  
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIVITY  
 
For the Period 1 July-31 December 2007  
 
Final Measures 
 No Final Measures 
 
Initiation Provisional 
Measures Definitive 
Duty Price 
Undertaking No 
Subsid-
ization No 
Injury Case 
Withdrawn Other Country 
or 
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 1 12 1 13 
Belgium Stainless Steel 
Plate in Coils (R 01/06-12/06) 29.06.07        NA NA NA 
Canada Pure 
Magnesium & 
Alloy 
Magnesium (R 01/05-08/05) 29.09.06 20.04.07 
0.00% 11.07.07 
0.00%      NA NA NA 
Coated Free 
Sheet Paper 27.11.06 09.04.07 
10.90%- 
20.35% 25.10.07 
7.40%- 
44.25%   20.11.07 
No Injury   NA NA NA 
Certain New 
Pneumatic Off-
the-Read Tires  07.08.07 17.12.07 
2.38%-6.59%       NA NA NA 
Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality 
Steel Pipe 05.07.07 13.11.07 
0.00%- 
264.98%      13.11.07 
Preliminary 
Affirmative 
Determination 
of Critical 
Circumstances NA NA NA 
Laminated 
Woven Sacks  25.07.07 03.12.07 
2.57%-57.14%      03.12.07 
Preliminary Affirmative 
Critical 
Circumstances, 
In Part NA NA NA China, P.R. 
Light Walled 
Rectangular 
Pipe and Tube 24.07.07 30.11.07 
0.27% - 77.85% 
27.12.07 
0.27%-45.60% 
/2/       NA NA NA 
  
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 12 1 13 
Lightweight 
Thermal Paper 02.11.07        NA NA NA 
Raw Flexible 
Magnets 18.10.07        NA NA NA China, P.R. 
(Cont'd) 
Sodium Nitrate 05.12.07        NA NA NA 
Certain Lined 
Paper Products (R 02/06-12/06) 31.10.07        NA NA NA 
Certain Hot-
Rolled 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products  (R 01/06-12/06) 02.02.07        NA NA NA 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate 
(PET) Film 
(R 01/05-12/05) 30.08.06 06.08.07 
10.35% - 
33.72%      06.08.07 
Rescission in 
Part (1) NA NA NA India 
Polyethylene 
Terephthalate (PET) 
Film 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07        NA NA NA 
Indonesia Coated Free 
Sheet Paper 27.11.06 09.04.07 
21.24% 25.10.07 
22.48%   20.11.07 
No Injury   NA NA NA 
Iran Certain In-Shell 
Roasted Pistachios (NS 01/06-
12/06) 01.06.07 28.11.07 
0.00%       NA NA NA 
Certain Pasta 
(R 01/05-12/05) 30.08.06 06.08.07 
0.00%-2.02%       NA NA NA 
Italy Certain Pasta 
(R 01/06-12/06) 24.08.07       05.11.07 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review  NA NA NA 
Certain Cut-to-
Length Carbon 
Quality Steel 
Plate (R 01/05-12/05) 05.04.06 07.03.07 
0.10% 13.07.07 
0.10% (de 
minimis)      NA NA NA 
Korea, Rep. of  Certain Cut-to-
Length 
Carbon Quality 
Steel Plate 
(R 01/06-12/06) 28.03.07 20.11.07 
0.29% (de 
minimis) 
      06.07.07 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review (1) 
20.11.07 
Preliminary 
Partial 
Rescission of 
Review (1) NA NA NA  
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Coated Free 
Sheet Paper 27.11.06 09.04.07 
0.04%-1.76% 
08.05.07 
de minimis-
0.89% 
/4/ 25.10.07 
0.00% - 1.46%   20.11.07 
No Injury   NA NA NA 
Corrosion-
Resistant 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products  (R 01/05-12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
0.10%-0.27% 
(de minimis)       NA NA NA 
Corrosion-
Resistant 
Carbon Steel 
Flat Products 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07        NA NA NA 
Dynamic 
Random Access 
Memory  
Semiconductors (R 01/05-12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
23.82%       NA NA NA 
Dynamic 
Random 
Access Memory 
Semiconductors (R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07        NA NA NA 
Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip 
in Coils 
(R 01/05-12/05) 29.09.06 10.09.07 
0.03% (de 
minimis)       NA NA NA Korea, Rep. of  
(Cont'd) 
Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils 
(R 01/06-12/06) 25.09.07       19.12.07 
Rescission of 
Administrative 
Review NA NA NA 
Turkey Certain Welded 
Carbon Steel 
Standard Pipe (R 01/06-12/06) 27.04.07 07.11.07 
0.23% (de 
minimis)       NA NA NA 
 
 
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. 
  
   G/SCM/N/170/USA
 Page 5Abbreviations/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 ORDERS IN EFFECT 
As of 31 December 2007 
  
Country/Customs 
Territory 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 
Hungary Sulfanilic Acid 08.11.02 
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 
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Quality Steel Plate 10.02.00 Italy 
Stainless Steel Bar 08.03.02 
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, Rep. 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 31 December 2007 
 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product Effective Date 
None None None 
 
  
 
SUNSET REVIEWS OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS  
For the Period of 1 July-31 December 2007 
 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product Order 
Date Result of 
Review Effective Date
 
Argentina Honey 10.12.01 Continuation 02.08.07 
Argentina Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products ( FR Publication Date 
is November 20, 2007)  11.09.01 Revocation 11.09.06 
India Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 03.12.01 Continuation 27.12.07 
Indonesia Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 03.12.01 Continuation 27.12.07 
Italy Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Continuation 12.10.07 
South Africa Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products ( FR Publication Date 
is November 20, 2007)  03.12.01 Revocation 03.12.06 
Thailand Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat 
Products 03.12.01 Continuation 27.12.07 
Turkey Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Continuation 12.10.07 
 
 
COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS REVOKED 
For the Period of 1 July-31 December 2007  
 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product Order Date Effective Date 
Argentina Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
(FR Publication Date is November 20, 
2007)  11.09.01 11.09.06 
South Africa Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
(FR Publication Date is November 20, 
2007)  03.12.01 03.12.06 
 
 
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