UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN
Document: Status Report by the United States Addendum
Date: 9 December 2002
Document codes: WT/DS184/15/Add.3
Complainant: Japan
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Brazil, Canada, Chile, EU, South Korea
Dispute stage: Appellate Body
Agreements cited: Art. 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10, 18, Annex I, Annex II  Anti-dumpingArt. VI, X  GATT 1994Art. XVI  Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization

UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON
CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN
Status Report by the United States
Addendum
The following communication, dated 6 December 2002, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6
of the DSU.
Status Report Regarding Implementation of the
DSB Recommendations and Rulings in the Dispute

(WT/DS184)
The United States submits this report in accordance with Article 21.6 of the Understanding on
Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes.
On 23 August 2001, the Dispute Settlement B ody (DSB) adopted its recommendations and
rulings in United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan
(WT/DS184). At the following DSB meeting on 10 September 2001, the United States informed the
DSB of its intention to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB in connection with
this matter. At that time, the United States also advised the DSB that a "reasonable period of time"
would be required to complete this process. On 19 February 2002, an arbitrator found that 15 months,
or until 23 November 2002, constituted a reasonable time for implementation.
The United States is pleased to report that, on 22 November 2002, the US Department of
Commerce issued a new final determination in the hot-rolled steel antidumping duty investigation,
which implements the recommendations and rulings of the DSB with respect to the calculation of
antidumping margins in that investigation. Specifically, consistent with those recommendations and
rulings, the new final determination: (1) uses information supplied by two companies that was
originally rejected as "untimely"; (2) remove s the adverse facts available applied to another
respondent with respect to certain unreported US sales, and bases the margin entirely on reported US
sales information; (3) applies an even-handed arm's length test to select home market sales as a basis
for normal value; and (4) calculates an "all others" rate that is below the Anti-Dumping Agreement
"ceiling", as found by the Appellate Body.
With respect to the recommendations and rulings of the DSB related to the US antidumping
duty statute, the US Administration continues to c onsult and to work with the Congress on resolving
this aspect of the dispute in a mutually satisfactory manner. For this reason, after consultations with
Japan, the United States requested that the "reasonable period of time" in this dispute be extended

until 31 December 2003, or until the end of the first session of the next Congress, whichever is earlier.
That request was approved by the DSB at its meeting of 5 December 2002.