UNITED STATES – LAWS, REGULATIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING DUMPING MARGINS ("ZEROING")
Document: Status Report by the United States Addendum
Date: 13 July 2007
Document codes: WT/DS294/20/Add.5
Complainant: EU
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Argentina, Brazil, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Norway, Thailand, Turkey
Dispute stage: Implementation & Compliance
Agreements cited: Art. 1, 2.1, 2.4, 5.8, 9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 11  Anti-dumpingArt. VI  GATT 1994Art. 18.4  Anti-dumpingArt. XVI:4  Agreement Establishing the World Trade OrganizationArt. 3  Anti-dumping

UNITED STATES – LAWS, REGULATIONS AND METHODOLOGY FOR
CALCULATING DUMPING MARGINS ("ZEROING")

Status Report by the United States

Addendum

 The following communication, dated 12 July 2 007, from the delegation 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/DS294)

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 9 May 2006, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") adopted its recommendations and
rulings in (DS294). At the following DSB meeting on 30 May 2006, the United States informed the
DSB of its intention to implement the recommendati ons and rulings of the DSB in connection with
this matter. On 28 July 2006, the United States and the European Commun ities agreed that the
reasonable period of time for the United States to implement the recommendations and rulings of the
DSB would end on 9 April 2007.

On 6 March 2006, the US Department of Commerce ("Commerce") published a notice
requesting comments on its intention to no longer perform average-to-average comparisons in
anti-dumping investigations without offsets. On 26 January 2007, Commerce published a notice that
the date after which it would no longer perform such comparisons would be 22 February 2007.
Accordingly, as of 22 February 2007, the United States is no longer performing average-to-average
comparisons in anti-dumping investigations without offsets.

With respect to the 15 anti-dumping investigations at issue in this dispute, three had already
been revoked. These are: Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from France (revoked
7 December 2005), Certain Stainless Steel Shee t and Strip in Coils from France (revoked
4 August 2005), and Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from the United Kingdom
(revoked 4 August 2005). With respect to the remaining 12, on 9 April 2007, Commerce issued
11 determinations. In those determinations, Comme rce used an average-to-average comparison in

which offsets were provided. As a result, in two of these determinations, Commerce found no
dumping, and Commerce revoked the orders. Th ese are: Certain Hot-Rolled Steel from the
Netherlands and Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Sweden . The margins for the others were adjusted
accordingly, and in several cases, Commerce found no dumping by individual companies. Commerce
revoked those orders with respect to tho se companies. With respect to the 15
th investigation, the
respondent has alleged a clerical error in the origin al investigation, and Commerce is investigating the
allegation further. At the request of this Eu ropean respondent, Commerce has extended the deadline
for comments on the clerical error allegation.

With respect to the assessment reviews at issue in this dispute, in each case the results were
superseded by subsequent reviews. Because of this, no further action is necessary for the
United States to bring the challenged measures into compliance with the recommendations and rulings
of the DSB.