UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000
Document: Communication from Japan
Date: 27 August 2012
Document codes: WT/DS217/62; WT/DS217/ARB/JPN
Complainant: Australia, Brazil, Chile, EU, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Thailand
Respondent: U.S.
Third parties: Argentina, Canada, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Israel, Mexico, Norway
Dispute stage: Implementation & Compliance
Agreements cited: Art. X:3  GATT 1994Art. 18.4  Anti-dumpingArt. 32.5  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. VI:3  GATT 1994Art. XVI:4  Agreement Establishing the World Trade OrganizationArt. 1, 5.4  Anti-dumpingArt. 4.10, 7.9, 10, 11.4, 18, 32.1  Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM)Art. 8  Anti-dumpingArt. VI:2  GATT 1994Art. 18.1  Anti-dumping

UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000

Communication from Japan

 The following communication, dated 23 August 2012, from the delegation of Japan to the
Chairperson of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated at the request of that delegation.

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 (). 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") (). 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 United States (WT/DS 217/48). Japan was extending the suspension of
concessions for the second year starting from 1 September 2006 (), the third year
starting from 1 September 2007 (), the fourth year starting from 1 September 2008
(), the fifth year starting from 1 September 2009 (), the sixth year
starting from 1 September 2010 () and the seventh year starting from 1 September 2011
(). The product subject to this suspension will be tapered roller bearings, including cone
and tapered roller assemblies, and the rate of ad valorem additional duty that will apply to this product
will be 4.0% for the eighth year that will start from 1 September 2012.
1 The suspension for the eighth
year covers, over one year, a total value of trade that does not exceed US$1.41 million.
US$1.41 million is Japan's current level of aut horization established through arbitration under
Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent of US$1.96 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 2011, published by
US Customs and Border Protection on 1 February 2012.
Japan would be grateful if you could ask the Secr etariat to circulate this notification to the
Members of the DSB.

1 Cabinet Order No. 209 of 10 August 2012, Official Gazette No.5861 dated on 10 August 2012, at
page 7. See also attached product list.

ANNEX: LIST
 OF PRODUCT

An ad valorem additional duty of 4.0% will apply to the product originating in the United States of
America classified in the list below. The list u ses 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 product
848220000 Tapered roller bear ings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies