UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000
Document: Communication from the European Communities
Date: 24 April 2007
Document codes: WT/DS217/51
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 the European Communities

 The following communication, dated 19 April 2007, from the delegation of the European
Communities to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlemen t Body, is circulated at the request of that
delegation.

On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the
European Communities to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement
on Tariff and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United
States - Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000 . The authorization was made pursuant
to the European Communities' request (WT/DS217/ 39) made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding
on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that request, the
European Communities undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on which the
additional import duty would apply, prior to the entry into force of a level of suspension of
concessions.

 On 29 April 2005, the European Communities no tified the DSB that it was suspending, as of
1 May 2005, the application of concessions and re lated obligations under GA TT 1994 on imports of
certain products originating in the United States of America () . The list of products
subject to this suspension of concessions was modified on 1 May 2006 () and will be
modified again on 1 May 2007. Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2007
1 will add products
classified under eight codes of the EC’s tariff and statistical nomenclature to the list of products
subject to an ad valorem additional duty of 15% when originating in the United States of America.
The updated list is attached. The suspension th at will apply as from 1 May 2007 covers, over one
year, a total value of trade that does not exceed US$81,19 million.

 US$81,19 million is the European Communities' current level of authorization established
through arbitration under Article 22. 6 of the DSU. It represents 72 per cent of US$112,77 million
collected from the European Communities' exports and disbursed to U.S. 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 releva nt disbursements was identified using the CDSOA
Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2006 , published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on
30 November 2006.

The European Communities requests that you ask th e Secretariat to circulate this notification
to the Members of the DSB.

1 Commission Regulation (EC) No 409/2007 of 16 April 2007 replacing Annexes I and II to Council
Regulation (EC) No 673/2005 establishing additional cust oms duties on imports of certain products originating
in the United States of America, OJ L 100, 17.4.2007, p. 16. The Regulation is available in all EC official
languages at: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/.

Products that will be subject to a 15% additional import duty

as from 1 May 2007

The products on which the 15% additional impor t duty will apply are those classified under
the listed eight-digit CN codes, as provided in annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 on
the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff as amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1). The product descriptions
hereunder are given for information purpose only.

CN codes Description of products
4820 10 90 Writing pads and the like, of paper or paperboard
4820 50 00 Albums for samples or collections, of paper or paperboard
4820 90 00 Blotting pads and similar articles of stationery, of paper and paperboard, and book
covers of paper or paperboard (excl. registers, account books, Note books, order books,
receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries, exercise books, binders, folders,
file covers, manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets, and albums for samples
or for collections)
4820 30 00 Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers, of paper or paperboard
4820 10 50 Diaries with calendars, of paper or paperboard
6204 63 11 Women's or girls' trousers and breeches , of synthetic fibres, in dustrial and occupational
(excl. knitted or crocheted and bib and brace overalls)
6204 69 18 Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, of artificial fibres (not of cut corduroy, of denim
or knitted or crocheted and excl. industrial and occupational clothing, bib and brace
overalls, briefs and track suit bottoms)
6204 63 90 Women's or girls' shorts of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, panties and
swimwear)
6104 63 00 Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than
swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres
6203 43 11 Men's or boys' trous ers and breeches of synthetic fibr es, industrial and occupational
(excl. knitted or crocheted and bib and brace overalls)
6103 43 00 Men's or boys' trousers, bib and brace overalls, breeches and shorts (other than
swimwear), knitted or crocheted, of synthetic fibres
6204 63 18 Women's or girls' trousers and breeches, of synthetic fibres (not of cut corduroy, of
denim or knitted or crocheted and excl. industrial and occupational clothing, bib and
brace overalls, briefs and track suit bottoms)
6203 43 19 Men's or boys' trousers and breeches of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted,
industrial and occupational, bib and brace overalls and underpants)
6204 69 90 Women's or girls' trousers, bib an d brace overalls, breeches and shorts of textile
materials (excl. of wool, fine animal hair, co tton or artificial fibres, knitted or crocheted,
panties and swimwear)
6203 43 90 Men's or boys' shorts of synthetic fi bres (excl. knitted or crocheted, underpants and
swimwear)
0710 40 00 Sweetcorn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, frozen
9003 19 30 Frames and mountings for spect acles, goggles or the like, of base metal
Subject to the 15% additional import duty since 1 May 2005
8705 10 00 Crane lorries (excl. breakdown lorries)

CN codes Description of products
6301 40 10 Blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. electric, table
covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404)
6301 30 10 Blankets and travelling rugs of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. electric, table covers,
bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404)
6301 30 90 Blankets and travelling rugs of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, electric, table covers,
bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404)
6301 40 90 Blankets and travelling rugs of synthetic fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, electric, table
covers, bedspreads and articles of bedding and similar furnishing of heading 9404)
4818 50 00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessori es, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or
webs of cellulose fibres (excl. footware and parts thereof, incl. insoles, heel pieces and
similar removable products, gaiters and similar products, headgear and part
9009 11 00 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image
directly onto the copy [direct process]
9009 12 00 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image via an
intermediate onto the copy [indirect process]
Subject to the 15% additional import duty since
1 May 2006
8467 21 99 Drills of all kinds for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor operating
with an external source of power (excl. electropneumatic drills)
4803 00 31 Creped paper for household or sanitary purposes and webs of cellulose fibres 'tissues', in
rolls of a width > 36 cm or in square or rectangular sheets with one side > 36 cm and the
other side > 15 cm in the unfolded state, weighing <= 25 g/m¦ per ply
4818 30 00 Tablecloths and serviettes of paper pulp, paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose
fibres
4818 20 10 Handkerchiefs, cleansing or facial tissues and towels, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose
wadding or webs of cellulose fibres
9403 70 90 Furniture of plastic (excl. for civil aircraft, medical, dental, surgical or veterinary, and
seats)
6110 90 10 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of flax or ramie, knitted or
crocheted (excl. wadded waistcoats)
6110 19 10 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of fine animal hair, knitted
or crocheted, for men or boys (excl. from hair of Kashmir 'cashmere' goats and quilted
articles)
6110 19 90 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of fine animal hair, knitted
or crocheted, for women or girls (excl. from hair of Kashmir 'cashmere' goats and quilted
articles)
6110 12 10 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of hair of Kashmir
'cashmere' goats, knitted or crocheted, for men or boys (excl. quilted articles)
6110 11 10 Jerseys and pullovers containing >= 50% by weight of wool and weighing
>= 600 g/article, knitted or crocheted
6110 30 10 Lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle neck jumpers and pullovers of man-made fibres,
knitted or crocheted
6110 12 90 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of hair of Kashmir
'cashmere' goats, knitted or crocheted, for women or girls (excl. quilted articles)
To become subject to the 15% additional duty from 1 May 2007
6110 20 10 Lightweight fine knit roll, polo or tur tle neck jumpers and pullovers of cotton, knitted or
crocheted

CN codes Description of products
6110 11 30 Men's or boys' jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool,
knitted or crocheted (excl. jerseys and pullove rs containing >= 50% by weight of wool
and weighing >= 600 g/article, and wadded waistcoats)
6110 11 90 Women's or girls' jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of wool,
knitted or crocheted (excl. jerseys and pullove rs containing >= 50% by weight of wool
and weighing >= 600 g/article, and wadded waistcoats)
6110 90 90 Jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of textile materials, knitted
or crocheted (excl. of man-made fibres, wool, fine animal hair, cotton, flax or ramie, and
wadded waistcoats)
6110 30 91 Men's or boys' jerseys, pullovers, cardig ans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-made
fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle neck jumpers
and pullovers and wadded waistcoats)
6110 30 99 Women's or girls' jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of man-
made fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle neck
jumpers and pullovers and wadded waistcoats)
6110 20 99 Women's or girls' jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton,
knitted or crocheted (excl. lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle neck jumpers and
pullovers and wadded waistcoats)
6110 20 91 Men's or boys' jerseys, pullovers, cardigans, waistcoats and similar articles, of cotton,
knitted or crocheted (excl. lightweight fine knit roll, polo or turtle neck jumpers and
pullovers and wadded waistcoats)
9608 10 10 Ball-point pens with liquid ink
6402 19 00 Sports footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics (excl. waterproof
footwear of heading 6401, ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear, snowboard boots and
skating boots with ice or roller skates attached)
6404 11 00 Sports footwear, incl. tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the
like, with outer soles of rubber or plastics and uppers of textile materials
6403 19 00 Sports footwear, with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and
uppers of leather (excl. ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear, snowboard boots and
skating boots with ice or roller skates attached)
6105 20 90 Men's or boys' shirts of artificial fibres, knitted or crocheted (excl. nightshirts, T-shirts,
singlets and other vests)
6105 20 10 Men's or boys' shirts of synthetic fibr es, knitted or crocheted (exc l. nightshirts, T-shirts,
singlets and other vests)
6106 10 00 Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of cotton, kn itted or crocheted (excl.
T-shirts and vests)
6206 40 00 Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or
crocheted and vests)
6205 30 00 Men's or boys' shirts of man-made fibres (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets
and other vests)
6206 30 00 Women's or girls' blouses, shirts and shirt-blouses of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted
and vests)
6105 10 00 Men's or boys' shirts of cotton, knitted or crocheted (excl. nights hirts, T-shirts, singlets
and other vests)
6205 20 00 Men's or boys' shirts of cotton (excl. knitted or crocheted, nightshirts, singlets and other
vests)
To become subject to the 15% additional duty from 1 May 2007
9406 00 11 Mobile homes