GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE RESTRICTED SCM/86/Add.4 17 May 1988 Special Distribution Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original: English SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS UNDER ARTICLE 2:16 OF THE AGREEMENT Addendum Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report submitted by the United States. 88-0723
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 as % of danestic consunption 1.5% Go 0- SEMI-ANNUAL for the REPORTOF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Country Product Initiation Def initive Under- takings subsidy Other Trade voluw* Certain Apparel (R) 04/18/86 0.46-0.83% 07/10/87 Belgium Phosphoric Acid Castor Oil Products (R) Certain Alloy Tool Steel Products (R) Certain Stainless Steel products (R) Forged Steel Crankshafts 12/04/86 0.65% 02/05/87 04/18/86 0.63% 05/19/87 10/27/87 10/27/873 10/27/87 10/27/873 11/05/86 4.96% 01/08/87 0.39% 11/02/87 5.23% l0/l5/874 03/21/83 02./02/83 07/07/872 32.2 mil lb. 07/28/87 190,534 units *Trace volume based on statistical data for latest available calendar year prior to initiation lpercei.-. or amount per unit if appropriate LFinal determination extended to match that of concurrent antidumping investigation on same product; provisional suspended at the end of four months 3Tentative determination to terminate undertaking and suspended investigation investigation continued at request of interested party; undertaking remains in effect
26.4 mil. stems investigation recontinued following court remand on determination; petition subsequently and investigation terminated 6Review of undertaking which was revised on 12/18/86 to cover new exporter accounting for at least 85% of shipments to U.S. 7Tentative determination to terminate undertaking and resume investigation as % of domestic consump tion 0.8% rn W 0 0- :> SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTYACTIONS for the period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Country Product Initiation Definitive Under- takings subsidy subsidyl) Other Trade volume* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ~~~06108 6_.08 Light Iron Construction Castings' Canada Live Swine(R) Colombia Leather Wearing Apparel (R)6 Colombia Leather Wearing Apparel (R) Colonbia Miniature Carnations Colombia Roses & Other Cut Flowers(R) 06/10/85 6.08% 06/19/87 09/21/87 05/20/86 05/26/87 08/19/87 12/18/86 11/04/87 11/04/877 06/17/86 1.09% 10/27/86 02/18/86 03/02/87 2.17% 08/25/874 12/18/86 12/28/87 01/18/83 08/12/87 01/13/87 41.6 mil. 20.9% ste Costa Fresh Cut Rica Flowers 06/17/86 19.54% 10/27/86 17.7% 08/25/874 01/1 3/87
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2.5 mil. sq. ft as % of domestic consumption 0% 0.7% 50.589 DI (D - 41-0' 0- is SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS for the period 1. July 87 to 31 December 87 Country Product Initiation Definitive Undertakings subsidyl) subsidy Other Trade volume EC France India Iran Sodium Gluconate (R) Industrial Nitrocellulose (R) Iron Metal Castings (R) Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube Israel Phosphoric Acid Israel Roses(R) 08/21/87 08/21/873 07/17/87 11/18/87 08/24/87 336.14% 10/29/87 12/04/86 6.52-14.83% 6.02-19.46% 02/05/87 07/07/872 10/20/87 11/30/81 09/11/86 15.4 mil. lb. Italy Granite 08/21/87 0-0.36% 12/24/87 8Investigation initiated on basis of offer for sale. Based on value as available data on volumes do not permit a reliable calculation of market penetration.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1! 12 18,074 sr as % of domestic consump tion 0.4% nra 0(. co SCM/86/Add.4 Page 5 SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF CONTERVAILING DUTYACTIONS for the period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Country Product Initiation Definitive Undertakings subsidy Other Trade volume Korea Offshore Platform Jackets (R) Malaysia Carbon Steel Wire Rod Carbon Black (R) 09/03/87 09/03/8710 09/3C/87 07/17/87 Cesent (R) 10/24/86 0-2.28% 12/15/87 Ceramic Tile (R) Leathr~r Wearing Apparel (R) Lime (R) Litharge & Lead (R) 06/23/86 G-4.59% 07/06/87 05/20/86 0-3.35% 0/19/87 10/20/87 01/21/87 0.01-0.04% 12/21/87 0-3.35% 10/20/87 10/29/87 revoked 1OTentative determination to revoke countervailing order
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 as % of dcmstic consugption SCM/86/Add.4 Page6 CL Reporting Party: United States SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTYACTIONS for the period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Country Product Iritiation Definitive Undertakings subsidy subsidyl) Other Trade volume Textile Mill Products (R) New Zealand Lamb Meat (R) New Zealand Low-Fuming Brazing Copper Rod & Wire (R) New Zealand Low-Fuming Brazing CopperRod & Wire (R) 04/18/86 0-5.69% 08/21/87 10/20/87 0-5.69% 11/24/87 09/16/86 9.06-13.55% 4.94-9.34% 08/14/87 12/09/87 09/21/87 New Zealand Steel Wire (R) 10/20/87
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 $164,688 33,065 -ST 661,000 sq. ft. 0.7i I'd OQ Mo En Q SCM/86/Add.4 Page 7 Country Product Other Trade as % of volume domestic consumption Initiation SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS for the period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Definitive Undertakings subsidy New Zealard Steel Wire 05/18/87 5.77% Nails 07/21/87 Philippines Canned Tuna(R) 11/18/87 Singapore Carbon Steel 11/18/87 Wire Rod Singapore Certain Refrigeration Canpressors (R) Sain Granite Sweden Certain Carbon Steel Product (R) 12/15/87 08/21/87 0-2.51% 12/24/87 11/18/87 5.25-45.01% 10/05/87 11/07/83
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1Mi1. lb. 50,022 sr 3.9% 14% SCM/86/Add.4 Page8 a- Country Product Initiation SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS for the period 1 July 87 to 31 December 87 Definitive subsidyl) Undertakings subsidy subsidyl) Other Trade as % of volume domestic consunption Sweden Viscose Rayon Staple Fiber (R) Thailand Steel Wire Nails Trinidad Carbon Steel & Tobago Wire Rod (R) 1)6/23/86 5.4-6.76% 06/18/87 V5/18/87 1.10% 07/21/87 10/09/87 10/09/8710 5.44.5% 08/31/87 1% 9.1 mil. 10/02/87 lb. 12/03/87 revoked Turkey Aspirin Turkey Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube (R) Uruguay Leather Wearing Apparel(R) 11/28/86 5.17-24.28% 19.54% 03/03/87 07/01/87 04/22/87 16.52% 12/15/87 08/19/87 Venezuela Aluminum Redraw Rod 08/10/87 60.11% 10/14/87
SCM/86/Add.4 Page 9 Countervailing Duty Revocations 1 July 87-31. December 87 Country Korea Trinidad & Tobago Product Offshore Platform Jackets & Piles Carbon Steel Wire Rod Date 1.0/29/87 12/03/8 7
SCM/86/Add.4 Page 10 COUNTERVAILING DUTY ORDERS IN EFFECT ON 12/31/87 1 2 3 4 5 67 9 10 11 12 13 14 1.5 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY 26-Apr-84 18-Mar-83 17-Jan-79 22-v-84 12-Mar-85 04-Apr-83 16-v-78 22-Oct-85 08-Jan-87 16-Mar-76 15-Mar-77 15-May-86 04-Apr-80 15-May-86 15-Aug-85 16-Jun-86 12-Mar-87 19- Ma r-87 13-Jan-87 31-Jul-78 06-Mar-87 22-Jun-83 21-Jul-80 16-Oct-80 11-Mar-86 07-Oct-86 19-Aug-87 06-Mar-87 04-Sep-80 04-Jan-84 08-May-84 27-Jun-83 21-Sep-83 10-May-82 14-Jan-85 02-Mar-83 10-Apr-81 11-Sep-84 06-Dec-82 12-Dec-86 18-Mar-85 27-Dec-82 12-Mar-87 07-Apr-86 17-Sep-85 05-Aug-85 02-Sep-86 05-Oct-87 Cold Rolled Steel Sheet Leather Wearing Apparel n-rubber Footwear Oil Country Tubular Goods Textiles and Apparel Wool Woolen Garments Agricultural Tillage Tools Brass Sheet and Strip Castor Oil Cotton Yarn Iron Metal Castings Pig Iron Groundfish Live Swine Oil Country Tubular Goods Standard Carnations Standard Carnations Fresh Cut Flowers Sugar Brass Sheet and Strip Nitrocellulose Industrial Fasteners Iron Metal Castings In-shell Pistachios (not roasted) In-shell Pistachios (roasted) Industrial Phosphoric Acid Oil Country Tubular Goods Roses Forged Undercarriages Bricks Carbon Black Cement Ceramic Tile Fabricated Auto Glass Iron Metal Castings Leather Wearing Apparel Lime Litharge Porcelain Cooking Ware Textile Mlill Products Toy Balloons Standard Chrysanthemums Carbon Steel Wire Rod Lamb Meat Low Fuming Copper Rod and Wire Steel Wire Steel Wire Nails Canada Canada Canada Canada Chile Ecuador European ( Communities France France India India I r aj Iran Israel Israel Israel Italy Netherlands New New New New New Zealand Zealand Zealand Zealand Zealand
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 09-Mar-84 01-Feb-83 01-Feb-83 23-Apr-87 27-v-85 12-Mar-85 31-Oct-83 03-Feb-86 1 l -Mar-81 20-Jan-87 03-Jan-83 12-Ma r-85 11-Oct-85 15-May-79 20-Jan-87 12-Mta r- 85 10-Apr-86 02-Oct-87 14-Aug-85 Shop Towels Cotton Sheeting and Sateen Cotton Yarn Pompom Chrysanthemums Rebars, Bars & Shapes Textiles and Apparel Tuna Carbon Steel Wire Rod Ferrochrome Stainless Steel Cookware Stainless Steel Wire Rod Textiles and Apparel Certain Carbon Steel Products Rayon Staple Fiber Stainless Steel Cookware Certain Apparel Rice Steel Wire Nails Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes Pakistan Philippines Saudi Arabia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Sweden Taiwan Thailand Thailand Thailand Thailand SCM/86/Add. 4 Page 11 68 69 70 71 25-Aug-87 07-Apr-86 17-Jul-82 15-Aug-86 Acetylsalicylic Acid Wielded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes Leather Wearing Apparel Wire Rod Turkey Turkey Uuguay Zimbabwe UNDERTAK INGS DATE COMMODITY COUNTRY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 27-Sep-82 21-Mar-83 28-Jul-87 04-Mar-83 02-Feb-83 09-Jan-86 12-Jan-83 02-Apr-81 13-Jan-87 12-Mar-85 03-Dec-84 13-Jan-87 30 -v-81 01-Feb-84 07-Dec-82 07-Dec-82 07-Feb-83 12-Sep-84 07-v-83 12-Mar-85 Carbon Steel Wire Rod Alloy Tool Steel Products Forged Crankshafts Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice Stainless Steel Products Red Raspberries Cut Flowers Leather Wearing Apparel Miniature Carnations Textiles and Apparel Cement Fresh Cut Flowers Sodium Gluconate Float Glass Pectin Polypropylene Film Polypropylene Yarn Shop Towels Compressors Textiles Canada Colombi a Colombia Colombi a Colombia Costa Rica Costa Rica European Communities Mex ico Singapore Thail and