WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS184/15/Add.8
9 May 2003
(03-2498)
Original:  English
UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON
CERTAIN HOT-ROLLED STEEL PRODUCTS FROM JAPAN
Status Report by the United States
Addendum
The following communication, dated 8 May 2003, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 21.6of the DSU.
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Status Report Regarding Implementation of the
DSB Recommendations and Rulings in the Dispute
United States – Anti-Dumping Measures on
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Products from Japan
(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.  On 5 December 2002,the DSB extended this period until 31 December 2003, or until the end of the first session of the
current Congress, whichever is earlier.
On 22 November 2002, the US Department of Commerce issued a new final determination in
the hot-rolled steel anti-dumping duty investig ation that implements the recommendations and
rulings of the DSB with respect to the calculati on of anti-dumping margins in that investigation.
Details of this determination ar e provided in WT/DS184/15/Add.3.
With respect to the recommendations and rulings of the DSB related to the US anti-dumping
duty statute, the US Administration is continuing its efforts to work with the Congress on resolvingthis aspect of the dispute in a mutually satisfactory manner.  Most recently, on 14 April 2003,
Ambassador Zoellick and Secretary of Commerce Evans wrote to Congress in support of specific
legislative amendments to implement the DSB's recommendations and rulings.  The US
Administration will work for passage of these amendments.
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