WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/56/USA
28 March 2000
(00-1264)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  English
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11
OF THE AGREEMENT
UNITED STATES
Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July-31 December 1999 from
the United States.G/SCM/N/56/USA
Page 2REPORTING MEMBER:  United States
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
For the period 1 July 1999-31 December 1999
Final Outcome
Country
or
Customs
TerritoryProduct Initiation Provisional
MeasuresFinal Measures
Definitive                Price
          Duty              UndertakingNo Final Measures
        No
    subsidiza-              No                  Case
         tion                   injury            withdrawn        OtherTrade
VolumeSubsidized
Imports as
% of
Domestic
ConsumptionVolume of
Trade
Investigated
(of
Exporting
Country)
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1112113
Date Date;
Amount of
Subsidization
(ad valorem)Date; Amount of
Subsidization
(ad valorem)Date;
Amount of
BenchmarkDate Date Date Date;
Result
Certain Cold-Rolled
Flat-Rolled CarbonQuality Steel Products*25.06.99 01.10.99
6.67-11.88%16,707,471
net tons
(1998)1.29%
(1998)All Firms
Brazil
Certain Hot-Rolled
Flat-Rolled Carbon QualitySteel Products*22.10.98 19.02.99
6.62-9.45%19.07.99
Suspension
Agreement3,000,000 short
tonnes
(1997)
54.4% (1997)5All Firms
Live Cattle* 30.12.98 11.05.99
0.38%
(de minimus )3,621,000 head
(1997)27%
(1997)All Firms
Pure and Alloy Magnesium
(R-97)29.09.98 07.05.99
2.02%08.09.99
2.02%n/a n/a 1 FirmCanada
Pure and Alloy
Magnesium(R-98)24.09.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Cut-To-Length
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate*16.03.99 26.07.99
3.77-5.42%29.12.99
5.56-6.86% 6n/a n/a All Firms France
Certain Steel Products 02.12.99
15.13% 3n/a n/a n/a
Certain Corrosion -Resistant
Carbon Steel Flat Products
(CR)02.08.99 02.08.99 22.09.99
Revocation in
Partn/a n/a n/a
Certain Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate  (R-98)24.09.99 n/a n/a 1 FirmGermany
Certain Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate (CR)07.07.99 07.07.99 25.08.99
Revocation in
Partn/a n/a n/aG/SCM/N/56/USA
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Certain Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate (R-97)04.11.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Hot-Rolled Lead and
Bismuth Carbon Steel
Products (C)25.06.97 23.04.98 26.07.99
Negative
determinationn/a n/a n/a
Lead and Bismuth Steel
(R-97)24.04.98 07.04.99
12.31%16.08.99
Review
terminatedn/a n/a 1FirmGermany
(Cont'd)
Lead and Bismuth Steel
(R-98)30.04.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Cut-To-Length
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate*16.03.99 26.07.99
14.45%29.12.99
11.25%137,710
short tonnes
(1998)n/a All Firms India
Certain Iron-Metal Castings
(R-97)30.11.99 12.11.99
0.42-27.65%n/a n/a 57 Firms
Certain Cold-Rolled
Flat-Rolled Carbon
Steel Products*25.06.99 08.11.99
Negative
determinationn/a n/a All Firms Indonesia
Certain Cut-To-Length
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate*16.03.99 26.07.99
0.0-17.38%29.12.99
15.9-47.7%168,098
short tonnes
(1998)n/a All Firms
Industrial Phosphoric Acid
(R-97)29.09.98 07.05.99
5.65%13.09.99
5.65%n/a n/a 2 Firms Israel
Industrial Phosphoric
Acid(R-98)24.09.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Cut-To-Length
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate*16.03.99 26.07.99
0.0-23.27%29.12.99
0.12-26.12%108,937
short tonnes
(1998)n/a All Firms
Certain Pasta (R-97) 27.08.98 12.04.99
0.45.-4.05%22.09.99
3.98-0.45% 4n/a n/a 4 Firms
Certain Pasta(R-98) 30.08.99 n/a n/a 5 Firms
Grain-Oriented Electrical
Steel(R-98)29.07.99 n/a n/a 1 FirmItaly
Stainless Steel Wire
Rod(R-98)04.11.99 n/a n/a 2 Firms
Certain Cut-To-Length
Carbon-Quality Steel Plate*16.03.99 26.07.99
1.12-1.16%29.12.99
0.95-2.21%352,055
short tonnes
(1998)n/a All Firms
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel
Flat Products (R-98)24.09.99 n/a n/a 4 Firms
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon
Steel Flat Products (R-98)24.09.99 n/a n/a 4 Firms
Stainless Steel Sheet and
Strip in Coils*13.07.98 17.11.98
0.58%-29.23%06.08.99
1.58-59.3% 4274,716 short
tonnes (1997) 515.9%
(1997) 5All FirmsKorea
Structural Steel Beams * 03.08.99 14.12.99
0.35-0.93%
(de minimus)400,523
net tons
(1998)18.77%
(1998)All Firms
Certain-Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate (R-97)29.09.98 08.09.99
16.31%n/a n/a 1 Firm Mexico
Certain-Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate (R-98)01.10.99 n/a n/a 1 FirmG/SCM/N/56/USA
Page 412 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1112113
Certain Carbon Steel
Products (R-97)30.11.98 12.07.99
0.72%22.10.99
0.72%n/a n/a 1Firm Sweden
Certain Carbon Steel
Products (R-98)03.12.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Thailand Certain Cold-Rolled
Flat-Rolled Carbon
Steel Products*25.06.99 08.11.99
Negative
determinationn/a n/a All Firms
Certain Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes and Welded
Carbon
Steel Line Pipe from Turkey(R-97)24.04.98 07.04.99
0.84-4.28%16.08.99
0.84-4.20%n/a n/a 2 Firms
Turkey
Certain Welded Carbon Steel
Pipes and Tubes & WeldedCarbon Steel Line Pipe from
Turkey    (R-98)30.04.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Hot-Rolled Lead and
Bismuth Carbon Steel
Products (R-97)28.04.99 07.04.99
4.64%11.08.99
4.64%n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Hot Rolled Lead and
Bismuth Carbon SteelProducts (R-98)30.04.99 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain Cut-to-Length
Carbon Steel Plate (CR)07.07.99 07.07.99 25.08.99
Revocation
in partn/a n/aUnited
Kingdom
Hot-Rolled Lead and
Bismuth Carbon SteelProducts (CR)05.10.99 05.10.99 25.08.99
Revocation in
partn/a n/a All Firms
Ferrosilicon (R-98) 30.06.99 21.09.99
Recission of
review and
termination of
ordern/a n/a 1 Firm Venezuela
Certain Cold-Rolled
Flat-Rolled Carbon
Steel Products*25.06.99 08.11.99
Negative
determinationn/a n/a All Firms
Table Notes Abbreviations/Symbols
1 Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise specifi ed. (R-  y) Denotes review - review period
2 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. (C) Denotes circumvention inquiry
3 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand. (CR) Denotes changed circumstances review
4 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error. (NR) Denotes new shipper review
5 Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countries investigated simultaneously (SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement
6 Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to settlement. (ER) Denotes expedited review
CL Information not provided for reasons of
confidentiality
NS Denotes No Shipments during periodn/a Statistic not available or not collected
* Indicates existence of concurrent antidumping
investigationG/SCM/N/56/USA
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COUNTERVAILING ORDERS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT
For the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 1999
Country/customs territory Product Effective Date
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Belgium
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99
Agricultural Tillage Tools 22.10.85
Brass Sheet & Strip 08.01.87
Castor Oil Products 16.03.76
Cotton Yarn 15.03.77
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
Hot-Rolled Lead/Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 22.03.93Brazil
Iron Construction Castings 15.05.86
Live Swine 15.08.85
New Steel Rails 22.09.89Canada
Pure and Alloy Magnesium 31.08.92
Chile Standard Carnations 19.03.87
Chinese Taipei Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87
EU Sugar 31.07.78
Brass Sheet & Strip 06.03.87
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93
Hot-Rolled Lead/Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 22.03.93France
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 17.08.93
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel  Products 17.08.93
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93Germany
Hot-Rolled Lead/Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 22.03.93
Iron Metal Castings 18.10.80 India
Sulfanilic Acid 02.03.93
In-Shell Pistachio Nuts 11.03.86 Iran
Roasted In-Shell Pistachios 07.10.86
Industrial Phosphoric Acid 19.08.87 Israel
Oil Tubular Goods 06.03.87
Grain-Oriented Electrical Steel 07.06.94
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95
Certain Pasta 24.07.96
Seamless Line and Pressure Pipe 08.08.95
Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99Italy
Stainless Steel Wire Rod 15.09.98
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 17.08.93
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 17.08.93
Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip in Coils 06.08.99Korea, Rep. of
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Mexico
Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware 12.12.86
Netherlands Standard Chrysanthemums 12.03.87
Norway Fresh & Chilled Atlantic Salmon 12.04.91
Pakistan Cotton Shop Towels 09.03.84
Peru Pompon Chrysanthemums 23.04.87
South Africa Stainless Steel Plate In Coils 11.05.99G/SCM/N/56/USA
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Country/customs territory Product Effective Date
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 Spain
Stainless Steel Wire Rod 03.01.83
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Products 11.10.85Sweden
Viscose Rayon Staple Fibre 15.05.79
Certain Pasta 24.07.96 Turkey
Welded Carbon Steel Pipe & Tube 07.03.86
Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93 United Kingdom
Hot-Rolled Lead/Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 22.03.93
Suspension Agreements
Country/customs territory Product Effective date
Argentina Carbon Steel Wire Rod 27.09.82
Brazil Certain Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Flat
Products19.07.99
Brazil Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 03.02.83
Columbia Textiles & Textile Products 22.10.93
Peru Cotton Shop Towels 12.09.84
Singapore Refrigeration Compressors 07.11.83
Thailand Textiles & Textile Products 12.03.85
Venezuela Gray Portland Cement & Cement
Clicker17.03.92
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