WORLD TRADE WT/DS97/1
G/L/180
ORGANIZATION G/SCM/D14/1
12August 1997
(97-3367)
Original: Spanish
UNITED STATES -COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION
OFIMPORTS OFSALMON FROM CHILE
Request forConsultations byChile
Thefollowing communication, dated 5August 1997, from thePermanent Mission ofChile
tothePermanent Mission oftheUnited States andtotheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated in
accordance withArticle 4.4oftheDSU.
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Bythepresent Note, Chile requests theholding ofconsultations withtheUnited States pursuant
toArticle XXII.1 oftheGATT 1994 andArticle 4oftheUnderstanding onRules andProcedures
Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, interalia,inconnection withthesubsidies investigation initiated
bytheUnited States Department ofCommerce against imports ofsalmon from Chile.
Intheopinion oftheGovernment ofChile, thedecision bytheDepartment ofCommerce to
initiate asubsidies investigation wastaken intheabsence ofsufficient evidence concerning thesubsidies
investigated andtheinjury theycause, contrary totheprovisions ofArticle 11.2and11.3ofthe
Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures.
Moreover, itsdecision isnotconsistent withArticle 11.4oftheAgreement onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures inrelation totherepresentative status ofproducers ofsalmon fillets.
TheGovernment ofChile reserves therighttoinclude other measures anddecisions bythe
United States investigating authorities.
Chile would appreciate thesetting ofamutually convenient date, during thefirsttwoweeks
ofSeptember, fortheholding ofthese consultations.