WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS255/2
14 May 2002
(02-2636)
Original:  English
PERU – TAX TREATMENT ON CERTAIN IMPORTED PRODUCTS
Request to Join Consultations
Communication from the United States
The following communication, dated 8 May 2002, from the Permanent Mission of the
United States to the Permanent Mission of Peru, the Permanent Mission of Chile and to the Chairman
of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated  in accordance with Article 4.11 of the DSU.
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I am writing concerning the request for consultations by Chile on Peru – Tax Treatment on
Certain Imported Products , circulated on 29 April 2002 (WT/DS255/1).  Pursuant to Article 4.11 of
the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes , my authorities
have instructed me to notify the consulting Members and the Dispute Settlement Body of the desire of
the United States to be joined in these consultations .  The United States has a substantial trade interest
in these consultations because a significant percentage of the imports affected by the law at issue are
from the United States.  The measure reportedly affects approximately 66 million dollars of imports.
Of this total, approximately 13 per cent is from the United States, the third highest amount.
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