WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/98/VEN
12 September 2003
(03-4755)
Committee on Subsidies
and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 25.11
OF THE AGREEMENT
VENEZUELA
Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2003 from
Venezuela.G/SCM/N/98/VEN
Page 2SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
(For the Period 1 January – 30 June 2003)
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURESCountry or
customs
territoryProduct InitiationProvisional
measures/
determinations Definitive dutyPrice
undertakingNo
dumpingNo injuryCase
withdrawnOtherTrade
volume*Dumped
imports as
% of
domestic
consumpti
on% of trade
volume
investigated
(of the
exporting
country)Basis
for
determi-
nation
Date Date, dumping
margin,
provisional
dutyDate, dumping
margin, definitive
dutyDate, dumping
marginDate Date Date Date
123 456 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
European
UnionPotato flour 24/03/03
Thailand Syringes, with or
without a needle01/04/02
(R)Date of the
decision
30/05/03,
Official
Journal No.
37.713 of
17/06/03,
repealing the
definitive
anti-dumping
duties
imposed
under the
decision
dated
23/04/99 due
to the absence
of domestic
production of
syringes.
Romania Hot-rolled flat
products of iron or
steel12/03/01 Date of the
decision
23/01/03,
Official
Journal
No.
37.713, of
17/06/03G/SCM/N/98/VEN
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COUNTERVAILING DUTIES IN FORCE
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE
(As at 30 June 2003)
Country/Customs territory Product Date imposed
European Union Blue-veined cheese Date imposed: 04.05.94
Effective date: 24.05.94Date of review: 05.02.96
Effective date: 07.01.97
1
European Union Semi-hard cheese Date imposed: 04.05.94
Effective date: 24.05.94
Date of review: 05.02.96
Effective date: 07.01.97
European Union Gruyère-type cheese Date imposed: 04.05.94
Effective date: 24.05.94
Date of review: 05.02.96Effective date: 07.01.97
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1 The countervailing duties imposed on imports of cheese have been charged on a provisional basis on
account of the five-yearly review by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission, Decision No. 001/02   of
10 January 2002, to determine whether the expiry of the definitive countervailing duties imposed on the importswould result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices and injury to the domestic production of likegoods.