WORLD TRADE WT/DS89/8
15January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0085)
Original: English
UNITED STATES -IMPOSITION OFANTI-DUMPING DUTIES
ONIMPORTS OFCOLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS FROM KOREA
Withdrawal ofthe
Request fortheEstablishment ofaPanel byKorea
Thefollowing communication, dated 5January 1998, fromthePermanent Mission ofKorea
totheChairman oftheDispute Settlement Body, iscirculated pursuant toArticle 6.2oftheDSU.
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On6November 1997, theRepublic ofKorea requested theestablishment ofapanel onUnited
States -Imposition ofAnti-Dumping Duties onImports ofColour Television Receivers (CTVs) from
Korea (WT/DS89/7).
Following therequest, on19December 1997, theUnited States Department ofCommerce
tookmeasures relevant tothismatter: termination oftheanti-circumvention investigation initiated
on19January 1996andapreliminary determination torevoke theanti-dumping dutyorder withrespect
toSamsung Electronics Co.,Ltd.
TheRepublic ofKorea welcomes these measures asapositive development andhopes that
theUnited States Department ofCommerce will, inamost expeditious manner, make afinal
determination torevoke theanti-dumping dutyorder withrespect toSamsung Electronics.
Pending thefinaldetermination tobetaken bytheUnited States, theRepublic ofKorea hereby
withdraws itsrequest dated 6November 1997fortheestablishment ofapanel onthismatter. However,
theRepublic ofKorea reserves theright toreintroduce therequest fortheestablishment ofapanel
intheevent thatthecontents ofthefinaldetermination tobetaken bytheUnited States differ from
those ofthepreliminary determination.
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