WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SCM/N/47/USA
9 March 1999
(99-0939)
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures Original:  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 1998 from
the United States.G/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 2Reporting Country:  United States
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF COUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
For the period 1 July-31 December 1998
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Subsidiza-            No               Case   tion                Injury         Withdrawn        OtherTrade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
Consump-
tion Volume of
Trade
Investi-
gated (of
 Exporting
Country)
12 34 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1  112 113
Date Date;
Amount of
Subsidization
(ad valorem)Date;
Amount of
Subsidization
(ad valorem)Date;
Amount of
BenchmarkDate Date Date Date;
Result
Cut-to-LengthCarbon Steel
Plate (R-96)25.09.97 09.09.98
0.37%
 (de minimus )n/a n/a 1 Firm
Belgium
Stainless
Steel Plate inCoils*28.04.98 04.09.98
1.59%29,350
short
tonnes
5
(1997)17.8% 5
(1997)All Firms
Certain
AgriculturalTillage Tools(R-96)26.11.97 13.07.98
0.00%01.10.98
0.00%n/a n/a 1 Firm
Brazil
Certain
AgriculturalTillage Tools(R-97)30.11.98 n/a n/a 1 FirmG/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 31 234 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1  112 113
Brazil
(cont'd)Certain Hot-
Rolled Flat-Rolled
Carbon
Quality SteelProducts*22.10.98 3,000,000
short tonnes
(1997)
54.4%
(1997) 5All Firms
Live Cattle* 30.12.98 3,621,000
head
(1997)27%
(1997)All Firms
Live Swine
(R-96/97)25.09.97 30.04.98
Can$0.0041/
Kg
(de minimus)04.09.98
Can$0.0041/
Kg
(de minimus )n/a n/a All Firms
Pure and
AlloyMagnesium(R-96)25.09.97 30.04.98
2.78%24.08.98
2.78%n/a n/a 1 FirmCanada
Pure and
AlloyMagnesium(R-97)29.09.98 n/a n/a 1 Firm
France Stainless
Steel Sheetand Strip inCoils*13.07.98 17.11.98
2.84%274,716
short tonnes
(1997) 
515.9%
(1997) 51 Firm
Certain Iron-
Metal
Castings
(R-85)9.12.983
7.96%-
51.39%n/a n/a 11 Firms
Certain Iron-
Metal
Castings
(R-96)26.11.97 13.07.98
1.38%-
12.76%18.11.98
1.38%-
12.76%n/a n/a 23 FirmsIndia
Certain Iron-
Metal
Castings
(R-97)30.11.98 n/a n/a 57 FirmsG/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 412 34 5 6 7 8 91 0 1 1  112 113
India
(cont'd)Elastic
RubberTape*16.09.98 07.12.98
0.00%CL CL 1 Firm
Indonesia Extruded
Rubber
Thread*28.04.98 09.09.98
0.00%-
0.13%
(de
minimus )CL CL 2 Firms
Industrial
PhosphoricAcid
(R-96)25.09.97 09.09.98
5.89%n/a n/a 1 Firm
Israel
Industrial
Phosphoric
Acid
(R-97)29.09.98 n/a n/a 2 Firms
Certain
Pasta (NR)25.02.98 01.09.98
1.14%01.12.98
0.95%n/a n/a 1 Firm
Certain
Pasta
 (R-95/96)28.08.97 09.04.98
0.00%-
7.78%17.08.98
0.00%-7.78%n/a n/a 5 Firms
Certain
Pasta
(R-97)27.08.98 n/a n/a 12 Firms
Stainless
Steel Sheet
and Strip inCoils*13.07.98 17.11.98
0.46%-
6.11%274,716
short
tonnes
(1997) 
515.9%
(1997) 5All FirmsItaly
Stainless
Steel Wire
Rod*26.08.97 07.01.98
1.22% -
30.47%15.09.98
1.28%-22.20%42,685
ST
 (1996)13.2%
(1996)3 FirmsG/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 512 3 4 56 78 9 1 0 1 1  112 113
Cold-Rolled
Carbon Steel
Flat-RolledProducts (R-97)29.09.98 15.12.98
Review
Terminatedn/a n/a 5 Firms
Corrosion-
ResistantCarbon Steel
Flat-Rolled
Products
(R-97)29.09.98 15.12.98
Review
Terminatedn/a n/a 5 Firms
Stainless
Steel Plate inCoils*28.04.98 04.09.98
0.69%
(de
minimis )29,350
short
tonnes
5
(1997)17.8% 5
(1997)All FirmsKorea
Rep. of
Stainless
Steel Sheet
and Strip in
Coils*13.07.98 17.11.98
0.58%-
29.23%274,716
short
tonnes
(1997) 515.9%
(1997) 5All Firms
Malaysia Extruded
RubberThread24.09.91 04.08.98
Order
Revoked
Mexico Cut-to-
Length
Carbon SteelPlate (R-97)29.09.98 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Singapore Certain
Refrigera-
tionCompressors
(R-96/97)23.12.97 11.08.98
0.56%15.12.98
0.56%n/a n/a 2 FirmsG/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 6
12 3 4 56 78 9 1 0 1 1  112 113
South
AfricaStainless
Steel Plate in
Coils*28.04.98 04.09.98
2.14%29,350 short
tonnes5
(1997)17.8% 5
(1997)All Firms
Sweden Certain
Carbon Steel
Products
(R-97)30.11.98 n/a n/a 1 Firm
Table notes
1. Figures in columns 11 and 12 refer to the 12-month period prior to and including the initiation month, unless otherwise speci fied.
2. Denotes date and amount of Amended  Preliminary Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.
3. Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to court remand.
4. Denotes date and amount of Amended  Final Determination due to clerical or ministerial error.
5. Denotes cumulation  of imports with other countries investigated simultaneously.
Abbreviations/Symbols
(R-y) Denotes review – review period
(C) Denotes circumvention inquiry
(CR) Denotes changed circumstances review
(NR) Denotes new shipper review(SR) Denotes review of suspension agreement(ER) Denotes expedited reviewCL Information not provided for reasons of confidentialityNS Denotes No Shipments during period
n/a Statistic not available or not collected
* Indicates existence of concurrent antidumping investigationG/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 7Semi-Annual Report of Countervailing Actions
For the period 1 July-31 December 1998
Countervailing Orders Currently in Effect
COUNTRY/CUSTOMS TERRITORY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE DATE
Belgium Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate 17.08.93
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
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 03.02.83
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
EC Sugar 31.07.78
Brass Sheet & Strip 06.03.87
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Products 17.08.93France
Hot-Rolled Lead/Bismuth Carbon Steel Products 22.03.93
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 Country Tubular Goods 06.03.87
Grain-Orientated Electrical Steel 07.06.94
Oil Country Tubular Goods 10.08.95
Certain Pasta 24.07.96
Seamless Line and Pressure Pipe 08.08.95Italy
Stainless Steel Wire Rod 15.09.98
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 09.03.84G/SCM/N/47/USA
Page 8COUNTRY/CUSTOMS TERRITORY PRODUCT EFFECTIVE DATE
Cotton Shop Towels 12.09.84 Peru
Pompon Chrysanthemums 23.04.87
Cold-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 17.08.93
Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel 17.08.93Korea Rep. of
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware 20.01.87
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
Venezuela Ferrosilicon 10.05.93
Semi-Annual Report of Countervailing Actions
For the period 1 July – 31 December 1998
Suspension Agreement
Argentina Carbon Steel Wire Rod 27.09.82
Brazil Frozen  Concentrated Orange Juice 03.02.83
Colombia 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 Clinker 17.03.92
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