RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/4/CAN
SCM/190/CAN
ORGANIZATION 23March 1995
(95-0630)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER
ARTICLE 25:11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
CANADA
Reproduced herewith istheSemi-Annual Report from Canada.
Inviewofthedecision onAvoidance ofProcedural andInstitutional Duplication adopted by
theCommittee atitsmeeting on22February 1995 (SCM/191), thisreport isdeemed tobealsothe
Semi-Annual Report ofAustralia totheTokyo Round Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures.
_______________Reporting Member: CanadaG/SCM/N/4/CAN
SCM/190/CAN
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OFCOUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
Fortheperiod 1Julyto31December 1994
Country
or
customs
territoryProduct Initiation1Provisional
measures2Final measures
__________
Definitive Undertaking
duty3Nofinal measures
__________________________
No No Case Other
subsidy injury withdrawnTrade
volume4
$MSubsidized
imports as
%of
domestic
consumption
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
India Black
granite
memorials22.12.93 22.03.94
67.0%520.07.94
35.4%5$CAN
1,727,36415.7%
Black
granite
memorials09.09.94
(R)
1 Thesymbol (R)isusedifaninvestigation isopened inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting countervailing measure.
2 Provisional measures apply fromthedateapreliminary determination ofsubsidizing ismade uptotheconclusion oftheCanadian International Trade
Tribunal 'senquiry regarding injury caused toCanadian producers oflikegoods (maximum of120daysfrom thepreliminary determination date).
Theestimated amount ofsubsidy isnormally expressed asanamount perunit.
3 Either thedateofapositive injury finding, inacaseofaninvestigation, orthedateoftheconclusion ofareview oftheamount ofsubsidy incases
where there isanexisting Tribunal finding ofinjury.
4 Thetrade volume isbased onstatistical dataforthelatest available 12-month period prior toinitiation, unless itisotherwise specified.
5 Theamount ofsubsidy forBlack granite memorials forpurposes ofpreliminary measures isestimated tobe67.0percentofthef.o.b. selling price
anddetermined tobe35.4percentofthef.o.b. selling price forpurposes ofthefinaldetermination.
Confidential: Information provided totheauthorities onaconfidential basis orresults ofacalculation which would disclose information provided ona
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NOTE TOTHE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS SUBMITTED BYCANADA
UNDER ARTICLE 25.11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
Where aninvestigation isconducted inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting countervailing
dutymeasure, thedateofcompletion ofthereview isshown incolumn 5.Where thereview procedure
wasinitiated toallow Canadian authorities todetermine thecurrent amount ofsubsidy ontheimported
product, thatamount isexpressed inpercentage terms orasanabsolute amount. Inaddition, Canadian
authorities compile statistical dataconcerning tradevolume oftheimported product onlywhen reviewing
adetermination ofinjury inthecontext ofpossible revocation ofthecountervailing dutymeasure.
Asaresult, statistical dataontrade volume forcolumns 11and12arenotavailable forinvestigations
ofexisting measures.
REVOCATION OFCOUNTERVAILING MEASURES
1July1994 to31December 1994
Country Commodity DateofRevocation
NIL
COUNTERVAILING DUTY MEASURES INFORCE ON31.12.94
Country Commodity DateofFinding
Brazil Refill Paper 06.07.90
Women 'sLeather Boots andShoes 03.05.90
Denmark Canned Ham 07.08.84 (16.03.90)
EEC Canned PorkBased Luncheon Meat 07.08.84 (16.03.90)
Boneless Beef 25.07.86 (22.07.91)
India Black Granite Memorials 20.07.94
Netherlands Canned Ham 07.08.84 (16.03.90)
Note: Asubsequent dateisshown inbrackets iftheinjury finding wasreviewed andre-affirmed.