RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/DS23/2
15January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0095)
Original: Spanish
VENEZUELA -ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION INRESPECT OFIMPORTS
OFCERTAIN OILCOUNTRY TUBULAR GOODS (OCTG)
Communication from Venezuela
Thefollowing communication, dated 15December 1995, fromthePermanent Mission ofthe
Republic ofVenezuela tothePermanent Mission ofMexico andtotheDispute Settlement Body, is
circulated attherequest ofVenezuela.
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Iwishtoacknowledge receipt ofyourcommunication dated 5December 1995 inwhich the
Government ofMexico requests consultations withtheGovernment ofVenezuela pursuant tothe
Understanding onRules andProcedures Governing theSettlement ofDisputes, Article XXIII ofthe
General Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994, andArticle 17oftheAgreement onImplementation
ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994.
Thepurpose oftheconsultations would betoconsider theanti-dumping investigation bythe
VenezuelanAnti-DumpingandSubsidizationCommissionregardingimportsfromMexicoofoilcountry
tubular goods (OCTG), ofcircular cross-section, withseam orseamless, whether ornotconforming
tothetechnical standard oftheAmerican Petroleum Institute (API), including production tubing and
casing, onlyintheformoffilleted/threaded andfinished tubing andnotassemi-finished (green) tubing,
falling under tariff heading 73.04.20.00.
Iwishtoinform youthattheVenezuelan Anti-Dumping andSubsidization Commission, in
Decision 007/95 of12December 19951,terminated thisinvestigation without imposing definitive
anti-dumping duties onimports ofthese tubular goods fromMexico, therefore, itwasnotdetermined
thatthere wasinjury todomestic production oflikegoods oracausal relationship.
TheGovernment ofVenezuela agrees totheconsultations requested bytheGovernment of
Mexico and,inthelightofthenewelements, remains atitsdisposal tofixamutually agreed dateand
place fortheconsultations ifthese arestilldeemed necessary.
1ThetextoftheDecision 007/95 of12December 1995 isavailable intheWTO Secretariat (Council Division).