RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/3
G/SCM/W/11
ORGANIZATION 10July1995
(95-1891)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDED
BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFTHE UNITED STATES OFLAWS
AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6THE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofNewZealand.
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AttachedisacopyofasetofquestionsontheUnitedStateslawsandregulationsonanti-dumping
andcountervailing duties, which myauthorities would liketoputattheforthcoming special meetings
oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies Committees, tobeheld17-21 July.
1. Whyaredifferent standards applied forreviews (asopposed toinvestigations) inrelation to
deminimis margins (s.752(b)(4)(B)) andthecomparison ofnormal values andexport prices
(s.777A(d)(2))? Article 18.3oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement provides thattheprovisions oftheCode
"shall apply toinvestigations andreviews ofexisting measures".
2. Could theUSclarify which goods areconsidered infinaldetermination ofmaterial injury
(s.773(b)(1))?
3. Why does theUScross-cumulate between anti-dumping andsubsidies investigations
(s.771(7)(G)(i))? Article 3.3oftheAgreement provides authority tocumulate imports insimultaneous
anti-dumping investigations, butitprovides noauthority tocumulate these withimports subject to
countervailing dutyinvestigations.
4. With regard toanti-circumvention (s.781), whatisthebasis onwhich theUSconsiders the
extension ofanti-dumping duties todifferent products ortodifferent countries, without establishing
thatthegoods actually imported aredumped andcausing injury, isconsistent withtheAgreement?
5. Inregard tothepublic interest clause, wenotethatins.734(a)(2), theUSinmaking adecision
whether ornottoterminate aninvestigation onthebasisofanundertaking onaquantitative restriction,
theadministering authority isrequired tobesatisfied thetermination isinthepublic interest, andask
whatconsideration theUShasgiven tomaintaining asimilar requirement inrespect oftheimposition
ofanti-dumping duties?
6. With regard totheimposition ofduties, s.736(a)(1) imposes duties atthelevelofthemargin
ofdumping, butinviewofArticle 9.1oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement, whatisthereason theUS
hasnotmade provision fortheimposition ofalesser dutywhere suchadutywould beadequate to
remove theinjury?