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6 August 2019  
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UNITED STATES – ANTI -DUMPING MEASURES AP PLYING DIFFERENTIAL PRICING 
METHODOLOGY TO SOFTW OOD LUMBER FROM CANA DA 
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE APPELLATE BODY  
The following communication, dated 2 August 2019, from the Chair of the Appellate Body to the 
Chair of the Dispute Settlement Body, is being circulated to Members.  
 
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I am writing pursuant to Article 17.5 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the 
Settlement o f Disputes (DSU),  which  states  that, as a general rule, the Appellate Body will circulate its 
Report no later than 60 days after the appellant has formally notified the Dispute Settlement Body 
(DSB) of its decision to appeal. Article 17.5  further states  that when the Appellate Body considers that 
it cannot provide its Report within 60 days,  "it shall inform the DSB in writing of the reasons for the 
delay together with an estimate of the period within which it will submit its Report. In no case shall 
the pro ceedings exceed 90 days."  
 
Canada notified the DSB on  4 June 2019  of its decision to appeal certain issues of law covered in the 
Panel Report and legal interpretations developed by the Panel in this case.  As a result, the 60 -day 
period expires on 3 August 2019. We regret that we will not able to circulate a Report in this case by 
that date. There is a queue of appeals pending, as is well known, and we are considering them in the 
order in which they were appealed. For the same reason, we shall not be able to  complete this case 
within the required 90 days. We assume that Members will understand the impossibility of our doing 
so. 
 
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