RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/6
G/SCM/W/14
ORGANIZATION 10July1995
(95-1908)
Original: English Committee onAntidumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATIONS
PROVIDED BYTHE GOVERNMENT OFTHE UNITED STATES OFLAWS
AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Thefollowingcommunication,dated4July1995,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofAustralia.
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Please findenclosed thewritten questions submitted byAustralia inview ofthelegislation
review tobecarried outinthenextmeetings oftheAnti-Dumping andSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures Committees.
1. Inassessing material injury under paragraph 771(7)(B), howwilltheUnited States ensure that
itisdemonstrated thatmaterial injury isbeing caused bythedumped imports andnotother factors,
including un-dumped imports?
2. What justification isthere under theAnti-Dumping Agreement forthetreatment ofso-called
"Captive Production" under paragraph 771(7)(C)(iv), i.e.essentially disregarding suchproduct for
thedeterminingmarketshareandthefactorsaffectingthefinancialperformanceofthedomesticindustry?
3. Paragraphs773(a)6and777A(d)allowforadifferentapproachtothecalculationofanti-dumping
duties foradministrative reviews when compared totheinitial investigation inrespect ofthetreatment
ofsustained movements inexchange rates andofthecomparison between export price andnormal
value. How isthisconsistent withArticles 2.4.1 and2.4.2, respectively, oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement?
4. Under paragraph 773(a)(7)(A), itwould appear thatanadjustment fortheleveloftrade can
onlybemade where thetwolevels oftradeinquestion actually existinthecountry inwhich thenormal
value isdetermined. Howisthisconsistent withtherequirement ofArticle 2.4oftheAnti-Dumping
Agreement tomake afaircomparison atthesame leveloftrade?
5. Under paragraph 773(a)(7)(B), itwould appear thatanoffset maynotalways beallowed for
home market indirect selling expenses though there isprovision foraconstructed export price offset
intheformofanadjustment fortheleveloftrade, though itwould belimited bytheleveloftheUS
indirect selling expenses deducted tocalculate theconstructed export price. WilltheUnited States
administer thisprovision inamanner consistent withtheobligation toprovide afaircomparison and
soallow anexport price offset allcases?