RESTRICTED
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ORGANIZATION 25September 1995
(95-2795)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER
ARTICLE 25:11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
AUSTRALIA
Reproduced herewith istheSemi-Annual Report from Australia.
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: AustraliaG/SCM/N/7/AUS
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OFCOUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
Fortheperiod 1January to30June1995
Country Product Initiation Provisional
measuresFinal measures
__________
Definitive Undertaking
dutyNofinal measures
__________________________
No No Case Other
subsidy injury withdrawnTrade
volume
$AM*Subsidized
imports as
%of
domestic
consumption
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Date,
(amount of
subsidy)Date,
(amount of
subsidy)#Date,
(amount of
subsidy)Date Date Date Date
Netherlands Dried egg
white
(DEW)03.11.94
(R)08.02.951
France Brandy 27.02.95
(S)05.06.952
France Glacé
cherries
(GC)26.07.95
(R)15.02.951G/SCM/N/7/AUS
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Page3* Trade volume based onstatistical dataforthelatest available financial yearprior toinitiation.
# Percentoramount perunitifappropriate.
(R) Areview, either astheresult ofarequest toadjust levels orrevoke measures.
(S) Areview ofanexisting measure approaching itsexpiry dateunder 'sunset 'provisions todetermine whether grounds existforthecontinuation of
themeasure forafurther fiveyears. Should theinquiry conclude thatmeasures should notbecontinued beyond theoriginal fiveyears, themeasure
will,however, remain inplace untiltheexpiration dateirrespective ofthedateonwhich enquiries were concluded.
(C) Therevisiting ofaninquiry asaresult ofcourt action.
Notes: 1. DEW review ofexport restitution -decreased.
GCreview -nochange.
2. Brandy -Sunset review resulted incontinuation ofmeasures forafurther fiveyears.
3. Wewishtoadvise thatallcountervailing actions arebeing conducted under theTokyo Round Agreement.Countervailing DutiesG/SCM/N/7/AUS
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Country Commodity DateDefinitive Duty
ImposedDateLastReviewed DateCurrent Review
Initiated
Denmark Canned ham 13.03.92 18.12.93
France Brandy 05.06.95 05.06.95
France Glacé cherries 09.04.92 15.02.95
Greece Canned peaches 20.02.92 27.01.93
Ireland Canned ham 13.03.92 18.12.93
Italy Glacé cherries 09.04.92
Italy Canned tomatoes 21.04.92 19.09.94
Netherlands Canned ham 13.03.92 18.12.93
Netherlands Dried eggwhite 07.05.92 08.02.95
South Africa Formulated trifluralin 13.04.94
South Africa Cementitious access floor panels 01.12.93
Spain Canned peaches 20.02.92 27.01.93
Spain Canned tomatoes 30.04.92G/SCM/N/7/AUS
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Revocations ofCountervailing Duties
Made during theperiod 1January 1995 to30June1995
Country Commodity DateRevoked
Nil
Minimum Export Price Undertakings
Applicable asat30June1995
Country Commodity Initial Operative
DateCurrent
Operative DateDateCurrent
Review Initiated
Nil
Releases from Minimum Export Price Undertakings
During theperiod 1January 1995 to30June1995
Country Commodity DateReleased
Nil