Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices - Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures - Committee on Safeguards - Notification of laws and regulations under articles 18.5, 32.6 and 12.6 of the Agreements - Questions posed by the United States regarding the notification of the Kyrgyz Republic

NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5, 32.6 AND 12.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS

Questions Posed by the UNITED STATES Regarding
the Notification of the Kyrgyz Republic
[1]

The following communication, dated 13 March and received on 19 March 2025, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of the United States.

 

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The United States thanks the Kyrgyz Republic for its notification regarding the 15 July 2021 Protocol Amending the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014 (1st Package of Amendments) and 12 February 2024 of the Protocol Amending the Treaty on the Eurasian Economic Union of 29 May 2014 (2nd Package of amendments) and poses the following questions[2]:

Question 1

The amendment to paragraph 99 in the 1st Package of Amendments refers to "the document required for the purposes of confirming information about the exporter or producer subject to the individual anti-dumping duty rate." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an example of such a document?

Question 2

The amendment to paragraph 102 refers to "the document necessary for the purposes of confirming information about the exporter or producer to the individual anti-dumping duty rate." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an example of such a document?

Question 3

The amendment to Section IV adding subsection 11 introduces a new form of anti-dumping review "for the purposes of determining the absorption on an anti-dumping duty." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please clarify whether this amendment establishes an interim review process? Additionally, can the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please confirm that this review can only be requested within two years of the imposition of a measure or the alteration of a measure as a result of a changed circumstance review?

Question 4

The amendment to paragraph 163 refers to "the document required for the purposes of confirming information about the exporter." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an example of such a document?

Question 5

The amendment to paragraph 166 refers to "the document necessary for the purposes of confirming information about the exporter subject to the individual countervailing duty rate." Could the representative of the Kyrgyz Republic please provide more details or an example of such a document?

 

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[1] _G/ADP/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2 - _G/SCM/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2 - _G/SG/N/1/KGZ/3/Suppl.2.

[2] For the sake of efficiency, the United States suggests that committee review for these questions be conducted in the Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices.