UNITED STATES – ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON

DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS (DRAMS)

OF ONE MEGABIT OR ABOVE FROM KOREA

Recourse by Korea to Article 21.5 of the DSU

            The following communication, dated 6 April 2000, from the Permanent Mission of Korea to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated in accordance with Article 21.5 of the DSU.

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    On 19 March 1999 the Dispute Settlement Body adopted the report of the Panel on "United States - Anti-Dumping Duty on Drams From Korea " (WT/DS99/R).  The Panel found that both the US regulation regarding revocation of anti-dumping orders and the US application of that regulation in the anti-dumping proceeding on DRAMS from Korea were inconsistent with Article 11 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement.

            On 19 May 1999, pursuant to Article 21.3(b) of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), Korea and the United States mutually agreed that the reasonable period of time for the United States to implement the recommendations and rulings of the DSB and to bring its measures into conformity with the Anti-Dumping Agreement should end on 19 November 1999.