UNITED STATES - ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON

               DYNAMIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY SEMICONDUCTORS (DRAMS)

                                   OF ONE MEGABYTE OR ABOVE FROM KOREA

                                     Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Korea

        The following communication, dated 6 November 1997, from the Permanent Mission of Korea to the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Article 6.2 of the DSU.

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        On 14 August 1997, the Republic of Korea (Korea) requested consultations with the United States pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (DSU), Article XXIII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994) and Article 17.3 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of GATT 1994 (the AD Agreement) regarding the 16 July 1997 final decision of the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) not to revoke the anti-dumping duty on dynamic Random Access Memory semiconductors (DRAMs) of one megabyte or above originating in the Republic of Korea.  This request was circulated to the Members of the WTO on 15 August 1997 (WT/DS99/1).