UNITED STATES - IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES

ON IMPORTS OF COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVERS FROM KOREA

Withdrawal of the

Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Korea

        The following communication, dated 5 January 1998, 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 6 November 1997, the Republic of Korea requested the establishment of a panel on United States - Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duties on Imports of Colour Television Receivers (CTVs) from Korea (WT/DS89/7).

        Following the request, on 19 December 1997, the United States Department of Commerce took measures relevant to this matter:  termination of the anti-circumvention investigation initiated on 19 January 1996 and a preliminary determination to revoke the anti-dumping duty order with respect to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

        The Republic of Korea welcomes these measures as a positive development and hopes that the United States Department of Commerce will, in a most expeditious manner, make a final determination to revoke the anti-dumping duty order with respect to Samsung Electronics.