UNITED STATES – CONTINUED DUMPING AND
SUBSIDY OFFSET ACT OF 2000

Communication from the European Union

The following communication, dated 26 June 2020, was received from the delegation of the European Union with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

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On 26 November 2004, the Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") granted authorization to the European Union to suspend concessions and related obligations under the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade 1994 ("GATT 1994") in accordance with the decision of the Arbitrator in United States ‑ Continued Dumping and Subsidies Offset Act of 2000. The authorization was made pursuant to the European Union request (WT/DS217/39) made under Article 22.7 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes ("DSU"). In that request, the European Communities undertook to notify the DSB every year the list of products on which the additional import duty would apply, prior to the entry into force of a level of suspension of concessions.

On 29 April 2005, the European Union notified the DSB that it was suspending, as of 1 May 2005, the application of concessions and related obligations under GATT 1994 on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America (WT/DS217/47). The list of products subject to this suspension of concessions was modified on 1 May 2006 (WT/DS217/49), on 1 May 2007 (WT/DS217/51), on 1 May 2008 (WT/DS217/53), on 1 May 2009 (WT/DS217/55), on 1 May 2010 (WT/DS 217/57), on 1 May 2011 (WT/DS217/59), on 1 May 2012 (WT/DS217/61), on 1 May 2013 (WT/DS217/63), on 1 May 2014 (WT/DS217/65), on 1 May 2015 (WT/DS217/67), on 1 May 2016 (WT/DS217/69), on 1 May 2017 (WT/DS217/71),on 1 May 2018 (WT/DS217/73) and on 30 April 2019 (WT/DS217/75). The Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/578 of 21 February 2020 (OJ L 133, 28 April 2020) maintains unchanged the list of products subject to retaliation. On the other hand, the rate of additional duty to which those products are subjected increases to 0,012% in order to adjust to the level of retaliation.

The updated list is attached. The suspension, which applies as from 1 May 2020, covers, over one year, a total value of trade that does not exceed USD 25.506,30.

The amount of USD 25.506,30 is the European Union's current level of authorization established through arbitration under Article 22.6 of the DSU. It represents 72 percent of USD  35.425,41 collected from the European Union' exports and disbursed to U.S. companies in the distribution under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 for the most recent year for which data are available. The amount of relevant disbursements was identified based on the CDSOA Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019, published by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on 25 November 2019.