WORLD TRADE G/SCM/N/19/CAN
16September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3614)
Original: English Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER
ARTICLE 25.11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
CANADA
Reproduced herewith isthesemi-annual report submitted byCanada fortheperiod January-
June1996.
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OFCOUNTERVAILING DUTY ACTIONS
(Fortheperiod 1January 1996 -30June1996)
Country
or
customs
territoryProduct Initiation (1) Provisional
measures (2)Final measures Nofinalmeasures
Trade
volume (4)Subsidized
Imports
as%of
domestic
consumptionDefinitive
duty(3)Undertaking No
subsidyNo
injuryCase
withdrawn Other
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Italy Drypasta 30.08.95 12.01.96
NIL(5)13.05.96 17.6 million kg*G/SCM/N/19/CAN
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NOTE TOTHE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED BYCANADA
UNDER ARTICLE 25.11 OFTHE AGREEMENT
1. Thesymbol (R)isusedifaninvestigation isopened inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting
countervailing measure.
Where aninvestigation isconducted inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting countervailing
dutymeasure, thedateofcompletion ofthereview isshown incolumn 5.Where thereview
procedure wasinitiated toallow Canadian authorities todetermine thecurrent amount ofsubsidy
ontheimported product, thatamount isexpressed inpercentage terms orasanabsolute amount.
Inaddition,Canadianauthoritiescompilestatisticaldataconcerningtradevolumeoftheimported
product onlywhen reviewing adetermination ofinjury inthecontext ofpossible revocation
ofthecountervailing dutymeasure. Asaresult, statistical dataontradevolume forcolumns 11
and12arenotavailable forinvestigations ofexisting measures.
2. Provisional measures apply fromthedateapreliminary determination ofsubsidizing ismade
uptotheconclusion oftheCanadian International Trade Tribunal 'senquiry regarding injury
caused totheCanadian industry (maximum 120daysfrom thenotice ofthepreliminary
determination). Theestimated amount ofsubsidy isnormally expressed asanamount perunit.
3. Either thedateofapositive injury finding, inacaseofaninvestigation, orthedateofthe
conclusion ofareview oftheamount ofsubsidy incases where there isanexisting Tribunal
finding ofinjury.
4. Thetrade volume isbased onstatistical dataforthelatest available 12-month period prior to
initiation, unless itisotherwise specified.
*1January 1994 to31December 1994 (Drypasta, originating inorexported from Italy).
5. Astheexport restitution ratewaszeroatthetimeprovisional measures were inplace, no
provisional duties relating tothesubsidizing were collected. However, should theexport
restitution programme have been resumed during theprovisional period, aportion ofthe
provisional dutywould havebeenattributed toanexport subsidy.
Confidential (CL): information provided totheauthorities onaconfidential basis orresults
ofacalculation which would disclose information provided onaconfidential basis.G/SCM/N/19/CAN
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REVOCATION OFCOUNTERVAILING MEASURES
1January 1996 to30June1996
Country orcustoms territory Commodity DateofRevocation
NIL
COUNTERVAILING DUTY MEASURES INFORCE ON30JUNE 1996
Country or
customs territoryCommodity DateofFinding
Denmark Canned ham 07.08.84 (16.03.90) (21.03.95)
European
CommunityCanned porkbased luncheon meat 07.08.84 (16.03.90) (21.03.95)
Boneless beef 25.07.86 (22.07.91)
Refined sugar 06.11.95
India Memorials 20.07.94
Netherlands Canned ham 07.08.84 (16.03.90) (21.03.95)
Note: Asubsequent dateisshown inbrackets iftheinjury finding wasreviewed andre-affirmed.
REVIEWS OFINJURY FINDINGS BY
THE CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL
1January 1996 to30June1996
Country orcustoms
territoryCommodity DateofInitiation (1) DateofConclusion
European
CommunityBoneless beef 09.02.96
Note: (1)Iftheconclusion datefallswithin thereporting period, thentheinitiation dateisalsoreported.