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6 October  2022 
(22-7544) Page: 1/1 
 Original:  English  
 
  
CHINA – ANTI -DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY MEASURES  
ON WINE FROM AUSTRALIA  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE PANEL  
The following communication, dated  6 October  2022, was received from the Chairman of the Panel 
with the request that it be circulated to the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).  
 
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Article 12.8 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes 
(DSU) provides that the period in which a panel shall conduct its examination, from the date that 
the composition and terms of reference of the panel have been agreed upon until the date the final 
report is issued to the parties to the dispute, shall, as  a general rule, not exceed six  months.  
Article 12.9 of the DSU provides that, when a panel con siders that it cannot issue its report within 
six months, it shall inform the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in writing accordingly and indicate 
the reasons, together with an estimate of the period within which it will issue its report.  
The Panel in China – Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Measures on Wine from Australia 
(DS602) was established by the DSB on 26 October  2021 and composed on 4 March  2022. 
On 31 August  2022, the Panel  communicated to the DSB that the parties had requested, and the 
Panel had granted, considerable extensions to the timetable , and that the Panel had received 
particularly voluminous submissions from the parties, on a wide range of issues . The Panel therefore 
communicated to the DSB  that it did not exp ect to issue its final report to the parties before the end 
of 2022 at the earliest . The Panel  hereby informs the DSB that it does not expect to issue its final 
report to the parties before mid -2023.  
The report will only be available to the public once it is circulated to the Members in all three working 
languages of the WTO . The date of circulation depends on completion of translation and the Panel is 
not in a position to provide an estimated circulation date at this time.  
I would be grateful if you would circulate this letter to the DSB.  
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