On November 27, 2008, the United States received from Brazil a request for consultations pertaining to definitive antidumping duties imposed by the United States pursuant to the final results issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on imports of certain orange juice from Brazil. Brazil claimed that certain actions by DOC and Customs and Border Protection with respect to this administrative review and with respect to any ongoing or future antidumping administrative reviews concerning this antidumping duty order, as well as various U.S. laws, regulations, administrative procedures, practices, and policies, both as such and as applied, are inconsistent with U.S. commitments and obligations under Articles II, VI:1, and V:2 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, Articles 1, 2.1, 2.4, 2.4.2, 9.1, 9.3, 11.2, and 18.3 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 (the Antidumping Agreement), and Article XVI:4 of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization. Specifically, Brazil complained that DOC used “zeroing” in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on imports of orange juice.
On May 22, 2009, the United States received a request for consultations from Brazil pertaining to the antidumping duty investigation on certain orange juice from Brazil, the second antidumping duty administrative review on certain orange juice from Brazil, and the “continued use of the US zeroing procedures (‘model’ or ‘simple’ zeroing) in successive antidumping proceedings.”
On August 20, 2009, Brazil requested the establishment of a panel. The DSB established the panel on September 25, 2009.
| Brief Date | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 11/12/2010 | U.S. Comments on Brazil’s Answers to the Panel’s Second Set of Questions |
| 10/29/2010 | U.S. Answers to the Panel’s Second Set of Questions |
| 10/12/2010 | Oral Statement of the United States at the Second Meeting with the Panel |
| 09/07/2010 | Executive Summary of the Second Written Submission of the United States |
| 07/22/2010 | Executive Summary of the Opening Statement of the United States at the First Meeting with the Panel |
| 07/16/2010 | Opening Statement of the United States at the First Meeting with the Panel |
| 07/15/2010 | Closing Statement of the United States at the First Meeting with the Panel |
| 06/17/2010 | First Written Submission of the United States (pdf) |
| 06/24/2010 | Executive Summary of the First Written Submission of the United States (pdf) |
| 08/31/2010 | U.S. Answers to the Panel’s First Set of Questions |
| 08/31/2010 | Second Written Submission of the United States |
