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Washington, DC--The U.S. Customs Service has posted on it's Web site the detailed results of the FY2002 disbursements under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA). This legislation, also known as the Byrd Amendment, required U.S. Customs to disburse anti-dumping and countervailing duties (ADD/CVD) to domestic producers injured by foreign dumping and subsidies. The claimants have received $329 million.

There are two tables of information on the CDSOA. Table 1 (CDSOA FY2002 Disbursements Final) lists information on claims filed and disbursements issued for each ADD/CVD case. As noted in the U.S. Customs Regulations on the CDSOA, Customs is making public the name of each claimant, the amount of their claim and the amount disbursed in relation to the claim.

Table 2 (ADD/CVD Clearing Accounts as of October 1, 2002) shows the amount U.S. Customs is holding in the clearing accounts for each ADD/CVD case as of October 1, 2002. All estimated AD/CV duties and bonds are deposited into the clearing accounts pending final liquidation instructions from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Customs agreed to make this information public in response to comments received during the public comment period on Customs Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the CDSOA regulations.

Both tables are provided in a format that allows interested parties to view the tables or download the data so it can be manipulated as desired. The tables are located on the Customs Web site at http://www.customs.gov/xp/cgov/import/add_cvd/.