WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/119/KOR 
9 August 2004 
 (04-3376) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual repor t for the period 1 January-30 June 2004 from 
Korea
.  
 G/ADP/N/119/KOR 
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Reporting Member :  Republic of Korea 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 January–30 June 2004  
 
Final Measures No Final Measures 
Initiation Provisional 
Measures/ 
determinations Definitive 
Duty Price 
Undertaking No Dumping No Injury Case 
Withdrawn Other Country/ 
customs territory Product 
Date Date 
Dumping Margin Date 
Dumping Margin Date 
Dumping Margin Date Date Date Date Trade 
Volume  
Dumped 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption % of trade 
volume 
investigated 
(of the 
exporting 
country) Basis 
for 
determination 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Belgium Particle 
board 05.07.03      14.01.04      
Canada Choline 
chloride 11.12.03 20.05.04 
12.97-58.16%          F A  
Titanium 
oxides 01.05.04            
Choline 
chloride 11.12.03 20.05.04 
12.97-58.16%          H M  China 
Sodium 
dithionite  23.07.03 15.12.03 23.06.04 
11.78-
21.07%         H M  
India Choline 
chloride 11.12.03 20.05.04 
12.97-58.16%          F A  
Italy Particle 
board 05.07.03      14.01.04      
PVC plate 19.05.04            
Lithium 
battery  25.02.04             FA 
Japan Industrial 
robot with a 
6-axis 
vertical multi-
articulation 
structure       14.01.04      
Spain Particle 
board 05.07.03      14.01.04      
Choline 
chloride 11.12.03 20.05.04 
12.97-58.16%          F A  United 
States Lithium 
battery 15.09.03 25.02.04          FA 
z The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the context of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure or after an  allegation of a breach of an undertaking. 
Basis for determination codes : 
HM – Home market price 
FA –  Facts Available   G/ADP/N/119/KOR 
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 OUTSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE 
 
As of 30 June 2004  
 
Country/customs territory Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Disposable Lighters 23.05.2003 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003 
Uncoated woodfree paper 07.11.2003 China, P.R. 
Sodium silicate 20.05.04 
Pre-sensitized Printing Plate 14.03.2002 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 03.12.2003 
Alkali Manganese Batteries 03.12.2003 Japan 
Aluminium hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Germany Carbonless Self Copy Paper* 21.08.2001 
Disposable lighters 09.09.2003 
Indonesia 
Uncoated woodfree paper 07.11.2003 
Russian Federation H-Beam 03.07.2002 
Chinese Taipei CD-R (Compact Disc Recordable) 21.05.2002 
 *For products with this mark, price undertakings are applied as well.  
 
 
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE 
 
As of 30 June 2004  
 
Country/customs territory Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003 
China, P.R. 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Germany Carbonless Self Copy Paper* 21.08.2001 
Compound Sizing Agent  18.01.2000 
Japan 
Aluminium hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Netherlands Pre- Sensitized  Printing Plate 18.01.2000 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Chinese Taipei Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate 15.01.2003 
 *For products with this mark, an ti-dumping measures are applied as well. 
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