WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/N/98/MEX
9 April 2003
(03-1945)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:  Spanish
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4
OF THE AGREEMENT
MEXICO
Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2002
from Mexico.G/ADP/N/98/MEX
Page 2Reporting country:  MEXICO
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2002
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES
Country ProductDate of
initiationProvisional
measures/
determinations Definitive duty Undertaking No dumping No injuryCase
withdrawnOtherTrade
volume**Dumped
imports as %
of domestic
consumption
***% of trade
volume
investigat
ed (of the
exporting
country)Basis for
determi-
nation
Date Date, dumping
marginDate, dumping
marginDate Date Date Date Date
12 34 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
Brazil Type 1 steel
beams05/07/01 11/02/02 2/10/02
42.49%10,811 tonnes 11.3% 100% HM
Korea Two-door
refrigerators11/09/00 22/06/01
35.30%08/03/02 126,617
units16.7% 100%        HM
Colombia Ceramic and
porcelain
dishware and
loose articles21/01/02 17/9/02
Locería
Colombiana, S.A.
6.73%
Others 44.97%2,657,741 kg. 8.6% 100%        HM
Ecuador Ceramic and
porcelain
dishware and
loose articles21/01/02 17/9/0212,226,868 kg. 4.6% 0%  HM
Spain Glazed ceramic
floor and wall
tiles, square or
rectangular16/05/02 134,664,399
kg.4.5% 82.4%  HM
United States Apples 06/03/97 01/09/97
101.1%12/08/022
Price Storage
Packing &
Company, Inc.
and
Washington
and Produce
Co. 0%
Others 46.58%79,329 tonnes 53.5% 98.5% HM
Swine for
slaughter
(R)10/10/00 06/07/01
0.351 dlls. x kg.189,799
head0.9% 91.9% Not
applicable
                                                     
1 No anti-dumping duties were imposed on imports from Ecuador.
2 The investigation procedure was suspended because of a price undertaking which, because of various violations by the exporters , was terminated.  Consequently,
the procedure was reinitiated and a final determination was made.G/ADP/N/98/MEX
Page 312 34 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
United States
(cont'd)Ethylene glycol
monobutyl
ether (EGBE)14/12/01 19/07/02
50.42%4,498
tonnes35.7% 100% HM
Hydrogen
peroxide (R)21/01/02330/12/
02
revoca
tionNA NA NA HM
Russian
FederationSeamless
carbon steel
tubing18/10/02 1,782 tonnes 8% 100% TM (Brazil)
Guatemala Standard tubing 24/08/01 13/03/0248,855
tonnes7% 64% HM/TM/CV
Indonesia Ceramic and
porcelain
dishware and
loose articles21/01/02 17/09/02
182.05%1,374,231 kg. 4.4% 100% FA
China,
People's
Republic ofTrichloroiso-
cyanuric acid23/03/01 07/11/015 20/12/02
0.594 dlls. x
kg.119.4
tonnes2% 100% TM (USA)
Galvanized
hexagonal steel
wire mesh05/07/01 13/12/01
 490%24/07/02
2.80 dlls. x kg.921.7
tonnes11% 71.8% TM (Brazil)
High carbon
ferro-
manganese08/05/02 12,985 tonnes 34% 100% TM (India)
Steel chain with
welded links10/05/02 04/12/02
138.79%1,092 tonnes 33% 100% TM (Brazil)
Romania Seamless
carbon steel
tubing18/10/02 159 tonnes 5.7% 100% TM (Italy)
Chinese
TaipeiStainless steel
seamed tubes14/05/02 986 tonnes 15% 94.5% HM
Ukraine Ferro-silico-
manganese15/05/02 14,748 tonnes 21% 100% TM (India)
* The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the context of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure, or in th e event of an allegation of a breach of an undertaking.
** Trade volume is based on statistical data for the latest available calendar year prior to initiation  Data on trade volume a re for the total trade volume of the products subject to the measure and from the
country or customs territory under investigation.  Expressed as a percentage or am ount per unit as appropriate.
*** Imports during the period under investigation as a percentage of domestic consumption during the same period.
CI = Confidential information.
n/a = Not available.
                                                     
3 Resolution declaring ex officio the initiation of the second review of a revocation of anti-dumping duties on imports from FMC Corporation .
4 A provisional anti-dumping duty was fixed at 3.41% and 12.82%, respectively, for imports of galvanized standard tubing and bla ck standard tubing from
Tubac S.A ., and at 25.83% and 26.59%, respectively, for the other galvanized standard tubing and black standard tubing exporting enterpr ises.
5 The investigating authority decided to pursue the investigation without imposing provisional anti-dumping duties.G/ADP/N/98/MEX
Page 4Basis for determination codes:
HM - Home market price
TM - Third country price (specify country)
FA - Facts Available
CV - Constructed valueSP - Prices charged by same producer
OP - Prices charged by other producer
OPT - Prices charged by other producer in third countryOCT - Costs of other producer in third country
O - Other basis (specify)
LDC - Treatment having regard to Article 15 of the Agreement.G/ADP/N/98/MEX
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Reporting Country:  Mexico
ANNEX 1
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2002
Country Product Date imposed
Synthetic rubber 27.05.96
Malleable iron connections 04.10.96
Corrugated rods 11.08.00Brazil
Type 1 steel beams 02.10.02
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99
Footwear 27.05.97
Baby carriages 08.09.97
Furazolidone 23.10.97
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and loose
articles31.10.97
Malleable iron connections 28.07.98
Candles 20.08.98
Tools 14.11.98
Organic chemicals 14.11.98
Fluorite 11.05.99
Non-refillable pocket lighters, gas-fuelled 14.05.99
Bicycles 23.09.99
Bicycle inner tubes 23.09.99
Brass padlocks 23.09.99
Bicycle tyres 23.09.99
Made-up articles 18.10.99
Pencils 18.10.99
Textiles 19.10.99
Toys 25.11.99
Door knob locks 15.08.00
Electrical machines, appliances and
equipment and parts thereof15.12.00
Iron and steel valves 21.02.01
Galvanized hexagonal steel wire mesh 24.07.02China, People's Republic of
Trichloroisocyanuric acid 20.12.02
Baby carriages 08.09.97 Chinese Taipei
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.06.01
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.05.00
European Community Crystal polystyrene 23.09.99
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.07.98
Hong-Kong Denim 11.08.00
India Bicycle tyres 07.12.00
Japan Seamless steel tubing 10.11.00
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99
Short-fibre polyester 20.08.98 Korea
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.06.01
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 29.07.98G/ADP/N/98/MEX
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Country Product Date imposed
Steel plate in coils 07.06.96
Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99Russian Federation
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00 Ukraine
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 18.09.00
Caustic soda 12.07.95
Ammonium sulphate 26.05.97
Corrugated rods 28.07.98
Bond paper, cut 28.10.98
Swine for slaughter 20.10.99
Live bovine animals, bovine meat and edible
offals28.04.00
Polyvinyl chloride 15.08.00
Long grain milled rice 05.06.02United States
Apples 12.08.02
Venezuela Corrugated rods 28.07.98
ANNEX 2
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2002
Country Product Date of revocation
United States Gasoline additives 19.12.02
Chinese Taipei Ball bearings 22.07.02
ANNEX 3
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2002
Country Product Date of undertaking
None None NoneG/ADP/N/98/MEX
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ANNEX 4
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING THE
COUNTERVAILING DUTY
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2002
Country Product Initiation Final
Brazil Synthetic polybutadiene-styrene
rubber (SBR)04.03.02
Malleable iron connections with
and without metal covering23.04.02
Russian Federation Steel plate in coils 25.10.01
United States Caustic soda 19.12.00
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