WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/N/72/MEX
15 February 2001
(01-0740)
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–31 December 2000 from
Mexico .G/ADP/N/72/MEX
Page 2          Reporting Country:  Mexico
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
For the Period 1 July-31 December 2000
Country Product Date of
initiationProvisional
measures/
determinationsFinal measures No final measuresTrade
 Volume
**Dumped
imports as %
of domestic
consumption
***% of trade
volume
investigated
(of the
exporting
country)Basis for
determina-
tion
Definitive duty Undertaking No
dumpingNo
injuryCase
withdrawnOther
Date Date,
dumping
marginDate, dumping
marginDate Date Date Date Date
12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
Brazil Electric power
transformers
exceeding 10,000KVA11/11/99 17/07/00
68.98-112.05%0100 C V
Korea Textile polyester
filament, textured22/12/99 3/10/00
13.49%1,081 t. 2.40 100 FA and
CV
Two-door refrigerators 11/09/00 113,371 units 15 100 HM
Spain Acrylic fibre 19/04/00 3,311 t. 3.20 99 HM
United States Impact polystyrene 10/03/99 22/10/99
Without
application of
measures3/07/00 17,114 t. 19.45 100 HM
Hydrogen peroxide
(R)3/02/00220/12/00 NA NA NA
Bond paper
(R)4/04/00 NA NA NA HM
High-fructose corn
syrup15/05/00320/09/00 NA NA NA
                                                     
1 Threat of injury caused by future imports from Brazil after two Brazilian firms had won a tender from the Mexican Government.
2 Second ex officio review to examine imports from Degussa-Hüls Corporation and Solvay Interox, Inc.
3 Review of the final determination of the anti-dumping investigation based on the rulings and recommendations of the Panel of t he WTO's Dispute Settlement Body.G/ADP/N/72/MEX
Page 312 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4
Cuts of bovine meat,
boneless and with
bone in
(circumvention)29/09/00 Carcasses
without
bone:
197,371,686
kg
Carcasses
with bone in:
22,826,901
kg.NA NA
Swine for slaughter
(R)10/10/00 183,931 head 1.38 100 CV
Long grain milled rice 11/12/00 28,783,348
kg.6.31 100 HM
Hydrogen peroxide
(R)21/12/004NA NA NA HM
Japan Seamless steel tubing 13/05/99 12/11/99
99.9%10/11/00
99.9%3,018 t. 3.93 100 FA and
HM
Peru Acrylic fibre 19/04/00 2,644 t. 0.90 100 HM
Portable mechanical
typewriters25/05/99 3/01/00
Without
application of
measures21/12/00 23,371
units31 0 0 H M
Valves of iron and
steel (R)26/05/99 3/02/00
125.96%NA NA NA FA and
HM
Florphenicol (R) 8/03/00 9/08/00 NA NA 100
Electrical machines,
appliances and
equipment and partsthereof (R)10/04/00
2
nd review15/12/005
129%NA NA NAChina, People's
Republic of
Electrical machines,
appliances andequipment and parts
thereof (R)27/06/00
3
rd review15/12/006
129%NA NA NA
Turkey Acrylic fibre 19/04/00 1,231 t. 1.10 100 HM
                                                     
4 Resolution declaring ex officio the initiation of the third review to examine imports from Degussa-Hüls Corporation and Solvay Interox, Inc.
5 Definitive anti-dumping duty of 129% confirmed for the following tariff headings:  8504.10.01, 8518.90.99, 8532.22.99, 8532.23. 99 and 8533.10.01.  Without application of the anti-dumping duty for the
following headings:  8501.10.99, 8501.32.99, 8501.40.05, 8501.40.99, 8501.51.99, 8503.00.02, 8504.31.05, 8504.31.06, 8504.31.99 , 8504.32.99, 8504.40.04, 8511.30.99, 8511.90.03, 8515.90.99, 8518.90.03, 8529.10.01,
8529.10.07, 8529.10.08, 8534.00.01, 8534.00.02, 8534.00.99, 8536.50.10, 8536.50.11, 8536.50.16, 8536.90.13, 8536.90.22, 8536.90 .32, 8537.10.99, 8544.49.06, 8544.59.03 and 8545.20.01.  The following tariff heading is
excluded from the procedure:  8505.11.01.
6 Definitive anti-dumping duty of 129% confirmed for the following tariff headings:  8501.32.05, 8501.52.04, 8518.21.01 and 8518. 50.01.  Without application of the anti-dumping duty for the following
headings:  8504.31.04, 8509.90.99, 8536.49.02 and 8544.41.01.  The following tariff headings are excluded from the procedure:  8504.40.12 and 8504.40.13.G/ADP/N/72/MEX
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Chinese Taipei Textile polyester
filament, textured22/12/99 3/10/00
18.71%520 t. 0.80 100 FA and
CV
Ukraine Bars and rods of iron
or non-alloy steel27/07/99 22/02/00
56.55%18/09/00
30.52%28,820 t. 2.91 100 HM
*  The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the context of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure, or afte r an allegation of a breach of an undertaking.
**  Trade volume is based on statistical data for the latest available calendar year prior to initiation.  The data on trade vo lume are for the total trade volume of the products subject to the measure and from
the country or customs territory under investigation.  Percentage or amount per unit as appropriate.
***  Imports during the period under investigation as percentage of domestic consumption during the same period.
CI = Confidential information
NA = Not available
Basis for determination codes:
HM - Home market price
TM - Third country price (specify country)
FA - Facts available
CV - Constructed valueSP - Prices charged by same producerOP - Prices charged by other producer
OPT - Prices charged by other producer in third country
OCT - Costs of other producer in third countryO - Other basis (specify)
LDC - Treatment having regard to Article 15 of the AgreementG/ADP/N/72/MEX
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ANNEX I
Anti-Dumping Measures in Force for the
Period 1 July–31 December 2000
Country/customs territory Product Date imposed
Brazil Corrugated rods 11.08.95
Cold-rolled sheet 27.12.95
Steel plate in coils 28.12.95
Hot-rolled sheet 30.12.95
Synthetic rubber 27.05.96
Malleable iron connections 4.10.96
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99
Canada Steel plate in coils 2.11.98
China, People's Republic of Iron and steel valves 18.10.94
Door knob locks 14.08.95
Footwear 6405 27.05.97
Baby carriages 8.09.97
Furazolidone 23.10.97
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and loose articles 31.10.97
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 (other made-up textile articles) 18.10.99
Made-up articles (clothing other than knitted or
crocheted)18.10.99
Made-up articles (knitted or crocheted clothing) 18.10.99
Pencils 18.10.99G/ADP/N/72/MEX
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Country/customs territory Product Date imposed
Textiles (cotton) 19.10.99
Textiles (other vegetable textile fibres) 19.10.99
Textiles (man-made filaments) 19.10.99
Textiles (man-made staple filaments) 19.10.99
Textiles (gauze) 19.10.99
Toys 25.11.99
Electrical machines, appliances and equipment and
parts thereof15.12.00
Chinese Taipei Ball bearings 24.06.97
Baby carriages 8.09.97
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.05.00
European Community Crystal polystyrene 23.09.99
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.07.98
Germany Cold-rolled sheet 27.12.95
Hong Kong, China Denim 11.08.95
India Bicycle tyres 7.12.95
Japan Sulphuric acid 27.05.96
Seamless steel tubing 10.11.00
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99
Korea Short-fibre polyester 20.08.98
Netherlands Hot-rolled sheet 30.12.95
Modified starch, cationic 29.07.98
Russian Federation Steel plate in coils 7.06.96
Steel plate in sheets 13.11.98
Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00
Ukraine Steel plate in sheets 13.11.98
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 18.09.00
United States Crystal and impact polystyrene 11.11.94
Acrylic fibre 7.08.95
Polyvinyl chloride 14.08.95G/ADP/N/72/MEX
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Country/customs territory Product Date imposed
Caustic soda 12.07.95
Seamless steel commercial tubes 11.10.95
Ammonium sulphate 26.05.97
Gasoline additives 22.08.97
Hydrogen peroxide 2.09.97
High fructose corn syrup 23.01.98
Corrugated rods 28.07.98
Bond paper 28.10.98
Swine for slaughter 20.10.99
Live bovine animals, bovine meat and edible offals 28.04.00
Venezuela Cold-rolled sheet 27.12.95
Steel plate in coils 28.12.95
Hot-rolled sheet 30.12.95
Corrugated rods 28.07.98
ANNEX 2
Revocation of Anti-Dumping Measures
from 1 July-31 December 2000
Country/customs territory Product Date of revocation
Brazil Steel plate in sheets 15.12.00
China, People's Republic of Florphenicol 9.08.00
ANNEX 3
Undertakings in Force
from 1 July-31 December 2000
Country/customs territory Product Date of undertaking
United States Apples 15.05.987
Venezuela Cold-rolled sheet 27.12.95
Steel plate in coils 28.12.95
Hot-rolled sheet 30.12.95
7 As published in the Official Journal of 27 October 2000, a new reference price was fixed and will remain in force
from 1 November 2000–31 October 2001.G/ADP/N/72/MEX
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ANNEX 4
Reviews to Determine the Consequences of Eliminating the Countervailing Duty
for the Period 1 July-31 December 2000
Country/customs territory Product Initiation Final
China, People's Republic of Fluorite 15.11.99 15.12.00
Clothing and other made-up textile
products24.02.00 15.12.00
Bicycles, tyres and inner tubes for
bicycles28.02.00 15.12.00
Brass padlocks 8.03.00 15.12.00
Pencils 8.03.00 11.09.00
Yarn or fabric of man-made fibres 9.05.00 15.12.00
Toys 9.05.00 15.12.00
United States Crystal polystyrene 10.03.00
Polyvinyl chloride 22.12.00
Liquid caustic soda 19.12.00
ANNEX 5
Elimination of Anti-Dumping Measures for the
Period 1 July-31 December 2000
Country/customs territory Product Date of elimination
Chinese Taipei Kitchen articles of iron and/or
diecast or porcelainized steel11.09.00
Ukraine Urea 22.08.00
United States Vinyl flooring in rolls 10.11.00
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