G/ADP/N/384/SLV  
20 September  2023 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 OF THE AGREEMENT  
EL SALVADOR  
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2023 
from El Salvador . 
 
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Reporting Member: EL SALVADOR1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI -DUMPING ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 30 JUNE 2023  
Original Investigations  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Provisional measures 
and preliminary 
determinations  Final measures  No final 
measures / 
termination  Other  Trade data  
(from published report(s))  Basis for 
normal value 
determination  Definitive duty  Price 
undertaking  
Description;  
HS 6-digit category  
covering investigated 
product3; ID number;  
(*) if investigation of 
>1 country  Date; 
period  of 
investigation  
(D-dumping;  
I-injury)  Date of  duties; range of 
individual dumping  
margins;  "other" rates;  
[range of applied rates if  
different, reason]  Date of duties; 
range of 
individual  
dumping 
margins; 
"other" rates; 
[range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of 
application; range 
of individual  
dumping marg ins 
or minimum 
prices  Date,  
Reason  Date, 
explanation  Import volume or 
value (units /  
currency); 
product coverage, 
period, if different 
from cols. 2 / 3  Import 
volume as % 
of apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Codes for all 
bases used in  
proceeding;  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
None 
 
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: http://infotrade.minec.gob.sv/defensa -comercial -investigaciones/ . 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.    
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Reviews / Other subsequent proceedings  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Preliminary 
results / 
determination  Final results  Revocation 
of Measures  Other  
(e.g., 
procedures not 
affecting the 
duty level)  
 Trade Data  
(if available from 
published report(s) on 
proceeding)  Basis for 
normal value 
determination  Definitive duty  Price 
undertaking  
Description;  
HS 6-digit 
category covering 
investigated 
product3; 
ID number; (*) if 
investigation of  
>1 country  Date, Type of Review 
or Procedure (code), 
Period Covered  Effective date; 
range of individual 
dumping margins; 
"other" rates; 
[range of applied 
rates if different, 
reason]  Effective date; 
range of 
individual 
dumping margins; 
"other" rates; 
[range of applied 
rates if different, 
reason]  Effective 
date; range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins or 
minimum 
prices; or 
other 
outcome 
(code) Date,  
Reason  Date,  
explanation  Import 
volume or 
value (units 
/currency); 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different from 
cols. 2 / 3  Import 
volume as % 
of apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Codes for all 
bases used in 
proceeding;  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
United States  Latex -based (water -
based) architectural 
paints  
3209.10.90, 
3209.90.10  
SLV-RI-3-ADP-2016 04.10.20224 
Sunset/expiry review  
D: 11.05.2021 -
30.06.2022  
I: 11.05.2018 -
30.06.2022  - Final 
determination: 
11.05.2023  
Affirmative  
Measure extended  
P: 11.05.2023  
C: 12.05.2023  
Additional ad 
valorem  duty of 
376% for imports 
with an f.o.b. 
value of less than 
USD 5.12 per 
gallon. The anti -
dumping duties 
shall be extended 
by five years, 
from 12.05.2023 
to 12.05.2028.  - - - No imports of 
the product 
subject to 
five-year 
review were 
reported 
during the 
period - - 
 
 
4 Resolution No. RI -5-ED-2022 initiating the five -year review.  G/ADP/N/384/SLV  
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE  
AS OF 30 JUNE 2023  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product, 
investigation ID 
number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; publication 
reference  Date(s) of extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
United States  Latex -based (water -
based) architectural 
paints  
SLV-RI-3-ADP-2016 Duties  11.05.2018  
Final Resolution  
CASO -DACTO -2-ADP-2016 
published in the Official 
Journal of 11.04.2018  12.05.2023  
Final Resolution, five -
year review  
ED-DATCO -2-ADP-2016 
of 11.05.2023  
 
REFUND REQUESTS UNDER ARTICLE 9.3  
DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY TO 30 JUNE 2023  
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product, 
investigation ID 
number  Original effective 
date; date of most 
recent extension  Number of 
refund requests 
received  Number of refund 
reviews commenced,  
completed  
None 
 
TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY TO 30  JUNE 2023 
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product, 
investigation  
ID number  Date of 
termination  Reason for termination  
None 
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