PRESS RELEASE 
 
PRESS/374 
20 April 2004 
 
(04-1778) 
ANTI-DUMPING 
WTO Secretariat reports significan t decline in new anti-dumping 
investigations 
The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 July — 31 December 2003, 14 Members 
initiated 115 anti-dumping investigations against exports from a total of 30 different countries or 
customs territories. This represents a significant decline from the corresponding period of 2002, 
during which 18 WTO Members had initiated 161 anti-dumping investigations. 46 of the 115 initiations during the second semester of 2003 were reported by developed countries. 
 
India initiated the most investigations during the second semester of 2003, 33, a significant decline from the 56 investigations it had initiated during the second semester of 2002. The United 
States had the second highest number of initiations (21) during the second semester of 2003, up 
from 13 during the corresponding period of 2002. China reported 11 initiations, up from 6 during the corresponding period of 2002. Canada, Mexico, and Australia reported, respectively, 9, 8, and 
7 initiations each. The eight other Members who reported initiations reported 5 or fewer initiations 
each.  
China remains at the top of the list of countries subject to anti-dumping investigations, with 30 
investigations initiated on its exports during the second semester of 2003, the same number as 
during the corresponding period of 2002. The United States, the European Communities, and 
Japan were next, with, respectively, 12, 8, and 8 investigations initiated on their exports in the 
second semester of 2003. India and Korea followed with 7 each, while Chinese Taipei had 6 investigations initiated on its exports. 23 other countries or customs territories each had 4 or 
fewer investigations initiated on their exports during the second semester of 2003. 
 The largest number (31) of investigations initiated during the second semester of 2003 involved 
products classified in the chemicals sector of the Harmonized System of Tariff Classification. India 
initiated 13 of its 33 investigations on products in that sector, followed by the United States with 10, and China with 4. The second most affected se ctor was base metals, which includes iron, steel 
and aluminium products, with 29 investigations initiated. Canada initiated 7 of its nine 
investigations in that sector, followed by Mexico  and the United States, with 5 each, and Australia 
and New Zealand with 4 each. The plastics sector accounted for 16 initiations, with India initiating 
9, followed by China with 3. 
 Sixteen WTO Members imposed a total of 107 final anti-dumping measures against exports from 
31 countries or customs territories during the second semester of 2003. This is a slight decline 
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 imposed 23 of the 107 final anti-dumping measures in the second semester of 2003, a decline 
from 33 measures imposed during the corresponding period of 2002. 
 India imposed the largest number of final measures (32) during the second semester of 2003, a 
decline from the 43 measures imposed during the corresponding period of 2002. China was 
second, with 21 final measures imposed, a sharp increase from the second semester of 2002, for which China reported no final measures imposed. The United States was a distant third, reporting 
9 final measures, down from 10 during the second semester of 2002. Australia and Turkey 
followed, with 8 and 7 measures each, up from 4 and 3 respectively during the corresponding period of 2002. The eleven other Members who reported imposing measures each imposed 5 or 
fewer measures during the second semester of 2003. 
 Exports from China were once more the subject of the largest number of final measures (22) 
imposed during the second semester of 2003. This represents an increase from the 19 measures 
imposed against Chinese exports during the second semester of 2002. Korea was second, with 15 measures, followed by Japan and Indonesia, with  8 and 7 measures on their exports during the 
second semester of 2003, respectively. 27 other countries or customs territories were each the 
subject of 5 or fewer measures imposed on their exports during this period.  
The sector most affected by final measures was chemicals, with 40 final measures imposed on 
products in that sector. The base metals sect or was second most affected, with 20 measures 
imposed, and the plastics sector was third, with 17 measures. India accounted for the majority of 
measures imposed on chemical products, 22 of its 32 measures being in that sector. China applied 
7 of its 21 measures on chemical products, followed by the United States with 3, the European Communities and Pakistan with 2, and Brazil, Eg ypt, Korea, and Turkey with one each. Canada 
and China each accounted for 4 of the measures in the base metals sector, with India and Mexico 
accounting for three each, Peru and Turkey accounting for 2 each, and Australia and Brazil accounting for one each. China applied 8 measures on products in the plastics sector, followed by 
Australia with 6, with the United States accounting for the other 3 measures in that sector. 
 The data are taken from the semi-annual reports of Members to the Committee on Anti-Dumping 
Practices. The statistics are based on information from Members having submitted semi-annual 
reports for the relevant periods, and are incomplete to the extent Members have not submitted reports or have submitted incomplete reports. For the purpose of these statistics, each 
investigation or measure reported covers one product imported from one country or customs 
territory.  
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Member s for the period 1 July — 31 December 2003 can 
be found under document series G/ADP/N/112.  
 
 
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