MOREPRESS RELEASE
PRESS/259
27 November 2001
(01-6062)
WTO MEMBERS REPORT ON ANTI-DUMPING ACTIVITY
The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 January – 30 June 2001, 18 Members
initiated 134 anti-dumping investigations against exports from a total of 41 different countries or
customs territories.  During the corresponding period last year, WTO Members initiated 93 anti-
dumping investigations.
The United States initiated 39 investigations during the first semester of 2001, as compared
with 9 investigation initiated during the first semester of 2000. Canada initiated 23 investigations
during the same period. For both Members, the first semester 2001 data suggest an unusually high
level of activity.
India was next in terms of the number of investigations initiated, with 16, while the European
Communities initiated 13 investigations. These figures represent a decline from the number of
investigations initiated by these Members during the first semester of 2000.
China, with 22 investigations on its exports, is at the top of the list of countries subject to anti-
dumping investigations, followed by Korea (10 inves tigations), Chinese Taipei (9 investigations) and
India (8 investigations).  Ten of the investigations against Chinese exports were initiated by the US
and India (5 each).
A majority of investigations during the first semester of 2001, 88 in all, were initiated by
developed countries, with developing countries initiating 46 investigations.  This is in contrast withthe situation during the first semester of 2000, when developing country Members initiated 55
investigations while developed country Members initiated only 38. Exports from developing countries
were the subject of 60 investigations initiated during the first semester of 2001, while exports from
transition economies (including China) were the subject of 39 initiations, and exports from developed
countries were the subject of 35 initiations.
The majority (65) of investigations initiated during the first semester of 2001 involved
products classified in the base metals sector of the Harmonized System of Tariff Classification, which
includes iron, steel and aluminium products.  The other two sectors most affected were plastics and
textiles, with, respectively, 17 and 10 investigations initiated.  Both the European Communities and
Canada initiated all but one investigation during the period on products in the base metals sector.  For
the United States, investigations on products in the base metals sector represented more than half thenumber of initiations during the period.PRESS/259
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MORESixteen WTO Members imposed a total of 85 final anti-dumping measures against exports
from 35 countries or customs territories during the first semester of 2001.  This total represents a
decline from the 127 measures imposed during the corresponding period of 2000.  India imposed the
most final measures during the period, 18.  This represents a significant decline from the 33 final
measures imposed by India during the corresponding period of 2000.  The United States and Brazilfollow India in the number of final measures imposed during the period, with 12 measures each.
Exports from Korea were the subject of the largest number of final measures imposed, 10,
during the first semester of 2001, closely followed by exports from China (9 measures).  For both
countries this was a decrease from the number of measures imposed against their exports during the
first semester of 2000, when their exports were subject to 13 measures each.
During the first semester of 2001, developing country Members imposed a total of 54 final
measures, while developed country Members imposed a total of 34 final measures. Developing
country Members had 36 measures imposed against their exports, developed country Members had 26
measures imposed against their exports, and transition economies (including China) had 23 measures
imposed against their exports.  As was the case for initiations, the sector most affected by finalmeasures was base metals, with 31 final measures imposed on that products in that sector.  This was
followed by chemicals, with 27 measures imposed, and textiles with 8 measures.  All 12 of the final
measures imposed by the United States during the first semester were in the base metals sector, while
the majority of the measures imposed by India were in the chemicals sector.
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the relevant period can be found on
the WTO web-site under document series G/ADP/N/78/.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
The WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement allows governments to act against dumped imports
where there is material injury to the competing domestic industry. In order to do that the importing
government has to determine, after investigating, th at dumping is taking place, calculate the extent of
dumping (how much lower the export price is compared to the exporter’s home market price or
"normal value"), and determine that the dumping is causing injury.
GATT Article VI allows countries to take action against dumping. The Anti-Dumping
Agreement clarifies and expands Article VI, adding detailed procedural and substantive requirements,
and the two operate together. They allow countries to act in a way that would normally break the
GATT principles of binding a tariff and not discriminating between trading partners — typically an
affirmative finding in an anti-dumping case results in an additional import duty on the particular
dumped product from the particular exporting country in order to bring its price closer to the “normalvalue” or to remove the injury to domestic industry in the importing country.PRESS/259
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ENDAD Initiations: Reporting Party vs Affected States  From: 01/01/01 to 30/06/01
Affected state
Argentina
AustraliaBrazilCanadaEuropean CommunityIndiaIndonesiaIsraelJapanKorea, Rep_ ofMexicoNew ZealandSouth AfricaThailandTurkeyUnited StatesUruguayVenezuelaTotals:Argentina 000000000000000010 1
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Belgium 000000010000100000 2
Brazil 100200000000000000 3
Bulgaria 000100000000000000 1
Canada 000000000000000300 3
Chile 000000000000000200 2
China, P.R. 411305000010011500 22
Czech Republic 000020000000000000 2
European Community 001001000000000000 2
France 000000000000000200 2
Germany 000000010000100300 5
India 000110100100100300 8
Indonesia 020000000100000100 4
Italy 000100000001000200 4
Japan 010011000000000100 4
Kazakstan 000000000000000100 1
Korea, Rep. of 210212001000000100 10
Luxembourg 000100000000000100 2
Macedonia 000200000000000000 2
Malaysia 000111000000000100 4
Mexico 000000000000000110 2
Netherlands 000000000000000100 1
New Zealand 000100000000000000 1
Pakistan 000000000100000000 1
Poland 000010000000000000 1
Romania 000000000000000101 2
Russia 000010000000100100 3
Saudi Arabia 000100000000000000 1
Singapore 010001000000000000 2
Slovak Republic 000010000000000000 1
South Africa 000200000000000200 4
Spain 000000000000000100 1
Chinese Taipei 000212001000000300 9
Thailand 030111000000000000 6
Turkey 000010000000000000 1
Ukraine 000111000000000000 3
United Kingdom 100000000000100200 4
United States 211000000000000000 4
Venezuela 000000000000000100 1
Yugoslavia 000100000000000000 1
Totals for 01/01/01 - 30/06/01 1 0 1 03 2 3 1 3 1 6122311511 3 921 1 3 4