PRESS RELEASE
PRESS/319
23 October 2002
(02-5844)
ANTI-DUMPING: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
Anti-dumping investigations decline in first half of 2002
The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 January to 30 June 2002, 17 members initiated
104 anti-dumping investigations against exports from a total of 39 different countries or customsterritories. During the corresponding period of 2001, 19 WTO members had initiated 149 anti-
dumping investigations. Out of the 104 initiations for the reported period 37 were initiated by
developed countries, while 63 were initiated by developing countries.
India initiated 25 investigations during the first semester of 2002, as compared with 24
investigations initiated during the first semester of 2001. The United States had the secondhighest number of initiations (22) during the first half of 2002, compared with 40 during the
corresponding period in 2001. Argentina had the third highest number of initiations, 10.
China, with 16 investigations on its exports, is at the top of the list of countries subject to anti-
dumping investigations, although this number is a decrease from the 24 investigations initiated on
Chinese exports during the first semester of 2001. India, Indonesia and Russia were next, eachwith six investigations initiated on their exports in the first half of 2002. South Africa had five
investigations initiated on its exports, while Chinese Taipei, the European Communities, Korea,
Romania, Singapore, and Ukraine each had four investigations initiated on their exports in the firsthalf of 2002.
The largest group (38) of investigations initiate d during the first half of 2002 involved products
classified in the base metals sector of the Harmonized System of Tariff Classification, which
includes iron, steel and aluminium products. The other most affected sector was chemicals, with,
36 investigations initiated. Out of its 25 investigations India initiated the majority (20) on chemicalproducts, while out of the 22 initiations by the United States there were 16 initiations on base
metals products.
Fourteen WTO members imposed a total of 111 final anti-dumping measures against exports from
43 countries or customs territories during the firs t half of 2002. This total represents an increase
from the 82 measures imposed during the corresponding period of 2001. This increase in thenumber of measures adopted may be the result of the high number of initiations for previous
periods, notably the second half of 2000 (194) and the first half of 2001 (149). It is also worthy of
note that for the period reviewed there were more final measures than initiations, suggesting adecline in the use of the anti-dumping instrument. The United States imposed the most final
measures (25) during the first semester of 2002, a significant increase from the eight final
measures imposed by the United States during the corresponding period of 2001. India was a
close second to the United States in the number of final measures imposed during the period, withPRESS/319
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21 measures, followed by Argentina and the European Communities, which adopted 17 and 14
measures respectively.
Exports from China were the subject of the largest number, 19, of final measures imposed during
the first semester of 2002. Chinese Taipei was a distant second, with nine measures. For China,this represents a significant increase from the nine measures imposed against its exports during
the first semester of 2001.
As was the case for initiations, the sector most affected by final measures was base metals, with
33 final measures imposed on products in that sector. This was followed by the chemicals sector,
with 30 measures imposed, and the plastics sector with 18 measures.
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the period 1 January to 30 June 2002 can
be found under document series G/ADP/N/92.PRESS/319
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ENDAD initiations:
Importing country vs exporting country from: 01/01/02 To: 30/06/02
Exporting country
Argentina
AustraliaBrazilBulgariaCanadaEgyptEuropean
Community
India
Jamaica
Korea, Rep. of
Malaysia
MexicoPeru
Poland
South Africa
Thailand
United StatesTotals:
Australia 100000 00000000000 1
Austria 000000 00000000001 1
Belarus 000000 00000000001 1
Belgium 001000 00000000000 1
Brazil 000000 02000000001 3
Chile 000000 00000010000 1
China, P.R. 110011 23011100004 16
Chinese Taipei 100000 01000100010 4
Colombia 000000 00000100000 1
Czech Republic 000000 00000001000 1
Ecuador 000000 00000100000 1
European Community 000000 03000000010 4
France 000000 00000000001 1
Germany 000000 01000000001 2
Georgia 000000 01000000000 1
Hong Kong 000010 00001000000 2
India 210000 10000000011 6
Indonesia 000000 11100100101 6
Japan 000000 00000000021 3
Kazakstan 000000 00000020000 2
Korea, Rep. of 100000 01000000020 4
Lithuania 000000 00000000001 1
Macau 000010 00000000000 1
Macedonia 000000 01000000000 1
Malaysia 000000 11000000000 2
Mexico 100000 00000000000 1
Poland 000000 11000000000 2
Romania 000000 01000011001 4
Russia 100000 10000011002 6
Singapore 000000 04000000000 4
South Africa 100000 03000000001 5
Spain 000000 00000100001 2
Thailand 000000 01000000000 1
Turkey 000100 00000000001 2
Ukraine 000000 00000110002 4
United Kingdom 010000 00000000000 1
United States 101000 00000000000 2
Venezuela 000000 00000000001 1
Viet Nam 000010 10000000000 2
Totals for 01/01/02 to
30/06/021 032141 8 2 511276317 2 2 1 0 4