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PRESS/362
24 October 2003
(03-5609)
ANTI-DUMPING: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT
WTO secretariat reports signific ant decline in new anti-dumping
investigations
The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 January — 30 June 2003, 18 Members initiated
79 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, duringwhich 17 WTO Members had initiated 149 anti-dumping investigations. Twenty-eight of the 79
initiations during the first semester of 2003 were reported by developed countries.
The United States initiated the most investigations during the first semester of 2003, 16, a decline
from the 22 investigations it had initiated during the first semester of 2002. India had the second
highest number of initiations (12) during the first semester of 2003, down from 25 investigationsinitiated during the corresponding period in 2002. China reported 11 initiations, while other
Members reported 6 or fewer initiations each.
China, with 12 investigations on its exports, remains at the top of the list of countries subject to
anti-dumping investigations, although this number is a decrease from the 21 investigations
initiated on Chinese exports during the first semester of 2002. Korea and India were next, with,respectively, 8 and 6 investigations initiated on their exports in the first semester of 2003. Chinese
Taipei, Japan, and the United States each had 5 investigations initiated on their exports, while
other Members had 3 or fewer investigations initiated on their exports during the first semester of2003.
The largest number (26) of investigations initiated during the first semester of 2003 involved
products classified in the chemicals sector of the Harmonized System of Tariff Classification. The
second most affected sector was base metals, which includes iron, steel and aluminium products,
with 15 investigations initiated, followed by plastics (10 initiations). The United States initiated 7 ofits 16 investigations on products in the chemicals sector, followed by 5 initiations on products in
the base metals sector. India initiated half of its investigations on products in the chemicals sector
(6 of 12 initiations), while China initiated all 11 of its investigations on products in that sector.
Sixteen WTO Members imposed a total of 112 final anti-dumping measures against exports from
41 countries or customs territories during the first semester of 2003. This is slightly more than thenumber of measures imposed during the corresp onding period of 2002 (99), but the number of
measures imposed by developed countries shows a significant decline, from 31 during the first
semester of 2002 to 7 during the first semester of 2003.PRESS/362
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India and Turkey imposed the most final measures (21 each) during the first semester of 2003
This is the same number as imposed by India during the corresponding period of 2002, but
represents a significant increase from the 8 measures imposed by Turkey during the first semester
of 2002. Thailand was a close second in the number of final measures imposed during the period,with 20, followed by Argentina with 18, and China with 11. Other Members imposed 4 or fewer
measures each during this period.
Exports from China were once more the subject of the largest number of final measures (16)
imposed during the first semester of 2003. This represents a decrease from the 18 measures
imposed against Chinese exports during the first semester of 2002. Korea and Russia were distant
seconds, with 7 measures each on their exports, followed by Chinese Taipei, South Africa, and
Thailand, with 6 measures each, Indonesia and Kazakstan (5 measures each), and the European
Communities, India, Romania and Singapore (4 measures each). Other Members were the subjectof 3 or fewer measures each during this period.
The sector most affected by final measures wa s base metals, with 43 final measures imposed on
products in that sector. The plastics sector was second most affected, with 31 measures imposed,
and the chemicals sector was third, with 22 measures. Of the measures on products in the base
metals sector, the largest number was imposed by Thailand, which imposed all 20 of its measureson products in that sector, followed by Argentina, which imposed 10 of its 18 measures on
products in that sector, and Peru, which imposed all 4 of its measures on products in that sector.
Other Members accounted for 2 or fewer measure each in this sector. In the plastics sector,Turkey accounted for the most measures, imposing 20 of its total 21 measures on products in that
sector, followed by China, (5 measures), Argentina (4), and Poland (2). In the chemicals sector,
India imposed the largest number of measures ( 12), followed by China (5), Australia (2), and
Canada, Mexico, and the United States (1 each).
The data are taken from the semi-annual reports of Members to the ADP Committee. 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 reportedcovers one product imported from one country or customs territory.
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the period 1 January — 30 June 2003 can
be found under document series G/ADP/N/105.
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