MOREPRESS RELEASE
PRESS/287
22 April 2002
(02-2265)
WTO MEMBERS REPORT ON ANTI-DUMPING ACTIVITY
The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 July - 31 December 2001, 19 Members
initiated 186 anti-dumping investigations against exports from a total of 55 different countries or
customs territories. During the corresponding period of 2000, 18 WTO Members had initiated 187
anti-dumping investigations
India initiated 51 investigations during the second semester of 2001, as compared with 21
investigations initiated during the second semester of 2000.  The United States had the second highest
number of initiations (35) during the second semester of 2001, compared with 38 during the
corresponding period in 2000.  Argentina had the third highest number of initiations, 16, a decrease
from 34 initiations in the comparable period during 2000.
China, with 25 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 32 investigations initiated on
Chinese exports during the second semester of 2000.  Brazil, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the United
States were next, each with 9 investigations initiated on their exports in the second semester of 2001.
Indonesia, Korea and Japan each had 8 investigations initiated on their exports in the second semesterof 2001.
A majority of the investigations during the second semester of 2001, 121, were initiated by
developing countries, with developed countries init iating 65 investigations. This parallels the situation
during the second semester of 2000, when developing countries had initiated 101 investigations ascompared with 86 initiations by developed countries, but differs significantly from  the situation in the
first half of 2001, when developed countries had initiated almost twice as many investigations (88) as
developing countries (46).  Exports from developing  countries were the subject of 91 investigations
initiated during the second semester of 2001, while exports from developed countries were the subject
of 51 initiations, and exports from transition econom ies (including China) were the subject of 44
initiations.  This represents a change from the previous semester and from the second semester of
2000, during which periods transition economies were the second most affected group of countries,
while developed countries were the least affected.
The largest group (60) of investigations initiated during the second 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 chemicals andplastics, with, respectively, 41 and 34 investigations initiated. The United States initiated 33 out of itsPRESS/287
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MORE35 investigations on base metals products, while India initiated the majority (28) of its investigations
on chemical products.  Turkey initiated 12 out of its 13 investigations on products in the plastics
sector.
Eight WTO Members imposed a total of 79 final anti-dumping measures against exports from
33 countries or customs territories during the second semester of 2001. This total represents a sharpdecline from the 107 measures imposed during the corresponding period of 2000.  Notable also is the
decline in the number of countries imposing measures, from 16 countries during the second semester
of 2000.  The United States imposed the most fina l measures (21) during the second semester of 2001,
a significant increase from the 8 final measures imposed by the United States during the
corresponding period of 2000.  India was a close sec ond to the United States in the number of final
measures imposed during the period, with 20 measures.  The European Communities and Argentina
each adopted 11 measures during the period, which for the Communities was significant decreasefrom the 32 measures imposed in the second half of 2000.  Argentina had imposed 10 measures
during the second half of 2000.
Exports from China were the subject of the largest number, 21, of final measures imposed
during the second semester of 2001.  Chinese Taipei was a distant second, with 6 measures. ForChina, this represents a slight increase from the 17 measures imposed against its exports during the
second semester of 2000.
During the second semester of 2001, developing country Members imposed a total of 33 final
measures, while developed country Members imposed a total of 46 final measures. Developingcountries and transition economies (including China) each had 34 measures imposed against their
exports, while developed countries had 11 measures imposed against their exports.  As was the case
for initiations, the sector most affected by final measures was base metals, with 34 final measures
imposed on products in that sector. This was followed by the chemicals sector, with 13 measures
imposed, and the machinery and electronics sector with 8 measures.
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the period 1 July – 31 December 2001
can be found under document series G/ADP/N/85.
Note to editors:
The WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement allows governme nts 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, that 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 particulardumped product from the particular exporting country in order to bring its price closer to the “normal
value” or to remove the injury to domestic industry in the importing country.PRESS/287
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AD Initiations: Reporting Party vs Affected Country  From: 01/07/01 To: 31/12/01
Affected Country
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
Chinese
Taipe i
Colombia
Egypt
European
Community
India
IndonesiaIsrael
Jamaica
Korea,Rep. of
Malaysia
Mexico
South Africa
TurkeyUnited StatesUruguayTotals:Argentina 0010 000 000000000010 2
Australia 0000 000 000000000010 1
Belgium 0000 000 000000000110 2
Brazil 4000 000 020000010020 9
Bulgaria 0000 000 010000000000 1
Canada 0010 000 020000000010 4
China, P.R. 4321 000 190000010130 25
Colombia 0010 000 000000000000 1
Dominican Republic 0000 000 000010000000 1
Egypt 0000 000 200000000010 3
Estonia 0010 000 000000000000 1
European Community 0000 000 060000000000 6
Finland 0000 000 000000000100 1
France 0000 000 000000000010 1
Germany 0000 000 010000000120 4
Greece 0000 000 000000000100 1
Guatemala 0000 000 000000010000 1
Hong Kong 0000 000 020000000000 2
Hungary 0000 001 100000000100 3
India 0000 000 300000000010 4
Indonesia 1100 121 000000100010 8
Iran 0000 000 110000000000 2
Israel 0100 000 000000000200 3
Italy 0000 001 000000000101 3
Japan 0010 000 041000000020 8
Jordan 0000 000 000100000000 1
Kazakstan 1000 000 000000000000 1
Korea, Rep. of 1110 110 020000000010 8
Libya 0000 000 100000000000 1
Lithuania 0000 000 100000000000 1
Malaysia 0000 010 000000000000 1
Mexico 0000 000 000000000010 1
Moldova 0000 000 000000000010 1
Nepal 0000 000 010000000000 1
Netherlands 0000 000 000000000110 2
New Zealand 1000 000 000000000010 2
Norway 0100 000 000000000000 1
Philippines 0000 100 000000000000 1
Qatar 0000 000 010000000000 1
Romania 0000 001 000100000100 3
Russia 0010 000 100000000110 4
Singapore 0000 000 070000000000 7
Slovak Republic 0000 000 100000000000 1
South Africa 1100 000 100000000030 6
Spain 0000 001 000000000010 2
Sweden 0100 000 000000000010 2
Chinese Taipei 1100 011 030001000010 9
Thailand 1210 010 030000000010 9
Trinidad and Tobago 0000 000 000000000010 1
Turkey 0000 000 110100000010 4
Ukraine 1010 000 000000000010 3
United Arab Emirates 0000 000 010000000000 1
United Kingdom 0000 000 010000001000 2
United States 0111 000 130000010100 9
Venezuela 0010 000 000000000020 3
Totals for 01/07/01 - 31/12/01 16 13 13 2 3 6 6 15 51 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 13 35 1 186
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