G/ADP/N/314/KOR  
 
4 October  2018 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  Original: English  
 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT U NDER  
ARTICLE 16.4 OF THE AGREEMENT  
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
Reproduced herewith is the semi -annual report for the period 1 January -30 June 2018 from the 
Republic of  Korea . 
 
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- 2 - Reporting Member:  Republic of Korea1 
SEMI -ANNUAL REPORT O F ANTI -DUMPING ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY -30 JUNE 2018 
Origi nal Investigations  
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Provisional 
measures and 
preliminary  
determinations  Final measures  No final 
measures / 
termination  Other  Trade data  
(from published report(s))  Basis for 
normal value 
determination  Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking  
 Description;  
HS 6-digit 
category covering 
investigated 
product3; ID 
number; (*) if 
investigation of >1 
country  Date; period  of 
investigation  
(D-dumping;  
I-injury)  Date of duties; 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of duties; 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins; 
"other" rates; 
[range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Date of 
application; 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins or 
minimum 
prices  Date,  
Reason  Date, 
explanation  Import volume 
or value 
(units/ 
currency); 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different from 
cols. 2 / 3  Import 
volume as % 
of apparent 
domestic 
consumption 
or as % of 
total imports  Codes for all 
bases used in 
proceeding;  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
China  Coated printing 
paper;  
4810.13, 4810.14, 
4810.19, 4810.22, 
4810.29;  
17-005 10.07.2017;   
D: 1/2016 -
12/2016;  
I: 1/2013 -12/2016  22.1.2018; 
8.98-12.12 %; 
All other 9.72%         
Galvanized low 
carbon steel wires;  
7217.20, 7229.90;  
17-007 01.08.2017;  
D: 1/2016 -
12/2016;  
I: 1/2013 -12/2016  13.8.2018;  
4.43-15.71%;  
All other 8.12%         
Finland  Coated printing 
paper;  
4810.13, 4810.14, 
4810.19, 4810.22, 
4810.29;  
17-006 10.07.2017;  
D: 1/2016 -12/2016;  
I: 1/2013 -12/2016  22.1.2018;  
4.64-10.51%;  
All other 4.64%         
 
 
                                                
1 Website address where published reports on investigations are available: http://www.ktc.go.kr/ .  
2 All terms and column headings used in this format have the meanings assigned to them in the instructions.  
3 For reference purposes only.   
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Italy Stainless steel bar 
7222.11, 7222.19, 
7222.20, 7222.30;  
18-002 18.5.2018  
D: 7/2016 -6/2017  
I: 1/2014 –
12/2017          
Japan  Coated printing 
paper;  
4810.13, 4810.14, 
4810.19, 4810.22, 
4810.29;  
17-004 10.07.2017;  
D: 1/2016 -12/2016;  
I: 1/2013 -12/2016  22.1.2018; 
56.30 %        
Chinese 
Taipei  PET film (*); 
3920.62, 3920.69 ; 
17-001 17.04.2017; 
D: 4/2015-3/2016; 
I: 1/201 3–12/2016 1.11.2017;  
5.23% 30.4.2018; 
8.68%       
Thailand  PET film (*); 
3920.62, 3920.69 ; 
17-002 17.04.2017; 
D: 4/2015-3/2016; 
I: 1/201 3–12/2016 1.11.2017;  
3.92-4.23%; All 
other 4.07% 30.4.2018; 
3.67-3.71%; 
All other 
3.68%  
       
Stainless steel bar 
7222.11, 7222.19, 
7222.20, 7222.30;  
18-001 18.5.2018  
D: 7/2016 -6/2017  
I: 1/2014 –12/2017          
United Arab 
Emirates  PET film (*); 
3920.62, 3920.69 ; 
17-003 17.04.2017; 
D: 4/2015-3/2016; 
I: 1/201 3–12/2016 1.11.2017;  
5.69-51.86 %;  
All other 51.86% 30.4.2018; 
7.98-60.95%; 
All other 
51.48% 
        
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- 4 - Reviews / Other subsequent proceedings  
 
Country or 
customs 
territory  Product  Initiation  Preliminary 
results /  
determination  Final results  Revocation 
of 
Measures  Other (e.g., 
procedures not 
affecting the 
duty level)  Trade Data  
(if available from 
published report(s) on 
proceeding)  
 Basis for 
normal value 
determination  Definitive duty  Price 
undertaking  
 Description; 
HS 6-digit category 
covering 
investigated 
product;  ID number; 
(*) if investigation of 
>1 country  Date, Type of 
Review or 
Procedure 
(code), Period 
Covered  Effective date; 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Effective date, 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins; "other" 
rates; [range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason]  Effective date; 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins or 
minimum 
prices; or 
other outcome 
(code) Date, 
Reason  Date,  
explanation  Import volume 
or value (units 
/currency); 
product 
coverage, 
period, if 
different from 
cols. 2 / 3  Import 
volume as 
% of 
apparent 
domestic 
consumpti
on or as % 
of total 
imports  Codes for all 
bases used in 
proceeding  
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Japan  PET Film;  
3920.62;  
13-004 4.9.2017 
D: 1/2016-
12/2016 
I: 1/201 4–
12/2016    2.4.2018  
Revocation  
application      
 
 
CF – Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality   HMP – Home market price  
n/a – not available         TMP – Third country price 
LDR – Lesser duty         CV – Constructed value  
SNR – Sunset review        P – Publication date  
EXP – Measure expired without review      C – Date of commencement of duty collection  G/ADP/N/314/KOR  
 
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  ANNEXES  
DEFINITIVE ANTI -DUMP ING MEASURES IN FORC E 
AS OF 30 JUNE 2018 
Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product, 
investigation 
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
China  Ceramic tile 
05-002 Duties  30.12.2005  
Gazette  No. 16160  20.07.2011  
Gazette No. 17259  
25.02.2015  
Gazette No. 18456  
Float glass 
07-003 Duties  
 
 
 
Undertakings  29.10.2007  
Gazette No. 16616  
 
 
17.04.2008  
Gazette No. 16732  24.05.2011  
Gazette  No. 17514  
07.01.2015  
Gazette  No. 18424  
24.05.2011  
Gazette  No. 17514  
07.01.2015  
Gazette  No. 18424  
Ethyl acetate  
08-003 Duties  25.08.2008  
Gazette No. 16820  27.03.2012  
Gazette  No. 17728  
19.11.2015  
Gazette  No. 18641  
PET film 
08-012 Duties  27.10.2008  
Gazette No. 16863  25.05.2012  
Gazette  No. 17770  
13.01.2016  
Gazette  No. 18678  
Plywood  
12-014 Duties  18.10.2013  
Gazette No. 18121  08.05.2017  
Gazette  No. 19004  
Oriented 
polypropylene film 
13-001 Duties  20.12.2013  
Gazette No. 18166   
Structural steel 
sections  
14-005 Duties  
 
Undertakings  30.07.2015  
Gazette No. 18565  
30.07.2015  
Gazette No. 18565   
Coniferous wood 
plywood  
15-001 Duties  11.03.2016  
Gazette No. 18716  
  
Presensitized 
aluminum plate for 
offset printing ; 
3701.30;  
16-001 Duties  07.09.2017;  
Gazette No. 19089  
France  Butyl glycol ether 
15-002 Duties  06.12.2016  
Gazette No. 18900   
India Stainless steel bar 
04-002 Duties  30.07.2004  
Gazette No. 15757  24.02. 2010 
Gazette  No. 17202  
01.10.2013  
Gazette No. 18110  
02.06.2017  
Gazette No. 19022  
PET film 
08-013 Duties  27.10.2008  
Gazette No. 16863  25.05.2012  
Gazette  No. 17770  
13.01.2016  
Gazette  No. 18678  
Ethyl acetate  
14-006 Duties  19.11.2015  
Gazette  No. 18641   
Ferro-silico-
manganese;  
7202.30;  
16-002 Duties  29.11.201 7 
Gazette  No. 19142   G/ADP/N/314/KOR  
 
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  Country/  
Customs 
Territory  Product, 
investigation 
ID number  Measure(s)  Date of original 
imposition; 
publication 
reference  Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s)  
Indonesia  Oriented 
polypropylene film 
13-002 Duties  20.12.2013  
Gazette No. 18166   
Japan  Stainless steel bar 
04-001 Duties  
 
 
 30.07.2004  
Gazette No. 15757  
 
 24.02. 2010 
Gazette  No. 17202  
01.10. 2013  
Gazette No. 18110  
02.06.2017  
Gazette No. 19022  
Ethyl acetate  
08-004 Duties  25.08.2008  
Gazette No. 16820  27.03.2012  
Gazette  No. 17728  
19.11.2015  
Gazette  No. 18641  
Stainless steel plate 
10-014 Duties  21.04.2011  
Gazette No. 17492  06.12.2016  
Gazette No. 18900  
Ethanolamine  
13-005 Duties  30.12.2014  
Gazette No. 18419   
Valves for pneumatic 
transmissions;  
14-001 Duties  19.08.2015  
Gazette No. 18578   
Malaysia  Plywood  
10-013 Duties  01.02.2011  
Gazette No. 17439  05.09.2014  
Gazette  No. 18343  
08.05.2017  
Gazette  No. 19004  
Ethanolamine;  
13-006 Duties  30.12.2014  
Gazette No. 18419   
Singapore  Ethyl acetate  
08-005 Duties  25.08.2008  
Gazette No. 16820  27.03.2012  
Gazette  No. 17728  
19.11.2015  
Gazette  No. 18641  
Spain  Stainless steel bar 
04-003 Duties  30.07.2004  
Gazette No. 15757  24.02. 2010 
Gazette  No. 17202  
01.10.2013  
Gazette No. 18110  
02.06.2017  
Gazette No. 19022  
Chinese Taipei  PET Film  
17-001 Duties  30.4.2018  
Gazette No.  19246   
Thailand  Oriented 
polypropylene film 
13-003 Duties  20.12.2013  
Gazette No. 18166   
Ethanolamine ; 
13-007 Duties  30.12.2014  
Gazette No. 18419   
PET Film  
17-002 Duties  30.4.2018  
Gazette No.  19246   
Ukraine  Ferro-silico-
manganese;  
7202.30;  
16-003 Duties  29.11.2017 
Gazette No. 19142  
United Arab 
Emirates  PET Film  
17-003 Duties  30.4.2018  
Gazette No.  19246   
United States  Ethanolamine;  
13-008 Duties  30.12.2014  
Gazette No. 18419   
Butyl glycol ether 
15-002 Duties  06.12.2016  
Gazette No. 18900   
Viet Nam  Ferro-silico-
manganese;  
7202.30;  
16-004 Duties  29.11.2017 
Gazette No. 19142  
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  REFUND REQUESTS UNDE R ARTICLE 9.3 DURING  THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY  THROUGH 3 0 JUNE 2018 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product, 
Investigation ID 
number  Original effective 
date; date of 
most recent 
extension  Number of 
refund requests 
received  Number of 
refund reviews 
commenced, 
completed  
NIL 
TERMINATION OF MEASU RES DURING THE PERIOD  
1 JANUARY  THROUGH 3 0 JUNE 2018 
Country/Customs 
Territory  Product,  
investigation ID number  Date of termination  Reason for 
termination  
Japan  PET Film,  
13-004 2.4.2018  Revocation application  
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