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G/ADP/AHG/R/33  
 
2 May 2013  
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Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Working Group on Implementation 
   
 
SUMMARY REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP  
ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMITTEE  
ON ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES 
24 APRIL 2013 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT 
1.1.  The Working Group on Implementation ("the Group") met in informal session on 
24 April 2013. The Group adopted the agenda for the meeting, which had been circulated as document WTO/AIR/4112 dated 12 April 2013. 
1.2.  The Chairperson, Mr Shai Moses (Israel), stated that the Group would discuss two papers 
submitted by Jamaica, one on "Article 5.3-accura cy and adequacy test", circulated in document 
G/ADP/AHG/W/196, and the other one on "Article 2.2- Export Price to a Third Country or Constructed Normal Value", circulated in document G/ADP/AHG/W/197. 
1.3.  The paper on the accuracy and adequacy  test explained Jamaica's approach to the 
assessment of an application, including in particul ar with respect to the accuracy and adequacy of 
the information provided therein. Following the pr esentation by the delegate of Jamaica, Members 
asked questions primarily focussing on: Application kit for domestic industries; use of information 
obtained from other government agencies; whether the Jamaican investigating authority worked with potential applicants prior to the filing of an application; whether the authority looked into the 
issue of domestic industry support at the application stage; how domestic industry was identified, 
whether the authority relied exclusively on the information provided in the application or whether it conducted an independent research on this issue; the types of information received in support of allegations of dumping and injury and the period of  time on which injury allegations are based; the 
timing of the notification to the government of the exporting country; the circumstances justifying 
an ex-officio initiation; the number of Commissioners in the Jamaican Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission; and methods used to obtain normal value information. Several Members also 
explained their own practice with respect to the accuracy and adequacy test. 
1.4.  The Group then discussed the paper on export prices to third countries or constructed normal 
value. Following the presentation by the delegate of Jamaica, Members asked questions primarily 
focussing on: Whether Jamaican law allowed for th e use of export prices to third countries in 
determining normal value in cases of low volume of domestic sales; whether or not Jamaican law provided for two methods, one being the price of like products exported to an appropriate 
third country and the other one the price of like pr oducts produced in an appropriate third country; 
the issue of preference between export prices to  third countries and constructed normal value; 
factors determining whether domestic prices in a third country are reliable; the level of government influence required in examining whether domestic prices are determined by a 
government, whether export prices to third coun tries are determined on the basis of one third 
country or multiple such countries; criteria for determining an appropriate third country; and the point in time during the investigative process where the appropriate third country is selected. 
Several Members also explained their own practice with respect to the use of export prices to 
third countries or constructed normal value. G/ADP/AHG/R/33 
 
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  1.5.  At the request of some delegations, the Chairman stated that the Group would continue 
discussing Jamaica's two papers at its October meeting. He also encouraged other Members to submit papers on any of the nine topics that were  before the Group for discussion: (1) Article 2.2 - 
export prices to third countries or constructed no rmal value; (2) Article 2.4.1 - foreign exchange 
fluctuations; (3) Article 13 - judicial, arbitral or administrative review; (4) "How do Members 
determine whether there has been a significant price undercutting by the dumped imports? – Article 3.2"; (5) Article 2.3 – constructed export price; (6) Article 3.5 – other known causes of 
injury; (7) Article 3.7 – threat of material injury; (8) Article 5.3 – accuracy and adequacy test; and 
(9) Article 11.3 – sunset reviews. 
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