G/ADP/N/315  
 
29 June 2018 
(18-4134) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices    
 
REPORTS UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 OF THE AGREEMENT  
(May 2018 ) 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Listed hereunder are reports under Article 16.4 of the Uruguay Round Agreement received during 
May 2018 . These reports have been received from Argentina ; Australia ; Brazil ; India; Kazakhstan ; 
Korea, Rep. of ; Kyrgyz Republic ; Morocco ; Pakistan ; Russian Federation ; South Africa ; Turkey ; 
Ukraine  and the United  States  concer ning preliminary and final anti -dumping actions.1 These 
reports are available and may be obtained electronically from the WTO Secretariat by government 
representatives.2 
 
Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: ARGENTINA  
Vacuum cleaners, with self -contained electric motor, of a power not exceeding 
two thousand five hundred watts (2,500 W) and having a dust bag or other 
receptacle capacity not exceeding thirty -five litres (35 l), excluding robotic 
vacuum cleaners  
 China  
Table knives having fixed blades, forks and spoons, of stainless steel, with 
wooden or plastic handles, whether or not put up in sets of assorted articles  
 Brazil  
China  
Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (China clay) or 
other in organic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating 
or covering, whether or not surface ‑coloured, surface ‑decorated or printed, in 
rolls or rectangular (including square) sheets, of any size, of a kind used for 
writing, printing or othe r graphic purposes, not containing fibres obtained by a 
mechanical or chemi -mechanical process or of which not more than 10% by 
weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres, as follows : 
i. in rolls weighing no less than eighty grams per square  metre (80 g/m2) and 
no more than two hundred grams per square metre (200 g/m2), excluding those 
with a width of fifteen centimetres (15 cm) or less ; and 
ii. in rolls or sheets weighing no less than eighty grams per square metre 
(80 g/m2) and no more than two hundred grams per square metre (200 g/m2), 
other than those falling under subheading 4810.14 and subheading 4810.19.10 
of the MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature (NCM), metallized and/or 
baryta -coated.  
 Austria  
China  
Finland  
United States  
                                                
1 All notifications should be sent to the Central Registry of Notifications  at crn@wto.org  in PDF or 
Word  format  only. 
2 Interested delegations are requested to contact Ms Judith McGrath or Ms Nélida Varela, Office 2028, 
Tel.: 022 739 5326 / 5833.  This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own 
responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of 
Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO  G/ADP/N/315  
 
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: ARGENTINA (Cont'd)  
The product under investigation does not include paper and paperboard used for 
the printing of books or magazines where imported by publishers or importers 
acting on behalf of third parties that are direct users listed in the Register o f 
Publishing Sector Imports (RISE) established by Resolution No. 1.354/92 of the 
former Ministry of the Economy and Public Works and Services (ex MEyOySP) 
and regulated by Resolutions Nos. 439/92 and 126/92.   
Flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles of fine  earthenware (porcellanato) with a 
natural or unpolished, polished or semi polished (satinado) finish or glazed 
(whether or not with a lappato and/or polished finish)  Brazil  
India 
Malaysia  
Viet Nam  
 
Glazed flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles of fine earthenware (porcellanato) 
(whether or not with a lappato and/or polished finish)  
 China  
Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of poly (methyl methacrylate) only, 
non-cellular, non -metalized, with a thickness of no less than two millimetres 
(2 mm) and no more than two hundred millimetres (200 mm), with or without a 
disposable protective film on one or both sides; and plates, sheets, film, foil and 
strip of poly(methyl methacrylate) only, non -cellular, non -metalized, rectangular 
(including square) in shape with slightly rounded corners, with or without a 
plastic border, with a thickness of no less than two millimetres (2 mm) and no 
more than two hundred millimetres (200 mm), with or without a disposable 
protective film on one or both sides  
 Brazil  
China  
Products of glass wool agglomerated with thermosetting phenolic resins, with or 
without covering  
 Mexico  
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels with stainless steel inners of a capacity 
not exceeding two point five litres (2.5 l)  
 China  
Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels with glass inners of a capacity of up to 
two and a half litres (2.5 l)  
 China  
REPORTING MEMBER: AUSTRALIA  
Aluminium extrusions  China  
Malaysia  
 
Aluminium zinc coated steel  China  
Korea, Rep. of  
 
Grinding balls  China  
 
Hollow structural sections  Thailand  
 
Railway wheels  China  
France  
 
Resealable can end closures  Malaysia  
Philippines  
Singapore  
 
Rod in coil  China  
 
Steel reinforcing bar  China  
Korea, Rep. of  
Thailand  
 
Zinc coated (galvanised) steel  China  
Chinese Taipei  
Korea, Rep. of  G/ADP/N/315  
 
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: BRAZIL  
Milk powder, whole or skimmed, not fractionated  European Union  
New Zealand  
REPORTING MEMBER: INDIA  
Acrylic fibre  Belarus  
China  
European Union  
Peru 
Ukraine  
 
Ceramic roller  China  
 
Digital offset printing plates  China  
 
Dimethylacetamide  China  
Turkey  
 
Epoxy resins  China  
Chinese Taipei  
European Union  
Korea, Rep. of  
Thailand  
 
Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA) sheet for solar module  China  
Korea, Rep. of  
Malaysia  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of  
Thailand  
 
Fishing net  Bangladesh  
China  
 
Flat base steel wheels  China  
 
Flax yarn  China  
 
Glass fibre  Thailand  
 
Glassware  China  
Indonesia  
 
Graphite electrodes of all diameters  China  
 
Hydrogen peroxide  Bangladesh  
Chinese Taipei  
Indonesia  
Korea, Rep. of  
Pakistan  
Thailand  
 
"Jute products" viz – Jute Yarn/Twine (multiple folded/cabled and single), 
Hessian fabric and Jute sacking bags  
 Bangladesh  
Jute sacking bags  Bangladesh  
 
Melamine  European Union  
Indonesia  
Iran 
Japan  
 
Metaphenylene Diamine  China  
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: INDIA (Cont'd)  
Methyl Ethyl Ketone or MEK  China  
Chinese Taipei  
Japan  
South Africa  
 
Monoisopropylamine  China  
 
Non-plasticized industrial grade nitrocellulose excluding nitrocellulose damped in 
ethanol and waterwet  Brazil  
Indonesia  
Thailand  
 
Partially Oriented Yarn (POY ) China  
 
Peroxosulphates (Persulphate)  China  
United States  
 
Phosphorus Pentoxide  China  
 
Plain gypsum plaster boards  China  
Indonesia  
Thailand  
United Arab Emirates  
 
Playing cards  China  
 
Saturated fatty alcohols  Indonesia  
Malaysia  
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 
Thailand  
 
Soda ash  Russian Federation  
Turkey  
 
Solar cells whether or not assembled partially or fully in modules or panels or on 
glass or some other suitable substrates  China  
Chinese Taipei  
Malaysia  
 
Textured tempered glass whether coated or uncoated  Malaysia  
 
Veneered engineered wooden flooring  China  
European Union  
Indonesia  
Malaysia  
 
Viscose filament yarn  China  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: KAZAKHSTAN  
Single mode optical fibre designed for optical communication cables  Japan  
United States  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: KOREA, REP. OF  
Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Film  Chinese Taipei  
Thailand  
United Arab Emirates  
 
Thick polyethylene therephthalate (PET) films  Japan  
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: KYRGYZ REPUBLIC  
Aluminum alloy wheels  China  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: MOROCCO  
Plywo od consisting of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, in 
Okoumé or other miscellaneous woods  
 China  
REPORTING MEMBER: PAKISTAN  
Polyvinyl Chloride Resin Suspension Grade ("PVC")  China  
Chinese Taipei  
Korea, Rep. of  
Thailand  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: RUSSIAN FEDERATION  
Single mode optical fibre designed for optical communication cables  Japan  
United States  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: SOUTH AFRICA  
Fully threaded screws with hexagon heads  China  
 
Plates and sheets, film, foil and strip of polymers of vinyl chloride (PVC)  China  
Chinese Taipei  
 
Unframed glass mirrors of a thickness of between 2  mm or more but not 
exceeding 6mm  
 China  
REPORTING MEMBER: TURKEY  
Fittings (others)  Brazil  
Bulgaria  
China  
India 
Indonesia  
Thailand  
 
Granite  China  
 
Plywood  China  
 
Polyester synthetic staple  Indonesia  
Korea, Rep. of  
 
Unbleached kraftliner paper (<175 GSM)  Brazil  
Finland  
Poland  
Russian Federation  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: UKRAINE  
Medical glass containers with capacity not exceeding 0.15 lit re Russian Federation  
 
Rubber stoppers for medical use  China  
Poland  G/ADP/N/315  
 
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: UNITED STATES  
Aluminum foil  China  
 
Biodiesel  Argentina  
Indonesia  
 
Carbazole violet pigment 23  India 
 
Carbon and alloy steel wire rod  Italy 
Korea, Rep. of  
Spain  
Turkey  
United Kingdom  
 
Carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod  Mexico  
 
Carton -closing staples  China  
 
Circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes  Thailand  
 
Citric acid and certain citrate salts  Canada  
 
Cold-drawn mechanical tubing of carbon and alloy steel  China  
Germany  
India 
Italy 
Korea, Rep. of  
Switzerland  
 
Diamond sawblades and parts thereof  China  
 
Glycine  China  
India 
Japan  
Thailand  
 
Laminated woven sacks  Viet Nam  
 
Light-walled rectangular pipe and tube  Mexico  
 
Lined paper products  India 
 
Monosodium glutamate  Indonesia  
 
New pneumatic off -the-road tires  China  
 
Oil country tubular goods  Korea, Rep. of  
 
Polyester staple fibre  Chinese Taipei  
Korea, Rep. of  
 
Polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip  United Arab Emirates  
 
Polyethylene terephthalate resin  Brazil  
Chinese Taipei  
Indonesia  
Korea, Rep. of  
Pakistan  
 
Stainless steel bar  India 
Spain  
 
Stainless steel flanges  China  
India 
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  Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: UNITED STATES (Cont'd)  
Steel wheels  China  
 
Tool chests and cabinets  China  
Viet Nam  
 
Uncoated paper  Brazil  
Indonesia  
Portugal  
 
 
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