G/ADP/N/280/EGY  
 
18 January 2016  
(16-0349)  Page: 1/6  
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices  Original: English  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER 
ARTICLE 16.4 OF THE AGREEMENT 
EGYPT 
Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report  for the period 1 July-31 December 2015 from 
Egypt . 
 
 
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- 2 - Reporting Member:  EGYPT1 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS2 
FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY-31 DECEMBER 2015 
Original 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 number4;  
(*) 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 Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 39 07 60 
ID: 1/2014/CHN 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011 
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Blankets (other than electric 
Blankets) of 
synthetic fibres with different seizes and weights 63 01 40 
ID: 2/2014/CHN 25/09/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011 
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014  25/08/2015  
54% CIF and not 
less than US$1.53 
per KG, for 
cooperated 
companies.  77% 
CIF and not less 
than US$1.89 per 
KG, for other 
Chinese 
companies.       
Coated electrodes 
of base metal for 
electric arc-
welding (welding wires) (*) 83 11 10 ID:2/2015/CHN
 01/10/2015 
D: 01/07/2014 
To:3006/2015   
I: 2012,2013, 
2014, first six 
months of 2015         
                                               
1 Reports relating to anti-dumping investigatio ns are not available on an official website. 
2 All terms and column headings used in this format ha ve the meanings assigned to them in the instructions. 
3 For reference purposes only.   
4 ID numbers have been created specifically for semi-annual reporting.  
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1 2 3 4  5 6 7 8  9 10 11 
India Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 39 07 60 
ID: 1/2014/IND 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Korea, 
Rep. of Dioctyl 
Orthophthalates 
"DOP" 
29 17 32 ID: 3 /2015/ KOR 30/11/2015 
D: 2015 
I: 2013,2014, 
2015
         
Malaysia Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 39 07 60 ID: 1/2014/MYS 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 
2012/2013 2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Oman Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 39 07 60 
ID: 1/2014/OMN 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Pakistan Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 
39 07 60 
ID: 1/2014/PAK 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to: 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Chinese Taipei Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 
39 07 60 
ID: 1/2014/TPKM 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 
2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Thailand Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 
39 07 60 ID: 1/2014/THA 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 
2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
Turkey Wet wipes 
33 07 ID: 1/2015/TUR 14/04/2015 
D: 01/01/2014 to 
31/12/2014 
I: 01/01/2012 to 
31/12/2014 
2012/2013, 
2013/2014          
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Turkey 
(Cont'd) Coated electrodes 
of base metal for 
electric arc-
welding (welding wires)  (*) 83 11 10 
ID:2/2015/TUR 01/10/2015 
D: 01/07/2014 
to 30/6/2015   
I: 2012,2013, 
2014, first six 
months of 2015          
United Arab Emirates Polyethylene 
terephthalate(*) 
39 07 60 ID: 1/2014/UAE 25/08/2014 
D: 01/07/2013 
to 30/06/2014 
I: 2010/2011  
2011/2012 2012/2013 
2013/2014    03/11/2015  
No causal link 
between 
dumped 
imports and 
injury     
  
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- 5 - 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 
 
Nil  
 
 
CF – Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality 
n/a – not available 
LDR – Lesser duty SNR – Sunset review EXP – Measure expired without review HMP – Home market price 
TMP – Third country price 
CV – Constructed value NR - New exporter review P – Publication date 
C – Date of commencement of duty collection
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  ANNEXES 
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2015 
Country/ 
Customs 
Territory Product, 
investigation ID 
number1 Measure(s) Date of original 
imposition; 
publication reference Date(s) of 
extension; 
publication 
reference(s) 
China Porcelain or ceramic 
tableware 1/2002/CHN Duties 
 02.03.03 
Gazette, 47 
(supplement) 28.01.2014 
Gazette, 21 
(supplement) 
Ball point pens 1/2006/CHN Duties 
 22.01.07 
Gazette, 15 
(supplement) 23.10.2012 
Gazette, 243 
(supplement) 
Tyres for buses and lorries 6/2006/China/CHN Duties 
 10.03.08 
Gazette, 58 
(supplement) 20.02.2014 
Gazette, 41 
(supplement- a) 
Blankets (other than electric Blankets) 2/2014/CHN
 Duties 
 25/08/2015 
Gazette, 194 
(supplement-a)  
India Ball point pens 
1/2012/IND Duties 26.2.2013 
Gazette, 47 
(supplement-d)  
Tyres for buses and 
lorries 
6/2006/India/IND Duties 
 10.03.08 
Gazette, 58 
(supplement) 20.02.2014 
Gazette, 41 
(supplement- a) 
Italy  Plastic containers 
(boxes) from PET 2/2009/ITA Duties 
 22.06.11 
Gazette, 143 
(supplement)  
 
REFUND REQUESTS UNDER ARTICLE 9.3 DURING THE PERIOD 
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 2015 
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 MEASURES DURING THE PERIOD 
1 JULY THROUGH 31 DECEMBER 2015 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product, 
investigation ID number Date of termination Reason for 
termination 
NIL 
 
 
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1 ID numbers have been created specifically for semi-annual reporting.