G/ADP/N/295  
 
30 January 2017 
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Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices    
 
REPORTS UNDER ARTICL E 16.4 OF THE AGREEM ENT 
(December 2016 ) 
 
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Listed hereunder are reports under Article 16.4 of the Uruguay Round Agreement received 
during  December 2016 . These reports have been received from Argentina ; Australia; Brazil ; 
Canada ; Chile; Dominican Republic ; Egypt ; Indonesia ; Mexico ; Pakistan ; Peru; Turkey ; 
and the United  States  concerning preliminary and final anti -dumping actions.1 These reports are 
available and may be obtained electronically from the WTO Se cretariat by government 
representatives .2 
 
 
Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: ARGENTINA  
Air-conditioning equipment with a capacity not exceeding six thousand 
five hundred frigories/hour (6,500 f/h) , incorporating a cooling only 
system or a heating and cooling system with a valve to reverse the 
heat-cool cycle , consisting of: a  self-contained window or wall unit, with 
a device to change the air temperature; or a split-system unit  imported 
as a whole or through separate tariff headin gs, consisting of : a 
compact, pre -manufactured  internal unit or vaporizing unit with no 
cooling equipment , and an external unit or condensing unit with a heat 
compressor  or exchanger  
 China  
Evaporators and condensers of the type used in air conditioners, motor 
vehicles and radiators for motor vehicles and tractors  
 China  
Household dish washing machines  China  
Turkey  
 
Men's or boy's finished or part -finished suits, ensembles, blazers and 
jackets, excluding knitted items and ensembles of the type used in 
medicine  
 China  
Metal protection grilles  exceeding four hundred millimetres (400 mm) 
in diameter, of the type used in fans with a self -contained electric 
motor  China  
Chinese Taipei  
                                                
1 All notifications should be sent to the Central Registry o f 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/295  
 
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Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
  
REPORTING MEMBER: ARGENTINA  (Cont'd)  
  
Multi-purpose, hand -operated a ppliances with interchangeable 
accessories, for preparing food; hand -operated mixer, with or without 
accessories or blenders  China  
 
  
Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin 
(China  clay) or other inorganic substances, with or withou t 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 the type  used for writing, printing or other 
graphic purposes , of which at least 10% but no more than 50% of the 
weight of the total fibre content consists of fibres obtained through a 
mechanical or chemi -mechanical process , according to the following 
details : 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 wei ghing 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 sheets with one side measuring  
three hundred and sixty millimetres (360 mm) or less in the unfolded 
state; classifiable in  NCM 4810.29.10; the product under investigation 
does not include paper and paperboard used for printing books, 
directories, newspapers  or any  other periodic publications of general 
interest when they are imported by newspaper firms, publishing 
companies or importers acting on behalf of third parties that are direct 
users listed in the Register  of Imports for the Publishing Sector  (RISE) 
established by Resolution ex MEyOySP No.  1354/92 and regulated by 
Resolutions ex SIC Nos 439/92 and  126/92  
 China  
Finland  
Plates, sh eets, film, foil and strip of p oly(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, sh eets, 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  
Plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of mono -axially oriented 
polypropylene,  with a thickness of no less than seventeen (17) microns 
and no more than  one hundred and ten (110) microns , one-side 
treated , with a wetting tension exceeding thirty -six (36) dynes/cm 
(ASTM D -2578-94) 
 Peru 
Rubber balloons of various shapes, sizes and colours, whether or not 
printed, including water balloons  
 China  
Steel spring lock washers  China  
 
Weft and warp fabrics containing eighty -five per cent (85%) or more by 
weight of combed wool; weft and warp fabrics containing more than 
fifty per cent (50%) and less than eighty -five per cent (85%) by weight 
of combed wool, mixed with other textile fibres or filam ents, excluding 
fine animal hair; weft and warp fabrics containing less than eighty -five 
per cent (85%) by weight of polyester staple fibres, mixed mainly or 
solely with combed wool  Brazil  
China  
Peru G/ADP/N/295  
 
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Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: ARGENTINA  (Cont'd)  
 
Welded or seaml ess steel pipes of the type used in oil and gas 
pipelines, with an outer diameter of no more than four hundred and 
six point four millimetres (406.4 mm) and an inner thickness of no 
more than twelve point seven millimetres (12.7 mm), manufactured 
according  to API 5L/ISO 3183 or similar standards, excluding those 
made of stainless steel  China  
  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: AUSTRALIA  
A4 copy paper  Brazil  
China  
Indonesia  
Thailand  
 
Deep drawn stainless steel sinks  China  
 
Hollow structural sections  China  
Korea, Rep.  of 
Malaysia  
Chinese Taipei  
 
Power transformers  Indonesia  
Chinese Taipei  
Thailand  
 
Quicklime  Malaysia  
Thailand  
Viet Nam  
 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: BRAZIL  
Acetic esters  Mexico  
United States  
 
Coarse salt not destined f or animal nor human consumption,  used in 
the manufacturing process of liquid chlo rine, hydrochloric acid, 
sodium  hypochlorite, dichloroethane, caustic soda, sodi um chlorate or 
sodium carbonate  
 Chile 
Food grade monocalcium phosphate monohydrate (MCP)  
 Argentina  
Heavy titanium -alloy plates  China  
 
Magnesium powder, with a minimum of 90% magnesium and 10% 
maximum of calcium oxide  
 China  
N-butanol  United States  
 
PC steel wire  China  
 
PC strand  China  
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Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: B RAZIL  (Cont'd)  
 
PET films  
  
 
 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  
Peru 
 
Polyurethane (PU) sy nthetic leather  China  
 
Seamless carbon steel line pipes for oil and gas pipelines, of a nominal 
outside diameter not exceeding 5 (five) inches (141.3  millimetres ) 
 Romania  
Seamless carbon steel line pipes  China  
 
Seamless carbon -steel tubes non -alloy, of  circular section and external 
diamete r not exceeding 374  millimetres  
 China  
Vacuum flasks  China  
 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: CANADA  
Concrete reinforcing bar (rebar)  Belarus  
Hong Kong, China  
Japan  
Portugal  
Spain  
Chinese Taipei  
 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: CHILE  
Steel c oncrete -reinforcing bar containing indentations, ribs, grooves or 
other deformations  
 Mexico  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC  
Concrete -reinforcing steel bars or rods  Turkey  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: EGYPT  
Dioctyl Orthophthalates "DOP"  
 Korea, Rep. of  
Polyvinyl Chloride  
 United States  
Tableware and kitchenware of plastics (Melamine)  China  
Malaysia  
 
Trays made of urea  China  
 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: INDONESIA  
Cold Rolled Stainless steel (CRS)  
 China  
Korea, Rep. of  
Malaysia  
Singapore  
Chinese Taipei  
Thailand  
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Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: MEXICO  
Amoxi cillin trihydrate  India 
 
Carbon and alloy steel tubing with longitudinal seams  and a circular, 
square or rectangular cross -section  
 China  
Chicken legs and thighs  
 United States  
Cold-rolled sheet  
 Korea, Rep. of  
Ethyle ne glycol monobutyl ether  
 United States  
Galvanized hexagonal steel wire mesh  
 China  
 
Graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces  
 China  
High carbon ferro -manganese  
 Korea, Rep. of  
Multi-layer paper sacks for lime and cement  
 Brazil  
Radio guide (RG) -type coaxial cable with or without messenger  China  
Seamless carbon steel tubing  India 
Korea, Rep. of  
Spain  
Ukraine  
 
Sodium dicloxacillin  
 India 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: PAKISTAN  
Deformed concrete reinforcing steel bars ("Rebar") in straight lengths, 
U-bends or coils  
 China  
Phthalic Anhydride  
 Russian Federation  
Polyvinyl Chloride (Suspension Grade)  China  
Korea, Rep. of  
Chinese Taipei  
Thailand  
 
Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulphonic Acid ("LABSA")  China  
India 
Indonesia  
Iran 
Korea, Rep. of  
Chinese Taipei  
 
REPORTI NG MEMBER: PERU  
Plain weave fabrics, polyester/cotton poplin (blends of any ratio), 
printed, unbleached or bleached, dyed or of yarns of different colours, 
of a width of two point two metres (2.20 m) or more, weighing between 
fifty grams per square metre (50 g/m2) and two hundred and fifty 
grams per square metre (250 g/m2) 
 Pakista n G/ADP/N/295  
 
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Product   Country or  
 Customs territory  
REPORTING MEMBER: PERU  (Cont'd)  
 
Poplin shirt -making fabric, unbleached, bleached or dyed, of 
polyester/cotton blend, containing over 50% by weight of polyester, 
plain w eave,  with a width of less than  one point eight metres (1.80 m) 
and a unit weight of between ninety grams per square metre (90 g/m2) 
and two hundred grams per square metre (200 g/m2) 
  
China  
 
REPORTING MEMBER: TURKEY  
Polyester texturized yarn  Thailand  
Viet Na m 
 
Tools for drilling and milling  China  
 
 
REPORTING MEMBER: UNITED STATES  
1,1,1,2 -tetrafluoroethane (R -134a)  China  
 
Aluminium  extrusions  China  
 
Ammonium sulphate  China  
 
Carbon and alloy steel cut -to-length plate  Austria  
Belgium  
China  
France  
Germany  
Italy 
Japan  
Korea, Rep. of  
Chinese Taipei  
 
Carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod  Mexico  
 
Cased pencils  China  
 
Frozen warmwater shrimp  Viet Nam  
 
Glycine  China  
 
Monosodium glutamate  Indonesia  
 
Small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, a nd pressure 
pipe (under 4 \1/2\ inches)  Japan  
 
Steel threaded rod  
  
China  
Steel wire garment hangers  
 China  
Uncovered innerspring units  
 China  
Welded stainless pressure pipe  India 
 
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