WT/DS460/7  
 
22 May 2015  
(15-2667)  Page: 1/3  
  Original: English  
 
 CHINA – MEASURES IMPOSING ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE 
STAINLESS STEEL SEAMLESS TUBES ("HP-SSST") FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION 
NOTIFICATION OF AN APPEAL BY THE PEOPLE'S  REPUBLIC OF CHINA UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 AND 
ARTICLE17 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON RULES AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE 
SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES (DSU), AND UNDER RU LE 20(1) OF THE WORKING PROCEDURES FOR 
APPELLATE REVIEW  
The following communication, dated 20 May 2015, from the delegation of the People's Republic of 
China, is being circulated to Members.  
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 1. Pursuant to Articles 16.4 and 17 of the DSU and Rule 20 of the Working Procedures, China 
hereby notifies the Dispute Settlement Body of its decision to appeal certain issues of law and legal 
interpretations developed in the Report of the Panel in China – Measures Imposing Anti-Dumping 
Duties on High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes ("HP-SSST") from the European Union 
(WT/DS460/R) (Panel Report).  
2. Pursuant to Rules 20(1) and 21(1) of the Working Procedures, China is simultaneously filing 
this Notice of Appeal and its Appellant Submission with the Appellate Body Secretariat. 
3. The measure at issue in this dispute concerns anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of 
High-Performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tube s ("HP-SSST") from the European Union. The 
Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM) issued a final determination finding the existence of dumping that caused injury to the domestic industry by means of MOFCOM Notice No. 72 [2012]. 
4. Pursuant to Rule 20(2)(d)(iii), the present Notice  of Appeal provides an indicative list of the 
paragraphs of the Panel Report containing the alleged errors of law and legal interpretation by the Panel in its report, without prejudice to the ability of China to refer to other paragraphs of the 
Panel Report in the context of its appeal.  
5. China seeks review by the Appellate Body of, and requests the Appellate Body to reverse, 
the following findings and conclusions of the Panel, with respect to the following errors of law and legal interpretation contained in the Panel Report: 
a. the Panel's findings and conclusions concerning the consistency of MOFCOM's 
determination of the amount for selling, general and administrative expenses with China's obligations under the Anti-Dumping Agreement, including Article 2.2.2 of the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement, as contained inter alia in paras. 7.49, 7.51, 7.64-7.66 and 
8.6(a), because of the following errors of law and legal interpretation: 
i. the Panel acted contrary to Articles 6.2, 7.1 and 11 of the DSU when finding that the 
European Union's request for the establishment of a panel complied with the 
requirements of Article 6.2 of the DSU in respect of the European Union's claim that 
China acted inconsistently with Article 2.2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by 
failing to determine an amount for selling, general and administrative expenses on 
the basis of data pertaining to production and sales in the ordinary course of trade of 
the like product. The Panel erred in concluding that this claim was within its terms of reference and by reaching any findings and conclusions on this claim that was WT/DS460/7 
 
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  outside its terms of reference. The Panel similarly erred when finding that the 
Article 2.2.1 arguments in the European Union's submissions relate to a claim that was within its terms of reference; 
ii. the Panel erred in its interpretation and application of Article 2.2.2 of the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement and violated Articles 11 and 12.7 of the DSU and 
Article 17.6(i) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement when reaching those findings and conclusions, including when finding that "China acted inconsistently with Article 2.2.2 
of the Anti-Dumping Agreement by failing to determine an SG&A amount for SMST 
on the basis of actual data pertaining to production and sales in the ordinary course of trade of the like product"; 
b. the Panel's findings and conclusions concerning the consistency of MOFCOM's conduct 
with Article 6.7 and Paragraph 7 of Annex I of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, as 
contained inter alia in paras. 7.98-7.101 and para. 8.6(c), including that "China acted 
inconsistently with Article 6.7 and Para graph 7 of Annex I of the Anti-Dumping 
Agreement by rejecting SMST's request for rectification only on the basis that it was not 
provided prior to verification", because the Panel erred in its interpretation and application of Article 6.7 and Paragraph 7 of Annex I of the Anti-Dumping Agreement 
when reaching those findings and conclusions; 
c. the Panel's findings and conclusions concerning the consistency of MOFCOM's reliance on 
the market share in the causation analysis with Articles 3.1 and 3.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, as contained inter alia  in paras. 6.106, 7.181-7. 188, 7.205 and 8.6(d)(iii), 
including that "MOFCOM improperly relied on the market share of subject imports […] in 
determining a causal link between subject imports and material injury to the domestic industry, contrary to Articles 3.1 and 3.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement", because of 
the following errors of law and legal interpretation: 
i. in reaching those findings and conclusions the Panel erred in considering that the 
European Union in its submissions "referred to the relevance of market share data in 
the context of price effects" and ruled on a matter that was not before it, contrary to 
Article 11 of the DSU, or in the alternative, made the case for the complainant and acted in violation of the principles gove rning the burden of proof, the due process 
requirements, Paragraph 7 of the Joint Wo rking Procedures and Article 11 of the 
DSU; 
ii. the Panel erred in the interpretation and a pplication of Articles 3.1 and 3.5 of the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement and acted contrary to Article 11 of the DSU when reaching 
those findings and conclusions, including when finding that MOFCOM's reliance on 
the market shares is not sufficient to establish that subject imports, through price undercutting, had a relatively big impact on the price of the domestic industry, and a 
consequent finding of causation consistent with Article 3.5 of the Anti-Dumping 
Agreement; 
d. the Panel's findings and conclusions concerning the consistency of MOFCOM's 
non-attribution analysis with Articles 3.1 and 3.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, as 
contained inter alia  in paras. 7.200-7.205 and 8.6(d)(iv), including that "MOFCOM failed 
to ensure that injury caused by the decrease in apparent consumption and the increase in production capacity was not attributed to subject imports, contrary to Articles 3.1 and 
3.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement", becaus e these are entirely based on the Panel's 
findings and conclusions contained in paras. 6.106, 7.181-7.188, 7.205 and 8.6(d)(iii) (including the Panel's erroneous rejection of China's reliance on MOFCOM's price 
correlation finding) that have to be reversed for the reasons set out in subparagraph (c) 
above; 
e. the Panel's findings and conclusions concerning the consistency of MOFCOM's treatment 
of confidential information with Article 6.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, as contained 
inter alia  in paras. 7.290, 7.297-7.303 and 8.6(e), including that "MOFCOM allowed 
certain information supplied by the petitioners to remain confidential without objectively assessing "good cause" or scrutinizing the petitioners' showing of "good cause", contrary WT/DS460/7 
 
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  to Article 6.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement", because of the following errors of law 
and legal interpretation: 
i. the Panel erred in the interpretation and application of Article 6.5 of the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement when reaching those findings and conclusions; 
ii. the Panel applied an erroneous standard of review and failed to make an objective 
assessment of the facts before it and acted contrary to Article 11 of the DSU and Article 17.6(i) of the Anti-Dumping Agreement when reaching those findings and 
conclusions; 
iii. the internally inconsistent reasoning as regards the consistency of the measure at 
issue with Article 6.5 and Article 6.5.1 cannot be reconciled with the Panel's duty to make an objective assessment of the facts under Article 11 of the DSU and the Panel 
disregarded Paragraph 7 of the Joint Working Procedures when reaching those 
findings and conclusions. 
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