WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/153/KOR 
1 February 2007 
 (07-0446) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
 Original:   English 
 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
 
REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual repor t for the period 1 July-31 December 2006 from 
the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Reporting Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 July – 31 December 2006  
  
Final Measures No Final Measures 
Initiation Provisional 
Measures/ 
determinations Definitive Duty Price 
Undertaking No 
Dumping No Injury Case 
Withdrawn Other 
Country Product 
Date Date 
Dumping 
Margin Date 
Dumping Margin Date 
Dumping Margin Date Date Date Date Trade 
Volume  
Dumped 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption % of trade 
volume 
investigated 
(of the 
exporting 
country) Basis 
for 
determination 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Guide Hole 
Puncher   23.11.06 
4.92         FA 
Japan Alkali Manganese 
Batteries 1.8.06 
(R)            
Uncoated 
Woodfree Paper 3.7.06 
(R)            
Alkali Manganese 
Batteries 1.8.06 
(R)            
Polyester Filament 
Draw Textured 
Yarn   20.10.06 
6.53-18.66         FA China 
Polyvinyl Alcohol  6.8.06 12.12.06 
11.11-35.17         FA 
Indonesia Uncoated 
Woodfree Paper 3.7.06 
(R)            
Polyvinyl Alcohol  6.8.06 12.12.06 
39.42         FA 
Singapore Alkali Manganese 
Batteries 1.8.06 
(R)            
Soybean Oil 1.11.06            
US Polyvinyl Alcohol  6.8.06 12.12.06 
39.42         FA 
Malaysia Polyester Filament 
Draw Textured 
Yarn   20.10.06 
2.78         FA 
Chinese 
Taipei Polyester Filament 
Draw Textured 
Yarn   20.10.06 
2.60-18.27         FA 
Argentina Soybean Oil 1.11.06            
Brazil Soybean Oil 1.11.06            
z The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the c ontext of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure or after an  allegation of a breach of an undertaking. 
 
Basis for determination codes  
HM – Home Market price 
FA – Facts Available  G/ADP/N/153/KOR 
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  OUTSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE  
 
(As of 31 December 2006) 
 
Country Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper 07.11.2003 
Sodium Dithionite 23.06.2004 
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 
Titanium Oxides 02.03.2005 
Ceramic tiles 30.12.2005 
Polyester Filament Draw Textured 
Yarn 20.10.2006 China, P.R.  
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12.12.2006 
Alkali Manganese Batteries 03.12.2003 
Aluminium Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30.07.2004 
PVC Plate* 20.04.2005 
Industrial robot with 6-axis vertical 
multi-articulation structure 18.04.2005 Japan 
Guide Hole Puncher 23.11.2006 
Indonesia Uncoated Woodfree Paper 07.11.2003 
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 
India 
Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Canada Choline Chloride  20.10.2004 
Choline chloride 20.10.2004 
US 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12.12.2006 
Spain Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Singapore 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12.12.2006 
Malaysia Polyester Filament Draw Textured 
Yarn 20.10.2006 
Chinese Taipei Polyester Filament Draw Textured 
Yarn 20.10.2006 
 
*  For products with this mark, Price undertakings are applied as well. 
 
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  UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE
 
 
(As of 31 December 2006) 
 
Country Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003  
China 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Aluminium Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30.07.2004 Japan 
PVC Plate* 20.04.2005 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
 
 *  For products with this mark, Anti-dumping measures are applied as well. 
 
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