WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/AHG/W/171 
14 March 2005 
 (05-1085) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices 
Working Group on Implementation Original:   English 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 6.7 – CONDUCT OF VERIFICATION 
 
Paper by Pakistan  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 12 March 2005, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of Pakistan.  
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  This paper is based on the experience of th e National Tariff Commission (the “Commission”), 
investigating authority in relation to Article 6.7 of Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of 
GATT 1994 (“ADA”)  2. Applicable Legislation
   
 
2.1 Article 6.7 of ADA that: “ In order to verify information prov ided or to obtain further details, 
the authorities may carry out investigations in the territory of other Members as required, provided 
they obtain the agreement of the fir ms concerned and notify the represen tatives of the government of 
the Member in question, and unless that Member obj ects to the investigation.  The procedures 
described in Annex I shall apply to investigations carried out in the terr itory of other Members.  
Subject to the requirement to protect confidential in formation, the authorities shall make the results of 
any such investigations available, or shall provid e disclosure thereof pursuant to paragraph 9, to the 
firms to which they pertain and may make such results available to the applicants .” 
 
2.2 The Government of Pakistan has also introduced  a similar provision in its domestic legislation 
i.e. Anti-Dumping Duties Ordinance 2000 (the “Ordinance”) and Anti-Dumping Duties Rules 2001 (the”Rules”) framed there under. Section 32(4) of th e Ordinance and Rule 12 of the Rules provides as 
follows:  
Section 32(4) of the Ordinance :  “The Commission shall satisfy itself of the 
accuracy of the information supplied by interested parties during the course of an 
investigation in such manner as may be prescribed.” Rule 12 of the Rules :  “Verification of information . – (1) Save as provided for in 
section 32 of the Ordinance, the Commission shall, during the course of an 
investigation, satisfy itself as to the accu racy of information supplied by interested 
parties upon which its findings are based. “(2) In order to verify information prov ided or to obtain further details, the 
Commission may carry out investigations in other countries as may be required; provided that it shall obtain the agreement of the firms concerned and that they notify 
the representatives of the government of the country in question unless the latter 
objects to an investigation.  G/ADP/AHG/W/171 
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“(3) The procedures set out in the First Schedule shall apply to any verification 
carried out in the territory of other c ountries.  The Commission shall prepare a 
report on any verification conducte d pursuant to this  such rule and such report shall 
be available to the company to which it pertains in full, and a non-confidential version shall be placed in the public file kep t under   rule 7.  The Commission shall 
endeavour to complete any such verification prior to the date of any hearing in an 
investigation.” 
 
3. Procedure Followed for On-the-Spot Investigation:
 
 
 In line with the above mentioned legislation, the following procedure has been devised and is 
followed by the Commission for on-the-spot investigations:   (i) An exporter/foreign producer is informed  when the questionnaire is sent to begin the 
process of gathering of information that the Commission may verify information 
submitted by that exporter/foreign producer in response to the questionnaire during 
the course of the investigation. 
  (ii) Information received in response to the questionnaire is analyzed and deficiencies (if 
any) are conveyed to the exporter/foreign producer. 
 
 (iii) Subsequently, where the Commission requires verification of information provided 
by the applicant(s)/domestic producer(s), exporter(s), and foreign producer(s), the 
concerned party (applicant, exporter/forei gn producer) is approached to work out 
mutually convenient dates for on-the-spot i nvestigation.  After finalization of dates 
for on-the-spot investigation, information to  be verified and particulars of visiting 
Commission staff are conveyed. 
  (iv) Exporting Member government is then  notified of the names and addresses of the 
firms to be visited and the dates. 
  (v) After on-the-spot investigation visit has taken place, the Commission prepares a 
report, which contains information veri fied/obtained during the visit.  Such 
information may include: identification of the concerned party, period of investigation, investigated product and like product, domestic sales of the like product, export sales of the investigated product to Pakistan and other countries, adjustments, cost of production, currenc y exchange rate, profit/loss position, and 
manufacturing process etc. 
  (vi) The confidential and non-confidential vers ions of on-the-spot investigation visit’s 
report are sent to the concerned party for views/comments. 
  (vii) Any comments in response received from the concerned party are reviewed and 
reflected in the report, where appropriate.  A copy of the report thus finalized (both 
confidential and non-confidential version) is sent respectively to the party (applicant, 
exporter/foreign producer) concerned.  Non- confidential version of the report is made 
available to other interested parties by placi ng it on the public file (the public file 
remains available to interested parties at the offices of the Commission from Monday 
to Thursday between 1100 hours to 1300 hours throughout the investigation). 
 4. Thus the “on-the-spot investigation” is seen and utilized as an opportunity to verify 
information provided by an individual party.  It  also offers an opportunity to obtain further 
information (that may be necessary for the investigati on) or to clarify issues.  Thus far on-the-spot 
investigation visits have been made in four cases of  exporters / foreign producers, and in six instances  G/ADP/AHG/W/171 
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in respect of applicants (out of a total of seven  actions).  These were the only cases where a visit was 
proposed. Exporting Member governments were notif ied as appropriate and no objection was raised 
in any of the cases.  
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