WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/180/KOR 
3 March 2009 
 (09-1081) 
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 2008 from 
the Republic of Korea
. 
  
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SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
For the period 1 July-31 December 2008 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive 
duty Price  
undertaking No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
with-
drawn Other Country/ 
customs 
territory Goods/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 
determi-
nation 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Canada Kraft Paper   27.10.2008 
10.79         FA 
Kraft Paper   27.10.2008 
4.03~10.79         HM&FA 
PET Film   27.10.2008 
5.67~25.32         HM&FA 
Ethyl Acetate   25.8.2008 
5.81~7.46         HM&FA 
Polyester Yarn  12.8.2008 
(No Measure)           China 
Titanium Dioxides   25.8.2008(R) 
4.86~23.08         HM&FA 
India PET Film   27.10.2008 
10.43~25.32         HM&FA 
Indonesia Kraft Paper   27.10.2008 
10.79         HM&FA 
Japan Ethyl Acetate   25.8.2008 
14.17         FA 
Malaysia Particle Board  24.9.2008 
(No Measure)           
Russia Kraft Paper   27.10.2008 
10.79         FA 
Singapore Ethyl Acetate   25.8.2008 
14.03         HM&FA 
Chinese 
Taipei Polyester Yarn  12.8.2008 
(No Measure)           
Thailand Particle Board  24.9.2008 
(No Measure)           
Kraft Paper   27.10.2008 
10.79         FA US 
Adipic Acid 5.12.2008            
The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the context 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, CV – Constructed Value.   
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  OUTSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE 
As of 31 December 2008 
 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product Date of Definitive 
Measures 
Choline Chloride  20 October 2004  Canada Kraft Paper 27 October 2008 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper* 1 June 2007 
Sodium Dithionite 1 January 2008 
Choline Chloride 20 October 2004 
Titanium Dioxides 2 March 2005 
Ceramic Tile 30 December 2005 
Polyester Filament Draw Textured Yarn 20 October 2006 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12 December 2006 
Float Glass* 17 April 2008 
Benzoyl Peroxide* 16 May 2008 
Ethyl Acetate 25 August 2008 
PET Film 27 October 2008 China 
Kraft Paper 27 October 2008 
Choline Chloride  20 October 2004  
Stainless Steel Bar  30 July 2004  India 
PET Film 27 October 2008 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper* 1 June 2007 Indonesia Kraft Paper 27 October 2008 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30 July 2004 
PVC Plate* 20 December 2004 
Industrial robot with 6-axis vertical multi-
articulation structure  18 April 2005 
Guide Hole Puncher 23 November 2006  Japan 
Ethyl Acetate 25 August 2008 
Malaysia Polyester Filament Draw Textured Yarn 20 October 2006 
Russia Kraft Paper 27 October2008 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12 December 2006 Singapore Ethyl Acetate 25 August 2008 
Spain Stainless Steel Bar 30 July 2004 
Chinese Taipei Polyester Filament Draw Textured Yarn 20 October 2006 
Choline Chloride  20 October 2004  
Polyvinyl Alcohol 12 December 2006 US 
Kraft Paper 27 October 2008 
 
* For products with this mark, Price undertakings are applied as well.   
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  UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE 
As of 31 December 2008 
 
Country/Customs 
Territory Product Date of Definitive 
Measures 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper* 1 June 2007 
Float Glass* 17 April 2008 China 
Benzoyl Peroxide 16 May 2008 
Indonesia Uncoated Woodfree Paper* 1 June 2007 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30 July 2004 Japan PVC Plate* 20 April 2005 
 
* For products with this mark, Anti-dumping measures are applied as well.     
 
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