WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/126/MEX 
25 February 2005 
 
 (05-0785) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English/ 
 Spanish 
 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
MEXICO 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July to 31 December 2004 
from Mexico . 
  
 G/ADP/N/126/MEX 
Page 2 Reporting party:  Mexico  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS  
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004  
 
Final  measures No final measures  
Country  
Product  
Initiation  
Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive 
duty Price      
undertaking No 
dumping No     
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
Trade 
volume 
**  
Dumped imports 
as % of domestic 
consumption  
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated  
(of the 
exporting 
country)  
Basis for 
determination
  Date Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Bulgaria  
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            
Multilayer paper 
sacks for lime 
and cement  27/07/04        7,204 
tonnes 9% 100% HM Brazil 
Wire-and-tube 
condensers for refrigeration  28/10/04        1,925 
tonnes 22% 93% HM 
Canada Newsprint 
weighing 47.8 - 
49.8 g/m2 25/11/03 02/08/04 
15.20 - 18.18%
       58,114 
tonnes 16% 100% HM 
European 
Communities   
(RQ) Crystal 
polystyrene 09/09/04            
Korea  
(RQ) Short-fibre 
polyester 20/08/03  10/12/04 
3.74 - 32%          
Partially 
hydrogenated 
fatty acid 06/06/03 04/02/04 
50.40%       1,385 
tonnes 51% 100% CV 
Triple-pressed 
stearic acid 11/06/03 19/04/04 
20.84 - 
103.59%       3,365 
tonnes 33% 100% HM and FA 
Hydrogen peroxide 17/07/03 01/01/04 
3.05 - 22.69% 18/08/04 
0 - 22.69%      9,306 
tonnes
 28% 100% HM United States 
 
Carbon steel 
tubing with 
straight 
longitudinal seams 29/08/03 16/08/04       22,737 
tonnes 66.5% 100% HM and CV 
United States 
(R) 
 Apples 
 21/10/03   29/12/041     126,153 
tonnes n/a n/a FA 
                                                      
1 The price undertaking will enter into force on 28 February 2005.  
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 Page 3Final  measures No final measures  
Country  
Product  
Initiation  
Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive 
duty Price      
undertaking No 
dumping No     
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
Trade 
volume 
**  
Dumped imports 
as % of domestic 
consumption  
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated  
(of the 
exporting 
country)  
Basis for 
determination
  Date Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
United States 
(RQ) Bond paper, cut 06/11/03  17/11/04 
11.61 - 
17.69%          
Newsprint 
weighing 47.8 - 
49.8 g/m2 25/11/03 02/08/04 
0 - 5.51%       116,564 
tonnes 10% 31% HM 
Crystal 
polystyrene 13/01/04 30/07/04 
       6,775 
tonnes 5% 100% FA 
Epoxidized soya oil  17/05/04 29/10/04 
74.50%       1,711 
tonnes 41% 100% HM United States 
Leg of pork  31/05/04        143,477 
tonnes 37% 100% HM and CV 
Russian 
Federation Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
36.8%       12,402 
tonnes 2.1% 100% TM (USA) 
Russian 
Federation  
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            
France   
(RQ) USP-grade 
sorbitol 28/07/03  30/08/04 
US$0.24 per 
kg.          
Kazakhstan  
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            
Netherlands  
(RQ) Non-
pregelatinized 
modified cationic 
potato starch 28/08/03            
China, People’s 
Republic of (RQ) Ceramic and 
porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 03/01/03            
Carbon steel 
connections for 
welding 14/04/03 17/10/03 
18.17% 04/08/04 
81.04%      825 tonnes 26.6% 100% TM (Italy) China, People’s 
Republic of 
Sodium 
hexameta-
phosphate 12/05/03 21/10/03 
124.96% 03/08/04 
102.22%      429 tonnes 24% 100% FA 
China, People’s 
Republic of (RQ) Furazolidone 05/06/03  25/10/04 
117 %          
China, People’s 
Republic of Concrete steel 
nails 24/07/03 29/03/04 
69.74 - 
157.10% 29/11/04 
US$0.50 per 
kg.      2,267 
tonnes 30.6% 61%  
China, People’s Candles 20/08/03             
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Page 4 Final  measures No final measures  
Country  
Product  
Initiation  
Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive 
duty Price      
undertaking No 
dumping No     
injury Case 
withdrawn Other  
Trade 
volume 
**  
Dumped imports 
as % of domestic 
consumption  
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated  
(of the 
exporting 
country)  
Basis for 
determination
  Date Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date,  
Dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Organic 
chemicals 05/11/03            
Tools 06/11/03            
Brass and bronze 
padlocks 14/05/04            
Lighters, gas-
fuelled, non-refillable 14/05/04            Republic of  
(RQ) 
Bicycles 13/09/04            
China, People’s 
Republic of Hydraulic bottle 
jacks  07/10/04        184,729 
units 42% 100% TM (USA) 
Yarn and woven 
fabrics of 
synthetic and artificial fibres 
(Textiles) 14/10/04            
Articles of 
apparel and other 
made-up textile articles  
(Made-up 
articles) 14/10/04            
Pencils 15/10/04            China, People’s 
Republic of   
(RQ)  
Toys 22/11/04            
Romania Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
120.4%       50,430 
tonnes 8.7% 100% TM (Brazil) 
Ukraine   
(RQ) Urea 04/04/03       26/10/04    
Ukraine  Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
60.9%       47,424 
tonnes 8.2% 100% TM (USA) 
  
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 Page 5Reporting party:  Mexico 
 
(R) The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the context of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure or afte r an allegation of a breach of an undertaking. 
(RQ) The symbol (RQ) is used when a five-year review has been initiated. 
** Trade volume based on statistical data for the latest available calendar year prior to initiation. 
 Data on trade volume are for the total trade volume of the pro duct subject to the measure from the country or Customs territor y under investigation and are expressed as 
a percentage or amount per unit as appropriate. 
*** Imports during the period under investigation as a percentage of domestic consumption during the same period. 
CF Confidential information. n/a Not available. 
 
BASIS FOR DETERMINATION CODES
: 
 
HM - Home market value 
TM -   Third-country market  price (specify country) 
FA -  Facts available 
CV -   Constructed value 
SP -   Prices charged by same producer OP -   Prices charged by other producer 
OPT -   Prices charged by other producer in third country 
OCT -   Costs of other producer in third country 
O - Other (specify) 
LDC -   Treatment having regard to Article 15 of the Agreement. 
 
 
 
 
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 ANNEX 1 
 
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004
 
 
Country Product Date imposed 
Corrugated rods 11.08.00 
Synthetic rubber 28.05.01 Brazil 
Type I steel beams 02.10.02 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99 
European Communities Crystal polystyrene 23.09.99 
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.06.01 Korea 
Short-fibre polyester 20.08.03 
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.05.00 
Ecuador Ceramic dishware and loose articles 16.07.03 
Live bovine animals, bovine meat and 
edible offal 28.04.00 
Caustic soda 13.07.00 
Ammonium sulphate 27.05.02 
Long-grain milled rice 05.06.02 
Apples 12.08.02 
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 10.06.03 
Bond paper, cut 29.10.03 United States 
Hydrogen peroxide 18.08.04 
Cold-rolled sheet  29.06.99 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00 
Steel plate in coils 08.06.01 Russian Federation 
Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.04.04 
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.07.03 
Guatemala Standard tubing 13.01.03 
Hong Kong, China Denim 11.08.00 
India Bicycle tyres 07.12.00  G/ADP/N/126/MEX 
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 Country Product Date imposed 
Indonesia Ceramic dishware and loose articles 16.07.03 
Japan Seamless steel tubing 10.11.00 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99 
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 29.07.98 
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and loose 
articles 31.10.97 
Candles 20.08.98 
Organic chemicals 14.11.98 
Tools 14.11.98 
Pocket lighters, gas-fuelled, non-refillable 14.05.99 
Bicycles 23.09.99 
Brass padlocks 23.09.99 
Made-up articles 18.10.99 
Pencils 18.10.99 
Textiles 19.10.99 
Toys 25.11.99 
Door knob locks 15.08.00 
Electrical machines, appliances and 
equipment and parts thereof 15.12.00 
Iron and steel valves 21.02.01 
Galvanized hexagonal steel wire mesh 24.07.02 
Baby carriages 09.09.02 
Furazolidone 24.10.02 
Trichloroisocyanuric acid 20.12.02 
Footwear 31.12.02 
Steel chain with welded links 17.07.03 
High carbon ferro-manganese 25.09.03 China, People’s Republic of 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
   
 
  
 
 
 
 
Sodium hexameta-phosphate 03.08.04 G/ADP/N/126/MEX 
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 Country Product Date imposed 
Carbon steel connections for welding 04.08.04 China, People’s Republic of 
(cont'd) 
Concrete steel nails 29.11.04 
Romania Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.04.04 
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.06.01 Chinese Taipei 
Baby carriages 09.09.02 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 18.09.00 Ukraine 
Ferro-silico-manganese 24.09.03 
Venezuela Collapsible tubular containers 13.05.04 
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 ANNEX 2 
 
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004  
 
Country Product Date of revocation 
China, People’s Republic of Tyres and inner tubes for bicycles 14.09.042 
Ukraine   Urea 05.07.003 
 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004  
 
Country Product Date of undertaking 
None None None 
 
ANNEX 4 
 
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING  
THE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004  
 
Country Product Start date End date 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 25.06.04  
European Communities  Crystal polystyrene  09.09.04  
Korea Short-fibre polyester 20.08.03 10.12.04 
United States of 
America Bond paper, cut 06.11.03 17.11.04 
Russian Federation Cold-rolled sheet  25.06.04  
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.07.03 30.08.04 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 25.06.04  
                                                      
2 The notice of elimination of the anti-dumping duties was published in the Diario Oficial de la 
Federación  (Official Journal) on 4 February 2004.  The duties were eliminated given that no domestic producers 
expressed interest in their continuation. 
3 The investigating authority initiated the sunset review on the basis of a remand decision; the  
corresponding final determination came into effect on 5 July 2000. G/ADP/N/126/MEX 
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 Country Product Start date End date 
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 28.08.03  
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 03.01.03  
Furazolidone 05.06.03 25.10.04 
Organic chemicals 05.11.03  
Tools 06.11.03  
Brass and bronze padlocks 14.05.04  
Lighters, gas-fuelled, non-refillable 14.05.04  
Bicycles 13.09.04  
Textiles 14.10.04  
Made-up articles 14.10.04  
Pencils 15.10.04  
Toys 22.11.04  China, People’s 
Republic of 
Candles 20.08.03  
Ukraine   Urea 04.04.03 26.10.04 
 
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