WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/132/VEN 
23 November 2010 
 (10-6259) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   Spanish 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
VENEZUELA 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 from 
Venezuela
. 
 
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  G/ADP/N/132/VEN 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  VENEZUELA  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005  
 
Final measures No final measures Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No 
dumping No injury Case 
withdrawn Other Country/ 
Customs 
territory Product 
Date Date, dumping 
margin, 
provisional duty Date, dumping 
margin, definitive 
duty 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 
determin-
ation 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Other footwear 
with outer soles 
and uppers of 
rubber or plastics 02/05/05 
(R)            
Footwear with 
outer soles of 
rubber, plastics, 
leather or composition 
leather and uppers 
of leather 02/05/05 
(R)            
Footwear with 
outer soles of 
rubber, plastics, leather or 
composition 
leather and uppers of textile materials 02/05/05 
(R)    -        China 
Other footwear 02/05/05 
(R)            
Seamed steel pipes 
and tubes for the 
transportation of 
fluids under 
pressure 20/06/05 
(R)            Japan 
Seamless steel 
pipes and tubes for 
the transportation of fluids under 
pressure 20/06/05 
(R)             
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 Page 31 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Polyvinyl chloride 
(PVC) (in 
emulsion) 26/04/05 
(R)            United 
States 
Polyvinyl chloride 
(PVC) (in 
suspension) 26/04/05 
(R)            G/ADP/N/132/VEN 
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  ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
 
CURRENT DEFINITIVE DUTIES 
(As at 30 June 2005) 
 
Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
Padlocks Date imposed 
28/08/97 
Effective date 
26/09/97 
Date of five-year review 
25/09/02 
Effective date 
26/09/02 
Other footwear with outer soles and uppers 
of rubber or plastics Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/001 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and 
uppers of leather Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/00
1 
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and 
uppers of textile materials Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/00
1 China 
Other footwear Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/001 
Seamed pipes and tubes for the 
transportation of fluids under pressure Date imposed 
19/06/00 
Effective date 
13/07/002 Japan 
Seamless pipes and tubes for the 
transportation of fluids under pressure Date imposed 
19/06/00 
Effective date 
13/07/005 
Kazakhstan Hot-rolled flat pr oducts of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/993 
                                                      
1 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of footwear are charged on a provisional basis 
on account of the five-year review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), pursuant to Decision No. CASS-ADP-002/05 of 2 May 2005 , to determine whether the expiry of the definitive 
anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices 
and injury to the domestic production of like goods. 
2 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of steel pipes and tubes are charged on a 
provisional basis on account of the five-year review being conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies 
Commission (CASS), pursuant to Decision No. CASS-ADP-004/05 of 20 June 2005, to determine whether the expiry of the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or 
repetition of unfair practices and injury to  the domestic production of like goods.  G/ADP/N/132/VEN 
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  Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
Kazakhstan (cont'd) Cold-rolled flat  products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/994 
Hot-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/993 Russian Federation 
Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/994 
Hot-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/993 Ukraine 
Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/994 
Polyvinyl chloride (in emulsion) Date imposed 
07/04/00 
Effective date 
28/04/005 United States 
Polyvinyl chloride (in suspension) Date imposed 
07/04/00 
Effective date 
28/04/002 
 
                                                      
3 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of hot-rolled flat products, originating in the 
Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, are charged on a provisional basis on account of the 
five-year review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), pursuant to 
Decision No. CASS-ADP-002/04 of 4 June 2004, to determine whether the expiry of the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices 
and injury to the domestic production of like goods. 
4 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of cold-rolled flat products, originating in the 
Russian Federation, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, are charged on a provisional basis on account of the 
five-year review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), pursuant to 
Decision No. CASS-ADP-003/04 of 30 August 2004, to determine whether the expiry of the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices 
and injury to the domestic production of like goods. 
5 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of polyvinyl chloride in emulsion or 
suspension, originating in the United States, are charged on a provisional basis on account of the 
five-year review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), pursuant to 
Decision No. CASS-ADP-001/05 of 26 April 2005, to  determine whether the expiry of the definitive 
anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices 
and injury to the domestic production of like goods. G/ADP/N/132/VEN 
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  REVOCATION OF DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
(As at 30 June 2005) 
 
Country/Customs 
territory Product  Date imposed  
Japan Bars and rods Date imposed 
18/05/00 
Effective date 
09/06/006 
 
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6 The anti-dumping duties on imports of bars and rods, originating in Japan, expired on 8 June 2005.