WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/173/CHN 
9 September 2008 
 (08-4229) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT  
 
CHINA 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual re port for the period 1 January-30 June 2008 
from China
.   
  
  G/ADP/N/173/CHN 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 January – 30 June 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 
determination 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Acetone 09.03.2007 23.11.2007 
10.7%-52.4% 09.06.2008 
7.2%-
51.6%      69,578 
tons n/a n/a HM 
CV 
Japan Gas 
chromatograph-
mass spectrometer 05.06.2008        250 sets 
(2007) n/a n/a  
Acetone 09.03.2007 23.11.2007 
5%-52.9% 09.06.2008 
5.0%-
51.6%      77,640 
tons n/a n/a HM 
Korea 
Dimethyl 
cyclosiloxane 28.05.2008        33600 
tons 
(2007) n/a n/a  
 
Singapore Acetone 09.03.2007 23.11.2007 
7.8%-54.1% 09.06.2008 
6.7%-
51.6%      24,496 
tons n/a n/a CV 
Chinese 
Taipei Acetone 09.03.2007 23.11.2007 
6.2%-51.6% 09.06.2008 
6.2%-
51.6% 09.06.2008 
9.4%     119,689 
tons n/a n/a HM 
Thailand Dimethyl 
cyclosiloxane 28.05.2008        27300 
tons 
(2007) n/a n/a  
 
Note:  
** Trade volume in column 11 is the trade volume during the period of investigation.   
*** Calculations in this column are made for refere nce with statistics of the investigation period.   
 Basis for determination codes
: 
HM - Home market price      OPT - Prices charged by other producer in third country TM - Third country market price (specify country)    OCT - Costs of other producer in third country CV  - Constructed value      O - Other (specify) SP - Prices charged by same producer     LDC - Treatment having regard to Article 15 of the Agreement. OP - Prices charged by other produ cer     FA - Facts Available  G/ADP/N/173/CHN 
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  OUTSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
  
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE 
(As of 30 June 2008) 
 
Country/ 
customs territory Products Date of 
imposition 
Canada Newsprint 30.06.2004 
Catechol 27.08.2003 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
Chloroprene Rubber 10.05.2005 
Benzofuranol,7-Hydroxy (Furan Phenol) 12.02.2006 
Wear Resistant Overlay 13.12.2006 EU 
Potato Starch 06.02.2007 
France Hydrazine Hydrate 17.06.2005 
Methylene Chloride  20.06.2002 Germany Dimethyl Cyclosiloxane 16.01.2006 
Purified Anhydride 31.08.2003 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
Nonyl Phenol 29.03.2007 India 
Sulfamethoxazole 16.06.2007 
Indonesia Acrylate 10.04.2003 
Iran Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Coated Art Paper 06.08.2003 
Purified Anhydride 31.08.2003 
Styrene Butadiene Rubber 09.09.2003 
Polyvinyl Chloride 29.09.2003 
Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) 22.11.2003 
Phenol 01.02.2004 
Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Dispersion Unshifted Single-Model Optical Fibre 01.01.2005 
Chloroprene Rubber 10.05.2005 
Hydrazine Hydrate 17.06.2005 
Trichloroethylene (TCE) 22.07.2005 
Dimethyl Cyclosiloxane 16.01.2006 
Benzofuranol,7-Hydroxy 
(Furan Phenol) 12.02.2006 
Cold-rolled Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 08.04.2006 
Nucleotide Food Additive 12.05.2006 
Catechol  22.05.2006 
Epichlorohydrin 28.06.2006 
Polybutylene Terphthalate Resin 22.07.2006 
Polyurethane 13.10.2006 Japan 
Paper for Electrolytic Capacitor 18.04.2007 
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Country/ 
customs territory Products Date of 
imposition 
Bisphenol-A 30.08.2007 
Methyl Ethyl Ketone （2-Butanone ） 22.11.2007 Japan 
(cont'd) Acetone 09.06.2008 
Methylene Chloride 20.06.2002 
Acrylate 10.04.2003 
Coated Art Paper 06.08.2003 
Purified Anhydride 31.08.2003 
Styrene Butadiene Rubber 09.09.2003 
Polyvinyl Chloride 29.09.2003 
Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) 22.11.2003 
Phenol 01.02.2004 
Newsprint 30.06.2004 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
Dispersion Unshifted Single-Model Optical Fibre 01.01.2005 
Polyester Chip 25.04.2005 
Hydrazine Hydrate 17.06.2005 
Polyester Film 28.12.2005 
Cold-rolled Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 08.04.2006 
Nucleotide Food Additive 12.05.2006 
Epichlorohydrin 28.06.2006 
Polyurethane 13.10.2006 
Bisphenol-A 30.08.2007 Korea 
Acetone 09.06.2008 
Acrylate 10.04.2003 Malaysia Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Mexico Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Netherlands Methylene Chloride  20.06.2002 
Styrene Butadiene Rubber 09.09.2003 
Polyvinyl Chloride  29.09.2003 
Trichloroethylene ( TCE ) 22.07.2005 Russia 
Epichlorohydrin 28.06.2006 
Polyvinyl Chloride 29.09.2003 
Phenol 01.02.2004 
Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Polybutylene Terphthalate Resin 22.07.2006 
Polyurethane 13.10.2006 
Nonyl Phenol 29.03.2007 
Bisphenol-A 30.08.2007 
Methyl Ethyl Ketone （2-Butanone ） 22.11.2007 Chinese Taipei 
Acetone 09.06.2008 
Acrylate 10.04.2003 
Polyurethane 13.10.2006 
Bisphenol-A 30.08.2007 
Methyl Ethyl Ketone （2-Butanone ） 22.11.2007 Singapore 
Acetone 09.06.2008 
Methylene Chloride 20.06.2002 United Kingdom Dimethyl Cyclosiloxane 16.01.2006 
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Country/ 
customs territory Products Date of 
imposition 
Methylene Chloride 20.06.2002 
Polyvinyl Chloride 29.09.2003 
Toluene Diisocyanate (TDI) 22.11.2003 
Phenol 01.02.2004 
Newsprint 30.06.2004 
Ethanolamine 14.11.2004 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
Dispersion Unshifted Single-Model Optical Fibre 01.01.2005 
Chloroprene Rubber 10.05.2005 
Hydrazine Hydrate 17.06.2005 
Dimethyl Cyclosiloxane 16.01.2006 
Benzofuranol,7-Hydroxy 
(Furan Phenol) 12.02.2006 
Catechol  22.05.2006 
Epichlorohydrin 28.06.2006 
Polyurethane 13.10.2006 United States 
Wear Resistant Overlay 13.12.2006 
 
  
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE 
(As of 30 June 2008) 
 
Country/ 
customs territory Product Date of 
undertaking 
EU Chloroform 30.11.2004 
France Hydrazine Hydrate 15.12.2006 
Benzofuranol,7-Hydroxy 
(Furan Phenol) 12.02.2006 Japan 
Cold-rolled Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 08.04.2006 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 Korea 
Cold-rolled Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 08.04.2006 
Chinese Taipei Acetone 09.06.2008 
Russia Polyvinyl Chloride 29.09.2003 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
Benzofuranol,7-Hydroxy 
(Furan Phenol) 12.02.2006 United States 
Chloroform 30.11.2004 
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  TERMINATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
(1 January-30 June 2008) 
 
Country/ 
customs territory Product Date of  
termination 
Belgium Caprolactam 06.06.2008 
Germany Caprolactam 06.06.2008 
Japan Caprolactam 06.06.2008 
Korea Polyester Staple Fibre 03.02.2008 
Netherlands Caprolactam 06.06.2008 
Russia Caprolactam 06.06.2008 
   
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