PRESS RELEASE 
 
PRESS/535 
9 July 2008 
 
(08-3293) 
ANTI-DUMPING 
WTO Secretariat reports continued declines in new anti-dumping 
investigations and new final anti-dumping measures 
The WTO Secretariat reported that during the period 1 July-31 December 2007, the reported 
number of initiations of new anti-dumping investigations continued its previously-reported 
declining trend, falling by 7 per cent compared  with the number reported for the corresponding 
period of 2006. The number of new measures also fell, by 12 per cent. During July-December 2007, 14 Members reported initiating a total of 101 new investigations, compared with 109 
initiations in the corresponding period of 2006. A total of 13 Members reported applying 58 new 
final anti-dumping measures during the seco nd semester of 2007, compared with 66 new 
measures reported by 15 Members for the corresponding period of 2006. Forty-five of the 101 new 
investigations were initiated by developed Members, and 13 of the 58 new final measures were 
applied by developed Members, during the seco nd half of 2007. This compares with 31 new 
investigations opened and 21 new measures applie d by developed Members during the second half 
of 2006. 
 The Member reporting the highest number of new initiations during the second half of 2007 was 
India, with 31, followed by the United States (24), Korea (10), the European Communities (9), 
Brazil (8), Turkey (6), Argentina (5) Thailand (2 ), and Australia, Canada, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, and 
South Africa (1 each). For Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, the European Communities, Mexico, 
and Thailand, these figures represented declines from the levels reported for the second half of 
2006, while for India, Korea, Turkey, and the United  States, they reflected increases. In addition, 
Chile, China, Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Chinese Taipei, each of which had reported new 
initiations during the second half of 2006, report ed no new initiations during the corresponding 
period of 2007.   
China remained the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with 40 initiations directed at 
its exports during July-December 2007, virtually unchanged from the 39 new investigations on exports from China that were reported for the corresponding period of 2006. Korea and Thailand 
were the second most frequent subjects, with eigh t new initiations each directed at their exports 
during the second half of 2007, compared with six and three, respectively, during the second half 
of 2006. The European Communities and its member states were next, with six new initiations 
directed at their exports, followed by Malaysia (5); the United States (4); Indonesia, Russia and 
the United Arab Emirates (3 each); India, Chinese Taipei, Turkey, and Vietnam (2 each); and Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegov ina, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Iran, 
Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, and Sri Lanka (one each).  
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 The products that were most frequently subject to the reported new investigations during the 
second half of 2007 were in the machinery and equipment sector (23 initiations), followed by 
chemicals (18 initiations), textiles (11), and base  metals (10). Of the 23 reported initiations in 
respect of machinery and equipment, India reported 16, Argentina reported five, and the United 
States reported two.  
 Concerning application of new final anti-dumping measures, India, with 16, reported the largest 
number during the second half of 2007, twice the number it reported (8) during the corresponding 
period of 2006. Brazil reported eight new final measures during the July-December 2007 period, China and the European Communities reported  seven each, Colombia reported four, and 
Argentina, New Zealand, Turkey and the United States each reported applying three new 
measures. Costa Rica, Egypt, Israel, and Thailand reported one new measure each. Compared with the figures reported during the second half of 2006, these represented increases for Brazil, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, India, New Zealand, and Thailand; decreases for China, Egypt, Israel, and 
Turkey; and no change for Argentina, the European Communities and the United States.   
Products exported from China remained the most  frequent subject of new measures — accounting 
for nearly half (26) of the 58 new measures reported for the second half of 2007. This compares with 22 new measures reported on products from  China during the corresponding period of 2006. 
Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Chinese Taipei were tied for second place, with their exports subject 
to four new measures each. Malaysia was subject to three new measures. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Communities and its member states, Kazakhstan, the Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Sw itzerland, Thailand, and the United States each 
were the subject of fewer than three new me asures during the second half of 2007.   
 
Concerning the affected sectors, products in the chemicals sector were the most frequent subject 
of new measures during July-December 2007, accounting for 23 of the 58 total new measures reported. Products in the machinery and equipment sector were in second place, with 12 new 
measures, and the textiles sector came third, with four new measures. Of the 23 new measures 
reported on products in the chemicals sector, China applied seven, the European Communities applied six, India applied five, Turkey and th e United States two each, and Egypt one.  
 
The data reported above are taken from the semi-annual reports of Members to the ADP Committee. The statistics are based on information from Members having submitted semi-annual 
reports for the relevant periods, and are incomplete to the extent that Members have not 
submitted reports or have submitted incomplete re ports. For the purpose of these statistics, each 
investigation or measure reported covers one product imported from one country or customs 
territory. 
 The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Member s for the period 1 July-31 December 2007 can 
be found under document series G/ADP/N/166/.... 
 
 
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