WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/139/KOR 
10 April 2006 
 (06-1672) 
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 June to 31 December 2005 
from the Republic of Korea . 
 
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Reporting Member:  REPUBLIC OF KOREA 
 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 June-31 December 2006  
 
 
Final Measures No Final Measures 
Initiation Provisional 
Measures/ 
determinations Definitive Duty Price 
Undertaking No 
Dumping No Injury Case 
Withdrawn Other 
Country 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 
Ceramic tiles 01.07.05 30.12.05 
7.25-37.4%          HM China, P.R. 
Polyester 
filament 
draw 
textured yarn 08.11.05            
 
  
 
Japan Industrial 
robot with  6-axis 
vertical 
multi-articulation 
structure   16.09.05 
4.51-10.0%         HM 
Malaysia Polyester 
filament 
draw 
textured yarn 08.11.05            
Chinese 
Taipei Polyester 
filament draw 
textured yarn 08.11.05            
• 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 
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  OUTSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE  
 
(As of 31 December 2005) 
 
Country Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Canada Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 
Disposable Lighters 23.05.2003 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper 07.11.2003 
Sodium Dithionite 23.06.2004 
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004  
 
 
  
China, P.R.  
Titanium Oxides 02.03.2005 
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 
India 
Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Disposable Lighters 09.09.2003 
Indonesia 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper 07.11.2003 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 03.12.2003 
Alkali Manganese Batteries 03.12.2003 
Aluminium Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30.07.2004 
Lithium Battery 30.07.2004 
PVC Plate* 20.04.2005  
 
 
  
Japan 
Industrial robot with 6-axis vertical 
multi-articulation structure 18.04.2005 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries 03.12.2003 
Spain Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Chinese Taipei CD-R (Compact Disc R ecordable) 21.05.2002 
USA Choline chloride 20.10.2004 
 
* For products with this mark, Price undertakings are applied as well. 
 
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  UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE
 
 
(As of 31 December 2005) 
 
Country Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003  
China 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Aluminium Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Stainless Steel Bar*  30.07.2004 Japan 
PVC Plate* 20.04.2005 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Chinese Taipei Ethylene-V inyl Acetate 15.01.2003 
 
* For products with this mark, Anti-dumping measures are applied as well. 
 
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