WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/195/MEX 
25 March 2010 
 
 (10-1634) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   Spanish 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
MEXICO 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is th e semi-annual report from Mexico
 for the period 1 July to 
31 December 2009.   
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  G/ADP/N/195/MEX 
Page 2 Reporting party:  MEXICO1 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS  
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2009  
 
Original investigations  
 
Final measures Product Initiation Provisional 
measures and 
preliminary 
determinations Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No final 
measures/ 
termination Other Trade data (from published report(s)) Basis for normal 
value 
determination Country/ 
Customs 
territory 
Description;  HS 6-digit 
category covering 
investigated product2;  
ID number; 
(*) if investig ation of >1 
country Date; 
period of 
investigation 
(D-dumping;  
I-injury) Date of duties;  
range of individual 
dumping margins;  
"other" rates;  
[range of applied 
rates if different, 
reason] Date of duties;  
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins;  
"other" rates;  
[range of 
applied rates if 
different, 
reason] Date of 
application;  
range of 
individual 
dumping margins 
or minimum 
prices Date;  reason Date; 
explanation Import volume or 
value (units/ 
currency);  product 
coverage;  period, if 
different from 
cols. 2/3 Import volume as 
% of apparent 
domestic 
consumption or 
as % of total 
imports Codes for all 
bases used in 
proceeding 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Nuts of carbon steel, black or coated 
(7318.16.03 and 
7318.16.04); 01/08-CHN 3.2.09 
(D:  
1.10.07-30.9.08; 
I:  1.04-12.07)      6,603 tonnes 58% n/a 
China 
Seamless steel tubing 
(7304.19.02, 7304.19.99, 
7304.39.06 and 
7304.39.99); 
09/09- CHN 04.09.09 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09; 
I:  2006 - 2008)      5,657 tonnes 16% HMP 
(substitute 
country:  United 
States of 
America) 
United 
Kingdom Carbon steel tubing with 
straight longitudinal seams 
(7305.11.01); 40/07-GBR 18.7.08 
(D:  1.1.06-31.3.08; 
I:  1.04-6.08) 26.5.09 
8.42%     11,588 tonnes 18% FA
3 
 
                                                      
1 Website address where published reports on investiga tions are available:  http://www.pymes.gob.mx/upci/  
2 For reference purposes only. 
3 Price estimates published in the Metal Bulletin .  
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 Page 3Reviews/Other subsequent proceedings  
 
Final results Product Initiation Preliminary 
results/ 
determination Definitive duty Price 
undertaking Revocation 
of measures Other 
(e.g. procedures 
not affecting the 
duty level) Trade data (if available from 
published report(s) on proceeding) Basis for normal 
value 
determination Country/ 
Customs 
territory 
Description;  HS 6-digit 
category covering 
investigated product3;  
ID number;(*) if 
investigation of 
>1 country Date;  type of review 
or procedure (code);  
period covered Effective date;  
range of individual 
dumping margins;  
"other" rates;  
[range of applied 
rates if different, 
reason] Effective date, 
range of 
individual 
dumping 
margins;  "other" 
rates;  [range of 
applied rates if 
different, reason] Effective date;  
range of 
individual 
dumping margins 
or minimum 
prices;  or other 
outcome (code) Date;  reason Date;  explanation Import volume or 
value (units/ 
currency);  
product coverage;  
period, if 
different from 
cols. 2/3 Import volume as 
% of apparent 
domestic 
consumption or 
as % of total 
imports Codes for all 
bases used in 
proceeding 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 
Brazil Type I steel beams 
(7216.32.01); 
06/01- BRA 1.10.07 (RQ) 
(D:  1.7.06-30.6.07: 
I:  1.03-6.07)    09.7.094  0 n/a  
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet* 
(7209.16.01 and 
7209.17.01) 16/97-BGR 2.7.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09)      n/a n/a  
Steel chain with welded 
links (7315.82.02); 
07/02-CHN 10.7.08 (RQ) 
(1.4.07-31.3.08); 
n/a      32 tonnes 1%  
High carbon 
ferro-manganese 
(7202.11.01); 
10/02-CHN 24.9.08 (RQ) 
(1.7.07-30.6.08); 
n/a      n/a n/a  
Sodium hexameta- 
phosphate(2835.39.02);
03/03-CHN 4.8.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09)      n/a n/a  China 
Carbon steel 
connections for butt 
welding, i.e., elbows, 
tees, reducers and caps, with an outer diameter 
of ½ to 16 inches 
inclusive, and either finished (heat 
treatment, bevelling, 
shot-blasting, stamping or painting) or unfinished 
(7307.93.01);  
35/02-CHN 5.8.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09)      n/a n/a  
                                                      
4 There is insufficient evidence for assuming that elimination of  the countervailing duties would be likely to lead to recurrenc e of the unfair practice.  
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China 
(cont'd) Concrete steel nails 
(7317.00.99); 
07/03-CHN 26.11.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.10.08-30.9.09)      n/a n/a  
Korea, Rep. 
of Short-fibre polyester 
(5503.20.01, 
5503.20.02, 5503.20.03 and 
5503.20.99); 
04/92-KOR 19.8.08 (RQ) 
(D:  1.6.07-31.5.08); 
I:  03-6.08  20.11.09 
3.74% - 32%    1,596 kg. 0% CV 
Denmark Malathion 
(2930.90.12 and 
3808.91.99); 07/06-DNK 22.5.2009 
(R)
5 
n/a n/a    15.10.09
6  n/a n/a  
Monobutyl ether 
(2909.43.01); 
20/01-USA 30.5.08 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.07-31.3.08); 
I:  03-3.07    18.11.097  81 tonnes 1%  
Bond paper, cut 
(4802.56.01); 
28/96-USA 29.10.08 (RQ) 
(1.7.07-30.6.08); 
n/a      n/a n/a HMP 
Apples 
(0808.10.01); 
17/96-REP-USA 14.11.08 (R) 
(D:  1.8.07-30.9.08); 5.10.09 
47.05%     n/a n/a  
Polyvinyl chloride8 
(3904.10.03); 
05/89-USA 9.4.09 (R) 
(D:  1.10.07-30.9.08)    30.9.099  n/a n/a  
Meat of bovine animals, 
boneless, fresh, chilled 
or frozen (0201.30.01 and 
0202.30.01); 
09/98-USA 21.4.09 (R) 
(1.1.08-31.12.08); 
n/a      n/a n/a HMP United 
States of 
America 
Polyvinyl chloride10 
(3904.10.03); 
05/89-USA 3.9.09 (R)    30.9.0911  n/a n/a  
                                                      
5 The review of the price undertaking of 21  December 2007 was initiated on this date. 
6 There is no longer a domestic industry which manufactures a like product. 
7 The evidence submitted was insufficient to allow the Ministry of the Economy to maintain the countervailing duties for a furth er five years. 
8 Industrias Plásticas Internacionales S.A. de C.V. (IPISA) requested the initiation of  a review of the countervailing duties on  the grounds of a change in the 
circumstances which led to their imposition. 
9 The domestic industry requested the elimination of the measures , a request which was endorsed by the other interested parties.  
10 The Ministry of the Economy initiated the review ex officio. 
11 The Ministry of the Economy established that the countervailing duties were no longer warranted and eliminated them, on the ba sis that all of the interested parties, 
in particular the domestic industry, were in agreement with this course of action.  
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Russian 
Federation Cold-rolled sheet* 
(7209.16.01 and 
7209.17.01) 16/97-RUS 2.7.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09)      n/a n/a  
France USP-grade sorbitol 
(2905.44.01); 
4/90-FRA 10.7.08 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.07-31.3.08); 
I:  03-3.08  8.10.0912 
US$0.24/kg.    118 tonnes 0% FA 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet* 
(7209.16.01 and 
7209.17.01) 
16/97-KAZ 2.7.09 (RQ) 
(D:  1.4.08-31.3.09)      n/a n/a  
Ukraine Ferro-silico-manganese
(7202.30.01); 
11/02-UKR 24.9.08 (RQ) 
(1.7.07-30.6.08); 
n/a      n/a n/a  
Venezuela Aluminium collapsible 
tubular containers 
(7612.10.01); 
21/02-VEN 12.5.09 (RQ) 
(1.1.08-31.12.08); 
n/a      n/a n/a  
 
* Products under investigation in two or more countries. 
** No provisional measures were imposed. 
 
Codes : 
 
HMP Home market price TMP Third-country market price 
FA Facts available 
CV Constructed value 
SP Prices charged by the 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 
n/a Not available CF Confidential information 
LDR Lesser duty 
RQ Five-year review 
R Review of an exis ting anti-dumping measure 
EXP Measure expire d without review 
P Publication date 
C  Date of commencement of duty collection 
                                                      
12 This determination also provides for the elimination, as of 28 July 2008, of the definitive countervailing duty of US$0.24/kg.  on imports of crystalline USP-grade 
sorbitol originating in France.  Accordingly, only liquid sorbitol remains subject to anti-dumping duties.  
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Page 6 IC Percentage ratio of investigated im ports to apparent domestic consumption 
IIT Percentage ratio of dumpe d imports to total imports 
ICP Allegation of a breach of an undertaking 
US$ United States dollars 
 
 ▲  The country under investigation is not considered to be a mark et economy and therefore the data of a substitute country with a  market economy (as indicated in brackets or a 
footnote) have been used. 
 ■  Anti-dumping measures were eliminated under the Agreement between Mexico and China.  
 
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  ANNEXES 
 
DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING  MEASURES IN FORCE 
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2009 
 
Country/ 
Customs 
territory Product;  investigation 
ID number Measure(s) Date of original imposition;  
publication reference Date(s) of 
extension;  
publication 
reference(s) 
Corrugated rods 39/93-BRA Duties 12.8.1995 
(Official Journal of 11.8.1995) 11.8.00 
(OJ of 13.6.02) 
11.8.05 
(OJ of 20.6.06) 
Multilayer paper sacks 
for lime and cement 
04/04-BRA Duties 26.1.06 
(OJ of 25.1.06)  Brazil 
Synthetic rubber 
21/94-BRA Duties 28.5.1996 
(OJ of 27.5.1996) 28.5.01 
(OJ of 23.7.03) 
28.5.06 
(OJ of 21.2.07) 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 
16/97-BGR Duties 30.6.1999 
(OJ of 29.6.1999) 30.6.04 
(OJ of 12.12.05) 
Chile Mushrooms of the genus 
Agaricus 
01/05-CHL Duties 18.5.06 
(OJ of 17.5.06)  
Galvanized hexagonal 
steel wire mesh 
11/01-CHN Duties 25.7.02 
(OJ of 24.7.02) 24.7.07 
(OJ of 2.4.09) 
Steel chain with welded links 07/02-CHN Duties 18.07.03 
(OJ of 17.7.03)  
High carbon 
ferro-manganese 10/02-CHN Duties 26.9.03 
(OJ of 25.9.03)  
Sodium 
hexameta-phosphate 03/03-CHN Duties 4.8.04 
(OJ of 3.8.04)  
Carbon steel connections 
for welding 35/02-CHN Duties 5.8.04 
(OJ of 4.8.04)  
Concrete steel nails 
07/03-CHN Duties 30.11.04 
(OJ of 29.11.04)  
Hydraulic bottle jacks 
17/03-CHN Duties 24.9.05 
(OJ of 23.9.05)  
Mushrooms of the genus 
Agaricus 01/05-CHN Duties 18.5.06 
(OJ of 17.5.06)  
Plastic pencil sharpeners
18/05-CHN Duties (13.6.06) 
(OJ of 12.6.06)  China 
Plastic atomizers 
12/07-CHN Duties (22.4.09) 
(OJ of 21.4.09)  G/ADP/N/195/MEX 
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  Country/ 
Customs territory Product;  investigation 
ID number Measure(s) Date of original imposition;  
publication reference Date(s) of 
extension;  
publication 
reference(s) 
Korea, Rep. of Short-fibre polyester 
04/92-KOR Duties 20.8.1993 
(OJ of 19.8.1993) 20.8.1998 
(OJ of 29.7.1999)
20.8.03 
(OJ of 10.12.04)
20.8.08 
(OJ of 20.11.09) 
Apples 
17/96-REP-USA Duties 13.8.02 
(OJ of 12.8.02) 3.11.06 
(OJ of 2.11.06) 
Bond paper, cut 28/96-USA Duties 29.10.1998 
(OJ of 28.10.1998) 29.10.03 
(OJ of 17.11.04) 
Partially hydrogenated fatty acid 02/03-USA Duties 8.4.05 
(OJ of 7.4.05)  
Triple-pressed stearic 
acid 01/03-USA Duties 9.4.05 
(OJ of 8.4.05)  
Bovine meat and edible 
offal13 
09/98-USA Duties 29.4.00 
(OJ of 28.4.00) 28.4.05 
(OJ of 24.4.06) 
Carbon steel tubing with straight longitudinal seams 09/03-USA Duties 28.5.05 
(OJ of 27.5.05)  
Liquid caustic soda 
44/93-USA Duties 13.7.1995 
(OJ of 12.7.1995) 13.7.00 
(OJ of 6.6.03) 
13.7.05 
(OJ of 6.6.06) 
Epoxidized soya oil 01/04-USA Duties 30.7.05 
(OJ of 29.7.05)  United States of 
America 
Ammonium sulphate14 
04/95-USA Duties 27.5.1997 
(OJ of 26.5.1997) 27.5.02 
(OJ of 12.12.03)
27.5.07 
(OJ of 28.8.08) 
Cold-rolled sheet 16/97-RUS Duties 30.6.1999 
(OJ of 29.6.1999) 30.6.04 
(OJ of 12.12.05) Russian Federation 
Hot-rolled sheet 
26/98-RUS Duties 29.3.00 
(OJ of 28.3.00) 29.3.05 
(OJ of 17.3.06) 
                                                      
13 The final determination of the five-year review was issued on 24 April 2006 and provided for the 
continuation of definitive anti-dumping duties on bovine meat alone;  duties on edible offal were eliminated. 
14 The final determination of the five-year review was issued on 28 August 2008 and provided for the 
continuation of the countervailing duty for a further five years as of 27 May 2007, as follows:  imports of ammonium sulphate the prices of which are lower than the reference price of US$138/tonne will pay a 
countervailing duty equivalent to the difference between th e export price and the reference price.  The price of 
the product at ex-works level will be  considered to be the export price.  The countervailing duties must not 
exceed the price discrimination margin of 53.17 per cent.  Collection of th ese duties has been suspended in the 
light of special circumstances.  G/ADP/N/195/MEX 
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  Country/ 
Customs territory Product;  investigation 
ID number Measure(s) Date of original imposition;  
publication reference Date(s) of 
extension;  
publication 
reference(s) 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 
10/03-RUS Duties 22.9.05 
(OJ of 21.9.05)  
Russian 
Federation 
(cont'd) 
Steel plate in coils 
22/94-RUS Duties 8.6.1996 
(OJ of 7.6.1996) 8.6.01 
(OJ of 11.6.03) 
7.6.06 
(OJ of 6.6.07) 
France USP-grade sorbitol 
4/90-FRA Duties 28.9.1990 
(OJ of 27.9.1990) 28.7.1998 
(OJ of 23.8.1999)
28.7.03 
(OJ of 30.8.04) 
28.7.08 
(OJ of 8.10.09) 
Hong Kong, China Denim 
01/90-HKG Duties 10.9.1991 
(OJ of 9.9.1991) 12.8.1995 
(OJ of 11.8.1995)
11.8.00 
(OJ of 26.2.02) 
11.8.05 
(OJ of 23.6.06) 
Japan Seamless steel tubing 
09/99-JPN Duties 11.11.00 
(OJ of 10.11.00) 11.11.05 
(OJ of 4.10.06) 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 
16/97-KAZ Duties 30.6.1999 
(OJ of 29.6.1999) 30.6.04 
(OJ of 12.12.05) 
Romania Carbon steel plate in 
sheets 
10/03-ROM Duties 22.9.05 
(OJ of 21.9.05)  
Ferro-silico-manganese 
11/02-UKR Duties 25.9.03 
(OJ of 24.9.03)  
Hot-rolled sheet 
26/98-UKR Duties 29.3.00 
(OJ of 28.3.00) 29.3.05 
(OJ of 17.3.06) 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 11/99-UKR Duties 19.9.00 
(OJ of 18.9.00) 19.9.05 
(OJ of 13.6.06) Ukraine 
Carbon steel plate in 
sheets 10/03-UKR Duties 22.9.05 
(OJ of 21.9.05)  
Venezuela Collapsible tubular 
containers 21/02-VEN Duties 14.5.04 
(OJ of 13.5.04)  
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  REFUND REQUESTS UNDER ARTICLE 9.3 DURING THE 
PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 2009 
 
Country/ 
Customs territory Product;  
investigation 
ID number Original effective 
date;  date of most 
recent extension Number of 
refund requests 
received Number of refund 
reviews 
commenced, 
completed 
United States of 
America Polyvinyl chloride 
05/89-USA 6.6.91 
11.7.06 1 115 
China Mushrooms of the 
genus Agaricus 
01/05 18.5.06 1 116 
 
                                                      
15 The final determinations of the review processes initiated on 9 April 2009 (at the request of IPISA) 
and on 3 September 2009 (ex officio) were issued on 30 September 2009.  The Ministry of the Economy eliminated the countervailing duties and provided for the release of the security posted or, if applicable, the 
reimbursement of the sums paid, together with the corresponding interest, in respect of imports of polyvinyl 
chloride effected as of 9 April 2009 and 3 September 2009, respectively. 
16 The ruling on the appeal for reversal filed by  Calkins & Burke Limited and Calkins, Burke and 
Zannie de MEXICO, S.A. de C.V. against the final determination of the review process (of 15 June 2009) was 
issued on 21 December 2009.  This ruling provides that, with regard to payments made between 1 January 2007 and the date on which the contested determination entered into effect, the importer has the right to be 
reimbursed, together with the corresponding interest, th e difference between the sums paid in respect of the 
previous definitive countervailing duty of US$0.2476/kg. net and the countervailing duty of US$0.1809/kg. net resulting from the review process, or, if applicable, to  have the security posted for the corresponding sums 
released.  G/ADP/N/195/MEX 
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  TERMINATION OF MEASURES DURING THE 
PERIOD 1 JULY TO 31 DECEMBER 2009 
 
Country/ 
Customs territory Product;  
investigation 
ID number Date of termination Reason for termination 
Brazil Type I steel beams 
06/01-BRA 10.7.09 
(OJ of 09.7.09) There was insufficient evidence for 
assuming that elimination of the countervailing duties on Brazilian imports of 
Type I steel beams (also known as "IPS"), of 
4, 5 and 6 inches in height, would be likely to lead to recurrence of  the unfair practice, in 
accordance with Artic le 11.3 of the 
Anti-Dumping Agreement. 
Denmark Malathion 
07/06-DNK 16.10.09 
(OJ of 15.10.09) The review process was concluded and the 
undertaking by the exporter terminated given that the circumstances that gave rise to the adoption of the countervailing duties and the 
price undertaking had changed, i.e. there was 
no longer a domestic industry manufacturing a like product. 
Hydrogen peroxide 13/03-USA 20.8.09 
(OJ of 24.8.09) The definitive countervailing duties were 
eliminated given that n one of the interested 
parties requested the initiation of a review of 
their application. 
Polyvinyl chloride 
05/89-USA 9.4.0917 
(OJ of 30.9.09) The Ministry of the Economy established 
that the countervailing duties were no longer 
warranted and eliminated them, on the basis 
that all of the interested parties (including 
the domestic industry) were in agreement 
with this course of action. United States of America 
Monobutyl ether 
20/01-USA 19.11.09 
(OJ of 18.11.09) The Ministry of the Economy concluded that 
the evidence submitted was insufficient to allow it, on the basis of an objective analysis, to maintain the countervailing 
duties for a further five years, in accordance 
with Article 11.4 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement regarding evidence and 
procedure applicable to any review carried 
out under Article 11.3 thereof. 
Russian Federation Seamless carbon steel 
tubing 19/02-RUS 22.4.09 
(OJ of 30.7.09) The definitive countervailing duty was 
eliminated given that n one of the interested 
parties requested the initiation of a review of its application. 
Romania Seamless carbon steel 
tubing 19/02-ROM 22.4.09 
(OJ of 30.7.09) The definitive countervailing duty was 
eliminated given that n one of the interested 
parties requested the initiation of a review of 
its application. 
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17 Points 58 and 61 of the final determinations of the review processes issued on 30 September 2009 
provide for the release of the security posted or, if applicable, the reimbursement, together with the corresponding interest, of the sums paid in respect of im ports of polyvinyl chloride effected as of 9 April 2009 
and 3 September 2009, namely the start dates of each of the review processes.