PRESS RELEASE 
 
PRESS/441 
8 May 2006 
 
(06-2219) 
ANTI-DUMPING 
WTO secretariat reports further declines in both new anti-
dumping investigations and new final anti-dumping measures 
The WTO Secretariat reported that during the period 1 July-31 December 2005, the number of 
initiations of new anti-dumping investigations and the number of new measures applied continued 
their previously-reported downward trends, with 2005 marking the fourth consecutive year of 
declines in new initiations, and the second in new measures. During July-December 2005, 16 Members reported initiating a total of 82 new in vestigations, compared with 106 initiations in the 
corresponding period of 2004. A total of 15 Memb ers applied 76 new final anti-dumping measures 
during the July-December 2005 period, compared with 93 new measures applied during July-December 2004. Twenty-seven of the 82 new initia tions were opened by developed Members, and 
27 of the 76 new final measures were applied by developed Members, during the second half of 
2005. This compares with 42 new initiations opened and 24 new measures applied by developed Members during the first half of 2004. 
 
Among Members reporting new initiations during July-December 2005, the Member reporting the highest number was China, with 13 initiations. The second-highest number of measures was 
reported by Argentina and India (11 each). These were followed by the European 
Communities (9), the United States (8), and Australia and South Africa (5 each). During the corresponding period of 2004, the five highest num bers of new initiations were reported by the 
European Communities and India (17 each), Chin a (16), Turkey (12), Australia and Canada (7 
each), and Argentina, New Zealand and the United States (5 each). Thus, the number of initiations reported by China, India and the European Co mmunities declined, while those reported by 
Argentina and the United States increased, during July-December 2005 compared with the 
corresponding period of 2004. During the second half of 2005, Korea, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Peru each reported opening fewer than five new 
investigations. 
 China remains the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with 33 initiations directed at 
its exports during July-December 2005, up from  24 during the corresponding period of 2004. 
Malaysia was the second most frequent subject, with seven initiations of new investigations directed at its exports, a increase from four during the second half of 2004. Indonesia and Korea 
were tied for third place, with five initiations each in respect of their exports, compared with four 
and 12, respectively, during July-December 2004. Chinese Taipei, Thailand and the United States were fourth, with four initiations each directed at their exports, compared with seven, four and six, 
respectively, during the corresponding period of  2004. The European Communities, India, Japan, 
Hong Kong China, Viet Nam, Argentina, Brazil , Canada, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and 
Turkey, were the subject of fewer than initia tions each during the second half of 2005. PRESS/441 
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The products that were the most frequent subject of the reported new investigations during July-
December 2005 were in the chemicals sector (17 initiations), followed by base metals 
(15 initiations) and plastics (12 initiations). Of the 17 reported initiations in respect of chemicals 
products, China reported 13 and Argentina, Costa Rica, India and the United States accounted for 
one each.  
Concerning application of new final anti-dumping  measures, the European Communities reported 
the largest number (19) for the second half of 2005, a near-quintupling of the four new measures 
it reported for the corresponding period of 2004.  India reported 10 new measures for the second 
half of 2005, registering more than a 50 per cent decline from the 22 new measures it reported for 
the second half of 2004. Following India were Ar gentina (7), China (6), Mexico, Turkey and the 
United States (5 each). These figures represente d declines from the corresponding period of 2004 
for China, Turkey and the United States, and increases for Argentina and Mexico. Indonesia, 
Malaysia, Brazil, Australia, Peru, Thailand, Korea and Pakistan each reported applying fewer than five new measures during the second half of 2005. 
 
Products exported from China remained the most  frequent subject of new measures, accounting 
for 22 of the new measures reported for the second half of 2005, down slightly from the 25 
reported for the corresponding period of 2004. The United States was in second place, with its 
exports subject to seven new measures, compared  with nine during the second half of 2004. 
Chinese Taipei and Russia ranked third, with five new measures each directed at their exports. The 
European Communities and Member States, Indonesi a, Korea and Thailand each were subject to 
four new measures, and Brazil and Japan to three new measures, during the second half of 2005. Argentina, Croatia, Malaysia, Mexico, Viet Na m, India, Netherlands, Romania, Ukraine and 
Uruguay each were the subject of fewer then thre e new measures during the second half of 2005. 
 Concerning the affected sectors, products in the plastics sector were the most frequent subject of 
new measures during July-December 2005, accounting for 18 of the 76 total new measures 
reported. Products in the chemicals and base metals sectors were tied for second place, with 16 new measures each. Products in the textiles sect or were next, with seve n new measures, followed 
by the pulp and paper and machinery sectors, each  of which accounted for five of the reported 
new measures. Of the 18 new meas ures reported on products in the plastics sector, India, 
Malaysia and the United States each applied four, followed by Brazil and the European 
Communities (two each), and Pakistan and Turkey (one each). 
 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 2005 can 
be found under document series G/ADP/N/139/....  
 
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