WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/139/VEN 
23 November 2010 
 (10-6262) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   Spanish 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
VENEZUELA 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual repor t for the period 1 July to 31 December 2005 
from Venezuela
. 
 
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  G/ADP/N/139/VEN 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  VENEZUELA  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 July to 31 December 2005  
 
Final measures No final measures Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No 
dumping No injury Case 
withdrawn Other Country/ 
Customs 
territory Product 
Date Date, dumping 
margin, 
provisional duty Date, dumping 
margin, definitive 
duty 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 
determin-
ation 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Russian 
Federation Hot-rolled flat 
products 04/06/04 
(R1)1  Date of decision:  
23/09/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.289 
Definitive duty:  
45.03%          
 Cold-rolled flat 
products 30/08/04 
(R1)  Date of decision:  
06/10/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.387 
Definitive duty:  
45.41%          
Hot-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)2    -         
Cold-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)            
Hot-rolled flat 
products 04/06/04 
(R1)  Date of decision:  
23/09/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.289 
Definitive duty:  
57.65%          Kazakhstan 
Cold-rolled flat 
products 30/08/04 
(R1)  Date of decision:  
06/10/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.387 
Definitive duty:  
58.47%          
                                                      
1 Investigation conducted in the context of a five-year review. 
2 Reopening of investigation due to changed circumstances.  
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Hot-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)            Kazakhstan 
(cont'd) 
Cold-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)            
Hot-rolled flat 
products 04/06/04 
(R1)  Date of decision:  
23/09/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.289 
Definitive duty:  
62.92%          
Cold-rolled flat 
products 30/08/04 
(R1)  Date of decision: 
06/10/05 
Official Journal 
No. 38.387 
Definitive duty:  
55.01%          
Hot-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)            Ukraine 
Cold-rolled flat 
products 10/11/05 
(R2)            G/ADP/N/139/VEN 
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  ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
 
CURRENT DEFINITIVE DUTIES 
(As at 31 December 2005) 
 
Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
China Padlocks Date imposed 
28/08/97 
Effective date 
26/09/97 
Date of five-year review 
25/09/02 
Effective date 
26/09/02 
 Other footwear with outer soles and uppers 
of rubber or plastics Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/003 
 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, 
plastics, leather or composition leather and 
uppers of leather Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/003 
 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, 
plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/00
3 
 Other footwear Date imposed 
24/04/00 
Effective date 
29/05/003 
                                                      
3 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of footwear are charged on a provisional basis 
on account of the five-year review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), 
pursuant to Decision No. CASS-ADP-002/05 of 2 May 2005 , to determine whether the expiry of the definitive 
anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices 
and injury to the domestic production of like goods.  G/ADP/N/139/VEN 
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  Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
Polyvinyl chloride (in emulsion) Date imposed 
07/04/00 
Effective date 
28/04/004 United States 
Polyvinyl chloride (in suspension) Date imposed 
07/04/00 
Effective date 
28/04/004 
Russian Federation Hot-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/99 
Date of five-year review 
29/06/04 
Effective date 
02/07/04 
 Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/99 
Date of five-year review 
21/09/04 
Effective date 
24/09/04 
Japan Seamed pipes and tubes for the 
transportation of fluids under pressure Date imposed 
19/06/00 
Effective date 
13/07/005 
 Seamless pipes and tubes for the 
transportation of fluids under pressure Date imposed 
19/06/00 
Effective date 
13/07/005 
                                                      
4 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of polyvinyl chloride in emulsion or 
suspension, originating in the United States, are charged on a provisional basis on account of the five-year 
review to be conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies Commission (CASS), pursuant to Decision No. CASS-ADP-001/05 of 26 April 2005, to determine wh ether the expiry of the definitive anti-dumping duties 
imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or repetition of unfair practices and injury to the 
domestic production of like goods. 
5 The anti-dumping duties currently imposed on imports of steel pipes and tubes are charged on a 
provisional basis on account of the five-year review being conducted by the Anti-Dumping and Subsidies 
Commission (CASS), pursuant to Decision No. CASS-ADP-004/05 of 20 June 2005, to determine whether the expiry of the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on such imports would result in the continuation or 
repetition of unfair practices and injury to  the domestic production of like goods. G/ADP/N/139/VEN 
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  Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
Kazakhstan Hot-rolled flat pr oducts of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/99 
Date of five-year review 
29/06/04 
Effective date 
02/07/04 
 Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/99 
Date of five-year review 
21/09/04 
Effective date 
24/09/04 
Ukraine Hot-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/99 
Date of five-year review 
29/06/04 
Effective date 
02/07/04 
 Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/99 
Date of five-year review 
21/09/04 
Effective date 
24/09/04 
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  REVOCATION OF DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
(As at 31 December 2005) 
 
Country/Customs territory Product  Date imposed  
Hot-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
07/05/99 
Effective date 
30/06/99 
Date of five-year review 
29/06/04 
Effective date 
02/07/046 Russian Federation 
Cold-rolled flat products of iron or steel Date imposed 
12/08/99 
Effective date 
23/09/99 
Date of five-year review 
21/09/04 
Effective date 
24/09/047 
 
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6 The anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of hot-rolled flat products originating in the 
Russian Federation were revoked pursuant to Decision DM No. 428 of 17 July 2008, published in 
Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela  (Official Journal) No. 38.975 of 17 July 2008. 
7 The anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of cold-rolled flat products originating in the 
Russian Federation were revoked pursuant to Decision DM No. 427 of 17 July 2008, published in 
Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela  (Official Journal) No. 38.975 of 17 July 2008.