WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/126/KOR 
14 March 2005 
 (05-1057) 
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 July to 31 December 2004 
from Korea
.  
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Reporting Member:  Republic of Korea 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the period 1 July – 31 December 2004  
 
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Withdrawn Other Country/ 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 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 
Canada Choline 
Chloride 11.12.03 20.5.04 
26.88% 20.10.04 
26.88%         F A  
Titanium 
oxides 1.5.04 2.10.04 
4.98-23.08%          H M  China, P.R. 
Choline 
Chloride 11.12.03 
 20.5.04 
12.97-27.55% 20.10.04 
25.81%         H M  
 
Choline Chloride 11.12.03 
 20.5.04 
58.16% 20.10.04 
22.19%   
       FA 
 India 
Stainless 
Steel Bar 5.7.03  30.7.04 
5.11-15.39%         H M  
 
PVC Plate  19.5.04 
 20.12.04 
35.23-40.20%          H M  
 
Lithium Battery 15.9.03 
  30.7.04 
18.19%         F A  
 
Industrial 
robot with  
6-axis 
vertical multi-
articulation 
structure 1.10.04 
           H M  
 Japan 
Stainless 
Steel Bar 5.7.03  30.7.04 
15.39% 30. 7. 04 
        HM 
Spain 
 Stainless 
Steel Bar 5.7.03  30.7.04 
15.39%         H M  
Choline 
Chloride 11.12.03 20.5.04 
29.57% 20.10.04 
22.19%         F A  USA 
Lithium 
Battery 15.9.03 
  30.7.04 
18.19%         F A  
• 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 2004 
 
Country/customs territory 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 China, P.R.  
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 
Choline Chloride 20.10.2004 India 
Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Disposable Lighters 09.09.2003 Indonesia 
Uncoated Woodfree Paper 07.11.2003 
Pre-sensitized Printin g Plate 14.03.2002 
Polyvinyl Alcohol 03.12.2003 
Alkali Manganese Batteries 03.12.2003 
Aluminium Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30.07.2004 Japan 
Lithium Battery 30.07.2004 
Russian Federation H-Beam 03.07.2002 
Spain Stainless Steel Bar 30.07.2004 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Chinese Taipei CD-R(Compact Disc Recordable) 21.05.2002 
Lithium Battery 30.07.2004 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 2004 
 
Country/customs territory Product Date of Definitive Measures 
Ferro-Silico Manganese* 03.12.2003 China 
Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Compound Sizing Agent 18.01.2000 
Aluminum Hydroxide* 18.07.2003 Japan 
Stainless Steel Bar* 30.07.2004 
Netherlands Pre- Sensitized Printing Plate 18.01.2000 
Singapore Alkali Manganese Batteries* 03.12.2003 
Chinese Taipei Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate 15.01.2003 
 
* For products with this mark, Anti-dumping measures are applied as well. 
 
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