WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/132/MEX 
14 October 2005 
 
 (05-4698) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:  Spanish 
  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4 
OF THE AGREEMENT 
 
MEXICO 
 
 
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 from 
Mexico
.  
 G/ADP/N/132/MEX 
Page 2 Reporting party:  Mexico 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS  
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 
 
Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
Determinations  Final measures No final measures Trade 
volume Basis of 
determination
    Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking  No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other ** Dumped 
imports as % of 
domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country)  
  Date Date, dumping 
margin  Date, dumping 
margin  Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Bulgaria (RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            
Multilayer paper 
sacks for lime and cement 27/07/04        7,204 
tonnes
 9% 100% HM Brazil 
Wire-and-tube 
condensers for refrigeration 28/10/04 22/04/05
1 
       1,925 
tonnes  22% 93% HM 
Canada Newsprint 
weighing 
47.8 - 49.8 g/m2 25/11/03 02/08/04 
15.20 - 18.18% 
      17/05/05 58,114 
tonnes  16% 100% HM 
Chile Mushrooms of 
the genus 
Agaricus , 
commercially 
presented as 
canned mushrooms
 25/05/05        1,614 
tonnes  11% 100% HM 
European 
Communities 
(RQ) Crystal 
polystyrene 09/09/04            
Partially 
hydrogenated 
fatty acid 06/06/03 04/02/04 
50.40% 07/04/05 
23.29%      1,387 
tonnes  51% 100% CV 
Triple-pressed 
stearic acid 11/06/03 19/04/04 
20.84 - 103.59% 08/04/05 
5.18 - 36.51%      3,365 
tonnes  33% 100% HM/CV/FA United States 
Carbon steel 
tubing with straight 
longitudinal 
seams 29/08/03 16/08/04 27/05/05 
6.77 - 25.43%      22,737 
tonnes
 66.5% 100% HM and CV 
                                                           
 1 A decision was taken to pursue the investigation without imposing provisional anti-dumping duties.  
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 Page 3Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
Determinations  Final measures No final measures Trade 
volume Basis of 
determination
    Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking  No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other ** Dumped 
imports as % of 
domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country)  
  Date Date, dumping 
margin  Date, dumping 
margin  Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Newsprint weighing 47.8 - 49.8 g/m2 25/11/03 02/08/04 
0 - 5.51%
      17/05/05 116,564 
tonnes  10% 31% HM 
Crystal polystyrene 13/01/04 30/07/04 
       6,775 
tonnes
 5% 100% FA 
Epoxidized soya oil 17/05/04 29/10/04 
74.50%       1,711 
tonnes
 41% 100% HM United States (cont'd) 
Leg of pork 31/05/04        143,477 
tonnes
 37% 100% HM and CV 
United States (RQ) Bovine meat and 
edible offal
 26/04/05            
Russian Federation Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
36.8%       12,402 
tonnes
 2.1% 100% TM (USA) 
Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            Russian 
Federation (RQ) Hot-rolled sheet 25/03/05            
Kazakhstan 
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/06/04            
Netherlands 
(RQ) Non-
pregelatinized 
modified cationic 
potato starch 28/08/03  20/01/05 
16%          
Denmark 
(RQ) Parathion-methyl 13/05/05            
Ceramic and 
porcelain 
dishware and loose articles 03/01/03            
Candles 20/08/03  02/03/05 
103%          
Organic 
chemicals 05/11/03            
Tools 06/11/03            
Brass and bronze 
padlocks 14/05/04  14/06/05 
181%          
Lighters, gas-
fuelled, non-refillable 14/05/04            China, People's 
Republic of 
(RQ) 
Bicycles 13/09/04             
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Page 4 Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
Determinations  Final measures No final measures Trade 
volume Basis of 
determination
    Definitive 
duty Price 
undertaking  No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawn Other ** Dumped 
imports as % of 
domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country)  
  Date Date, dumping 
margin  Date, dumping 
margin  Date Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
China, People's Republic of (cont'd) Hydraulic bottle 
jacks 07/10/04 06/04/05 
667.16%       184,729 
units
 42% 100% TM (Brazil) 
Yarn and woven fabrics of 
synthetic and 
artificial fibres (Textiles) 14/10/04            
Articles of 
apparel and other 
made-up textile 
articles  (Made-up articles) 14/10/04            
Pencils 15/10/04            China, People's 
Republic of 
(RQ) 
Toys 22/11/04            
Leather and 
similar goods  06/04/05        138,765,685 
units 58% 100% TM 
(Colombia)  
Toothbrushes  26/04/05        53,577,212 
units 39% 100% TM (USA) China, People's Republic of
 
Mushrooms of the genus 
Agaricus , 
commercially presented as 
canned 
mushrooms
 25/05/05        6,355 
tonnes  32% 100% TM (USA) 
Romania Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
120.4%       50,430 
tonnes  8.7% 100% TM (Brazil) 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 12/08/03 12/05/04 
60.9%       47,424 
tonnes
 8.2% 100% TM (USA) Ukraine 
Hot-rolled sheet 25/03/05            
  
  G/ADP/N/132/MEX
 Page 5Reporting party:  Mexico 
 
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. 
 
 The symbol (RQ) is used when a five-year review has been initiated. 
 ** Trade volume based on statistical data for the latest available calendar year prior to initiation. 
Data on trade volume are for the total trad e volume of the product subject to the meas ure from the country or Customs territory  under investigation and are expressed as 
a percentage or amount per unit as appropriate. 
 
*** Imports during the period under investigation as a percentage of domestic consumption during the same period. 
  CF = Confidential information. 
 
 n/a = Not available.  
Basis for determination codes
: 
 HM - Home market price 
TM - Third country market price (specify country) 
FA - Facts available 
CV - Constructed value 
SP - Prices charged by 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. 
  
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Page 6  
 
 ANNEX 1 
 
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 
 
 
Country Product Date imposed 
Corrugated rods 11.08.00 
Synthetic rubber 28.05.01 Brazil 
Type I steel beams 02.10.02 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99 
European Communities Crystal polystyrene 23.09.99 
Textile polyester filament, 
textured 22.06.01 Korea 
Short-fibre polyester 20.08.03 
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.05.00 
Ecuador Ceramic dishware and loose 
articles 16.07.03 
Live bovine animals, bovine 
meat and edible offal 28.04.00 
Caustic soda 13.07.00 
Ammonium sulphate 27.05.02 
Long-grain milled rice 05.06.02 
Apples 12.08.02 
Ethylene glycol monobutyl 
ether 10.06.03 
Bond paper, cut 29.10.03 
Hydrogen peroxide 18.08.04 
Partially hydrogenated fatty 
acid 07.04.05 
Triple-pressed stearic acid 08.04.05 United States 
Carbon steel tubing with 
longitudinal seams 27.05.05  G/ADP/N/132/MEX 
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 Country Product Date imposed 
Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00 
Steel plate in coils 08.06.01 Russian Federation 
Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.04.04 
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.07.03 
Guatemala Standard tubing 13.01.03 
Hong Kong, China Denim 11.08.00 
India Bicycle tyres 07.12.00 
Indonesia Ceramic dishware and loose 
articles 16.07.03 
Japan Seamless steel tubing 10.11.00 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 29.06.99 
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 29.07.03 
Ceramic and porcelain dishware 
and loose articles 31.10.97 
Tools 14.11.98 
Organic chemicals 14.11.98 
Pocket lighters, gas-fuelled, non-
refillable 14.05.99 
Bicycles 23.09.99 
Made-up articles 18.10.99 
Pencils 18.10.99 
Textiles 19.10.99 
Toys 25.11.99 China, People's Republic of 
Door knob locks 15.08.00 G/ADP/N/132/MEX 
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 Country Product Date imposed 
Electrical machines, 
appliances and equipment and 
parts thereof 15.12.00 
Iron and steel valves 21.02.01 
Galvanized hexagonal steel 
wire mesh 24.07.02 
Baby carriages 09.09.02 
Furazolidone 24.10.02 
Trichloroisocyanuric acid 20.12.02 
Footwear 31.12.02 
Steel chain with welded links 17.07.03 
Candles 20.08.03 
High carbon ferro-manganese 25.09.03 
Brass padlocks 14.07.04 
Sodium hexameta-phosphate 03.08.04 
Carbon steel connections for 
welding 04.08.04 China, People's Republic of 
Concrete steel nails 29.11.04 
Romania Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.04.04 
Textile polyester filament, 
textured 22.06.01 Chinese Taipei 
Baby carriages 09.09.02 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.03.00 
Bars and rods of iron or non-
alloy steel 18.09.00 Ukraine 
Ferro-silico-manganese 24.09.03 
Venezuela Collapsible tubular containers 13.05.04 
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ANNEX 2 
 
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 
 
Country Product Date of Revocation 
None None None 
 
  
ANNEX 3 
 
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE** 
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 
 
Country Product Date of Undertaking 
None None None 
 
 
 
 
   
 
     
 
  
   
                                                           
** The price undertaking referred to in the report in document G/ADP/N/126/MEX, and established 
pursuant to the final resolution published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) on 
29 December 2004, lapsed following the adoptio n of a resolution of the Mexican Judiciary. G/ADP/N/132/MEX 
Page 10  
 
 ANNEX 4 
 
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING 
THE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the period 1 January to 30 June 2005 
 
Country Product Start date End date 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 25.06.04  
European 
Communities Crystal polystyrene 09.09.04  
United States Bovine meat and edible offal 26.04.05  
Cold-rolled sheet 25.06.04  Russian Federation 
Hot-rolled sheet 25.03.04  
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 25.06.04  
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 28.08.03 20.01.05 
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 03.01.03  
Candles 20.08.03 02.03.05 
Organic chemicals 05.11.03  
Tools 06.11.03  
Brass and bronze padlocks 14.05.04 14.06.05 
Lighters, gas-fuelled, non-refillable 14.05.04  
Bicycles 13.09.04  
Textiles 14.10.04  
Made-up articles 14.10.04  
Pencils 15.10.04  China, People's 
Republic of 
 
Toys 22.11.04  
Ukraine Hot-rolled sheet 25.03.05  
 
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