WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/145/MEX 
11 September 2006 
 
 (06-4320) 
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 2006 from 
Mexico
. 
 
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  G/ADP/N/145/MEX 
Page 2 Reporting party:  MEXICO 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For the Period 1 January to 30 June 2006  
 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations 
Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawnOther Trade volume 
** Dumped 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country) Basis for 
determination 
  Date Date, dumping, 
margin Date, dumping margin Date, 
dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Germany  Carbon steel tubing 
with straight 
longitudinal seams, 
of an external diameter exceeding 
406.4 mm  
 23.5.06        14,744 tonnes 20% 100% HM 
Multilayer paper 
sacks for lime and 
cement 27.7.04 11.7.05 25.1.06 
19.33%-29.11%      37,189,000  5% 34% HM/FA 
 Brazil 
Wire-and-tube 
condensers for refrigeration   28.10.04 22.4.05
1 
   2.2.06    1,882 tonnes  23% 0% FA 
Corrugated rods 1.8.05  20.6.06 
57.69%          (RQ) 
Synthetic 
polybutadiene-styrene rubber in 
emulsion (SBR)
 17.5.06            
Chile Mushrooms of the 
genus Agaricus , 
commercially presented as canned 
mushrooms 
 25.5.05 18.11.05 
US$1.20 per kg.  17.5.06 
US$0.1443 per kg.       1,614 tonnes  11% 100% HM/CV 
Korea (RQ)  Textile polyester filament, textured 20.6.06            
Denmark (RQ) Parathion-methyl 13.5.05  11.5.06 
US$0.70 per kg.           
 Malathion  23.5.06        588 tonnes  59% 100% O2 
                                                      
 1 A decision was taken to pursue the investigati on without imposing provisional anti-dumping duties. 
 
 2 Export price from Denmark to the United States of America. 
  
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 Page 3FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations 
Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawnOther Trade volume 
** Dumped 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country) Basis for 
determination 
  Date Date, dumping, 
margin Date, dumping margin Date, 
dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Bovine meat and 
edible offal3 
 26.4.05  24.4.06 
US$0.03-0.80 per kg.           
Liquid caustic soda  11.7.05  6.6.06 
Maximum of 
44.09% 4          United States 
(RQ) 
Polyvinyl chloride 9.8.05            
(R) Long-grain milled 
rice 15.3.065            
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05  17.3.06 
30.31%          Russian 
Federation 
(RQ) Steel plate in coils 6.6.06            
Hong Kong, 
China (RQ) Denim  26.7.05  23.6.06 
47%          
Japan (RQ) Seamless steel 
tubing 7.11.05            
Ceramic and 
porcelain dishware and loose articles 3.1.03            
Yarn and woven 
fabrics of synthetic 
and artificial fibres 
(Textiles) 14.10.04  3.3.06 
379%-533%          China, 
People's Republic of 
(RQ) 
Articles of apparel 
and other made-up textile articles  
(Made-up articles) 14.10.04  3.3.06 
379%-533%          
(RQ) Toys 22.11.04            
Mushrooms of the 
genus Agaricus , 
commercially 
presented as canned mushrooms 
 25.5.05 18.11.05 
US$1.32 per kg.  17.5.06 
US$0.4484 per kg. 
      6,355 tonnes 32% 100% TM 
 (India)   
Pencil sharpeners 28.7.05 6.1.06 
US$35.42 per kg. 12.6.06 
US$10 per kg.      266 tonnes 58.4% 100% TM (Germany) 
                                                      
3 Continuation of the duty on bovine meat a nd elimination of that on edible offal. 
 
4 Reference price of US$192.67 per tonne.  Amounts must  not exceed the dumping margin of 44.09 per cent. 
 
5 In compliance with the Panel and Appellate Body reports (W T/DS295/R and WT/DS295/AB/R) adopted by the DSB on 20 December 2005.  
  
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Page 4 FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES Country Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
determinations 
Definitive duty Price 
undertaking No 
dumping No 
injury Case 
withdrawnOther Trade volume 
** Dumped 
imports as % 
of domestic 
consumption 
*** % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
the exporting 
country) Basis for 
determination 
  Date Date, dumping, 
margin Date, dumping margin Date, 
dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date     
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Door knob locks 10.8.05  8.6.06 
236%          (RQ)  
Electrical 
machinery and 
equipment and parts 
thereof  8.11.05            
(R) Carbon steel 
connections for welding 23.12.05 23.5.06 
US$2.07 per kg.
           
 Tyres of diagonal 
construction 
(ordinary tyres) for 
vans (light trucks)  23.12.05 26.5.066       134,405 units  7.4% 100% TM  
(Chile/ 
Colombia) 
(RQ) Iron and steel 
valves 13.2.06            
 Conventional 
electrodes  8.3.06        777 tonnes 2% 99% TM  
(USA) 
Chinese Taipei (RQ)
 Textile polyester filament, textured 20.6.06            
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05  17.3.06 
46.66%          Ukraine (RQ) 
Bars and rods of 
iron or non-alloy 
steel 12.9.05  13.6.06 
30.52%          
Venezuela (R) Aluminium 
collapsible tubular containers  25.11.05 20.4.06 
36.16%           
 
 The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the c ontext of a review of an existing anti-dumping measure or after a n 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. 
The data on trade volume is provided for the total trade volume of the subject product from the country/customs territory under  investigation. 
Percentage or amount per unit, as appropriate. 
 ***  Imports during the period under inve stigation as a percentage of domestic  consumption during the same period. 
 CF = Confidential information. 
 n/a = Not available. 
 
                                                      
 6 No anti-dumping duties imposed.  
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 Page 5Basis 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. G/ADP/N/145/MEX 
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  ANNEX 1 
 
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE
 
 
For the Period 1 January to 30 June 2006 
 
Country Product Date imposed  
Synthetic rubber 28.5.01 
Type I steel beams 2.10.02 
Corrugated rods 11.8.05 Brazil 
Multilayer paper sacks for lime and cement 25.1.06 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 30.6.04 
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.6.01 Korea 
Short-fibre polyester 20.8.03 
Chile Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus   17.5.06 
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.5.05 
Ecuador Ceramic dishware and loose articles 16.7.03 
Ammonium sulphate 27.5.02 
Long-grain milled rice 5.6.02 
Apples 12.8.02 
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether 10.6.03 
Bond paper, cut 29.10.03 
Hydrogen peroxide 18.8.04 
Partially hydrogenated fatty acid 7.4.05 
Triple-pressed stearic acid 8.4.05 
Bovine meat and edible offal7 
 28.4.05 
Carbon steel tubing with longitudinal seams  27.5.05 
Liquid caustic soda 13.7.05 United States 
Epoxidized soya oil 29.7.05 
Steel plate in coils 8.6.01 
Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.4.04 
Cold-rolled sheet  30.6.04 
Hot-rolled sheet  29.3.05 Russian Federation 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 21.9.05 
                                                      
 7 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.  G/ADP/N/145/MEX 
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  Country Product Date imposed  
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.7.03 
Guatemala Standard tubing 13.1.03 
Hong Kong, China Denim 11.8.05 
Indonesia Ceramic dishware and loose articles 16.7.03 
Japan Seamless steel tubing 10.11.00 
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 30.6.04 
Netherlands Modified starch, cationic 29.7.03 
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and loose 
articles 31.10.97 
Toys 25.11.99 
Electrical machines, appliances and equipment 
and parts thereof 15.12.00 
Iron and steel valves 21.2.01 
Galvanized hexagonal steel wire mesh 24.7.02 
Baby carriages 9.9.02 
Furazolidone 24.10.02 
Trichloroisocyanuric acid 20.12.02 
Footwear 31.12.02 
Steel chain with welded links 17.7.03 
Candles 20.8.03 
High carbon ferro-manganese 25.9.03 
Organic chemicals 18.10.03 
Tools 11.11.03 
Pocket lighters, gas-fuelled, non-refillable  14.5.04 
Brass padlocks  14.7.04 
Sodium hexameta-phosphate 3.8.04 
Carbon steel connections for welding 4.8.04 
Bicycles 23.9.04 
Made-up articles 18.10.04 
Textiles 19.10.04 
Pencils 19.10.04 
Concrete steel nails 29.11.04 
Door knob locks 15.8.05 China, People's Republic 
of 
Hydraulic bottle jacks 23.9.05 G/ADP/N/145/MEX 
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  Country Product Date imposed  
Mushrooms of the genus Agaricus   17.5.06  
Plastic pencil sharpeners 12.6.06 
Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.4.04 Romania 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 21.9.05 
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.6.01 Chinese Taipei 
Baby carriages 9.9.02 
Ferro-silico-manganese 24.9.03 
Hot-rolled sheet  29.3.05 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 19.9.05 Ukraine 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 21.9.05 
Venezuela Collapsible tubular containers 13.5.04 
 
 
 
ANNEX 2 
 
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES  
 
For the Period 1 January to 30 June 2006 
 
Country Product Date of revocation 
None None None 
 
 
 
ANNEX 3 
 
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE  
 
For the Period 1 January to 30 June 2006 
 
Country Product Date of undertaking 
None None None 
 
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  ANNEX 4 
 
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING  
THE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES  
 
For the Period 1 January to 30 June 2006 
 
Country Product Start date  End date  
Corrugated rods 1.8.05 20.6.06 Brazil 
Synthetic polybutadiene-styrene rubber 
in emulsion (SBR) 17.5.06  
Korea Textile polyester filament, textured 20.6.06  
Denmark Parathion-methyl 13.5.05 11.5.06 
Bovine meat and edible offal 26.4.05 24.4.06 
Liquid caustic soda 11.7.05 6.6.06 United States  
Polyvinyl chloride 9.8.05  
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05 17.3.06 Russian Federation 
Steel plate in coils 6.6.06  
Hong Kong, China Denim 26.7.05 23.6.06 
Japan Seamless steel tubing 7.11.05  
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 3.1.03  
Textiles 14.10.04 3.3.06 
Made-up articles 14.10.04 3.3.06 
Toys 22.11.04  
Door knob locks 10.8.05 8.6.06 
Electrical machinery and equipment 
and parts thereof 8.11.05  China, People's Republic 
of 
 
Iron and steel valves 13.2.06  
Chinese Taipei Textile polyester  filament, textured 20.6.06  
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05 17.3.06 Ukraine 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 12.9.05 13.6.06 
 
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