WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/139/MEX 
20 February 2006 
 
 (06-0707)  
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 July to 31 December 2005 
from Mexico
.  
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Page 2 Reporting party:  Mexico 
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS  
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2004 
 
Country  Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
DeterminationsFinal 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withdrawn Other ** Dumped 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 
Multilayer paper 
sacks for lime 
and cement 27/7/04 11/7/05       37,189,000  5% 34% HM  Brazil 
Wire-and-tube 
condensers for refrigeration 28/10/04 22/4/05
1 
       1,925 tonnes 23% 98% FA 
Brazil 
(RQ) Corrugated rods 1/8/2005            
Bulgaria 
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/6/04  12/12/05 
44% - 45%          
Chile Mushrooms of 
the genus 
Agaricus , 
commercially presented as 
canned 
mushrooms 25/5/05 18/11/05 
US$1.20 per  
kg.
       1,614 tonnes 11% 100% FA 
European 
Communities 
(RQ) Crystal 
polystyrene 9/9/04    9/12/05        
Denmark 
(RQ) Parathion-methyl 13/5/05            
Crystal 
polystyrene 13/1/04 30/7/04 
      15/9/05     
Epoxidized soya 
oil 17/5/04 29/10/04 
74.50% 29/7/05 
62.45%      1,711 tonnes 40% 100% HM, FA United States 
Leg of pork 31/5/04       21/12/05     
                                                      
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/ 
DeterminationsFinal 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withdrawn Other ** Dumped 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 
Bovine meat and 
edible offal 26/4/05            
Liquid caustic 
soda 11/7/05            United States (RQ) 
Polyvinyl 
chloride
 9/8/05            
Russian Federation Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/8/03 12/5/04 
36.8% 21/9/05 
36.8%      12,402 
tonnes
 2% 100% TM (USA)  
Cold-rolled sheet 25/6/04  12/12/05 
83% - 88%          Russian 
Federation (RQ) Hot-rolled sheet 25/3/05            
Hong Kong, 
China 
(RQ) Denim  26/7/05            
Japan 
(RQ) Seamless steel 
tubing 7/11/05            
Kazakhstan 
(RQ) Cold-rolled sheet 25/6/04  12/12/05 
33% - 34%          
Ceramic and 
porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 3/1/03            
Organic 
chemicals 5/11/03  14/11/05 
208.81%          
Tools 6/11/03  16/11/05 
312%          
Lighters, gas-
fuelled, non-
refillable 14/5/04  1/7/05 
US$0.1232 per 
unit          China, People's 
Republic of (RQ) 
Bicycles 13/9/04  1/9/05 
144%          
China, People's 
Republic of Hydraulic bottle 
jacks 7/10/04 6/4/05 
667.16% 23/9/05 
US$18 per 
unit      184,729 
units 64% 100% TM (USA)  
China, People's 
Republic of 
(RQ) Yarn and woven 
fabrics of 
synthetic and artificial fibres 
(Textiles) 14/10/04             
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Page 4 Country  Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
DeterminationsFinal 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 
Articles of 
apparel and other 
made-up textile 
articles  (Made-up articles) 14/10/04            
Pencils 15/10/04  9/12/05 
451%           
Toys 22/11/04            
Leather and 
similar goods 6/4/05 21/12/05∗           
Toothbrushes  26/4/05 28/12/05*           
Mushrooms of 
the genus 
Agaricus , 
commercially 
presented as 
canned mushrooms
 25/5/05 18/11/05 
US$1.32 per  
kg.       6,355 tonnes 32% 100% TM (USA)  China, People's 
Republic of 
Pencil sharpeners 28/7/05        266 tonnes  58% 100% TM 
(Germany)  
Door knob locks 10/8/05            China, People's Republic of 
(RQ) Electrical 
machinery and equipment and 
parts thereof
 8/11/05            
China, People's Republic of 
(R)
 Carbon steel 
connections for 
welding 23/12/05            
China, People's 
Republic of Tyres of diagonal 
construction (ordinary tyres) for vans (light 
trucks)
 23/12/05        134,161 
units 7% 100% TM (Chile)  
Romania Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/8/03 12/5/04 
120.4% 21/9/05 
67.6%      50,402 
tonnes  9% 100% TM (Brazil) 
Ukraine Carbon steel 
plate in sheets 12/8/03 12/5/04 
60.9% 21/9/05 
60.1%      47,424 
tonnes  8% 100% TM (USA)  
Hot-rolled sheet 25/3/05            Ukraine (RQ) Bars and rods of 
iron or non-alloy 
steel 12/9/05            
                                                      
∗ Investigation concluded at the preliminary stage.  
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 Page 5Country  Product Initiation Provisional 
measures/ 
DeterminationsFinal 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 
Venezuela 
(R) Aluminium collapsible 
tubular 
containers
 25/11/05            
  
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Page 6 Reporting party:  Mexico 
 
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 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 la test 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 if appropriate.  *** Imports during the period under investigation as a per centage 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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  ANNEX 1 
 
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2005  
 
Country Product Date imposed 
Corrugated rods 11.8.00 
Synthetic rubber 28.5.01 Brazil 
Type I steel beams 2.10.02 
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 30.6.04 
Textile polyester filament, textured 22.6.01 Korea 
Short-fibre polyester 20.8.03 
Denmark Parathion-methyl 31.5.00 
Ecuador Ceramic dishware and loose articles 16.7.03 
Bovine meat and edible offal 28.4.00 
Caustic soda 13.7.00 
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 
Carbon steel tubing with 
longitudinal seams 27.5.05 United States 
Epoxidized soya oil 29.7.05 
Cold-rolled sheet 30.6.04 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.3.00 
Steel plate in coils 8.6.01 
Seamless carbon steel tubing 21.4.04 Russian Federation 
Carbon steel plate in sheets 21.9.05 
France USP-grade sorbitol 28.7.03 G/ADP/N/139/MEX 
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  Country Product Date imposed 
Guatemala Standard tubing 13.1.03 
Hong Kong, China Denim 11.8.00 
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 
Made-up articles 18.10.99 
Textiles 19.10.99 
Toys 25.11.99 
Door knob locks 15.8.00 
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 China, People's Republic of 
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 China, People's Republic of 
   
 
      Carbon steel connections for 
welding 4.8.04  G/ADP/N/139/MEX 
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  Country Product Date imposed 
Bicycles 23.9.04 
Pencils 19.10.04 
Concrete steel nails 29.11.04 China, People's Republic of 
(cont'd) 
Hydraulic bottle jacks 23.9.05 
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 
Hot-rolled sheet 28.3.00 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy 
steel 18.9.00 Ukraine 
Ferro-silico-manganese 24.9.03 
Ukraine Carbon steel plate in sheets 21.9.05 
Venezuela Collapsible tubular containers 13.5.04 G/ADP/N/139/MEX 
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ANNEX 2 
 
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2005
 
 
Country Product Date of revocation 
European Communities Crystal polystyrene 24.9.04 
India Bicycle tyres 7.12.05 
 
  
ANNEX 3 
 
UNDERTAKINGS IN FORCE 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2005  
 
Country Product Date of undertaking 
None None None 
 
 
 
ANNEX 4 
 
REVIEWS TO DETERMINE THE CONSEQUENCES OF ELIMINATING THE 
ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
 
For the Period 1 July to 31 December 2005  
 
Country Product Start date End date 
Brazil Corrugated rods 1.8.05  
Bulgaria Cold-rolled sheet 25.6.04 12.12.05 
European Communities Crystal polystyrene 9.9.04 9.12.05 
Denmark Parathion-methyl 13.5.05  
Bovine meat and edible offal 26.4.05  
Liquid caustic soda 11.7.05  United States 
Polyvinyl chloride 9.8.05   G/ADP/N/139/MEX 
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  Country Product Start date End date 
Cold-rolled sheet 25.6.04 12.12.05 Russian Federation 
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05  
Hong Kong, China Denim 26.7.05  
Japan Seamless steel tubing 7.11.05  
Kazakhstan Cold-rolled sheet 25.6.04 12.12.05 
Ceramic and porcelain dishware and 
loose articles 3.1.03  
Organic chemicals 5.11.03 14.11.05 
Tools 6.11.03 16.11.05 
Lighters, gas-fuelled, non-refillable 14.5.04 1.7.05 
Bicycles 13.9.04 1.9.05 
Textiles 14.10.04  
Made-up articles 14.10.04  
Pencils 15.10.04  
Toys 22.11.04  
Door knob locks 10.8.05  China, People's 
Republic of 
 
Electrical machinery and equipment and 
parts thereof 8.11.05  
Hot-rolled sheet 25.3.05  Ukraine 
Bars and rods of iron or non-alloy steel 12.9.05  
 
 
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