PRESS RELEASE 
 
PRESS/542 
20 October 2008 
 
(08-5036) 
ANTI-DUMPING 
WTO Secretariat reports su rge in new anti-dumping 
investigations, smaller increase  in new final anti-dumping 
measures 
The WTO Secretariat reported that during the period 1 January-30 June 2008, the number of 
initiations of new anti-dumping investigations sh owed a sharp 39 percent increase compared with 
the corresponding period of 2007. The number of new measures applied also increased, although 
to a lesser extent, between these periods. In particular, during January-June 2008, 16 WTO Members reported initiating a total of 85 new investigations, compared with 61 initiations reported 
by 16 Members for the corresponding period of 2007. A total of 12 Members reported applying 54 
new final anti-dumping measures during the first semester of 2008, six per cent higher than the 
51 new measures reported by 17 Members for the corresponding period of 2007. Thirty-one of the 
85 new investigations were opened by develope d Members, and 13 of the 54 new final measures 
were applied by developed Members, during the first half of 2008. This compares with 20 new investigations begun and 13 new measures applied by developed Members during the first half of 
2007. 
 The Member reporting the highest number of new initiations during January-June 2008 was 
Turkey, reporting 13, followed by the United St ates, reporting 12, India (11), Argentina and the 
European Communities (10 each), Brazil (7), Aust ralia and Colombia (4 each), Ukraine (3), China 
(2), and Canada, Chile, Indonesia, Israel, and South Africa (1 each). These figures represented 
increases for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Cana da, Colombia, the European Communities, Israel, 
Turkey, and the United States, and declines for Ch ina, India, Korea, South Africa and Ukraine, 
compared with the numbers reported for January -June 2007. Egypt and Japan, which had reported 
new initiations for the first half of 2007, report ed no new initiations for January-June 2008.  
 China was the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with nearly one half (37) of all of 
the new initiations reported for January-June 2008 directed at its exports. This was a 76 per cent 
increase over the 21 new investigations opened in  respect of exports from China during January-
June 2007. Thailand was next, with seven new invest igations directed at its exports, followed by 
the European Communities (including individual me mber states) and Indonesia (five each), Korea, 
Malaysia and Chinese Taipei (four each), and Vietnam (three). Brazil, Canada, India, and the 
United States were the subject of two new investigations each, and Argentina, Moldova, New 
Zealand, Norway, Peru, South Africa, Sri Lank a, and Turkey were the subject of one new 
investigation each directed at their exports.   
Concerning the products affected by these new in vestigations, the most frequent subjects during 
the first half of 2008 were in the base metals sector (21 initiations), the textiles sector (20 PRESS/542 
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 initiations) and the chemicals sector (10 initiations). Of the 21 reported initiations in respect of 
base metal products, seven were reported by the European Communities, six by the United States, 
three each by Argentina and Colombia, and one each by Australia and Canada.   
Concerning application of new final anti-dumpi ng measures, India reported applying 16 new 
measures, registering a 78 per cent increase during January-June 2008 over the nine new measures it reported for the first half of 2007. The European Communities was in second place 
reporting eight new measures for the first half of 2008, followed by Indonesia (five new 
measures), Argentina, China and Ukraine (four new measures each), Brazil and South Africa (three each), Egypt, Korea and the United States (two  each), and Canada (one new measure). These 
figures represented declines from the corresponding period of 2007 for Argentina, Canada, China, 
and the United States, and increases for Brazil, Egypt, the European Communities, India, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa, and Ukraine. In  addition, Australia, Chile, Chinese Taipei, 
Colombia, Costa Rica, Pakistan, Peru and Turkey , which had reported new measures during the 
first half of 2007, reported no new me asures during the first half of 2008.  
 
Products exported from China were the most freq uently subject to new measures during January-
June 2008, accounting for 13 of the 54 new measures during this period. This represented a 40 per cent decline from the 22 new measures applie d on Chinese exports during the first half of 
2007. Exports from Chinese Taipei were in second place, with six new measures applied, compared 
with three new measures during the first half of 2007. Exports from the European Communities (including individual member states) were tied for third place with Korea, Russia, and the United 
States, each with four new measures directed at its exports. Products exported from India and 
Japan were subject to three new measures each during the first half of 2008, and exports from Brazil, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey, 
were subject to fewer than three new measures each during that period.  
 The sector most frequently affected by the ne w measures applied during January-June 2008 was 
the chemicals sector, which accounted for 16 of the 54 new measures reported. The base metals 
sector was subject to 14 new measures, and the plastics sector was subject to 13 new measures, during this period. India applied six of the 16 ne w measures on products in the chemicals sector, 
China applied four, the European Communities a pplied two, and Brazil, Korea, Ukraine and the 
United States each applied one.   
The data reported above are taken from the semi-annual reports of Members to the ADP 
Committee. The statistics are based on information from Members having submitted semi-annual reports for the relevant periods, and are incomplete to the extent that Members have not 
submitted reports or have submitted incomplete re ports. For the purpose of these statistics, each 
investigation or measure reported covers one product imported from one country or customs territory. 
 
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the period 1 January-30 June 2008 can be 
found under document series G/ADP/N/173/.... 
 
  
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