WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
2 August 2007 
 (07-3298) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Original:   English 
 
  
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4  
OF THE AGREEMENT  
 
SOUTH AFRICA 
  
 Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 January-30 June 2007 from 
South Africa
.  
  G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
Page 2 Reporting Member:  SOUTH AFRICA  
 
SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
For period 1 January-30 June 2007  
 
 
 
FINAL MEASURES NO FINAL MEASURES 
Initiation Provisional 
measures Definitive 
duty Price under- 
taking No 
dumping No 
injury Case with- 
drawn Other Country / 
customs 
territory 
 Product 
 Date Date, 
dumping 
margin Date, dumping 
margin Date, 
dumping 
margin Date Date Date Date Trade 
volume Dumped 
imports as a % 
of domestic 
consumption 
 % of trade 
volume 
investigated (of 
exporting 
country) Basis for 
determination 
 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Belgium Self copy paper (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Uncoated 
woodfree A4 paper 02/04/04 
(SR)  
-     
  NA NA NA NA 
Chopped strand mats 12/05/06 -     02/02/07  NA NA NA Withdrawn 
Suspension PVC (SR)*        NA NA NA NA Brazil 
BOPP Film 04/11/05 30/06/06 
No duty 13/04/07 
4.7% - 91.6%      NA NA NA NA 
Tyres 28/10/05 18/07/06 
20/10/06 
3% - 22.3%     
 05/04/07 NA NA NA No causal link 
Door locks and door handles 12/01/07 
(SR)        NA NA NA NA 
Citric acid 19/01/07 
23/02/07        NA NA NA NA 
PVC Rigid 15/06/07        NA NA NA NA 
Garden picks 07/03/07 
(SR)        NA NA NA NA 
Spades, shovels, 
rakes and forks 07/03/07 
(SR)        NA NA NA NA 
Face cloths (SR)*       26/04/07 NA NA NA NA 
Woven fabrics of 
polyester staple fibres 19/01/07 
(SR)      
  NA NA NA NA 
Wire ropes (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Hoes (SR)*       04/05/07 NA NA NA NA 
PTFE Tape (SR)*       23/03/07 NA NA NA NA 
Aluminium 
hollowware (SR)*        NA NA NA NA China 
Chopped strand 
mats 12/05/06       25/05/07 NA NA NA No causal link  
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Carbon black 23/07/04 
(SR) -       NA NA NA NA 
Egypt 
Aluminium 
hollowware (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Suspension PVC (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
France Automatic circuit 
breakers (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Self copy paper (SR)*        NA NA NA NA Germany 
Wire ropes (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Garden Picks (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Acetaminophenol 12/05/06 
(SR) -       NA NA NA NA 
Lysine (SR)*       13/04/07 NA NA NA NA 
Welded 
galvanized steel pipe 13/06/07 
(SR)       
 NA NA NA NA 
Carbon black 23/07/04 
(SR) -       NA NA NA NA India 
 
PVC Rolled 
goods (SR)*       09/03/07 NA NA NA NA 
Uncoated 
woodfree A4 
paper 02/04/04 
(SR) -      
 NA NA NA NA Indonesia 
Lysine (SR)*       13/04/07 NA NA NA NA 
Italy Automatic circuit 
breakers (SR)*            
Korea, 
Republic of Wire ropes (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Netherlands PVC Rolled 
goods (SR)*       09/03/07 NA NA NA NA 
Chinese 
Taipei PVC Rigid 15/06/07        NA NA NA NA 
Thailand PVC Rolled 
goods (SR)*       09/03/07 NA NA NA NA 
Self copy paper (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Suspension PVC (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Wire ropes (SR)*        NA NA NA NA United 
Kingdom 
Wire ropes 04/08/06 
(R)        NA NA NA NA 
Suspension PVC (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
Roller bearings (SR)*        NA NA NA NA 
L-Lysine HCI 12/01/07 
(SR)        NA NA NA NA US 
Self copy paper 07/07/06 
21/07/06      25/05/07  NA NA NA Withdrawn 
 
*The symbol (R) is used if an investigation is opened in the co ntext of an existing anti-dumping measure, or after an allegatio n of a breach of an undertaking 
**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  
  G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
Page 4 Percentage or amount per unit if appropriate 
CL = Information not provided for reasons of confidentiality 
AC = Anti-circumvention 
SR = Sunset Review (Expiry Review) 
(SR)*= Notice given of Sunset Review, but not yet initiated  
 
(SR)#=No review to take place.  Duty to be terminated on 5-year expiry date 
n/a = Not available  
  
 
Basis for determination codes: 
 
HM Home market price    OPT Prices charged by other producer in third country 
TM Third country market price (specify country)  OCT Cost of other producer in third country 
CV Constructed value    O Other (specify) 
SP Prices charged by same producer  LDC Treatment having regard to Article 15 of the Agreement and the Decisions of the Committ ee 
OP Prices charged by other producers  G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
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  DEFINITIVE DUTIES IN FORCE  
(As of 30 June 2007) 
 
 
Country/ 
customs territory Product Date of imposition 
(review) 
Australia Flat-rolled products of ir on or non-alloy steel 02/04/04 
Belgium Self copy paper 22/07/94 
(19/07/02) 
Suspension PVC 27/03/97 
(18/10/02) 
Uncoated woodfree paper 13/02/98 
(20/02/04) 
BOPP Film 13/04/07 Brazil 
Uncoated woodfree A4 paper 28/05/99 
Aluminium hollowware 07/02/97 
(31/01/03) 
Acrylic fabrics 12/11/04 
Acetaminophenol 20/08/93 
(18/06/99) 
(15/07/05) 
Blankets 18/06/99 
(15/06/05) 
Bolts and nuts of iron or steel 06/08/99 
(03/06/05) 
Float glass 28/05/99 
(05/11/04) 
Flat glass 28/05/99 
(05/11/04) 
Garlic 20/10/00 
(10/03/06) 
Garden picks 03/12/93 
(08/03/02) 
Spades, shovels, rakes, forks  03/12/93 
(08/03/02) 
Woven fabrics of polyester staple fibres 28/02/92 
(22/02/02) 
Door locks and door handles 25/01/02 China 
Wire ropes 28/08/02 
Aluminium hollowware 07/02/97 
(31/01/03) Egypt 
Carbon black 10/09/99 
Acetaminophenol 18/06/99 
(15/07/05) 
Automatic circuit breakers 08/08/97 
(17/10/03) France  
Suspension PVC 27/03/97 
(18/10/02) G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
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  Country/ 
customs territory Product Date of imposition 
(review) 
Self copy paper 22/07/94 
(19/07/02) Germany 
Wire ropes 28/08/02 
Acetaminophenol 29/06/01 
Carbon black 10/09/99 
Float glass 28/05/99 
(05/11/04) 
Flat glass 28/05/99 
(05/11/04) 
Garden picks 11/10/96 
(14/02/03) 
Paper insulated lead covered electric cable 31/03/00 
(11/11/05) 
Welded Galvanised Steel Pipe 14/06/02 
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 30/05/06 India 
Unframed glass mirrors 25/10/06 
Gypsum Plasterboard 02/07/04 
Drawn and float glass 03/10/06 
Unframed glass mirrors 25/10/06 Indonesia 
Uncoated woodfree A4 paper 28/05/99 
Italy Automatic circuit breakers 08/08/97 
(17/10/03) 
Welded stainless steel tubes and pipes 18/06/98 
(16/07/04) 
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 30/05/06 
Wire ropes 28/08/02 Korea, Republic of 
Paperboard 22/12/06 
Malaysia Welded stainless steel tubes and pipes 18/06/98 
(16/07/04) 
Poland Uncoated woodfree paper 13/02/98 
(20/02/04) 
Nuts of iron or steel 06/08/99 
(03/06/05) 
Welded stainless steel tubes and pipes 18/06/98 
(16/07/04) Chinese Taipei 
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) 30/05/06 
Carbon black 13/10/00 
(25/10/06) Thailand 
Gypsum Plasterboard 13/02/04 
Acrylic fabrics 10/11/04 
Turkey Blankets 18/06/99 
(15/07/05) 
Self copy paper 22/07/94 
(19/07/02) United Kingdom  Suspension PVC 27/03/97 
(18/10/02) 
United Kingdom  Wire ropes 28/08/02  G/ADP/N/158/ZAF 
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  Country/ 
customs territory Product Date of imposition 
(review) 
Acetaminophenol 18/06/99 
(15/07/05) 
Chicken meat portions 27/12/00 
(27/10/06) 
Lysine 25/01/02 
Roller bearings 03/12/93 
(26/07/02) US 
Suspension PVC 27/03/97 
(18/10/02) 
 
 
 
 
PRICE UNDERTAKINGS 
(1 January 2007-30 June 2007) 
 
 
Country/customs 
territory Product Date of undertaking 
Nil Nil Nil 
 
 
 
 
REVOCATION OF ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES 
(1 January 2007-30 June 2007) 
 
 
Country/ customs 
territory Product Date of revocation 
Hoes 04/05/07 
Towels and face cloths 26/04/07 China 
PTFE Tape 23/03/07 
India PVC Rolled Goods 09/03/07 
Indonesia Lysine 13/04/07 
Netherlands PVC Rolled Goods 09/03/07 
Thailand PVC Rolled Goods 09/03/07 
 
 
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