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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SGP/4
G/SCM/Q1/SGP/4
ORGANIZATION 14April 1997
(97-1585)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from theUNITED STATES
toSINGAPORE1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated9April1997,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
oftheUnited States.
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1. Isitcorrect toassume thatwherever theNotification issilent onanissue covered bythe
Agreements, theAgreements willprevail?
2. Please clarify whether theamount oftheantidumping dutywillbedetermined onaretrospective
oronaprospective basis.
3. Willcomparisons bemade ofsales which areatdifferent levels oftrade and,ifso,willan
adjustment begranted forthese different levels? Please explain thebasis forthisdetermination and
themethod tobeusedforthisadjustment.
4. Theterm"prescribed manner" hasbeenusedinseveral partsofthelawinvolving non-market
economy investigations. Ifthere isawritten document which describes thenon-market economy
methodology, doesSingapore plantonotify thatdocument? Ifnomethodology hasofyetbeen
developed, please indicate.
5. DoestheGovernmentofSingaporeintendtoverifyinformationobtainedduringtheinvestigative
process, inaccordance withArticle 6.7oftheWTO Antidumping Agreement (ADAgreement)?
6. What arethe“prescribed percentage[s] ”foridentifying ademinimis amount ofcountervailable
subsidies andanegligible volume ofsubsidized imports under Article 10(3) oftheAct? Arethese
consistent withArticles 11.9, 27.9and27.10 oftheWTO Agreement onSubsidies andCountervailing
Measures (SCM Agreement)?
7. Article 15(6)(a) oftheNotification indicates thatsalesinthedomestic market made atprices
which arenotlessthanthecostofproduction willbeusedonlywhen there aresufficient quantities
ofsuchsales. Please indicate thequantitative leveltobeapplied forthissufficiency test.
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8. How doesSingapore implement theprovisions ofArticle 3.2oftheADAgreement and
Article 15.2oftheSCM agreement, which require consideration ofsignificant priceundercutting, price
depression andsuppression bythesubject imports inidentifying material injury?
9. Inidentifying material injury, Article 3.2oftheADAgreement andArticle 15.2oftheSCM
Agreement require anevaluation ofwhether there hasbeenasignificant increase inunfairly traded
imports, either inabsolute orrelative terms. How doesSingapore implement thisrequirement?
10. There doesnotappear tobeanyrequirement intheActforconsideration ofthemagnitude
ofthedumping margin inassessing material injury. How isthisconsistent withArticle 3.4ofthe
ADAgreement?
11. Thenotification doesnotappear toimplement therequirement intheSCM Agreement, when
determining whether subsidized imports poseathreat ofmaterial injury, thatthenature ofthesubsidies
beconsidered. How isthisconsistent withArticle 15.7oftheSCM Agreement?
12. How doestheActimplement therequirements ofArticle 3.7oftheADAgreement and
Article 15.7oftheSCM Agreement thatafinding ofathreat ofmaterial injury must be"based on
factsandnotmerely onallegation, conjecture orremote possibility" andmust be"clearly foreseen
andimminent?"
13. HowdoestheActimplement Article 3.7(i) oftheADAgreement andArticle 15.7(ii) ofthe
SCM Agreement, which require, inidentifying athreat ofmaterial injury, consideration of"asignificant
rateofincrease" ofdumped orsubsidized imports andwhether imports areentering atprices thathave
"asignificant depressing orsuppressing effect"?
14. Does theActrequire examination ofwhether there is"freely disposable, oranimminent,
substantial increase in,capacity oftheexporter indicating thelikelihood ofsubstantially increased ...
exports, ...taking intoaccount theavailability ofotherexport markets toabsorb anyadditional exports,"
asrequired byArticle 3.7(ii) oftheADAgreement andArticle 15.7(iii) oftheSCM Agreement in
determining athreat ofmaterial injury?
15. There isnoprovision intheActaddressing theissueofthecumulative assessment oftheimports
from more thanonecountry. Does theActcontemplate cumulation, and, ifso,under what
circumstances?
16. Under Articles 13and27oftheAct,aninterested party hasaright ofreview bytheAnti-
Dumping Tribunal ofanyfinaldetermination orreview. Article 30oftheActstates thatthemembers
oftheAnti-Dumping Tribunal shallbeappointed bythe“Minister, ”theirremuneration andconditions
ofappointmentdeterminedbythe“Minister,”andtheirrulesofprocedureestablishedbythe“Minister.”
IstheMinister referred toinArticle 30thesame legalauthority referred toasthe“Minister ”inother
Articles oftheAct? How isthisprocedure forreview ofantidumping andcountervailing duty
proceedings consistent withArticle 13oftheADAgreement andArticle 23oftheSCM Agreement
whichrequirethatsuchtribunals“shallbeindependentoftheauthoritiesresponsibleforthedetermination
orreview inquestion? ”
17. Willallcurrency conversions bemade onthedateofthesaleoftheexported goods, except
under theconditions reflected inArticles 33(3) and33(4)? Inthisregard, willtheconversion ofthe
Constructed Value bemade atthedateofsaleoftheexported goods oratthetimesuchcosts were
incurred bythecompany? Please indicate themethodology forcurrency conversion tobeusedinthe
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18. HowdoesSingapore implement therequirements ofANNEX IIoftheADAgreement (Best
Information Available inTerms ofparagraph 8ofArticle 6)regarding theuseoffactsavailable for
preliminary and/or finaldeterminations?