WTO reports surge in new anti-dumping investigations
21 Oct '08
5 min read
Concerning application of new final anti-dumping 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 measures during the first half of 2008.
Products exported from China were the most frequently 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 applied 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 new 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 new measures on products in the chemicals sector, China applied four, the European Communities applied 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 reports. For the purpose of these statistics, each investigation or measure reported covers one product imported from one country or customs territory.
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