RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/Q1/PER/10
G/SCM/Q1/PER/10
16 June 1998
(98-2440)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing MeasuresOriginal:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5 AND 32.6 OF THE AGREEMENTS
Questions from MEXICO to PERU1
The following communication, dated 2 June 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of Mexico.
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1. According to Article 5, section II, of the Regulations on Dumping and Subsidies, a particular
market situation in the sense of Article 2.2 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement may arise where special
factors exist in the domestic market of the country of origin which, in the opinion of the Commission,
do not permit a proper comparison because they cause distortion of domestic prices.  What are the
"other special factors" in the domestic market of the country of origin which can affect prices in sucha manner as to make it impossible to make a proper comparison?
2. Article 6 of the Peruvian legislation establishes the manner in which normal value is to be
calculated in the case of non-market economy countries.  The Article provides for three possibilities
for determining this price.  Two are explicit, while the third option envisaged for the calculation of
normal value in the substitute country is ambiguous.  When it is stated that the normal value may be
determined on the basis of any other method deemed appropriate by the Commission, what does the
Commission have in mind?
3. With regard to the concept of "massive imports in a relatively short period of time" mentioned
in the second paragraph of Article 44, what does the Commission consider to be a "relatively short"
time?
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