WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/DS156/1
G/L/289G/ADP/D14/1
8 January 1999
(99-0049)
Original:  Spanish
GUATEMALA – DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES ON
GREY PORTLAND CEMENT FROM MEXICO
Request for Consultations by Mexico
The following communication, dated 5 January 1999, from the Permanent Mission of Mexico
to the Permanent Mission of Guatemala and the Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is
circulated in accordance with Article 4.4 of the DSU.
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On instructions from the corresponding authorities of the Government of Mexico, I hereby
request formal consultations under Article 17.3 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (the Anti-Dumping Agreement), Article 4 of theUnderstanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes, and Article XXIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, of the World Trade Organization.
The consultations requested refer to the definitive measure to collect definitive anti-dumping
duties (definitive anti-dumping measure) imposed by the authorities of your Government on imports
of grey portland cement from the Mexican firm Cooperativa La Cruz Azul S.C.L., as well as the
actions that preceded it.
In the view of the Government of Mexico, the definitive anti-dumping measure and the
actions that preceded it:
(a) Are incompatible with, inter alia , Articles 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12 and 18 and Annexes I
and II of the Anti-Dumping Agreement, and also with Article VI of the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994);  and
(b) nullify or impair benefits accruing to Mexico under the GATT 1994.
Mexico reserves the right to include other issues of fact and/or legal claims in the course of
the consultations.
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