RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/ADP/AHG/W/93
1 September 2000
(00-3419)
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices
Ad Hoc Group on Implementation
POSSIBLY RELEVANT CRITERIA REGARDING CONDITIONS OF
COMPETITION FOR CONSIDERATION IN DECIDING WHETHER
A CUMULATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF IMPORTS
IS APPROPRIATE IN LIGHT OF THOSE CONDITIONS
Note by the Secretariat
At its last meeting, the Ad Hoc Group on Implementation directed the Secretariat to compile a
list of possibly relevant criteria regarding the conditions of competition for consideration in decidingwhether a cumulative assessment of the effects of imports is appropriate in light of those conditions.
Based on the submissions of Members to the Ad Hoc Group, the Secretariat has compiled the
following list:
1. Physical characteristics and uses of the domestic like product and imports from each of the
countries proposed for cumulation, including considerations of quality, technical specifications,function, and trade mark;
2. Volume and share of the domestic market of imports from each of the countries proposed for
cumulation, including consideration of the levels and trends in the imports, either in absolute terms or
relative to production or consumption in the importing country;
3. The degree of interchangeability, fungibility or substitutability of the domestic like product
and imports from each of the countries proposed for cumulation in the user markets, including
considerations of customer perception and specific customer requirements;
4. The existence of common or similar channels of distribution for the domestic like product and
imports from each of the countries proposed for cumulation;
5. The levels and trends of prices for the domestic like product and imports from each of the
countries proposed for cumulation, the levels and trends of price undercutting by imports from each
of the countries proposed for cumulation, and the levels and trends of price depression or suppressionin the domestic market caused by imports from each of the countries proposed for cumulation;
6. The extent to which the domestic like product and imports from each of the countries
proposed for cumulation were present in the market during the same time-period;  and
7. The extent to which the domestic like product and imports from each of the countries
proposed for cumulation are sold in overlapping geographic regions of the domestic market.
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