WORLD TRADE G/ADP/N/1/MUS/2
13November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3514)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLE 18.5OFTHE AGREEMENT
MAURITIUS
Thefollowing communication, dated 25October 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofMauritius.
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Procedures foranti-dumping action
1. Procedures
Theprocedures described inthispaper arebased onthe"Agreement ontheImplementation
ofArticle VIofGATT 1994" which forms anintegral partoftheFinal Act,signed inMarrakesh on
15April1994.InterestedpartieswishingtohavefurtherinformationontheprovisionsofthisAgreement
arerequested toconsult thetextofthe"Final Act,Embodying theResults oftheUruguay Round".
2. Theinvestigating committee
ACommittee onAnti-Dumping, Countervailing andSafeguard Measures shallbeestablished
withthefollowing functions:
- toentertain complaints ofdumping;
- toinvestigate intothecaseofdumping;
- torecommend fortheinitiation ofanti-dumping action oranyappropriate measure
tobetaken bythegovernment.
TheCommittee willmeetatregular intervals orasandwhen necessary.
3. Application
(a) Arequest fortheinitiation ofanti-dumping action mustbemade inawritten application
byoronbehalf ofthedomestic industry tothefollowing investigating authority:
ThePermanent Secretary
TheAnti-Dumping Committee
Ministry ofTrade &Shipping
Government House
4thFloor
PortLouisG/ADP/N/1/MUS/2
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Theapplication mustshow theevidence of(a)dumping and(b)injury and(c)
acausal linkbetween thedumped imports andthealleged injury, andmustbesupported
bythefollowing information:
(i) theidentity oftheapplicant;
(ii) afulldescription oftheallegedly dumped product, thenames ofthecountry
orcountries oforigin orexport inquestion, theidentity ofeachknown exporter
orforeign producer andalistofknown persons importing theproduct in
question;
(iii) adescription ofthevolume andvalue ofthedomestic production ofthelike
product bytheapplicant;
(iv) information onprices atwhich theproduct inquestion issoldwhen destined
forconsumption inthedomestic market ofthecountry orcountries oforigin
orexport;
(v) information onexport prices or,where appropriate, ontheprices atwhich
theproduct isfirstresold toanindependent buyer inMauritius;
(vi) information ontheevolution ofthevolume oftheallegedly dumped imports,
theeffect ofthese imports onprices ofthelikeproduct inthedomestic market
andtheconsequent impact oftheimport onthedomestic industry, as
demonstrated byrelevant factors andindices having abearing onthestateof
thedomestic industry, suchasactual andpotential decline insales, profits,
output, market share, productivity, returns oninvestments utilization capacity;
themagnitude ofthemargin ofdumping; ofthemargin ofdumping; actual
andpotential negative effects oncashflow, growth, ability toraisecapital or
investments. (This listisnotexhaustive, norcanoneorseveral ofthesefactors
necessarily givedecisive guidance).
4. Conditions regarding theapplication andtheinvestigation
(a) Theapplication shallbeconsidered tohavebeenmade "byoronbehalf ofthedomestic
industry" ifitissupported bythose domestic producers whose collective output
constitutes more than50percentofthetotalproduction ofthelikeproduct produced
bythatportion ofthedomestic industry expressing either support fororopposition
totheapplication.
(b) Noinvestigation shallbeinitiated when domestic producers expressly supporting the
application account forlessthan25percentoftotalproduction ofthelikeproduct
produced bythedomestic industry.
(c) Theapplication shallberejected andaninvestigation shallbeterminated promptly as
soonastheinvestigating authority issatisfied thatthere isnotsufficient evidence of
either dumping orofinjury tojustify proceeding withthecase.
(d) There shallbeimmediate termination ofinvestigation incases where theinvestigating
authority determine (i)thatthemargin ofdumping isdeminimis (i.e.lessthan2per
cent,expressed asapercentage oftheexport priceoftheproduct) or(ii)thatthevolume
ofthedumped imports isnegligible (i.e.thevolume ofdumped imports from anG/ADP/N/1/MUS/2
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individual country accounts forlessthan3percentoftheimports oftheproduct in
question intoMauritius) or(iii)thattheinjury isnegligible.
N.B. (a) Investigation willbemaintained incases where anumber ofcountries, individually
account forlessthan3percentoftheimports ofthelikeproduct inMauritius, but
collectively account formorethan7percentofimports ofthelikeproduct inMauritius.
(b) Theterm"likeproduct" ("produit similaire") shallbeinterpreted tomean aproduct
which isidentical, i.e.alikeinallrespects totheproduct under consideration, orin
absence ofsuchaproduct, another product, which although notalikeinallrespects,
hascharacteristics closely resembling those oftheproduct under consideration.
5. Methodology ofdetermining dumping
(a) Inthedeterminationofthedumping,afaircomparisonmustbemadebetweentheexport
price andtheprevailing price oftheproduct inthedomestic market oftheexporting
country. Thiscomparison must bemade atthesame leveloftrade, normally atthe
ex-factory level, andinrespect ofsalesmade atasnearly aspossible thesame time.
(b) Alternatively, under circumstances when theprevailing price inthedomestic market
oftheexporting country iseither notavailable ornotreliable (duetonosalesorlow
volume ofsalesonthedomestic market), thecomparison mustbebased onacomparable
priceofthelikeproduct when exported toathirdcountry oronthecostofproduction
inthecountry oforigin plusareasonable amount foradministrative, selling andgeneral
costs andprofits.
(c) Inthecasewhere products arenotimported directly from thecountry oforigin but
areexported toMauritius fromanintermediate country, thepriceatwhich theproducts
aresoldfromthecountry ofexport toMauritius shallnormally becompared withthe
comparable price inthecountry ofexport. However, comparison maybemade with
theprice inthecountry oforigin if,forexample, theproducts aremerely transhipped
through thecountry ofexport, orifsuchproducts arenotproduced inthecountry of
export.
6. Investigation procedures
(a) Upon thereceipt ofawritten application foranti-dumping action, theChairman will
callameeting oftheCommittee (i)toexamine theaccuracy andadequacy ofthe
evidence provided intheapplication and(ii)todetermine whether there issufficient
evidence tojustify theinitiation ofaninvestigation. Theprovisions laiddown inthe
relevant chapter oftheFinal Actwillbeusedasguidelines intheexercise ofthe
Committee.
(b) After receipt ofaproperly documented application andbefore proceeding toinitiate
aninvestigation,theCommitteeshalltakestepstonotifythegovernmentoftheexporting
country.
(c) Onceaninvestigation hasbeeninitiated, theCommittee shallissueanotice tothateffect
onthefollowing lines:
(i) thename oftheexporting country orcountries andtheproduct involved;G/ADP/N/1/MUS/2
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(ii) thedateofinitiation oftheinvestigation;
(iii) thebasis onwhich dumping isalleged intheapplication;
(iv) theaddress towhich representations byinterested parties should bedirected;
(v) thetime-limits allowed tointerested parties formaking theirviews known.
(d) TheCommittee shallgiveadequate opportunities toallinterested parties intheanti-
dumping investigation tosubmit information andmake comments inwriting. Theterm
"interested parties" isunderstood toinclude exporters/foreign producers/local
producers/importers oftheproduct under investigation, tradeorbusiness association,
government oftheexporting country.
(e) Exporters orforeign producers receiving questionnaires used inanti-dumping
investigation shallbegiven atleast30daysforreply.
(f) Within 60daysfrom thedateofinitiation oftheinvestigation, theCommittee shall
make apreliminary determination, whether affirmative ornegative, oftheexistence
ofdumping. Anotice willbeissued tothateffect.
(g) IftheCommittee makes apreliminary affirmative determination ofdumping and
consequent injury toadomestic industry, itwillrecommend fortheimposition ofa
provisional duty(equal totheamount oftheanti-dumping dutyprovisionally estimated)
thatwillbeapplied nosooner than60days from thedateofinitiation ofthe
investigation.
(h) Upon theimposition ofaprovisional dutytheCommittee shall issue anotice (or
otherwise make available through aseparate report) thatwillsetforthsufficient detailed
explanations forthepreliminary determinations ondumping andinjury. Suchanotice
orreport, while paying dueregard totherequirement forprotection ofconfidential
information, willcontain inparticular:
(i) thenames ofthesuppliers, orwhen impracticable, thesupplying countries
involved;
(ii) adescription oftheproduct which issufficient forcustoms purposes;
(iii) themargins ofdumping established andafullexplanation ofthereasons for
themethodology usedintheestablishment andcomparison oftheexport price
andthenormal value under Article 2oftheAgreement;
(iv) considerations relevant totheinjury determinations assetoutinArticle 3of
theAgreement;
(v) themain reasons leading tothedetermination.
TheCommittee shall alsotakesteps toreport without delay totheWTO
Secretariat about thepreliminary anti-dumping action.G/ADP/N/1/MUS/2
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(i) Inorder toverify information provided ortoobtain further details, theCommittee
mayarrange tocarry outanon-the-spot investigation intheterritory ofother Member
countries asrequired.
(j) TheCommittee maysuspend orterminate theanti-dumping proceedings without the
imposition ofprovisional anti-dumping duties uponreceipt ofsatisfactory undertakings
from anexporter torevise theprices soastoavoid dumping. Anotice ofthe
terminationorsuspensionofaninvestigationfollowingtheacceptanceofanundertaking,
orotherwise make available through aseparate report, thenon-confidential partof
thisundertaking.
(k) TheCommittee shallissueanotice ofthefinaldeterminations, affirmative ornegative
ofthedumping.
(l) TheCommittee shall, before afinaldetermination ismade, inform allinterested parties
oftheessential factsunder consideration which formthebasisforthedecision whether
toapply definitive measures.
(m) TheCommittee willrecommend forthelevyofadefinitive anti-dumping dutyon
products which wereentered forconsumption notmore than90dayspriortothedate
ofapplication ofprovisional measures, when itdetermines forthedumped product
inquestion that:
(i) there isahistory ofdumping which caused injury orthattheimporter was,
orshould havebeen, aware thattheexporter practises dumping andthatsuch
dumping would cause injury; and
(ii) theinjury iscaused bymassive dumped imports ofaproduct inarelatively
short timewhich inthelightofthetiming andthevolume ofdumped imports
andother circumstances (such astherapid build-up ofinventories ofthe
imported product) islikely toseriously undermine theremedial effect ofthe
definitive anti-dumping dutytobeapplied.
(n) TheCommitteeshall,exceptinspecialcircumstances,concludetheinvestigationswithin
oneyear, andinnocasemore than18months, aftertheirinitiation.