RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/136
23October 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3218)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Note bytheSecretariat
1. Atitsspecial meeting on21February 1995, theCommittee adopted forusebyMembers the
same format forsemi-annual reports thathadbeenadopted bytheTokyo Round Committee onAnti-
Dumping Practices (ADP/122). (G/ADP/M/1, paras. 52-55) Itwasnoted thatchanges totheformat
might beappropriate inlightofthenewAgreement.
2. Atitsmeeting on13June1995, theCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
adopted aformat forsemi-annual reports based ontheformat adopted bytheCommittee. (G/SCM/M/2,
paras. 21-24).
3. Theformat proposed foradoption bytheCommittee incorporates relevant changes adopted
bytheCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures. Changes from theoriginal format as
approved bytheCommittee, found indocument ADP/122, areindicated instrikeout typefortextthat
hasbeendeleted, andredline typeformodified ornewtext.
4. Itwould beunderstood thatparagraph 19applied onlytocasescovered bytheWTO Agreement
onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement onTariffs andTrade 1994.
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GUIDELINES FOR INFORMATION PROVIDED
INTHE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS
1. Theinformation should always make clearwhich country1issubject tothemeasure reported.
2. Inorder tosystematically present datainthesemi-annual reports, thenames ofthecountries
whose imports aresubject toaction must beorganized inalphabetical order.
3. Ifanysingle country, e.g.Alpha intheillustrative report intheAnnex, hasmore thanone
case, thedifferent cases forthiscountry must beorganized inchronological order.
4. When imports ofanyparticular product frommorethanonecountry areinvestigated, thenames
ofthecountries concerned should beprovided separately, i.e.eachproduct-country combination should
betreated asonecase. Thisisshown, forexample, forproduct category "machine tufted carpeting"
intheillustrative report intheAnnex.
5. Asindicated bythetitlesforcolumns 4,5and6inthesemi-annual report, thedatewhen the
measure istaken should always beprovided.
1Inthisnote, theterm"country" should beinterpreted toinclude customs territories also.G/ADP/W/136
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6. Columns 4,5and6inthesemi-annual reports should contain thedates onwhich measures
entered intoforce rather thanthedates onwhich findings were made.2
7. Thetitles forcolumns 4,5and6alsoindicate thatthedumping margins must beprovided
along withthedates forthemeasures reported inthese columns. When there areseveral dumping
margins, arange ofthemargins could beprovided. Inthiscontext, theCommittee isreminded that
atitsmeeting ofApril 1983, itagreed thattTheactual margins ofdumping should beindicated for
thepreliminary andfinalduties mentioned inthereports (ADP/M/10, page12).
8. Iftherateofdutyimposed islessthanthedumping margin, thentherateofdutyshould also
beprovided along withthedumping margin. Ifthelower dutyratecannot beprovided, thisshould
beindicated byafootnote.
9. Fortheinformation incolumn 11,thereporting party should clarify thecoverage ofthedata
on"Trade volume" thatisprovided, i.e.whether thisdatarefers tothetotaltradevolume ofthesubject
product from thecountry under investigation, ortototaltrade volume from thecountry which is
determined tobedumped, orsome other notion oftrade volume. TheCommittee could reach an
agreement onthesymbols tobeusedforindicating thecoverage ofsuchdata.
10. When noinformation isprovided under columns 11to13,thenthereporting Party should
giveareason fornotproviding suchdata. Inthiscontext, newsymbols which could beusedare
"CL""CF" todenote confidentiality and"AR""n/a" todenote thatthedataisnotprovided because
itmaynotbeavailable orrelevant inasituation ofareview.
11. Incolumns 11to13,whenever relevant information isavailable itshould beprovided from
thetimewhen provisional measures aretaken, andtheinformation inthesecolumns should beupdated
inorder toprovide themostrecent relevant datapertinent tothelatest decision point covered bythe
report, e.g.provisional measures ordefinitive duties.
12. Fortheinformation provided incolumns 11to13,itwould bedesirable toindicate thetime
period forwhich theinformation isprovided.
13. Incolumn 14,thesymbol "TM" should beaccompanied bythename ofthethirdcountry whose
market prices wereusedasabasisforcalculations. Thefootnote tothetableinthesemi-annual report
clearly indicates thatsuchinformation should bespecified inthereport.
14. Aninitiation ofacompletely newinvestigation should bedistinguished from thereopening
ofasuspended investigation ortheopening ofaninvestigation inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting
anti-dumping measure. Thisshould bedonebyusing thesymbol (R)afterthedateofinitiation for
reviews orforreopening ofasuspended investigation (ADP/29).
15. Alistoftheoutstanding measures attheendofthereporting period andalistofmeasures
revoked during thereporting period should beprovided along withtheother information inthereport.
16. Provisionalmeasuresshouldneverbelistedintheannex"Alloutstandinganti-dumpingactions".
Themeasures listed inthisannex should bedivided intotwocategories: afirstcategory comprising
alldefinitive duties andasecond category listing price undertakings (seeADP/29).
2Seealsothestatement bytheChairman oftheCommittee inADP/M/18, page15.G/ADP/W/136
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17. Thelistofoutstanding measures should contain measures inforce attheendofthereporting
period, i.e.themeasure inforce on30Juneor31December, rather thanmeasures inforce atthetime
ofthesubmission ofthereport totheCommittee (seeADP/M/18, page15).
18. Theinformation onthemeasures inplace attheendofthereporting period should include
dates since themeasures havebeeninplace (seealsoADP/M/16, page11).3
19. Forfurther improving thetransparency oftheanti-dumping investigations, information onall
newcases pending attheendoftheperiod should bereported eveniftherewasnoaction taken during
theperiod forwhich thereport isprovided.3
20. Theauthorities should, asfaraspossible, compare theinformation inasemi-annual report
withthatprovided intheprevious report inorder tocorrect pasterrors andtoavoid anyerrors inthe
latest report.
21. Nothinginthisformatrequiresthenotificationofconfidentialinformation,includingconfidential
business information.
3Theformat forreview investigations willbediscussed bytheCommittee.G/ADP/W/136
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ANNEX
ILLUSTRATIVE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OFANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS
Fortheperiod 1July-31December 1992
FINAL MEASURES NOFINAL MEASURES
Country Product Initiation* Provisional
measures/
determinationsDefinitive
dutyPrice
under-
takingNo
dumpingNo
injuryCase
w/drawnOther Trade
volume
**Dumped
imports as
%of
domestic
consump-
tion%oftrade
volume
investigated
(ofthe
exporting
country)Basis of
determina-
tion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Date Date,
dumping
margin1Date,
dumping
margin1Date,
dumping
margin1Date Date Date Date
Alpha Coated
groundwood
paper1.1.1992 4.5.1992
8-21%8.10.1992
5-18%32,000
M.T.12% 100% HM
Alpha Machine tufted
carpeting3.2.1992 29.7.1992
4-45%4.10.1992
3-34%14million
square m.37% 75% CV
Alpha Printcloth 1.4.1992 4.8.1992
12%20.12.1992
Beta Coated
groundwood
paper1.1.1992 4.5.1992
12-18%7.8.1992
12-15%23,000
M.T.8% 85% HM, OP
Gamma Pureandalloy
magnesium4.3.1992 5.7.1992
35%15.12.1992
20%15Mil.Kg. n/a 100% TM-AlphaG/ADP/W/136
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Delta Machine tufted
carpeting3.2.1992 29.7.1992
35-52%20.12.1992
20-42%CL CL CL HM, CV
Delta Video tapes in
cassettes1.6.1992 (R) 12.12.1992
55%CL CL CL HM
Delta Barium
chloride7.4.1992 15.11.1992
23%n/a n/a n/a CV
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*Thesymbol (R)should beusedifaninvestigation isopened inthecontext ofareview ofanexisting anti-dumping measure, orafteranallegation ofabreach ofanundertaking.
**Trade volume based onstatistical dataforthelatest available calendar yearprior toinitiation (1991 forthedataprovided inthisreport).
1Thedataontrade volume isprovided forthetotaltrade volume ofthesubject product from thecountry/customs territory under investigation.
Percentage oramount perunitifappropriate.
CLCF= Information notprovided forreasons ofconfidentiality.
n/a=Notavailable.
Note: ListinAnnex (1)definitive duties andprice undertakings inforce at30Juneor31December asappropriate, andinAnnex (2)revocations ofanti-dumping measures.
Basis fordetermination codes:
HM -Home market price OPT -Prices charged byother producer inthirdcountry
TM -Third country market price (specify country) OCT -Costs ofother producer inthirdcountry
CV -Constructed value O -Other (specify)
SP -Prices charged bysame producer LDC -Treatment having regard toArticle 13oftheAgreement andtheDecisions of
OP -Prices charged byother producer theCommittee, document ADP/2 (also incolumn 3where applicable)G/ADP/W/136
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OU>TSTANDING ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
DEFINITIVE DUTIES INFORCE
(Asof31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofImposition
Alpha Widgets 10.12.1992
Theta Snub-nosed screwdrivers 17.06.1993
UNDERTAKINGS INFORCE
(Asof31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofUndertaking
Gamma Stuffed rabbits 08.06.92
REVOCATION OFANTI-DUMPING MEASURES
(1July-31December 1994)
Country/Customs Territory Product DateofRevocation
Sigma Oatbran 11.11.94