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G/SCM/Q1/JPN/18  
 
6 December 2019  
(19-8415) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Anti -Dumping Practices  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER  ARTICLE 18.5 OF THE AGREEMENT  
QUESTION S POSED BY CANADA REGARDING THE NOTIFI CATION OF JAPAN1 
The following c ommunication, dated 5 December 2019 , is being circulated at the requ est of the 
delegation of Canada.  
 
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Canada wishes to thanks Japan for notifying amendments to its Guidelines for Procedures Relating 
to Anti -Dumping Duty concerning sampling. Canada would appreciate receiving responses to the 
following questions:  
Question 1  
The amen dments identify  procedures to be followed for  sampling .  Before sampling, the  
investigating authority sends a document to all known suppliers in the investigated exporting 
country, asking whether or not they intend  to cooperate in the investigation.  
• Could  Japan please indicate how much time is given to these suppliers to respon d? 
Question 2 
Canada notes that when the number of known suppliers from the exporting countries exceeds 20, 
the investigating authority select s its sample from those suppliers who have expressed their 
intention to cooperate.  
• Could Japan please explain what methodology is used to select a sample from those 
suppliers who have expressed their intention to cooperate?  
• To what extent does this methodo logy ensure that the sample is statistically valid or 
representative of the largest percentage of the volume of exports from the country in 
question?  
Question 3 
Suppliers that are not sampled, but had expressed their intent  to cooperate , are notified of th e 
investigating authority’s sampling decision.  
• Could  Japan please specify how this/these notification(s) is/are done?   
                                                
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  • Are non -sampled suppliers notified individually and is the sampling decision also posted on 
a website?  
Question 4 
According to the amendment, Japan’s investigating authority will apply facts available to suppliers 
who have not expressed their intention to cooperate in the investigation or who have not 
responded to the initial document  inquiring about cooperation . 
• Could Japan please cl arify whether, before applying facts available to certain suppliers, the 
investigating authority considers the volume of exports these suppliers represents?  Are 
there other factor (s) taken into consideration before applying facts available and if so, 
which one (s)? 
 
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