RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/L/34
14November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3563)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Original: English
REPORT (1995) OFTHE COMMITTEE ON
ANTI-DUMPING PRACTICES
I. Organization ofthework oftheCommittee
1. TheAgreement onImplementation ofArticle VIoftheGeneral Agreement ofTariffs andTrade
(hereinafter "theAgreement") entered intoforce on1January 1995. AllMembers oftheWTO are
ipsofacto members oftheCommittee onAnti-Dumping Practices established under theAgreement.
2. Observer governments intheGeneral Council oftheWTO have Observer status inthe
Committee. Inaddition, theCommittee invited, onanadhocbasis, representatives oftheWorld Bank,
OECD, IMFandUNCTAD toattend meetings oftheCommittee inanobserver capacity.
3. Duringtheperiodunderreview(January1995-October1995)theCommitteeheldfivemeetings.
Aspecial meeting oftheCommittee washeldon21February 1995(G/ADP/M/1). Regular meetings
oftheCommittee wereheldon12June1995and30October 1995(G/ADP/M/2 and5respectively).
SpecialmeetingsoftheCommitteewereheldjointlywiththeCommitteeonSubsidiesandCountervailing
Measures on17-21July1995 and23-27October 1995 (G/ADP/M/3 and4respectively).
4. TheCommittee atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995elected Mr.Mohan Kumar (India)
asitsChairman. TheCommittee atitsregular meeting of12June1995 elected Mr.JohnMcNab
(Canada) asitsVice-Chairman.
5. TheCommittee atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995decided thatitstworegular meetings
would usually beheldinthelastweek ofApril andofOctober.
II. Notification andexamination ofanti-dumping lawsand/or regulations ofMembers
6. TheCommittee decided atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995 thatallMembers which
hadavailablelegislationand/orregulationsregardinganti-dumpingdutyinvestigationsorreviewscovered
bytheAgreement should notify thefullandintegrated textoftherelevant legislation and/or regulations
totheCommittee by15March 1995. Ifsuchlegislation and/or regulations didnotexistorwerenot
yetavailable, theMember would inform theCommittee ofthisfact,andexplain thereasons therefore.
These notifications willbetreated asunrestricted documents.
7. TheCommittee alsodecided atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995 thatObserver
governments should provide theCommittee withanyinformation theObserver government considers
relevant tomatters within thepurview oftheAgreement, including thetextofitslawsandregulations
regarding anti-dumping duties, andinformation regarding anyanti-dumping measures taken bythe
Observer government.
8. Asof30October 1995, 57Members hadnotified theCommittee oftheirdomestic anti-dumping
legislation ormade communications inthisrespect totheCommittee (G/ADP/N/1 andaddenda).
38Members hadnot,asyet,made notifications under Article 18.5oftheAgreement. OneObserverG/L/34
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government submitted anotification under Article 18.5oftheAgreement. Annex Aliststhestatus
ofnotifications under Article 18.5oftheAgreement.
9. During theperiod under review, theCommittee reviewed thenotifications ofanti-dumping
legislation ofthefollowing Members inspecial meetings heldjointly withtheCommittee onSubsidies
andCountervailing Measures: Mexico, Chile, United States, Venezuela, Australia, Korea, European
Community, Brazil, Canada, Argentina, India, andNew Zealand. Written questions andanswers
regarding these legislations canbefound indocuments intheG/ADP/W/... series. TheCommittee
alsoreviewed thenotifications without legislative textofthefollowing Members: Czech Republic,
Egypt, Hungary, Mauritius, Peru, Slovak Republic, Singapore, Switzerland, andUruguay. Written
questions andanswers regarding these notifications canbefound indocuments intheG/ADP/W/...
series.
III. Semi-annual reports onanti-dumping actions taken byMembers
10. Article 16.4oftheAgreement provides thatMembers shallsubmit, onasemi-annual basis,
reports onanti-dumping duty actions taken within thepreceding sixmonths. Pursuant tothe
recommendation oftheInformal Contact Group (PC/IPL/11, Annex 7),which wasadopted bythe
Committeeatits21Februarymeeting(G/ADP/M/1,paras.21-22),thefirstsemi-annualreportsubmitted
byeachWTO Member would cover theperiod July-December orJanuary-June, whichever wasmore
recent, preceding thedateofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forthatMember.
11. Atitsregular meeting of30October 1995, theCommittee adopted revised guidelines for
information tobeprovided insemi-annual reports submitted pursuant toArticle 16.4(G/ADP/1).
12. Thefollowing Members andcountries eligible tobecome original Members notified the
Committee thattheyhadnottaken anyanti-dumping actions during theperiod 1July-31 December 1994
(G/ADP/N/2/Add.1/Rev.2):
Austria
Brunei Darussalam
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Egypt
ElSalvador
Finland
Ghana
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Indonesia
Israel
Jamaica
MalaysiaMalta
Mauritius
Morocco
Nicaragua
Norway
Pakistan
Paraguay
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
SriLanka
Sweden
Switzerland
Tanzania
Trinidad andTobago
Uruguay
Zambia
Zimbabwe
13. Semi-annual reports ofanti-dumping actions taken during thisperiod werereceived fromthe
following Members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, European Community,G/L/34
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India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey,
United States andVenezuela (G/ADP/N/2 andaddenda).
14. Noreports were received from thefollowing Members:
Antigua andBarbuda
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Central African Republic
Côted'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Gabon
Guinea Bissau
Guyana
Kenya
Kuwait
LesothoMacau
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Myanmar
Namibia
Nigeria
Philippines
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent &Grenadines
Senegal
Suriname
Swaziland
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
15. Asof30October 1995, thefollowing Members hadnotified theCommittee thattheyhadnot
takenanyanti-dumpingactionsduringtheperiod1January-30June1995.Thefinallistwillbepublished
indocument G/ADP/N/4/Add.1:
Barbados
Costa Rica
Cuba
Czech Republic
Dominican Republic
Egypt
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
MalaysiaMalta
Norway
Poland
Romania
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Switzerland
Uruguay
Tanzania
Uruguay
Zambia
16. Semi-annual reports ofanti-dumping actions taken during thisperiod werereceived fromthe
following Members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, European Community,
India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, United States, and
Venezuela (G/ADP/N/4 andaddenda).
17. Noreports were received from thefollowing Members:
Antigua andBarbuda
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belize
Bolivia
BotswanaBrunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Côted'Ivoire
CyprusG/L/34
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Djibouti
Dominica
ElSalvador
Gabon
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep.of
Guyana
Indonesia
Israel
Jamaica
Kenya
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Macau
Malawi
Maldives
MaliMauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Pakistan
Paraguay
Philippines
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent &Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
SriLanka
Suriname
Swaziland
Togo
Trinidad andTobago
Tunisia
Uganda
Zimbabwe
18. TheCommittee hasexamined thereports circulated inaddenda toG/ADP/N/2 and4,andthe
comments ofMembers arereflected intheminutes. ATable summarising anti-dumping actions taken
byMembers during theperiod 1July1994-30 June1995 isreproduced inAnnex Btothisreport.
IV. Reports onallpreliminary orfinalanti-dumping actions
19. Atitsregular meeting of30October 1995, theCommittee reissued asaCommittee document
theminimum information requirements forreports ofpreliminary andfinalactions, which hadbeen
adopted bytheCommittee atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995 (G/ADP/2).
20. Reports ofpreliminary andfinalanti-dumping actions werereceived fromAustralia, Canada,
theEuropean Community, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Turkey, andthe
United States. (G/ADP/N/3, 5andCorr.1, 6,and7).
V. Other matters discussed bytheCommittee
21. Atitsspecial meeting of21February 1995, theCommittee tooknoteoftheDecision on
TransitionalArrangements-AvoidanceofProceduralandInstitutionalDuplicationadoptedbytheGeneral
Council on31January 1995 (WT/L/29). Thatdecision provides forcoordination ofmeetings and
notification procedures between theCommittee andtheTokyo Round Committee onAnti-Dumping
Practices. Thedecision envisions thatnotification ofameasure totheCommittee shall, unless otherwise
indicated, bedeemed tobeanotification totheTokyo Round Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices.
22. TheCommittee alsodiscussed thefollowing matters during itsregular meetings:
(i) EUenlargement andautomatic application ofanti-dumping duties tothenewMembers
oftheEU(G/ADP/M/2, paras. 66-83).G/L/34
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(ii) Anti-circumvention (G/ADP/M/2, paras. 60-65). Atitsmeeting on30October 1995,
theCommittee authorized theChairman toengage ininformal consultations witha
view toreporting back totheCommittee atitsmeeting inDecember onhowthe
Committee isgoing torespond totheMinisterial Decision, including terms ofreference
andprocedural issues.
(iii) Atitsmeeting of30October 1995, several Members oftheCommittee raised theissue
oftheinitiation bytheEuropean Community ofanti-circumvention investigations
involving imports of3.5inchmicrodisks from several Members.
(iv) Atitsmeeting of30October 1995, theCommittee authorized theChairman toconsult
informally regarding aformat foraone-time notification ofallpreliminary and/or
finalmeasures inforce atthetimeofentry intoforce oftheWTO Agreement forthe
Member.G/L/34
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ANNEX A
ANTI-DUMPING LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS
MEMBER/OBSERVER NOTIFICATION PROVIDED
Antigua andBarbuda
Argentina X
Australia X
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados X
Belize
Bolivia X
Botswana X
Brazil X
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Canada X
Central African Republic
Chile X
Colombia X
Costa Rica X
Côted'Ivoire
Cuba X
Cyprus X
Czech Republic X
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic X
European Community X
Ecuador (Observer) X
Egypt X
ElSalvador XG/L/34
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Gabon
Ghana
Guatemala X
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep.of
Guyana
Honduras X
Hong Kong X
Hungary X
Iceland X
India X
Indonesia X
Israel X
Jamaica X
Japan X
Kenya
Korea X
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Macau
Malawi
Malaysia X
Maldives X
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius X
Mexico X
Morocco X
Mozambique
MyanmarG/L/34
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Namibia
NewZealand X
Nicaragua X
Nigeria
Norway X
Pakistan
Paraguay X
Peru X
Philippines X
Poland X
Romania X
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent &Grenadines
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore X
Slovak Republic X
Slovenia X
South Africa X
SriLanka X
Suriname X
Swaziland
Switzerland X
Tanzania
Thailand X
Togo
Trinidad andTobago X
Tunisia
Turkey X
Uganda X1
1Document submitted doesnot,onitsface, satisfy therequirement tonotify.G/L/34
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United States X
Uruguay X
Venezuela X
Zambia X
Zimbabwe X1G/L/34
Page10 ANNEX B1
Summary ofAnti-Dumping Actions
(1July1994-30 June1995)
Initiation Provisional
Measures
(negative preliminary determinations not
included)Definitive
Duties
(negative determinations notincluded)Price
UndertakingsMeasures
inforce on
30June1995
(definitive
duties and
price
undertakings)
No. Countries2involved No
.Countries involved No
.Countries involved No. Countries involved
ARGENTINA
6 BRA(1) CHN(2) CHT(1) 6 CHN(3) CHT(1) KOR(1) 6 CHN(1) CHT(1) JPN(1) 2 ESP(1) USA(1) 33
DEU(1) KOR(1) PRY(1) KOR(2) PRY(1)
AUSTRALIA
6 CHN(2) IDN(1) ITA(2) 5 BRA(1) CHN(2) HKG(1) 2 BRA(1) SGP(1) 1 USA(1) 86
ZAF(1) THA(1)
1Includes actions covered bytheTokyo Round Agreement, theWTO Agreement, andArticle VIofGATT 1947.
2"Countries" refers inallcases tocountries orcustoms territories. Alistoftheabbreviations usedinthistable canbefound following thetable.
3Figure refers tomeasures inforce asat31December 1994, since Argentina didnotsubmit aseparate listofmeasures inforce asof30June1995.G/L/34
Page11BRAZIL
12 BIH(1) CHN(2) ESP(1) 2 CHN(1) IND(1) 0 0 18
HRV(1) MKD(1) RUS(1)
SVN(1) UKR(1) USA(2)
YUG(1)
CANADA
9 DEU(1) DNK(1) GBR(1) 2 USA(2) 13 AUS(1) BRA(1) DEU(1) 1 USA(1) 91
KOR(1) NLD(1) USA(4) ESP(1) FRA(1) GBR(1)
IND(1) JPN(1) KOR(1)
NZL(1) SWE(1) USA(2)
CHILE
2 ARG(1) CHN(1) 2 ARG(1) CHN(1) 3 ARG(1) CHN(1) VEN(1) 0 2
COLOMBIA
1 VNM(1) 0 2 USA(2) 0 6G/L/34
Page12EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
37 BLR(1) CAN(1) CHN(3) 15 BRA(1) BGR(1) CHN(4) 21 BGR(1) BRA(1) CHN(6) 1 BGR(1) 178
IND(2) IDN(5) JPN(4) KOR(1) MYS(1) POL(1) HKG(1) KOR(2) MYS(1)
KAZ(1) KOR(3) MAC(1) RUS(1) SGP(1) THA(1) POL(2) RUS(4) SGP(1)
MEX(2) MYS(2) PHL(1) UKR(1) USA(1) ZAF(1) THA(1) UKR(1)
POL(1) RUS(1) SGP(1)
THA(5) UKR(1) UZB(1)
USA(1)
INDIA
9 BRA(1) CHN(3) JPN(1) 3 CHN(3) 0 0 5
KAZ(1) RUS(2) UKR(1)
JAPAN
0 0 0 0 2
KOREA
3 CHN(1) KAZ(1) UZB(1) 7 BEL(1) CHN(2) FRA(1) 3 CHT(1) JPN(1) USA(1) 0 6
KAZ(1) USA(1) UZB(1)G/L/34
Page13MEXICO
18 ARM(1) AZE(1) BLR(1) 19 ARM(1) AZE(1) BLR(1) 15 BRA(1) CHN(11) USA(3) 0 42
BRA(2) EST(1) GEO(1) CHN(1) DEU(1) EST(1)
IND(1) KAZ(1) KGZ(1) GEO(1) IND(1) JPN(1)
LTU(1) LVA(1) MDA(1) KAZ(1) KGZ(1) LTU(1)
RUS(1) TKM(1) TJK(1) LVA(1) MDA(1) RUS(1)
UKR(1) UZB(1) TJK(1) TKM(1) UKR(1)
USA(1) UZB(1)
NEW ZEALAND
9 CHN(1) CHT(1) IDN(2) 0 1 THA(1) 0 22
ITA(1) KOR(1) PAK(1)
PHL(1) THA(1)
PERU
4 BOL(1) CHN(1) KOR(2) 1 CHN(1) 0 04
4Perudidnotsubmit alistofmeasures inforce.G/L/34
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2 MYS(1) TUR(1) 2 MYS(1) TUR(1) 0 0 0
SOUTH AFRICA5
9 CHN(3) CHT(1) DEU(1) 0 1 AUS(1)6
FIN(1) HKG(3)
THAILAND
0 0 1 IND(1) 0 17
TURKEY
2 CHN(1) HKG(1) 0 11 BGR(1) CHN(2) MDA(1) 0 38
ROM(2) RUS(3) UKR(2)
5South Africa didnotsubmit areport fortheperiod 1January-30 June1995. Hence, thefigures reflect onlyactions during theperiod 1July-31 December 1994.
6South Africa didnotsubmit alistofmeasures inforce.
7Asat31December 1994. Thailand didnotsubmit alistofmeasures inforce asat30June1995.G/L/34
Page15UNITED STATES
30 ARG(2) AUT(1) BRA(1) 44 ARG(2) AUT(1) BRA(2) 48 ARG(2) AUT(1) BRA(2) 3 JPN(1) NLD(1) UKR
(1)305
CHN(7) CHT(2) DEU(1) CHN(10) COL(1) DEU(2) CHN(10) CHT(1) COL(1)
ESP(1) ITA(3) JPN(2) ECU(1) ESP(2) FRA(1) DEU(1) ECU(1) ESP(2)
KOR(2) MEX(3) ROM(1) GBR(1) IND(2) ISR(1) FRA(1) GBR(1) IND(2)
RUS(1) THA(1) TUR(1) ITA(3) JPN(3) KOR(2) ISR(1) ITA(3) JPN(3)
ZAF(1) MYS(1) RUS(3) THA(3) KOR(2) MEX(1) MYS(1)
UKR(1) VEN(1) ZAF(1) RUS(2) THA(4) UKR(2)
VEN(3) ZAF(1)
VENEZUELA
1 PER(1) 2 CHN(2) 2 CHN(2) 08
8Venezeula didnotsubmit alistofmeasures inforce.G/L/34
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LIST OFABBREVIATIONS USED INANNEX B
AFG AFGHANISTAN
ALB ALBANIA
DZA ALGERIA
ATG ANTIGUA AND
BARBUDA
ARG ARGENTINA
ARM ARMENIA
AUS AUSTRALIA
AUT AUSTRIA
AZE AZERBAIJAN
BHS BAHAMAS
BHR BAHRAIN
BGD BANGLADESH
BRB BARBADOS
BLR BELARUS
BEL BELGIUM
BLZ BELIZE
BEN BENIN
BMU BERMUDA
BOL BOLIVIA
BIH BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BWA BOTSWANA
BRA BRAZIL
BRN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BGR BULGARIA
BFA BURKINA FASO
BUR BURUNDI
CMR CAMEROON
CAN CANADA
CAF CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
TCD CHAD
CHL CHILE
CHN CHINA
CHT CHINESE TAIPEI
COG CONGO, REPUBLIC
COL COLOMBIA
CRI COSTA RICA
CIV COTE D'IVOIRE
HRV CROATIA
CUB CUBA
CYP CYPRUS
CZE CZECH REPUBLIC
DNK DENMARK
DJI DJIBOUTI
DMA DOMINICA
DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EEC EUROPEANCOMMUNITY
ECU ECUADOR
EGY EGYPT
SLV ELSALVADOR
EST ESTONIA
FJI FIJI
FIN FINLAND
FRA FRANCE
MKD FORMER YUGOSLAV
REPUBLIC OF
MACEDONIA
GAB GABON
GMB GAMBIA
GEO GEORGIA
DEU GERMANY
GHA GHANA
GRC GREECE
GRD GRENADAGTM GUATEMALA
GNB GUINEA-BISSAU
GIN GUINEA, REP. OF
GUY GUYANA
HTI HAITI
HND HONDURAS
HKG HONG KONG
HUN HUNGARY
ISL ICELAND
IND INDIA
IDN INDONESIA
IRN IRAN
IRQ IRAQ
IRL IRELAND
ISR ISRAEL
ITA ITALY
JAM JAMAICA
JPN JAPAN
JOR JORDAN
KAZ KAZAKHSTAN
KEN KENYA
KOR KOREA
KWT KUWAIT
KGZ KYRGYZSTAN
LVA LATVIA
LBN LEBANON
LSO LESOTHO
LIE LIECHTENSTEIN
LTU LITHUANIA
LUX LUXEMBOURG
MAC MACAU
MDG MADAGASCAR
MWI MALAWI
MYS MALAYSIA
MDV MALDIVES
MLI MALI
MLT MALTA
MRT MAURITANIA
MUS MAURITIUS
MEX MEXICO
MDA MOLDOVA, REP. OF
MNG MONGOLIA
MAR MOROCCO
MOZ MOZAMBIQUE
NAM NAMIBIA
NLD NETHLANDS
NZL NEW ZEALAND
NIC NICARAGUA
NER NIGER
NGA NIGERIA
NOR NORWAY
OMN OMAN
PAK PAKISTAN
PAN PANAMA
PNG PAPUA NEW GUINEA
PRY PARAGUAY
PER PERU
PHL PHILIPPINES
POL POLAND
PRT PORTUGAL
PRI PUERTO RICO
QUT QATAR
ROM ROMANIA
RUS RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RWA RWANDAKNA SAINT KITTS &NEVIS
LCA SAINT LUCIA
SAU SAUDI ARABIA
SEN SENEGAL
SYC SEYCHELLES
SLE SIERRA LEONE
SGP SINGAPORE
SVK SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SVN SLOVENIA
ZAF SOUTH AFRICA
ESP SPAIN
LKA SRILANKA
VCT SAINT VINCENT &
GRENADINES
SDN SUDAN
SUR SURINAME
SWE SWEDEN
CHE SWITZERLAND
TJK TAJIKISTAN
TZA TANZANIA
THA THAILAND
TGO TOGO
TTO TRINIDAD &TOBAGO
TUN TUNISIA
TUR TURKEY
TKM TURKMENISTAN
UGA UGANDA
UKR UKRAINE
ARE UNITEDARABEMIRATES
GBR UNITED KINGDOM
USA UNITED STATES
URY URUGUAY
UZB UZBEKISTAN
VUT VANUATU
VEN VENEZUELA
VNM VIET NAM
ZAR ZAIRE
ZMB ZAMBIA
ZWE ZIMBABWE