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13 June 2022 
(22-4088) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Original: Spanish  
 
 
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN NAMIBIA AND ZIMBABWE, GOODS  
QUESTIONS AND REPLIES  
 The following communication, dated 9 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegations of  Namibia and Zimbabwe.  
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Questions from Mexico  
 
Anti-dumping and countervailing measures  
 
1.1.  Paragraphs 3.18 and 3.19:  
Paragraph 3.18. Under Article III the Parties may impose anti-dumping duties on goods 
produced in the other Party. The Party, when requested by the other Party to assist in the 
dumping investigation, shall provide all possible assistance.  
 
Paragraph 3.19. Under Article III a Party may impose countervailing dutie s to offset 
subsidies granted directly or indirectly on goods imported from the other Party.  
 
1. Could the Parties please clarify, in general terms, what the assistance to be 
provided reciprocally in anti -dumping investigations consists of?  
2. Furthermore, is th e Party on which anti -dumping duties are sought to be imposed 
required to provide assistance for the purposes of the investigation procedure to 
which it will be subject? Or rather, must the assistance be provided only where 
the anti -dumping investigation i s carried out in respect of the imports of another 
country not party to the agreement?  
3. Could the Parties please indicate whether the assistance mentioned applies in 
proceedings for the imposition of countervailing measures?  
 Anti-Dumping Investigation Rec iprocal Assistance - Anti-dumping and countervailing 
investigations involve interested parties from the exporting country. This includes producers in the 
foreign country, exporters and the government of the exporting country among others. The 
investigation process therefore, mainly deals with the cooperation of the foreign  parties in the other 
contracting party which will be required to respond to questionnaires and responses by other parties. 
However, even though foreign interested parties response to the q uestionnaire and questions help 
in determining the validity and conclusion of a complaint by the domestic industry, they are not 
forced to respond. In case, the foreign interested parties fails to respond, the Commission will rely 
on available facts to mak e a decision. This is the assistance that will be provided amongst the 
contracting parties mentioned in the Agreement to make sure that the investigation process is 
completed smoothly.  
 
 In addition, according to anti -dumping and subsidies laws, there will  be communication 
between the parties involved through their respective embassies, which forms part of the assistance 
referred to in the Agreement.  
 
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