DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

DS: Chile — Definitive Safeguard Measure on Imports of Fructose

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Complaint by Argentina.

On 20 December 2002, Argentina requested consultations with Chile concerning a definitive safeguard measure on imports of certain kinds of fructose. Chile imposed the measure on 19 November 2002 for a period of one year backdated to 30 July 2002, at a rate of 14% ad valorem.

Argentina alleges that Chile’s safeguard measure violates Article XIX:1(a) of GATT 1994 and Articles 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1(b), 4.1(c), 4.2(a,) 4.2(b), 5.1, 7.1 and 7.5 of the Safeguards Agreement, for the following reasons:

  • there were no unforeseen developments which justified the measure;
     
  • the investigation was not based on a like or directly competitive product;
     
  • there was no determination of an increase in imports;
     
  • the injury factors did not justify the determination of a threat of serious injury;
     
  • there was no objective determination of a causal link between the increase in imports and the threat of serious injury;
     
  • the investigating authorities’ report was not published and did not contain findings and reasoned conclusions on all pertinent issues of fact and law;
     
  • the measure is applied beyond the permissible extent; and
     
  • Chile reapplied the measure before the end of the minimum permitted non-application period.

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