The
number of new measures also fell, by 12 per cent. During July-December 2007,
14 Members reported initiating a total of 101 new investigations, compared
with 109 initiations in the corresponding period of 2006. A total of 13
Members reported applying 58 new final anti-dumping measures during the
second semester of 2007, compared with 66 new measures reported by 15
Members for the corresponding period of 2006. Forty-five of the 101 new
investigations were initiated by developed Members, and 13 of the 58 new
final measures were applied by developed Members, during the second half of
2007. This compares with 31 new investigations opened and 21 new measures
applied by developed Members during the second half of 2006.
The Member reporting the highest number of new initiations during the second
half of 2007 was India, with 31, followed by the United States (24), Korea
(10), the European Communities (9), Brazil (8), Turkey (6), Argentina (5)
Thailand (2), and Australia, Canada, Egypt, Mexico, Peru, and South Africa
(1 each). For Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, the European Communities,
Mexico, and Thailand, these figures represented declines from the levels
reported for the second half of 2006, while for India, Korea, Turkey, and
the United States, they reflected increases. In addition, Chile, China,
Colombia, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Chinese Taipei, each of which had reported
new initiations during the second half of 2006, reported no new initiations
during the corresponding period of 2007.
China remained the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with 40
initiations directed at its exports during July-December 2007, virtually
unchanged from the 39 new investigations on exports from China that were
reported for the corresponding period of 2006. Korea and Thailand were the
second most frequent subjects, with eight new initiations each directed at
their exports during the second half of 2007, compared with six and three,
respectively, during the second half of 2006. The European Communities and
its member states were next, with six new initiations directed at their
exports, followed by Malaysia (5); the United States (4); Indonesia, Russia
and the United Arab Emirates (3 each); India, Chinese Taipei, Turkey, and
Vietnam (2 each); and Australia, Bangladesh, Belarus, Bosnia Herzegovina,
Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Iran, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Singapore,
and Sri Lanka (one each).
The products that were most frequently subject to the reported new
investigations during the second half of 2007 were in the machinery and
equipment sector (23 initiations), followed by chemicals (18 initiations),
textiles (11), and base metals (10). Of the 23 reported initiations in
respect of machinery and equipment, India reported 16, Argentina reported
five, and the United States reported two.
Concerning application of new final anti-dumping measures, India, with 16,
reported the largest number during the second half of 2007, twice the number
it reported (8) during the corresponding period of 2006. Brazil reported
eight new final measures during the July-December 2007 period, China and the
European Communities reported seven each, Colombia reported four, and
Argentina, New Zealand, Turkey and the United States each reported applying
three new measures. Costa Rica, Egypt, Israel, and Thailand reported one new
measure each. Compared with the figures reported during the second half of
2006, these represented increases for Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, India,
New Zealand, and Thailand; decreases for China, Egypt, Israel, and Turkey;
and no change for Argentina, the European Communities and the United States.
Products exported from China remained the most frequent subject of new
measures — accounting for nearly half (26) of the 58 new measures reported
for the second half of 2007. This compares with 22 new measures reported on
products from China during the corresponding period of 2006. Japan, Korea,
Singapore, and Chinese Taipei were tied for second place, with their exports
subject to four new measures each. Malaysia was subject to three new
measures. Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the European Communities and its
member states, Kazakhstan, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Saudi
Arabia, Switzerland, Thailand, and the United States each were the subject
of fewer than three new measures during the second half of 2007.
Concerning the affected sectors, products in the chemicals sector were the
most frequent subject of new measures during July-December 2007, accounting
for 23 of the 58 total new measures reported. Products in the machinery and
equipment sector were in second place, with 12 new measures, and the
textiles sector came third, with four new measures. Of the 23 new measures
reported on products in the chemicals sector, China applied seven, the
European Communities applied six, India applied five, Turkey and the United
States two each, and Egypt one.
The data reported above are taken from the semi-annual reports of Members to
the ADP Committee. The statistics are based on information from Members
having submitted semi-annual reports for the relevant periods, and are
incomplete to the extent that Members have not submitted reports or have
submitted incomplete reports. For the purpose of these statistics, each
investigation or measure reported covers one product imported from one
country or customs territory.
The anti-dumping semi-annual reports by Members for the period 1 July-31
December 2007 can be found under document series G/ADP/N/166/*...
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