In particular, during January-June 2008, 16 WTO Members reported initiating a
total of 85 new investigations, compared with 61 initiations reported by 16
Members for the corresponding period of 2007. A total of 12 Members reported
applying 54 new final anti-dumping measures during the first semester of 2008,
six per cent higher than the 51 new measures reported by 17 Members for the
corresponding period of 2007. Thirty-one of the 85 new investigations were
opened by developed Members, and 13 of the 54 new final measures were applied by
developed Members, during the first half of 2008. This compares with 20 new
investigations begun and 13 new measures applied by developed Members during the
first half of 2007.
The Member reporting the highest number of new initiations during January-June
2008 was Turkey, reporting 13, followed by the United States, reporting 12,
India (11), Argentina and the European Communities (10 each), Brazil (7),
Australia and Colombia (4 each), Ukraine (3), China (2), and Canada, Chile,
Indonesia, Israel, and South Africa (1 each). These figures represented
increases for Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, the European
Communities, Israel, Turkey, and the United States, and declines for China,
India, Korea, South Africa and Ukraine, compared with the numbers reported for
January-June 2007. Egypt and Japan, which had reported new initiations for the
first half of 2007, reported no new initiations for January-June 2008.
China was the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with nearly one
half (37) of all of the new initiations reported for January-June 2008 directed
at its exports. This was a 76 per cent increase over the 21 new investigations
opened in respect of exports from China during January-June 2007. Thailand was
next, with seven new investigations directed at its exports, followed by the
European Communities (including individual member states) and Indonesia (five
each), Korea, Malaysia and Chinese Taipei (four each), and Vietnam (three).
Brazil, Canada, India, and the United States were the subject of two new
investigations each, and Argentina, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, South
Africa, Sri Lanka, and Turkey were the subject of one new investigation each
directed at their exports.
Concerning the products affected by these new investigations, the most frequent
subjects during the first half of 2008 were in the base metals sector (21
initiations), the textiles sector (20 initiations) and the chemicals sector (10
initiations). Of the 21 reported initiations in respect of base metal products,
seven were reported by the European Communities, six by the United States, three
each by Argentina and Colombia, and one each by Australia and Canada.
Concerning application of new final anti-dumping measures, India reported
applying 16 new measures, registering a 78 per cent increase during January-June
2008 over the nine new measures it reported for the first half of 2007. The
European Communities was in second place reporting eight new measures for the
first half of 2008, followed by Indonesia (five new measures), Argentina, China
and Ukraine (four new measures each), Brazil and South Africa (three each),
Egypt, Korea and the United States (two each), and Canada (one new measure).
These figures represented declines from the corresponding period of 2007 for
Argentina, Canada, China, and the United States, and increases for Brazil,
Egypt, the European Communities, India, Indonesia, Korea, South Africa, and
Ukraine. In addition, Australia, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Pakistan, Peru and Turkey, which had reported new measures during the first half
of 2007, reported no new measures during the first half of 2008.
Products exported from China were the most frequently subject to new measures
during January-June 2008, accounting for 13 of the 54 new measures during this
period. This represented a 40 per cent decline from the 22 new measures applied
on Chinese exports during the first half of 2007. Exports from Chinese Taipei
were in second place, with six new measures applied, compared with three new
measures during the first half of 2007. Exports from the European Communities
(including individual member states) were tied for third place with Korea,
Russia, and the United States, each with four new measures directed at its
exports. Products exported from India and Japan were subject to three new
measures each during the first half of 2008, and exports from Brazil, Egypt,
Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, and Turkey,
were subject to fewer than three new measures each during that period.
The sector most frequently affected by the new measures applied during
January-June 2008 was the chemicals sector, which accounted for 16 of the 54 new
measures reported. The base metals sector was subject to 14 new measures, and
the plastics sector was subject to 13 new measures, during this period. India
applied six of the 16 new measures on products in the chemicals sector, China
applied four, the European Communities applied two, and Brazil, Korea, Ukraine
and the United States each applied 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 January-30 June
2008 can be found under document series
G/ADP/N/173/*...
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