RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/W/400
3October 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3997)
Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
NOTE FROM THE SECRETARIAT
Thefollowing draftannual report iscirculated forconsideration byMembers, inaccordance
withtheCommittee 'sdecision atitsApril meeting.
Textwhich appears inthedraftinredline indicates portions ofthedraftwhere changes are
anticipated bytheSecretariat before thereport isapproved bytheCommittee atitsOctober meeting.
DRAFT REPORT (1996) 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. Atitsregular
meeting on21October 1996, theCommittee tooknoteofthedecision oftheGeneral Council regarding
thestatus ofinternational organizations asObservers totheWTO and.....
3. Thefocus ofthisreport isontheperiod since theCommittee 'slastannual report ((G/L/34),
thatis,31October 1995-21October 1996. However, where relevant, information fromtheprevious
period isreported. During theperiod under review, theCommittee heldfourmeetings. Regular
meetings oftheCommittee wereheldon29April 1996 and21October 1996 (G/ADP/M/7 andM/9
respectively). Special meetings oftheCommittee toreview notifications oflegislation wereheldjointly
withtheCommittee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures on4-8December 1995 and24-
26April 1996 (G/ADP/M/6 andM/8respectively).
4. Mr.Mohan Kumar (India) waselected Chairman oftheCommittee atitsfirstmeeting in
February 1995, andMr.JohnMcNab (Canada) waselected Vice-Chairman. TheCommittee atits
meeting of29April 1996 elected Mr.OleLundby (Norway) asitsChairman, andDr.KajitSukhum
(Thailand) asitsVice-Chairman. Pursuant totheCommittee 'srules ofprocedure, theytookoffice
attheendofthatmeeting.
II. Notification andexamination ofanti-dumping lawsand/or regulations ofMembers
5. Intheareaofanti-dumping, WTO rulesareimplemented through Member 'snational legislation.
Pursuant toArticle 18.5oftheAgreement, asamplified byadecision oftheCommittee, MembersG/ADP/W/400
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withavailablelegislationand/orregulationsregardinganti-dumpingdutyinvestigationsorreviewscovered
bytheAgreement should notify thefullandintegrated textoftherelevant legislation and/or regulations
totheCommittee. Ifsuchlegislation and/or regulations donotexistorarenotavailable, theMember
should inform theCommittee ofthisfact,andexplain thereasons therefore. These notifications have
beentreated asunrestricted documents from theoutset. Inaddition, theCommittee decided, atits
special meeting of21February 1995 thatObserver governments should provide theCommittee with
anyinformation theObserver government considers relevant tomatters within thepurview ofthe
Agreement, including thetextofitslawsandregulations regarding anti-dumping duties, andinformation
regarding anyanti-dumping measures taken bytheObserver government.
6. Asof2October 1996, 84Members hadnotified theCommittee regarding theirdomestic anti-
dumpinglegislation.1ThesenotificationscanbefoundindocumentseriesG/ADP/N/1/....39Members
hadnot,asyet,made anynotification under Article 18.5oftheAgreement. Annex Asetsoutthe
status ofnotifications oflegislation under Article 18.5oftheAgreement. Ofthe84Members submitting
notifications, 17notified thattheyhadnospecific legislation relating toanti-dumping, 31notified new
legislation, and36notified pre-WTO legislation stillinforce. Ofthe54Members notifying noanti-
dumping legislation orpre-WTO legislation stillinforce, 35indicated thatnewlegislation isbeing
considered ordrafted. Inaddition, 26Members indicated thattheWTO Agreement hasforce oflaw
intheterritory oftheMember.
7. During theperiod under review, theCommittee continued thework ofreviewing notifications
ofanti-dumping lawsand/or regulations begun in1995. Intwospecial meetings heldjointly withthe
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures, theCommittee reviewed thenotifications of
anti-dumping legislation ofthefollowing Members during theperiod: Barbados, Bolivia, Colombia,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Norway, Philippines,
Romania, Saint Lucia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, Trinidad &Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, and
Zambia. TheCommittee alsoreviewed thenotifications without legislative textofthefollowing
Members: Botswana, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, ElSalvador, Guatemala, Republic ofGuinea,
Honduras, Indonesia, Macau, Maldives, Malta, Morocco, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Paraguay, Poland,
SriLanka, Suriname, Turkey, Uganda, andZimbabwe. Thesubstance ofthereview isreflected in
thewritten questions puttoMembers, andtheirwritten answers. References tothese questions and
answers canbefound intheminutes ofthejointspecial meetings toreview legislation, G/ADP/M/6
andSuppl.1 andM/8. References tothequestions andanswers forthelegislative review meetings
heldduring 1995canbefound intheminutes oftherelevant meetings, G/ADP/M/3 andSuppl.1, and
G/ADP/M/4 andSuppl.1.
8. AsoftheendofApril,theCommitteehadconductedaninitialreviewofallnotificationsreceived
todatethathadbeencirculated toMembers intimetoallow preparation forthereview sessions. Four
special meetings toreview legislation havebeenheldjointly withtheCommittee onSubsidies and
Countervailing Measures since July1995. Atitsspecial meeting inDecember 1995, theCommittee
decided thatfortheimmediate future, jointspecial meetings toreview legislation werenolonger needed,
andthereview oflegislation, bothnewly notified andpreviously reviewed, would takeplace inthe
context ofregular Committee meetings. TheCommittee adopted procedures forthecontinued review
oflegislation(G/ADP/W/284),basedprimarilyonaprocessofwrittenquestionsandanswers,tofacilitate
productive discussions during thecontinued review oflegislations. Review ofnewandamended
legislationswouldfollowthesameproceduresusedduringthejointspecialmeetingstoreviewlegislation.
9. Asoftheendoftheperiod under review, asignificant number ofwritten questions putto
Members during thecourse ofthelegislative review meetings remained unanswered. Nonetheless,
1TheECiscounted as16Members.G/ADP/W/400
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theChairman hadexpressed satisfaction withtheprogress thathadbeenmade during themeetings.
Questions puttoMembers ranged from those regarding general, policy matters toveryspecific and
highly technical questions ofnational administration ofanti-dumping measures. Among theconcerns
raised byMembers were perceived inconsistencies between theAgreement andbothnewly-enacted
legislation andlegislation enacted priortotheentry intoforceoftheAgreement. Inaddition, Members
expressed concern regarding thepotential foractions inconsistent withtheAgreement ifsuchactions
arebased onlegislation enacted prior totheentry intoforce oftheAgreement. Another concern was
thecomplexity oftheprocedural andsubstantive requirements oftheAgreement, andtheneedfor
significant training andeducation, particularly fornewusers ofanti-dumping measures anddeveloping
countries, toensure thatactions were taken consistently withtheAgreement.
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. Inaddition,
Members taking noaction during agiven period arerequested tosonotify theCommittee.
11. Guidelines forinformation tobeprovided insemi-annual reports submitted pursuant to
Article 16.4arecontained indocument G/ADP/1. Submission ofsemi-annual reports byMembers
known tobeactive usersofanti-dumping measures hasimproved sinceearly1995. Asignificant number
ofMembers havenever filedasemi-annual report, however. While many ifnotmostoftheseMembers
arebelieved nottobeactive users ofanti-dumping measures, intheabsence ofsemi-annual reports,
thesituation remains uncertain. TheCommittee reviewed thenotifications ofaction fortheperiods
1July-31 December 1995 and1January-30 June1996 atitsregular meetings inApril andOctober.
Inaddition tospecific questions raised concerning theactions taken byMembers, concern wasexpressed
overthelackofnotifications, andthefactthatnotifications often didnotfollow theformat setforth
intheguidelines. Thecomments ofMembers arereflected intheminutes oftheregular meetings,
G/ADP/M/7 andM/9.
12. Semi-annual reports fortheperiod 1July-31December 1995
(a) Asof2October 1996, thefollowing Members hadnotified theCommittee thatthey
hadnottaken anyanti-dumping actions during thisperiod (G/ADP/N/9/Add.1/Rev.2): Barbados,
Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Egypt, ElSalvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, Morocco, Norway,
Paraguay,Poland,Romania,SaintLucia,SlovakRepublic,Slovenia,SriLanka,Swaziland,Switzerland,
Tunisia, Uruguay, Zambia, andZimbabwe.
(b) Asof2October 1996, semi-annual reports ofanti-dumping actions taken during this
period hadbeenreceived fromthefollowing Members: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile,
Colombia, European Community, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru,
Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, United States andVenezuela. These reports
havebeencirculated indocument series G/ADP/N/9/... .
(c) Asof2October 1996, nosemi-annual reports forthisperiod hadbeenreceived from
thefollowing Members: Antigua andBarbuda, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brunei
Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Coted'Ivoire, Djibouti,
Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji,Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Rep.of,Guyana, Haiti,G/ADP/W/400
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Indonesia, Kenya, Kuwait, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali,
Mauritania,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nicaragua,Nigeria,Pakistan,PapuaNewGuinea,Qatar,
Rwanda, SaintKitts&Nevis, SaintVincent &Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania,
Togo, Trinidad &Tobago, Uganda andtheUnited Arab Emirates.
13. Semi-annual reports fortheperiod 1January -30June 1996
(a) Asof2October 1996, thefollowing Members hadnotified theCommittee thatthey
hadnottaken anyanti-dumping actions during thisperiod. Thefinallistwillbepublished indocument
G/ADP/N/16/Add.1: Cuba, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic,Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland,
Kuwait, Malta, Morocco, Paraguay, Philippines, Romania, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia,
SriLanka, Switzerland, Uganda, andUruguay.
(b) Asof2October 1996, semi-annual reports ofanti-dumping actions taken during this
period hadbeenreceived fromthefollowing Members: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia,
European Communities, Guatemala, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, NewZealand, Turkey, and
Venezuela. These reports havebeencirculated indocument series G/ADP/N/16/... .
(c) Asof2October 1996, nosemi-annual reports forthisperiod hadbeenreceived from
thefollowing Members: Antigua andBarbuda, Argentina, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize,
Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Costa Rica, Côted'Ivoire, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, ElSalvador, Fiji,
Gabon, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Rep.of, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica,
Kenya, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania,
Mauritius,Mozambique,Myanmar,Namibia,Nicaragua,Nigeria,Norway,Pakistan,PapuaNewGuinea,
Peru, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint KittsandNevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent &theGrenadines,
Senegal,SierraLeone,SolomonIslands,SouthAfrica,Suriname,Swaziland,Tanzania,Thailand,Togo,
Trinidad andTobago, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United States, Zambia, andZimbabwe,
14. ATable summarising anti-dumping actions taken byMembers during theperiod 1July1995-
30June1996 isreproduced inAnnex Btothisreport. (Notincluded withdraftreport)
IV. Reports onallpreliminary orfinalanti-dumping actions
15. PursuanttoArticle16.4oftheAgreement,MembersaretoreportwithoutdelaytotheCommittee
allpreliminary andfinalanti-dumping actions taken. Guidelines fortheinformation tobecontained
inthese reports aresetforth inG/ADP/2. Asof2October 1996, reports ofpreliminary andfinal
anti-dumpingactionsduringtheperiodunderconsiderationhadbeenreceivedfromArgentina,Australia,
Canada, theEuropean Communities, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, NewZealand, Peru, South Africa,
Turkey, theUnited States, andVenezuela. (G/ADP/N/7, N/8,N/10, N/11, N/12, N/13, N/15, N/17
andN/18). While suchreports areregularly submitted bythemost active users ofanti-dumping
measures, anumber ofMembers known tohavetaken preliminary andfinalactions, including some
whohavefiledsemi-annual reports regarding theiractions, havenotreported those actions without
delay totheCommittee. TheCommittee reviewed thenotifications ofpreliminary andfinalactions
atitsregular meetings inApril andOctober. Inaddition tospecific questions raised concerning the
actionstakenbyMembers,concernwasexpressedoverthelackofnotificationsfromnumerousmembers.
Thecomments ofMembers arereflected intheminutes oftheregular meetings, G/ADP/M/7 andM/9.
V. Other matters discussed bytheCommittee
16. Rules ofProcedure :Atitsregular meeting inApril, theCommittee adopted Rules ofProcedure
(G/ADP/4), based ontheRules oftheGeneral Council andoftheCouncil forTrade inGoods, andG/ADP/W/400
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incorporating relevant changes tomake them applicable totheCommittee. TheCouncil forTrade
inGoods subsequently approved theCommittee 'sRules ofProcedure atitsmeeting of22May1996.
17. Notification ofCompetent Authorities :Atitsregular meeting inApril, theCommittee decided
torequest Members tonotify thename, address, telephone andfaxnumber, andelectronic mailaddress
where available, oftheirauthorities competent toinitiate andconduct anti-dumping investigations.
Thisnotification would bemade once, subject toupdating orcorrecting notifications should therelevant
information ofanyMember change. Thelistcontaining theinformation notified byMembers is
maintained bytheSecretariat andcirculated inaddenda todocument G/ADP/N/14. Asof2October
1996, thefollowing Members hadnotified relevant information totheSecretariat: Argentina, Australia,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya,
Korea, Mauritius, Mexico, NewZealand, Norway, Peru, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland,
Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Venezuela, andZambia (G/ADP/N/14/Add.3).
18. AdHocGroup onImplementation :Atitsregular meeting inApril, theCommittee decided
toestablish andAdHocGroup onImplementation, toprepare recommendations onissues where
agreement seems possible, andreport totheCommittee. Inaddition, theAdHocGroup could consider
otherissuesregardingimplementationonwhichMembersbelievediscussionswouldbehelpful.Members
wererequested tosubmit proposals foritems theGroup could discuss totheSecretariat. TheSecretariat
circulated thesuggestions received indocument G/ADP/W/399. Ataninformal meeting on1October
1996, Members considered those suggestions, andgenerally agreed onagroup oftopics thatmight
appropriately bereferred totheAdHocGroup bytheCommittee. Inaddition, Members considered
favorably aproposal thatthework oftheAdHocGroup proceed byconsidering, intheorder received,
written papers andproposals submitted byanyMember onanytopic referred totheGroup. Itwas
alsoconsidered thattheAdHocGroup could discuss anumber ofdifferent matters atthesame time,
provided thatproposals hadbeenmade byMembers. Atitsregular meeting inOctober, theCommittee
decided ...
19. Procedures forpreparation andadoption ofAnnual Report :Atitsregular meeting inApril,
theCommittee considered theprocedures forthepreparation andadoption ofitsannual report adopted
atitsfirstmeeting inFebruary 1995, inlightofsuggestions fromtheChairman oftheGeneral Council.
TheCommittee decided thattheSecretariat should prepare adraftreport inthesame format ashad
beenusedintheprevious year'sreport, incorporating fromthatreport those aspects ofimplementation
thatwould helpexplain theprogress thattheCommittee hadmade. TheSecretariat wasalsodirected
todraftashort section onanti-circumvention, reporting onwhattheCommittee haddoneandonthe
informal consultations during theyear. Thedraftreport would becirculated toMembers attheend
ofSeptember orinearlyOctober, atwhich timetheCommittee would havetodecide whether itshould
meetinformally inadvance oftheregular October meeting todiscuss anyadditional matters forinclusion
inthereport.
VI. Anti-Circumvention
20. Atitsmeeting on30October 1995, theCommittee hadauthorized theChairman toengage
ininformal consultations withaviewtoreporting backtotheCommittee atitsmeeting inDecember
onhowtheCommittee isgoing torespond totheMinisterial Decision, including terms ofreference
andprocedural issues. TheChairman heldsuchinformal consultations on21November 1995. A
substantial number ofMembers tookpart,andthediscussion focused onthematters regarding how
thediscussions should proceed.
21. BasedontheChairman'sreportregardingtheinformalconsultations,presentedtotheCommittee
atitsspecial meeting inDecember 1995, theCommittee authorize himtocontinue toconsult informally
onthetasksetfortheCommittee bytheMinisterial Decision onAnti-Circumvention. TheChairmanG/ADP/W/400
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noted thatMembers might, inthefirstinformal consultations, wishtodiscuss thecourse theinformal
consultationsshouldtakeandthemajortopicsthatshouldbeconsidered.Amongtheexamplesmentioned
ininformal consultations werethescope oftheissueofanti-circumvention andwhether circumvention
canbedealtwiththrough existing mechanisms under theAgreement. TheChairman further stated
thattheinformalconsultationswouldbe,ofcourse,opentoanyinterestedMember,andwithoutprejudice
toanyMember 'srights andobligations under theAgreement, ortoanyMember 'sraising anti-
circumvention during meetings oftheCommittee, andundertook toinform theCommittee periodically
ondevelopments inthese informal consultations. TheChairman alsosuggested that,ifanyMember
hadspecific issues itbelieved should bediscussed during thefirstinformal consultations, theymight
submit theirsuggestions totheChairman, whowould undertake tocommunicate theseideastointerested
Members inadvance ofthefirstinformal consultations, sincetheymight helpfocus initial discussions.
22. Several delegations submitted suggestions concerning theframework fortheinformal
consultations, andtopics tobediscussed. Further informal consultations were held7March 1996.
Again, thediscussion focused principally onthequestion oftheframework forcontinued informal
consultations, including aproposal made bytheChairman, butnoagreement wasreached. Additional
papers onaproposed framework forcontinued discussions were presented during another round of
informal consultations on30April 1996. Several Members made proposals, asdidtheChairman,
butnoconsensus wasachieved ontheframework forcontinued discussions. TheChairman continued
toconsult withdelegations inanattempt tofindabasis foragreement onaframework forcontinued
discussions, andinvited interested Members tofurther informal consultations following theCommittee 's
regular meeting inOctober.G/ADP/W/400
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ANNEX A
ANTI-DUMPING LEGISLATION NOTIFICATIONS
MEMBER NOTIFICATION PROVIDED
Antigua andBarbuda
Argentina X
Australia X
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados X
Belize
Benin
Bolivia X
Botswana X
Brazil X
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Canada X
Central African Republic
Chile X
Colombia X
Costa Rica X
Côted'Ivoire X
Cuba X
Cyprus X
Czech Republic X
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic X
European Communities X
Ecuador XG/ADP/W/400
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Egypt X
ElSalvador X
Fiji
Gabon
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala X
Guinea Bissau
Guinea, Rep.of X
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras X
Hong Kong X
Hungary X
Iceland X
India X
Indonesia X
Israel X
Jamaica X
Japan X
Kenya X
Korea X
Kuwait
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Macau X
Madagascar
Malawi X
Malaysia X
Maldives X
Mali
Malta XG/ADP/W/400
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Mauritania
Mauritius X
Mexico X
Morocco X
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
NewZealand X
Nicaragua X
Nigeria
Norway X
Pakistan X
Papua NewGuinea
Paraguay X
Peru X
Philippines X
Poland X
Qatar
Romania X
Rwanda
Saint Kitts&Nevis
Saint Lucia X
Saint Vincent &Grenadines
Senegal X
Sierra Leone
Singapore X
Slovak Republic X
Slovenia X
Solomon Islands
South Africa X
SriLanka X
Suriname XG/ADP/W/400
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Swaziland X
Switzerland X
Tanzania
Thailand X
Togo
Trinidad andTobago X
Tunisia
Turkey X
Uganda X
United Arab Emirates
United States X
Uruguay X
Venezuela X
Zambia X
Zimbabwe X