RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/SVK/1
G/SCM/Q1/SVK/1
ORGANIZATION 6April 1998
(98-1383)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from TURKEY
totheSLOVAK REPUBLIC1
Thefollowingcommunication,dated3April1998,hasbeenreceivedfromthePermanentMission
ofTurkey.
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1. Would theSlovak authorities explain theterm"price-fixing factors operate intheexporting
country ..."(Article 4.3oftheAct).
2. InArticle 5.3oftheActitisstated that"The normal value shallbecompared withtheexport
price based oncomparable terms ofdelivery within thesame period oftime. Ifthere aredifferent
dumping margins inthesame product, thedumping margin shallbedetermined bythecomparison
ofaweighted average ofnormal values withaweighted average ofexport prices." Within thiscontext,
would theSlovak authorities clarify themethod tocalculate theweighted average dumping margin
oftheinvestigated product andhowdotheSlovak authorities interpret theprovisions ofArticle 2.4.2
oftheAnti-Dumping Agreement?
3. Would youplease clarify theprovision ofArticle 5.9(b) where itisstated that"thevolume
ofsalesatprices lower thanjustified byreasonable economic costs andadequate profits arelessthan
20percentofthevolume ofsaleoftheproducts intheexporting country orinathirdcountry" in
connection withfootnote 5toArticle 2.2.1 oftheA-DAgreement?
4. Would youplease clarify theprovision ofArticle 5.9(c) oftheActwhere itisstated that"the
volume ofsalesofthelikeproducts intheexporting country hasbeencarried onwithin aperiod of
lessthansixmonths before thecommencement oftheanti-dumping proceedings." andinterpret itin
connection withtherelevant Article oftheA-DAgreement?
5. WouldtheSlovakauthoritiespleaseclarifyifthesituationsgivenbelowareconsideredasmaterial
injury tothedomestic industry which arestated inArticles 6.1(g) (h)(i)(j)oftheAct?
"(g) ...thelikely decline ofsalesoftheproducts manufactured bythedomestic industry,"
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"(h) ...thelikely decrease intheutilization oftheproduction oftheproducts manufactured
bythedomestic industry,"
"(i) ...thelikely decrease intheutilization oftheproduction capacity andthedecline in
theemployment inthedomestic industry,"
"(j) ...thelikely decline oftheprofits inthedomestic industry."
6. Would theSlovak authorities clarify ifthesampling method shallbemade useofincaseof
alarge number ofdomestic firms tobeexamined fortheinjury analysis (selection oflargest firms
tothesample ofselection ofmost injured firms tothesample)?
7. Would thecompetent Slovak authorities clarify howthedomestic producers other thanthe
complainants willbeinformed ofthereceipt ofacomplaint, andifthereceipt willbepublicized?
Would youplease construe Article 9.1oftheActinconnection withtheprovisions ofArticle 5.5of
theA-DAgreement?
8. InArticle 10oftheActitisstated that:
- "(a) thecomplainant,"
- "(b) theexporter oftheallegedly dumped products,"
- "(c) theproducer ofthelikeproducts supporting thecomplaint,"
- "(d) theproducer ofthelikeproducts whohasfurnished his/her observations
concerning thecomplaint."
However inArticle 6.11oftheA-DAgreement thegovernment oftheexporting Member is
considered asaparty totheA-DAgreement. Inthisrespect howdoyouobserve theA-DAgreement?
9. What would bethedecision ofthecompetent Slovak authorities within thecontext ofArticle 17
oftheAct,insuchacase, that; thetotalshare ofexporting countries having individual shares less
than3percentbuthaving more than7percentwhen cumulated atthetimeoftheinitiation ofthe
investigation butitisdetermined thatthedumping margin ofsome countries arelessthan2percent?
Insuchacasewould adumping dutybeimposed onexports ofsome countries having adumping margin
higher than2percentbutthose countries 'cumulated share inimports islessthan7percentornot?
10. InArticle 28oftheActitisstated that: "IftheMinistry hasknowledge obtained upon its
ownfindings orbased upontheproposal ofaparty oftheproceedings according towhich atermination
ofvalid undertakings ortermination ofdefinitive dutycould result inrepeated dumped imports, and
thuscause thedumping injury, theMinistry shallextend thetimelimitofthevalid undertakings or
thetermfortheimposition ofthedefinitive duty...."Within thecontext ofArticle 11.3oftheA-D
Agreement which regulates theduration andthereview ofthedefinitive duties, dothecompetent Slovak
authoritiesconsiderthatArticle28oftheActisinconformitywiththeprovisionsoftheA-DAgreement?
11. Would youplease clarify thepayments tothedomestic industry asdefined inArticle 30of
theActfrom the"national budget account"? Ifthose payments areanewkindofsubsidy against
dumping?
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