RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/PER/5
G/SCM/Q1/PER/5
ORGANIZATION 21April 1998
(98-1595)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from JAPAN
toPERU1
Thefollowing communication, dated 15April 1998, hasbeenreceived from thePermanent
Mission ofJapan.
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Q.1. IstheADAgreement directly applicable wherever there isnocorresponding provision in
"Supreme Decree No.043-97-EF" (hereinafter "theDecree")?
Q.2. Could Peruexplain what theterm"para-tariff barriers" means inArticle 5oftheDecree?
Could Peruexplain howdistortion ofdomestic prices mayoccur bytariff or"para-tariff barriers"?
Q.3. Does "thenormal value" inArticle 6oftheDecree mean theconstructed normal value?
Q.4. Could Peruexplain why"[t]he production processes" and"[s]cale ofproduction" arenecessary
indetermining "thenormal value" inArticle 6oftheDecree?
Q.5. Article 3.2oftheADAgreement provides that"[w]ith regard tothevolume ofthedumped
imports, theinvestigating authorities shallconsider whether there hasbeenasignificant increase in
dumped imports, either inabsolute terms orrelative toproduction orconsumption intheimporting
Member". However, Article 14oftheDecree provides that"theCommission shalltakeintoaccount
...I.(a)...asignificant increase inthevolume ofdumped imports inabsolute terms orrelative to
production, sales orconsumption". Could Peruexplain whytheDecree includes "sales" though it
isnotincluded intheADAgreement?
Q.6. Article 14oftheDecree provides that"theCommission shalltakeintoaccount ...I.(a)...
[w]hether therateorgrowth ofthedumped orsubsidized imports hasmeant thatthese imports came
torepresent animportant proportion compared toproduction, salesorconsumption during theperiod
oftheinvestigation". Could Perushow numerical criteria todefine "animportant proportion"?
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Q.7. According toArticle 17oftheDecree, aretheproducers included in"domestic industry" if
theyare"related totheexporters oftheallegedly dumped orsubsidized product"? Please explain the
other criteria indetail aswell.
Q.8. Article 8.2oftheADAgreement provides that"[p]rice undertakings shallnotbesought or
accepted from exporters unless theauthorities oftheimporting Member havemade apreliminary
affirmative determination ofdumping andinjury caused bysuchdumping". However, Article 34of
theDecree provides thephrase "during thecourse ofaninvestigation". Could Peruexplain therelation
between bothprovisions? Could Peruexplain whyanexporter orgovernment ofanexporting country
canundertake commitments before apreliminary determination?
Q.9. Under whatcircumstances doesagovernment ofacountry exporting thedumped orsubsidized
goods undertaken commitments instead ofanexporter? Article 8.1oftheADAgreement states
"Proceedings ...from anyexporter ...". Could Peruexplain therelationship between Article 34of
theDecree, which allows bothanexporter andgovernment ofanexporting country toundertake
commitments andArticle 8.1oftheADAgreement, which allows onlyanexporter toundertake
commitments?
Q.10. How could Peru explain theconsistency ofArticle 48oftheDecree, thataddresses anti-
circumvention, withtheADAgreement?
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