World Trade                                       G/ADP/N/35/IND

                                                                                                        31 March 1998

Organization                                             

                                                                                                                                           (98-1295)

 

                                                                                                        Original:  English

Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices

 

 

 

                                    SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT UNDER ARTICLE 16.4

                                                         OF THE AGREEMENT

 

                                                                      INDIA

 

 

            Reproduced herewith is the semi-annual report for the period 1 July to 31 December 1997 from India.

 

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Reporting Member:  INDIA

 

                                                                    SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES

 

                                                                                      For the period 1 July-31 December 1997

 

 

 

Country/

customs

territory

Product

Initiation

Provisional measures

Final measures

No final measures

Trade

 volume

Dumped imports as % of domestic consumption

% of trade volume investigated (of the exporting country)

Basis for determina-tion

 

 

 

 

Definitive duty

Price

Undertaking

No dumping

No injury

Case withdrawn

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

Date,

dumping margin1

Date, dumping margin

Date,

dumping margin

Date

Date

Date

Date

 

 

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Austria

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

88%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

43%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada

Newsprint

20.12.96

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China, P.R.

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

70-75%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vitamin-C

26.05.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Isobutyl benezene (R)

04.04.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnesium

31.07.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mettagurgical coke

28.08.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fused magnesia

04.11.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lovastatin

22.12.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chinese Taipei

Polystyrene

16.09.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denmark

Catalysts*

06.09.96

20.06.97

nil to 153.97%*

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

93%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Germany

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

57%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indonesia

PTA

20.12.96

21.11.97

14.97%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italy

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

60%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan

Bisphenol-A (R)

30.12.96

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vitamin-C

26.05.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polystyrene

16.09.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazakstan

Hot rolled coils/ sheets/strips/plates

06.10.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Korea, Rep. of

PTA

20.12.96

21.11.97

2.31-8.65%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polystyrene

16.09.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malaysia

Polystyrene

16.09.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Fed.

Newsprint

20.12.96

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot rolled coils/ sheet/strips/plates

06.10.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

56%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thailand

PTA

20.12.96

21.11.97

8.61%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine

Hot rolled coils/

sheet/strips/plates

06.10.97

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

Graphite electrodes

30.09.96

21.10.97

45%

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsprint

20.12.96

in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dumping margins are in percentage of export prices, unless otherwise specified.

 

*Hydrodesulpherisation (32.61-85.19%), Zinc oxide desulpherisation (76.06-90.36%), High temperature shift (135.58-153.97%), Low temperature shift (100-113.90%), Secondary reforming (0-152.71%) and Methanation catalysts (134.74%).

 


                                                                    ANNEX 1

 

                                          ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES IN FORCE

 

                                                        As on 31 December 1997

 

 

Country/Customs territory

Product

Date of Definitive Measures

Brazil

PVC resin

Discontinued on 23.12.97 after review

 

Bisphenol-A

26.12.95

China, P.R.

Potassium permanganate

05.09.95

 

Isobutyl benzene

31.08.95

 

3, 4, 5 TMBA

20.10.95

 

Theophylline

30.10.95

 

Caffeine

30.10.95

 

Sodium ferrocyanide

20.12.96

 

Dead burnt magnesite

20.12.96

 

8-hydroxyqunoline

01.04.97

Germany

Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)

30.07.97

Japan

Bisphenol-A

11.03.94

 

Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR)

14.11.95

Kazakstan

Low carbon ferro chrome

24.01.97

Korea, Rep. of

PVC resin

Discontinued on 23.12.97 after review

 

Acrylic fibres

24.10.97

 

Acrylonitrile butadiene rubber

(NBR)

30.07.97

Mexico

PVC resin

Discontinued on 23.12.97 after review

Russia

Bisphenol-A

26.12.95

 

Low carbon ferro chrome

24.01.97

Thailand

Acrylic fibres

24.10.97

United States

PVC resin

Discontinued on 23.12.97 after review

 

Bisphenol-A

29.04.97

 

Acrylic fibres

24.10.97

 

 

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