Drop in Anti Dumping Measures - WTO
THE WTO Secretariat reported that during the period 1 January - 30 June 2010, the number of initiations of new anti-dumping investigations showed a 29% decrease compared with the corresponding period of 2009. The number of new measures applied also decreased during the first semester of 2010 when compared with the first half of 2009.
The Members reporting the highest number of new initiations during January - June 2010 were India, reporting 17 new initiations, followed by the European Union, reporting 8 new initiations, Argentina (7), Brazil and Israel (5 each).
During the first half of 2010, China was the most frequent subject of the new investigations, with 23 new initiations directed at its exports. This was a 30% decrease from the 33 new investigations opened in respect of exports from China during January - June 2009.
The products most frequently affected by these new investigations during the first half of 2010 were in the base metals sector (20 initiations), the chemicals sector (11 initiations), the plastics and rubber sector (7 initiations) and the plaster and ceramic products sector (6 initiations). Of the 20 reported initiations relating to the base metals sector, 6 were reported by India, 3 by Indonesia, two each by Colombia, the European Union, Thailand and the United States, and one each by Argentina, Israel and Korea.