Brussels, 07/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - The latest half-yearly report on anti-dumping by the WTO reveals that there has been a drop in the number of new cases opened and new measures taken throughout the world in the first six months of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009. The report also confirms the trend that has been apparent since 2007, that there are more new anti-dumping investigations and measures adopted throughout the world against China than any other country.
With 23 investigations opened into its exports (compared with 33 for the same period in 2009), China remains the most frequent target of new investigations, ahead of the EU (11) and the United States (5). In all, in the first half of 2010, 19 countries opened 69 new investigations (compared with 97 in the same period in 2009). India, with 19 new investigations, is the country which launched most, followed by the EU (8) and Argentina (7). The base metals sector was the one where most new investigations were opened.
Chinese exports, with 25 out of a total of 59 of which the WTO was notified in the first half of the year, were also subject to the largest number of new measures adopted by other WTO member states. They were followed by EU and US exports, with six and five new measures against them respectively. In all, 14 member countries applied 59 definitive new anti-dumping measures in the first six months of 2010, compared with 62 new measures in the same period in 2009. India notified the WTO of the largest number (17), followed by Turkey (9), Argentina and Chile (7). The EU adopted only two new measures. The metals sector was the one most affected, with 18 new measures. (E.H./transl.rt)