International Trends of Anti Dumping Actions

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International Trends of Anti Dumping Actions

• Training Workshop
• Ministry of Trade - CEG

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Issues

• Anti dumping Initiations
• Anti dumping Targets
• Often-attacked Industries

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Anti Dumping Initiations

• AD initiations increased steadily during the past
  10 years, nearly doubled
• AD measures also increased accordingly
• AD initiations concentrated in a handful of
  countries top ten users accounted for 80 of
  total cases
• India, US, EU most active initiators (over 40
  initiations)
• Since 1995, developing countries joined the rank
  of intensive users (7 out of top 10 countries are
  developing countries, accounting for 70 of total
  initiations)
• Active developing countries are Latin American
  countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico) and Asia
  (India, China, Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia)

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Anti Dumping Initiations
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Anti Dumping Initiations Top 10 countries in AD
initiations, 1995-6/2004
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Anti Dumping Targets

• Anti dumping targets concentrated in a handful of
  countries (top 10 targets represented 60 of
  total measures during 1995-2004)
• Developing countries are more often attacked as
  compared with developed countries (except US and
  Japan, 8 out of top 10 targets are developing
  countries)
• China is the biggest target (over 10 of total
  worldwide), followed by Korea, US, India,
  Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Russia..
• The top 10 targets include many transitional
  economies and East Asian countries. The ratio of
  initiations against these countries doubled
  during 1980-85 to 1996-2000 (from 13-26 and
  12-24 accordingly)
• Developing countries with small export market
  share are also vulnerable targets due to
  cumulation technique

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Anti Dumping TargetsTop 10 targets of AD
measures, 1995-2004
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Anti Dumping TargetsAD initiations classified by
target country groups (1980-2000)
Note Parentheses show the percentage of total
cases

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Often Attacked Industries

• Out of 21 sectors according to WTO
  classification, the 6 most-often attacked are
  base metals, chemicals, plastics, machinery and
  electric equipment, wood pulp and paper, textiles
• These 6 sectors account for 80 of total cases
  during 1995-2004. The first 2 sectors account
  for 50 of total.
• -gt High degree of concentration of AD initiations
  in a handful targeted sectors worldwide

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Often Attacked Industries

• Degree of industry concentration is also seen in
  individual countries
• China 50 of initiations belong to 3 sectors
  (metals, chemicals, machinery)
• India 40 of initiations involve chemicals
• US 70 of measures involve steel and metal
  products

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Often Attacked Industries
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Often Attacked Industries

• 21 sectors with WTO classification are
  reclassified into 4 groups resources intensive,
  labor intensive, science based and others.
• Resources intensive are most often attacked and
  the trend is increasing (40 in the 80s to 75 in
  2000-04). These are industries that developing
  countries have comparative advantage, e.g.
  minerals, wood, wood pulp, precious stones,
  glass, ceramics, metals

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Often Attacked Industries

• Labor intensive industries also saw an increase
  of initiations (from less than 10 during
  1980-1990 to 14 during 2000-04)
• In contrast, science based industries saw a
  decrease of initiations (from 40 during the
  period before 90s to 10 during the past 5 years)
• -gt Developing countries with comparative
  advantage in resources and cheap labor become
  more vulnerable during the recent years

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Often Attacked IndustriesAD Initiations by
Sector Groups (1980-2004)
Note Parentheses show the percentage of total
cases
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