2.4.     ANTI-DUMPING MEASURES

‘What are anti-dumping measures?’
‘Which anti-dumping measures does the EU consider against compact disc boxes from Hong Kong and China?’
‘How high are the rates of the EU anti-dumping measures?’

For an answer to anti-dumping questions, look into the websites presented below.

To find a summary of the anti-dumping legislation, follow the steps.

Step 1:   login to the overview of external trade legislation (click on the link above)

Step 2:   scroll down to ‘commercial defence measures’ and click on ‘anti-dumping measures’.

Step 3:   here you find an outline of the procedures, applied by the DG External Trade, to identify cases where it will apply anti-dumping duties.

To structure your reading, get a first idea of the EU-approach of anti-dumping measures below. The EU-measures will not be applied unless three main application-conditions have been tested.

Condition 1: Dumping must be assessed (and)
Condition 2: Injury to the Community industry must be proven (and)
Condition 3: The injury must be the result of that particular dumping practice.

Test 1:   A product is being dumped when its price within the country of export is higher than its export price.
Test 2:   Injury is measured by (sudden) fluctuations in volume, price, market share, …
Test 3:   The injury must be assessed for the like product of the community industry. Known factors other than the dumped imports which at the same time are injuring the Community industry must also be examined.

Legal framework
Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Community [Official Journal L 56, 06.03.1996].

Amended by the following acts:

Council Regulation (EC) No 2331/96 of 2 December 1996 (Official Journal L 317, 06.12.1996);
Council Regulation (EC) No 905/98 of 27 April 1998 (Official Journal L 128, 30.04.1998);
Council Regulation (EC) No 2238/2000 of 9 October 2000 (Official Journal L 257, 11.10.2000);            Council Regulation (EC) No 1972/2002 of 5 November 2002 (Official Journal L 305 of 07.11.2002);
Council Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 of 8 March 2004 (Official Journal L 77 of 13.03.2004).                                   Counci Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 of 21 December 2005 (Official Journal L 340 of 23.12.2005).                                                                                 

To find general info about anti-dumping measures, follow the steps.

Step 1:   login to the web page on Trade Policy Instruments (click on the link above)

Step 2:   click on “Anti-Dumping”and find information about

• anti-dumping legislation, reports and texts
• ongoing WTO negotiations
• anti-dumping refunds
• complaints

To find info about anti-dumping measures for specific products, follow the steps.

Step 1:   login to the web page on Trade Policy Instruments (click on the link above)

Step 2:   click on “List of cases, timetables and statistics”

Step 3:   click on the hyperlink next to “List updated weekly (in Exell format) of all anti-dumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard measures…”

Step 4:   select from the list the appropriate product (e.g. compact disc boxes) and click on the hyperlinks in columns “Provisional measures”, Definitive measures” and “Termination” for further info.

To find info about anti-dumping measures for specific products originating from China, follow the steps.

Step 1:   login to the website of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (click on the link above) or go directly to  http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/euada.htm

Step 2:   select a product, e.g. “Integrated electronic compact fluorescent lamps” and find info about anti-dumping measures.