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Most of the figures and tables are based on a data set that the Congressional Budget Office constructed from the semiannual reports made by signatories to the Antidumping Code of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and, subsequently, of the World Trade Organization. That data set is referred to as the GATT/WTO data set. |
Antidumping law and policy are recurring subjects of debate in the Congress and in international trade negotiations. At the request of the Subcommittee on Trade of the House Committee on Ways and Means, this Congressional Budge Office (CBO) paper examines international data on antidumping activity to determine trends, compare U.S. activity with that of other countries, and examine claims made by various participants in the debate over U.S. policy.
The paper was written by Bruce Arnold under the supervision of Jan Paul Acton and Elliot Schwartz. It benefits from helpful comments received on earlier drafts from Ellen Hays, Pam Greene, and Juann Hung within CBO, and from Michael Leidy of the International Monetary Fund. Timothy Lasocki prepared the figures. Carl Muehlmann provided helpful research assistance.
Sherry Snyder edited the manuscript, and Rae Wiseman helped with data entry and prepared the paper for publication. Laurie Brown prepared the electronic version for CBO's World Wide Web site.
June E. O'Neill
Director
June 1998
THE PREVALENCE OF ANTIDUMPING ACTION
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ANTIDUMPING PROTECTION
THE INCREASING USE OF ANTIDUMPING LAWS AROUND THE WORLD
APPENDIX A: THE GATT/WTO REPORTS
APPENDIX B: STATISTICAL TABLES
| FIGURES | |
| 1. | Ranking of Countries by Average Number of Case Initiations per Year, 1991-1995 |
| 2. | Ranking of Countries by Number of Active Antidumping Measures on December 31, 1995 |
| 3. | Ranking of Countries by Antidumping Case Initiation Index, 1991-1995 |
| 4. | Ranking of Countries by Active Antidumping Measure Index on December 31, 1995 |
| 5. | Ranking of Countries by Mean Initial Duty Rates Imposed, 1991-1995 |
| 6. | Ranking of Countries by Median Initial Duty Rates Imposed, 1991-1995 |
| 7. | Mean Duration to Date of Active Antidumping Measures on December 31, 1995 |
| 8. | Mean Duration of Antidumping Measures Terminated During the Periods Covered by the Reports |
| 9. | Average Duration to Date of Active U.S. Antidumping Measures at the End of Each Year, 1979-1995 |
| 10. | Active Antidumping Measures Against All Other Countries |
| 11. | Active Antidumping Measures Against U.S. Firms |
| 12. | Are Other Countries Singling Out U.S. Firms? An Answer Based on Case Initiations |
| 13. | Are Other Countries Singling Out U.S. Firms? An Answer Based on Active Antidumping Measures |
| 14. | Ratio of Average Duty Rate Against Nonmarket Economies to Average Duty Rate Against Market Economies |
| A-1. | A Page from the Case Data Table in a Semiannual Report Submitted by the United States to the GATT/WTO |
| A-2. | A Page from the List of Active Measures in a Semiannual Report Submitted by the United States to the GATT/WTO |
| A-3. | Percentage of U.S. Exports Going to Countries Reporting Case Data and a List of Active Measures |
| TABLES | |
| 1. | Number of Active Antidumping Measures by and Against the United States on December 31, 1995 |
| 2. | Active Antidumping Measures by and Against the United States per Unit of Trade on December 31, 1995 |
| 3. | Ranking of Countries by Expected Median Duration of Antidumping Measures |
| 4. | Number of Active U.S. Measures Against Other Countries on December 31, 1995 |
| 5. | Largest Suppliers of U.S. Imports, 1991-1995 |
| 6. | Active U.S. Measures per Unit of Trade on December 31, 1995 |
| 7. | Number of Active U.S. Antidumping Measures Against Other Countries on December 31, 1995, Counting Measures Against the Former Soviet Republics as Being Against the Soviet Union |
| 8. | Number of Active U.S. Antidumping Measures per Unit of Trade on December 31, 1995, Counting Measures Against the Former Soviet Republics as Being Against the Soviet Union |
| 9. | U.S. Antidumping Statistics on December 31, 1995, by Class of Product |
| A-1. | Countries Filing Semiannual Reports for Various Reporting Periods |
| A-2. | Countries That Had Never Filed a Semiannual Report as of December 31, 1995 |
| A-3. | Percentage of U.S. Exports Going to Countries Reporting Case Data |
| A-4. | Percentage of U.S. Exports Going to Countries Reporting Lists of Active Measures |
| B-1. | Ranking of Countries by Average Number of Antidumping Case Initiations per Year, 1991-1995 |
| B-2. | Ranking of Countries by Number of Active Antidumping Measures on December 31, 1995 |
| B-3. | Ranking of Countries by Antidumping Case Initiation Index, 1991-1995 |
| B-4. | Ranking of Countries by Active Antidumping Measure Index on December 31, 1995 |
| B-5. | Ranking of Countries by Initial Duty Rates Imposed, 1991-1995 |
| B-6. | Detailed Statistics on Initial Definitive Duty Rates |
| B-7. | Duration to Date of Active Antidumping Measures on December 31, 1995 |
| B-8. | Durations of Antidumping Measures Terminated During the Periods Covered by the Reports |
| B-9. | Durations of Antidumping Measures |
| B-10. | Average Duration of Active U.S. Antidumping Measures at the End of Each Year, 1979-1995 |
| B-11. | Active Antidumping Measures by Various Countries Against All Other Countries |
| B-12. | Cases Initiated by Various Countries Against All Other Countries |
| B-13. | Average Number of Cases Initiated per Year in Three- and Five-Year Increments |
| B-14. | Active Antidumping Measures by Various Countries Against the United States |
| B-15. | Are Other Countries Singling Out the United States in Their Antidumping Enforcement? |
| B-16. | Initial Antidumping Duty Rates Imposed on Nonmarket Economies |
| B-17. | U.S. Antidumping Measures Against Final- and Near-Final-Demand Goods on December 31, 1995 |
| B-18. | U.S. Antidumping Measures Against Intermediate Goods on December 31, 1995 |
| B-19. | U.S. Antidumping Measures Against Raw and Processed Materials on December 31, 1995 |
