A Handbook on Anti-Dumping Investigations

Covering the major areas arising in anti-dumping investigations as embodied in the relevant WTO provisions.

Judith Czako (Author), Johann Human (Author), Jorge Miranda (Author)

9780521830423, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 September 2003

564 pages
23.6 x 15.7 x 3.8 cm, 1.045 kg

"The growing tension and attention to anti-dumping procedures illustrates the need for a concise and authoritative guide. These WTO Counsellors have done an enviable job of fulfilling that need." Newsletter UN21 Interest Group

The subject of anti-dumping procedures has received growing attention in international trade policy and has become a source of tension between countries. This handbook covers the major areas arising in anti-dumping investigations as embodied in the relevant WTO provisions, providing an exposition of well-sourced information, explanations and guidance for grasping the intricacies of anti-dumping proceedings. Beginning with a chronicle of an anti-dumping investigation, the book proceeds to consider the crucial issues involved: calculation of dumping margins and determinations of injury and causation. Well-structured and easy to follow, the handbook is designed to assist, in a practical way, investigators delegated the authority to conduct the required investigation. Clearly presented and informative, this book will also interest government officials involved in international trade policy, importing and exporting enterprises affected by anti-dumping investigations, and their representatives, including private legal practitioners and consultants, and academic readers concerned with international trade issues.

1. Introduction
2. Multilateral legal framework
3. Domestic legal framework
4. Procedural aspects of an anti-dumping investigation
5. Key definitions and concepts applicable to the investigation
6. The pre-initiation phase of the investigation
7. The anti-dumping investigation
8. Steps from initiation to the preliminary determination
9. Steps from the preliminary determination to the final
10. Legal review before domestic tribunals
11. Legal review in WTO dispute settlement
12. Reviews
13. Refund or reimbursement of excess duties paid
14. Drafting injury determinations
15. Case study on injury
Annexes: I. Sample application
II. Sample dumping investigation questionnaires
III. Sample injury investigation questionnaires
IV. Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (Anti-dumping Agreement)
V. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties
Tables: I. Procedures
II. Dumping margin calculations
III. Injury and causation determination.

Subject Areas: International economic & trade law [LBBM], International business [KJK], International economics [KCL]