Anti-dumping cases skyrockets in first half of 2008, says WTO

Initiations of new anti-dumping probes from January to June were 39% higher than a year earlier, the World Trade Organization (WTO) said in a statement on October 20.  New measures applied also jumped by 6%.

The WTO said that its members reported starting 85 new investigations in the six-month period, while in the first half of 2007 the same number of members began 61 probes. Members reported applying 54 new measures as a result of completed anti-dumping investigations in the first half of the year, up slightly from the same period in 2007 when members put in place 51 new measures.

China was the most frequent subject of such investigations, accounting for 37 of all 85 new probes, followed by Thailand, the European Union and Indonesia.

(by Yi Fan)

WTO称今年上半年全球反倾销调查数量猛增

本报讯  10月20日，世界贸易组织（WＴO）在一项声明中称，今年上半年全球新发起的反倾销调查数量比2007年同期增长了39％，而新实施的反倾销措施也比去年同期增加6％。

据世贸组织秘书处有关数据显示，今年1月至6月，世贸组织成员共发起85项新的反倾销调查，明显多于去年同期的61项。今年上半年世贸组织成员共实施了54项新的反倾销措施，也多于去年同期的51项。

中国仍然是其他世贸组织成员发起反倾销调查的主要对象。据有关数据显示，今年上半年世贸组织成员发起的85项新的反倾销调查中，有37项是针对中国出口产品的，排在之后的是泰国、欧盟和印度尼西亚。（依 凡）