Anti-dumping Duties (Hansard, 3 March 1997)

§ Mr. Couchman
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the amount raised from anti-dumping duties imposed by the EU on photocopiers in 1995. [17749]

§ Mr. Nelson
[holding answer 28 February 1997]: Anti-dumping duty on photocopiers amounting to £906,522 was collected by HM Customs and Excise in the UK in 1995. Information on the amount collected across the EU is being collated and will be placed in the Library of the House when available.

§ Mr. Couchman
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many anti-dumping duties have been imposed by the European Union(a) from 1980 to 1985, (b) from 1985 to 1990 and (c) since 1990. [17750]
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§ Mr. Nelson
[holding answer 28 February 1997]: Definitive EU anti-dumping duties were applied to the following number of products in the periods in question:

1980 to 1984: 40

1985 to 1985: 49

1990 to date: 99.

§ Mr. Couchman
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the anti-dumping duties imposed for the periods (i) 1984 to 1990 and (ii) 1990 to 1996 in(a) the European Union, (b) the USA, (c) Australia and (d) Mexico. [17751]

§ Mr. Nelson
[holding answer 28 February 1997]: The table lists the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union by year from 1984; 55 such duties were imposed between 1984 and 1989, and 98 between 1990 and 1996. Details of each duty were published in the Official Journal of the European Communities,for which references are given. This is available in the Library of the House. The annex does not list anti-dumping cases which were terminated or for which undertakings were obtained.
Information on anti-dumping duties imposed by the US is available on the world wide web, reference http://www.ita.doc.gov\import_admin\records. Complete details could be reproduced in the form requested only at disproportionate cost. Information on anti-dumping duties imposed by Australia and Mexico is being collated and will be placed in the Library of the House when available.

Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

Hardboard USSR 1984(OJ 1984 L170/68)

Exterior panel doors Taiwan 1984(OJ 1984 LI70/70)

Ball bearings (miniature) Japan, Singapore 1984(OJ 1984 L193/1)

Acrylic fibres USA 1984 (OJ 1984 L205/1)

Sodium carbonate (dense) USA 1984 (OJ 1984 L311/26)

Concrete reinforcing bars Spain 1984 (OJ 1984 L33/15)

Pentaerythritol Canada 1985 (OJ 1985 L13/1)

Paraformaldehyde glass mirrors Spain, South Africa 1985 (OJ 1985 L148/1)

Electronic typewriters Japan 1985(OJ 1985 L163/1)

Ball bearings (<30mm) Japan 1985 (OJ 1985 L167/3)

Hydraulic excavators Japan 1985 (OJ 1985 L176/1)

Polystyrene sheets Spain 1985 (OJ 1985 L198/1)

Glycine Japan 1985 (OJ 1985 L218/1)

Oxalic Acid Brazil 1985 (OJ 1985 L26/6)

Basic chromium sulphate Yugoslavia 1985 (OJ 1985 L321/81)

Copper sulphate Poland 1985 (OJ 1985L41/11)

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Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

Copper sulphate Yugoslavia 1986(OJ 1986 L113/4)

Clogs Sweden 1986(OJ 1986 L32/1)

Potassium permanganate China, Czechoslovakia, USSR 1986(OJ 1986 L339/32)

Bicycle chains China 1986 (OJ 1986 L40/25)

Electronic scales Japan 1986 (OJ 1986 L97/1)

Copper sulphate Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, USSR 1987(OJ 1987 L124/1)

Outboard motors Japan 1987(OJ 1987L124/1)

Vinyl acetate monomer USA, Canada 1987 OJ 1987 L213/32)

Mechanical wrist watches USSR 1987 (OJ 213/5)

Vinyl acetate monomer Canada 1987 (OJ 1987 L275/1)

Urea Libya, Saudi Arabia 1987 (OJ 1987 L317/1)

Ferro-silicon calcium Brazil 1987 (OJ 1987 L322/1)

Sheets and plates of iron or steel (hot-rolled 3mm+) Yugoslavia, Mexico 1987 (OJ 1987 L330/42)

Ball bearings (miniature) Japan 1987(OJ 1987 L336/1)

Ferro-silicon Brazil 1987 (OJ 1987 L343/1)

Mercurys USSR 1987 (OJ 1987 L346/27)

Ball bearing housing Japan 1987 (OJ L35/32

Plain paper photocopiers Japan 1987 (OJ 1987 L54/12)

Deep freezers USSR 1987 (OJ 1987 L6/1)

Standard multi-phase electric motors Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary, Poland, Romania, USSR, Yugoslavia 1987 (OJ 1987 L83/1)

Bicycle chains China 1988(OJ 1988 L115/1)

Potassium permanganate China 1988(OJ 1988 L138/1)

Oxalic acid South Korea, Taiwan 1988 (OJ 1988 L184/1)

Iron or steel coils Algeria, Mexico, Yugoslavia 1988 (OJ 1988 LI88/18)

Iron or steel sections Yugoslavia, Turkey 1988 (OJ 1988 L313/18)

Serial-impact dot matrix printers Japan 1988 (OJ 1988 L317/33)

Polyester yarn Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey 1988(OJ 1988 L347/10)

Paracetamol China 1988 (OJ 1988 L348/1)

Synthetic textile fibres of polyester Mexico, Romania, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Yugoslavia 1988 (OJ 1988 L348/49)

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Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

Sodium carbonate (light) Bulgaria, GDR, Poland 1989 (OJ 1989L131/4)

Video cassettes and video tape reels Hong Kong, South Korea 1989 (OJ 1989 L174/1)

Sheets of iron or non-alloy steel (cold-rolled) Yugoslavia 1989(OJ 1989L193/11)

Copper sulphate Bulgaria, USSR 1989(OJ 1989 L23/1)

Calcium metal China, USSR 1989(OJ 1989 L271/1)

Acrylic fibres Mexico 1989(OJ 1989 L301/1)

Daisy-wheel printers Japan 1989 (OJ 1989 L5/23)

Urea USA, Venezuela 1989 (OJ 1989 L52/1)

Video cassette recorders South Korea, Japan 1989 (OJ 1989 L57/55)

Paint brushes China 1989 (OJ 1989 L79/4)

Small screen colour televisions South Korea, China, Hong Kong 1990 (OJ 1990 L107/56)

Compact disc players South Korea, Japan 1990 (OJ 1990 L13/21)

Glutamic acid and its salts Austria, Indonesia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand 1990 (OJ 1990 L167/1)

Ferroboron Japan 1990(OJ 1990 L187/1)

Silicon metal China 1990(OJ 1990 L198/57)

Tungsten ore and concentrates China 1990(OJ 1990 L264/1)

Tungstic oxide and tungstic acid China 1990(OJ 1990 L264/4)

Tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide China 1990(OJ 1990 L264/7)

Ball bearings (miniature) Thailand 1990(OJ 1990 L281/1)

Silk typewriter ribbon fabrics China 1990(OJ 1990 L306/21)

Polyolefin woven bags China 1990 (OJ 1990 L318/2)

Video cassettes Hong Kong 1990 (OJ 1990 L343/1)

Ferro-Silicon Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Venezuela, Yugoslavia 1990 (OJ 1990 L38/1)

Potassium permanganate Czechoslovakia 1990 (OJ 1990 L42/1)

Tubes of alloy or non-alloy steel Romania, Yugoslavia 1990 (OJ 1990 L91/8)

DRAMS Japan 1991 (OJ 1990 L193/1)

Ferro-silicon Brazil 1991 (OJ 1991 L111/1)

Audio cassettes Japan, South Korea 1991(OJ 1991 L116/35)

Aspartame Japan, USA 1991(OJ 1991 L134/1

Linear tungsten halogen lamps Japan 1991(OJ 1991 L14/1)

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Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

Espadrilles China 1991 (OJ 1991 L166/1)

Artificial corundum China, Ukraine, Russia 1991 (OJ 1991 L235/1)

Small screen colour televisions South Korea 1991 (OJ 1991 L275/24)

Video tapes in cassettes China 1991 (OJ 1991 L293/2)

Pocket lighters, gas-fuelled China, South Korea, Thailand, Japan 1991 (OJ 1991 L326/1)

Oxalic acid India, China 1991 (OJ 1991 L326/6)

Dihydrostreptomycin China 1991 (OJ 1991 L362/1)

Barium chloride China 1991 (OJ 1991 L60/1)

EPROMS (semi-conductors) Japan 1991 (OJ 1991 L65/1)

Urea Venezuela 1991 (OJ 1991 L81/1)

Welded tubes of iron or non-alloy steel Turkey, Venezuela 1991 (OJ 1991 L91/1)

Video cassettes Hong Kong 1992 (OJ 1992 L139/1)

Semi-finished products of alloy steel Turkey, Brazil 1992 (OJ 1992 L182/23)

Video cassettes Hong Kong 1992 (OJ 1992 L182/6)

Sheet and plates of iron or steel Mexico, Yugoslavia 1992 (OJ 1992 L221/36)

Silicon metal Brazil 1992 (OJ 1992 L222/1)

Car radios South Korea 1992 (OJ 1992 L222/8)

Ball bearings (> 30mm) Japan 1992 (OJ 1992 L286/2)

Monosodium glutamate Indonesia 1992 (OJ 1992 L299/40)

Synthetic fibres of polyesters Taiwan, Turkey, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia 1992 (OJ 1992 L306/1)

Potassium chloride USSR 1992 (OJ 1992 L308/41)

Large aluminium electrolytic capacitors Japan 1992 (OJ 1992 L353/1)

Ferro-silicon Egypt, Poland 1992 (OJ 1992 L369/1)

Thermal paper Japan 1992 (OJ 1992 L81/1)

Cotton yarn (non-retail) Brazil, Turkey 1992 (OJ 1992 L82/1)

Electronic scales Japan 1993 (OJ 1993 L104/4)

Seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel Hungary, Poland, Croatia 1993 (OJ 1993 L120/34)

Magnesium oxide China 1993 (OJ 1993 L145/1)

Bicycles China 1993 (OJ 1993 L228/1)

Low carbon ferro-chrome Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine 1993 (OJ 1993 L246/1)

Monosodium glutamate Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea 1993 (OJ 1993 L255/1)

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Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

3/" microdisks Japan, Taiwan, China 1993 (OJ 1993 L262/14)

Electronic weighing scales Singapore, South Korea 1993 (OJ 1993 L263/1)

Cotton yarn Turkey, Brazil 1993 (OJ 1993 L289/1)

Ferro-silicon USSR, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Venezuela, Yugoslavi, Brazil 1993 (OJ 1993 L302/1)

Deadburned magnesia China 1993 (OJ 1993 L306/16)

Photo albums China 1993 (OJ 1993 L3 33/67)

DRAMs South Korea 1993 (OJ 1993 L66/1)

Synthetic fibres of polyesters India, South Korea 1993 (OJ 1993 L9/2)

Outer rings of tapered roller bearings Japan 1993 (OJ 1993 L9/7)

Pig iron Turkey, USSR, Brazil, Poland 1994 (OJ 1993 L182/37)

Ferro silicon China and South Africa 1994 (OJ 1994 L77)

Potassium permanganate China 1994 (OJ 1994 L298)

Television camera systems Japan 1994 (OJ 1994 L111/106;

Large aluminium electrolytic capacitors Korea, Taiwan 1994 (OJ 1994 L152/1)

Cotton yarn Turkey 1994 (OJ 1994 L191)

Calcium metal China, Russia 1994 (OJ 1994 L207/27)

3/" magnetic disks Hong Kong, Korea 1994 (OJ 1994 L236/2)

Artificial corundum China 1994 (OJ 1994 L270)

Calcium metal China and Russia 1994 (OJ 1994 L270)

Ethanolamine USA 1994 (OJ 1994 L28/40)

Furazolidone China 1994 (OJ 1994 L285/1)

Fluorspar China 1994 (OJ 1994 L62/1)

Ferro-silicon China, South Africa 1994 (OJ 1994 L77/48)

Potassium choloride USSR 1994 (OJ 1994 L80/1)

Isobutanol Russia 1994 (OJ 1994 L87/3)

Silicon carbide China, Poland, Russian Federation, Ukraine 1994 (OJ 1994 L94/21)

Ferro-silicon Venezuela, Brazil, Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine 1995 (OJ 1995 L 118)

Furfuraldehyde China 1995 (OJ 1995 L 15)

Ammonium nitrate Russia 1995 (OJ 1995 L198)

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Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date

Product Exporting country Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)

Plain paper photocopiers Japan 1995 (OJ 1995 L 244)

Urea Russia 1995 (OJ 1995 L 49)

Disposable lighters China 1995 (OJ 1995 L101)

Sodium carbonate USA 1995 (OJ 1995 L244)

Ferro-silico-manganese Brazil, South Africa, Russia and Ukraine 1995 (OJ 1995 L248)

Electronic weighing scales South Korea and Sinapore 1995 (OJ 1995 L307)

Persulphates China 1995 (OJ 1995 L308)

Colour televisions South Korea, China, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand 1995 (OJ 1995 L73)

Pig iron Czech Republic 1996 (OJ 1996 L12)

Unwrought magnesium Russia and Ukraine 1996 (OJ 1996 L174)

Activated powdered carbon China 1996 (OJ 1996 L192)

Refractory chamottes China 1996 (OJ 1996 L21)

Synthetic fibres of polyester Turkey 1996 (OJ 1996 L272)

Polyester textured filament yarn Indonesia and Thailand 1996 (OJ 1996 L289)

Grain oriented electrical sheets Russia 1996 (OJ 1996 L42)

Polyester staple fibres Belarus 1996 (OJ 1996 L54)

Butt welding tubes China, Croatia and Thailand 1996 (OJ 1996 L84)

Bicycles Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand 1996 (OJ 1996 L91)

Floppy disks Malaysia, Mexico and the USA 1996 (OJ 1996 L92)

Ring binder mechanisms Malaysia and China 1997 (OJ 1997 L22)

Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed in the European Union 1984 to date
Product	Exporting country	Definition duty imposed (Official journey reference)
Hardboard	USSR	1984(OJ 1984 L170/68)
Exterior panel doors	Taiwan	1984(OJ 1984 LI70/70)
Ball bearings (miniature)	Japan, Singapore	1984(OJ 1984 L193/1)
Acrylic fibres	USA	1984 (OJ 1984 L205/1)
Sodium carbonate (dense)	USA	1984 (OJ 1984 L311/26)
Concrete reinforcing bars	Spain	1984 (OJ 1984 L33/15)
Pentaerythritol	Canada	1985 (OJ 1985 L13/1)
Paraformaldehyde glass mirrors	Spain, South Africa	1985 (OJ 1985 L148/1)
Electronic typewriters	Japan	1985(OJ 1985 L163/1)
Ball bearings (<30mm)	Japan	1985 (OJ 1985 L167/3)
Hydraulic excavators	Japan	1985 (OJ 1985 L176/1)
Polystyrene sheets	Spain	1985 (OJ 1985 L198/1)
Glycine	Japan	1985 (OJ 1985 L218/1)
Oxalic Acid	Brazil	1985 (OJ 1985 L26/6)
Basic chromium sulphate	Yugoslavia	1985 (OJ 1985 L321/81)
Copper sulphate	Poland	1985 (OJ 1985L41/11)