The European Union (EU) initiated the most antidumping probes during the July-December 2006 period, according to a report released by the World Trade Organisation.

During the same period, the number of antidumping initiations by India, China and Argentina declined. Brazil and Malaysia also saw increases in antidumping probes.

India, which initiated the largest number of antidumping investigations during the same period in 2005, launched 12 investigations in the later half of 2006, while the EU slapped 17 antidumping probes, up from just nine in July-December 2005.

China was the most frequent target of the investigations, with 36 investigations against it, while India had less than five. After China, Japan and Korea were the other countries that attracted antidumping probes.

The US initiated less than seven cases and was the target of even fewer cases.

Products that were the most frequent subjects of investigation were in the chemicals sector (25 initiations) followed by pulp and paper (16), and base metals (16).

India imposed eight final antidumping measures and seven new antidumping measures. 

June 15, 2007