Competitive Advocacy Opportunity: Zeroing in U.S. Antidumping Enforcement. Economic Analysis Group Discussion Paper

摘要

Almost all countries have antidumping laws which regulate their imports. The United States and other countries enforce these laws within the terms of the World Trade Organization (WTO). There is a difference between U.S. enforcement and the enforcement approach of other countries, however. The United Statesbut not other countries of which I am aware--now uses zeroing in its determination of whether imports are dumped. The use of zeroing will almost always increase the level of any antidumping duty, and will sometimes create a duty where none would have been imposed, had the methodology not been used. All countries test for dumping by attempting to determine whether imports are being sold at less than normal value. Other countries generally do this by directly comparing the average price at which the product is sold in the country of production with the average price at which the same product are sold in the importing market.