Negligible Imports

Negligible imports in Global Commerce Policy

In this regard, negligible imports is: defined in Article 5.8 of the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 (the WTO Anti-dumping Agreement) as a volume of dumped imports from a particular country accounting for less than 3% of imports of the like product in the importing country. The entries on trade policy are here. If this situation applies, an anti-dumping investigation will have to cease immediately in respect of such a country. The situation is different if the dumped imports of the like product from several countries combined exceed 7% of imports. The entries on trade policy are here. In this case, imports will no longer be considered negligible even though each country looked at separately accounts for for less than 3% of dumped imports of the like product. See also anti-dumping measures, de minimis dumping and dumping.[1]

Negligible importsin the wold Encyclopedia

For an introductory overview on international trade policy, see this entry.

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Notes and References

1. Dictionary of Trade Policy, “Negligible imports” entry (OAS)

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