World Trade Organization (WTO) announced the safeguard measurement statistics.
The WTO Secretariat, on 16 November, published statistics on safeguards actions notified by WTO Members pursuant to the Agreement on Safeguards during the period 1 January 1995 to 30 June 2005.
According to these statistics, a total of 139 safeguard investigations were initiated during the period, and a total of 68 safeguard measures were imposed. These totals are relatively low, compared to the 2743 anti-dumping initiations and 1729 anti-dumping measures, and the 176 countervailing duty initiations and 108 countervailing duties measures notified during the same period.
The number of initiations of safeguard investigations peaked in 2002 at 34. The number of initiations has declined since then, with 14 initiations in 2004 and 4 initiations for the most recent period, 1 January – 30 June 2005.
The Member notifying the largest number of initiations since 1995 was India, with 15 initiations. Chile, Jordan and the United States followed, with 10 initiations each. The Czech Republic was third with 9 initiations. The 4 initiations reported for the most recent period (January-June 2005) were by Canada, Jordan, Morocco and Pakistan.
The most frequent subject of investigations since 1995 were chemical products (25 initiations), base metals (21 initiations), foodstuffs (15 initiations), vegetables (13 initiations) and animal products (12 initiations). For the period January-June 2005, the products subject to newly notified investigations were bicycles (“transport equipment”), insecticides (“chemicals”), ceramic tiles (“ceramic/glass products”) and footwear.
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