The WTO Secretariat reported that in the period 1 January — 30 June 2003, 18 Members initiated 79 anti-dumping investigations against exports from a total of 30 different countries or customs territories. This represents a significant decline from the corresponding period of 2002, during which 17 WTO Members had initiated 149 anti-dumping investigations. Twenty-eight of the 79 initiations during the first semester of 2003 were reported by developed countries.
The United States initiated the most investigations during the first semester of 2003, 16, a decline from the 22 investigations it had initiated during the first semester of 2002. India had the second highest number of initiations (12) during the first semester of 2003, down from 25 investigations initiated during the corresponding period in 2002. China reported 11 initiations, while other Members reported 6 or fewer initiations each.