INDONESIA has
notified the WTO Secretariat of a request for consultations with Pakistan
regarding anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports
of certain paper products from Indonesia.
On 10 and 23 November 2011, Pakistan started anti-dumping and countervailing
duty investigations on imports of writing and printing paper from Indonesia.
Both investigations have since been suspended by domestic courts. The decision
of the Islamabad High Court to suspend the anti-dumping investigation is under
appeal.
In its request for consultations, Indonesia alleges that as of 27 November
2013 Pakistan had not yet closed the investigations, in violation of the 18-month
limit set in the WTO Agreements on Anti-dumping and Subsidies and Countervailing
Measures. Pakistan's failure to close the investigations appears to be inconsistent
with Pakistan's obligations under the Agreement on Anti-dumping, the Agreement
on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, and the GATT 1994.
This is the second case started by Indonesia this year. The other case, initiated
in September, concerns Australia's measures on tobacco plain packaging.
This is the first case brought by Indonesia against Pakistan.
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