The World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices met on 27 October 2026 to review members’ latest notifications of new, amended or previously reviewed anti-dumping laws and regulations as well as reports on anti-dumping actions.
The committee reviewed new legislation notifications submitted by Comoros and Tajikistan. It continued its review of the legislative notifications of the European Union (EU), Liberia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and the Solomon Islands.
In reviewing semi-annual notifications on anti-dumping actions, delegations questioned and discussed other members’ practices, including initiating investigations, imposing provisional and final anti-dumping measures, and reviewing existing anti-dumping measures.
In this respect, delegations questioned and discussed actions contained in the semi-annual reports submitted by Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; the EU; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Japan; the Republic of Korea (South Korea); Mexico; South Africa; Chinese Taipei; and the United States of America (US).
Forty-five (45) members notified the committee of anti-dumping actions taken in the period covering 01 January to 30 June 2026, while 11 reported no new anti-dumping actions in this period.
In addition, 48 members submitted one-time notifications indicating they had not established an authority competent to initiate and conduct an investigation and have not, to date, taken any anti-dumping actions.
The chair of the committee (Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China) welcomed members’ continued use of the WTO’s anti-dumping portal to submit their semi-annual reports. It urged members that had not submitted semi-annual reports to do so promptly.
In addition to the semi-annual reports, the WTO’s Anti-Dumping Agreement (ADA) requires members to submit, without delay and on an ad hoc basis, notifications of all preliminary and final anti-dumping actions taken.
Ad hoc notifications reviewed during the meeting were received from Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; the Dominican Republic; Egypt; the EU; Indonesia; Japan; Kazakhstan; South Korea; the Kyrgyz Republic; Madagascar; Mexico; Morocco; Pakistan; the Russian Federation; South Africa; Chinese Taipei; Türkiye; Ukraine; the United Kingdom (UK); the US; and Viet Nam.
In this context, concerns regarding anti-dumping actions by China were raised by Mexico. The chair urged members to submit ad hoc notifications of actions taken without delay.
The United States placed an item on the agenda entitled “Analysis on the use of e-agenda since 2024”. The committee requested the WTO Secretariat to prepare a document on the use of e-agenda since 2024 and circulate it before the committee’s April 2027 meeting.
The committee adopted its 2026 annual report to the council for Trade in Goods.
Next meetings
The next meetings of the Committee will be held in the weeks of 26 April and 25 October 2027.