Ukraine – Anti-Dumping Measures on Ammonium
Nitrate
REPORT of the panel
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Introduction.. 10
1.1
Complaint by the Russian Federation. 10
1.2
Panel establishment and composition. 10
1.3
Panel proceedings. 10
1.3.1
General 10
1.3.2
Additional Working Procedures on Business Confidential Information. 11
1.3.3
Request for a Preliminary Ruling. 11
1.3.4
Communications addressing procedural issues. 11
2 Factual aspects. 11
3 Parties' requests for findings and
recommendation.. 12
4 Arguments of the parties. 14
5 Arguments of the third parties. 14
6 Interim Review... 14
7 findings. 14
7.1
General principles regarding treaty interpretation, the standard of review, and
burden of proof 14
7.1.1
Treaty interpretation. 14
7.1.2
Standard of review.. 15
7.1.3
Burden of proof 16
7.2
Substantive and procedural rules under Article 11 of the Anti‑Dumping
Agreement applicable to interim and expiry reviews. 16
7.3
Findings on terms of reference. 16
7.3.1
Consistency of Russia's panel request with Article 6.2 of the DSU. 17
7.3.1.1
Legal Standard. 17
7.3.1.1.1
Specific measures at issue. 18
7.3.1.1.2
Brief summary of the legal basis of the complaint 18
7.3.1.2
Measures Ukraine alleges were outside the scope of Russia's panel request 18
7.3.1.3
Claims that Ukraine alleges were not presented in Russia's panel request
in conformity with Article 6.2 of the DSU. 21
7.3.1.3.1
Claims
presented in item number 1 of Russia's panel request 21
7.3.1.3.2
Claims presented in item number 4 of Russia's panel request 22
7.3.1.3.3
Claims presented in item number 17 of Russia's panel request 23
7.3.1.4
Overall conclusion. 25
7.3.2
Claims that Ukraine alleges were outside the scope of the consultation request 25
7.3.2.1
Legal standard. 25
7.3.2.2
Whether Russia's "public notice" claims under Articles 12.2
and 12.2.2 fall outside our terms of reference in light of its consultation
request 25
7.3.2.3
Whether Russia's "claims" under Articles 3.1 and 3.4 fall
outside our terms of reference in light of its consultation request 27
7.3.2.4
Overall conclusion. 28
7.4
Dumping and likelihood-of-dumping determinations. 28
7.4.1
Cost adjustment claims under Articles 2.2.1.1 and 2.2 of the Anti‑Dumping
Agreement 29
7.4.1.1
Legal standard. 29
7.4.1.2
MEDT of Ukraine's cost assessments in the underlying reviews. 30
7.4.1.3
Rejection of the reported gas cost 31
7.4.1.3.1
Ukraine's arguments based on the use of the word "normally". 32
7.4.1.3.2
Rejection of the reported gas cost pursuant to the second condition of
Article 2.2.1.1. 33
7.4.1.4
Replacement of reported gas cost with surrogate price of gas. 37
7.4.2
Claims under Articles 2.2.1 and 2.1 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement
regarding MEDT of Ukraine's ordinary‑course‑of‑trade test 40
7.4.2.1
Legal standard. 41
7.4.2.2
Evaluation. 42
7.4.2.2.1
Claim under Article 2.2.1. 42
7.4.2.2.2
Claim under Article 2.1 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement 44
7.4.3
Fair comparison under Article 2.4 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement 44
7.4.4
Claims under Articles 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement 45
7.5
Non‑termination of investigation against EuroChem.. 46
7.5.1
Treatment of EuroChem in the original investigation phase. 47
7.5.2
Legal standard. 48
7.5.3
Evaluation. 49
7.5.3.1
Claim under Article 5.8 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement concerning the
determinations in the original investigation phase. 50
7.5.3.2
Claim under Article 5.8 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement concerning the
underlying reviews 53
7.5.3.3
Claims under Articles 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3 of the Anti‑Dumping Agreement
concerning the underlying reviews. 54
7.6
Likelihood‑of‑injury determination. 54
7.6.1
Legal standard. 55
7.6.2
Evaluation. 57
7.6.2.1
Whether MEDT of Ukraine made an injury determination under Article 3 in
the underlying reviews 58
7.6.2.2
Whether Russia can claim violations under Articles 11.1, 11.2, and 11.3
even if MEDT of Ukraine did not determine injury under Articles 3.1 and
3.4. 61
7.6.2.3 Conclusion. 63
7.7
Facts available. 63
7.8
Disclosure of essential facts. 65
7.8.1
Legal standard. 65
7.8.2
Evaluation. 67
7.8.2.1
Disclosure claims. 67
7.8.2.1.1
Disclosure of essential facts forming the basis of the likelihood‑of‑injury
determination 67
7.8.2.1.1.1
Disclosure on price effects. 68
7.8.2.1.1.2
Disclosure of essential facts regarding the economic state of the domestic
Ukrainian industry 71
7.8.2.1.2
Disclosure of essential facts forming the basis of the dumping determinations. 75
7.8.2.2
Sufficiency of time given to respond to disclosure. 77
7.9
Consequential claims. 78
8 Findings and recommendation.. 79