US embassy cable - 04BRASILIA1934

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PET ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES

Identifier: 04BRASILIA1934
Wikileaks: View 04BRASILIA1934 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Brasilia
Created: 2004-08-02 19:00:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: ETRD ECON BR Trade
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


 
UNCLAS BRASILIA 001934 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PASS USTR FOR SCRONIN 
USDOC FOR 3134/USFCS/OIO/EOLSON/DDEVITO 
USDOC FOR 4332/ITA/MAC/WH/OLAC/DMCDOUGALL/ADRISCOLL 
USDOC FOR 4332/ITA/MAC/WH/OLAC/JANDERSON/WBASTIAN 
STATE FOR WHA/BSC - DAVID EDWARDS 
STATE FOR EB/TPP/MTA/MST - ANDREW DILWORTH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, ECON, BR, Trade 
SUBJECT: PET ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES 
 
REF: 93 BRASILIA 3826 
 
1.  Reftel reported on the opening of GoB investigations into 
alleged dumping of Polyethylene Terephthalate polymers (PET) on 
the Brazilian market by South Korea, Taiwan, the U.S. and 
Argentina.  Post received a July 13, 2004 letter from the 
Department of Trade Defense of the Ministry of Development, 
Industry and Foreign Trade notifying the USG that the GoB has 
decided to close the investigations of alleged PET dumping by 
South Korea and Taiwan without application of measures. 
Investigations of PET dumping on Brazil by Argentina and the 
U.S. remain open.  An unofficial translation of the text of the 
letter follows in paragraph 2. 
 
2.  Begin text of translation: 
 
Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Commerce, 
Secretariat of Foreign Commerce, Department of Commercial 
 
SIPDIS 
Defense 
 
Rio de Janeiro, July 13, 2004 
 
Ambassador, 
 
I make reference to proceeding no. MDIC/SECEX-RJ 52100- 
026149/2003-45, which was opened through SECEX Circular no. 
10 of March 2, 2004, published in the Diario Oficial da 
Uniao on March 3, 2004, which involves a dumping 
investigation, to determine damage and causal connection, on 
the export to Brazil of Polyethylene Terephthalate polymers 
(PET) with intrinsic viscosity beginning at 0.7, classified 
in NCM/SH 3907.60.00, originating from Argentina, China 
Taipei (Taiwan), South Korea and the USA. 
 
In accordance with article 61 of Decree no. 1602 of August 
23, 1995, please be advised that the Secretariat of Foreign 
Commerce, through Circular no. 40 of July 5, 2004, published 
in the Diario Oficial da Uniao on July 7, 2004 (copy 
attached), decided to close the above mentioned 
investigation for those products of Chinese Taipei and 
Korean origin, without application of measures. 
 
Sincerely, 
(signed) 
Leane Cornet Naidin 
General Coordinator 
End Text. 
 
DANILOVICH 

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