
Mideast believed that some of the laws, regulations, administrative practices and methodologies implemented by the US impaired and nullified the benefits accrued to Mideast, directly or indirectly, under the WTO Agreement on Customs Valuation, and that the anti-dumping laws were unwarranted.

The consultations were held to discuss activities carried out between January 1999 and June 2004. This led to a panel being established in December 2006, the proceedings of which continued until May 2013, with a mutually agreeable solution being reached. Japan asked to join the consultation in Jun 2006.