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ITC to Uphold Antidumping Duty for Coated Sheet
Jun. 14, 2006
June 14, 2006 — The U.S. International Trade Commission will uphold an existing antidumping duty order on imports of tin- and chromium-coated steel sheet from Japan. The decision follows the Commission’s determination that revoking the order on would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
| The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the ITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (ITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time. |
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All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative, finding that revoking the existing order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
This action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The five-year sunset review concerning Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan was instituted on July 1, 2005, and the Commission voted to conduct a full review on October 4, 2005. All six Commissioners concluded that both the domestic and the respondent group responses were adequate and voted for a full review.